Draper Fisher Jurvetson was founded in 1985 and is based in Menlo Park, California. Draper Fisher Jurvetson is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, and early stage investments in emerging markets. The firm primarily invests in information technology, energy, clean technology, consumer media and advertising, consumer services and transactions, life sciences, mobile and wireless, new media, Internet content, e-commerce, telecommunications, nanotechnology, enterprise applications and services. Within information technology, it focuses on web-based applications and services, software infrastructure including peer-to-peer infrastructure, data communications and bandwidth enhancement, information services, and wireless applications, services, and technologies. Within nanotechnology and life sciences, the firm invests in bio-nano and biomimetic innovations, MEMS, novel materials, molecular electronics, medical devices and therapeutics, molecular diagnostics, bioinformatics, agbio, bio-energy, and various platforms and tools. Within clean energy technologies, it invests in energy generation, transmission, utilization and storage, water purification, grid optimization, industrial sensing and monitoring, and advanced materials and catalysts.

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides investment banking, equity research, institutional sales and trading, independent brokerage, advisory, and asset management services in the United States. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. offers general investment banking and corporate finance consulting services; underwriting of public equity and debt offerings, including specified purpose acquisition companies underwriting; placement of private debt and equity offerings; merger, acquisition, and divestiture advisory services; rendering fairness and solvency opinions; and financial valuations. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. also provides investment consulting services, private investment management, retirement plan sponsor services, alternative investments, and architect program, as well as an asset management program, which provides centralized management of mutual fund and exchange-traded fund portfolios based on asset allocation models. In addition, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. offers broker-dealer and investment advisory services to the independent registered representative community. Further, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. reviews and analyzes general market conditions and other industry groups; issues written reports on companies, with recommendations on specific actions to buy, sell, or hold; furnishes information to retail and institutional customers; and responds to inquires from customers and account executives. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. serves middle market and emerging growth companies, and high net worth individuals. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. was founded in 1876 and is based in Miami, Florida.

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund was founded in 1918 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Charlotte, North Carolina. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) is a privately owned investment manager. The firm also provides retirement plans, including IRAs, education savings plans, and annuities for its clients. It primarily provides its services to individuals in the academic, medical, cultural, and research fields, including employee, retiree, or trustee of nonprofit colleges and universities, public and private elementary and secondary schools, teaching hospitals, museums, libraries, certain other nonprofit institutions, and government entities. The firm manages equity and fixed income mutual funds. It also manages fund of funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity markets across the globe and the fixed income markets of the United States. It also invests in the direct real estate markets and real estate securities markets.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority (TFA) won't sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, but it will let you invest in repairs. The quasi-independent government agency sells municipal bonds to finance the Big Apple's capital improvement projects -- public buildings, roads, bridges, etc. The authority was created in 1997 to circumvent state constitutional limitations on the amount of debt the city could take on. With the authority to issue up to $11.5 billion in bonds, the agency proved to be even more useful than anticipated, selling $2 billion in bonds for recovery costs following the September 11 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center. The TFA's bond limit has since been raised to $13.5 billion.

Jerusalem Venture Partners was founded in 1993 and is based in Jerusalem, Israel. Jerusalem Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and startup investments. The firm prefers to invest in enterprise software and media technologies including gaming and virtual worlds, mobile media, software and hardware applications, internet advertising, semiconductors and innovative materials, and communications and networking sectors. It typically invests in companies based in North America, Europe, Israel and Asia.

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider offering equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury management, market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading. BMO Capital Markets has over 2,200 employees operating in 27 locations around the world, including 15 in North America. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with US$384 billion total assets and 37,000 employees as at April 30, 2010.

Smith & Williamson Holdings Limited was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, Salisbury, and Southampton, United Kingdom. Smith & Williamson Limited is a member firm of Nexia International. Smith & Williamson Limited operates as a subsidiary of Smith & Williamson Holdings Limited. Smith & Williamson Limited offers accounting and consulting services. The firm provides accounting, tax consulting, reporting, financial modeling, risk management, and compliance and regulatory advisory services. Additionally, it offers due diligence, valuation, business planning, and IT advisory services. The firm also provides pension and financial planning; employee benefits and human resource solutions; forensic; and restructuring and recovery services. It caters to financial, agriculture, real estate, media, technology, corporate, and non-profit sectors.

E. ohman J:or Fondkommission offers products and services to help its customers invest in Swedish equities and bonds -- including government and corporate bonds -- and structured finance products. Its offerings include brokerage, research, and corporate advisory services. ohman Fondkommission serves corporate clients in Sweden and institutional investors. The company is part of the ohman Group, which includes publicly traded parent company, investment bank E. ohman J:or AB. The company is controlled by Sweden's Dinkelspiel family. Emric ohman founded E. ohman J:or AB in 1906.

Hershey Trust Company was founded in 1905 and is based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Hershey Trust Company operates as a subsidiary of Milton Hershey School Trust. Hershey Trust Company operates as a trust company. Hershey Trust company provides investment, financial planning, and administrative solutions to individual and institutional investors. Hershey Trust also manages real estate properties, including farmhouses and modern ranch homes in secluded country settings, as well as apartments and Cape Cod style homes in Hershey.

Merchant House Group, which formerly provided support services to companies in the transportation industry, now offers corporate finance and investment advisory services. Merchant House Group Plc underwent a reorganization in 2006 after two straight years of losses. Merchant House Group now has six subsidiaries: Merchant Capital, Aldermary Secretaries, Merchant House Securities, Merchant House Finance, Merchant Legal, and Merchant Wealth Management, which was formed in January 2008. Merchant House Finance arranges leasing for private jets, race horses, and yachts. All of Merchant House Group Plc subsidiaries operate on a revenue-sharing basis.

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