Focus firm invests venture capital in expansion-stage technology companies, usually anywhere from $3 million-$15 million, particularly in the fields of semiconductors, communications, and software. The firm typically serves as the lead investor. Current holdings include supply management software maker Elance and engineering software maker Sequence Design. Focus Ventures' largest general partner is Asian investment firm the Cha Group.

Landmark Ventures, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York. Landmark Ventures, Inc. provides strategic and financial advisory services. The firm offers mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private placements, capital raising, due diligence, and fund placement advisory services. Additionally, it provides business development, strategy formulation, and key account identification services. The firm’s clientele include ActionBase, Blinco Systems, Agentis, BioPetroClean, BoardVantage, Centrata, Inovis, Network Privacy, and Radware. It caters to IT, business services, and life sciences sectors.

ASX Limited (ASX) was created by the merger of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and SFE (Sydney Futures Exchange) Corporation. As of June 30, 2009, the ASXL’s principal activities include securities exchange and ancillary services; derivatives exchange and ancillary services; central counterparty clearing services, and registry, settlement and delivery versus payment clearing of financial products. ASX functions as a market operator, supervisor, clearing house and payments system facilitator. The diverse domestic and international customer base of ASX includes issuers (such as corporations and trusts) of a variety of listed securities, investment and trading banks, fund managers, hedge funds, commodity trading advisers, proprietary and retail traders, and retail investors.

Established in 1982, the firm owns and operates two offices and has about $10 billion in assets under management. In early 2010 SEAMARK joined forces with fellow Canadian asset manager GrowthWorks to create a new holding company parent in Matrix Asset Management. It now operates as a division of Matrix. SEAMARK Asset Management provides investment counseling services to pension, insurance, retirement, endowment, mutual fund, and wealthy clients across the country.

The Patriarch platform is a vertically integrated distressed private equity firm with robust in-house operational turnaround expertise. Patriarch Partners, LLC ("Patriarch"), founded in 2000, was built upon a proprietary patented financial model designed to manage and monetize the distressed portfolios of financial institutions. Patriarch has since evolved into a global investment firm that concentrates on direct investments in distressed businesses, managing funds with over $7 billion of equity and secured loan assets with equity investments in more than 70 companies, and controlling interests in approximately two-thirds of these.Patriarch focuses on the acquisition of undervalued companies where time, capital and sound strategy can rescue a business and restore value, preserving jobs in America and around the world while simultaneously providing demonstrated returns to investors. Patriarch believes that making money and making the world a better place are not mutually exclusive concepts. The firm offers a peerless approach that combines innovative financial models, restructuring techniques and the operational expertise necessary to rebuild businesses facing complex circumstances.Challenging conditions often mean the need to improve operations from the ground up; the situations require equal concentration and adeptness between financial engineering and operational execution. An expanded global reach is critical and Patriarch has acquired manufacturing facilities in nations where lower labor costs can help U.S. companies compete in the competitive global economy, Patriarch Partners Management Group, established in 2005, is a team of seasoned and connected global professionals strategically placed among portfolio companies to fortify management and to unearth and implement necessary efficiencies, new technologies and unique strategies.

Scottish Equity Partners LLP was founded in 1997. Scottish Equity Partners LLP is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start up, early stage, mid and late venture, and growth capital financing. The firm prefers to invest in information technology, healthcare, life sciences, and energy related sectors. It seeks to invest in information technology sector with a focus on enterprise application software, enterprise network technologies focused on connectivity, security and mobility standards based communication technologies, semiconductors, displays, and novel new materials. In healthcare and life sciences sector, the firm includes enabling diagnostics, medical devices, specialty pharmaceuticals, as well as platform and enabling technologies, new therapeutics, novel research, and development technologies. In energy related sector, it primarily invests in oilfield technology, renewable energy, environmental technologies, and clean and green technology. In the renewable energy sector, the firm includes sources such as wind, wave, tidal, and solar energy. It also seeks to invest in equipment and services, distributed and mobile power technologies such as fuel cells, advanced batteries, energy storage, energy efficiency, and new materials.

Wall Street Associates was formed in 1987 from the spinoff of California First Bank's investment advisor subsidiary and is now owned by its employees. Wall Street Associates was formed in 1987 from the spinoff of California First Bank's investment advisor subsidiary and is now owned by its employees.

SVG Capital is a private equity investor and fund management business listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: SVI). SVG Capital’s investment objective is to achieve capital appreciation by investing principally in private equity funds that are managed or advised by Permira, a leading international private equity specialist*.In addition, SVG Capital invests in private equity funds that invest in Japan, North America, Asia and the life sciences sectors, and in unquoted and quoted businesses through specialist funds and co-investments alongside these funds. The Company may also invest in other private equity related assets and alternative asset classes. To complement this investment objective and create capital and income for the Company, its fund management business structures, markets, manages and advises products for investment in private equity, private equity related assets, alternative asset classes and in public equity using private equity techniques.

Execution Noble (formerly Noble Group) seeks noble returns and higher placements. The investment bank performs underwriting and M&A advisory services for companies in Europe, North America, and Asia. Execution Noble also provides research and brokerage services for large and midcap equities. Execution Noble company serves institutional investors including hedge funds, pensions, and insurance companies. Noble Group was acquired by Execution Holdings in 2010, allowing Execution to gain Noble's Indian equities research capabilities. The combined firm is owned by its employees and managers.

Thinkorswim Group (formerly Investools) gives consumers the hammer and nails for building their financial dream. Specializing in options trading, Thinkorswim Group Inc. provides online trading services, research, and advisory services to retail and individual investors in the US and Canada. Thinkorswim Group Inc. Investools unit provides consumer-oriented investor education and information through seminars, workshops, online and DVD-based home study courses, a subscription-based online Investor Toolbox, and other offerings. Courses cover online investing, portfolio management, and cash flow strategies. In addition, Thinkorswim Group Inc. offers personal coaching sessions via telephone and e-mail. TD AMERITRADE acquired thinkorswim in 2009.

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