Private company

Affinity Equity Partners

Logo: affinityequity.com3

Asian private equity firm

Affinity Equity Partners is an Asian private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions. Affinity operates as a Pan-Asian firm focusing on investment opportunities in Korea, Southeast Asia, Greater China, Australia, and New Zealand. The firm is independently owned and operated, with founding partners who have worked together since 1998.2 It is headquartered in Hong Kong.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1

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Affinity Equity Partners is an Asian private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions. Affinity operates as a Pan-Asian firm focusing on investment opportunities in Korea, Southeast Asia, Greater China, Australia, and New Zealand.2

The story

Affinity is one of the early pioneer in Asian buyouts, having started private equity investing in 1998. The team was originally known as UBS Capital Asia Pacific and served as the Asian private equity arm of UBS AG.

UBS Capital Asia Pacific was spun out as an independent firm in 2004. By 2023, Affinity was one of the largest independent Private Equity firms in the Asia Pacific region and advised and manages approximately US$ 14 billion of funds and assets. Its Affinity Asia Pacific Fund V of US$ 6.0 billion is one of the largest in the region.

From Wikipedia’s article on Affinity Equity Partners, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • private equity fund

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Acquisitions

  1. 2017Acquired BK Japan holdings1

Timeline

  1. 2002Founded Founded1

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