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 Kingdom’s Financial Securities Authority; market maker for ETFs traded on the London Stock Exchange, and the Euroex and Euronext Exchanges; broker-dealer with Hong Kong’s 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.

Centerline Capital Group operates as a real estate finance and investment company in the United States. The company provides equity and debt capital to the affordable multifamily housing industry. Its asset management group comprises construction monitoring, primary servicing, special servicing, and portfolio oversight. Centerline's commercial real estate group provides financing and investment products for affordable multifamily, conventional multifamily, retail, office, mixed use properties, and industrial properties. The company also offers institutional investment products, such as tax credit funds, direct loan funds, high-yield CMBS funds, and real estate equity funds. It offers financing at each level of a property's capitalization, including equity, mezzanine capital, B-notes, bridge and first mortgage loans. Centerline Capital Group focuses on providing credit intermediation, primarily in the form of credit default swaps to the affordable multifamily housing industry.

North Bridge Venture Partners (NBVP) focuses on early-stage companies involved in software, semiconductors, manufacturing, communications, and technology services. North Bridge Venture Partners, with locations on both coasts, commits as little as $100,000 to startups and often makes multi-million dollar investments in more established enterprises. Besides an infusion of cash, it also offers strategic and financial guidance and industry-specific knowledge. NBVP has invested in about 100 companies, providing financing to firms such as Phase Forward, Sonus Networks, and Voxware. Its current portfolio includes Crossbeam Systems, and Antenna Software. An affiliate, North Bridge Growth Equity, supplies funding for technology companies.

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.

Smith & Williamson Holdings Limited was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Glasgow, Salisbury, and Southampton, United Kingdom. Smith & Williamson Limited is a member firm of Nexia International. Smith & Williamson Limited operates as a subsidiary of Smith & Williamson Holdings Limited. Smith & Williamson Limited offers accounting and consulting services. The firm provides accounting, tax consulting, reporting, financial modeling, risk management, and compliance and regulatory advisory services. Additionally, it offers due diligence, valuation, business planning, and IT advisory services. The firm also provides pension and financial planning; employee benefits and human resource solutions; forensic; and restructuring and recovery services. It caters to financial, agriculture, real estate, media, technology, corporate, and non-profit sectors.

Draper Triangle Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in angel and seed/start-up stage companies. It does not invest in shops, metal bending plants, and chemical processing plants. The firm typically invests in technology companies with a focus on Internet, high-tech, bio-medical devices, and electronic services. It prefers to invest in companies based in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Midwest region of the United States. The firm typically invests between $250,000 and $2 million in first round of investments. It prefers a board seat in its portfolio company and seeks to be a lead investor for the first round of financing.

Founded in 1969, Macquarie employs more than 14,600 people in approximately 70 office locations in 28 countries. Macquarie Group Limited (MGL) acts as a non-operating holding company. Through its subsidiaries, it provides banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. The Company operates in five operating groups and two operating divisions, which include Macquarie Securities Group, Macquarie Capital, Macquarie Funds Group, Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities, Corporate and Asset Finance Division, Real Estate Banking Division, Banking and Financial Services Group and Corporate. Effective November 30, 2009, the Company acquired Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller (FPK). Effective December 31, 2009, MGL acquired Blackmont Capital Inc. from CI Financial Corp. In January 2010, the Company acquired Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Delaware Investments) from Lincoln National Corporation. In January 2010, the Company announced the launch of Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund.

BlueRun Ventures was founded in 1998 and is based in Menlo Park, California with additional offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia. BlueRun Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed or start-up and early stage investments. The firm primarily focuses on investments in the technology industry including companies engaged in information technology, consumer electronics, wireless software, internet, digital and new media, gaming, enterprise software, semiconductors and components, consumer internet service, entertainment and knowledge process outsourcing, mobile, wireless, and consumer technology industries. It prefers to make initial investments ranging between $1million and $6 million with additional capital reserved for follow on rounds. It seeks to invest globally.

Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with additional offices in Paris, France and Quebec City, Canada. Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec is a private equity firm specializing in private equity and real estate investments. The firm also manages the funds contributed to the Québec Pension Plan. The firm’s private equity investments invest in development capital, buyouts, mezzanine, small and medium sized enterprises, and technology venture capital funds. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, distribution, financial services, natural resources, energy, infrastructure, media and telecommunication services. In the manufacturing sector the firm invests in printing, automotive, packaging and plastics, aeronautics, agribusiness, and electronic components. The firm’s distribution investments include health care, outsourcing, logistics, leisure, and retail. Energy and infrastructure investments include electricity, pipelines, oil and gas, transport, health care, water distribution, and other services. Its natural resource investments include mines and metals, pulp, and paper.The firm’s media investments include publishing, entertainment, and cable distribution. Telecommunication investments include data transmission, wireless, satellite, and other types of communication. Financial services include financial institutions and services. The firm seeks to invest in companies seeking financing of $2 million or more. The firm acts as a lead or a co-investor. It structures its investments in the form of equity or debt investments or both. Equity investments are structured in the form of common or preferred shares and convertible or participating debentures. The firm can provide senior debt, high-yield, mezzanine, short-term bridge, term, and subordinated loans. It prefers to be a board member in its portfolio companies. The firm’s real estate investments invest in debt and equity products. It prefers to invest in office buildings and business parks, retail properties, industrial properties, hotels, residential properties, and senior residences. It typically invests Canada, United States, Western Europe, and Brazil.

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. founded in 1931, is quiet (it doesn't advertise or grant many interviews), stable (it prides itself on consistency and believes investment decisions should not be taken lightly), and faithful (most of its investments and its executives are long-term). Subsidiary Capital Research and Management manages The American Funds, a family of more than 30 mutual funds that ranks among the largest groups of mutual funds by assets in the US. Other Capital Group units offer mutual funds in Canada and Europe, and investment trusts in Japan.

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