The First Marblehead Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides outsourcing services for designing and implementing private education loan programs to national and regional financial institutions, and educational institutions in the United States. The First Marblehead Corporation offers program design, marketing support, loan origination, and loan securitization, as well as stand-alone loan origination services and portfolio management services on a fee-for-service basis. The First Marblehead Corporation primarily focuses on private education loan programs for undergraduate and graduate students. In addition, The First Marblehead Corporation, through Union Federal Savings Bank, a federally chartered thrift, offers residential and commercial mortgage loans, retail savings products, time deposit products, and money market accounts. The First Marblehead Corporation was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Medford, Massachusetts; and North Providence, Rhode Island.

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.

B2B Trust is a federally chartered trust company that serves a network of some 15,000 financial professionals across key business verticals including: financial advisors and their dealerships; deposit and mortgage brokers and their firms; mutual fund and insurance manufacturers; MFDA and IIROC members. B2B Trust provides third-party investment loans, wholesale broker deposits, high-interest investment accounts, and similar products to independent financial advisors (IFAs), dealerships, brokers and brokerages, and insurance companies for distribution throughout Canada.

Argent Trading, Inc. was founded in 1958 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Columbia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Argent Trading Inc., a corporate trading company, purchases underperforming assets using its trading currency, Asset Purchase Credits (APC's) in the United States and internationally. The company provides trading solutions, including real estate and remarketing solutions, as well as helps clients to use trade credits in various media vehicles. Its client companies use their APC's towards the purchase of budgeted goods and services, including media, manufacturing materials, capital equipment, packaging, transportation, distribution, and sales and administrative expenses.

Winmill & Co. manages three mutual funds and two closed-end funds (Foxby Corp. and Global Income Fund). Most of the assets of the company's Midas mutual fund are invested in gold, silver, and platinum bullion, or in firms involved in precious metals and natural resources mining, processing, and distribution. The Midas Special Fund focuses on stock of emerging growth companies and firms undergoing restructuring or liquidation. Winmill & Co. also administers a money market fund.

Scailex Corporation Ltd. was founded in 1968. The company was formerly known as Scitex Corporation Ltd. and changed its name to Scailex Corporation Ltd. in 2005. Scailex Corporation Ltd. engages in the import, marketing, and provision of maintenance services for cell phones from Samsung Corporation. Segments Cellular operator segment The company is engaged in import, marketing and provision of maintenance services for cell phones from Samsung Corporation. In addition, the company sells spare parts and accessories for cell phones made by Samsung. The cell phones sold by the company are based on GSM technology, used in cellular networks of Pelephone, Cellcom and Partner, as well as on CDMA technology, used in the Pelephone network. The company also sells spare parts and accessories (batteries, and handsfree kits) for the cell phones sold by the company. End-customer segment The company, in this segment, engages in marketing (by way of sale and upgrade) cell phones and associated accessories and also provides maintenance services for cell phones to end customers in the Cellcom network. Operations in this segment are carried out via a chain of stores and points of sale throughout Israel, which the company operates under the name Dynamica Cellular (Dynamica Cellular).

Amphion Innovations plc was founded in 1984 and is based in Douglas, United Kingdom with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and New York, New York. Amphion Innovations plc is a principal investment firm specializing in both public and private early stage investments and spun out of universities and corporations. It does not invest in “speculative” technologies requiring long development timeframes or excessive capital investment. It invests in the medical, life sciences, and technology sectors with defensible core intellectual property, know-how and growth potential in very large markets of at least $1 billion in size together with corporations, governments, universities, and entrepreneurs. The firm typically invests in companies with broad-based, proprietary, platform technologies in the areas of pharmacogenomics, proteomics, nutriceuticals or wellness, diagnostics, medical products and related fields, leveraging advances in and the convergence of materials science and life science IT, particularly software technologies. It targets investments in companies based in both the United States and United Kingdom. The firm makes investments in a company that requires capital of up to $5 million as new capital in the first one to two years, with later, additional capital requirements of between $15 million and $25 million and is at least $1 billion in size. It acts as a lead investor and seeks to acquire a sizable ownership stake and measure of influence or control in its portfolio companies.

TradeWeb LLC operates as an online trading marketplace for fixed income, derivatives, and equities. The company offers trade execution, market data, and trade processing services, as well as a range of post-trade analytical services that enable clients to measure the benefits generated from electronic trading for trading strategies and compliance purposes. Its network connects the institutional clients, dealers, prime brokers, and electronic confirmation vendors for trade processing, as well as provides dealers and buy-side institutions with paperless trade allocations and confirmations. The company’s multi-dealer auction model links the trading desks of the fixed-income dealers with buy-side institutions in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its network also includes AccountNet, a derivatives counterparty management tool, as well as the data warehouse for standing settlement instructions and OTC derivatives legal documentation.

As a pioneering investor in Northern Ireland, Enterprise Equity is one of Northern Ireland's longest established fund managers, with an enviable investment record in both technology businesses such as BCO Technologies Ltd, as well as traditional industries such as Balcas. Enterprise Equity was originally established as an evergreen investment fund in 1987 by the International Fund for Ireland. Since the initial £7 million capitalisation in 1987, £28 million has been invested in 40 companies producing a very attractive return after covering running costs and considerable taxes. In 2008, the Enterprise Equity Team conducted its own management buy-out of the fund management business from the International Fund for Ireland.

Pond Venture Partners, known for its hands-on management style, was founded by chairman Charles Irving (based in Europe) and CEO Richard Irving (based in California). Pond Venture Partners invests in high-tech companies from both sides of the pond. The venture capital firm targets early-stage communications infrastructure companies based in Europe, including the UK. Pond Venture Partners is focused on funding startups developing networking hardware and software, optical components, and wireless products. Its portfolio includes chip technology manufacturer picoChip, digital content management products supplier SealedMedia, and software integrator Transitive Corporation.

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