Founded in 1912 as Corrugated-Fibre Box Company, LDI is owned by chairman Andre Lacy and his family. LDI, Ltd company deals in clothing, motorcycle parts, and auto paints and supplies. It owns Tucker Rocky Distributing, a distributor of aftermarket parts, apparel, and accessories for the power sports industry. It sells more than 100,000 items for street and off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles internationally through seven distribution centers across the US. LDI also owns FinishMaster, which distributes auto paint and coatings. LDI maintains an investment portfolio for funding other investments.

Easton Capital Investment Group was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in the New York, New York with additional offices in Miami, Florida and Buffalo, New York. Easton Capital Investment Group is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early venture, mid venture, and late venture investments. The firm is stage-agnostic and seeks to invest in early stage venture capital to later stage growth capital. It does not make seed capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare sector with a special focus on biopharmaceuticals, drug delivery, medical devices, and healthcare services. It also seeks to invest in companies in overlooked or out-of-favor basic industries and in companies with innovative products and services. The firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $7.5 million. It prefers to invest with other firms.

Eurovestech Plc was founded in 2000 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Eurovestech plc is an investment company, which focuses on technology businesses. Eurovestech plc's subsidiaries include ToLuna plc (ToLuna), Knowledge Support Systems Limited (KSS Ltd) and KSS Retail Limited (KSS Retail). ToLuna is European provider of online panels and services to the market research industry. ToLuna operates and builds online panels, and designs and operates application services that enable research to be undertaken online. KSS Ltd is a provider of price optimization technology and services to the oil and gas sectors. KSS Retail is a provider of price optimization technology and services to the convenience store, grocery and chain drug sectors. Its other investments include Magenta Corporation Limited, D-Pharm Limited, ARKeX Limited, MIST Technologies SA and LogNet Information Systems plc. On June 18, 2008, the Company’s subsidiary ToLuna purchased the entire issued share capital of Common Knowledge Inc.

Irving Place Capital was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York. Irving Place Capital is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in add-on acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, recapitalizations, growth capital opportunities, and other ownership liquidity situations. It makes investments in companies operating in the, retail, consumer products, financial services, healthcare services, industrial distribution, industrials, packaging, transportation and logistics, and energy sectors. The firm also seeks to invest in companies in the other old economy and service sectors including restaurants; business services; chemicals; natural resources; specialty finance; apparel; financial technology; food and beverages; healthcare; and security and defense industries. It targets investments in companies primarily based in North America and Western Europe. The firm makes equity investments between $75 million and $250 million in companies with EBITDA in excess of $20 million.

CITIC Group was founded in 1979 and is based in Beijing, China with additional offices in New York, New York; Tokyo, Japan; and Almaty, Kazakhstan. CITIC Group Company operates as an industrial conglomerate that offers banking, financial, manufacturing, and communication services through its subsidiaries. It provides securities, insurance, and trusts and funds related services. Additionally, CITIC Group offers construction contracting; and real estate and infrastructure development, trading, and information technology related services. Its subsidiaries include China CITIC Bank, CITIC Asset Management Corporation, Ltd, CITIC USA Holding Inc, CITIC Construction, CITIC Metal Co., Ltd., CITIC East China Group, CITIC Machinery Manufacturing Co.,Ltd., CITIC Digital Technology Co.,Ltd., CITIC Travel Co.,Ltd., and CITIC Automobile Co., Ltd.

Thrivent Investment Management nonetheless has significance to Lutherans. The company is the securities brokerage and financial advisory subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, which provides financial and insurance products and services to nearly 3 million members. Thrivent Investment Management offers full and discount brokerage services, mutual funds, and education funding products such as 529 plans. Customers can work with a financial adviser or manage their accounts and place trades by phone or online.

ICMA Retirement Corporation company was founded in 1972 by public-sector employers through the International City/County Management Association. ICMA Retirement Corporation (ICMA-RC) offers financial planning and manages and administers retirement plans exclusively for public-sector employees. A not-for-profit organization, it offers products including retirement health savings plans, IRAs, 401(a)s, 401(k)s, and 457s. ICMA Retirement Corporation company serves more than 800,000 employees of state and local governments, offering some 900 retirement savings plans in all. ICMA-RC is sponsor of the Vantagepoint and Milestone funds.

Zone Ventures Management Company primarily provides seed, or first round, funding and invests in the Southern California area. Zone Ventures generally invests about $1 million to $3 million in these start-ups and typically takes a seat on the board. Part of the company's portfolio includes digital video developer DivXNetworks (MP3), online retailer Allpets.com, and facial recognition technology developer Neven Vision. Other services include financial strategy, executive search, and investment banking.

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ameriprise Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides financial planning, products, and services primarily in the United States. The company operates in four principal segments: Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Annuities, and Protection. The Advice & Wealth Management segment offers financial planning and advice, as well as full service brokerage and banking services to retail clients through its affiliated financial advisors. The Asset Management segment provides investment advice and products to retail and institutional clients. The Annuities segment offers variable and fixed annuity products to retail customers primarily through financial advisors. The Protection segment provides various protection products through financial advisors to address the protection and risk management needs of retail clients, including life, disability income, and property-casualty insurance. The company was formerly known as American Express Financial Corporation and changed its name to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in September 2005.

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.

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