Since 1982, Sierra has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs around the world begin—and grow—successful technology companies. Sierra Ventures capital firm invests in early-stage technology companies, focusing on such sectors as telecommunications, software, semiconductors, security, storage, and Internet-related and mobile applications in North America, Europe, China, and India. Its initial investments typically range between $2 million and $25 million. Financial institutions, university endowments, pension funds, and high net-worth individual investors make up most of Sierra Ventures' investment partners.

Alerion Capital Group, LLC was founded in 1999 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona with an additional office in Salt Lake City, Utah. Alerion Capital Group, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in later-stage and middle-market companies whose owners wish to fully or partially liquefy their positions. The firm prefers to invest in recapitalizations, management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, strategic acquisition, industry consolidation, growth capital transactions, and pursue divestments of non-core subsidiaries. It also invests in companies that will significantly benefit from strategic refocusing or operating improvements. The firm typically invests in hardware and devices, electronics, instrumentation, semiconductor, business technology services, and technology enabled services (non-technology industry). It also invests in software with a focus on software as a service (SaaS); outsourcing with a focus on offshore manufacturing, development and services; security technologies with a focus on software and homeland security; and communications with a focus on wireless, convergence, and social networking. The firm usually invests in companies based in Southwest, Mountain West, and Pacific.

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) boasts a global alliance of investment firms. Allianz Global Investors company is the umbrella organization for the worldwide asset management operations of financial services giant Allianz SE. One of the largest investment management firms in the world, the division includes US-based bond manager PIMCO, Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management, and NFJ Investment Group. AllianzGI boasts a broad array of asset management products for more than 60 million retail and institutional clients; its offerings include mutual funds, closed-end funds, hedge funds, and wealth management services. Allianz Global Investors company has more than $1 trillion of assets under management.

Founded in 1965, A-Mark has grown into a full service precious metals trading company offering a wide array of products and services. A-Mark products include gold, silver, platinum and palladium for storage and delivery in the form of coins, bars, wafers and grain. A-Mark services include financing, leasing, consignment, hedging and a variety of customized financial programs. A-Mark are an official distributor for many Government Mints throughout the world including The Royal Canadian Mint, The South African Mint, The Australian (Perth) Mint and an Authorized Purchaser for the US Mint. A-Mark makes an active two way market from our trading center in Santa Monica, California, Monday through Friday from 5:20 am to 5:00 pm, Pacific Time, even while many major world commodity markets are closed. A-Mark Precious Metals a leader in precious metals with the largest precious metals dealer network in North America, serving customers on six continents. A-Mark clients include coin and metal dealers, investors, collectors, mines, manufacturers, refiners, jewelers, investment advisors, merchants, commodity brokerage houses and central banks.

Oppenheimer Holdings specializes in wealth management, asset management, trust, and investment banking services for institutional and wealthy individual clients. (Private-client services -- about $62 billion in assets under management -- make up the bulk of sales.) Offerings include brokerage, annuities, and estate planning. Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. asset management group -- about $17 billion in assets under management -- covers the bases from research to alternative investments. Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. capital markets unit provides equities and debt market products and services. The formerly Toronto-based Canadian company rechartered as a US company in 2009, moving its headquarters to New York.

OppenheimerFunds Inc. was founded in 1960 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Rochester, New York and Centennial, Colorado. OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to individuals, corporations and institutions. It also provides sub-advisory investment-management services. The firm manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. The firm also manages mutual funds and hedge funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm operates as a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp.

vFinance Investments, Inc. (the “Company”), a subsidiary of vFinance, Inc. (www.vfinance.com ), is a financial services company which specializes in emerging opportunities, providing investment banking, trading, trend forecasting, and consulting services to micro, small and mid-cap high-growth companies, and to institutional and high net-worth investors seeking above-market returns.vFinance Company possesses an exceptional understanding of small-cap and micro-cap market stocks gained from being a market maker in over 2500 stocks in those categories, from its experienced investment banking team, and from the large number of plans posted or summarized on its website which is ranked as a leading destination for companies seeking capital with over 3 million visitors annually from over 175 countries. Its new Sterling Fixed Income Division has an established reputation for superior yield trend forecasting.The Company offers personalized service through its global financial consultants located in offices in 30 U.S. cities and in Latin America, and through its trading desk. The trading desk offers, among other things, ADR liquidity pools and effective market liquidation strategies. The Company continues to provide new services including EquityStation, which offers its clients electronic direct market access (DMA).

White River Capital is a holding company that specializes in auto finance. Subsidiary Coast Credit offers subprime auto financing in more than 20 states. Visa International Service Association acquires the subprime receivables from franchise and independent auto dealers. Another unit, Union Acceptance, oversees a portfolio of non-prime automobile receivables. In 2005 UAC was bankrupt and stockholders were looking for a way to squeak out value in their investment. The shareholders agreed to exchange UAC for shares of White River. After the swap White River bought the similar, yet more successful, Coast Credit. The holding-company-hat-trick allowed UAC to carry its business forward even after it declared bankruptcy in 2002.

Progress Investment Management Company was founded in 1990 and was under the wings of Bank of America for a time, but is independent after a management buyout. Progress Investment Management specializes in the management of emerging-markets managers, particularly those run by minorities or women; clients include such pension funds as CalPERS, whose manager-development program it manages. Progress Investment Management has approximately $6.4 billion in assets under management.

First Republic Bank was founded in 1985 as First Republic Bancorp Inc. and changed its name to First Republic Bank in September 1997. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. As of September 21, 2007, First Republic Bank operates as a subsidiary of BofA Merrill Lynch. First Republic Bank provides private banking, private business banking, investment management, brokerage, trust services, and real estate lending services in California, Nevada, and New York. It provides private business banking services to accounting firms, architecture and design, art and antique dealers, business management firms, business partnerships, entertainment/media, family offices, financial services, hedge funds, independent schools, investment firms, law firms, medical firms, non-profit organizations, private equity funds/firms, property management firms, and venture capital firms.First Republic Bank company also provides private wealth management services, including asset allocation, trust administration, custody, asset management, brokerage, private placements, fixed income management, financial and estate planning, alternative investments, socially responsible investing, and multi-cap equity and management services. First Republic Bank also offers residential lending products, such as single family mortgages, vacation home mortgages, co-op and condominium loans, home equity lines of credit, bridge loans, and construction-to-permanent loans; commercial lending, including apartment building, mixed-use building, commercial real estate, and site-acquisition and construction loans; and personal lending, such as stock/bond secured loans, unsecured loans, overdraft lines of credit, letters of credit, partner capital lines, aircraft and yacht financing. The company’s deposit services comprise ATM rebate checking, money market checking, money market savings, passbook savings, and certificates of deposit.

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