Catapult Venture Managers Limited was formed in 1999 and is based at Leicester, United Kingdom with an additional office at Birmingham, United Kingdom. Catapult Venture Managers Limited is a priavte equity and venture capital firm specializing in equity investments in all stages of the business lifecycle with a focus on start ups, early stage, development capital, management buy-outs, and management buyins in small and medium sized companies. It invests in healthcare, medical devices, environmental or green propositions, and support services. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the East Midlands region. It typically invests between £200,000 ($292,124) and £2 million ($2.92 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investments within three years to five years. It takes a minority stake, can work with other investors, and can lead and be involved with investor syndicates.

Alerion Industries S.p.A. company operates with stakes in such companies as Alerion Energie Rinnovable (renewable energy), Reno De Medici (a recycled cardboard producer), RdM Realty (real estate), and Mediapason (media). Alerion also invests in companies in the banking and financial services industries. Formed in 1995 as IBI, the company was publicly traded in 2003 and changed its name to Alerion.

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.

National Holdings provides securities brokerage services to high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors through subsidiaries National Securities Corporation, vFinance, and EquityStation. National Holdings Corporation also provides investment banking services to micro-, small-, and midcap companies and trades securities. Another subsidiary, National Asset Management, offers investors access to mutual funds, money manager accounts, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds, and real estate limited partnerships. With headquarters offices in New York, Seattle, and Boca Raton, Florida, National Holdings has more than 120 retail brokerage locations in the US, Europe, and Latin America.

Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie was founded in 1796 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland with additional offices in Fribourg, Lausanne, Lugano, Vevey, Zurich, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Gibraltar, Istanbul, Jersey, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Montreal, Bermuda, Nassau, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Dubai. Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, a private banker, offers advisory services in wealth management, financial products, and specialized areas to private and institutional clients. Its services include investment decisions assistance, assets management, portfolio management advice, estate planning, legal and tax advice, occupational pensions advise, actuarial, bancassurance, equity management, and equity research. The company also engages in creating, managing, and administering mutual funds. In addition, it offers online financial services. Further, the company offers Asset Management & Investment Research software, an asset management software.

Hanover Acceptances Group serves as a holding company for four operating companies in the real estate, manufacturing, agribusiness, and venture capital sectors. Its Fresh Capital segment leads the investment capital charge for the group, while the Dorrington branch acts as its chief residential and commercial property development and investment unit, primarily in greater London. Its Gerber unit, along with Gerber's Emig subsidiary, counts as one of Europe's largest juice and juice drinks suppliers. Finally, African Realty Trust operates as a citrus fruit grower in southern Africa.

LaunchCyte LLC creates life sciences companies. Since LaunchCyte founding in 2000, LaunchCyte have created six companies that offer unique technologies and products to improve healthcare and the human condition. LaunchCyte search for the most exciting technologies from leading research universities and form companies to commercialize the innovations. At their base, LaunchCyte companies have platform technologies that solve problems relating to a particular disease state or method of improving diagnosis, drug development, or clinical trials. As the core technologies evolve, LaunchCyte often branch out into other applications where there is a market need for LaunchCyte solutions.

Petroleum & Resources was founded in 1929 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Petroleum & Resources Corporation (the Fund) is a non-diversified closed-end investment company. The Fund is an internally managed fund, whose investment objectives are preservation of capital, the attainment of reasonable income from investments and an opportunity for capital appreciation. It focuses on petroleum and other natural resource investments. The Fund invests in common stocks, short-term investments and securities lending collateral.

MDY Healthcare PLC previously known as Medisys plc, was listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in June 2000. Following the sale of its main operating subsidiary, Hypoguard Limited, to ARKRAY Inc. of Japan in May 2006, the company became an investing company. In September 2006, simultaneous with the move across to AIM and the change of name, the company raised £4.7 million (£4.4 million net of expenses) through a subscription for new shares by 3i Group plc and the management team.MDY Healthcare plc is a sector specialised investing company quoted on AIM (ticker symbol: MDY). The company seeks to achieve superior returns for shareholders by investing globally in companies, both public and private, in the healthcare sector, with a particular focus on medical technology. The directors and executives have significant operational and investment experience in the sector and therefore the ability to identify and review a wide range of potential investments. Given the management's experience and contact base within the sector, MDY is also able to provide investee companies with strategic business support and advice over and above finance.

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.

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