Standard Life Investments are committed to achieving positive outcomes for SLIL clients, through a robust investment process and the quality of our people. A strong track record and proven industry expertise underpin our determination to deliver on the promises we make to you. SLIL experience of different investment cycles and a variety of market conditions reflects SLIL durability and resilience. SLIL unique, proven and repeatable Focus on Change philosophy affords us the freedom to think independently. While we listen to the same market noise and analyse similar data to SLIL industry peers, it’s what SLIL do with it that makes us different. Based in Edinburgh, SLIL have a number of offices worldwide including Boston, Dublin, London, Montreal, Hong Kong and Sydney. SLIL also have representative offices in Beijing and Seoul and a joint venture in India. Worldwide, over five million clients have entrusted us to look after assets of £138.7 billion*, based on SLIL ability to meet their needs.

Noventi LLC was founded in November 1999 and is based in Menlo Park, California. Noventi LLC is a venture capital investment arm of CIR SpA specializing in seed and early stage investments. The firm invests in companies in cleantech and emerging technology companies. It is actively looking for investment opportunities that focus on the convergence of technology, energy, and the environment. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Europe. It invests between €250,000 ($316,383) and €2.5 million ($3.16 million) in exchange for a minority equity stake ranging between 15% and 35%. The firm prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies.

Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding A.S. (Dogan Holding) is a Turkey-based holding company, owned by Dogan Group, providing management consultancy, finance and internal audit services to its subsidiaries. It operates in three main segments: Energy, Media and Other. It also involved in other sectors such as entertainment, manufacturing, finance and tourism. Dogan Holding has oil and gas subsidiaries established for the import, marketing and distribution of fuel, lubricants, natural gas and their byproducts, along with electric power generation and distribution. Publishing and broadcasting are among primary operations of the Company, with a portfolio of several newspapers and television channels. Other activities of the Company consist of the production of organic food; the manufacture of steel and iron products, such as wires, rod ends and ball joints; marketing of consumer products; property insurance, particularly designed for the transportation sector, and management of hotels.

Commonwealth Bankshares was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. Commonwealth Bankshares, Inc. serves as a holding company for Bank of the Commonwealth (the Bank). The Bank operates four branches in Norfolk, six branches in Virginia Beach, four branches in Chesapeake, two branches in Portsmouth, one branch in Suffolk, one branch in Powells Point, North Carolina, one branch in Waves, North Carolina, one branch in Moyock, North Carolina and one branch in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Bank conducts all of the business operations of a typical independent, commercial bank, including the acceptance of checking and savings deposits, and the initiating of commercial, real estate, personal, home improvement, automobile and other installment and term loans. The Bank also offers other related services, such as home banking, trust, travelers’ checks, safe deposit, lock box, depositor transfer, customer note payment, collections, notary public, escrow, drive-in facility and other customary banking services.

Founded in 1993, Woodbridge Group, Inc. also offers capital raising and valuation services. Woodbridge operates in North America, Europe, Asia, Mexico, and Brazil. Woodbridge Group isn't in the construction business, but it does build bridges between commercial buyers and sellers. The mergers and acquisitions firm helps buyers determine strategic fits, search for potential acquisition candidates, extend offers, negotiate prices, and close deals. It helps sellers (typically companies with $5 million to $100 million in revenues) develop marketing collateral, then discreetly market and sell their businesses. It serves clients worldwide in the areas of manufacturing and distribution, services, retail, and technology.

Benchmark Capital was founded in 1995 and is based in Menlo Park, California with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and Herzliya Pituach, Israel. Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in technology driven companies in the areas of enterprise software and services, communications and security, semiconductors, mobile computing, consumer services, and financial services. It mainly seeks to invest in companies based in U.S. and Europe. The firm typically seeks to make initial investments between $3 million and $5 million, with investments between $5 million and $15 million over the life of its portfolio companies. Its investments can range between $100,000 and $10 million or $15 million. The firm seeks to be the first investor in the portfolio companies.

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Waco, Texas. Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Life Partners) is a financial services company and the parent company of Life Partners, Inc. (LPI). LPI is engaged in the secondary market for life insurance known generally as life settlements. LPI facilitates the sale of life settlements between sellers and purchasers, but does not take possession or control of the policies. The purchasers acquire the life insurance policies at a discount to their face value for investment purposes. Life settlement transactions involve the sale of an existing life insurance policy to another party. By selling the policy, the policyholder receives an immediate cash payment to use as he or she wishes. The purchaser takes an ownership interest in the policy at a discount to its face value and receives the death benefit under the policy when the insured dies.

Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. was founded in 1995 and is based in New York. Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in mature and lower middle market private and public companies. The firm seeks to invest in, management buyouts; recapitalizations; corporate divestitures; growth financings; industry consolidations; turnarounds; restructurings; special situations; and going private transactions. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the, outsourcing; consumer products; business and marketing services; consumer services; consumer discretionary; healthcare; consumer staples; materials; food and restaurants; outsourced manufacturing; franchising; distribution; outsourced manufacturing; and manufacturing sectors. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in the United States and Canada. It invests up to $75 million in equity investments but prefers a range between $20 million and $50 million in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $25 million and enterprise values ranging from $25 million to $250 million with minimum $6 million annual cash flows. It prefers to be a majority investor, but co-invests selectively, and takes a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies.

Downing Corporate Finance Limited was founded in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. Downing Corporate Finance Limited offers financial services. It engages in launching venture capital trusts. Downing Corporate Finance company also promotes tax based and other investment schemes, including the EIS portfolio service, the Rathbones IHT portfolio services, and enterprise zone trusts. Downing Corporate Finance Limited was formerly known as Downing Corporate Services Limited.

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.

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