Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman is a global leader in real estate financial services, providing highly specialized debt structuring, debt and equity placement, hospitality financing and sales, note sales and associated advisory services. As a premier real estate investment banking firm, Cushman & Wakefield specialize in providing integrated capital solutions for all asset classes and are also a recognized industry leader in the financing and sale of hospitality and resort properties.By drawing on our integrated full service global platform C&WSG are able to assess our clients' current property operations and, at the same time, develop repositioning strategies that enhance asset value and maximize appeal to capital sources. With C&WSG focus on both the debt and equity markets, C&WSG clients the depth of insight and expertise needed to deliver creative, customized structuring solutions drawing from both traditional and non-traditional capital sources in a rapidly changing marketplace. Understanding the entire capital stack from equity and preferred equity to permanent, bridge, mezzanine and construction loans, C&WSG finance specialists tailor solutions to achieve optimal proceeds on the most attractive terms. From the conventional to cutting edge innovations, C&WSG long-standing record is unrivalled.

Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) invests mainly in information technology companies focused on the semiconductor, software, and consumer Internet sectors. It typically invests between $10 million to $15 million in start-up or early-stage firms and assists its portfolio companies with executive recruiting, forming strategic alliances, and financial and legal matters. An affiliate of Wells Fargo, NVP closed its 11th fund worth some $1.2 million in late 2009. It is the firm's largest fund to date. NVP has more than $3.7 billion of capital under management and has invested in more than 450 companies.

CapitalSource, Inc., a specialized finance company, provides various financial products to small and medium-sized businesses in the United States. CapitalSource Inc. operates through three divisions: Corporate Finance, Healthcare and Specialty Finance, and Structured Finance. The Corporate Finance division provides senior and mezzanine loans to businesses backed by private equity sponsors. The Healthcare and Specialty Finance division offers asset-based revolving lines of credit, first mortgage loans, and senior and mezzanine loans to healthcare businesses and other companies. The Structured Finance division provides commercial and residential real estate lending, and asset-based lending to finance companies. CapitalSource Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

St. James's Place plc, through its subsidiaries, provides financial and wealth management services in the United Kingdom. It offers pensions, protection, and investment products; unit trust investment products, including ISAs and PEPs; and financial products, such as annuities, mortgages, and stakeholder pensions from third party providers. The company, formerly known as St. James's Place Capital plc, was founded in 1977 and changed its name to St. James's Place plc in May 2006. The company is headquartered in Cirencester, the United Kingdom.

Established in 1890, Suomi Mutual Life Assurance Company is the second oldest life insurance company in Finland. Suomi Mutual administers its customers' life insurance portfolio and related investments for the benefit of policyholders. Suomi Mutual has 300 000 owner customers. Suomi Mutual's insurance portfolio consists of insurance policies taken out before July 1, 1997. The portfolio also includes certain newer policies, such as group pension insurance, and capital redemption contracts for companies and corporations. Part of insurance portfolio transferred to Pohjola. At the beginning of 2005, an over EUR 1 billion insurance portfolio and around 135 000 insurance customers were transferred to Pohjola. Now Pohjola is part of the OP-Pohjola Group, the largest financial services group in Finland. The OP-Pohjola Group is Suomi Mutual's main cooperation partner.

Blum Capital Partners was founded in 1975 and is based in San Francisco, California. Blum Capital Partners is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in both public and private companies. It typically invests in small and mid-capitalization companies that have a market capitalization between $350 million and $3 billion. The firm takes a substantial position in each business, either through the acquisition of strategic blocks of common shares in the public market, privately-negotiated minority investment, or a private control position. It seeks to invest in fundamentally good companies that are undervalued. The firm prefers to have a seat on the boards of the portfolio companies. It typically invests with a two to more than four years holding period in its portfolio companies.

SCM Advisors LLC was founded in 1989 and is based in San Francisco, California. SCM Advisors LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to foundations, endowments, corporations, multi-employer plans, private clients, high net worth individuals, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, and structured financial products. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also manages mutual funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The firm invests in the growth stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. For its micro-cap equity portfolios, it invests in companies with market capitalization of $500 million and below. For its fixed income investments, the firm invests in tax advantaged bonds, government securities, investment grade corporate bonds, municipal bonds, mortgages, asset-backed securities, high yield securities, and non-U.S. bonds. It employs fundamental analysis with a combination of top down macro-economic analysis and bottom up issue research to create its portfolios.

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank offers various products and services in capital markets, investment banking, structured finance, corporate banking, and international private banking. Its Coverage and Investment Banking division monitors and develops corporate and financial institutions in France and internationally. This division’s operations comprise advisory services and equity financing operations, including mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, corporate equity derivatives, and loan syndication, as well as Islamic banking. The company’s Equity Brokerage and Derivatives division involves in the trading, sale, and arbitrage of equity derivatives, index derivatives, simple or complex structured products, warrants, certificates, and indexed products. Its Fixed Income Markets division offers standard and structured market products, including commodities, debt and credit markets, foreign exchange, interest rate derivatives, and treasury for corporate and financial institutions. The company’s Structured Finance division consists of originating, structuring, and financing operations involving large-scale exports and investments in France and internationally, backed by collateral security, as well as complex and structured loans.

Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. was founded in 1995 and is based in New York. Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in mature and lower middle market private and public companies. The firm seeks to invest in, management buyouts; recapitalizations; corporate divestitures; growth financings; industry consolidations; turnarounds; restructurings; special situations; and going private transactions. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the, outsourcing; consumer products; business and marketing services; consumer services; consumer discretionary; healthcare; consumer staples; materials; food and restaurants; outsourced manufacturing; franchising; distribution; outsourced manufacturing; and manufacturing sectors. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in the United States and Canada. It invests up to $75 million in equity investments but prefers a range between $20 million and $50 million in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $25 million and enterprise values ranging from $25 million to $250 million with minimum $6 million annual cash flows. It prefers to be a majority investor, but co-invests selectively, and takes a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies.

ThinkTank Holdings LLC was founded in 1999 by entrepreneur Scott Blum. ThinkTank is a venture capital firm with investments in about eight companies in entertainment, media, technology, and e-commerce. Among these are electronic retailers Buy.com and Sell.com as well as exercise site Yoga Today, and brand name developer ThinkBig Media. Four of its early investments have been sold. On top of raising capital for portfolio companies, ThinkTank provides merger and acquisitions advice, strategic business partnerships, legal support, business development, and marketing services. It also takes controlling positions in most of its portfolio companies.

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