Duchossois Technology Partners (DTEC) is affiliated with the The Duchossois Group (www.duch.com), which represents over 60 years of entrepreneurship and the development of dozens of companies with an aggregate value in excess of three billion dollars. The Duchossois Group (TDG), headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois, is privately held and holds interests in a diversified portfolio of companies, including The Chamberlain Group, Inc. (consumer and commercial access control products), AMX LLC (consumer and commercial advanced control and automation technology), Heath-Zenith LLC (security and lighting products), Milestone AV Technologies (audio visual mounting equipment) and Duchossois Capital Partners (investments). TDG also holds a strategic interest in Churchill Downs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHDN).

Bartercard International Limited is proudly Australian and has led from the front through innovating and developing systems. Bartercard International Limited has also enjoyed rapid growth through the development of a sophisticated franchising model that has been efficiently replicated throughout the globe. Bartercard has created an exchange whereby a company solicits business from another company within its network and is paid in in-kind services rather than cash. Bartercard International Limited has business trade exchanges among more than 75,000 members and merchant accounts in nine countries, many of which are located in the Middle East. A private company, Bartercard was founded in 1991 by executive chairman Wayne Sharpe and other directors.

Kirtland Capital Partners was founded in 1977 and is based in Beachwood, Ohio. Kirtland Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in acquisition and recapitalization of middle market and mature companies. The firm also provides capital to capitalize on growth oppurtunities. It does not invest in real estate, gaming, oil and gas exploration, and retail sectors. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in the, niche manufacturing; distribution; business services; energy; medical and healthcare; infrastructure and building products; infrastructure truck, trailer, and equipment; packaging; and business-to-business service sectors. Within the energy sector, the firm seeks to invest in coal production and coal powder. Within the medical and healthcare sectors, it invests in health and beauty, cosmetics, OTC skin care, prescriptions, medical, dental, and veterinary lab, diagnostic, and testing equipment. Within the infrastructure and building products segment, the firm invests in, manufacturing, distribution, and supply. In the infrastructure truck, trailer, and equipment sector, it invests in mobile medical, fire, rescue, broadcast, homeland security, defense, construction, and infrastructure.

The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited was founded in 1858. The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited provides community, commercial, and private banking services. It offers retail services, such as deposit services, consumer and mortgage lending, credit cards, and personal insurance products through telephone and Internet banking, automated teller machines, and debit cards to individuals and small to medium sized businesses; and corporate services, including commercial lending and mortgages, cash management, payroll services, remote banking, and letters of credit, as well as treasury services, which include money market and foreign exchange services. The company also provides investment management, advisory, and brokerage services; trust, estate, company management, and custody services; wealth management and fiduciary services; and private banking and treasury services, and administered bank services, as well as engages in the real estate business.

Frontenac Company was founded in 1971. Frontenac believes in the power of the people -- powerful people, that is. The private equity firm utilizes an investment strategy dubbed "CEO1ST", in which it matches one of its roster of already successful executives with high-potential companies. The company targets private midsized firms, typically family-owned companies worth up to $250 million. It invests in industries including financial services, business services, health care, publishing, and consumer goods. It participates in MBOs and expansion capital investments and holds its interest stakes for the long term. Frontenac has more than 200 investments under its belt and more than $1 billion in capital under management.

CompuCredit Holdings Corp. provides credit and related financial services and products to underserved consumer credit market, a market represented by credit risks that regulators classify as sub-prime, in the United States. CompuCredit Holdings Corporation operates in five segments: Credit Cards, Investments in Previously Charged-Off Receivables, Retail Micro-Loans, Auto Finance, and Internet Micro-Loans. The Credit Cards segment consists of credit card investment and servicing activities conducted with respect to receivables underlying accounts originated and portfolios purchased by the company. CompuCredit Holdings Corporation was formerly known as CompuCredit Corp. and changed its name to CompuCredit Holdings Corp. in June 2009. CompuCredit Holdings was founded in 1996 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Morgan Stanley & Co. (MS&Co.) has their investment banking needs covered. A subsidiary of Morgan Stanley and part of its Global Wealth Management Group, MS&Co. also provides its individual, business, institutional, and government customers with brokerage and investment advice through products such as annuity, insurance, and credit vehicles. After Morgan Stanley merged Morgan Stanley DW into MS&Co. in early 2007, the unit became Morgan Stanley's primary US broker-dealer. The following year MS&Co. merged with government broker Morgan Stanley Market Products.

Entrust Capital was founded in 1997 and is based in New York City. Entrust Capital Inc. is an employee owned investment manager with approximately $3.1 billion in assets under management. The firm primarily provides its services to individuals, typically high net worth individuals. It also manage accounts for families, pension and profit sharing plans, non-profit organizations, and corporations. The firm manages equity and fixed income portfolios. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. In addition, the firm also makes alternative hedged investments. It invests in stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies for its equity investments.

Coimex Empreendimentos e Participações (know as Coimexpar) is a holding company which operates, through subsidiaries, primarily in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Its foreign trade business, Coimex Trading, deals in such commodities as coffee, sugar, and ethanol. Its logistics arm, which includes subsidiary Coimex Logistica Integrada, provides storage, distribution, and transportation services to customers in the auto, IT, and telecom industries among others. Coimexpar's other investments include a thermal electricity plant, a highway concession, and auto and real estate financing provider. Its latest venture is Embraport, a $180 million project which will expand the port of Santos.

Hamilton BioVentures is a venture capital firm (with $100 million under management) investing in talented entrepreneurs bringing new Life Science technology enterprises to market. Hamilton BioVentures invests in companies developing dramatically better treatments (biopharmaceuticals and medical devices) for major human diseases and other medical conditions. Hamilton BioVentures investments generally take the form of direct equity in early-stage companies located on the West Coast. Hamilton's management team possesses decades of real-world experience across a broad base of in-depth entrepreneurial, managerial, technical, scientific and financial roles. Hamilton's principals actively support and collaborate with the entrepreneurs in Hamilton portfolio. Hamilton typically take seats on the Boards of our portfolio companies, and “roll up our sleeves” to deliver the value of Hamilton relationships and experience to help these firms succeed.

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