Founded in 1985, Granahan Investment Management, Inc. is employee-owned. Granahan Investment Management (GIM) provides small capitalization equity investing for large institutional clients through its two funds. Its Small Cap Explorer fund targets companies with a market cap between $500 million and $2.5 billion while its more recent Small Cap Core Growth fund targets companies with a market cap between $100 million and $1 billion. All told the firm has some $3 billion in assets under management. Portfolio companies include business information provider Dun & Bradstreet, automated teller machine operator Euronet, and marketing services provider ValueClick.

Globis Capital Partners was created in 1999 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Globis Capital Partners is the venture capital and private equity investment arm of Globis Corporation. It specializes in early stage, growth capital, later stage, incubation, mezzanine, corporate spin-offs and management buyouts. The firm prefers to invest in the service, technology, and IT industries. It primarily invests in Japan but exceptions are made where the Japan subsidiary is incorporated in Japan and operates with autonomy from the parent company. The firm typically invests between ¥1 million ($.01 million) to ¥ 1.8 billion ($18.78 million) in its portfolio companies. It generally does not invest in seed stage companies.

AXA Financial, Inc. is a subsidiary of AXA S.A. AXA Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial advisory, insurance, and investment management products and services. It operates in two segments, Financial Advisory/Insurance and Investment Management. The Financial Advisory/Insurance segment offers variable and interest-sensitive life insurance products, variable and fixed-interest annuity products, mutual funds and other investment products, asset management services, and financial planning and other services principally to individuals, small and medium-size businesses, and professional and trade associations. This segment provides its products on a retail and wholesale basis in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico through financial professionals, national and regional securities firms, independent financial planning and other broker-dealers, banks, and brokerage general agencies. The Investment Management segment offers investment products and services, such as separately managed accounts, subadvisory relationships, structured products, collective investment trusts, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other investment vehicles to its institutional clients.

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.

At Schroders, asset management is our business and our goals are completely aligned with those of our clients - the creation of long-term value. Schroders plc manage £167.9 billion (€188.3 billion / $254.7 billion)* on behalf of institutional and retail investors, financial institutions and high net worth clients from around the world, invested in a broad range of asset classes across equities, fixed income and alternatives. SAchroders plc employ 2611 talented people worldwide, operating from 32 offices in 25 countries* across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, close to the markets in which we invest and close to Schroders plc clients. Schroders has developed under stable ownership for over 200 years and long-term thinking governs Schroders plc approach to investing, building client relationships and growing our business.

TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services in the United States. TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation offers common and preferred stock, American depository receipts, exchange traded funds, option trades, futures and foreign exchange trades, trading on mutual funds and fixed income securities, margin lending, and cash management services.TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation client offerings comprise TD AMERITRADE for self-directed retail investors; TD AMERITRADE Institutional that provides brokerage and custody services; trading platforms that enables research and analysis; a suite of education products and services for stock, option, foreign exchange, futures, mutual fund, and fixed-income investors; Amerivest, an online advisory service that develops portfolios of exchange-traded funds to help long-term investors pursue their financial goals; and TD AMERITRADE Corporate Services, which offers self-directed brokerage services to employees and executives of corporations.TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation also provides services, such as trade execution, clearing, trustee, and trust-related services; and cash sweep products through third-party banking relationships. TD AMERITRADE Holding offers its products and services to retail investors, traders, financial planners, and institutions through the Internet, a network of retail branches, wireless telephone or personal digital assistant, interactive voice response, and independent registered advisors via telephone. TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Founded in 1985, ALPS has some $240 billion of assets under administration. ALPS Holdings wants to make sure fund managers can attain peak performance by keeping their focus on their investments and letting ALPS handle the rest. Through various subsidiaries, the company performs a range of back-office functions for mutual funds, closed-end funds, hedge funds, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Its offerings encompass fund administration and accounting, shareholder servicing, and legal, marketing, tax, distribution, and transfer agency services. Clients include Cohen & Steers, Macquarie Group, and exchange-traded Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts (SPDR) sector funds.

The Yucaipa Companies is a premier investment firm that has established a record of fostering economic value through the growth and responsible development of companies. Founded in 1986 by Ron Burkle, the firm has completed mergers and acquisitions valued at more than $30 billion. As an investor, Yucaipa works with management to strategically reposition businesses and implement operational improvements, resulting in value creation for investors.

Blum Capital Partners was founded in 1975 and is based in San Francisco, California. Blum Capital Partners is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in both public and private companies. It typically invests in small and mid-capitalization companies that have a market capitalization between $350 million and $3 billion. The firm takes a substantial position in each business, either through the acquisition of strategic blocks of common shares in the public market, privately-negotiated minority investment, or a private control position. It seeks to invest in fundamentally good companies that are undervalued. The firm prefers to have a seat on the boards of the portfolio companies. It typically invests with a two to more than four years holding period in its portfolio companies.

Spanning over five decades of contributing to the country’s economic growth, Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad (MIDF) today has strengthened its foothold in many segments of the financial services industry. MIDF was incorporated on 30 March 1960 mainly for the purpose of ensuring access to financing for manufacturing-based small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) as part of Malaysia’s strategy to expedite the industrial sector development. From boasting the status as Malaysia’s maiden development finance institution, MIDF has over the years transformed into a diversified group.Following its merger with Amanah Capital Partners Berhad in 2003, the acquisition of Utama Merchant Bank Berhad (UMBB) in 2004, and the establishment of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad (MIDF Investment) in 2006, the MIDF Group accentuated its ambition to become a leading financial services provider in three core business areas, namely investment banking, asset management and development finance. A subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), MIDF has total assets of over RM9 billion and shareholders’ funds of over RM2 billion.

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