Unilever Ventures funds European startups in the food, beverage, home care, personal products, health care, fitness, leisure, and media sectors. It especially looks for enterprises that could dovetail with existing Unilever products. Unilever Ventures operates independently of its parent company, but has access to its brands, expertise, and research and development. Portfolio companies include Alleggra (egg alternatives), Froosh (prepackaged smoothies), PharmaKodex (drug development), P2i (liquid-repellent treatments), Voltea (water purification), and Spa and Salon International.

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.

Mutual of America Life Insurance was founded in 1945 and is based in New York, New York with regional offices in the United States. It has satellite offices in Alaska and Hawaii. Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, a registered broker-dealer, provides pension and retirement-related products, programs, and services in the United States. Mutual of America Life Insurance company provides group and individual variable accumulation annuities, and related services for the pension, retirement, and long-range savings. The company also offers universal life insurance, group life insurance, and group disability products. It also operates equity, retirement, fixed income, asset allocation, and balanced funds.

CIBC World Markets Inc. (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)1 is the wholesale banking arm of CIBC (TSX, NYSE: CM), a leading North American financial institution. CIBC provide a broad range of integrated credit and capital markets products, investment banking and merchant banking to markets in key financial centres around the world.Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce financial services include credit and capital market products, investment banking and merchant banking. CIBC are the Canadian leader in M&A advisory across a wide range of industries, as well as a leader in equity underwriting and structured products. CIBC offer innovative capital solutions, as well as top-ranked research to CIBC corporate, government and institutional clients.Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1,100 employees around the world work in highly disciplined cross-functional teams to provide industry expertise, focused market intelligence, and creative financial solutions to meet the unique business challenges of CBIC clients. CBIC uccess is driven by solid relationships with CBIC clients, including the CEOs and CFOs of some of the top performing companies.

Sterling Investment Partners was founded in 1991 and is based in Westport, Connecticut. Sterling Investment Partners is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and consolidations of middle market companies. The firm also seeks to invest in international expansions and joint venture investments. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the, outsourcing and business services; niche manufacturing and industrial companies; transportation and logistics; unique distribution; technology-related companies; energy services; and consumer products and services industries. The firm seeks to invest in companies with revenues between $50 million and in excess of $300 million and EBITDA between $10 million and in excess of $40 million.

Oxford Bioscience Partners (OBP), established in 1992, is a venture capital firm that provides equity financing and management assistance to emerging, entrepreneurial-driven companies within the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Experienced partners, who bring together deep domain knowledge in life sciences, have established a proven track record of identifying, validating and backing emerging trends and technologies. While willing to consider an investment in a company at almost any stage, OBP brings unique value and expertise to early-stage situations. With approximately $1B of committed capital under management, OBP has invested in over 140 life science companies worldwide, and has successfully leveraged the extensive research, operating, and financial expertise and experience of its team of investment professionals.

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.

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) is an operator of regulated futures exchange and over-the-counter (OTC) markets and derivatives clearing houses. ICE operates electronic futures and OTC marketplaces for trading an array of energy and agricultural commodities, credit default swaps (CDS), currencies and equity index products. It offers an integrated electronic trading platform for side-by-side trading of products in both futures and OTC markets, together with clearing, post-trade and market data services. Through its electronic marketplace, ICE brings together buyers and sellers of derivative and physical commodities and financial contracts, and offers a range of services to support its participants’ risk management needs. The Company has three segments: futures segment, global OTC segment and market data segment. In July 2010, IntercontinentalExchange Inc. acquired Climate Exchange plc.

President, CEO, and chief investment officer Timothy Burt founded Cardinal Capital Management in 1992. Cardinal Capital Management, Inc firm offers wealthy individuals and institutional investors fee-based investment counseling and management services, specializing in separate accounts. The firm invests in Canadian, US, and international stocks and bonds and has more than $1 billion in assets under management.

Hamilton BioVentures is a venture capital firm (with $100 million under management) investing in talented entrepreneurs bringing new Life Science technology enterprises to market. Hamilton BioVentures invests in companies developing dramatically better treatments (biopharmaceuticals and medical devices) for major human diseases and other medical conditions. Hamilton BioVentures investments generally take the form of direct equity in early-stage companies located on the West Coast. Hamilton's management team possesses decades of real-world experience across a broad base of in-depth entrepreneurial, managerial, technical, scientific and financial roles. Hamilton's principals actively support and collaborate with the entrepreneurs in Hamilton portfolio. Hamilton typically take seats on the Boards of our portfolio companies, and “roll up our sleeves” to deliver the value of Hamilton relationships and experience to help these firms succeed.

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