Ampersand Ventures was founded in 1988 and is based in Wellesley, Massachusetts with an additional office in San Diego, California and Boston, Massachusetts. Ampersand Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in later stage growth equity investments in middle market companies. The firm typically invests in healthcare and industrial sector. Within Industrial sector, it focuses on product and process design software, instrumentation for the chemical processing and environmental industries. Within healthcare sector, the firm focuses on, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology sectors. It typically invests between $10 million and $50 million. The firm prefers to be the first and sole institutional investor in its portfolio companies.

Riordan, Lewis & Haden was founded in 1982. Riordan, Lewis & Haden is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm typically invests in growth capital, management buyouts, shareholder’s liquidity, and recapitalizations. It makes growth investments for working capital needs, additional production capacity, strategic acquisitions, and geographic expansion. The firm makes investments in business services, high value added manufacturing, specialty distribution, healthcare, and financial services. I t prefers to invest in home improvement, lawn and garden, storage and organization, sporting goods, outdoor recreation, luggage and travel accessories, and pet products. Within business services, the firm focuses on IT services, systems engineering, consulting, information security, and specialized data services. It looks for branded food, consumer products, precision components, and complex materials in high value added manufacturing sector. For specialty distribution, the firm focuses on healthcare products, plastics, and food. Within healthcare sector, it particularly invests in rehabilitation services, assisted living, devices, and home care. The firm focuses on specialty insurance and specialty finance for financial services sector. It typically, makes investments in companies headquartered Western U.S. with a focus in California.

Spectrum Equity Investors was founded in 1994. Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity firm specializing in middle market, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and dividends, acquisition financings for growth either organically or by acquisition, and privately negotiated investments in public companies in independent private companies or divisions of larger companies. The firm seeks to invest in the media, communications, entertainment, software, information technology, information and business services, and related growth sectors. It targets investments in companies based in North America and Western Europe. The firm typically, makes investments between $30 million and $150 million and can also make underwriting of a much larger equity amount in conjunction with limited partners. It prefers to be a lead investor, either as a minority or majority investor and acquires a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm also assists its portfolio companies with debt and equity financings. It seeks to invest in the form of secondary share purchases from early shareholders.

North Castle is a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on consumer-driven product and service businesses that benefit from two long-term trends: (i) "Healthy Living" or the desire to live healthier, longer and more active lives, and (ii) the "Aging" of the Baby Boomer generation, which is expected to foster strong growth in segments of the consumer industry. These predictable and irreversible trends are fueling consumer interest and significant growth in our target markets. North Castle makes control private equity investments in consumer-driven product and service companies located in North America, with enterprise values ranging from $50 million to $500 million. Our target markets often include industries that are highly fragmented providing opportunities to build market leaders and create value through leveraged buyouts, growth capital infusions and strategic acquisitions.North Castle is a hands-on, value-added investor. We utilize our cumulative knowledge and network, which results from our industry focus, to partner with management and entrepreneurs to create market-leading companies. The strength of our focused approach yields significant benefits to our partners and portfolio companies. North Castle is led by a seasoned team of managing directors, who have spent more than 10 years working together, and are supported by six additional investment professionals. In addition, North Castle has sixteen outside operating advisors that provide relevant experience in North Castle's areas of focus, actively participate in management of the portfolio and supplement North Castle's operating and sourcing capabilities. This unique mix of senior resources differentiates North Castle and gives it a distinct competitive advantage in developing and generating new opportunities for its portfolio companies.

Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) is a catalyst for the economic diversification of Abu Dhabi. Established and owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, Mubadala’s strategy is built on the management of long-term, capital-intensive investments that deliver strong financial returns and tangible social benefits for the Emirate. Mubadala brings together and manages a multi-billion dollar portfolio of local, regional, and international investments. It partners with leading global organizations to operate businesses across a wide range of industry sectors including aerospace, energy and industry, healthcare, information communications and technology, infrastructure and real estate. By doing so, Mubadala accomplishes its mission to expand the economic base of the Emirate and contribute to the growth and diversification of its economy.

First Cash Financial Services, Inc. primarily operates pawn stores that lend money on the collateral of pledged personal property in the United States and Mexico. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. also engages in the retail of previously owned merchandise acquired through pawn forfeitures and purchased from the general public. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. pawn stores provide collateral consumer loans on pledged personal properties, such as jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, sporting goods, and musical instruments; consumer financial services, including credit services, check cashing, money orders, money transfers, and prepaid card products. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. also owns and operates kiosks inside convenience stores that offer credit services and check cashing. As of December 31, 2009, First Cash Financial Services owned and operated 383 pawn stores and 163 short-term loan stores, as well as 39 financial services kiosks. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Arlington, Texas.

Garage has raised more than $400 million in venture capital since 1997 and has expanded to include an affiliate in Canada. Founders include CEO and former Apple "Chief Evangelist" Guy Kawasaki and "Forbes" publisher Rich Karlgaard. Garage Technology Ventures helps get start-up companies on the road. The firm focuses on investing in seed-stage and early-stage emerging technology companies based in California and the western US. The firm also organizes events like its renowned "Art of the Start" and "Launch: Silicon Valley" conferences. Investments usually range from $500,000 to $3 million. Its portfolio of cutting-edge companies develops employment search engines, voice communications software and more.

Founded in 1982 as a subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley, the firm became independent in 1998. It has completed more than 80 transactions in its history; its current portfolio consists of about 10 firms. Mason Wells focuses its buyout efforts on middle-market firms in the Midwest that are involved in engineered products, specialty paper and packaging, and outsourced business services. Target companies typically have annual revenues ranging from $25 million to $250 million. Mason Wells prefers to be the lead investor and majority shareholder in its portfolio companies; it usually holds onto investments for four to seven years.

Sigma Capital Group plc (Sigma), together with its subsidiaries is a specialist asset management and advisory company focused on venture capital, property and the commercialization of university intellectual property (IP). The Company’s property activities are carried out through its wholly owned subsidiary, Strategic Investment Management Holdings Ltd (SIMH) and its subsidiary companies, which establish and operate limited partnerships investing in commercial property in the United Kingdom. As of December 31, 2009, the Company manages, and is an investor in four venture funds and two university funds, the Sigma Technology Venture Fund (the Venture Fund), the Sigma Innovation Fund (East of Scotland) (the Innovation Fund), the Sigma Sustainable Energies Fund (the Sustainable Energies Fund), the Sigma Sustainable Energy Fund II (the Sustainable Energy Fund II), the RGU Ventures Investment Fund (the RGU Fund), and the University of Dundee Venture Fund (the Dundee Fund).

Redpoint Ventures was founded in 1999 by former partners from Brentwood Venture Capital and Institutional Venture Partners. Redpoint Venture capital firm invests in early-stage high-tech companies in the US and China, especially those involved in broadband infrastructure, enterprise systems and software, interactive media, mobile applications, semiconductors, and energy and the environment. The firm has more than $2 billion under management. Current holdings include interests in Azul Systems, Buzz Media, HomeAway, LivePlanet, NextG Networks, and Responsys; notable former investments include MySpace.com, Netflix, Tivo, and Juniper Networks.

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