Stephens was founded in 1933. Stephens Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Stephens Holding Company. Stephens Inc. offers investment banking and financial advisory services to corporations, state and local governments, financial institutions, and individual investors. The company’s services include merger and acquisition advisory, private placement of debt and equity, municipal and corporate securities underwriting, equity sales and trading, general securities brokerage, research, wealth management, investment advisory, and mutual fund services.

Clinton Group was founded in August 1991 and is based in New York City with additional offices in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, Washington, District Of Columbia, and London, United Kingdom. Clinton Group, Inc (CGI) is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It also caters to corporations, banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and public funds. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income and hedging markets across the globe. For its fixed income investments, it primarily invests in collateralized debt obligations, mortgage-backed securities, convertible bonds, and sovereign debt. The firm employs long/short and arbitrage fixed income strategies to make its investments.

Since our launch in 1981, LDC has completed over 400 investments and supports a portfolio that stands at over 60 businesses across the UK, and is collectively valued in excess of £2billion. Whilst having the Lloyds Banking Group as a parent company pays dividends in strong financial support, it's LDC's unique commitment to making a difference in business that has led to long-term success.LDC's investments are driven at a regional level from a network of offices across the UK, Asia and Europe. Our expert knowledge has secured LDC's place as a national leader in the mid-market, whilst our focus on establishing enjoyable and enduring relationships with those we work with ensures stability and success.As to the future, LDC's strong ownership culture, with every member of the team being actively engaged in the direction of the business suggests that LDC is a company that will continue to lead and make a difference in the private equity mid market.

Graphite Capital Management LLP was founded in 1981 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Graphite Capital Management LLP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm typically invests in management buyouts and buyins, whether as part of a corporate spin-off or from within a privately held business; replacement capital; and development capital and expansion funding. It also invests in turnaround, rollouts and buy-and-build transactions. The firm invests in established companies with opportunities for growth or through add-on acquisitions. It primarily invests in retail and consumer, Industrial and Engineering, services and distribution, financial services, healthcare, and leisure and property industries. The firm invests in companies based in United Kingdom and focuses on transactions valued between £25 million ($36.2 million) and £200 million ($405.60 million). It seeks a Board seat in the portfolio company. The firm seeks to exit its investments through flotation, trade sale, and secondary buyout.

RS Investment Management Co. LLC was founded in 1986 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in New York. RS Investment Management Co. LLC, doing business as RS Investments, is a privately owned investment manager. It provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, endowments, foundations, high net worth individuals, corporations, and banks. The firm manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income 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 growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm employs a fundamental analysis to create its portfolio. It conducts an in-house research to make its investments.

Thomas Cressey Bravo is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in growth capital, family business or other recapitalizations, going-private transactions, roll-overs of a portion of existing equity, management buyouts (full or partial), buy and build, and industry consolidations. The firm invests in business services, software, healthcare, consumer products and services, education, and media sectors. Within consumer products and services, it invests in food and beverages; health, wellness and beauty aids, and services; automotive aftermarket; sports, leisure, entertainment and hobby products, and services; catalog and internet retailing; house wares, home repair and home furnishings; gardening and crafts; and pet care. In the healthcare sector, the firm invests in healthcare services (including hospitals, outpatient services, and managed care); pharmaceutical products and services (including branded and generic pharmaceuticals, marketing services, and specialty distribution); medical products and technologies (including disposables/consumables, medical technologies, and durable medical equipment); life-science instruments (including analytical instruments, consumables/reagents, and services).

Turbodyne Technologies, Inc. develops patented electrically powered air movement and propulsion components that are engineered to promote lower fuel consumption and address higher emission standards for hybrid, gas and diesel internal combustion engines. The patented TurboPacTM design reduces diesel pollution, eliminates turbo-lag in gas and diesel engines and increases fuel economy through both engine downsizing for hybrid, gas and diesel applications as well as low-rpm fuel burn optimization for diesel trucks and busses. The TurboFlow™ design provides computer-controlled, variable high pressure, high volume air movement in a small, lightweight, low power package for a variety of applications from inflatable boat inflation and HVAC air movement to forced air induction for internal combustion engines.

Rho Capital Partners is the parent company to Rho’s three operating divisions, Rho Ventures, Rho Canada and Rho Fund Investors. Founded in 1981, Rho began its private equity activities as a family investment office. Today, Rho is a leading private equity firm that manages a series of funds, under each of its three divisions, backed by a broad group of institutional investors that include endowments, foundations, families, pension funds, and other financial institutions. Across all of Rho’s activities and strategies, our teams are committed to investing in growth and building companies over the long-term. Unique among private equity firms, Rho’s three divisions are each managed by dedicated teams who invest separate funds, yet all benefit from actively cross-leveraging other divisions’ networks to generate differentiated perspectives and insights.

Charterhouse Group, Inc was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Charterhouse Group, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm typically invests in buyout, buildup platform acquisitions, buy-and-build, growth capital financing, and recapitalization transactions. It seeks to invest in business services, telecommunication services, healthcare services, and consumer products and service sectors. Within the business service sector, the firm focuses on business process outsourcing including document management, benefit administration, billing, customer relationship management, and legal support; information management services including regulation, risk management, and compliance oriented models; logistics including non-asset based, brokerage models; marketing services including direct marketing and loyalty programs; Specialty Distribution; specialty maintenance, distribution, and repair; specialty staffing; energy services including asset-light, non-commodity price risk opportunities, and energy management and procurement services; vendor management including outsourced repair and maintenance; waste management, janitorial, and landscaping services; specialty maintenance and repair; transaction processing and information processing; specialty leasing; education; security and related service; telecommunication services; information management services including regulation, risk management, and compliance oriented models; specialty waste management; and transaction processing.

Unique Investment Corp. believes that each venture capital investment opportunity is unique and special. Unique Investment company targets both growing ventures and small and middle-market companies in the manufacturing and business services industries for investment. Unique Investment firm has taken stakes in Acorn-Gencon Plastics, CPI International, Gold Canyon Candles, and Qqest Software Systems.

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