
Sequoia Capital nurtures the seeds that grow into the giants of the tech industry. The venture capital firm, which backed little acorns such as Apple, Oracle, Yahoo!, and Cisco Systems, fertilizes some of Silicon Valley's most promising seedlings. Other notable investments have included Web search engine Google, content management software maker Agile, and Internet darling YouTube. Investing up to $50 million per transaction, Sequoia Capital has funded more than 300 companies in the US, China, India, and Israel. Globally it manages nearly $10 billion in funds.

H.D. Vest, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas. H.D. Vest, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company. Company Overview H.D. Vest, Inc., doing business as H.D. Vest Financial Services, provides investment and tax advice to individuals and small businesses in the United States. Its solutions and products include mutual funds, brokerage services, and fee planning; insurance services, which include life (term and permanent), long-term care, disability, fixed annuities, equity indexed annuities, and variable annuities. The company also provides education and recommendations concerning appropriate securities investments, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, variable insurance, annuities, trusts, and other investment products. In addition, it offers retirement planning, college savings, and estate planning servic... H.D. Vest, Inc., doing business as H.D. Vest Financial Services, provides investment and tax advice to individuals and small businesses in the United States. Its solutions and products include mutual funds, brokerage services, and fee planning; insurance services, which include life (term and permanent), long-term care, disability, fixed annuities, equity indexed annuities, and variable annuities. The company also provides education and recommendations concerning appropriate securities investments, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, variable insurance, annuities, trusts, and other investment products. In addition, it offers retirement planning, college savings, and estate planning services.

CalPERS was established in 1932 and is based in Sacramento, California with additional offices in San Francisco, California; Glendale, California; San Bernardino, California; San Diego, California; San Jose, California; Orange, California; and Fresno, California. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state owned investment manager. The firm provides a variety of retirement and health benefit programs and services, and administers other programs dedicated to protecting the financial security of its members. It also provides administrative support services; real estate asset management; real estate acquisitions and mortgage management; external management services; corporate relations; and internal research services. The firm provides its services to public employees, retirees, and families. It manages equity, fixed income, alternative portfolios, and hedge funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, private equity, fixed income, and hedging markets of the United States and across the globe. It also invests in cash equivalents and real estate. The firm invests in emerging markets and small-cap companies for its externally and internally managed equity portfolios. It makes its domestic fixed income investments in investment grade securities that are rated at least Baa3 by Moody’s or BBB- by S&P or Fitch Ratings. For its global fixed income investments, the firm invests in securities with a minimum rating of Ba3 by Moody’s or BB- by S&P or Fitch Ratings. It specializes in private equity financing making partnership, direct, and fund-of-funds investments.

The Dreyfus Corporation was founded in 1951 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Denver, Colorado; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Norwalk, Connecticut; San Francisco, California; Rockville, Maryland; Berwyn, Pennsylvania and London, United Kingdom. The Dreyfus Corporation is privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to investment companies. The firm also caters to Pension and profit sharing plans, other pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations, state or municipal government entities and insurance reserves, nuclear decommisioning trusts. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm also manages mutual funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm operates as a subsidiary of BNY Mellon Asset Management.

InnoCal could almost be short for "in or around California," which is where the venture capital firm focuses on investing in early- and expansion-stage information technology companies. The company tends to focus on businesses involved with enterprise software and hardware, semiconductors, wireless and Internet technologies, and broadband communications. The firm's criteria for investing, besides geography, includes strong management teams, exclusive proprietary technologies, and market-dominating potential. InnoCal generally invests between $1 million and $5 million per company, and it limits the number of investments it makes in order to focus its attention on developing strategies for portfolio companies.

Technology Crossover Ventures was founded in 1995. Technology Crossover Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in public and private internet technology companies. The firm seeks to invest in majority and minority positions by providing capital for, minority growth equity; full or partial recapitalizations for both diversification of capital structure and modifying shareholder equity); acquisition financings to supplement complementary add-on acquisitions; buyouts; later stages of growth capital development; and other majority and public market transactions. It seeks to provide growth and acquisition capital to publicly trading companies in the form of PIPEs and also invests in its portfolio companies at the IPO stage and beyond. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the information technology sector, with a focus on, internet; financial technology; infrastructure and communications including equipment and communications businesses; software and services; semiconductors; enterprise software; healthcare IT; e-commerce; financial services; wireless technology; and consumer internet sectors.

Arcapita Bank B.S.C. was founded in 1997 and is based in Manama, Bahrain. Arcapita Bank B.S.C.(c) provides investment banking services to individuals and institutions in Bahrain and internationally. Arcapita Bank B.S.C. company invests in its own account and providing investment banking services in conformity with Islamic Shari’ah rules and principles. Arcapita offers corporate investment, real estate investment, asset-based investment, and venture capital management services.

NewStar Financial, Inc., a commercial finance company, provides customized debt financing solutions in the United States. NewStar Financial, Inc. principally focuses on the direct origination of loans and other debt products. NewStar Financial, Inc. provides senior secured and senior subordinated debt products, including revolving warehouse facilities, amortizing loans, term loans, and debt securities secured by various financial assets; second lien; mezzanine and subordinated debt; and equity and equity-linked products primarily to healthcare, manufacturing and industrial, financial services, energy/chemical services, printing/publishing, consumer, retail and restaurants, and business services industries. NewStar Financial, Inc. also offers commercial real estate loans and other debt products primarily through property investors, specialized commercial real estate brokers, regional banks, and other financial intermediaries. NewStar Financial, Inc. commercial real estate loans provide capital for various purposes, including acquisition; lease-up; repositioning and build-out; and refinancing and recapitalization. NewStar Financial, Inc. is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

LaBranche & Co Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a registered broker-dealer. It operates as market-maker in options, futures, and exchange-traded funds (ETF) traded on various exchanges. LaBranche & Co Inc. operates in two segments, Market-Making and Institutional Brokerage. The Market-Making segment operates as a market maker in equity, index and ETF options, ETFs, and futures on the NYSE Amex Exchange, the NYSE Arca Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange; broker-dealer registered with the United Kingdoms Financial Securities Authority; market maker for ETFs traded on the London Stock Exchange, and the Euroex and Euronext Exchanges; broker-dealer with Hong Kongs Securities and Futures Commission; and market maker for ETFs in Hong Kong, as well as engages in hedging transactions in Asia. The Institutional Brokerage segment provides securities execution, fixed income, and professional trading brokerage services to institutional investors and professional traders; and operates as a market maker in over-the-counter, bulletin board, and pink sheet securities. LaBranche & Co Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in New York, New York.

Founded in the 1920s to develop hydroelectric power, Power Corporation of Canada now generates cash, not electricity. Power Corporation of Canada is an investment holding company. As of December 31, 2009, the Company held 66.3% interest in Power Financial Corporation (Power Financial). Power Financial holds interests in the financial services industry, through its controlling interests in Great-West Lifeco Inc. (Lifeco) and IGM Financial Inc. (IGM). Power Financial also holds, together with the Frere group of Belgium, an interest in Pargesa Holding SA (Pargesa). As of December 31, 2009, Pargesa’s portfolio was composed of interests in various sectors, including primarily oil, gas and chemicals through Total S.A. (Total); energy and energy services through GDF Suez; water and waste services through Suez Environnement Company (Suez Environnement); industrial minerals through Imerys S.A. (Imerys); cement and building materials through Lafarge S.A. (Lafarge), and wines and spirits through Pernod Ricard S.A. (Pernod Ricard).
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