Brait S.A. is an international investment company. The Company is engaged in the business of structuring, raising and management of investment funds that are classified as alternative assets. Its product portfolio includes private equity funds, mezzanine debt funds and a range of hedge fund solutions. In addition, the Company invests in investment programmes in these product areas. These investments are made predominantly in South Africa. Investors include global and South African institutions. The Company operates through two segments: Private Capital operations, which incorporates all activities in the private capital markets, and Public Markets operations, which incorporates all activities in the public or highly traded securities markets. Private Capital includes private equity funds, proprietary investing, sponsored funds, mezzanine debt, and fund of private equity funds. Public Markets includes multi-management and capital management.

NEXT Financial Group, Inc. provides independent investment professionals a place to call "work", and the back office support, marketing clout, and technology services of a big investment firm. NEXT Financial company provides a variety of investment services catering to retirees and baby-boomers through its network of broker/dealers. NEXT Financial company is owned by its employees and representitives and is not affiliated with large investment or insurance companies, allowing reps and customers to choose from a variety of investment options.

Newtek is one of the premier providers of business services and financial products to small and medium-sized businesses throughout the United States. Since 1999, Newtek has helped business owners realize their potential by providing them with the essential tools they need to manage and grow their business.Newtek's suite of business solutions provides business owners with the high-quality services and top-level customer care that have traditionally only been affordable by larger companies. Whether a business is a startup or well-established, Newtek can help them reach their business goals.The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that there are 26.8 million small businesses in the United States, which in total represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms, generate 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs annually and generate more than 50 percent of non-farm private gross domestic GDP. Newtek is a direct distribution channel into this market.

Rho Capital Partners is the parent company to Rho’s three operating divisions, Rho Ventures, Rho Canada and Rho Fund Investors. Founded in 1981, Rho began its private equity activities as a family investment office. Today, Rho is a leading private equity firm that manages a series of funds, under each of its three divisions, backed by a broad group of institutional investors that include endowments, foundations, families, pension funds, and other financial institutions. Across all of Rho’s activities and strategies, our teams are committed to investing in growth and building companies over the long-term. Unique among private equity firms, Rho’s three divisions are each managed by dedicated teams who invest separate funds, yet all benefit from actively cross-leveraging other divisions’ networks to generate differentiated perspectives and insights.

Credit Suisse Saudi Arabia, a financial services company, provides brokerage services for Saudi securities in the Middle East. It provides confirmation of the order, as well as financial information, such as account and portfolio transactions through various media, including email, online interactive voice response, SMS mobile messages, fax, mail, and courier. Credit Suisse Saudi Arabia was formerly known as Saudi Swiss Securities. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with additional offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Beirut, Cairo, and Manama. As of November 10, 2008, Credit Suisse Saudi Arabia operates as a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group.

National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. was founded in 1992 and is based in Mumbai, India. National Stock Exchange of India Limited operates as a stock exchange in India. It provides a range of products for various markets, including equity shares, exchange traded funds, mutual funds, debt instruments, index futures and options, stock futures and options, and currency futures. The company also offers a trading platform for investors for trading equity, corporate debt, central and state government securities, t-bills, commercial paper, certificate of deposits, warrants, mutual funds units, exchange traded funds, derivatives, and currency futures. In addition, it engages in the clearing and settlement of the trades executed in the equities, derivatives, and government securities; undertakes settlement of transactions on other stock exchanges; and clearing and settlement of the commodity markets. Further, National Stock Exchange provides various services, products, and professional index services; data and info-vending products; and information technology products, services, and solutions for the securities industry.

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.

iD Ventures America, LLC (formerly known as Acer Technology Ventures America, LLC) is a venture capital business unit of iD SoftCapital Group, a group established by Acer founder Stan Shih and former Acer senior management to offer consulting services, and asset and venture fund management. Our mission at iD Ventures America is to facilitate the Intellectual Development of the New Economy through venture investing.iD Ventures America has been active in the venture community since 1998. Currently we have a total of $385 million under management with $85 million in active investments through our latest funds: iD6 Fund established in 2005; iD8 Fund established in 2008; and our most recent fund, iD5 Annex Fund. These funds are invested by Acer and other private investors. Our former funds, comprised of $300 million, have been fully invested into North America and Asia based companies: The Acer Technology Venture Fund and IP Fund One. ATVF and IPF One are invested by Acer affiliated companies and executives, as well as external institutional limited partners.

Senvest Capital Inc. engages in merchant banking, asset management, real estate, and electronic security activities in the United States. The company's activities are divided into two principal sectors of activity, including equity holdings and real estate investments. Equity Holdings The company, through Senvest International LLC, invests primarily in publicly traded companies and also has investments in private companies. Its public holdings are primarily in small- and mid-cap companies located primarily in the United States and are at various levels of participation. The company’s activities with respect to its private holdings include providing financial and market related support and assisting companies in obtaining additional financial backers by leveraging its network of contacts in the merchant banking industry. It provides services to two equity funds targeted toward institutions and individuals. Real Estate Investments The company, directly and through Pennsylvania Properties Inc., Senvest Argentina Inc., and Senvest Equities Inc., holds a portfolio of real estate investments located primarily in the United States. These holdings consist principally of office, research and development, and telecommunications properties.

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was founded in 1989 as the first venture capital fund to invest exclusively in software companies. Through our history, Hummer Winblad Venture had the opportunity to invest in the pioneers and leaders of several generations of software applications, architectures, delivery methods and business models. Hummer Winblad Venture helped entrepreneurs build companies in desktop software, embedded systems, client-server, distributed network computing, internet, and software as a service. Hummer Winblad Venture earliest portfolio companies started shipping software on floppy disks and today HWVP investors in pioneering companies in cloud computing. Hummer seen everything from shrink-wrap licenses to enterprise-wide "big deals" to subscription pricing; from direct sales to highly-leveraged channel strategies to download driven inside sales.

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