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CSC Generation is the AI-native holding company re-engineering omni-channel retail. We acquire iconic brands and transform them with Genesis—our operating platform unifying a Data Fabric, Automation Engine, proprietary tools, and shared services—to modernize operations, elevate customer experience, and expand margins. With $1B+ in revenue across 13 brands, our portfolio includes Sur La Table, Backcountry, One Kings Lane, and more—premier home and outdoor banners that double as real-world innovation hubs. CSC Generation continues to grow through M&A, revitalizing companies with strong brand recognition and loyal customers. We’re building the next-generation technology conglomerate where proprietary AI is the operating system. We have offices in Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Toronto. Our VC investors include Altos Ventures, Maveron, and Khosla Ventures. We’re always looking for exceptional builders, operators, and technologists to join us.

At Accelerated Brands, we’re dedicated to providing the most comprehensive range of consumer and commercial automotive services, so you can get the most out of your vehicle

Healthcare in India is a broken experience for most patients. Challenges of access, quality of care, and non-holistic solutions exist across patient demographics. We are India’s first Venture Studio building patient-centric healthcare companies from scratch by bringing together futuristic ideas, exceptional founders, and a powerful innovation platform.

Private Equity Insights is a global community of investors aiming to connect industry leaders and decision makers with active LPs, fund managers, innovative companies and business leaders who are challenging and succeeding in markets and businesses around the world. Our network focuses on fostering deal origination, fundraising and creating business opportunities to accelerate growth. Our vision is to foster investor opportunities and debate around the most relevant topics impacting the investment community today. Learn more on our website https://www.pe-insights.com

HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets firm with over 43 years of experience and $161 billion assets under management as of December 31, 2025. Our interwoven platform provides clients access to global primary funds, secondary transactions, direct co-investments, real assets and infrastructure, and private credit. Please note that all other Key Firm Stats, where provided, are as of December 31, 2025, unless otherwise noted.

With offices in Europe, North America and APAC, ARCHIMED is a leading investment firm focused exclusively on healthcare industries. Its mix of operational, medical, scientific and financial expertise allows ARCHIMED to serve as both a strategic and financial partner to healthcare businesses. Prioritized areas of focus include Biopharma Products, Consumer Health, Animal & Environmental Health, Healthcare IT, Diagnostics, Life Science Tools & Services, and MedTech. ARCHIMED helps partners internationalize, acquire, innovate and expand their products and services. ARCHIMED manages €9 billion across its various funds. Since inception, ARCHIMED has been a committed Impact investor, both directly and through its EURÊKA Foundation.

FutureSight is a leading venture builder located in Toronto, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. We cofound and fund vertical B2B AI software companies with values-driven entrepreneurs from zero to one. We are a team of founders, operators, investors, and designers with experience successfully bringing software to market at scale.

Recreating ourselves to become O Group until Fall 2025 – Reshaping Global Society ○ Engineering a New World ON THE INTERSECTION OF WISDOM – INTELLIGENCE – PROGRESS Global Hub where the line of progress is pushed and trajectories are formed to reshape the future. We create symbiosis of global services to expand the boundaries of what is possible. – Global Investing Private Equity + Venture Capital Project Financing Stealth Mode Financing (private) Global Business Development Project Development + Management Multi–Sectoral Project Development Stealth Mode Business/Project Development Public–Private Relationships Strategic Partnerships / Relationships Alliances / Foundations Global Organizations ❍ Sovereign Funds ❍ Pension Funds ❍ Think Tanks ❍ Family Offices ❍ Focus Groups ❍ NGOs ❍ Research Organizations + Laboratories ❍ Science Centers "In the era of change we don't provide services – we unite those who make a difference to pave the way for change to happen" – O Group – 17 Initiatives under O Group umbrella 40+ Industries and Sub-Sectors 53 Countries with the Project and Partnerships presence 150+ Projects in Progress 250+ Projects under Review 5000+ Companies and Organizations in Cooperation "No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it." – "It is the movements that creates a form.” We Collaborate to Evolve the Future

Silver Ventures, Inc. is a growth equity firm established in 1995 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Silver is focused on building transformative food and hospitality companies through identifying individuals who believe every meal creates the possibility to exchange culture, community, commerce, and most of all joy. We’ve planted and replanted seeds for decades of prosperity and growth. Our impacts are guided by purpose.

ROC Ventures is a fund and management company, which includes ownership and management of a youth and adult baseball field complex, hospitality venues, a professional indoor soccer team (Milwaukee Wave), a professional baseball team (Milwaukee Milkmen), the Kokomo Jackrabbits (Northwoods League), and the Lafayette Aviators (Prospect League Team), ROC Ventures is also developing a mixed-use development in Franklin, WI called Ballpark Commons. ROC stands for “Return on Community,” a goal which informs each and every endeavor undertaken by the organization.

Our start-up experience in the complex healthcare arena coupled with a working industry knowledge of oil and gas, transportation, construction, and manufacturing has prepared us for ventures in virtually any business sector. Identifying potential in a specific market, structuring ventures with appropriate capital and strategic partners, then meticulously vetting and carefully selecting the right leadership team are skills we’ve refined through many successful ventures. This is the process by which we cultivate success.