First Cash Financial Services, Inc. primarily operates pawn stores that lend money on the collateral of pledged personal property in the United States and Mexico. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. also engages in the retail of previously owned merchandise acquired through pawn forfeitures and purchased from the general public. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. pawn stores provide collateral consumer loans on pledged personal properties, such as jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, sporting goods, and musical instruments; consumer financial services, including credit services, check cashing, money orders, money transfers, and prepaid card products. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. also owns and operates kiosks inside convenience stores that offer credit services and check cashing. As of December 31, 2009, First Cash Financial Services owned and operated 383 pawn stores and 163 short-term loan stores, as well as 39 financial services kiosks. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Arlington, Texas.

Established in 1987, The Carlyle Group is a private global investment firm that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings.The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager with more than $90.5 billion under management. With 67 funds across four investment disciplines (buyouts, credit alternatives, growth capital and real estate), Carlyle combines global vision with local insight, relying on a top-flight team of 400+ investment professionals operating out of offices in 19 countries to uncover superior opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.While open to opportunities wherever they can be found, Carlyle focuses on sectors in which it has demonstrated expertise: aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, real estate, technology & business services and telecommunications & media.

Lyceum Capital Partners LLP was founded in 1999 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Lyceum Capital Partners LLP is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of middle market companies. It seeks to invest in mid-sized businesses. The firm also invests in add-on acquisitions. The firm seeks to invest in business and consumer service industries with a preference for healthcare, education and human capital, business outsourcing and technology, financial services, and media services companies. It selectively also invests in specialist consumer, retail, and industrial services. The firm seeks opportunities in companies based in the United Kingdom. It typically invests between £5 million ($9.76 million) and £40 million ($78.10 million) in companies with enterprise values between £10 million ($19.52 million) and £75 million ($146.44 million). The firm prefers a board seat in its portfolio companies.

JPMorgan Private Bank likes its upper crust well-buttered. Catering to the wealthiest individuals and families, as well as business owners, executives, endowments, and foundations, the unit of JPMorgan Chase is one of the largest private banks in the world. It performs a range of wealth management services, tailoring its efforts to its clients' needs and taking full advantage of its parent's banking and brokerage prowess. The company's offerings include investing, capital advisory, lines of credit, hedge funds, and trust services, as well as advice on tax and estate planning and philanthropy. JPMorgan Private Bank manages more than $450 billion in client assets.

Wedbush Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, recapitalizations, acquisition, management-led buyouts, add-on acquisitions and expansion capital investments in lower middle market. The firm prefers to invest in business and financial services, consumer products and services, and niche manufacturing with a focus on medical devices, materials, containers and packaging, industrials, capital goods, aerospace and defense, building products, construction and engineering, electrical equipment, trading companies and distributors, commercial services and supplies, transportation, consumer discretionary, consumer durables and apparel, leisure equipment and products, textiles, apparel and luxury goods, restaurants and leisure, retailing, consumer staples, financials, banks, commercial banks, diversified financials, diversified financial services, consumer finance, capital markets, energy services, and insurance sectors. It invests in companies based in the Western United States.

KRG Capital Partners, L.L.C was founded in 1996 and is based in Denver, Colorado. KRG Capital Partners, ("KRG Capital") is a private equity investment firm specializing in acquiring controlling interests in middle-market companies and growing them into significantly larger enterprises through the combination of internal growth and selective strategic add-on acquisitions. KRG Capital seeks investment opportunities where we can partner with existing management teams that are committed to building a best-in-class industry leader through industry consolidation. KRG Capital invests in companies with a history of operating profitability and strong growth prospects in specialty or "niche" manufacturing, distribution or service industries. In all cases, KRG Capital seeks to develop a growth and consolidation strategy that will clearly add value to the end customers of our portfolio companies by providing an enhanced product or service offering.

Forward Ventures, founded in 1993, has a team of five investment professionals with extensive experience in venture capital and operations. Forward has invested in over 50 companies since it was founded in 1993 and currently has approximately $500 million in capital under management. The most recent fund, Forward V, continues Forward Ventures’ program of life sciences and health care venture investing in companies of all stages. The firm is headquartered in a 40,000 square-foot research building that also serves as an incubator for its portfolio companies.

Astellas Venture Management invests in seed-stage and emerging biotech companies, including drug discovery and development companies. The firm manages four venture funds, and its portfolio includes more than 20 companies. Astellas Venture Management is the venture capital arm of Astellas Pharma, formed from the 2005 merger of Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical and Fujisawa Pharmaceutical. Astellas Venture Management provides its portfolio companies not only with cash, but also access to the scientific expertise, production facilities, and marketing clout of its parent firm.

Ray Ingleby and Fred Mendelsohn founded Axiomlab in 2000. Axiomlab Group shops locally, dropping pounds in Scotland and the north of England. The company holds stakes in five companies providing financial backing in addition to offering strategic and operational support. Axiomlab Group company's portfolio consists of technology, material sciences, and pharmaceutical development companies. Of the five companies that Axiomlabs owns stakes in three are publicy traded. Axiomlab likes to watch its money closely, taking an active operational role with start-up, early-stage, and existing businesses.

PEAK6 Investments, L.P. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Peak6 Investment, LP, an online stock and option broker, provides options trading, risk management, and hedge fund services. It also operates a news network that provides market analysis, trading floor interviews, trading strategies, education, and news feeds regarding options. In addition, the company operates a Website that provides information about the stock market, as well as enables to trade in real stocks under real market conditions with fake money.

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