Summit Partners' dough rises a little later rather than earlier. Summit Partners funds later-stage companies, preferring those that are profitable and growing. It invests in a range of industries, including business and financial services, energy, health care, communications, media, industrial and consumer products, software, and semiconductors. Summit Partners' private equity investments range from $30 million to more than $500 million; venture capital investments range between $5 million to $30 million. Summit Partners also provides mezzanine debt financing. Its current portfolio includes stakes in more than 50 firms in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown is part of the Private Wealth Management segment of German giant Deutsche Bank. The company provides a range of advisory, brokerage, and investment services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individual investors, as well as institutional and corporate clients in the US. For corporate clients, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown provides cash management, foreign exchange, investment consulting, custody, and prime brokerage services. The company also administers employee stock and stock option purchase plans. It has more than 15 US offices and approximately $43 billion of assets under control.

Hotbed works to match investors with alternative investments such as private equity, commercial property, and hedge funds. And it doesn't stop there. Once it has matched an investor with potential business opportunity, it monitors the progress of the relationship, offers financial counseling, and also guides the member companies' strategy. For companies seeking cash, Hotbed works with companies needing between £1 million to £7.5 million. It has assisted such UK companies as care homes group Mimosa Healthcare, medical technology manufacturer Sphere Medical, and shopping center Downham Market.

Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. offers investment banking, brokerage, and investment advisory services, promoting its personalized approach as an alternative to the financial mega-firms. Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. investment banking practice focuses on capital raising, underwriting, and advisory services for growth companies valued at less than $1 billion, as well as for public sector clients. Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. private client group serves wealthy individuals and families with more than $1 million to invest; Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc. has more than $1 billion under management overall. Nollenberger Capital Partners is trying to make its mark in the crowded money management arena.

Ray Ingleby and Fred Mendelsohn founded Axiomlab in 2000. Axiomlab Group shops locally, dropping pounds in Scotland and the north of England. The company holds stakes in five companies providing financial backing in addition to offering strategic and operational support. Axiomlab Group company's portfolio consists of technology, material sciences, and pharmaceutical development companies. Of the five companies that Axiomlabs owns stakes in three are publicy traded. Axiomlab likes to watch its money closely, taking an active operational role with start-up, early-stage, and existing businesses.

White River Capital is a holding company that specializes in auto finance. Subsidiary Coast Credit offers subprime auto financing in more than 20 states. Visa International Service Association acquires the subprime receivables from franchise and independent auto dealers. Another unit, Union Acceptance, oversees a portfolio of non-prime automobile receivables. In 2005 UAC was bankrupt and stockholders were looking for a way to squeak out value in their investment. The shareholders agreed to exchange UAC for shares of White River. After the swap White River bought the similar, yet more successful, Coast Credit. The holding-company-hat-trick allowed UAC to carry its business forward even after it declared bankruptcy in 2002.

Iris Capital was founded in 1986 and is based in Paris, France. Iris Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in startup, early stage, late stage, growth capital, acquisition, and developmental capital investments. It also invests in middle market and mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in special situations such as public-to-private or secondary transactions. It focuses on media and entertainment, communications, electronics, and information technology sectors. Within media and entertainment, the firm invests in TV production and broadcasting, music, video games, cinema, publishing, advertising, and technical services and solutions. In communications, it seeks to invest in value-added service providers, telecoms, fixed and wireless operators, equipment, and software. Within IT, the firm invests in enterprise software, infrastructure and storage, security, IT services and ASPs, new technologies, and Internet Services sectors. It primarily invests in companies based in Europe with a focus on Continental Europe (France, Germany, Benelux, and Switzerland) and North America. It typically invests between €1 million ($1.47 million) and €4 million ($6.36 million) per round and can invest up to €20 million ($31.7 million) over the life of the company.

Established in 1984, Consolidated Firstfund Capital is a property management and venture capital business operating primarily in Canada and on the West Coast of the US. Consolidated Firstfund company chiefly assists businesses with fundraising through equity debt or other methods of investments and targets public and private companies residing in the resort development (and real estate), high-tech, tourism, and manufacturing sectors. Consolidated Firstfund company has invested in such companies as nutritional food products supplier Vitality Products, medical device designer MDMI Technologies, and portable power products supplier Battery & Wireless Solutions.

Wells Fargo Securities, formerly Wachovia Capital Markets, provides investment banking and capital markets services for businesses. Offerings include financial and corporate advisory services, private capital and debt placement, underwriting, and equity investing. It also offers real estate financing, risk management services, and structured products such as asset-backed finance products. The firm has expertise with municipalities and in the retail, aerospace, financial services, energy, health care, real estate, media, and technology industries. Wells Fargo Securities and its former parent, Wachovia Corporation, were acquired by Wells Fargo in late 2008.

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.

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