E. J. De La Rosa & Co., Inc. was founded in 1989 by its president Edward De La Rosa. E. J. De La Rosa & Co. helps raise the money that keeps the Golden State blooming. The investment bank, with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, helps secure funding for municipalities, redevelopment agencies, utilities, institutions of higher learning, and private businesses. The money raised typically goes toward capital projects such as wastewater systems and redevelopment. In addition to underwriting new bond issues, De La Rosa sells and trades bonds in the secondary market. Other services include capital planning and project development.

Alloy Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm with over $1 billion under management that invests in the entrepreneurs creating the next generation of ground-breaking Information Technology, Life Sciences, and Cleantech companies.For the last 30 years, Alloy has leveraged the operational experience, extensive networks and forward-thinking vision of its partners to help start and build over 200 market-leading companies in fields such as software, semiconductors, mobile, medical devices, diagnostics, and laboratory instrumentation. Some of Alloy successful investments include Amgen, AMCC, Applied Biosystems, Aspect Communications, CV Therapeutics, IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Nuance Communications, Octel, PMC-Sierra, Red Brick Systems, Remedy, and Verity – and alloy current portfolio includes companies like Barrx, Molecular Imprints, Optimedica, Pacific Biosciences, and Vivotech which are poised to become the next global leaders.

Eight Peaks seeks out and invests in near start up and small companies that are in sectors exhibiting long term growth. The investments must have the potential and catalysts to generate asymmetric returns. Once invested, Eight Peaks assists the companies to realise their potentials. Returns are generated on exits, which can be IPOs or trade sales. Eight Peaks makes investments in all sectors including technology, energy and natural resources, specifically in businesses and opportunities with the potential for substantial asymmetric capital appreciation. The focus is primarily on high growth companies, although investments may be made in anticipation of receiving dividends.

Delta Capital was founded by Don Mundie in 1992. Delta Capital makes venture capital investments in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Delta Capital company invests in mostly early and expansion-stage companies in industries including health care, information and industrial technology, supply chain logistics, business services, and energy technology. It manages some $90 million in assets on behalf of institutional and high net worth individuals. Some of its investments include enterprise software provider Metatomix, and medical diagnostics company Atherotech.

Arlington Asset Investment (formerly Friedman, Billings, Ramsey) is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, invests mostly in residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Prior to 2009, Arlington Asset Investment Corporation operated as a real estate investment trust, but it dropped that status in order to gain more flexibility to acquire assets and retain earnings. About one-fourth of its MBS holdings are through agencies such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, with the rest being private-label funds. Arlington also manages merchant bank holdings, including interest in equity securities, mezzanine debt, and senior loans. Arlington Asset Investment Corporation changed its name in 2009 to Arlington Asset Investment Corporation.

Founder and chairman Gerhard Andlinger started the Andlinger & Company, Inc. in 1976. Andlinger & Company, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in management and leveraged buyout, acquisition, recapitalization of public and private companies, corporate divestiture, turnaround, and growth capital transactions. The firm prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation, emission reduction, and waste recovery sectors. It also seeks platform acquisition opportunities in companies engaged in the industrial manufacturing, medical devices, value-added distribution and logistics, graphic arts, scientific instruments, information services and software, engineering services, technology infrastructure, pharmaceutical packaging, and manufacturing sectors. The firm prefers not to invest in the retail, real estate, natural resources, and commodities sectors. The firm seeks to invest in companies headquartered in North America and Europe. It typically invests up to $25 million in portfolio companies with enterprise values between $20 million and $200 million.

Gelber Group was founded in 1982 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Gelber Group provides trade execution, clearing, and risk management services for all major global electronic exchanges. The firm also offers market analysis, business operations consulting, facilities and data management services, and asset management for international banks, hedge funds, and independent professional traders in the US, Europe, and Asia. The company's GelberConnect electronic network provides individual and institutional traders with real-time exchange information, trade execution, and clearing services.

World Acceptance Corporation engages in small-loan consumer finance business. It offers short-term small loans, medium-term larger loans, related credit insurance, and ancillary products and services, as well as loans standardized by amount and maturity. World Acceptance Corporation also offers income tax return preparation services and access to refund anticipation loans. In addition, World Acceptance Corporation markets and sells credit life, credit accident and health, credit property, and unemployment insurance products; markets automobile club memberships to its borrowers; and reinsures credit insurance. Further, World Acceptance Corporation, through its subsidiary, ParaData Financial Systems, provides data processing systems; and markets computer software and related services to financial services companies. World Acceptance Corporation serves individuals with limited access to consumer credit from banks, savings and loans, other consumer finance businesses, and credit card lenders. As of March 31, 2009, the company has 944 offices in South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Kentucky, Alabama, and Mexico. World Acceptance Corporation was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.

Sandler O'Neill was founded in 1988. Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. is an investment banking firm that provides financial advisory, balance sheet management, brokerage, and research services. The firm offers mergers and acquisitions advisory, capital raising, stock conversion and demutualization, fairness opinions, and leveraged buyout services. Additionally, it provides business planning, interest rate risk management, equity research, and securities sales and trading services.

Newtek is one of the premier providers of business services and financial products to small and medium-sized businesses throughout the United States. Since 1999, Newtek has helped business owners realize their potential by providing them with the essential tools they need to manage and grow their business.Newtek's suite of business solutions provides business owners with the high-quality services and top-level customer care that have traditionally only been affordable by larger companies. Whether a business is a startup or well-established, Newtek can help them reach their business goals.The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that there are 26.8 million small businesses in the United States, which in total represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms, generate 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs annually and generate more than 50 percent of non-farm private gross domestic GDP. Newtek is a direct distribution channel into this market.

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