RBS Securities, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), is a leading underwriter, trader, and distributor of fixed-income investment products. RBS Securities specializes in US dollar derivatives, asset-based securities, corporate debt, and prime and subprime mortgage-backed securities. RBS Securities also is active in corporate banking, commercial real estate finance, foreign exchange, futures trading, and financing of mergers and acquisitions. Most of RBS Securities' clients are institutional counterparties and government entities. RBS Securities and its affiliates have offices across the US.

Zone Ventures Management Company primarily provides seed, or first round, funding and invests in the Southern California area. Zone Ventures generally invests about $1 million to $3 million in these start-ups and typically takes a seat on the board. Part of the company's portfolio includes digital video developer DivXNetworks (MP3), online retailer Allpets.com, and facial recognition technology developer Neven Vision. Other services include financial strategy, executive search, and investment banking.

In-Q-Tel, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. In-Q-Tel, Inc. is a non-profit private equity and venture capital firm specializing in start-ups, early venture, mid venture, late-stage investments. The firm also provides bridge financing. It seeks to invest in research and development programs, emerging and established companies, universities and research labs. The firm makes investments in application software and analytics including software applications for enterprise, departmental, and individual users; software-based analytics to automate and support human analysis; tools to exploit text, multimedia, and geospatial-based data in native language and format; knowledge management and collaboration; search; categorization and publishing; application integration; visualization; translation; geospatial design; and simulation and modeling. Within bio, nano, and chemical technologies, it seeks to invest in the extraction and characterization of trace materials from the environment, the characterization of unknown bulk materials, the on-site determination of individual human traits for IC purposes, point-of-care medical technologies outside of a laboratory or clinical environment, tracking and/or authentication of both individuals and objects, and the enablement of new IC capabilities from advances in material science.

The partners at DFJ Esprit have worked together investing in venture capital for more than a decade, accumulating over 100 years of experience in the technology, new media, telecoms and medtech sectors. From early to later stage, we take pride in our track record of supporting extraordinary entrepreneurs and European high growth companies with global potential. With offices in London and Cambridge, and access to the DFJ Global Network of venture capital partnerships, including 135 investment professionals in 32 cities around the world, we are uniquely positioned to help build globally successful companies.

Meritech Capital Partners was founded in 1999. Meritech Capital Partners places late-stage venture capital investments in information technology and communications technology companies with proven track records and quality management teams. It also participates in buyouts and spinoffs. The firm manages almost $2 billion in committed capital. Portfolio holdings include interests in networking equipment maker BigBand Networks, optical switch maker Agility Communications, and data storage device maker BlueArc, and distributed antenna systems builder NextG Networks. Meritech has been investing heavily in companies based in, or with extensive operations in, foreign countries, including Canada, China, the Netherlands, and the UK.

Park Row offers its clients financial advice and services through a number of divisions, both in person and via the Internet or special seminars. It has independent financial advisers (IFAs) as well as independent mortgage advisers, and also provides wealth management services to corporate and private clients. Group companies include Park Row Associates, Park Row Associates (Mortgages), and Park Row Conveyancing. Park Row is a subsidiary of Royal Liver Assurance. In 2007 the parent company combined its sales team with Park Row's independent financial advisers who now also distribute Royal Liver products.

Union Financiere de France Banque SA Company offers asset management services to nearly 128,000 individuals and nearly 18,000 companies in France. Union Financiere de France Banque SA company employs more than 1,000 advisors throughout the nation. Union Financiere de France Banque has been increasing its marketing efforts toward upper-income individuals: It has employed such slogans as the bank which makes you long to be a capitalist and has used images of Karl Marx and Mao Tse-tung in capitalist garb for its advertising. Life insurer Aviva Vie (part of Aviva) owns more than three-quarters of Union Financiere de France Banque.

NWQ Investment Management was founded in 1982 and acquired by Nuveen Investments in 2002. NWQ Investment Management serves institutional investors such as corporations, endowments, foundations, high-net-worth individuals, multi-employer plans, and public entities. A value-oriented, long-term investor, the firm focuses on what it perceives to be underpriced equities of all market capitalizations. It also utilizes a core fixed-income strategy and provides access to alternative investments. NWQ Investment Management Company has approximately $37 billion in assets under management.

Hamon Investment Group believes in Asia's potential to provide investors with long-term capital growth, and it wants to put your money where its mouth is. Hamon is an independent asset management firm specializing in Asian investments. It offers open-ended funds and individual discretionary accounts to corporations, family trusts, financial institutions, pension funds, and private investors. Its flagship fund, Hamon Asian Market Leaders Fund, invests in regional Asian companies and emerging blue chip growth companies. The Hamon Selected Asian Portfolio fund makes strategic equity investments in listed Asian growth companies. Its Asian iTech Fund invests in listed equities of Asian IT and electronics companies.

Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York. Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group is an operating subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co. Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group is a private equity firm specializing in small and middle market transactions. The firm prefers to acquire businesses and assets from financially distressed sellers and through divestitures from large corporations. It seeks to invest in management buyouts, private company recapitalizations, corporate orphans, distressed debt, complex structural situations, special situations, partnerships with fundless sponsors and industry executives, corporate lift-outs, difficult or non-traditional deal situations, and asset pool purchases. The firm seeks to invest in specialty finance, retail, consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare services and facilities, and business services. It invests between $10 million and $250 million in companies having enterprise values of $30 million to $500 million. The firm makes control investments as a sole investor or co-investor in transactions.

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