River Cities Capital Funds was founded in 1994 and has over $300 million under management. River Cities Capital Funds invests mostly in middle stage companies located in the Midwest and Southeast. River Cities Capital Funds invests venture capital in companies engaged primarily in technology, health care, and consumer and business services in the Midwest and Southeastern US. Portfolio companies include online book distributor Atomic Dog Publishing and software developer Manta Media, and online data recovery provider EVault. Investment partners include Austin Ventures, Fifth Third Bancorp, and Finova.

Shore Capital Group Limited is independently owned with its management as substantial shareholders. Its shares are listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited, Shore Capital and Corporate Limited and Shore Capital Limited are all authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited is also a member of the London Stock Exchange.The emphasis throughout the Group is on a professional and personalised service and Shore Capital seek to offer Shore Capital expertise both responsively and pro-actively. Shore Capital believe that Shore Capital greatest asset is the experience, vigour and commitment of Shore Capital people. Shore Capital management and employees own a significant proportion of the business, and are committed to success.Shore Capital pride Shore Capital selves on Shore Capital network of clients, institutions, companies and high net worth individuals including entrepreneurs, and on Shore Capital esearch capability in the industry sectors where shore capital are expert. Shore Capital marketmaking operation has established a reputation within the broking and institutional community for offering a pro-active and responsive service.Shore Capital has offices in Guernsey, London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Berlin and an affiliate office in Dubai (Full Circle Investments).

The Parkmead Group tries to smooth the path with its corporate finance and investment services. (The Parkmead, through its Quayside Corporate Services unit, also provides a variety of business turnaround services.) Formerly known as Interregnum, the Parkmead Group has invested in such companies as software architecture designer Adaptive, content management provider Open Text, multimedia messaging supplier Yospace, and software security provider KeCrypt. In 2009, the firm bought energy consultant Aupec Ltd. in a cash and stock deal. The Parkmead assists businesses with mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, and other related transactions.

School Employees Retirement System of Ohio was formed in 1937 and is based in Columbus, Ohio. School Employees Retirement System of Ohio (SERS) provides pension, survivor, disability, and post-retirement health care benefits active and retired non-teaching public school employees of Ohio. As a limited partner, School Employees Retirement System of Ohio is a public pension fund with $8 billion in assets under management. The fund engages in the following alternative investment strategies: buyouts/corporate finance, international private equity, and venture capital. It has a net internal rate of return target of the S&P 500 + 3%. The fund allocates 1% to 5% of its total assets to alternative investments.

Nomura Holdings is the parent company of Nomura Securities, Japan's leading investment bank and brokerage house. Nomura Holdings, Inc. performs trading, equity and bond underwriting, research, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services. Nomura Holdings, Inc. also makes private equity and venture capital investments. Nomura's largest segment is domestic retail, which provides investment consulting and brokerage services to consumers in its home market. Nomura Holdings, Inc. asset management segment manages more than �25 trillion (more than $225 billion) on behalf of its clients. Nomura Holdings has operations in more than 30 countries. Nomura Securities International is the company's US trading and investment banking unit.

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC was founded in 1971 and is based in New Port Beach, California with an additional office in New York City. Pacific Investment Management Company LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans, investment companies, and foreign clients. It also manages accounts for high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations, universities, foundations, endowments, and state or municipal government entities. The firm manages separate client focused equity and fixed income portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in value stocks of companies. The firm invests in fixed income securities including governments, corporates, mortgages, asset backs, money market, and hedged international bonds while creating its portfolios. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a combination of bottom-up and top-down stock picking approaches while making its investments.

InterWest Partners was founded in 1979 and is based at Menlo Park, California. InterWest Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. It makes ongoing capital investments throughout the full range of venture investment stages including development stages. The firm seeks to invest in the information technology companies with a specific focus on systems, enterprise software and services, wireless and mobility, digital media and Internet, datacenter infrastructure, communications, semiconductors, and components; and life sciences companies with specific focus on biopharmaceuticals, drug discovery and tool discovery, medical devices and diagnostics, service, and healthcare information technology companies. Its investments range from $7 million to $15 million over several rounds of financing. The firm prefers to be the lead investor and typically serves on the Board of Directors of its portfolio companies.

AXA Financial, Inc. is a subsidiary of AXA S.A. AXA Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial advisory, insurance, and investment management products and services. It operates in two segments, Financial Advisory/Insurance and Investment Management. The Financial Advisory/Insurance segment offers variable and interest-sensitive life insurance products, variable and fixed-interest annuity products, mutual funds and other investment products, asset management services, and financial planning and other services principally to individuals, small and medium-size businesses, and professional and trade associations. This segment provides its products on a retail and wholesale basis in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico through financial professionals, national and regional securities firms, independent financial planning and other broker-dealers, banks, and brokerage general agencies. The Investment Management segment offers investment products and services, such as separately managed accounts, subadvisory relationships, structured products, collective investment trusts, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other investment vehicles to its institutional clients.

Abraxus Investments plc company seeks to invest in renewable energy, namely wind farms, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe where it sees strong development opportunities. Abraxus was formerly focused on commercial real estate in the same regions, but changed course in mid-2009 as property markets around the world turned sour. That year, the company set up a subsidiary in Romania to locate and develop investment opportunities. Abraxus has been in a bit of corporate limbo as it seeks to find its niche. In 2005, dissident shareholders attempted to oust Abraxus five board members, citing the company's poor performance. The coup was later overturned.

New Mountain Capital, together with its affiliates ("New Mountain"), manages private equity and public equity capital with aggregate assets under management totaling more than $8.5 billion. New Mountain's first private equity fund, the $770 million New Mountain Partners, L.P., began its investment period in January 2000. New Mountain's second private equity fund, the $1.55 billion New Mountain Partners II, L.P., began its investment period in January 2005. The firm believes that both funds rank among the highest returning private equity funds of their vintage years [1]. New Mountain's third private equity fund, New Mountain Partners III, L.P., with over $5.1 billion of aggregate commitments, began its investment period in August 2007. New Mountain manages public equity portfolios through New Mountain Vantage Advisers, L.L.C. ("Vantage"). Vantage is designed to apply New Mountain's established strengths as an acquirer and builder of businesses toward non-control positions in the U.S. public equity markets generally.

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