Conning & Company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut with additional offices in Dublin and London. Conning & Company was formerly a subsidiary of Swiss Reinsurance Co. Conning & Company provides insurance asset management and investment management services, and insurance-related research publications. It specializes in fixed-income products for institutional investors. The company, through its subsidiaries, offers insurance research, including information products, and insights and analyses of issues confronting the insurance industry, as well as provides insurance asset management, including portfolio management, and investment accounting and reporting services in the United States and Europe. It also provides access to various financial investment products, such as structured securities, derivative strategies and investment banking, and insurance and banking equity research.

SPARK Ventures is one of the leading early-stage venture capital investors in Europe, providing equity investment to high growth technology, media and healthcare companies in the UK and Europe. SPARK Ventures manages approximately £190 million across several investment vehicles including: two Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs); an AIM listed investment company (SPARK Ventures plc), University Funds on behalf of leading UK universities including Oxford; and a Limited Partnership on behalf of major institutional investors. SPARK Ventures has been investing in early-stage businesses for 12 years and has a wealth of expertise in backing and developing companies from start-up through to eventual trade sale or IPO.SPARK’s core expertise lies in identifying promising early-stage businesses and leading their funding right from the earliest stages. SPARK Ventures’ team is one of the most experienced in the early-stage investment space. It brings its portfolio businesses the necessary capital, combined with strategic and operational management support as well as commercial and marketing expertise to help them succeed. Its founding management team has worked together for more than 10 years, and during that time has helped many entrepreneurs to realise their ambitions.

BGL was founded in 1989 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio. Brown Gibbons Lang & Company LLC (BGL) is an investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services. It focuses on middle market companies with enterprise values between $25 million and $500 million. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, private placements of equity and debt securities, initial public offerings, valuations and fairness opinions, and financial restructuring advisory services. Additionally, it offers due diligence, transaction negotiation, and document preparation services. The firm caters to automotive, business services, chemicals, construction materials and building products, consumer products, food and beverage, healthcare, manufacturing, metals processing, plastics, and packaging industries.

Brewin Dolphin Holdings owns Brewin Dolphin Limited (formerly Brewin Dolphin Securities), which is one of the UK's largest investment and brokerage firms. Founded in the 18th century, Brewin Dolphin serves more than 130,000 private, corporate, and institutional clients and has more than 1,100 representatives. The company's primary services include discretionary or representative investing, tax efficiency savings accounts, financial planning, and advisory services. Brewin Dolphin has nearly 40 offices around the UK and manages more than $33 billion for its clients.

BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) works in euros, pesos, or dollars. The asset management arm of French banking giant BNP Paribas has some $730 billion of assets under management, almost half of which is for institutional clients. It operates through about 20 specialist investment companies such as hedge fund manager Fauchier Partners, environmental fund manager Impax Group, and multi-manager group FundQuest. Its partners offer mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, money-market funds, equities and fixed-income funds, employee retirement funds, credit, and structured finance. BNPP IP has offices in more than 35 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas.

De Novo Ventures was formed in 2000 by seasoned investors and experienced medical device entrepreneurs who sought to share the lessons learned from a history of successful investing and building successful companies. They believed that their unique combination of skills and perspectives could help entrepreneurs to build companies which would have significant clinical impact and generate superior returns. Seven years later, this belief continues to hold true, demonstrated by De Novo investment success in selected medical device and biotechnology companies.With $650 million under management, De Novo has made more than 40 investments in medical devices and biotechnology across three funds. De Novo invest in all stages of enterprise development and growth – from early stage to late stage. De Novo unique background of leading companies as entrepreneurs and operating executives from start to exit enables us to advise entrepreneurs and management teams over the full life cycle of the company.Eight exits have occurred in DNV I -- four IPOs: Favrille (NASDAQ: FVRL), Fox Hollow Technologies (NASDAQ: EVVV), Renovis (NASDAQ: RNVS), and SenoRx (NASDAQ: SENO) and four acquisitions: CryoVascular Systems (Boston Scientific), TriVascular (Boston Scientific), LuMend (Johnson and Johnson) and Microvention (Terumo). DNV II has had one exit to date – Hansen Medical (NASDAQ: HNSN).

RHB Capital Berhad (RHB Capital) is a Malaysia-based investment holding company. RHB Capital Bhd, through its subsidiaries, operates in six segments: corporate and investment holding (CIB), retail banking, treasury and money market, Islamic banking business, international banking and others. CIB provides a full range of investment banking services, including corporate finance, debt and equity capital market, stockbroking business, investment management services, unit trust funds management, futures and options broking and research services. Retail Banking focuses on providing products and services to individual customers and small and medium sized enterprises. Treasury and money market operations are involved in trading in fixed income securities and foreign exchange and derivatives trading, among others. Other activities include nominee services, property investment and rental and other related financial services. RHB Capital Bhd has a number of subsidiaries.

SES Advisors, Inc. benefits from helping companies manage their ESOP plans. An investment banking firm, SES Advisors offers consulting, financing, and legal services to companies who use or intend to use ESOPs, or Employee Stock Ownership Plans, as a retirement plan option. The company helps clients transition into ESOPs, offers administrative services to companies with existing ESOPs, and provides legal services through its affiliate Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, P.C.. SES Advisors provides services for various industries across the US, including construction and manufacturing companies, and engineering firms.

Founded in 2001, the firm focuses on middle-market management buyouts, buyins, and expansion capital transactions. Phoenix is a hands-on investor and often advises its portfolio companies. The firm seeks investments in consumer, health care, financial services, leisure and retail, media, and industrial sectors. Current and past portfolio companies include Vivid Imaginations, NFT Distribution, Covenant Healthcare and the Gaucho Grill restaurant. Phoenix Equity Partners manages private equity funds and invests in privately held UK-based companies valued at up to £200 million ($290 million).

Baylake Corp. was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Baylake Corp. is the bank holding company of Baylake Bank (the Bank) and provides a range of banking and related business activities through its bank and its other subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had total assets of approximately $1.0 billion. The Bank is an independent community bank offering a range of financial services primarily to small businesses and individuals located in its market area. The Company conducts its community banking business through 28 financial centers located throughout Northeast Wisconsin, in Brown, Door, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Waupaca, and Waushara Counties. It has eight financial centers in Door County, which is known for its tourism-related services. It has eight financial centers in Brown County, which includes the city of Green Bay. The Company serves a range of service, manufacturing and retail job segments in the Brown County market.

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