Sevin Rosen Funds was founded in 1981. Sevin Rosen Funds is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. The firm selectively finances seed and incubation opportunities. It prefers to invest in semiconductors and computing, high technology, energy and related technologies, nanotechnology, imaging, photonics, RF communications, healthcare, enterprise software and services, telecommunications, and other innovative technologies. The firm generally invests in companies based in the United States. It typically invests between $4 million and $15 million in the portfolio company. The firm prefers to participate in the first round of funding in the portfolio company.

Austin Ventures has corralled themselves a heapin' helpin' of a whole different breed -- the nerd herd. The venture capital firm offers funding mainly to software, computer hardware, semiconductor, communications, and business services startups. Focused on investment opportunities in the Southwest (and still with a heavy Texas concentration despite looking outward), Austin Ventures typically invests from $100,000 to $20 million per transaction, usually holds its investments long-term, and almost always takes a seat on the acquired firm's board. Austin Ventures also assists clients in hiring management, setting up compensation plans, and going public.

Cantor Fitzgerald, LP was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Cantor Fitzgerald, LP provides sales and trading services in the areas of equity and fixed income capital markets; investment banking services; and brokerage services for institutional clients. It offers repo and securities lending, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, credit securities, structured products, SBA securities, interest rate products, and agency structures; and domestic and international equities, derivatives, convertibles and structured products, portfolio trading, risk arbitrage services, stock loans, and institutional equity research services. Cantor Fitzgerald company also offers various investment banking services, such as financing solutions to access capital markets; financial advisory services in mergers and acquisitions, complex financings, LBOs, and restructurings; merchant banking services; marketing road shows, market intelligence, investor relations, proxy defenses, and dispositions; and asset management services.

Dorchester Minerals, L.P. was founded in 1982 and is based in Dallas, Texas. Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (Partnership) is a limited partnership formed on the combination of Dorchester Hugoton, Ltd., Republic Royalty Company, L.P. and Spinnaker Royalty Company, L.P. The Partnership is engaged in the acquisition, ownership and administration of Net Profits Interests and Royalty Properties. The Net Profits Interests represent net profits overriding royalty interests in various properties owned by the operating partnership. The Royalty Properties consist of producing and nonproducing mineral, royalty, overriding royalty, net profits, and leasehold interests located in 574 counties and parishes in 25 states. The Partnership’s general partner is Dorchester Minerals Management LP, which is managed by its general partner, Dorchester Minerals Management GP LLC. Its general partner also controls and owns, directly and indirectly, all of the partnership interests in Dorchester Minerals Operating LP and its general partner.

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.

Tudor Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Tudor Investment Corporation, an internationally recognized, $10 billion in assets, diversified investment management firm. Tudor has been investing in venture capital and other private equity opportunities since the early 1990's. Over this time, Tudor and its principals have invested in over 75 companies, with a strong record of investment success, and currently manage over $700 million in capital commitments. Tudor Ventures announced the closing of our third fund, Tudor Ventures III L.P., in June 2007 with $262 million in capital commitments. Limited partners in this fund include large institutional, endowment, fund of funds, and high net-worth individual investors along with significant investments from Tudor's proprietary capital and the Tudor Ventures' principals.

The TCW Group, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is based in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in Los Angeles, California; New York City; and Houston, Texas. The TCW Group, Inc. operates as a privately owned investment manager. It provides its services to corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, foreign investors, and high net worth individuals. The firm manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in the growth and value stocks of small cap, mid cap, and large cap companies while making its equity portfolios. The firm also invests in fixed income securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage backed securities, and floating rate debt obligations. For its alternative investing, it also does mezzanine investing and invests in special situations, energy, and infrastructure sectors.

A.M. Best is a credit rating organization specializing in the insurance industry. Founded in 1899 by insurance professional Alfred M. Best, the company rates the creditworthiness of, and publishes analytical reports on, insurance companies. A.M. Best Company, Inc. also provides debt ratings of financial instruments offered by insurance companies, including bonds, notes, and securitization products. In addition to providing data on the insurance industry, A.M. Best provides ratings and analysis of financial institutions and health care systems. A.M. Best Company, Inc. operates in the US, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region through offices in New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong.

Conning & Company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut with additional offices in Dublin and London. Conning & Company was formerly a subsidiary of Swiss Reinsurance Co. Conning & Company provides insurance asset management and investment management services, and insurance-related research publications. It specializes in fixed-income products for institutional investors. The company, through its subsidiaries, offers insurance research, including information products, and insights and analyses of issues confronting the insurance industry, as well as provides insurance asset management, including portfolio management, and investment accounting and reporting services in the United States and Europe. It also provides access to various financial investment products, such as structured securities, derivative strategies and investment banking, and insurance and banking equity research.

First Investors Corporation operates as a financial broker/dealer in the United States. It sells mutual fund and life insurance products. The company’s products include mutual funds, including stock, bond, money market, equity, income, and municipal bond funds; insurance and annuity products; retirement programs; pension and profit sharing plans; and college-funding programs. It serves individual and business customers. First Investors Corporation was formerly known as Financial Independence Founders and it changed its name January 1948. The company was founded in 1930 and is based in New York, New York. First Investors Corporation operates as a subsidiary of First Investors Consolidated Corporation.

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