The Gores Group, founded by Alec E. Gores in 1987, is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm’s operating experience and flexible capital. Since its inception, Gores has acquired 60 companies worldwide with combined revenues in excess of 15 billion dollars. Currently, Gores has 2.7 billion dollars in equity under active management. Gores’ offices in North America and Europe serve its active investment programs in these regions.The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a traditional financial buyer. As a result, the firm looks to create value with its operating perspective, in addition to the more customary buy-out and financial engineering skills.Gores has become a leading investor, primarily in the technology, telecommunications, business services and industrial sectors, having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. Private equity-backed companies, like those that Gores invests in, have been shown to grow faster than other types of companies and Gores' private equity returns have consistently and significantly outperformed publicly traded indices.

Scott & Stringfellow is the investment banking and brokerage subsidiary of regional bank BB&T, serving individual, corporate, and municipal clients. To consumers, Scott & Stringfellow, LLC offers brokerage services and investment products such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, IRAs, annuities, and insurance. For high-net-worth clients with at least $100,000 to invest, it provides asset management, trust services, estate planning, and financial advice. BB&T Capital Markets is the company's investment banking and corporate and public finance division. Services include equity research, market making, and underwriting and trading securities. Scott & Stringfellow, LLC Bergen Capital division underwrites and distributes bonds.

Oxford Bioscience Partners (OBP), established in 1992, is a venture capital firm that provides equity financing and management assistance to emerging, entrepreneurial-driven companies within the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Experienced partners, who bring together deep domain knowledge in life sciences, have established a proven track record of identifying, validating and backing emerging trends and technologies. While willing to consider an investment in a company at almost any stage, OBP brings unique value and expertise to early-stage situations. With approximately $1B of committed capital under management, OBP has invested in over 140 life science companies worldwide, and has successfully leveraged the extensive research, operating, and financial expertise and experience of its team of investment professionals.

Behrman Capital was formed in 1991 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Behrman Capital is a private equity firm specializing in industry consolidation, management buyout, leveraged buildup, growth capital, and recapitalizations in growth companies. The firm does not invest in turnarounds or hostile situations. It also invests in spinoff of a division from a parent company and recapitalization of a closely held business where the transaction is driven by a desire for growth capital, estate planning, liquidity or other reasons. The firm also seeks to provide additional equity for add-on acquisitions. It makes investments in information technology, business to business outsourcing, defense or homeland security, specialty packaging, contract manufacturing, health care including healthcare services, specialty manufacturing, and other related industries that provide opportunities for internal or external growth. For management buyouts, leveraged buildups, and recapitalization transactions, the firm invests in companies that have revenue between $50 million and $500 million. For equity, it invests between $20 million and $70 million. The firm typically, prefers to take majority stake in its portfolio companies but may take minority stake in companies with revenues between $20 million and $250 million and an EBITDA between $6 million and $60 million.

AAC Capital Partners was founded in 1982 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and Stockholm, Sweden. AAC Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing specializes in investments in buyouts and management buyouts of middle market companies. It does not invest in property development, financial services, and defense. The firm seeks to invest in the consumer, industrial and services sectors with a focus on healthcare, retail, food and consumer products, printed media and leisure, transport and logistics, industrial engineering, support services, information technology, media and telecom, and life sciences. It prefers to invest in companies based in the Netherlands, Nordic region, and the United Kingdom. The firm typically invests in companies with an enterprise value ranging between €50 million ($66.70 million) and €500 million ($667.01 million). It seeks majority stakes and prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies.

Wexford Capital was founded in 1994 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Wexford Capital LLC is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It invests in the public equity and hedging markets across the globe. The firm employs an opportunistic approach to make its investments in bankruptcy/distressed companies in the energy/natural resource, real estate, technology/telecommunication, and transportation sectors. It utilizes a multi-strategy approach to make its investments.

The Catalyst Group wants to be a catalyst for your investment needs. The Catalyst group provides investment banking services (mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and corporate partnering) and specializes in midsized companies in the information technology and telecommunications industries. Some of the companies the group has assisted in past transactions include Ericsson (integration into the French market), SSA Global Technologies (European expansion), Peritus Software Services (provided financial advice), and Alcatel-Lucent (formerly Lucent; evaluated strategic partners).

ING Investment Management Americas is all about the Benjamins. The unit of Dutch financial services giant ING Groep administers more than $220 billion for some 500 institutional investors in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Clients include corporations, pension funds, mutual funds, health care organizations, and insurance companies. The company also manages accounts for not-for-profit organizations inlcuding endowments and foundations, and religious institutions. ING Investment Management Americas employs a variety of investment styles such as growth and value equity, core fixed income, multi-asset strategies, and alternative investments including hedge funds and private equity.

LMS Capital plc was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in San Francisco, California. LMS Capital plc is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. The firm seeks to invest in mid venture, late venture, middle market, mature, turnarounds, and buyouts. It makes balance sheet investments. It typically invests in energy and industrial, applied technology, media and leisure, healthcare and medical sectors, consumer services, software and services, commercial and professional services, and financial services. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the United States and Canada, United Kingdom, Israel, and European Developed Markets. It invests in public and private companies. The firm seeks to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies and actively manages significant stakes in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests between £5 million ($9.98 million) and £15 million ($29.93 million) in companies with an enterprise value between £10 million ($19.95 million) and £50 million ($99.77 million), minimum revenue of £5 ($9.98 million), and minimum EBITDA of £1 million ($1.995 million).

Numis Corporation Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking and stock broking company in the United Kingdom. It offers a range of research, execution, equity capital markets, corporate broking, and corporate finance services to quoted companies and their investors. The company also provides advisory services for fundraising and corporate finance transactions, including primary and secondary issues and mergers and acquisitions. Numis Corporation offers its services for aerospace and defense, building and property, engineering, fast moving consumer goods, life sciences, media, metals and mining, new energy and emissions, non-life insurance, oil and gas, retail, specialty and other financials, support services, technology, and travel and leisure sectors.

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