NEXT Financial Group, Inc. provides independent investment professionals a place to call "work", and the back office support, marketing clout, and technology services of a big investment firm. NEXT Financial company provides a variety of investment services catering to retirees and baby-boomers through its network of broker/dealers. NEXT Financial company is owned by its employees and representitives and is not affiliated with large investment or insurance companies, allowing reps and customers to choose from a variety of investment options.

Adams Capital Management, Inc. was founded in 1994. Adams Capital Management, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stage and emerging growth investments. The firm prefers to invest in applied technology with a focus on information technology, networking infrastructure, telecommunications, and semiconductors. It typically invests in markets of at least $500 million in size. It is a series A investor and typically invest between $5 million and $10 million in the first round of financing and can start out under $1 million. The firm usually invests a maximum of $30 million over the life of an investment. It prefers to be a lead investor in its transactions. The firm seeks to take a board seat and an ownership stake of more than 35 percent in its portfolio companies. It typically holds its investments for five years to ten years and prefers to exit through public offering, merger, and an outright sale.

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.

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.

IP Group plc was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom. IP Group plc is a principal investment firm specializing in commercializing intellectual property. It seeks to invest in the life sciences and physical sciences sectors. IP Group plc provides seed capital financing to spin out companies from the universities. It also provides support for its university partners' intellectual property commercialization activities, as well as in the identification of intellectual property and in return takes equity positions in its portfolio companies.

Abraxus Investments plc company seeks to invest in renewable energy, namely wind farms, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe where it sees strong development opportunities. Abraxus was formerly focused on commercial real estate in the same regions, but changed course in mid-2009 as property markets around the world turned sour. That year, the company set up a subsidiary in Romania to locate and develop investment opportunities. Abraxus has been in a bit of corporate limbo as it seeks to find its niche. In 2005, dissident shareholders attempted to oust Abraxus five board members, citing the company's poor performance. The coup was later overturned.

The Cypress Group L.L.C. firm owns stakes in companies in the automotive, financial services, manufacturing, and media and entertainment industries. Its portfolio includes holdings in about 10 firms, including Cooper-Standard Automotive, Republic National Cabinet, and Scottish Re Group Limited. Cypress Group is an active investor that often becomes involved in the day-to-day management of its portfolio companies. The firm has made more than $4 billion in investments since it was founded in 1989. One of its most well-known past investments includes Cinemark.

Ledstiernan AB was founded in 1994 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Ledstiernan AB is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in mid and late venture, growth capital, and buyouts investments in middle market and mature companies. The firm seeks to invest in manufacturing, retail, energy, and information technology and communication technology with a focus on mobile communication and wireless technology. It prefers to invest in the Nordic region and Sweden. The firm invests between SK 5 million ($0.62 million) and SK 50 million ($6.19 million) in its portfolio companies. It seeks to exit its investments between two and eight years through an industrial sale.

ICAP plc, the world's largest interdealer brokerage with more than $2 trillion in average daily volume, is a wholesale broker of OTC derivatives, money markets, and securities, focusing on foreign exchange, energy, credit, and equities markets. With operations in more than 30 countries, the firm is a major interdealer broker in US Treasury notes. Direct trade execution and processing are available to investment houses and major banks through the company's electronic trading services. Institutional clients include international, investment, and commercial banks. ICAP also has a joint venture with insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.

The Evolution Group plc operates as a holding company for Evolution Securities Limited; Christows Limited; Evolution Securities China Limited; and Evolution Securities (US) Incorporated. The company operates as a financial service group in United Kingdom. It operates in investment banking, retail stockbroking, asset management and private equity divisions. It also has interests in IP2IPO, a company whose strategy is to exploit intellectual property created by academic institutions. The company's principal operating businesses are: Evolution Securities - Investment Banking and Christows - Private Client Stockbroking & Fund Management. EVOLUTION SECURITIES Evolution Securities is the investment banking business of Evolution Group plc providing equity research, institutional sales and trading and corporate finance advice. Evolution Securities Limited is an independent financial services group comprising investment banking, private client asset management and IP exploitation. The company provides investment banking services, advising a major number of clients across a variety of sectors. It works with entrepreneurs and growing companies to help them to develop their own strategies as businesses.

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