Industrivärden was established in 1944; Ericsson was its sole original investment. Industrivärden's roster reads like a who's who of Nordic entrepreneuralism. The holding company invests in midsized and large public Nordic companies with an emphasis on industrial manufacturers and financial services. (Industrivärden is a Swedish word meaning "industrial value".) It owns stakes in companies including financial services group Handelsbanken, telecom company Ericsson, toolmaker Sandvik, and paper products maker Svenska Cellulosa. AB Industrivärden company prefers to take long-term significant stakes in companies in which it can take an active ownership role.

Crescent Capital NI was founded in 1995. Venture capital firm Crescent Capital NI manages two funds totalling about £37 million that invest in companies primarily in Northern Ireland. Clients include businesses in the information technology, manufacturing, and life sciences industries, and typical investments range between £250,000 and £1,500,000. In the past, the company has invested in such companies as drug delivery platform provider Gendel Limited, saw miller Balcas, and Amtec Medical, a medical device company.

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.

Winmill & Co. manages three mutual funds and two closed-end funds (Foxby Corp. and Global Income Fund). Most of the assets of the company's Midas mutual fund are invested in gold, silver, and platinum bullion, or in firms involved in precious metals and natural resources mining, processing, and distribution. The Midas Special Fund focuses on stock of emerging growth companies and firms undergoing restructuring or liquidation. Winmill & Co. also administers a money market fund.

Shore Capital Group Limited is independently owned with its management as substantial shareholders. Its shares are listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited, Shore Capital and Corporate Limited and Shore Capital Limited are all authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited is also a member of the London Stock Exchange.The emphasis throughout the Group is on a professional and personalised service and Shore Capital seek to offer Shore Capital expertise both responsively and pro-actively. Shore Capital believe that Shore Capital greatest asset is the experience, vigour and commitment of Shore Capital people. Shore Capital management and employees own a significant proportion of the business, and are committed to success.Shore Capital pride Shore Capital selves on Shore Capital network of clients, institutions, companies and high net worth individuals including entrepreneurs, and on Shore Capital esearch capability in the industry sectors where shore capital are expert. Shore Capital marketmaking operation has established a reputation within the broking and institutional community for offering a pro-active and responsive service.Shore Capital has offices in Guernsey, London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Berlin and an affiliate office in Dubai (Full Circle Investments).

Stifel Financial Corp. serves individual, corporate, municipal, and institutional investors through about 200 offices in the US, with a concentration in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Stifel Financial Corp. also has three offices in Europe. Through subsidiaries Stifel Nicolaus (founded 1890), Century Securities Associates, and others, the company provides securities brokerage, investment products, and financial advice for private clients. Stifel also offers brokerage and mergers and acquisitions advisory services for corporate clients, underwrites corporate and municipal bonds, and provides research on US and European equities. Stifel merged with Thomas Weisel in 2010.

Ackermans & van Haaren NV is a Belgian holding company that invests in companies active in various sectors, including dredging, construction and concessions, financial services, private equity, as well as real estate and related services. Ackermans & van Haaren N.V. Company also provides management support to other companies for specific operational and strategic projects. As of 31 December 2009, Ackermans & van Haaren NV held interests in a number of companies, including DEME, Extensa, Algemene Aannemingen Van Laere, Asco Life, Rent-A-Port, Nationale Maatschappij der Pijpleidingen (NMP), Financiere Trasys, Cobelguard, Groupe Financiere Duval, Bank Delen, Bank J. van Breda & Co, GIB and Henschel Engineering, among others.

Founded in 1977, Matrix Partners venture capital firm primarily funds startups in the software, Internet infrastructure, communications equipment, and semiconductor markets. Matrix Partners company likes to get in on the ground floor of a new business, and it enjoyed success even during the tech wreck because it generally stays away from dot-coms. Its Matrix Partners India fund invests in a range of industries (not just tech) in that country. Matrix, which typically invests more than $10 million per company in a series of stages, has offices in the high-tech hotbeds of the Silicon Valley and Boston. It opened an office in Beijing in 2008.

Associated Third Party Administrators was founded in 1994 and is based in Alameda, California. Associated Third Party Administrators Inc. operates as a subsidiary of United Benefits & Pension Services, Inc. Associated Third Party Administrators Inc. provides employee benefit plan administration services in the United States. It offers various administrative services for labor/management trust funds and public employee/employer benefit plans, including processing of employee benefit contributions; and overseeing the transfer of premiums to health maintenance organizations and insurance companies. The company’s services also include adjudication of hospital, surgical, medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, disability, and other miscellaneous benefit claims; and customized record-keeping and reporting functions for ancillary employee benefit programs, such as apprenticeship, group legal, flex spending, training, dues, and labor/management funds. In addition, it offers pension plan administration, collective bargaining agreement administration, and health and welfare plan administration services, as well as financial services, such as general ledger reporting, operating expense schedules, budget and comparative statistics, and annual reporting and tax filing.

Capricorn Management was formed by managing general partner Herbert "Pug" Winokur in 1987. Capricorn Management was born under the dollar sign. Capricorn Management company is a private equity firm that targets companies valued between $50 and $500 million and holds them for about four to eight years. It looks for undervalued investments with strong customer bases. Investors in the firm include endowments, financial institutions, corporate pension funds, and select families and individuals. Capricorn generally invests $3 million to $35 million per transaction. Portfolio companies include snack food company Mrs. Fields and incontinence products maker Whitestone.

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