Burrill & Company is a life sciences merchant bank focused exclusively on companies involved in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, devices, human healthcare and related medical technologies, nutraceuticals and wellness, agricultural biotechnology, and industrial biotechnology (biomaterials/bioprocesses) with over $950 million under management. Burrill's technical and venture investing competence spans the entire spectrum of life sciences. The expertise of the firm's investment team, strategic partners and Advisory Boards is unparalleled in depth and breadth. In addition, Burrill is a leader in life science strategic partnering, an invaluable practice to build value in portfolio companies and to accelerate their growth and development.Burrill is also the sponsor and facilitator of several leading annual industry conferences and publishes the seminal annual report on the state of the biotechnology industry. This combination of resources and capabilities has helped Burrill develop a unique and highly effective platform for finding and making outstanding life science investments.G. Steven Burrill founded Burrill & Company as a logical extension of his 40-year involvement in the growth and prosperity of the biotechnology industry. Mr. Burrill has been an active advisor and catalyst in some of the industry's most notable companies and transactions. Mr. Burrill's close involvement and respected position within the industry has positioned the firm as a prominent deal-maker and facilitator of industry partnerships and alliances, all of which fosters a robust deal flow. Further contributing to this deal flow are: the scientific and business networks of its investment team; the Advisory Boards; the strategic and financial network of its limited partners; and the close relationships developed with numerous life science companies and management as a result of Burrill's visibility, reputation, and the firm's partnering and alliance work.

At Schroders, asset management is our business and our goals are completely aligned with those of our clients - the creation of long-term value. Schroders plc manage £167.9 billion (€188.3 billion / $254.7 billion)* on behalf of institutional and retail investors, financial institutions and high net worth clients from around the world, invested in a broad range of asset classes across equities, fixed income and alternatives. SAchroders plc employ 2611 talented people worldwide, operating from 32 offices in 25 countries* across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, close to the markets in which we invest and close to Schroders plc clients. Schroders has developed under stable ownership for over 200 years and long-term thinking governs Schroders plc approach to investing, building client relationships and growing our business.

JAFCO Ventures focuses its attention on the US and invests venture capital in development-stage information technology companies, generally as a secondary investor. Portfolio companies include systems integrator Infinera, online security services provider Voltage Security, broadband wireless services provider Aperto Networks, wireless software designer Devicescape Software, and semiconductor designer Xambala. With the advantages of its parent company, JAFCO Ventures utilizes financial professionals and advisers in Asia to forge relationships and partnerships with potential clients as well.

CenterPoint Ventures was founded in 1996 and is based in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Austin, Texas. CenterPoint Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start up, early stage, mid venture, and late venture investments. It typically invests in privately held companies developing information technology-based products for the firm’s target industries and markets. The firm also invests in communications infrastructure including wireless, enterprise software and business applications, semiconductors, hardware, and Internet-enabled business models. It does not invest in companies engaged in pure-science inventions and in mature markets. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Texas and Southwest region. It typically invests between $5 million and $10 million with follow-on funding over two to three rounds per company. The firm invests at the first or second-round of venture capital financing and act as lead investor in the initial venture round. It invites co-investment on early-stage deals and syndicates larger, late-stage investments with co-investors and seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investment within five years via an IPO, merger, or acquisition.

ETCapital Limited was set up in 1992 as an investor in high growth businesses based in southern England. Since 1998, ETCapital has invested QTP, a specialist zero-stage technology fund, focused on the globally significant cluster of science based businesses around Cambridge, Oxford and London. prior to that it managed what is now the HSBC UK Enterprise Fund for East Anglia & the Home Counties investing in early stage businesses, both technology and non-technology, based in East Anglia and the northern Home Counties. In 2004, ET Capital took on the management of the residual investments of Cambridge Research & Innovation Limited, an early-stage technology fund also investing in the Cambridge cluster.

EUROFIMA European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock is a supranational organization located in Basel, Switzerland. It was established in 1956 based on an international treaty signed by 25 European sovereign States so far. EUROFIMA fulfils a non-profit maximizing mission to support the development of rail transportation in Europe. It supports its shareholder railways as well as other railway bodies in renewing and modernizing their equipment.

Alexander David Securities (formerly Griffin Group) looks out for the little guy. Alexander David Securities Group plc provides corporate brokerage services to small and midsized businesses and institutional brokerage services to micro-cap and small-cap fund managers. Alexander David Securities Group plc also conducts research on small companies. Alexander David Securities Group plc offers financial advice and trading of equities, futures, options, and other financial instruments to high-net-worth private clients as well. In early 2009 the former Griffin Group bought UK-based brokerage house Alexander David in a reverse merger and assumed the acquired company's name.

Calera Capital was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Calera Capital is a private equity firm specializing in investments in public or private middle market companies, family-controlled enterprises, and corporate divestitures. It seeks to invest in buyouts and PIPES. The firm invests across a wide variety of industries, including building and forest products, food and consumer products, healthcare and medical devices, distribution and business services, specialty packaging, financial services, electrical products and industrial manufacturing. The firm considers investments in corporate spin-offs, take-private transactions, leveraged re-capitalizations of privately held companies, restructurings, and companies seeking capital to facilitate growth or acquisitions. It focuses on companies with enterprise values of up to $1 billion, typically deploying a minimum of $75 million in each transaction.

Gruppo, Levey & Co. (GLC) is a leading independent private investment banking firm specializing in the consumer, industrial, media, multi-channel retail & marketing services sectors. GLC provides M&A services; capital and debt financing raises as well as restructuring services; it advises companies, debtors, trustees and special committees on restructurings, recapitalizations and corporate reorganizations; and provides fairness opinions, due diligence and valuation services.Over the past 15 years, GLC has served as a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs, financial sponsors, corporate boards and family business owners in transactions encompassing every segment of the direct marketing industry, including retailers selling in all channels, B2B marketers, targeted media firms, specialty publishers, database/analytics companies and online/lead generation businesses. GLC is based in New York City.

Ackermans & van Haaren NV is a Belgian holding company that invests in companies active in various sectors, including dredging, construction and concessions, financial services, private equity, as well as real estate and related services. Ackermans & van Haaren N.V. Company also provides management support to other companies for specific operational and strategic projects. As of 31 December 2009, Ackermans & van Haaren NV held interests in a number of companies, including DEME, Extensa, Algemene Aannemingen Van Laere, Asco Life, Rent-A-Port, Nationale Maatschappij der Pijpleidingen (NMP), Financiere Trasys, Cobelguard, Groupe Financiere Duval, Bank Delen, Bank J. van Breda & Co, GIB and Henschel Engineering, among others.

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