De Novo Ventures was formed in 2000 by seasoned investors and experienced medical device entrepreneurs who sought to share the lessons learned from a history of successful investing and building successful companies. They believed that their unique combination of skills and perspectives could help entrepreneurs to build companies which would have significant clinical impact and generate superior returns. Seven years later, this belief continues to hold true, demonstrated by De Novo investment success in selected medical device and biotechnology companies.With $650 million under management, De Novo has made more than 40 investments in medical devices and biotechnology across three funds. De Novo invest in all stages of enterprise development and growth – from early stage to late stage. De Novo unique background of leading companies as entrepreneurs and operating executives from start to exit enables us to advise entrepreneurs and management teams over the full life cycle of the company.Eight exits have occurred in DNV I -- four IPOs: Favrille (NASDAQ: FVRL), Fox Hollow Technologies (NASDAQ: EVVV), Renovis (NASDAQ: RNVS), and SenoRx (NASDAQ: SENO) and four acquisitions: CryoVascular Systems (Boston Scientific), TriVascular (Boston Scientific), LuMend (Johnson and Johnson) and Microvention (Terumo). DNV II has had one exit to date – Hansen Medical (NASDAQ: HNSN).

Pzena Investment Management, Inc., incorporated on May 8, 2007, operates its business through Pzena Investment Management, LLC. Pzena Investment Management, LLC is an investment management company. As of December 31, 2009, it managed assets in 13 investment strategies across a range of market capitalizations in both United States and non-United States capital markets. The Company constructs concentrated portfolios selected through a fundamental research process similar to the approach of a private equity investor. Its assets under management (AUM) were $14.3 billion at December 31, 2009. It managed money on behalf of institutions and high-net-worth individuals and acted as sub-investment adviser to a range of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered mutual funds and offshore funds.

Wind Point Partners is a private equity investment firm that acquires middle market businesses with growth potential and a clear path to value creation. Wind Point manages $2 billion in commitments from pension funds, endowments and individuals and has invested in more than 80 companies since 1984. Wind Point identifies and invests in partnerships with top caliber CEOs and executives who have a record of success within their industry and the vision to build a market-leading enterprises via acquisition and organic growth. Wind Point align Wind economic interests closely with those of company management teams through significant equity participation.

Mayfield Fund was founded in 1969 and is based in Menlo Park, California. Mayfield Fund is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in incubation, seed, series A, early stage, later stage, growth stage, and mid market investments. The firm does not invest in publicly traded companies and in companies that are not technology-based. It seeks to invest in technology companies with a focus on consumer, enterprise, energy tech, healthcare, communication service providers, and semiconductors chips and components sectors. Within enterprise sector, the firm invests in online marketing and advertising, business application, infrastructure, software, and equipment companies. Within semiconductors chips and components sectors, it invests in communications and application-specific devices. Within energy tech sector, the firm focuses on energy efficiency, management, and cleantech opportunities. It also seeks investments in business services, digital media, engineering services, consumer Internet services, interactive entertainment, retail, power ancillary, media, networking components and systems, mobile communications, and business-to-business e-commerce.

Janney Montgomery Scott offers a bevy of financial products and services through about 100 offices up and down the East Coast. One of the largest regional broker-dealers in the US, the firm offers fixed-income brokerage, equity research, wealth management, and retirement planning, and acts as a market maker for approximately 150 NASDAQ-listed stocks. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC also provides investment banking services such as public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions support to emerging and middle-market companies. Janney has more than $13 billion of assets under management. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC was established in 1832 and acquired by The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company 150 years later.

Founded in 2007, MFCA is externally advised and managed by Muni Capital Management. Muni Funding Company of America (MFCA) has a special bond with municipalities and non-profits. A specialty finance company, MFCA makes direct and indirect acquisitions of mortgage-secured debt, mainly mortgage revenue bonds, which are tax-exempt bonds issued by municipal (and other) organizations that help subsidize below-market mortgage interest rates for first-time homebuyers. The company also invests in similar tax-exempt obligations of non-profit organizations in the educational, health care, philanthropic, and housing sectors.

Easton Capital Investment Group was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in the New York, New York with additional offices in Miami, Florida and Buffalo, New York. Easton Capital Investment Group is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early venture, mid venture, and late venture investments. The firm is stage-agnostic and seeks to invest in early stage venture capital to later stage growth capital. It does not make seed capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare sector with a special focus on biopharmaceuticals, drug delivery, medical devices, and healthcare services. It also seeks to invest in companies in overlooked or out-of-favor basic industries and in companies with innovative products and services. The firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $7.5 million. It prefers to invest with other firms.

The Gores Group, founded by Alec E. Gores in 1987, is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm’s operating experience and flexible capital. Since its inception, Gores has acquired 60 companies worldwide with combined revenues in excess of 15 billion dollars. Currently, Gores has 2.7 billion dollars in equity under active management. Gores’ offices in North America and Europe serve its active investment programs in these regions.The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a traditional financial buyer. As a result, the firm looks to create value with its operating perspective, in addition to the more customary buy-out and financial engineering skills.Gores has become a leading investor, primarily in the technology, telecommunications, business services and industrial sectors, having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. Private equity-backed companies, like those that Gores invests in, have been shown to grow faster than other types of companies and Gores' private equity returns have consistently and significantly outperformed publicly traded indices.

Wedbush Morgan Securities offers investment banking and a range of financial services, including financial planning, sales and trading, and research. Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. targets mid-market growth companies and entrepreneurs primarily in California and the western US. Wedbush offers research in sectors including consumer products and retail, financial services, life sciences, and technology. Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. ClientLink service provides access to account information and reports via the Internet. Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. also provides clearing services. Wedbush Morgan Securities is affiliated with investment firm Wedbush Capital Partners; both entities are controlled by Wedbush, Inc.

Court Square Capital Partners was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Court Square Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm. The firm does not consider investments in the alcohol and tobacco, gambling, finance, real estate sectors, and start-up company sectors. It has a generalist approach though prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the building products, business services, chemicals, consumer products, food products and services, healthcare, manufacturing, industrials, media, technology and telecommunications, and transportation sectors in the United States. The firm does not invest globally from its New York and London offices. It typically invests between $50 million and $300 million in equity per transaction in companies with minimum enterprise values of $50 million to acquire a controlling interest.

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