Communications Equity Associates was founded in 1973 by CEO Rick Michaels. Communications Equity Associates (CEA) provides investment banking, merchant banking, and private equity services to global companies in the communications, entertainment, and media industries. Communications Equity Associates company offers mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, divestment, and fund-raising services from 10 offices in the US and Europe. Its private equity division manages a family of funds with more than $1 billion under management. CEA has completed more than 900 transactions, most of which are cross-border arrangements. Customers have included such big names as AT&T, IBM, EDS, and Siemens.

Clinton Group was founded in August 1991 and is based in New York City with additional offices in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, Washington, District Of Columbia, and London, United Kingdom. Clinton Group, Inc (CGI) is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It also caters to corporations, banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and public funds. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income and hedging markets across the globe. For its fixed income investments, it primarily invests in collateralized debt obligations, mortgage-backed securities, convertible bonds, and sovereign debt. The firm employs long/short and arbitrage fixed income strategies to make its investments.

Institutional Venture Partners was founded in 1980 and is based in Menlo Park, California with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Institutional Venture Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in later stage companies, small-cap public companies, and growth equity. The firm seeks to invest in industry rollups, founder liquidity, and select public market transactions. It generally invests in information technology and media companies with a focus on internet and digital media, enterprise information technology, travel, communications, wireless, software, infrastructure, and technology-enabled services. The firm invests in companies based in the United States. It invests in private companies having revenues greater than $10 million.

ZelnickMedia is a partnership of experienced media executives and investors. The firm manages and owns interests in an array of media enterprises, including video games and interactive entertainment, television advertising, wireless network enabling software, business information, tradeshows and media-related business services in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia. Current portfolio companies include Take-Two Interactive Software, Airvana, Cannella Response Television, ITN Networks, Arkadium and Naylor Inc. The partnership is currently investing from ZM Capital, its media-focused private equity fund.

The United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds (the "Funds") is a group of five multi employer plans that provide health and pension benefits to retired coal miners and their eligible dependents. The Funds has been in existence since 1946. The Funds is headquartered in Washington D.C. and has Field Service Offices located in the coalfield areas of Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia. The Funds has approximately 200 employees, most of whom are located in the Washington, D.C. office. The Funds is separate and distinct from the United Mine Workers of America (“UMWA”) and the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association, Inc. (“BCOA”).

Cash America International, Inc. provides specialty financial services to individuals primarily in the United States and Mexico. Cash America International, Inc. operates in three segments: Pawn Lending, Cash Advance, and Check Cashing. The Pawn Lending segment offers pawn loans through its pawn lending locations, which operate under the names Cash America Pawn and SuperPawn in the United States, and Prenda Facil in Mexico. This segment also sells previously-owned merchandise acquired from customers who do not redeem their pawned goods, as well as sells items purchased from third-parties or customers. The Cash Advance segment offers unsecured cash advances in selected lending locations that are operated under the names Cash America Payday Advance and Cashland in the United States; and short-term cash advances over the Internet under the names CashNetUSA in the United States, QuickQuid in the United Kingdom, and DollarsDirect in the Canada and Australia. Cash America International, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

CITIC Group was founded in 1979 and is based in Beijing, China with additional offices in New York, New York; Tokyo, Japan; and Almaty, Kazakhstan. CITIC Group Company operates as an industrial conglomerate that offers banking, financial, manufacturing, and communication services through its subsidiaries. It provides securities, insurance, and trusts and funds related services. Additionally, CITIC Group offers construction contracting; and real estate and infrastructure development, trading, and information technology related services. Its subsidiaries include China CITIC Bank, CITIC Asset Management Corporation, Ltd, CITIC USA Holding Inc, CITIC Construction, CITIC Metal Co., Ltd., CITIC East China Group, CITIC Machinery Manufacturing Co.,Ltd., CITIC Digital Technology Co.,Ltd., CITIC Travel Co.,Ltd., and CITIC Automobile Co., Ltd.

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.

MEAG is a major asset management force in the European financial sector with responsibility for round EUR 198 billion (31 March 2010). We are also the asset manager for the Munich Re Group. We invest in securities, real estate and funds, offering our expertise to both institutional and private investors. MEAG are the ideal partner for both private and institutional investors, bundling extensive know-how in all key asset classes under one roof and ensuring that your money is in good hands. MEAG compile fund, security and real-estate portfolios based on your earnings specifications. MEAG size and the volume of funds under MEAG management enable us to offer you highly competitive conditions for the reinvestment and security of your investments.

Mission Venture Management ministers to early-stage technology companies involved in software, information technology, enterprise applications, and infrastructure. The firm invests primarily in emerging companies in Southern California, providing them with capital and counsel. It usually serves as the lead investor and often takes a seat on the boards of the companies in which it invests, helping them to develop their management teams and to establish professional relationships. Typical initial investments range between $2 million and $10 million. Mission Ventures has some $500 million in capital under management. Portfolio companies have included Akonix Systems, CalAmp, and Entropic Communications.

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