Lone Star Funds (Lone Star) is a global investment firm that acquires distressed debt and equity assets including corporate, commercial real estate, single family residential and consumer debt products as well as banks and asset rich operating companies requiring rationalization. Since the establishment of its first fund in 1995, the principals of Lone Star have organized private equity funds totaling approximately $24 billion of capital that has been invested globally through Lone Star’s worldwide network of affiliate offices. The funds are structured as closed-end, private-equity limited partnerships that include corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments, foundations, fund of funds and high net worth individuals.

Quest Capital seeks investments in first mortgage loans secured by single-family residences, apartments, condominiums, social housing, and nursing and retirement facilities in Canada. Quest Capital Corp. previously was an asset-based lender to companies in the mining and oil and gas industries, but sold those operations in 2007 and converted to a mortgage investment company. Quest Capital Corp., however, halted new loan production the following year as it waited out the rough economy. Some vestiges of Quest Capital's former incarnation remain in its much smaller commercial real estate and natural resource lending activities.

Excalibur Fund Managers Limited was founded in 1996 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Excalibur Fund Managers Limited is a venture capital firm specializing in early, mid, and late stage investments. It seeks to invest in medical sciences, biotechnology, and life sciences sector. The firm prefers to invest in companies that bring human medicines or medical devices to the market. It prefers to invest in European companies. The firm prefers to be an active investor and seeks to take a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies.

Volvere plc was founded in 2002 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Volvere plc is a private equity firm specializing in investments in acquisitions and turnarounds. Volvere firm prefers to invest in public and private companies that are in distress and prefers undervalued or under-performing assets. Volvere firm invests in the security solutions and online marketing and data segements. It invests across the world. Volvere firm prefers companies that fit strategically with an existing portfolio investment.

Advanced Equities Financial Corp. was founded in 1999 by independent business owners and securities industry executives Keith Daubenspeck and Dwight Badger, whose entrepreneurial spirit led them to defy old-line traditions and convention by starting a different kind of firm. Advanced Equities soon became the pioneer in providing qualified high-net-worth individuals access to late-stage private equity offerings—opportunities previously available only to institutional investors. AEFC has developed a reputation for being led by entrepreneurs who want to help other entrepreneurs.Blazing a new trail in the world of private equity was followed by a singular approach to retail brokerage through the acquisition of First Allied Securities, Inc., which helped AEFC reinvent the independent advisor model. The First Allied model focuses on meeting the requirements of entrepreneurs with a deep understanding of their need for choices, providing access to opportunities in an ecosystem where initiative and autonomy reign supreme. AEFC made its first of many acquisitions in 2003 and by 2006 was named as the nation's No. 1 fastest growing brokerage firm by Inc. magazine.

Clearstone Venture Partners was founded in 1998 and is based in Santa Monica, California with an additional office in Menlo Park, California. Clearstone Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early stage investments. It also prefers to make later round investments in highly successful companies already backed by other venture capital firms with whom it has prior relationships. The firm seeks to invest in technology markets, including software, consumer, enterprise infrastructure, enterprise computing, storage, communications, wireless and optical communications, data center, enterprise software, security, micro-processors, imaging and transformative infrastructure, semiconductors, advanced optics, and consumer and business internet sector. With in enterprise software it focuses on new application models and service oriented architectures (Web Services); open source solutions; web-based application delivery models including software as functional media; and Microsoft exchange as a platform for enterprise collaboration. Within consumer sector the firm seeks to invest in mobile phone applications, wireless multimedia, social networking applied to commerce, and where there is a broad intersection of technology and consumer activity.

Collins Stewart has offices in New York City and San Francisco. Boutique investment banking firm Collins Stewart LLC (formerly C.E. Unterberg, Towbin) is the US arm of UK brokerage Collins Stewart plc. Serving more than 700 financial institutions and hedge funds, the company trades in and conducts research on US equities and derivatives. Collins Stewart LLC also manages IPOs for technology and health care companies, makes markets in American Depositary Receipts, and trades foreign stocks and currency. Its research division focuses on the technology, health care, defense, and energy sectors.

Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management was founded in 1984 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to individuals, including high net worth individuals. It also manages accounts for banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, endowments, foundations, public funds, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations, state or municipal government entities, and Taft-Hartley plans. The firm manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. It also manages mutual funds. The firm invests in the public equity markets across the globe and fixed income markets of the United States. It invests in stocks of small-cap, small/mid-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm invests in high-quality intermediate maturity fixed income government, municipal, and corporate securities. It employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach.

Teacher Retirement System of Texas was founded in 1937 and is based in Austin, Texas. Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a retirement plan sponsor. The firm provides retirement and related benefits for those employed by the public schools, colleges, and universities supported by the State of Texas. It also provides a health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm makes its investments in the public equity markets across the globe and in the public fixed income and alternative markets of the United States. It also invests in exchange trade funds, closed-ended funds, REITs, and private placement equity-linked notes. The firm invests in stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies with a minimum market capitalization of $50 million. Through its equity portfolio, it also invests in preferred stocks, convertible bonds, rights, warrants, units, and depository receipts that trade publicly pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities and Exchange Commission. It employs a mix of active and passive strategies to create its equity portfolio mix. The firm benchmarks the performance of its equity portfolios against the MSCI AC World Index, Russell 1000 Growth Index, Russell 1000 Value Index, Russell 2000 Index, MSCI EAFE Index, and MSCI EM Index.

Herald Investment Management Limited was founded in December 1993 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Herald Investment Management Limited is an employee owned investment manager. It manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and alternative investments markets across the globe. It typically invests in companies operating in the technology, media, and communications industries. The firm uses a fundamental analysis to create its portfolios. It does not invest in pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies.

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