The New York City Transitional Finance Authority (TFA) won't sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, but it will let you invest in repairs. The quasi-independent government agency sells municipal bonds to finance the Big Apple's capital improvement projects -- public buildings, roads, bridges, etc. The authority was created in 1997 to circumvent state constitutional limitations on the amount of debt the city could take on. With the authority to issue up to $11.5 billion in bonds, the agency proved to be even more useful than anticipated, selling $2 billion in bonds for recovery costs following the September 11 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center. The TFA's bond limit has since been raised to $13.5 billion.

City Index company provides online access to unconventional financial products and services, including spread betting, a type of wager made on share prices of financial instruments; and contracts-for-difference (CFDs), which allow participants to wager on what the value of a financial instrument will be at the end of a given period. City Index also offers access to FX (foreign exchange) markets. City Index, which operates primarily in the UK and the Asia-Pacific region, serves individual clients and also offers its products through banks, brokerages, and other financial institutions. CFDs and spread betting are illegal in the US.

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.

Lightspeed Venture Partners was founded in 1971 is based in Menlo Park, California. Lightspeed Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and expansion stage investments. The firm structures and participates in equity and debt financing for start-up and growth companies and also provides incubation services. In China, the firm seeks to invest in early stage and late stages businesses. It prefers to make investments in mobile, social media, commerce, gaming, consumer web services, datacenter infrastructure, enterprise automation, digital media and consumer electronics, communications infrastructure technologies, networking, wireless, internet media & commerce, internet and e-commerce, semiconductors, cleantech, and other services. In India, the firm seeks to invest in advertising & media, business services, financial services, healthcare, education, and retail. It primarily invests in the United States, Israel, China, and India. The firm seeks to makes investments not exceeding $20 million. The firm invests between $10 million to $25 million in growth stages in India. It invests between $2 million to $10 million in early stages in India.

The Fidelity Global Group is an international asset-based investment firm that provides credit facilities to a variety industries through its subsidiaries. Fidelity Global provides development funding for communications, metals, mining, and chemical companies for both the private and government sectors internationally. It offers credit services and loans for refiners of nonferrous metal, such as aluminum, brass, copper, magnesium, and zinc, to purchase new equipment or expand operations. Fidelity Global company also offers loans to companies that are credit-challenged on a per project basis. Fidelity Global Group usually gets a percentage of the profits from those projects.

First Capital Bancorp, Inc. operates as a holding company for First Capital Bank that offers commercial banking and related financial services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals in Richmond, Virginia. Market Area The company’s primary market is the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area, which includes Chesterfield County, Henrico County, Hanover County, the Town of Ashland, and the City of Richmond. All of its branches are located in the Richmond metropolitan area. Products and Services The company offers a range of deposit services that include checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, and other time deposits of various types, ranging from daily money market accounts to longer-term certificates of deposit. In addition, it offers certain retirement account services, such as Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The company also offers a range of short-to-medium term commercial and consumer loans. Commercial loans include both secured and unsecured loans for working capital (including inventory and receivables), business expansion (including acquisition of real estate and improvements), and purchase of equipment and machinery. Consumer loans include secured (and unsecured loans) for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments. Additionally, it originates fixed and floating-rate mortgage and real estate construction and acquisition loans.

Axcess International, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Addison, Texas. Axcess International, Inc. provides patented radio frequency identification and real time location systems that locate, track, monitor, count, and protect people, assets, and vehicles in the United States. Axcess company offers ActiveTag, a multi-use, single-system solution that supports automatic monitoring and tracking applications, including electronic asset protection and asset management, automatic personnel and vehicle access control, and wireless sensing; and Online supervisor software that provides real time management solutions through reporting, display, and decision and control functions. Its products have applications in automated workforce management, and fleet access control and data capture solutions; electronic asset protection and tracking; electronic inventory control and tracking; and automatic personnel identification.Axcess company also engages in the development, design, manufacture, and marketing of video security technology and video storage products; and packaging, sale, and marketing of high technology security products. It provides its solutions for corporate access control and asset management, airport and port security infrastructure homeland defense, civil and military government, education, and inventory and transportation management. Axcess International, Inc. sells its products through system integrators, distributors, specialty dealers, catalog sales organizations, and original equipment manufacturers.

President Joseph Shocken founded Broadmark Capital in 1987; since then the company has advised or invested in more than 150 deals worth some $1 billion. Broadmark Capital makes a big deal out of the little guy. The merchant bank provides financing and advisory services, including private placements of stock and mergers & acquisitions guidance, to emerging companies in the US and Europe. It also makes direct investments in firms. The company's typical deal ranges from $500,000 to more than $60 million. Targeted industries include life sciences and health care, technology, financial services, and communications.

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).

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.

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