Iris Capital was founded in 1986 and is based in Paris, France. Iris Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in startup, early stage, late stage, growth capital, acquisition, and developmental capital investments. It also invests in middle market and mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in special situations such as public-to-private or secondary transactions. It focuses on media and entertainment, communications, electronics, and information technology sectors. Within media and entertainment, the firm invests in TV production and broadcasting, music, video games, cinema, publishing, advertising, and technical services and solutions. In communications, it seeks to invest in value-added service providers, telecoms, fixed and wireless operators, equipment, and software. Within IT, the firm invests in enterprise software, infrastructure and storage, security, IT services and ASPs, new technologies, and Internet Services sectors. It primarily invests in companies based in Europe with a focus on Continental Europe (France, Germany, Benelux, and Switzerland) and North America. It typically invests between €1 million ($1.47 million) and €4 million ($6.36 million) per round and can invest up to €20 million ($31.7 million) over the life of the company.

WRP Investments, Inc. is an independent brokerage/dealer based in Ohio that has about $125 million in assets under management. WRP Investments offers online trading, margin accounts, financial planning, and 401(k) services, as well as brokerage clearing through National Financial Services, LLC. WRP Investments, Inc. is an independent organization not owned by, affiliated with, or influenced by an insurance company or an investment company. WRP Investments, Inc. was founded in 1976.

SagePoint Financial was formed as AIG Financial Advisors in 2005 from the combination of three of the broker-dealer subsidiaries of insurance giant American International Group (AIG): Sentra Securities, Spelman & Co., and SunAmerica Securities. Part of AIG Retirement Services, SagePoint sells products and services including retirement and estate planning, securities trading, and insurance. SagePoint Financial, Inc. oversees around $27 billion in account assets. SagePoint Financial, Inc. serves both short- and long-term investors through a nationwide network of some 2,300 independent financial advisors, who receive technology, business development, and training support from SagePoint.

The Perishable Specialist, Inc. (P.S.I.) serves as a licensed customs broker, helping its clients cut through the maze of red tape strung up by such agencies as the US Customs Service, the Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration. Services offered by P.S.I. include US customs clearance, duty drawback, binding rulings, USDA/PPQ inspection, FDA filing, fumigation, and transportation arrangement. It also provides import consultation, protest of customs challenges, and petitions and mitigations to protect against customs penalties and liquidated damages claims. The Perishable Specialist company is owned by the Ramos family.

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. founded in 1931, is quiet (it doesn't advertise or grant many interviews), stable (it prides itself on consistency and believes investment decisions should not be taken lightly), and faithful (most of its investments and its executives are long-term). Subsidiary Capital Research and Management manages The American Funds, a family of more than 30 mutual funds that ranks among the largest groups of mutual funds by assets in the US. Other Capital Group units offer mutual funds in Canada and Europe, and investment trusts in Japan.

VTC is a fast growing and independent industrial group. Through its lean entrepreneurial structures the portfolio companies can react quickly to customers needs and changing market environments. The portfolio companies act fully independent and only receive strategic or M&A support from the holding. Owned by four private individuals, VTC is fully independent and focuses on profitable, long-term growth. Besides promoting organic growth, VTC is constantly evaluating new investment oppurtunities both in its current and in new segments.

Jesup & Lamont, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage, investment banking, market making research, investment advisory, asset management services, and order execution services to retail and institutional customers primarily in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Jesup & Lamont, Inc. offers brokerage services, including ancillary services, such as market data and financial information, portfolio tracking and records management, account security, and cash management services directly to retail customers, including individuals, and small to mid-sized institutions, such as banks, credit unions, hedge funds, money managers, mutual funds, and pension funds.Jesup & Lamont, Inc. also provides municipal bond and corporate/high yield bond trading, and certificate of deposit underwriting services; and market making and order execution services, which include filling orders received from independent broker dealers to buy or sell domestic or foreign securities for affiliated and unaffiliated broker dealers and institutions. In addition, Jesup & Lamont, Inc. offers investment advisory services, including investment portfolio planning, recommendations and separate account manager and mutual fund research and due diligence, portfolio performance review and reallocation, and wrap accounts for registered investment advisors. Jesup & Lamont, Inc. was formerly known as Empire Financial Holding Company and changed its name to Jesup & Lamont, Inc. in January 2008. Jesup & Lamont was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Marlin Equity Partners, LLC was founded in 2005 and is based in El Segundo, California. Marlin Equity Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in corporate divestiture, carve-outs, extractions, management buyouts, recapitalizations, PIPES, and public-to-privates transactions. The firm also invests in special situations including bankruptcies, reorganization, debtor-in-possession financings, out of court restructurings, equity and debt recapitalizations, and operational turnarounds. It seeks to invest in middle market and mature companies and provides bridge financing. The firm typically invests in the technology, healthcare, consumer, services, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, aerospace and defense, and media sectors. Within technology, it focuses on software, hardware, payment and transaction processing and financial technology, telecommunications, and the Internet. Within healthcare, the firm focuses on healthcare technology and information technology, revenue cycle management, and services and outsourcing. Within consumer sector, it focuses on consumer products, ecommerce and direct marketing, footwear and apparel, food and beverage.

AdCapital capitalizes on investing in high-technology companies on a temporary basis. The group, which began as a spinoff from Berliner Elektro Holding in 2000, has invested in such companies as assembly equipment manufacturer BE Semiconductor Industries, control engineering firm Bavaria Digital Technik, and medical diagnostic equipment group Erich Jaeger. It also helped finance Softpro, a leading vendor of signature verification systems. AdCapital invests in enterprises at all stages, including IPOs and privatizations of listed companies.

Ansbacher was founded in 1894 and acquired by QNB in 2004. Ansbacher Group channels money through the right channels. Operating as Ansbacher Banking Group, the company is the wealth management and private banking arm of Qatar National Bank (QNB). The group offers a wealth of financial services options, including specialist and private banking, financial and estate planning, and fiduciary and trust services. It also has a unit that facilitates corporate yacht ownership and yacht registration. The company operates in Switzerland, the Bahamas, the Channel Islands, and the United Arab Emirates; it pulled out of the UK in 2009.

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