Axiom Venture Partners provides capital and strategic assistance to rapidly growing high technology companies. Axiom’s professionals bring substantial investing experience and industry expertise to the venture capital process. With over $200M in capital under management, the firm seeks to consider investment proposals in two main industry areas. The first is High Technology which includes Communications, Software, Internet Infrastructure and Information Technology. Biotechnology constitutes the second area.Located in Hartford, Connecticut, Axiom invests actively throughout the United States in early or late stage companies. Approximately 15 Axiom portfolio companies have successfully completed IPO’s in recent years and a number of others are positioned for IPO’s when appropriate market conditions prevail. Given this success, Axiom’s investment returns rank near the top of its industry. Axiom is actively investing its third Partnership, Axiom Venture Partners III.

Avenir Group invests in small and midsized companies and helps build those companies by providing management services and analysis, as well as business and administrative consulting. The firm prefers to invest in family businesses, threshold companies, and US divestments of international corporations. Avenir's portfolio includes such manufacturing companies as Proline Billiards (billiard tables), Nichols & Stone (wood furniture), and Westminster Ceramics (ceramic tile).

The Pullman Group issues bonds secured by the future royalties of popular songs. The group garnered attention in 1997 when it launched "Bowie Bonds," which securitized future royalties of 300 David Bowie songs, including "Ziggy Stardust." Bonds have been issued for such artists as James Brown, the Isley Brothers, Motown hitmakers Holland-Dozier-Holland, and for TV and movie libraries. The Pullman Group also handles the sales and securitization of other intellectual properties such as trademarks and patents.

GLG Partners, Inc. (GLG) is an asset management company. The Company offers a range of investment products and managed account services. GLG manages global investment funds and accounts. It derives revenue primarily from management fees and administration fees charged to the GLG Funds and accounts it manages based on the value of assets in these funds and accounts, and performance fees charged to the GLG Funds and accounts it manages based on the performance of these funds and accounts. On April 3, 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of Societe Generale Asset Management Group Ltd.’s share capital to acquire Societe Generale Asset Management UK (SGAM UK), Societe Generale’s United Kingdom asset management business.

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).

Baker Capital, founded in 1995, is a New York-based private equity firm with $ 1.5 billion under management. Baker Capital invests in growth companies at all stages of development in both Europe and North America. The partners of Baker Capital have extensive private equity and operational experience, allowing the firm to provide its portfolio companies with not only capital but also strategic thinking and relationships.

First Reserve is a leading investment firm specializing in the energy industry. Throughout its 25-year history, First Reserve has developed an unparalleled franchise by investing exclusively in the energy industry and utilizing its broad base of specialized industry knowledge to the benefit of its portfolio companies and investors. First Reserve believes that strategic diversification across a wide range of energy industry sectors has been a major contributor to the long-term, superior investment record achieved by the First Reserve funds across economic cycles.First Reserve is an independently owned firm whose current management team, in place since 1983, collectively has more than 300 years of energy investment experience. The firm has developed a global platform by investing exclusively in the energy industry, having invested approximately $12.5 billion in equity. First Reserve has invested in over 100 platform acquisitions and First Reserve portfolio companies have completed approximately 300 add-on transactions.First Reserve generally targets investments in global energy companies with enterprise values of up to $10 billion. First Reserve’s investor base is predominately institutional and consists primarily of corporate and public retirement funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations.

Hargreaves Lansdown was founded in 1981 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom. Hargreaves Lansdown Plc, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of investment products, investment services, and financial planning and advice to private investors in the United Kingdom. Its flagship service, Vantage, is a direct-to-private investor fund supermarket and wrap platform. Vantage offers clients the administrative convenience of being able to hold and manage their investments, including unit trusts, OEICs, equities, bonds, investment trusts, and cash. The company also provides investment management, independent financial advisory, and stock broking services to private investors, and advisory services to companies in respect of group pension schemes.

Standish Mellon Asset Management Company was founded in 1933 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC (SMAM) primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans. It also manages accounts for pooled investment vehicles, corporations, high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, insurance reserves, nuclear decommissioning trusts, healthcare organizations, insurance companies, other taxable institutions, sub advised and commingled funds, taxable individuals & trusts, unions & Taft Hartley plans, corporate retirement plans, public funds, endowments, and foundations. The firm manages separate client-focused fixed income portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC also manages hedged fixed income portfolios. It invests in the fixed income markets across the globe. The firm selects the debt instruments on the basis of a quantitative and qualitative analysis with a top-down approach to create its debt portfolio mix. It invests in repurchase agreements, commercial papers, certificates of deposits, floating rate notes, treasuries, agencies, bank deposits, asset-backed securities, municipal bonds, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, money market instruments, Guaranteed Investment Contracts (GICs), government instruments, Yankee bonds, futures, options, and swaps to create its debt portfolio mix.

Toyo Cotton (Japan), originally established in 1920, has been a part of Toyota Tsusho Corporation since 2007 when that company acquired TOMEN Corporation, a Japanese general trading company. Toyo Cotton (Japan) Co. is a supplier of cotton to cotton gins, spinning mills, and cotton producers located primarily in Japan and Southeast Asia. Its Dallas, Texas-based Toyo Cotton subsidiary is a supplier of cotton to mills in the US. Toyo Cotton (Japan) also has operations throughout Asia and in South America.

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