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.

iStar Financial Inc. operates as a finance company focusing on the commercial real estate industry. iStar Financial Inc. provides custom-tailored financing to high-end private and corporate owners of real estate. iStar Financial Inc. financing products include senior and mezzanine real estate debt, senior and mezzanine corporate capital, corporate net lease financing, and equity. iStar Financial Inc. also involves in corporate tenant leasing business, which provides capital to corporations and others who control facilities leased primarily to single creditworthy customers. As of December 31, 2008, iStar Financial owned 362 office, industrial, entertainment, hotel, and retail facilities in 39 states. iStar Financial Inc. qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. iStar Financial Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.

Pi Capital is a unique investor network that finds exciting growth equity and alternative asset investment opportunities for its members, and negotiates participation in select private equity deals and funds. It allows individual investors to participate in transactions on an opt-in basis that are usually the exclusive preserve of institutions.In addition to investment opportunities, Pi Capital offers its members exclusive vibrant social and educational programmes. Throughout the year, Pi Capital provides a unique platform for members to engage with each other and with expert speakers by hosting topical speaker lunches, charity dinners, and cultural and philanthropic events.Pi Capital members are some of the UK’s most successful and influential business leaders. Members are typically entrepreneurs, CEOs, chairmen and non-executive directors of medium to large private and public companies or full time private investors. Together, they sit on over 600 boards and their combined expertise covers all major UK industries and service sectors.

Nuveen Investments was founded in 1898 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Nuveen Investments, Inc. is a privately owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to public pension funds, university endowments, foundations, insurers, high-net-worth individuals, and institutional investors. It manages closed-end exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, and hedge funds for its clients. The firm also manages equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm primarily invests in growth stocks of large-cap companies and value stocks of multi-cap companies with a focus on large-cap and small-cap companies. It in invests in national and state-specific municipal securities to make its fixed income investments.

Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York. Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC is private equity firm specializing in leveraged acquisitions, growth financings, and recapitalizations in middle-market companies. It invests in industrial manufacturing, distribution, insurance services, healthcare services, industrial, energy, packaging, safety products, supply chain management, business and financial services, aerospace and defense products and services, rental businesses, and route-based services sectors. The firm seeks majority or control investment in its portfolio companies. It prefers to invest in industries or markets poised to benefit from economic changes, secular trends, regulatory changes or market dislocations. The fund typically invests in companies with EBITDA in the range of $20million to $80million.

NIBC Bank N.V. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands with additional offices in Brussels, Frankfurt, London, and Singapore. NIBC Bank N.V. is a subsidiary of NIBC Holding N.V. NIBC Bank N.V. provides merchant banking and specialized financial services to mid-cap companies, financial institutions, institutional investors, financial sponsors, family offices, and high net worth entrepreneurs/owners in Europe, North America, and the south-east Asia. The company’s Merchant Banking segment advises, finances, and co-invests with mid-cap clients in the Benelux and Germany. This segment offers various products and solutions, such as merger and acquisition advisory, financing, derivative products, and mezzanine and equity investments. Its M&A services include evaluating and recommending financial strategic alternatives; identifying potential transaction opportunities; advising on and assisting with negotiations and valuation issues; and providing fairness opinions. This segment’s investment management products and services comprise direct investments; third party funds in private equity/mezzanine, real estate, and infrastructure; and leveraged loans securitizations.

ISIS Equity Partners LLP is a private equity firm specializing in replacement capital, management buy-out, secondary buy-out, management buy-in, and development capital in lower mid-market companies. It seeks to invest in business services; consumer markets including retail, consumer products, and leisure; financial services; healthcare and education; and information technology and media. The firm primarily invests in the companies that are based in the British Isles. It typically invests between £2 million ($3.96 million) and £30 million ($59.5 million) in companies valued between £5 million ($9.91 million) and £75 million ($148.69 million). The firm does not invest in start up and early stage investments.

smac | partners - formerly known as Siemens Acceleration in Communications - is the ICT early stage venture capital investor based in Munich, Germany. smac | partners is one of the few venture capital companies with investment, management and exit experience in the US, China, India, Europe and Israel. Long-term studies show a significantly higher return from early-stage investments than from later-stage investments. Especially the early-stage investments in Europe have attractive valuations.However, early-stage investments require massive management attention and specific sector expertise from the investor. smac | partners has an impressive track record in leading entrepreneurs to success. The global ICT sector is a sizeable market environment in excess of € 2,000 billion and it is steadily growing. Even more important are the smaller innovation segments which allow start-ups to find an appropriate niche often show annual growth rates of 50% and more. The overall impact of the ICT sector on the European economy is substantial, as 50% of economic growth is attributed to it.

Westside Acquisitions plc is a UK based venture capital corporation established to acquire companies, or interests in companies, which are believed to have high prospects of returns and substantial growth. These businesses may be at a stage of development where they require the injection of further capital and strategic guidance. They can benefit from the ability and expertise of the dedicated team at Westside before they realise their potential.

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. was founded in 1995. Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in special situation investments in middle-market companies in the form of buyouts, debt restructurings, asset consolidations, and growth capital. The firm invests in a variety of industries. It typically invests in companies based in United States and Israel. The firm prefers to invest between $20 million and $75 million in its portfolio companies, but it considers smaller and larger investments. It invests in companies experiencing financial stress, legal problems or operational challenges; businesses or assets whose value has been impacted by discrete events (e.g., a shareholder dispute, product recall, or cyclical downturn); and businesses or assets involved in bankruptcy proceedings. In Israel, the firm seeks to invest in water, renewable energy, and homeland security technology companies.

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