Chairman William "Beau" Duncan founded Duncan-Hurst Capital Management, L.P. in 1990 and continues to control it. Duncan-Hurst Capital Management has more than $620 million of assets under management. Duncan-Hurst Capital Management specializes in growth equity investments. Duncan-Hurst Capital Management company administers about a half dozen funds, primarily for institutional investors. A minimum investment is around $5 million for institutional investors and around $25,000 for customers investing in Duncan-Hurst's Aggressive Growth Fund. Its investments consist mostly of small- and mid-cap companies.

and Capital Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Buffalo, New York. Rand Capital Corporation is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in small to medium-sized privately held companies. The firm does not prefer to invest in real estate sector. It invests in companies that are engaged in the exploitation of new or unique products or services. It seeks to invest in companies based in the Western and Upstate New York region and its surrounding states with focus on Buffalo and Niagara region. The firm may invest in region within three to five hour drives from Western New York including Canada. It typically invests between $500,000 and $1.5 million and the total Investment in rounds is between $1 million and $5 million. The firm seeks to be a lead investor in companies within its geographical area and participates in syndicate with other investors outside it. It prefers to invest in businesses that are unique or possess proprietary right. The firm prefers to be a minority investor and seeks to take a Board seat in its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investments for a period of five to seven years.

Alexander David Securities (formerly Griffin Group) looks out for the little guy. Alexander David Securities Group plc provides corporate brokerage services to small and midsized businesses and institutional brokerage services to micro-cap and small-cap fund managers. Alexander David Securities Group plc also conducts research on small companies. Alexander David Securities Group plc offers financial advice and trading of equities, futures, options, and other financial instruments to high-net-worth private clients as well. In early 2009 the former Griffin Group bought UK-based brokerage house Alexander David in a reverse merger and assumed the acquired company's name.

Infinity Capital Group, Inc. is a business development company specializing in venture capital and mezzanine investments. The firm prefers to make growth capital, late venture, emerging growth, mezzanine capital, and expansion financing investments in special situations. It seeks to invest in three distinct groups of emerging growth companies: publicly traded companies whose market for securities are thinly traded; publicly traded companies that have non-marginable securities and seek expansion or mezzanine capital to implement growth strategies executable within 12 to 24 months; and private companies seeking expansion or mezzanine financing and wishing to access the equity capital markets within the next 12 months. It prefers to invest in companies that are seeking to trade publicly through a reverse merger with an existing publicly traded company as well as small public traded companies seeking private investment (PIPE) financing. The firm does not restrict its investment to any single industry or sector. It typically invests in companies with minimum operating history of two years and annual revenues in excess of $1 million.

Founded in 1982, Investcorp has enjoyed a track record of consistent innovation and performance, having arranged investments with a combined value of approximately $43 billion. Investcorp Bank is a Bahrain-based holding company that provides investment and advisory services related to money market operations, corporate, real estate and managed funds. The Company acts as an intermediary by bringing global alternative investment opportunities to its clients, and acts as a principal investor by co-investing with its clients in each of its investment products. It provides its products primarily through three investment asset classes: Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Real Estate. The Private Equity asset class offers three main products, namely US and European Buyouts, Technology Small Cap investments and Gulf Grown Capital. The Hedge Funds class undertakes diversified investment activities in hedge funds and managed accounts.

Keepmoat plc, controls a group of companies engaged in building homes (not necessarily castles). Projects include regenerating older homes and neighborhoods, as well as building new houses. Subsidiaries (Keepmoat Homes, Bramall Construction, and Frank Haslam Milan) refurbish more than 40,000 homes a year in the UK, working with local authorities, housing associations, and other social landlords to provide affordable housing. Keepmoat Homes Limited is the group's primary private house building unit.

Atlas Venture LLP was founded in 1980 and is headquartered at Waltham, Massachusetts. Atlas Venture LLP is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, early-stage, and select late stage investments. It seeks to invest in the technology and life sciences sectors. Within the technology sector, the firm focuses on components, including silicon, MEMs, nanotechnology, and new materials; systems, including enterprise storage and security appliances, networking and wireless systems, alternative energy and clean-tech, and consumer electronics devices that are created from components and software; software, including business applications, infrastructure, tools, and software for vertical industries like communications, healthcare, and consumer markets; and services for businesses and consumers, typically on the Internet and including E-commerce and digital media. In the life sciences sector, it focuses on: pharmaceuticals; product companies with clinical candidates or molecules in the clinic; drug discovery companies with best in class technologies to accelerate and improve lead generation and optimization, make new targets accessible to drug intervention, and shorten the path to the clinic or change the overall cost equation; select medical device, technology, and tool companies.

Apax Partners is an independent global private equity advisory firm. Funds advised by Apax Partners (‘Apax Funds’) typically invest in companies with a value of between €1bn and €5bn. The Funds invest in five growth sectors: Tech & Telecom, Retail & Consumer, Media, Healthcare and Financial & Business Services.Apax Funds commit capital on behalf of a diverse range of investors, which include public and private pension funds, insurance companies, university endowments and other financial institutions. Apax Funds buy both majority and minority stakes in large companies that have strong, established market positions and the potential to expand. Apax Funds back excellent management teams to create efficient and sustainable businesses that have a strong track record of growing by investing in research and development, exports, sales and employment.

Jupiter Asset Management Limited was founded in 1985 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Jupiter Asset Management Limited is privately owned investment manager. It primarily provides its services to private and institutional investors. The firm manages mutual funds as well as hedge funds for its clients. It invests in public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The fund uses a fundamental analysis along with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. It conducts in-house research to make its investment decisions.

Financial Engines, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Financial Engines, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide independent, technology-enabled portfolio management services, investment advice, and retirement help to participants in employer-sponsored defined contribution plans, such as 401(k) plans. The company helps investors plan for retirement by offering personalized plans for saving and investing, as well as by providing assessments of retirement income needs and readiness. Its services include Professional Management, a discretionary managed account service designed for plan participants who want personalized and professional portfolio management services, investment advice, and retirement help from an independent investment advisor; Online Advice, a nondiscretionary Internet-based service that offers personalized advice to plan participants who wish to take an active role in personally managing their retirement portfolios; and Retirement Evaluation, a retirement readiness assessment provided to plan participants upon plan rollout.

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