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.

With roots going back to 1906, the organization operated for many years under the business names of Credit Bureau Reporting, Credit Bureau Mortgage Reporting and Credit Bureau Collection divisions. Due to corporate growth and acquisitions, FirstPoint, Inc., was formed in 2001 as a holding company designed to maximize operating synergies and technology among the Credit Bureau and its subsidiaries. The new FirstPoint identity provides a unifying umbrella for the various business units- allowing joint marketing and growth opportunities.Today, the FirstPoint family of resources offers businesses a variety of day-to-day operation services that include accounts receivable management and collection through FirstPoint Collection Resources, Inc. Checkfax (check warranty, verification and collection), Insight® pre-employment screening, Equifax credit information products, Rentfacts® tenant screening, FirstPoint Mortgage Resources, and association management through FirstPoint Management Resources.

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.

Stodir is a holding company which owns a 99,9% share in Tryggingamidstodin (TM) and a 40,3% share in Refresco, Europe's largest manufacturer of private label fruit juice and soft drinks. Stodir is also a holder of stakes and interests in various companies and projects in Iceland as well as abroad. These companies include Royal Unibrew, Glacier Renewable Energy Fund (Geysir Green Energy), Nordicom and Inspired Gaming.Stodir has a shareholder base of more than 100 shareholders which mostly consists of Icelandic and foreign financial institutions. The Company's current shareholders acquired their shares in the Company in June 2009, following Stodir's composition with creditors and the financial restructuring of the Company.Stodir's primary owners are Glitnir, NBI-Landsbankinn and Arion bank. Stodir's Board of Directors is comprised of Eirikur Elis Thorlaksson (Chairman), Sigurdur Jon Bjornsson and Sigurjon Palsson. Stodir's Chief Executive Officer is Julius Thorfinnsson.

Union Financiere de France Banque SA Company offers asset management services to nearly 128,000 individuals and nearly 18,000 companies in France. Union Financiere de France Banque SA company employs more than 1,000 advisors throughout the nation. Union Financiere de France Banque has been increasing its marketing efforts toward upper-income individuals: It has employed such slogans as the bank which makes you long to be a capitalist and has used images of Karl Marx and Mao Tse-tung in capitalist garb for its advertising. Life insurer Aviva Vie (part of Aviva) owns more than three-quarters of Union Financiere de France Banque.

Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP"), based in Chicago, is one of the most experienced and successful private equity investment firms in the United States. MDP has raised over $18 billion of capital since its formation in 1992. Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyouts of private or publicly held companies, or divisions of larger companies; recapitalizations of family-owned or closely held companies; balance sheet restructurings; acquisition financings; and growth capital investments in mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in basic industries, communications, consumer, financial services, healthcare, and real estate sectors. Within the basic industries sectors, it focuses on energy and power, paper, packaging and forest products, chemicals, building products, metals and mining, diversified industrial, natural resources, automotive, food, refining, and general manufacturing industries. In the communications sector, the firm invests in media including broadcast television, radio station groups, and publishing companies; wireless communications sector including mobile telephone operators, paging service providers, high-capacity data and voice transmission service providers, and satellite service providers; and wireline telecommunications including local exchange carriers, rural telephone operators, and cable television system operators.

Apax Partners, private equity firm Altamir Amboise co-invests in high-growth potential companies from several industries including technology, telecom, retail, consumer goods, health care, and business services. Its portfolio includes more than 20 companies including French consulting firm Altran Technologies, optical retailer Alain Afflelou, and Vizada, a leading telecom company. Altamir invests at all stages, including late-stage venture companies to more established businesses nearing the buy-out stage, and prefers to actively manage its holdings. The average holding period is five years. Chairman and CEO Maurice Tchenio owns 15% of the company.

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., an investor services outsourcing company, provides back-office and transfer agency services for mutual funds, 529 plans, retirement plans, settlement administration, business continuity, real estate investment trusts, and contractual plans. Its services include mail processing, image/cash processing, distribution and dealer, transaction processing, correspondence, investor, financial reconciliation and control, corporate actions, compliance, systems reporting and statements, NSCC processing support, disaster recovery, settlement, and consulting, as well as tax withholding, submission, and reporting. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. serves institutional and retail-based customers representing the mutual fund, insurance, retirement provider, and banking industries.

CCP Equity Partners was founded in 1985 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut. CCP Equity Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in growth equity, mid and late venture stages, buyouts, middle market, and mature transactions. It prefers to invest in financial and healthcare services companies. The firm typically invests in companies based in North America. It seeks to invest between $5 million and $20 million over the life of an investment. The firm prefers to invest in companies with revenues between $5 million and $100 million. It typically acts as a lead or co-investor.

Mayfield Fund was founded in 1969 and is based in Menlo Park, California. Mayfield Fund is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in incubation, seed, series A, early stage, later stage, growth stage, and mid market investments. The firm does not invest in publicly traded companies and in companies that are not technology-based. It seeks to invest in technology companies with a focus on consumer, enterprise, energy tech, healthcare, communication service providers, and semiconductors chips and components sectors. Within enterprise sector, the firm invests in online marketing and advertising, business application, infrastructure, software, and equipment companies. Within semiconductors chips and components sectors, it invests in communications and application-specific devices. Within energy tech sector, the firm focuses on energy efficiency, management, and cleantech opportunities. It also seeks investments in business services, digital media, engineering services, consumer Internet services, interactive entertainment, retail, power ancillary, media, networking components and systems, mobile communications, and business-to-business e-commerce.

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