Highland Capital Partners was founded in 1988 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts with additional offices in Bethesda, Maryland; Geneva, Switzerland; Shanghai, China; and Menlo Park, California. Highland Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, early stage, later stage, growth stage, venture buyouts, spin-outs, and recapitalizations investments. The firm seeks to invest in the information technology, consumer, communications, financial services, and healthcare sectors. Within the information technology sector, it seeks to invest in Internet, digital media, new media, emerging media, e-commerce, online business, software, services, software-as-a-service, open source software, low-cost telesales, online marketing, payment systems, emerging broadband, interactive television, and media technologies. In the communications sector, the firm typically invests in networking and communications infrastructure, mobile, wireless technologies, telecom services, service opportunities, cable infrastructure, and semiconductor opportunities. Within the healthcare sector, it prefers to invest in medical technology, software, services, medical devices, and biotechnology.

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.

Volvere plc was founded in 2002 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Volvere plc is a private equity firm specializing in investments in acquisitions and turnarounds. Volvere firm prefers to invest in public and private companies that are in distress and prefers undervalued or under-performing assets. Volvere firm invests in the security solutions and online marketing and data segements. It invests across the world. Volvere firm prefers companies that fit strategically with an existing portfolio investment.

Adams Capital Management, Inc. was founded in 1994. Adams Capital Management, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stage and emerging growth investments. The firm prefers to invest in applied technology with a focus on information technology, networking infrastructure, telecommunications, and semiconductors. It typically invests in markets of at least $500 million in size. It is a series A investor and typically invest between $5 million and $10 million in the first round of financing and can start out under $1 million. The firm usually invests a maximum of $30 million over the life of an investment. It prefers to be a lead investor in its transactions. The firm seeks to take a board seat and an ownership stake of more than 35 percent in its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investments for five years to ten years and prefers to exit through public offering, merger, and an outright sale.

Maveron LLC was founded in January 1998 and is based in Seattle, Washington. Maveron, LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in early to mid stage venture financing. The firm seeks to make investments in consumer-focused businesses that have a highly differentiated brand. It invests in traditional consumer product and service businesses; companies that utilize technology to deliver products and services directly to the consumer; and companies that provide technology and services to consumer facing companies. The firm usually makes an initial investment between $3million to $10 million. It prefers to be the lead investor and takes a board seat on its portfolio companies.

Ronald A. Chisholm Limited was founded in 1938. Ronald A. Chisholm Limited provides a market place for the buyers and sellers of meat, dairy, and food ingredient raw materials internationally. It provides logistics, finance, and currency options, as well as market opinion, research, and information for producers, importers, exporters, and distributors. The company also acts as an agent and facilitator to employers for hiring foreign workers in Canada. It involves in trading various dairy products, such as cheese, milk powders and blends, milk fats, functional milk proteins and nutraceutical ingredients, whey derivatives, ice cream, and egg products; pork, poultry, and beef products; and dried fruits, nuts and seeds, soya flour, vital wheat gluten, and potato flakes.

SWS Group, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Southwest Securities hopes stock prices go northeast. The primary subsidiary of SWS Group provides securities clearing and brokerage services to retail and institutional clients in more than 30 states, Canada, and Europe. Accounting for nearly three-quarters of SWS Group's revenues, the unit offers private client brokerage services, as well as retail managed accounts and insurance, through more than 20 offices in Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. It also performs securities underwriting, securities lending, and public finance activities for institutional customers. In addition, SWS Group owns a bank, which is called Southwest Securities, FSB.

Frontenac Company was founded in 1971. Frontenac believes in the power of the people -- powerful people, that is. The private equity firm utilizes an investment strategy dubbed "CEO1ST", in which it matches one of its roster of already successful executives with high-potential companies. The company targets private midsized firms, typically family-owned companies worth up to $250 million. It invests in industries including financial services, business services, health care, publishing, and consumer goods. It participates in MBOs and expansion capital investments and holds its interest stakes for the long term. Frontenac has more than 200 investments under its belt and more than $1 billion in capital under management.

Aberdeen Asset Management plc operates as an international investment management company that manages assets for both institutional and retail clients from offices around the world. Aberdeen Asset Management company offers both traditional and improved products, combined with customer support. Aberdeen Asset Management company also provides asset management services. Aberdeen Asset Management company operates in two segments: investment management division and property asset management division. Aberdeen Asset Management company’s investment management division manages equity and fixed interest securities. Its property asset management division manages direct property portfolios for institutions and pooled vehicles, as well as provides certain ancillary services. Investment Management Division Aberdeen Asset Management company’s investment management division manages equity and fixed interest securities. The fixed interest team covers five principal areas of operation: global, emerging markets, Asia, high yield, and U.K. institutional, which covers both investment grade and government bonds. The investment management division has been expanded by the acquisition and integration of Edinburgh Fund Managers Group plc (EFM), while the scale and focus of the property division was changed the sale of the activities carried on from the U.K. and Amsterdam offices.Aberdeen Asset Management institutional clients are pension funds, life assurance companies, banks, government agencies, charities and other financial institutions. Its institutional sales and client services teams are based primarily in the U.K., U.S., Singapore and Australia. Pooled Funds AAM company’s pooled funds include: U.K. Investment Trusts, U.K. Unit Trusts, OEICs, Dublin based UCITS, Luxembourg based SICAV, and Singapore Select fund. Aberdeen Global is the company’s range of Luxembourg-based funds. Aberdeen Global services clients and institutions in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, and Latin America. Aberdeen Global is an umbrella fund that consists of a number of sub-funds covering investment objectives.

TradeStation Group, Inc. operates as an online broker-dealer, an introducing broker, a futures commission merchant, and a trading technology company. TradeStation Group, Inc. product/service includes TradeStation, an electronic trading platform that enables traders to test and automate technical and fundamental trading strategies across various asset classes. TradeStation Group, Inc. also offers online brokerage services covering equities, equity and index options, financial and commodities futures, futures options, and spot forex transactions. TradeStation Group, Inc. also provides TradeStation electronic subscription service, which includes trading features and functions, streaming charts and quotes, streaming news, analytical charting, and various other features included in the TradeStation electronic trading platform other than trade order placement, and other trading or brokerage-related features or services. TradeStation Group serves the active trader and institutional trader markets. TradeStation Group, Inc. has strategic relationships with J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp.; R.J. OBrien & Associates, Inc.; and GAIN Capital Group, Inc. TradeStation Group, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Plantation, Florida.

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