Angel Funds

Name	Business Description	Geographic Locations	Geographies of Interest	Stages of Interest	Match Details	Related Investments	Website	Industries of Interest	Key Executives	Address
SunTx Capital Partners	SunTx Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in middle market companies. It typically invests in management buyouts and corporate spin-offs, consolidations, underperforming companies, growth equity, recapitalizations and generational transition, and public to private transactions. The firm doesnt not invest in early stage and start ups. It primarily makes investment in manufacturing, distribution, and service companies. The firm doesn?t invest in real estate projects, life science companies, technology or information systems companies, and oil and gas exploration. It invests in companies based primarily in or with significant operations in, the Sunbelt region of the United States that includes Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The firm typically invests in companies with enterprise values between $50 million and $150 million, annual operating free cash flow more than $10 million, and can consider smaller companies for add-on acquisition. It prefers to take a control position and board seat in the portfolio companies. The firm prefers to hold its investment between four years and six years. It is an S.B.I.C. SunTx Capital Partners was founded in 2000 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Louisiana; Arkansas; Mississippi; Tennessee; Oklahoma; Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Louisiana; Arkansas; Mississippi; Tennessee; Oklahoma; Texas	Aptaker Company, Ltd (Current Investment); Base4 Group, Inc. (Current Investment); CBI Laboratories, Inc. (Current Investment); Crescent Machinery Company (Prior Investment); Interface Security Systems, LLC (Current Investment); KYTX-TV CBS 19 (Current Investment); London Broadcasting Company, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.suntx.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors	Boyle, Richard J.; Fleming, Ned N.; Matteson, Mark R.; Jennings, Craig J.; Ilagan, Michael D.; Jelen, Jason L.; Bruce, Barrett N.; Willie, Shenythia Frazier; Kelly, Timothy P.; Chen, Kai	Headquarters 5420 LBJ Freeway 2 Lincoln Centre Suite 1000 Dallas, Texas 75240 United States Main Phone: 972-663-8900 Main Fax: 972-661-9977
Trinity Hunt Partners	Trinity Hunt Partners is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged acquisitions, buyout of private companies and non-core divisions of larger companies, build ups, buy-and-builds, recapitalization, and later-stage growth equity investments in lower middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies engaged in the niche manufacturing, value-added distribution, business and industrial services, healthcare, consumer products, aerospace, and media sectors. It primarily invests in companies based in the Southwest region of the United States including Texas, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Utah. The firm typically invests between $5 million and $25 million in equity in portfolio companies with enterprise values between $15 million and $150 million, revenues between $10 million and $150 million, and a minimum EBITDA of $3 million. The firm prefers to have an involvement in portfolio company primarily through the role as active members of the board of directors. It generally holds its investments over three to five years period and exits its investments through a merger or sale to a strategic or financial buyer; an initial public offering; or a recapitalization of the portfolio company. Trinity Hunt Partners is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Louisiana; Arkansas; Missouri; Oklahoma; Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Louisiana; Arkansas; Missouri; Oklahoma; Texas	Caruth Haven Court Ltd. (Prior Investment); Castlewood Treatment Center, LLC (Current Investment); Crain Industries, Inc. (Prior Investment); DMX, Inc. (Prior Investment); First American National Default Outsourcing, LLC (Current Investment); Home Interiors & Gifts Inc. (Prior Investment); Hydro Resources, Inc. (Prior Investment); International Radiology Group, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); International Surface Preparation Corporation (Prior Investment); Jackson Products, Inc. (Prior Investment); Jordan Health Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Lone Star Fasteners, LP (Current Investment); Morningstar Group, Inc. (Prior Investment); National Default Exchange, L.P. (Prior Investment); Ranger Aerospace, LLC (Current Investment)	www.trinityhunt.com	Materials; Materials; Chemicals; Industrials; Capital Goods; Aerospace and Defense; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Diversified Support Services; Education Services; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Services; Media; Media; Movies and Entertainment; Entertainment Services; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Healthcare; Information Technology; Software and Services; IT Services; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Diversified Consumer Services	Colvert, Scott H.; Dross, Daniel S.; Stein, Peter J.; Small, Cheryl L.; Bixby, William K. (Prior Board); Holland, James R.; Peterson, Hunter R.; Roberts, Kevin L. (Prior)	Headquarters 2001 Ross Avenue Suite 4800 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-777-6600 Main Fax: 214-545-5248
Advantage Capital Partners	Advantage Capital Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in growth equity and mezzanine debt capital investment in companies at all stages except seed. It seeks to invest in companies that develop or apply technologies or approaches to products, systems, and services primarily in the communication, information technology, life sciences, and energy industry, but also considers other opportunities. The firm also provides senior debt, mezzanine debt, and equity capital to real estate development firms and real estate projects. It primarily invests in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Texas, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Washington, D.C. in the United States. The firm seeks to make an initial investment between $0.5 million and $2 million. It can make larger and further investments based on pre-set milestones or subsequent financing events and prefers to co invest with other investment firms. Occasionally, smaller investments are made depending on the stage of the investment. The firm typically invests in preferred equity securities and current or preferred debt instruments, which are either convertible or issued with warrants. It seeks to invest in states and communities that are underserved by traditional sources of risk capital and focuses on state and federal economic development initiatives that bring businesses, technologies and jobs to communities that need them. Advantage Capital Partners was founded in 1992 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana with additional offices across the United States.	Louisiana; Mississippi; Missouri; Texas	Louisiana; Mississippi; Missouri; Texas	-	Office Location: Louisiana Geographies of Interest: Mississippi; Missouri; Texas; Louisiana	Access Mortgage Company, L.L.C. (Current Investment); AIR2LAN, Inc. (Prior Investment); Angiorad, L.L.C. (Current Investment); ArcMail Technology, Inc. (Current Investment); Athena International, L.L.C. (Current Investment); Augury Capital Partners (Current Investment); Birch Telecom, Inc. (Prior Investment); BizCapital (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit); Bizzuka, Inc. (Current Investment); Broadpoint, Inc. (Prior Investment); Butler's Pantry (Current Investment); Capturion Network, LLC (Current Investment); Champion Broadcasting Corporation (Prior Investment); Commerciant, LP (Prior Investment); Computerized Processes Unlimited, Inc (Prior Investment); Current Solutions, LLC (Current Investment); DataTrade, LLC (Prior Investment); Enterprise Corporation of the Delta (Current Investment); Environmental Operation, Inc. (Current Investment); First American Vacuum Services, LP (Current Investment); Flow Logic International, Inc. (Prior Investment); Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); HRI Properties, Inc. (Current Investment); Imaging Technology Solutions, L.L.C. (Current Investment); Interface Security Systems, LLC (Prior Investment); Jahabow Industries Inc (Current Investment); Kereos, Inc. (Current Investment); LoanSurfer.com (Current Investment); Medical Waste Technologies, L.L.C. (Current Investment); Nova Technology Corporation (Prior Investment); Old South Brick & Supply Co. (Current Investment); OMNI Energy Services Corp. (Prior Investment); Partner Communications & Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Pipeworks Reserve, Inc. (Prior Investment); Portico Learning Solutions (Current Investment); Quality Wood Products, Inc. (Current Investment); Quick Study Radiology, Inc. (Current Investment); Quickoffice, Inc. (Current Investment); Radiation Therapies, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); Renaissance Financial Corporation (Current Investment); Safety Tubs LLC (Current Investment); SAVVIS Inc. (Prior Investment); Selltis, L.L.C. (Current Investment); SensorTran, Inc. (Current Investment); SMI Companies, Inc. (Current Investment); Soda Fountain Square LLC (Current Investment); Stereotaxis Inc. (Prior Investment); StreamSearch.com, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sunflower Food & Spice Company Co. Ltd. LLC (Current Investment); T & K Machine Inc. (Current Investment); Taxi Ads, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); The Lawrence Group, Inc. (Current Investment); The Worley Companies (Current Investment); Thumbs-Up Telemarketing, Inc. (Current Investment); Transaction Transport Technologies, LLC (Current Investment); Turbo Squid, Inc. (Current Investment); U.S. Fiduciary, Inc. (Current Investment); Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Voxitas, Inc. (Current Investment); Waste Remedies, LLC (Current Investment); Westport Linen Services, LLC (Current Investment); Willert Home Products, Inc. (Current Investment); Wireless One, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.advantagecap.com	Energy; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Financials; Real Estate; Real Estate Management and Development; Diversified Real Estate Activities; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services	Stull, Steven T.; Boman, Thomas A.; Brennan, Ryan M.; Brown, Crichton W.; Cockshutt, Timothy G.; Doyle, Maurice E.; Dubuque, Louis T.; Duncan, R. Foster; Johnson, Michael T.; Rawie, Damon L.	Headquarters 909 Poydras Street Suite 2230 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 United States Main Phone: 504-522-4850 Main Fax: 504-522-4950
Delta Capital Management, LLC	Delta Capital Management, LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early, mid, expansion, and late-stage emerging growth firms. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare including companies that provide medical products and services that will improve health care at a lower cost; information technology including companies that provide innovative software and Internet technologies; supply chain logistics including companies that provide solutions to the challenges presented by the integration of all players in the supply chain and provide stand-alone technologies or value-added services; business services; industrial technology including companies that offer ?game-changing? products or services in the manufacturing and industrial setting; energy technology including companies that optimize the current energy production chain, offer solutions to alternative energy, and optimize the current energy production chain or offer solutions to alternative energy; and telecommunications. It may also invest in other industries where an attractive opportunity exists. The firm invests primarily in the five-state region of Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It also considers later stage opportunities across the broader southeastern United States. The firm seeks to invest in companies that have the potential to reach $30 million in revenue within three years. It exits its investments through initial public offerings, strategic sales, or recapitalizations. Delta Capital Management, LLC was formed in 1992 and is based in Cordova, Tennessee.	Tennessee	Louisiana; Arkansas; Mississippi; Tennessee	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee Geographies of Interest: Louisiana; Arkansas; Mississippi; Tennessee	Accuship, Inc. (Prior Investment); Advent Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); AIR2LAN, Inc. (Prior Investment); Bionumerik Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Prior Investment); Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); ContourMed, Inc. (Current Investment); Freeliant Inc. (Prior Investment); Geobot Inc. (Prior Investment); MedEvolve, Inc. (Prior Investment); MedServe, Inc. (Prior Investment); MidSouth Health Plan, Inc. (Prior Investment); Midsouth Practice Management Inc. (Prior Investment); Parsam Technologies, LLC (Prior Investment); Prize Corporation (Prior Investment); SemiSouth Laboratories, Inc. (Current Investment); ServiceU.com (Current Investment); Smart Furniture, Inc. (Current Investment); Therapeutic Antibodies Inc. (Prior Investment); TrestleTree, Inc. (Current Investment); Valocity, LLC (Prior Investment); Windsor Health Group, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.deltacapital.com	Energy; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Internet and Catalog Retail; Internet Retail; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; IT Services; IT Consulting and Other Services; Information Technology (IT) Consulting; Planning and Logistics (Rollouts and Upgrades); Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Logistics Software; Industry Specific Software; Telecommunications Industry Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Utilities; Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources	Mundie, Donald L.; Smith, Mike; Wood, Joel; Bobango, John A. (Prior); Latham, David B. (Prior)	Headquarters 70 Timber Creek Drive Suite 3 Cordova, Tennessee 38018 United States Main Phone: 901-755-0949 Main Fax: 901-755-0436
Murphree Venture Partners	Murphree Venture Partners is a principal investment firm specializing in specializing in investments in early-stage, growth capital, seed or start-up, and late stage investments. The firm also provides follow-on funding for venture leasing of equipment, additional venture rounds, bank financing, and factoring. It makes investments in energy, waste, and infrastructure companies. The firm prefers to invest in the companies in the Sun Belt region or headquartered in south and southwest United States focusing on Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and North Central Florida. However, it may consider other areas as well on a co-investment basis with other venture capital firms. The firm typically invests in companies that are seeking capital between $2 million and $10 million and have revenues between $3 million and $30 million. It prefers to be the lead investor. The firm seeks to exit its investment in between three and five years. Murphree Venture Partners was formed in January 1987 by Mr. Dennis E. Murphree and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with additional offices all across North America.	Louisiana; Texas	Tennessee; Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Tennessee; Texas	Activerse, Inc. (Prior Investment); Advent Networks, Inc. (Current Investment); Fiber Dynamics, Inc. (Current Investment); Genwave Corporation (Prior Investment); Hire.com (Prior Investment); ibooks.com (Prior Investment); Ignite! Learning, Inc. (Current Investment); Infrastruct Security, Inc. (Current Investment); Journee Software Corp. (Prior Investment); Medical Metrics, Inc. (Current Investment); MedServe, Inc. (Prior Investment); ModelOffice Inc. (Prior Investment); Object Reservoir, Inc. (Current Investment); Physix Inc. (Prior Investment); PointServe, Inc. (Current Investment); SalvageSale, Inc. (Current Investment); Smart Furniture, Inc. (Current Investment); Tellaire Corporation (Prior Investment); Theoutdoors.com (Prior Investment); Unico Corporation (Current Investment); Viewics (Prior Investment); Wavefly (Prior Investment)	www.murphreeventures.com	Energy; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Information Technology; Software and Services; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Wireless Telecommunication Services; Wireless Telecommunication Services	Murphree, Dennis E.; Murphree, Patrick E.; Dauphin, Steven M.; Perry, Edward M.; Reiser, William E.; Boullion, Elliott M. (Prior); Fluke, Marty (Prior); Kenyon, Jim (Prior); Lee, David M. (Prior); Moore, Alan T. (Prior)	Headquarters 1100 Louisiana Suite 5005 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-655-8500 Main Fax: 713-655-8503
Nelson Capital	Nelson Capital is a principal investment firm specializing in private equity and venture capital investments. It seeks to make seed capital and late stage investments in health-care, financial services, and telecommunications sectors. The firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $5 million in its portfolio companies. It prefers to take at least one board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to invest in the Southeastern U.S. Nelson Capital was founded in 1985 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.	Tennessee	Louisiana; Arkansas; Mississippi; Tennessee	-	Office Location: Tennessee Geographies of Interest: Louisiana; Arkansas; Mississippi; Tennessee	CorporateFamily Solutions (Prior Investment); Environmental Technology Services Inc. (Current Investment); Horizon Resource Group, Inc. (Current Investment); Mattress Giant Corporation (Prior Investment)	-	Healthcare; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services	Nelson, Edward G. (Board); Derry, Kelly; Collins, Michael E. (Prior); Douglas, Timothy (Prior); Harrington, John K. (Prior); Nelson, J. Madison (Prior, Deceased); Nelson, Kay (Prior); Wilds, David M. (Prior)	Headquarters 3401 West End Avenue Suite 300 Nashville, Tennessee 37203 United States Main Phone: 615-292-8787 Main Fax: 615-385-3150
Sage Capital, LLC	Sage Capital, LLC is a private equity and mezzanine firm specializing in investments in acquisitions, buyouts, growth capital, and recapitalizations. The firm seeks to make minority investments in small and lower middle market businesses in mature companies. It primarily invests in value-added manufacturers, service businesses, and distribution businesses with meaningful service component. The firm has limited appeal to industries in pure and high technology or life science, commodity producers, construction services, and real estate. It invests in businesses located principally in the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Mid-South regions and Central Southern states, but can also consider investment opportunities throughout the United States. The firm typically invests between $2 million and $10 million in companies with enterprise values between $5 million and $40 million and EBITDA between $2 million and $7 million. It can pursue larger investment sizes and larger transactions with EBITDA more than $7 million through co-investments from the members of the Sage Capital Investors' Roundtable. For buyouts, the firm acquires controlling positions in companies. It seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm does not take minority positions and does not invest in start-ups. Sage Capital, LLC was founded in 2003 and is based at St. Louis, Missouri.	Missouri	Arkansas; Missouri; Tennessee; Oklahoma	-	Office Location: Missouri Geographies of Interest: Tennessee; Oklahoma; Arkansas; Missouri	Store Supply Warehouse, LLC (Current Investment)	www.sagecapitalllc.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors	Jones, Wesley McAfee; Lemkemeier, John W.	Headquarters 8025 Forsyth Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63105 United States Main Phone: 314-754-1118 Main Fax: 314-721-7238
STARTech Early Ventures	STARTech Early Ventures is a venture capital investment arm of STARTech Foundation specializing in seed stage and early stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in technology-based companies primarily in information technology and communications, smart energy systems, technology enabled health care, nanotech processes and materials, telecom, software, life sciences, semiconductor, sensor networks, and energy sectors. It seeks to invest in Southwest United States with a focus on Texas. STARTech Early Ventures was founded in 1997 by Mr. Matt Blanton and Ms. Sejal Desai and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas with an additional office in Austin, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture; Incubation	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture; Incubation Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	10C Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Active Power Inc. (Prior Investment); Advent Networks, Inc. (Current Investment); AppTrigger, Inc. (Current Investment); CapitalSoft, Inc. (Current Investment); Cheetah Optics (Prior Investment); Chorum Technologies Inc. (Prior Investment); EL Specialists, Inc. (Current Investment); Eliance Biotechnology, Inc. (Prior Investment); Exceleron Software, Inc. (Current Investment); ExoLink Corporation (Current Investment); Fuego, Inc. (Prior Investment); GlobeRanger Corporation (Current Investment); HyEnergy Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); InnerWireless, Inc. (Prior Investment); Inoveon Corporation (Current Investment); Integral Wave Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); IPCell Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); IPNetFusion Inc. (Prior Investment); LaserComm, Inc. (Prior Investment); Light Biology Inc. (Prior Investment); Metallect Corp. (Current Investment); Metreos Corporation (Prior Investment); MicroFab Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Mirage Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); NanoLign, Inc. (Current Investment); NetBotz, Inc. (Prior Investment); Nuventix, Inc. (Current Investment); OmniSpace Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); OraMetrix, Inc. (Current Investment); Pintail Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Quickshift, Inc. (Current Investment); Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Current Investment); Resolution EBS, Inc. (Current Investment); SensorLogic Incorporated (Current Investment); SiteStuff, Inc. (Prior Investment); Stick Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); TeleCentric, Inc. (Current Investment); TelOptica, Inc. (Current Investment); Voyence, Inc. (Prior Investment); Xtera Communications, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.startechev.com	Energy; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Components; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Nanotechnology; Health Care Technology; Electronic Components	Blanton, Matthew (Board); Nichols, Paul; Davidson, Vinse; Carroll, Freddie; Gerome, Frank; Jennings, Ron; Hillhouse, George; Carruthers, Robert (Prior); Desai, Sejal (Prior)	Headquarters 1302 East Collins Boulevard Richardson, Texas 75081 United States Main Phone: 214-576-9800 Main Fax: 214-576-9849
Austin Ventures	Austin Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed and startup, early stage, emerging growth, growth capital, management buyouts, buyouts, and recapitalization investments. The firm seeks to invest in all phases of a company?s life. It seeks to invest in business services and supply chain, financial services, media and information services, software, and texas special situations. The firm prefers to invest venture capital in enterprise application, Internet, infrastructure software, enterprise and internet software, datacenter hardware and communications systems, semiconductors and components, and computer and communications hardware sectors. It also seeks growth equity investments in outsourcing, logistics, subscription-based media, and business process outsourcing, accelerator services. The firm invests nationally with a focus on Texas and Southwest, but may consider investments in other geographies also. It seeks to invest venture capital between $100,000 and $20 million in expansion capital rounds. The firm primarily makes growth capital investments between $20 million and $100 million plus, but can also invest lesser amounts for tuck-in acquisitions in companies with EBITDA between $2 million to $20 million. It prefers to be the lead and sole investor and also acquires majority or strong minority stakes in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks a board seat in more than 90 percent investments. Its growth equity practice also invests in privately held companies. Austin Ventures was founded in 1979 and is based in Austin, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	@hand Corporation (Current Investment); 724 Solutions Software Inc. (Prior Investment); Acorn Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); Active Power Inc. (Prior Investment); Aeritas, LLC (Current Investment); Agillion (Prior Investment); Akili, Inc. (Prior Investment); Alchemy Semiconductor, Inc. (Prior Investment); Alereon, Inc. (Current Investment); Alex eBanking Solutions, Inc. (Current Investment); Alex eSolutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); All.com, Inc. (Prior Investment); AlterPoint, Inc. (Prior Investment); Altra Energy Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); AnswerSoft, Inc. (Prior Investment); Ashford.com, Inc. (Prior Investment); AssetWorks, Inc. (Prior Investment); AstroWatt, Inc. (Current Investment); Augmentix Corporation (Prior Investment); AV Labs (Merged Entity); Bazaarvoice, Inc. (Current Investment); BBS Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); BENCHMARQ Microelectronic (Prior Investment); BenefitMall Inc. (Prior Investment); BetweenMarkets, Inc. (Prior Investment); Black Sand Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Boundless Network, Inc. (Current Investment); Brazos Software Corporation (Current Investment); BreakingPoint Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); Britestream Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); BroadCloud Communications, Inc. (Prior Investment); BroadJump, Inc. (Prior Investment); BuildForge Inc. (Prior Investment); Calpont Corporation (Current Investment); Caringo, Inc. (Current Investment); CaritaSoft (Prior Investment); Celite Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); Century Payments, Inc. (Current Investment); Chicory Systems Inc. (Prior Investment); Chorum Technologies Inc. (Prior Investment); Classic Communications, Inc. (Prior Investment); ClearCube Technology, Inc. (Current Investment); Click Forensics, Inc. (Current Investment); Cofiniti (Prior Investment); ColdWatt, Inc. (Prior Investment); CompUSA, Inc. (Prior Investment); Conformative Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Contextual, Inc. (Prior Investment); Convio, Inc. (Current Investment); Covasoft, Inc. (Prior Investment); CREDANT Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Creditcards.Com, Inc. (Current Investment); Crossroads Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Crystal Semiconductor (Prior Investment); Cygnal Integrated Products (Prior Investment); D2Audio Corporation (Prior Investment); Dachis Corporation, Inc. (Current Investment); DAZEL Corporation (Prior Investment); Delta Rigging & Tools, Inc. (Current Investment); Dynasty Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); E-Newco, Inc. (Current Investment); eCityLimits (Current Investment); eLaw.com (Prior Investment); Emerging.com (Prior Investment); Entorian Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); ePartners Incorporated (Prior Investment); Exterprise, Inc. (Prior Investment); Extreme Devices (Prior Investment); FameCast, Inc. (Current Investment); Five D Inc. (Current Investment); FiveRuns Corporation (Prior Investment); ForwardVue Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Garden.com, Inc (Prior Investment); Grande Communications Holdings Inc. (Current Investment); High Brace Software Corporation (Current Investment); Hire.com (Prior Investment); HomeAway, Inc. (Current Investment); Human Code Inc. (Prior Investment); ibooks.com (Prior Investment); Idera Corporation (Current Investment); Ignite Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); iMark.com, Inc. (Prior Investment); Ineto Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Innography Ltd. (Current Investment); IntelliQuest Information Group, Inc. (Prior Investment); Interactive Silicon, Inc. (Prior Investment); iSoft Corporation (Prior Investment); iVita Corporation (Prior Investment); Knowledge Discovery One, Inc. (Prior Investment); Kurion.com (Prior Investment); LabNow, Inc. (Current Investment); Lane15 Software Inc. (Prior Investment); LDR Spine USA, Inc. (Current Investment); Liaison Technology, Inc. (Prior Investment); LifeSize Communications, Inc. (Prior Investment); LiL'Things (Current Investment); Living.com, Inc. (Prior Investment); Lombardi Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); Matrix Service Co. (Prior Investment); Mavenir Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); Mediaprise (Prior Investment); MetaSolv Inc. (Prior Investment); Mission Critical Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); Monitronics International, Inc. (Prior Investment); Motive, Inc. (Prior Investment); nanoCoolers Incorporated (Prior Investment); Nascentric, Inc. (Current Investment); Navini Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); NetBotz, Inc. (Prior Investment); NetEffect, Inc. (Prior Investment); Netensity (Prior Investment); Netrake Corporation (Prior Investment); NetStreams LLC (Prior Investment); NewComLink, Inc. (Current Investment); Newgistics, Inc. (Current Investment); Novoforum (Current Investment); ON Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); OptiSoft Inc. (Current Investment); Orion Marine Group, Inc (Prior Investment); Paragon Wireless Inc. (Current Investment); Path4 Ventures (Current Investment); Paymetric, Inc. (Current Investment); PentaSafe Security Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); Perceptant Corporation (Current Investment); Permeo Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); Pervasive Software Inc. (Prior Investment); Pintail Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Pluck Corporation (Prior Investment); Port Logistics Group, Inc. (Current Investment); Powered, Inc. (Current Investment); PreCash Inc. (Current Investment); Prime Cable (Prior Investment); Process Data Control Corporation (Current Investment); PulseWave RF, Inc. (Current Investment); Q Clubs, Inc. (Prior Investment); Question Technologies (Prior Investment); QuickArrow, Inc. (Prior Investment); RealVue Simulation Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Reliant Data Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); ReTrans, Inc. (Current Investment); RLX Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); SailPoint Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Salion, Inc. (Current Investment); Santera (Prior Investment); ServiceLane Home Improvements (Prior Investment); SigmaTrak, Inc. (Prior Investment); Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (Prior Investment); Silicon Metrics Corporation (Prior Investment); Sipera Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); SMART Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); SolarWinds, Inc. (Current Investment); SoloMio Corporation (Prior Investment); Southern Star Concrete, Inc. (Prior Investment); Spatial Wireless, Inc. (Prior Investment); Spiceworks, Inc. (Current Investment); Spinal Restoration, Inc. (Current Investment); Staktek Corporation (Current Investment); STARTech Early Ventures (Current Investment); Sterling Foods, LLC (Current Investment); Summit Global Partners, Inc. (Prior Investment); Supportkids, Inc. (Current Investment); Surgient, Inc. (Current Investment); SyChip, Inc. (Prior Investment); TechWorks, Inc. (Prior Investment); TelOptica, Inc. (Current Investment); Ten Rivers Technologies (Current Investment); Thoof, Inc. (Current Investment); Times N Systems (Current Investment); Tivoli Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Tonic Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); TOPAZ Technologies, Ltd. (Prior Investment); Torch Health Care, Inc. (Prior Investment); Trajecta Inc. (Prior Investment); TrinTel Communications, Inc. (Current Investment); Troux Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Truckload USA, Inc. (Current Investment); United Country Real Estate, Inc. (Current Investment); Vectris Telecom, Inc. (Prior Investment); Ventix Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Vida Capital, Inc. (Current Investment); Vignette Corporation (Prior Investment); Virtual Bridges, Inc. (Current Investment); VocalData, Inc. (Prior Investment); VTEL Products Corporation, Inc. (Prior Investment); Waveset Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); WhisperWire Inc. (Prior Investment); WorkSoft, Inc. (Current Investment); Xtra On-Line (Prior Investment); Zarlink Semiconductor LE Inc. (Prior Investment); Zeno Corporation (Current Investment); Zilliant, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.austinventures.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Transportation; Air Freight and Logistics; Air Freight and Logistics; Consumer Discretionary; Media; Retailing; Internet and Catalog Retail; Internet Retail; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software; Website Infrastructure Software; Online Services; IT Services; IT Consulting and Other Services; Information Technology (IT) Consulting; Services Outsourcing; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telephone and Telecommunications Equipment; Telecommunications Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductor Manufacturing Machinery; Semiconductors; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Diversified Telecommunication Services	Aragona, Joseph C.; DeAngelis, Kenneth P.; Garvey, Jeffery C.; Kunz, Kevin; Dirvin, John; Milius, Craig; Pacitti, Chris; Shamapant, Venu; Siegel, Philip S.; Thornton, John D.	Headquarters 300 West 6th Street Suite 2300 Austin, Texas 78701-3902 United States Main Phone: 512-485-1900 Main Fax: 512-651-8500
CenterPoint Ventures	CenterPoint Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed/start up, early stage, mid venture, and late venture investments. It typically invests in privately held companies developing information technology-based products for the firm?s target industries and markets. The firm seeks to invest in business-to-business areas by leveraging proprietary intellectual property including patentable technologies or software code, proprietary processes, and other strategic core competencies. It also invests in communications infrastructure; business applications and enterprise software technologies; semiconductor products; new industrial technologies; and other innovations. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Texas. It typically invests between $5 million and $10 million with follow-on funding over two to three rounds per company. The firm invests at the first or second-round of venture capital financing and act as lead investor in the initial venture round. It invites co-investment on early-stage deals and syndicates larger, late-stage investments with co-investors and seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investment within five to eight years via an IPO, merger, or acquisition. It does not invest in consumer-oriented ventures, companies engaged in pure-science inventions, and in mature markets. CenterPoint Ventures was founded in 1996 and is based in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Austin, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Active Power Inc. (Prior Investment); Alibre, Inc. (Current Investment); Applied Science Fiction, Inc. (Prior Investment); Applied WDM, Inc. (Prior Investment); AppTrigger, Inc. (Current Investment); Bandspeed, Inc. (Current Investment); BetweenMarkets, Inc. (Prior Investment); Chiaro Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); ChipData, Inc. (Prior Investment); Chorum Technologies Inc. (Prior Investment); ComSpace Corporation (Prior Investment); Convey Computer Corporation (Current Investment); Covaro Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); D2Audio Corporation (Prior Investment); GlobeRanger Corporation (Current Investment); Handango, Inc. (Current Investment); Inoveon Corporation (Current Investment); Integral Wave Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Interactive TKO, Inc. (Current Investment); Knowledge Discovery One, Inc. (Prior Investment); LoanFirst.com (Prior Investment); Medical Present Value, Inc. (Current Investment); Mirage Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); NetBotz, Inc. (Prior Investment); Nuventix, Inc. (Current Investment); OmniSpace Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); OraMetrix, Inc. (Current Investment); Powered, Inc. (Current Investment); Quickshift, Inc. (Prior Investment); Resolution EBS, Inc. (Prior Investment); Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (Prior Investment); SiteStuff, Inc. (Prior Investment); STARTech Early Ventures (Current Investment); TelOptica, Inc. (Prior Investment); Thinkwell Corporation (Current Investment); Voyence, Inc. (Prior Investment); Xtera Communications, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.cpventures.com	Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); IT Services; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Gibson, Coyne; Jones, Eric L.; Paluck, Robert J.; Rock, Terrence L.; McMartin, Cam; Schaller, David; Dres, Linda; Gahan, Sachi; Bock, William (Prior); Haner, Richard (Prior)	Headquarters 13455 Noel Road Two Galleria Tower 16th Floor Dallas, Texas 75240 United States Main Phone: 972-702-1101 Main Fax: 972-702-1103
Convergent Investors	Convergent Investors is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in high technology, telecommunications, e-commerce, and transaction processing companies. It prefers to invest in the southwestern United States. The firm favors investments that lead to later stage funding by others, however it may make follow-on investments as well. The firm seeks board representation and prefers to lead transactions. Convergent Investors is based in Texas, with offices in Austin and Houston.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Britestream Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); BroadJump, Inc. (Prior Investment); Chicory Systems Inc. (Prior Investment); Colabranet (Current Investment); Grande Communications Holdings Inc. (Current Investment); Impart Technology, Inc. (Prior Investment); Interactive Silicon, Inc. (Prior Investment); Isochron Inc. (Prior Investment); Lane15 Software Inc. (Prior Investment); Metal Oxide Technologies (Current Investment); Network International, Inc. (Current Investment); NovaCentrix (Current Investment); Pinion Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); PreCash Inc. (Current Investment); TeraVicta Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Times N Systems (Current Investment); TRAQ Wireless, Inc. (Prior Investment); Zebra Imaging, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.convergentinvestors.com	Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Internet and Catalog Retail; Internet Retail; Financials; Diversified Financials; Consumer Finance; Consumer Finance; Funds Transfer, Clearance, and Exchange Services; Clearinghouses and Electronic Funds Transfer; Electronic Funds Transfer and Transaction Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software; Website Infrastructure Software; E-Commerce Software; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Mansour, James M.; Smith, Brian R.; Chaney, John D.; Hanzlik, Willard; James, Henry; Lyles, Thomas W.; Shaper, Stephen J.; Gauntt, Robert P. (Prior)	Headquarters 111 Congress Avenue Suite 3000 Austin, Texas 78701 United States Main Phone: 512-472-2077 Main Fax: 512-435-5364
First Capital Group	First Capital Group is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in early stage, expansion stage, mature, growth stage, management buyouts, and special situation investments in small and middle market companies. The firm typically invests in sectors such as communication, information technology, medical product or life sciences, manufacturing, and distribution or service sector. It typically invests in companies based in Texas and Southwestern United States but can invest on selective basis outside the region. The firm seeks to invest in companies with annual sales of $10 million to $30 million. It prefers to serve as the sole, lead, or principal investor in its portfolio companies. First Capital Group was founded in 1984 and is based in San Antonio, Texas with an additional office in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Apollo Software, Inc. (Current Investment); Bill Young Productions, Inc. (Current Investment); Biomedical Development Corporation (Current Investment); Bionumerik Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Prior Investment); Boxx Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Certicom Security, Inc. (Current Investment); Chase Medical, LP (Current Investment); DAN-LOC Bolt & Gasket, Inc. (Current Investment); Data Race, Inc. (Prior Investment); DataSpan, Inc. (Current Investment); Dawson Production Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Digital Motorworks (Prior Investment); eSABA Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); Extreme Communications, Inc. (Current Investment); FAIRPAY Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); Flamingo Travel (Prior Investment); Health Source America, Inc. (Current Investment); Hotlink, Inc. (Current Investment); Injury Sciences, LLC (Current Investment); IntelliPack, Inc. (Current Investment); KaleidaCare Management Solutions (Current Investment); Metso Texas Shredder, Inc. (Prior Investment); Microwave Networks Incorporated (Prior Investment); Mimix Broadband, Inc. (Current Investment); NovusEdge, Inc. (Current Investment); Pavilion Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); ProNet, Inc. (Prior Investment); Protective Packaging Corporation Inc. (Current Investment); PulseTech Products Corporation (Current Investment); Quality Product Finishing, Inc. (Current Investment); Reef Chemical Co, Inc. (Prior Investment); Rewind Holdings, Inc. (Current Investment); Sav-On Office Supplies (Current Investment); SecureLogix Corporation (Current Investment); ShockWatch, Inc. (Current Investment); Team Express, Inc. (Prior Investment); Tescorp, Inc. (Prior Investment); The Telemetry Co. (Current Investment); Transcom Enhanced Services, LLC (Current Investment); U.S. Funds Express, Inc. (Current Investment); Wellogix, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.firstcapitalgroup.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services	Blanchard, Jeffrey P.; O'Donnell, James A.; Williams, Paul S.; Greenwood, Wm. Ward (Prior); Montgomery, William A. (Prior)	Headquarters 750 East Mulberry Suite 305 San Antonio, Texas 78212 United States Main Phone: 210-736-4233 Main Fax: 210-736-5449
Techxas Ventures, LLC	Techxas Ventures, LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and startup investments. It does not invest in expansion, special situations, buyouts, and PIPEs. The firm prefers to invest in technology sectors including information, life, molecular, and energy sciences. It seeks to invest in companies based in Texas. The firm typically makes an initial investment in the seed, first, or second financing round and may participate in follow-on rounds. It prefers to be a lead investor and co-invests with other investors as part of a syndicate. Techxas Ventures, LLC was founded in 1998 by Mr. Bruce A. Ezell and Mr. Michael P. LaVigna and is based in Austin, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	BroadJump, Inc. (Prior Investment); BusinessThreads Inc. (Prior Investment); Caleb Technologies (Prior Investment); Conformative Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Covasoft, Inc. (Prior Investment); Hire.com (Prior Investment); IBT Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); iMark.com, Inc. (Prior Investment); Impart Technology, Inc. (Prior Investment); InteractiveFunds (Prior Investment); Liaison Technology, Inc. (Prior Investment); LoanFirst.com (Current Investment); Medical Present Value, Inc. (Current Investment); Motive, Inc. (Prior Investment); Netensity (Prior Investment); nLine Corporation (Prior Investment); NovaCentrix (Current Investment); Placemark Investments, Inc. (Current Investment); SoloMio Corporation (Prior Investment); Spectral Genomics, Inc. (Prior Investment); StoredIQ, Inc. (Current Investment); Web IQ (Prior Investment)	www.techxas.com	Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Life Sciences Tools and Services	Ezell, Bruce A.; LaVigna, Michael P.; Engleman, Audrey; Banks, Stephen J. (Prior); Lawson, Kimberly (Prior); Schellhase, James A. (Prior); Smith, Brian R. (Prior); Vandegrift, Steven R. (Prior)	Headquarters 4401 West Gate Boulevard Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78745 United States Main Phone: 512-334-3140 Main Fax: 512-334-3121
Diamond State Ventures	Diamond State Ventures is an investment arm of The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group specializing in private equity and venture capital investments. It seeks to invest in early stage, late stage, and expansion stage companies and participates in management buyouts, leverage buyouts, and acquisitions. It also invests in small and lower middle market. The firm does not provide seed or startup financing. It seeks to invest in revenue-generating companies in the state of Arkansas and throughout the Southwest, Southeast, and Midwest of the United States. The firm typically invests between $250,000 and $3 million per transaction. Its investments are structured as debentures with warrants, preferred equity, or a combination of those securities. The firm seeks to be a lead investor and can also co-invest with other venture capital funds, strategic corporations or angel investors, and can syndicate junior capital raises up to $20 million. It typically exits its investments through refinance, sale, merger or IPO. The firm is a federally licensed Small Business Investment Company (SBIC). Diamond State Ventures was founded in 1999 and is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.	Arkansas	Arkansas	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Arkansas Geographies of Interest: Arkansas	Accuship, Inc. (Prior Investment); Arkansas Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. (Current Investment); Baskin's Department Stores, Inc. (Current Investment); Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Detroit Tool Metal Products Company (Current Investment); HealthSCOPE Benefits, Inc. (Prior Investment); Inergy, L.P. (Current Investment); Jacuzzi, Inc. (Current Investment); MedEvolve, Inc. (Current Investment); Mountain Valley Spring Company, LLC (Current Investment); School Partners, Inc. (Current Investment); Three Dog Bakery, Inc. (Current Investment); Treadway Electric Co., Inc. (Current Investment); TrestleTree, Inc. (Current Investment); Veriplas Containers, Inc. (Current Investment); WEB-TPA, Inc. (Prior Investment)	dsv.arcapital.com	-	Walls, C. Sam (Board); Hays, Joseph T.; Brogdon, Todd; Carter, Larry B.	Headquarters 200 South Commerce Suite 400 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 United States Main Phone: 501-374-9247 Main Fax: 501-374-9425 Other Phone: 800-216-7237
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Mercury Venture Partners, L.P.	Draper Fisher Jurvetson Mercury Venture Partners, L.P. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage start-ups and seed investments. It focuses on emerging technologies with a focus on information technology, energy, life sciences, cleantech and nanotechnology. The firm typically invests between $100,000 and $1.5 million in seed and early-stage companies and also builds syndicates for investments needing larger amounts of capital. It invests between $2 million and $4 million over the life of an investment. Draper Fisher Jurvetson Mercury Venture Partners, L.P. was co-founded in 2005 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Austin, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	ActaCell, Inc. (Current Investment); Alert Logic, Inc. (Current Investment); CGate Health, Inc. (Current Investment); DNAtriX, Inc. (Current Investment); Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Illumitex, LLC (Current Investment); Imagnx, Inc. (Current Investment); Marval Biosciences, Inc. (Current Investment); Performix, Inc. (Current Investment); Phurnace Software Inc. (Prior Investment); Podcast Ready, Inc. (Current Investment); UnWired Buyer, Inc. (Current Investment); VizionWare, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.dfjmercury.com	Energy; Energy; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Components; Nanotechnology; Life Sciences Tools and Services; Life Sciences Tools and Services; Electronic Components	Garrou, Blair; Watkins, Daniel; Gilpin, Winston; Hill, Ned; Campbell, Paul; Miller, Michael (Prior)	Headquarters One Greenway Plaza Suite 930 Houston, Texas 77046 United States Main Phone: 713-715-6820 Main Fax: 713-715-6826
Gen Cap America, Inc.	Gen Cap America, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, and family succession investments in lower middle market companies. The firm does not consider investments in turnarounds and start up transactions and in real estate and high technology companies. It prefers to invest in privately held businesses or subsidiaries and divisions of larger corporations in manufacturing, distribution, and basic services sectors. The firm typically invests in companies located in Canada and the United States with a focus on companies with headquarters or operations located in or near the Southeastern region and North America. It seeks to provide equity and invests in companies with revenues between $5 million and $100 million and EBITDA between $1 million and $10 million. The firm prefers to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies. Gen Cap America, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.	Tennessee	Missouri; Tennessee	-	Office Location: Tennessee Geographies of Interest: Missouri; Tennessee	Advantage Nursing Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Buford Brothers, Inc. (Prior Investment); Cumberland Optical Company (Prior Investment); EFT Source, Inc. (Prior Investment); Gaines Manufacturing Company (Prior Investment); Gammaloy Holdings, L.P. (Prior Investment); Greer Stop Nut, Inc. (Prior Investment); Hackett Precision Company (Prior Investment); Hobby-Lobby International, Inc. (Prior Subsidiary/Operating Unit); Keltner Enterprises, Inc. (Prior Investment); Lamm Food Service, LLC (Current Investment); Narcote, LLC (Prior Investment); Southern Filter Media, Inc. (Current Investment); Wearwell, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.gencapamerica.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors	Byrd, Barney D.; Davis, Maclin P.; Napier, Donald D.; Godwin, Christopher T.; Lane, J. Matthew; Bryant, Hayes (Prior)	Headquarters 40 Burton Hills Boulevard Suite 420 Nashville, Tennessee 37215 United States Main Phone: 615-256-0231 Main Fax: 615-256-2487
North Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization	North Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (NTXRCIC) is a principal investment firm. The firm invests through Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). The fund seeks to invest in commercialization of new innovations, emerging technologies with substantial commercial potential, and research projects that enhance Texas higher education institution. It invests in projects that benefit Texas. North Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	AdviTech, Inc. (Current Investment); Animal Innovations, Inc. (Current Investment); Azaya Therapeutics Inc. (Current Investment); Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Current Investment); Bio2 Medical, Inc. (Current Investment); Castle Biosciences Incorporated (Current Investment); CryoPen, Inc. (Current Investment); DNAtriX, Inc. (Current Investment); Enthuze, Inc. (Current Investment); Hanson Robotics, Inc. (Current Investment); Noninvasix, Inc. (Current Investment); Optisense Network Inc. (Current Investment); Ortho Kinematics, Inc. (Current Investment); Patton Surgical Corporation (Pending Acquisition/Investment); Photodigm, Inc. (Current Investment); PrincipleSoft, Inc. (Current Investment); Pronucleotein Biotechnologies, LLC (Current Investment); Pulmotect, Inc. (Current Investment); Resonant Sensors Incorporated (Current Investment); Salient Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Current Investment); SEMMT, Inc. (Current Investment); SeprOx Corporation (Current Investment); Shape Memory Therapeutics, Inc. (Current Investment); Smart Imaging Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); SNRLabs, Inc. (Current Investment); Syndiant Inc. (Current Investment); TXL Group, Inc. (Current Investment); Visualase, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.ntxrcic.org	-	Lockerd, R. Mike (Board); Carroll, Freddie; Grubbs, Christine	Headquarters 17919 Waterview Parkway Suite 1.50 Dallas, Texas 75252 United States Main Phone: 972-883-4920 Main Fax: 972-883-4919
PTV Sciences, L.P.	PTV Sciences, L.P. is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, early stage, mid stage, late stage, and growth capital investments. The firm also provides bridge financing. It invests in life and materials sciences sectors. Within life sciences, it invests in medical devices, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostics. Within materials science, the firm invests in bio-materials, electronics, advanced materials, and nanotechnology. The firm invests in companies based in United States. It was formerly known as Pinto Technology Venture. PTV Sciences, L.P. was founded in March 2003 and is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in Houston, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Alereon, Inc. (Current Investment); Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. (Current Investment); Asuragen, Inc. (Current Investment); BioMimetic Therapeutics Inc. (Prior Investment); Calcitec, Inc. (Current Investment); IDev Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Interpath Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Current Investment); LDR Spine USA, Inc. (Current Investment); On-X Life Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Ortho Kinematics, Inc. (Current Investment); OsteoBiologics, Inc. (Prior Investment); ROI Ventures, L.P. (Current Investment)	www.ptvsciences.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Electrical Equipment; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Medical Testing, Analyzing, and Diagnostic Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Medical Device Research and Development; Pharmaceuticals; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Components; Nanotechnology; Life Sciences Tools and Services; Electronic Components	Anderson, Rick D.; Crawford, Matthew S.; Melrose, Evan S.; Whitlock, Steven I.	Headquarters 221 West 6th Street Suite 700 Austin, Texas 78701 United States Main Phone: 1 512-542-0010 Main Fax: 1 512-542-0062
SSM Partners	SSM Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in financing mid ventures, growth capital, acquisition, and re-capitalization transactions. The firm prefers to make investments in expansion and later stage companies. It seeks to invest in companies engaged in the basic business or outsourcing services, healthcare, and consumer services. Additionally, the firm may consider investments in the retail sector. It prefers to invest in companies based in the Central and Southeastern regions of the United States. The firm typically invests between $3 million and $10 million in transactions requiring up to $20 million in equity. It seeks to lead investments between $5 and $20 million or co-lead transactions and takes a board seat in its portfolio companies. SSM Partners was founded in 1973 and is based in Memphis, Tennessee with additional offices in Austin, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia.	Tennessee; Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Tennessee Geographies of Interest: Texas	360Commerce, Inc. (Prior Investment); Active Power Inc. (Prior Investment); All Web Leads, Inc. (Current Investment); All.com, Inc. (Prior Investment); AmeriCredit Corp. (Prior Investment); Asure Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); Bulldog Solutions, LLC (Current Investment); Chronicity, Inc. (Current Investment); DataCert, Inc. (Current Investment); DAZEL Corporation (Prior Investment); Dental One, Inc. (Prior Investment); Direct General, Corp. (Prior Investment); Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers Inc. (Prior Investment); FrontStream Payments, Inc. (Current Investment); Fuego, Inc. (Prior Investment); Handango, Inc. (Current Investment); Healthcare Management Directions, Inc. (Current Investment); Inform DX (Prior Investment); Kirkland's Inc. (Prior Investment); LaserComm, Inc. (Prior Investment); Liaison Technology, Inc. (Prior Investment); LibreDigital, Inc. (Current Investment); LoanFirst.com (Current Investment); Motive, Inc. (Prior Investment); National Medical Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); NetBotz, Inc. (Prior Investment); Passport Health Communications, Inc. (Prior Investment); Plan Express, Inc. (Current Investment); RemitDATA, Inc. (Current Investment); SmartPrice.com, Inc. (Current Investment); STARTech Early Ventures (Current Investment); TelOptica, Inc. (Current Investment); Tobin Data Graphics (Prior Investment); Torch Health Care, Inc. (Prior Investment); TruckPro, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.ssmpartners.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Commercial Printing; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Retailing; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software; Online Services; IT Services; IT Consulting and Other Services; Information Technology (IT) Consulting; Services Outsourcing; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Orr, Wilson; Witherington, James D.; West, Casey; Witherington, Hunter; Covington, Robert (Prior); Harrison, William (Prior); Henagan, Bill (Prior); Jones, Eric L. (Prior); Moeller, Dick (Prior); Ray, C. Barham (Prior)	Headquarters Crescent Center 6075 Poplar Avenue Suite 335 Memphis, Tennessee 38119 United States Main Phone: 901-767-1131 Main Fax: 901-767-1135
TGF Management Corp.	TGF Management Corp. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in buy-and-build, internal expansion, management buyout and recapitalizations of small and middle-market companies, and in public equity markets. It seeks to invest in mature companies. The firm seeks to invest either in family businesses seeking a transition or large companies seeking to divest a part of their operations. The firm avoids investing in oil and gas exploration and production, real estate, and in companies having significant technology risk. It typically invests in the manufacturing, distribution, construction related, industrial services, outsourced business services, food and consumer products, and service sectors of stable and established markets. It prefers to invest in companies located or operating in South Western United States including the Texas region. The firm typically invests in companies with revenues and enterprise values between $25 million and $250 million and EBITDA between $5 million and $25 million. Additionally, it invests between $25 million and $100 million in any single transaction in the form of subordinated debt, preferred stock, and common stock to acquire majority or minority stakes in portfolio companies. TGF Management Corp. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	724 Solutions Software Inc. (Prior Investment); Administaff Inc. (Prior Investment); Birch Telecom, Inc. (Prior Investment); Classic Communications, Inc. (Prior Investment); Coastal Towing, Inc. (Prior Investment); Cofiniti (Prior Investment); Community Education Partners, Inc. (Current Investment); Coraza Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); DISA, Inc. (Current Investment); ePartners Incorporated (Current Investment); Equicom, Inc. (Prior Investment); First Texas Products, L.P. (Current Investment); FundsXpress Financial Network, Inc. (Prior Investment); Garden Ridge Corporation (Prior Investment); Girling Health Care, Inc. (Prior Investment); Hart InterCivic, Inc. (Prior Investment); Hoak, Breedlove, Wesneski & Co. (Current Investment); Hot & Cool Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Independant Gas Company (Prior Investment); Ionex Telecommunications, Inc. (Prior Investment); LiL'Things (Prior Investment); M&M Manufacturing Company (Current Investment); NetSpend Corporation (Current Investment); Omniflight Helicopters, Inc. (Prior Investment); Orion Marine Group, Inc (Prior Investment); PointOne, Inc. (Prior Investment); Q Clubs, Inc. (Prior Investment); Rehab Designs of America Corporation (Prior Investment); Silverado Foods, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sim?us Foods International, Inc. (Prior Investment); Southern Star Concrete, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sovereign Business Forms (Prior Investment); Stellar Event & Presentation Resources, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sterling Foods, LLC (Current Investment); TechWorks, Inc. (Prior Investment); The Lofland Company (Prior Investment); Total Safety U.S., Inc. (Prior Investment); Turfgrass America, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.tgfmanagement.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Construction and Engineering; Construction and Engineering; Trading Companies and Distributors; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Food Products	Kozlowski, James J.; Soileau, Stephen; Waldeier, Janet; Bryant, Vernon; DiGesualdo, Antonio; Duncan, Ron; Harr, David; Twomey, Barry; Humphries, J. Brent (Prior)	Headquarters 111 Congress Avenue Suite 2900 Austin, Texas 78701-4098 United States Main Phone: 512-322-3100 Main Fax: 512-322-3101
Sevin Rosen Funds	Sevin Rosen Funds is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. The firm selectively finances seed and incubation opportunities. It prefers to invest in semiconductors and computing, high technology, energy and related technologies, nanotechnology, imaging, photonics, RF communications, healthcare, enterprise software and services, telecommunications, and other innovative technologies. The firm generally invests in companies based in the United States. It typically invests between $4 million and $15 million in the portfolio company. The firm prefers to participate in the first round of funding in the portfolio company. Sevin Rosen Funds was founded in 1981 and is based in Dallas, Texas with additional offices in Austin, Texas; Palo Alto, California; and San Diego, California.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture; Incubation	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture; Incubation Office Location: Texas	Active Power Inc. (Prior Investment); Airband Communications, Inc. (Current Investment); AirWalk Communications, Inc. (Current Investment); Applied Science Fiction, Inc. (Prior Investment); Applied WDM, Inc. (Current Investment); AppTrigger, Inc. (Current Investment); Asure Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); BENCHMARQ Microelectronic (Prior Investment); Biap, Inc. (Current Investment); Borland Software Corporation (Prior Investment); Ceterus Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); Cheetah Optics (Prior Investment); Chiaro Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); ChipData, Inc. (Current Investment); Chorum Technologies Inc. (Prior Investment); Cicada Semiconductor, Inc. (Prior Investment); Community Health Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Compaq Computer Corp. (Prior Investment); ComSpace Corporation (Prior Investment); Convex Computer Corp. (Prior Investment); Covaro Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); Crystal Semiconductor (Prior Investment); Cyberonics Inc. (Prior Investment); Cyrix Corporation (Prior Investment); D2Audio Corporation (Prior Investment); DAZEL Corporation (Prior Investment); E/O Networks (Current Investment); Fuego, Inc. (Prior Investment); GENBAND, Inc. (Current Investment); GlobeRanger Corporation (Current Investment); iChoose, Inc. (Current Investment); InnerWireless, Inc. (Current Investment); InstaJob, LLC (Current Investment); Invodo, Inc. (Current Investment); IPmobile, Inc. (Prior Investment); Ipsum Networks, Inc. (Current Investment); Iris Labs, Inc. (Prior Investment); itzbig, Inc. (Current Investment); Javelin Semiconductor, Inc. (Current Investment); Keyotee, Inc. (Current Investment); Landmark Graphics Corp. (Prior Investment); Latus Lightworks, Inc. (Prior Investment); Metera Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); Monterey Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); Navarro Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); NetSocket, Inc. (Current Investment); NovusEdge, Inc. (Current Investment); Object Reservoir, Inc. (Prior Investment); OfficeDomain (Current Investment); Peranet (Prior Investment); ProNet, Inc. (Prior Investment); SensorLogic Incorporated (Current Investment); Shared Resources Exchange Inc (Current Investment); SiteStuff, Inc. (Prior Investment); Stock Smart Inc. (Current Investment); TeleCentric, Inc. (Current Investment); Tonic Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); TRAQ Wireless, Inc. (Prior Investment); TruLogica, Inc. (Prior Investment); Vadis, Inc. (Prior Investment); Verified Person, Inc. (Current Investment); Voyence, Inc. (Prior Investment); Wayport, Inc. (Prior Investment); Xtera Communications, Inc. (Current Investment); Xtra On-Line (Prior Investment); Zilker Labs, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.srfunds.com	Energy; Energy; Consumer Discretionary; Media; Healthcare; Information Technology; Software and Services; IT Services; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Components; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Nanotechnology; Electronic Components	Jaggers, John; Buehler, Alan; Bayless, Jon W.; Domenik, Stephen; Dow, Stephen M.; Kimzey, Jackie R.; McLean, David J.; Oxaal, John T.; Phipps, Charles H.; Schuele, Alan R.	Headquarters Two Galleria Tower 13455 Noel Road Suite 1670 Dallas, Texas 75240 United States Main Phone: 972-702-1100 Main Fax: 972-702-1103
EFO Holdings, L.P.	EFO Holdings is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed or startups to late venture investments in middle markets and mature companies. It invests in buyouts, turnarounds, and mezzanine financings. The firm also makes fund of funds investments nin private equity, public equity, hedge funds, real estate, fixed income, and alternative investments. The firm primarily invests in private equity opportunities, and will invest in all stages of a company's development. EFO?s private equity placements are typically in the following industries: banking, gaming, energy-related businesses, and waste disposal. The firm prefers opportunities to invest increasing amounts in successively larger rounds for an aggregate of $5 million or more. It will provide less than $500,000 for early-stage angel funding to as much as $10 million for later-stage or public equity investments. The firm will participate in follow-on financing rounds, and expects to hold investments for a substantial period. EFO prefers to be actively participating, either through a board seat or leading the transaction. EFO Holdings was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1994 and is still headquartered in Dallas with an additional office in Naples, Florida.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Blue Wing Global Logistics (Prior Investment); Caresmart Solutions, LLC (Current Investment); Deep Nines, Inc. (Current Investment); E/S Alternatives, LP (Current Investment); eCorp, LLC (Prior Investment); eCustomers, Inc. (Prior Investment); IntellAgent Controls (Prior Investment); MyOfficeProducts, Inc. (Current Investment); Navigator Telecommunications, LLC (Current Investment); NovaCentrix (Current Investment); NTE Aviation, Ltd. (Current Investment); Palm Beach Tan, Inc. (Current Investment); Platinum Research Organization, Inc. (Prior Investment); PsyCor International (Prior Investment); Pulsar Communications, Inc. (Current Investment); Ram Venture Holdings Corp. (Current Investment); RTMS Global, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); Smart Fleet (Prior Investment); The Empower Network (Prior Investment); The Place at Perry's (Current Investment); WCA Waste Corporation (Prior Investment); YourCause, LLC (Current Investment)	www.efoholdings.net	Energy; Energy; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Environmental and Facilities Services; Sanitary Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Casinos and Gaming; Gaming Operations; Financials; Banks; Diversified Financials; Capital Markets; Investment Banking and Brokerage; Investment Banking; Real Estate; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Home Entertainment Software; Entertainment Software; Computer Games	Esping, William P.; Krupala, Julie; Castleman, Ballard O.; Grammen, Robert P.; Adamson, David; Lancaster, Payne (Prior); Owen, David P. (Prior); Wallace, Larry (Prior)	Headquarters 2828 Routh Suite 500 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-849-9800 Main Fax: 214-849-9823 Other Phone: 214-849-9807
NGP Energy Capital Management	NGP Energy Capital Management is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in energy sector. The firm invests through its funds Natural Gas Partners, NGP Energy Technology Partners, and NGP Midstream & Resources. Through Natural Gas Partners, it seeks to make equity investments in oil and natural gas production, acquisition, exploitation, and development drilling companies, midstream and oilfield services companies, natural gas gathering and processing companies, and other energy related businesses. The firm may also invest in start-up companies and co-invest in direct oil and gas property interests alongside its portfolio companies. Through NGP Energy Technology Partners, it invests in growth capital and small buyout opportunities. The firm also provides capital to companies to pursue acquisition and consolidation strategies. It typically invests in companies that develop energy technologies and provide technology driven products and services to companies across the energy spectrum including companies involved in oil and gas, power, new energy requirement, electricity delivery and use, and alternative energy. The firm invests in North America based companies and invests between $5 million and $20 million per transaction. It prefers to lead transactions and seeks to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. Through NGP Midstream & Resources, the firm invests in buyouts in selected areas of energy infrastructure and natural resources sector primarily investing in midstream energy sector and all facets of mining, minerals, and related power sector. It invests in companies based in the North America and makes equity investments between $50 million and $250 million in the portfolio companies. The firm also provides senior debt and mezzanine capital to the energy industry through its subsidiary NGP Capital Resources Company. NGP Energy Capital Management was founded in 1988 and is based in Irving, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Bravo Natural Resources Inc. (Prior Investment); Bravo Natural Resources Inc. (Prior Investment); Celero Energy Company, LP (Current Investment); Cortez Oil & Gas, Inc. (Prior Investment); CRC-Evans Pipeline International, Inc. (Current Investment); Cross Canyon Energy Corp. (Current Investment); Crow Creek Energy, LLC (Prior Investment); DynaPump, Inc. (Current Investment); Eagle Rock Holdings, L.P. (Current Investment); Encore Acquisition Co. (Prior Investment); Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (Current Investment); Excel Energy Technologies, Ltd. (Prior Investment); Goldking Energy Corporation (Prior Investment); Montierra Minerals & Production, L.P. (Prior Investment); Network International, Inc. (Current Investment); NGP Capital Resources Company (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit); Permian Resources Holdings Inc. (Prior Investment); Primary Natural Resources Inc. (Prior Investment); Prism Gas Systems I, L.P. (Prior Investment); Prize Energy Corp. (Prior Investment); Proton Oil & Gas Corporation (Prior Investment); Redman Energy Corp. (Prior Investment); Spring Holding Co. (Prior Investment); Stanolind Oil and Gas Corp. (Prior Investment); Stream Gas & Electric, Ltd. (Current Investment); TEAK Midstream, LLC (Current Investment); Tide West Oil Co. (Prior Investment); Titan Exploration, Inc. (Prior Investment); Turbine Air Systems, Ltd. (Current Investment); Vista Energy Resources (Prior Investment); Wellbore Energy Solutions, LLC (Current Investment)	www.ngpenergycapital.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Drilling; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Machinery and Equipment; Oil and Gas Production Equipment; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Oil and Gas Production; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas; Natural Gas Liquids; Oil and Gas Distribution; Natural Gas Pipelines; Natural Gas Transmission; Materials; Materials; Metals and Mining; Precious Metals and Minerals; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Industry Specific Software; Energy Management Industry Software; Utilities; Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Utilities; Gas Utilities; Gas Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources; Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation	Hersh, Kenneth A.; Albin, David R.; Calvert, John Gregory; Raymond, John T.; Macklin, Rodd J.; Alhajji, Anas F.; Deutch, Philip J.; Schulman, Bruce D.; Ray, Christopher D.; Covington, Richard L.	Headquarters 125 East John Carpenter Freeway Suite 600 Irving, Texas 75062 United States Main Phone: 972-432-1440 Main Fax: 972-432-1441
The CapStreet Group, LLC	The CapStreet Group, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in growth capital, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, and going private transactions for a public company. It prefers to invest in outsourced business services, infrastructure, transaction processing, niche manufacturing, value-added distribution, energy-related products and services, healthcare products and services, consumer products and services, food processing, and pet food and supplies sectors. The firm primarily invests in companies based in Texas and other Sunbelt states. It typically invests between $10 million and $50 million in transactions ranging between $25 million and $200 million in value. The firm seeks to invest in companies with enterprise values of less than $150 million. It can also provide additional equity by co-investing with other investors. The firm prefers to invest in businesses that were previously owned by entrepreneurs, families, or other non-institutional investors. It primarily seeks to acquire control or significant minority investments in its portfolio companies. The firm has an active board involvement in setting strategic direction for its portfolio companies. It was formerly known as Summit Capital Group, Inc. The CapStreet Group, LLC was founded by Mr. George B. Kelly and Mr. Fred R. Lummis in 1990 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	ADvantage Outdoor Company LP (Prior Investment); Cardtronics Inc. (Current Investment); Cardtronics, LP (Prior Investment); Doane Pet Care Enterprises, Inc. (Prior Investment); Firststaff, Inc. (Prior Investment); GHX Incorporated (Current Investment); Hart InterCivic, Inc. (Prior Investment); HRAmerica, Inc. (Prior Investment); Jackson Products, Inc. (Prior Investment); MessagePro, Inc. (Prior Investment); Milam Enterprises, LLC (Prior Investment); River Oaks Imaging and Diagnostic, L.P. (Current Investment); Sprint Industrial Holdings, LLC (Prior Investment); Susser Holdings Corporation (Prior Investment); Team Express, Inc. (Prior Investment); Trajen Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Trillion Partners, Inc. (Prior Investment); Trinity Steel Fabricators, Inc. (Current Investment); Warren Alloy Valve & Fitting Company, L.P. (Current Investment)	www.capstreet.com	Energy; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Services; Retailing; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Food Products; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; IT Services; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services	Kelly, George B. (Board); Kohlmeyer, Katherine L.; Kallmeyer, M. Neil; Young, T. Michael; Lehnert, Erin; Blair, Nathan T.; De Lisi, Paul M.; Durrett, Park; Brazelton, Frederick W. (Prior); Chambers, Terry (Prior)	Headquarters 600 Travis Suite 6110 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-332-2700 Main Fax: 713-332-2701
TPG	TPG is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in startup, post startup, growth capital, turnaround, buyins, buyouts and investments in distressed companies. The firm manages funds specializing in private equity, venture capital, public equity, and debt investments. It prefers to invest in all sectors focusing on technology, financial and business resources, health care companies. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in the France, North America, U.S., Europe, and Asia. It typically invests in companies requiring equity investments between ?80 million ($117.77 milllion) and ?230 million ($338.62 million). The firm holds minority stake in its portfolio companies. TPG was founded in 1992 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas with additional offices in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Alltel Corporation (Prior Investment); American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (Current Investment); Belden & Blake Corp. (Prior Investment); Continental Airlines, Inc. (Prior Investment); Denbury Resources Inc. (Prior Investment); Direct General, Corp. (Current Investment); Energy Future Holdings Corporation (Current Investment); Findexa Co-Invest LLC (Current Investment); Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (Prior Investment); IASIS Healthcare Corporation (Current Investment); Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. (Current Investment); MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (Current Investment); Neiman Marcus Inc. (Current Investment); NRG Texas, LLC (Prior Investment); Sabre Holdings Corporation (Current Investment); TPG Newbridge Capital (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit); TPG Wafer Holdings, LLC (Current Investment); Valerus Compression Services, LP (Current Investment)	www.tpg.com	Energy; Energy; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Household Durables; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Hotels, Resorts and Cruise Lines; Travel and Tourism Services; Media; Retailing; Consumer Staples; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software; Website Infrastructure Software; E-Commerce Software; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); B2B Commerce; IT Services; IT Consulting and Other Services; Information Technology (IT) Consulting; Services Outsourcing; Internet Consulting; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Logistics Software; Systems Software; Wireless Access; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telephone and Telecommunications Equipment; Telecommunications Equipment; Networking Equipment; Wireless Networking Equipment; Computers and Peripherals; Computer Storage and Peripherals; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Diversified Telecommunication Services; Alternative Carriers; Broadband Telecommunications Services; Utilities; Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Utilities; Hydroelectric Power Generation; Electric Power Generation By Fossil Fuels; Electric Power Generation By Nuclear Fuels	Bonderman, David; Coulter, James G.; Boyce, Richard W.; Calice, Matthias; Carroll, Daniel A.; Coslet, Jonathan J.; Costeletos, Philippe M.; Dattels, Timothy David; Davis, Kelvin L.; Frantz, Gene J.	Headquarters 301 Commerce Street Suite 3300 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 United States Main Phone: 817-871-4000 Main Fax: 817-871-4010
BCM Technologies	BCM Technologies is a venture capital firm specializing in start-up and early stage investments. It seeks to invest in life sciences companies. The firm facilitates the commercialization of inventions by faculty members of the Baylor College of Medicine but may consider investments outside too. It prefers to lead seed and series A rounds and also co-invests in later rounds. BCM Technologies was founded in 1983 and is headquartered at Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	ADViSYS, Inc. (Prior Investment); Agennix Incorporated (Prior Investment); Amnion, Inc. (Prior Investment); Aronex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Prior Investment); Ceros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Prior Investment); Fairway Medical Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Kardia Therapeutics, Inc. (Current Investment); Lark Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Prior Investment); Medical Metrics, Inc. (Current Investment); MithraGen, Inc. (Current Investment); Molecular Logix, Inc. (Current Investment); Oncovance Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Opexa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Prior Investment); Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (Prior Investment); Prokaryon Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Repros Therapeutics Inc. (Prior Investment); RosettaMed, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sennes Drug Innovations, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sigma-Genosys LP (Prior Investment); Spectral Genomics, Inc. (Prior Investment); WOW! Publications, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.bcmtechnologies.com	Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology	Powaser, Christine B.; Glenn, Friedrich A.; Swartley, John S.; Wren, Julia M.; Hertzog, Benjamin; Overbeck, Glenda S.; Banks, Stephen J. (Prior); Brown, Alfred E. (Prior); Tufano, Paul K. (Prior)	Headquarters 1709 Dryden Road Suite 1790 Houston, Texas 77030 United States Main Phone: 713-795-0105 Main Fax: 713-795-4602
Claritas Capital	Claritas Capital is a private equity firm specializing in emerging growth, early, and expansion stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare and information services companies. Within healthcare, the firm focuses on healthcare information services; delivery of care; payment of care; and medical devices. In information services, it targets human resource and knowledge management; marketing; and transaction processing. Claritas Capital was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.	Tennessee	Texas	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee Geographies of Interest: Texas	ARGYLE Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); Cybera, Inc. (Current Investment); DigiScript, Inc. (Prior Investment); Empyrean Benefit Solutions, Inc. (Current Investment); HCA, Inc. (Current Investment); HCCA International, Inc. (Current Investment); iPayment Inc. (Prior Investment); Metadata, LLC (Current Investment); MyOutdoorTV, LLC (Current Investment); StudioNow, Inc. (Prior Investment); Surgical Health Group, LLC (Current Investment)	www.claritascapital.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Media; Media; Advertising; Marketing Services; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; IT Services; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Knowledge Management Software; Healthcare Industry Software; Health Care Technology; Health Care Technology; Professional Services; Human Resource and Employment Services	Chadwick, John H.; McLemore, J. Donald; Weaver, Shad (Prior)	Headquarters One Burton Hills Boulevard Suite 215 Nashville, Tennessee 37215 United States Main Phone: 615-665-8550 Main Fax: 615-665-2550
Brazos Private Equity Partners, LLC	Brazos Private Equity Partners, LLC is a private equity firm investing in buy and builds; recapitalizations of family-owned and private companies with owners seeking liquidity; acquisitions of non-core divisional spin offs of larger companies; going private acquisitions of orphaned small-cap publicly traded companies; and restructurings of family businesses to facilitate transitions to the next generation. The firm seeks to invest in manufacturing, consumer products, distribution, financial services, healthcare, media, and service sectors. It prefers to invest in the companies located throughout the United States, with a particular emphasis on Texas and the Southwest. The firm invests between $15 million and $100 million in companies having enterprise values between $50 million to $500 million. It seeks to make minority and control-oriented investments. The firm invests for a period of three years to seven years and exits its investments through a strategic sale, sale to the management team, recapitalization, or an IPO. Brazos Private Equity Partners, LLC was founded in 1999 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Cheddar?s Casual Caf?, Inc. (Prior Investment); Collins Financial Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Comark Building Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Ennispaint, Inc. (Current Investment); Equipment Equity Holdings, Inc (Current Investment); Lone Star Overnight, LP (Prior Investment); National Surgical Care, Inc. (Current Investment); Novo Networks Inc., prior to reverse merger with Berliner Communications Inc. (Prior Investment); ORS Nasco, Inc. (Prior Investment); Rennhack Marketing Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Republic Companies Group, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sadler's Bar-B-Que Sales, Ltd. (Current Investment); Shelter Distribution, Inc. (Prior Investment); Walls Industries, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.brazosinv.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Services; Media; Media; Retailing; Distributors; Healthcare; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Manufacturing Services; Manufacturing Services	Fojtasek, Randall S.; Fronterhouse, Jeffrey S.; McGee, Patrick K.; Salim, Michael D.; Askew, Glenn W.; Cutler, Lucas T.; Gaw, Benjamin; Beard, F. Russell; Mann, David R.; Sutherland, Jason D.	Headquarters 100 Crescent Court Suite 1777 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-756-6500 Main Fax: 214-756-6505
Capital Southwest Corporation (NasdaqGS:CSWC)	Capital Southwest Corporation is a public investment firm specializing in venture capital and private equity investments in small and medium sized businesses. It does not invest in startups, publicly traded companies, real estate developments, project finance opportunities, oil and gas exploration businesses, troubled companies, turnarounds, and companies in which significant senior management is departing. The firm provides equity financing for expansion, growth capital, acquisition financings, management buyouts, and recapitalizations. It also provides capital to early stage companies. The firm invests in diverse industries across the United States with a focus on the Southwest, Southeast, Midwest and Mountain Regions. It seeks to invest between $3 million and $10 million and can co-invest up to $40 million. The firm prefers to invest in companies with revenues and enterprise values between $5 million and $100 million and an EBITDA between -$1 million and $10 million. It prefers to take long term position of 20 years in its portfolio companies and also acquires minority ownership stakes between 20 percent and 45 percent. The firm also provides follow-on financing. Capital Southwest Corporation was founded in 1961 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Texas	ACI Group (Current Investment); Alamo Group Inc. (Current Investment); AllComponents, Inc. (Current Investment); Alltel Corporation (Prior Investment); Ampro Mortgage Corporation (Prior Investment); AT&T, Inc. (Prior Investment); BankCap Partners (Current Investment); Bill Young Productions, Inc. (Current Investment); BizMart, Inc. (Prior Investment); BlueMagic, Inc. (Current Investment); Bookstop (Prior Investment); Boxx Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Buypass Inc. (Prior Investment); Capital Southwest Corporation, ESOP (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit); CashWorks, Inc. (Prior Investment); Chase Medical, LP (Current Investment); Cherokee Communications (Prior Investment); Cinatra Clean Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); CMI Holding Company, Inc. (Current Investment); Columbia Scientific Industries (Prior Investment); Data Race, Inc. (Prior Investment); DataSpan, Inc. (Current Investment); Dennis Tool Company (Current Investment); Diamond State Ventures (Current Investment); Encore Wire Corp. (Current Investment); Extreme International, Inc. (Current Investment); First Capital Group (Current Investment); FMC Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); Heelys, Inc. (Current Investment); Intelligent Reasoning Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Jet-Lube, Inc. (Current Investment); Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Prior Investment); LiL'Things (Prior Investment); Metso Texas Shredder, Inc. (Prior Investment); Palm Harbor Homes Inc. (Current Investment); PaylinX Corporation (Prior Investment); Pharmacy Practice Group (Prior Investment); PharmaFab, Inc. (Current Investment); Rewind Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sasol North America, Inc. (Prior Investment); ShockWatch, Inc. (Current Investment); STARTech Foundation (Current Investment); Tecnol Medical Products (Prior Investment); Texas Capital BancShares Inc. (Prior Investment); The RectorSeal Corporation (Current Investment); The Sterling Group, L.P. (Current Investment); The Whitmore Group (Current Investment); U.S. Funds Express, Inc. (Prior Investment); VocalData, Inc. (Prior Investment); Wellogix, Inc. (Current Investment); Windstream Corporation (Prior Investment)	www.capitalsouthwest.com	-	Martin, Gary L. (Board); Morris, Tracy L.; Ashbaugh, William M.; Peterson, Jeff; Schwertner, Raymond D.; Thomas, William R.; Collier, Scott D. (Prior); Hamner, Patrick F. (Prior); Hodgson, Susan K. (Prior); Smith, Thomas (Prior)	Headquarters 12900 Preston Road Suite 700 Dallas, Texas 75230 United States Main Phone: 972-233-8242 Main Fax: 972-233-7362
Clayton Associates, LLC	Clayton Associates, LLC is a venture capital investment firm specializing in early-stage growth investments. It prefers to invest in healthcare related services and technology but may also consider other industries including technology, communications, diversified services, health sciences, and biotechnology. The firm also invests in selected real estate ventures. It prefers to invest in companies located in the Southeast of the United States. Clayton Associates, LLC was founded in 1996 and is based in Franklin, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee	Ardent Health Services LLC (Current Investment); ARGYLE Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); Ascendant Media, Inc. (Current Investment); Attentus Healthcare Company (Current Investment); Auxi Health, Inc. (Prior Investment); bytes of knowledge (Current Investment); Censis Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Community Care, Inc. (Prior Investment); Community Education Partners, Inc. (Current Investment); Continuum 700 LLC (Current Investment); Cumberland Advisors, LLC (Current Investment); Dover Resource Group, LLC (Current Investment); edo interactive, Inc. (Current Investment); Gordian Health Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); Haven Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (Current Investment); HCCA International, Inc. (Current Investment); HealthLeaders Inc. (Prior Investment); HealthMont, Inc. (Prior Investment); Healthstream Inc. (Prior Investment); IASIS Healthcare Corporation (Prior Investment); Infrastructure Corporation of America (Current Investment); Intechra Group LLC (Prior Investment); LinuxHPC (Prior Investment); LTA Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Medical Reimbursements of America, LLC (Current Investment); MyOfficeProducts, Inc. (Current Investment); New Day Pharmacy Corporation (Current Investment); Newline Realty, LLC (Current Investment); OrthoLink Physicians Corporation (Prior Investment); Passport Health Communications, Inc. (Current Investment); Pathfinder Therapeutics, Inc. (Current Investment); Paymaxx, Inc. (Prior Investment); PharmMD Solutions, LLC (Current Investment); ProfitPoint, LLC (Current Investment); ProMedTek, Inc. (Current Investment); Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); SmartDM Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sodexho Clinical Technology Management (Prior Investment); StudioNow, Inc. (Prior Investment); Tenvera, LLC (Current Investment); United Surgical Partners International Inc. (Prior Investment); Xtensia, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.claytonassociates.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Financials; Real Estate; Information Technology; Software and Services; IT Services; IT Consulting and Other Services; Information Technology (IT) Consulting; Services Outsourcing; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Life Sciences Tools and Services; Health Care Technology	McWhorter, R. Clayton (Board); McWhorter, Stuart C.; Rodgers, Richard W.; Cordell, Gary W.; King, Matthew A.; Kyriopoulos, Christopher F.; Allen, Nancy S. (Prior); Cook, Bill F. (Prior)	Headquarters 113 Seaboard Lane Suite A-250 Franklin, Tennessee 37067 United States Main Phone: 615-320-3070 Main Fax: 615-963-3847
Crist Ventures	Crist Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage technology companies. The firm typically invests in communications, Internet, media, and software sectors. Crist Ventures is based at Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Bynari, Inc. (Current Investment); EnLink Geoenergy Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Hispanic Teleservices Corporation (Prior Investment); Linux Alliance (Current Investment); Management Controls, Inc. (Current Investment); NovaCentrix (Current Investment); PaperChaser.com, Inc. (Current Investment); Payment Data Systems Inc. (Prior Investment); Provis Broadband (Current Investment); Realuse.com (Current Investment); SalvageSale, Inc. (Current Investment); The Business Supply Company (Current Investment); Vuico, Inc. (Current Investment); wisecity.com (Current Investment)	www.cristventures.com	Consumer Discretionary; Media; Media; Retailing; Internet and Catalog Retail; Internet Retail; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software; Website Infrastructure Software; E-Commerce Software; Online Services; Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Crist, Eugene Scott (Board)	Headquarters 1800 West Loop South Suite 475 Houston, Texas 77027 United States Main Phone: 713-599-1300
EnCap Investments L.P.	EnCap Investments L.P. is a private equity and venture capital firm seeking to provide capital for acquisitions, development projects, and execution of the company?s business plan. The firm typically provides capital incrementally and also for reserve acquisition and drilling project. It typically invests in independent sector of oil and gas industry in the United States. EnCap Investments L.P was founded in 1988 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup	Stages: Seed/Startup Office Location: Texas	3TEC Energy Corporation (Prior Investment); American Coastal Energy, Inc. (Prior Investment); Ark-La-Tex Energy, LLC (Current Investment); Bargo Energy Company (Prior Investment); Bold Energy, LP (Prior Investment); Caiman Energy, LLC (Current Investment); Common Resources, LLC (Current Investment); Copano Energy LLC (Prior Investment); Crimson Energy Partners, L.P (Prior Investment); Denbury Resources Inc. (Prior Investment); Destiny Oil & Gas, LLC (Current Investment); Eagle Oil & Gas Co. (Current Investment); Empresa Energy LLC (Current Investment); Escondido Resources, LP (Prior Investment); EV Energy Partners LP (Current Investment); Foothills Energy I (Current Investment); GFI Oil & Gas Corporation (Prior Investment); Grenadier Energy Partners, LLC (Current Investment); GulfTex Energy, LLC (Current Investment); HKN, Inc. (Prior Investment); Laredo Energy, L.P. (Prior Investment); Legado Resources, LLC (Current Investment); Manti Resources, Inc. (Current Investment); Marquette Exploration, LLC (Current Investment); Matrix Oil and Gas, Inc. (Prior Investment); Mediterranean Resources, LLC (Current Investment); Michael Petroleum corp (Prior Investment); MPAC Energy, LLC (Prior Subsidiary/Operating Unit); Navidad Resources, LLC (Current Investment); NCX Company LLC (Prior Investment); O'Benco II, LLC (Current Investment); Oasis Petroleum, LLC (Current Investment); Ogx Resources, LLC (Prior Investment); Ovation Energy, LP (Prior Investment); Paloma Resources, LLC (Prior Investment); Peregrine Oil & Gas LP (Current Investment); Petrohawk Energy Corporation (Prior Investment); PetroQuest Energy Inc. (Prior Investment); Phillips Energy Partners (Current Investment); Plains All American Pipeline LP (Current Investment); Plains Exploration & Production Company (Prior Investment); Plantation Petroleum Holdings III, LLC (Prior Investment); Protege Energy LLC (Prior Investment); Quest Eastern Resource LLC (Prior Investment); Red Arrow Energy, LLC (Current Investment); Riverbend Production LP (Prior Investment); Riverstone Energy Operating, LLC (Current Investment); Royal Offshore, LLC (Current Investment); San Juan Partners, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); Shona Energy Company, Inc. (Current Investment); Sierra 1996-I L.P. (Prior Investment); Staghorn Energy, LLC (Current Investment); Stroud Energy, Inc. (Prior Investment); Talon Oil & Gas LLC (Current Investment); Tempest Energy Resources, LP (Current Investment); Texoil, Inc. (Prior Investment); Unconventional Resources, LLC (Current Investment); Vulcan Energy Corp. (Current Investment)	www.encapinvestments.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Drilling; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Field Services; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Integrated Oil and Gas; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Oil and Gas Production; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas; Natural Gas Liquids; Oil and Gas Pipelines; Natural Gas Pipelines; Industrials; Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation	Zorich, Robert L.; Miller, David B.; Petersen, Gary R.; Haier, Robert H.; Bauer, Charles; Phillips, D. Martin; Wright, Donna C.; Bechtol, Brent R.; DeLorenzo, Jason M.; Kim, Hallie H.	Headquarters 1100 Louisiana Suite 3150 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-659-6100 Main Fax: 713-659-6130
Quantum Energy Partners	Quantum Energy Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyouts and mezzanine investments. The firm seeks to invest through common equity, preferred equity, and sub-debt with warrants in a limited partnership or a limited liability company and does not finance projects. It primarily invests in the oil and gas upstream and midstream sectors and, on a more select basis, will considers opportunities in the oil field services and equipment, coal, power generation and transmission, and renewable and alternative energy sectors. The firm prefers to invest in the United States and Canada region that includes North America. It seeks to invest between invest $200 million to $400 million chunks in oil, gas, oilfield services and midstream assets. The firm prefers to invest between $100 million and $400 million in companies with enterprise value of upto $1 billion. It prefers to invest for a period of three to seven years. Quantum Energy Partners was co-founded in 1998 and in based in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Lubbock, Texas and Albany, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup	Stages: Seed/Startup Office Location: Texas	Arena Resources, LLC (Current Investment); Celero Energy, LP (Prior Investment); Ceritas Energy II, LLC (Current Investment); Chalker Energy Partners II, LP (Prior Investment); Chalker Energy Partners III, LLC (Current Investment); Chalker Energy Partners, LP (Prior Investment); Crown Oil Partners II, LP (Prior Investment); Crump Energy Partners, LLC (Current Investment); Denali Oil & Gas Partners II, LP (Current Investment); Denali Oil & Gas Partners III, LLC (Current Investment); Denali Oil & Gas Partners, L.P. (Prior Investment); Dunn Exploration Company, LLC (Current Investment); EnergyQuest II, LLC (Current Investment); EnergyQuest Resources, LP (Prior Investment); EnSight Energy Partners, L.P. (Prior Investment); Icon NGS, LLC (Current Investment); Linn Energy, LLC (Prior Investment); Merchant Energy Partners (Current Investment); Parks & Luttrell Interests, LLC (Current Investment); Parks and Luttrell Inc. (Prior Investment); Primary Natural Resources Inc. (Current Investment); Quantum NGS Holdings, LLC (Current Investment); Rockford Energy Partners II, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); Sago Energy, LP (Prior Investment); Saxet Energy, Ltd. (Prior Investment); Sequoia Resources, LP (Current Investment); Tecton Energy, LLC (Current Investment); Tecton Energy, LLC investment arm (Current Investment); Texoil, Inc. (Prior Investment); Tri-C Resources, Inc. (Current Investment); Triton Energy Partners, LLC (Current Investment); Wapiti Energy, LLC (Current Investment)	www.quantumep.com	Energy; Energy; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Coal and Consumable Fuels; Coal Products; Utilities; Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Utilities; Hydroelectric Power Generation; Electric Power Generation By Fossil Fuels; Electric Power Generation By Nuclear Fuels; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources	VanLoh, S. Wil S; Jones, A. V.; Neugebauer, Toby R.; Denham, Michael A.; Burgher, Cedric W.; Bole, David L.; Campbell, John H.; Hines, Christopher C.; Smith, Alan L. (Board); Soler, Scott	Headquarters 1401 McKinney Street Suite 2700 Houston, Texas 77010 United States Main Phone: 713-452-2000 Main Fax: 713-225-5700
The Louisiana State University System Research and Technology Foundation, Investment Arm	The Louisiana State University System Research and Technology Foundation, Investment Arm is a venture capital arm of The Louisiana State University System Research and Technology Foundation. It is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.	Louisiana	Louisiana	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Louisiana Geographies of Interest: Louisiana	Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc. (Current Investment); Esperance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Current Investment); Infrastruct Security, Inc. (Current Investment); International Mezzo Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Portico Learning Solutions (Current Investment); TraceSecurity, Inc. (Current Investment)	-	Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals; Information Technology	Lovett, Joseph F.; Babb, Richard A.	Headquarters Post Office Box 25128 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70894 United States Main Phone: 225-578-8233 Main Fax: 225-578-0816
TrailBlazer Capital	TrailBlazer Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. The firm does not invest in life sciences and biotech sectors. It prefers to invest in business software and services companies. The firm typically invests in companies based in Southwest region in Dallas. It invests in businesses that require a maximum of $5 million of total capital. TrailBlazer Capital was founded in 2006 by Mr. David S. Matthews and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Oklahoma; Texas	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Oklahoma; Texas	NetSocket, Inc. (Current Investment); VariView Technology LLC (Prior Investment)	www.trailblazercap.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Education Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Diversified Consumer Services	Fontenot, Joel; Matthews, David S.	Headquarters 300 Crescent Court Suite 1000 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-880-4180
Sternhill Partners	Sternhill Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed, start-up, and early stage technology companies. The firm primarily invests in information technology equipment and related software sector, including processing, servers, and appliances; storage subsystems; IP-based voice and data communication; wireless and wire-line broadband communications products and services; home networking; IP-based audio and video entertainment technologies and products; web appliances; and business software applications and tools. It prefers to invest in companies based in Southwestern United States with a focus on Texas. However the firm also considers investments in West Coast and Northeastern corridor and has allocated 20 to 30 percent of its funds and investments for the region. It seeks to invest in companies that can attain revenues of $ 100 million by the end of the fourth year of investment. The firm seeks to own a significant, though not controlling, share in its portfolio companies. It typically prefers to own a share between ten and 20 percent, including at least one Board seat. The firm may also seek representation on board committees, like the audit and compensation committees. It seeks to exit its investments within seven years. The firm does not prefer investing in first-timers or projects that require incubation. Sternhill Partners was founded by Mr. Bob Stearns and Mr. Marc Geller in 1999 and is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	ClearCube Technology, Inc. (Current Investment); Homewrite, Inc. (Prior Investment); iVita Corporation (Prior Investment); Kurion.com (Prior Investment); Navini Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); RLX Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); Surgient, Inc. (Current Investment); Times N Systems (Prior Investment)	www.sternhillpartners.com	Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Household Durables; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Peripherals; Internet Appliances; Media; Media; Retailing; Internet and Catalog Retail; Internet Retail; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); IT Services; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services; Networking Services; Software; Application Software; Multimedia Software; Video Software; Audio Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Networking Equipment; Network Security; Computers and Peripherals; Computer Hardware; Servers; Computer Storage and Peripherals; Data Storage; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Diversified Telecommunication Services; Alternative Carriers; Broadband Telecommunications Services; Wireless Telecommunication Services; Wireless Telecommunication Services	Geller, Marc; Stearns, Robert W.; O'Leary, Mary Helen; Bouldin, Cheri; Gross, Dave; Ghori, Mansoor (Prior); Hill, Ned (Prior); Thompson, Carleton K. (Prior)	Headquarters 777 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 250 Houston, Texas 77056 United States Main Phone: 713-622-2727 Main Fax: 713-622-3529
Yellowstone Capital Inc.	Yellowstone Capital Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in acquisition of and investment in small to medium sized companies. It typically invests in start-up, growth capital, and buyout transactions. Within buyouts, the firm avoids investing in start-ups in manufacturing and food processing and beverage industries. It does not invest in capital intensive activities and ownership of commodities or natural resources. In branded food and beverage sector, the firm does not invest in start-ups, produce growers, and meat processors. It typically invests in alternative and renewable energy technologies, industrial and energy equipment, oilfield manufacturing, manufacturing, healthcare and life sciences, and branded food and beverage sectors. Within the alternative and renewable energy technology, the firm primarily targets the businesses involved in solar power, energy storage, wind energy, clean coal technologies, and alternative fuels; and invests in companies supplying equipment and materials to original equipment manufacturers. In the healthcare sector, it seeks to make venture capital investments in startup companies, focusing on biotechnology and interventional medical services. In the industrial and energy equipment manufacturing, the firm seeks to invest in energy, general industrial and medical sector. In the branded food and beverage sector, it invests in branded products and value added food processing firms with a focus on specialty food, ethnic items, complete meal brands, beverages, and snacks. The firm prefers to invest in companies with operations in the United States or at least a majority of their operations in the United States. It seeks to provide between $3 million and $10 million equity capital in its buyout activities. For its venture capital and minority stake investing, the firm seeks to invest between $50,000 and $3,000,000 per investment. It prefers to acquire industrial and oilfield equipment manufacturing firms with at least $10 million revenues for standalone acquisitions. In the food processing and beverage sector, the firm seeks to invest in firms having minimum revenue of $10 million. It prefers to make its acquisitions and investments by primarily employing a majority investor "buyout" approach although a venture capital or minority investment model is also employed, particularly in the healthcare and life sciences and alternative and renewable energy sectors. In the healthcare, life sciences, and alternative and renewable energy technology industries, the firm may consider investing in earlier stage enterprises. Within buyouts, it seeks to invest in control positions with greater than 50 percent ownership but, at the same time does not require 100 percent ownership. Within venture capital investments, the firm prefers to accept minority positions only in certain healthcare, life science, and alternative and renewable energy technology investments. It seeks to participate actively in the board of directors of the portfolio companies of its buy-out business. The firm seeks to be a lead or majority investor in a buyout, and in venture capital and makes minority investments in private and public companies. Yellowstone Capital Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Agennix Incorporated (Prior Investment); Chung?s Foods, Inc. (Current Investment); FemPartners, Inc. (Current Investment); GeneMedicine, Inc. (Prior Investment); Grayloc Products, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); HelioVolt Corporation (Current Investment); IDev Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc. (Current Investment); Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (Current Investment); RGene Therapeutics, Inc. (Prior Investment); Senscient Inc. (Current Investment); Spectral Genomics, Inc. (Prior Investment); United Meridian Corp. (Prior Investment); Utopia Spring Water, Inc. (Prior Investment); Yellowstone Brands Ltd. (Current Investment); Yellowstone Energy Products LLP (Current Investment)	www.yellowstonecapital.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Machinery and Equipment; Oil and Gas Field Exploration Machinery; Oil and Gas Production Equipment; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Coal and Consumable Fuels; Industrials; Capital Goods; Electrical Equipment; Electrical Components and Equipment; Electric Lighting and Wiring Equipment; Institutional Electric Lighting Fixtures; Heavy Electrical Equipment; Power Generation Equipment; Transmission and Distribution Equipment; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Beverages; Food Products; Packaged Foods and Meats; Prepared and Preserved Foods; Snack Food; Ethnic Foods; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Medical Testing, Analyzing, and Diagnostic Equipment; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Utilities; Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Power Generation By Nuclear Fuels; Electric Power By Solar Energy; Electric Power By Wind Energy; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources; Alternative Fuels; Fuel Cells; Biofuels	Sawaf, Omar A. (Board); Owen, Richard M.; Brewer, William D.	Headquarters 5555 San Felipe Suite 1650 Houston, Texas 77056 United States Main Phone: 713-650-0065 Main Fax: 713-650-0055
Bush O'Donnell Capital Partners, LLC	Bush O'Donnell Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity arm of Bush O'Donnell & Co., Inc. The firm provides in mezzanine and equity securities for growth opportunities, management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and change of control to middle market businesses. It makes investments in niche manufacturers, value added distributors, business service providers, consumer products businesses, and retailers. The firm targets companies located in the Midwest region in the United States. It invests between $2 million and $10 million in companies with revenues between $5 million and $100 million. The firm seeks to invest in companies with recurring annual revenues of $5 million or more. It does not invest in start-ups, turnaround situations, or companies with project based revenues. The firm is a licensed Small Business Investment Company (SBIC). Bush O'Donnell Capital Partners, LLC is located in St. Louis, Missouri.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	Accu-Therm, Inc. (Current Investment); AHM Financial Group, LLC (Current Investment); Appistry Inc. (Current Investment); AVChem, Inc. (Prior Investment); Bakers Footwear Group Inc. (Prior Investment); Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. (Prior Investment); Deal$-Nothing Over a Dollar L.L.C. (Prior Investment); Delve LLC (Current Investment); Eagle Industries Unlimited, Inc. (Prior Investment); Franchise Concepts, Inc. (Current Investment); FURminator, Inc. (Current Investment); Incentive Concepts, LLC (Current Investment); Inergy, L.P. (Current Investment); JRI Industries, L.L.C. (Current Investment); Laclede Chain Manufacturing Company (Current Investment); McCormick Scientific, LLC (Prior Investment); Mississippi Valley Capital Co. (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit); Shaver Foods, LLC (Prior Investment); The Alliance for Community Health, LLC (Prior Investment); The Nu-Era Group, LLC (Current Investment); VTG Holdings, Inc. (Current Investment); Whitney Design, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.bushodonnell.com/capitalpartners/index.htm	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Consumer Staples	O'Donnell, James Vincent; Fesler, Scott D.; Bush, William Henry Trotter; Geis, Benjamin M.; Koster, Matthew; Smith, Wayne L.	Headquarters 101 South Hanley Suite 1250 St. Louis, Missouri 63105 United States Main Phone: 314-727-4555 Main Fax: 314-727-8829
CapSources Inc.	CapSources Inc. is a principal investment arm of CapSource Financial specializing in investments in growth stage companies. The firm typically invests between $250,000 and $1.5 million in its portfolio companies. It seeks to invest in subordinated debts with warrants for common stock at interest rates above commercial lending rates. The debt may be made with interest-only monthly payments or with some periodic amortization of principal with a balloon at maturity. The firm exits its investments in five years. It is an SBIC. CapSources Inc. is based at Ridgeland, Mississippi with additional offices at Dallas, Texas and Houston, Texas.	Mississippi; Texas	-	-	Office Location: Mississippi	Accuship, Inc. (Prior Investment); Baskin's Department Stores, Inc. (Current Investment); Future Matrix Interventional, Inc. (Current Investment); Gulf Coast Holdings, Inc. (Current Investment); Heritage Solutions, Inc. (Current Investment); Kiko Foods, Inc. (Current Investment); McAlister's Corporation (Current Investment); Metro Meter Service, Inc. (Current Investment); MTI Industrial Sensors (Current Investment); New Century Technology Solutions, Inc. (Current Investment); Occupational Marketing, Inc. (Current Investment); Occupational Medical Resources, Inc. (Current Investment); On Site Fuel Service, Inc. (Current Investment); Polygon Aerospace, Inc. (Current Investment); Reed Food Technology, Inc. (Current Investment); Spectrum Management, L.L.C. (Current Investment); Uni-Pixel Inc. (Current Investment); Vicksburg Marine International (Current Investment); Way2Smart, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.capsources.com	-	Butler, Eugene L.; Hicks, Larry M.; Herndon, James R.; Martin, Charles R.; Weatherly, Bobby F.; Ray, R. Rand (Prior)	Headquarters 795 Woodlands Parkway Suite 100 Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 United States Main Phone: 601-899-8980 Main Fax: 601-952-1334
Energy Spectrum Capital	Energy Spectrum Capital is a private equity arm of Energy Spectrum Advisors, Inc. specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest exclusively in the energy sector. Within the midstream investments, it seeks to invest in oil and gas gathering and transportation systems, processing and treating facilities, storage facilities, and other infrastructure assets. The firm also prefers to invest in energy service and power development companies. It seeks to invest between $20 million and $40 million in its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to exit its investments between three years and seven years. Energy Spectrum Capital was founded in 1996 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc. (Prior Investment); Aspen Pipeline L.P. (Current Investment); Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. (Current Investment); Bayard Drilling Technologies (Prior Investment); C&J Energy Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Chi Partners, LLC (Current Investment); Clear Creek Energy Services, LLC (Current Investment); Denali Oil & Gas Partners II, LP (Current Investment); Denali Oil & Gas Partners III, LLC (Current Investment); Denali Oil & Gas Partners, L.P. (Current Investment); Enerven Compression, LLC (Prior Investment); Falcon Gas Storage Company, Inc. (Prior Investment); Forrest Drilling Company, LLC (Current Investment); Frontier Field Services, LLC (Prior Subsidiary/Operating Unit); Hackberry Partners LP (Current Investment); Hoover Energy Partners LP (Current Investment); Infinity Resources, LLC (Current Investment); Kaler Energy Partners, LLC (Current Investment); Lake Ronel Energy Partners, LP (Current Investment); Laser Midstream Company, LLC (Prior Investment); Midstream Energy Services, LLC (Current Investment); Orbit Energy Partners, LLC (Current Investment); Orion Energy Resources, LLC (Current Investment); Pinnacle Natural Gas Company (Prior Investment); Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Falcon Gas Field and Related Projects (Prior Investment); Pueblo Midstream Gas Corporation (Prior Investment); SemGroup Corporation (Prior Investment); Sherman Gathering System (Prior Investment); Spectrum Field Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Strata Directional Technology Inc. (Prior Investment); Suemaur Exploration & Production, LLC (Current Investment); Texas Energy Midstream, LP (Current Investment); The Ceritas Group, LLC (Current Investment); Tobin International, Inc. (Prior Investment); Tristate Midstream LP (Current Investment); Velocity Midstream Partners, LLC (Current Investment); Voyager Energy, LLC (Current Investment)	www.energyspectrumcapital.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Drilling; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Oil and Gas Exploration Services; Utilities; Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Power By Solar Energy; Electric Power By Wind Energy; Independent Power Producers and Energy Traders; Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation	Benson, James P.; Spann, James W.; White, Leland B.; Whitener, Thomas O.; Fischer, Alison K.; Kogan, Craig W.; Lowry, Terry A.; Carson, Glen C. (Prior); Cogan, Craig (Prior); Tassin, Sidney L. (Prior)	Headquarters 5956 Sherry Lane Suite 900 Dallas, Texas 75225 United States Main Phone: 214-987-6100 Main Fax: 214-987-6110
HM Capital Partners LLC	HM Capital Partners LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market and mature companies. It seeks to invest in, the acquisition of under-managed, under-capitalized or under-appreciated assets and their transformation into strategically relevant assets; acquisition of divisions or products that have no management; acquisition of divisions or assets of large corporations; acquisition of distressed businesses going either through a restructuring or bankruptcy process; acquisition or recapitalization of privately owned or publicly traded businesses; and growth opportunities. The firm seeks to make control investments in companies operating in the, media sector, with a focus on new media technologies and companies offering multiple exit strategies; consumer products sector; energy sector, with a focus on on-shore United States natural gas value chain (both upstream and downstream) and new capital projects or strategic acquisitions that will generate returns in varying commodity price environments; food and beverages sector, with a focus on undermanaged or no management situations, as in the case of a divestiture of a single brand or product line and businesses that have an inappropriate cost structure with opportunity for savings by rationalizing expenses; financial services sector; information services sector; and niche manufacturing sector. It prefers to invest in companies based in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. The firm typically invests in transactions valued between $100 million and above $1 billion. HM Capital Partners LLC was founded in 1989 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Activant Solutions Holdings Inc. (Prior Investment); AMFM Inc. (Prior Investment); Arena Brands, Inc. (Prior Investment); ARGUS Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); Atrium Companies, Inc. (Prior Investment); Berg Electronics Corporation (Prior Investment); BlackBrush Energy, Inc. (Current Investment); Capstar Broadcasting Corp. (Prior Investment); Capstar Broadcasting Partners, Inc. (Prior Investment); CC Media Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Chancellor Broadcasting Company (Prior Investment); Coho Energy Inc. (Prior Investment); Crain Industries, Inc. (Prior Investment); Handango, Inc. (Prior Investment); HMTF Holdings (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit); Home Interiors & Gifts Inc. (Prior Investment); Internet AutoParts, Inc. (Current Investment); Jackson Products, Inc. (Prior Investment); LLS Corporation (Prior Investment); Marcus Cable Company, LP (Prior Investment); Microtune Inc. (Prior Investment); Morningstar Group, Inc. (Prior Investment); NextJet Technologies (Current Investment); Regal Entertainment Group (Prior Investment); Regency Energy Partners LP (Prior Investment); SunTerra Resources LLC (Current Investment); TexStar Field Services, L.P. (Prior Investment); TexStar Midstream Services, LP (Current Investment); Trident NGL Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); TriDimension Energy, LP (Current Investment); Vectrix Business Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); Viasystems Group Inc. (Current Investment); Wirekraft Industries, Inc. (Prior Investment); YP One Publishing, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.hmcapital.com	Energy; Energy; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas; Oil and Gas Distribution; Natural Gas Pipelines; Natural Gas Transmission; Industrials; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Media; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Food Products; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Utilities; Utilities; Gas Utilities; Gas Utilities; Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation	Muse, John R. (Board); Furst, Jack D. (Board); Knickel, David W.; Brodsky, Peter S.; Colonnetta, Joseph V.; Downie, Jason H.; Herring, Edward Edward; Rosen, Andrew S.; Hopkin, Daniel J; Jaudes, William	Headquarters 200 Crescent Court Suite 1600 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-740-7300 Main Fax: 214-740-7888
HO2 Partners	HO2 Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. It also makes initial investments in seed or A round. The firm prefers to invest in the following areas: wireless software, services, and infrastructure; RFID software and services; and IP-based media and communications. It primarily invests in companies headquartered in Dallas-Fort Worth or other Texas cities. The firm invests in companies that can achieve valuations of $200 million or more in three years to five years. It seeks to take a seat on the Board of Directors and acts as the lead or co-lead investor. The firm also leads the first venture round of funding. It participates in follow-on rounds of its most successful portfolio companies with the objective of owning an equity stake between 10 percent and 15 percent at exit. HO2 Partners was founded in 1997 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	GlobeRanger Corporation (Current Investment); Ignite Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); InnerWireless, Inc. (Current Investment); OfficeDomain (Prior Investment); TRAQ Wireless, Inc. (Prior Investment); Voyence, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.ho2.com	Consumer Discretionary; Media; Media	Humphreyson, Charles B.; Owen, Daniel T.; Gorman, Dennis; Gross, Diane (Prior)	Headquarters 13455 Noel Road Two Galleria Tower Suite 1670 Dallas, Texas 75240-6620 United States Main Phone: 972-702-1107 Main Fax: 972-702-8234
Main Street Capital Corporation (NasdaqGS:MAIN)	Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in equity, equity related, and debt investments in small and lower middle market companies. The firm focuses on investments in warrants, PIK (Payment in Kind) interest, convertible securities, junior secured or unsecured, subordinated loans, mezzanine investments, management buyouts, ownership transitions, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, business expansion, growth financings, and other growth initiatives primarily for later stage businesses. It does not seek to invest in start-up companies or companies with speculative business plans. It seeks to invest in traditional or basic businesses. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the Southern, South Central, and Southwestern regions of the United States but also considers other domestic investment opportunities. It invests between $2 million and $15 million in companies with revenues between $10 million and $100 million, enterprise values between $3 million and $50 million, and EBITDA between $1 million and $10 million. The firm seeks to charge a fixed interest rate between 12 percent and 14 percent, payable in cash, in case of its mezzanine loan investments. The firm typically invests in the form of term debt with equity participation and/or direct equity investments. It prefers to maintain fully diluted equity positions in its portfolio companies of 5 percent to 50 percent, and may have controlling interests in some instances. The firm also co-invests with other investment firms. It seeks to exit its debt investments through the repayment of the investment from internally generated cash flow and/or refinancing within a period of three to seven years. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 1997 and is based at Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	About Hair, Inc. (Prior Investment); Advantage Millwork Company (Current Investment); All Hose & Specialty, LLC (Prior Investment); Avail Consulting, LLC (Prior Investment); Boots & Coots, Inc. (Prior Investment); Cafe Brazil Management, Inc. (Current Investment); Drilling Info, Inc. (Current Investment); East Teak Fine Hardwoods, Inc. (Prior Investment); EMS Pipeline Services LLC (Prior Investment); Enserv LLC (Prior Investment); Everyones Internet, Inc. (Prior Investment); Hawthorne Customs & Dispatch Services, LLC (Current Investment); Hoist Parts, Inc. (Current Investment); Houston Plating and Coatings, LLC. (Current Investment); iDriveonline, Inc. (Prior Investment); Lamb Ventures, L.P. (Current Investment); Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc. (Prior Investment); Laurus Healthcare, LP (Current Investment); NAPCO Precast, LLC (Current Investment); National Cardiovascular Partners, LP (Current Investment); National Trench Safety, LLC (Current Investment); OMi Crane Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); OMi Crane Systems, Inc. And Hoist Parts, Inc. (Current Investment); Quanta Services Inc. (Prior Investment); Quest Design and Production, LLC (Current Investment); Technical Innovations, Inc. (Current Investment); Texas Taxi, Inc. (Prior Investment); Thermal and Mechanical Equipment Company (Current Investment); Travis Aggregates, Ltd. (Prior Investment); Turbine Air Systems, Ltd. (Prior Investment); Universal Scaffolding Equipment, LLC (Current Investment); US Concrete Inc. (Prior Investment); Uvalco Supply, LLC (Current Investment); Wicks n' More, LLC (Current Investment); Worldcall Internet Incorporated (Current Investment)	www.mainstreethouston.com	Energy; Materials; Industrials; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Staples; Healthcare; Information Technology; Telecommunication Services; Utilities	Foster, Vincent D. (Board); Reppert, Todd A. (Board); Galvan, Michael S.; Hartman, Curtis L.; Hyzak, Dwayne L.; Magdol, David; Stout, Rodger A.; Beauvais, Jason B.; Cannon, Susan; Shuford, Robert M.	Headquarters 1300 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 800 Houston, Texas 77056 United States Main Phone: 713-350-6000 Main Fax: 713-350-6042
Pacesetter Capital Group	Pacesetter Capital Group is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in expansion and acquisition investments. The firm seeks to invest in broadcasting with the focus on radio, TV, and cable; specialty manufacturing with the focus on food processing, electronics, and plastics; services; communication; and technology infrastructure sectors. It prefers to invest in the companies based in the Southwestern region of United States. The firm seeks to invest between $1 million and $3 million and can do larger transactions. It is an S.B.I.C. Pacesetter Capital Group was formed in 1970 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Advanced PC Products, Inc. (Current Investment); Argon Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Cambium Learning Group, Inc. (Current Investment); Carleton Construction Inc. (Current Investment); Cocina De Mino, Inc. (Current Investment); Erlang Technology, Inc. (Current Investment); First American Communications Enterprises, Inc. (Current Investment); ipGen (Prior Investment); JP Mobile Inc. (Prior Investment); M68 Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); McDonald Technologies International, Inc. (Current Investment); Metrikus Corporation (Current Investment); Mobile Express Capital Corporation, Inc. (Prior Investment); New Century Packaging Systems, LLC (Prior Investment); NuChoice Foods, Inc. (Current Investment); Omega Contractor Inc. (Current Investment); QVS, Inc. (Current Investment); Sharktooth Destin Inc. (Current Investment); Sim?us Foods International, Inc. (Prior Investment); Star Concessions Ltd. (Current Investment); SyChip, Inc. (Prior Investment); TexCorp Communications (Current Investment); Tripac International, Inc. (Current Investment); Vista Stores, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); White Rock Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.pacesettercapital.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Consumer Discretionary; Media; Media; Broadcasting; Information Technology; Software and Services; IT Services; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Lawhorne, Donald R.; Villalba, Felix; Kamath, Divakar R.; Barrera, Mary A.; Pullman, Patrick W.; Vaid, Rahul; Borda, Guillermo (Prior); De Jes?s, Francisco (Prior); Gerron, Thomas G. (Prior); Graul, Martin S. (Prior)	Headquarters 2435 North Central Expressway Suite 200 Richardson, Texas 75080 United States Main Phone: 972-991-1597 Main Fax: 972-991-4770
Quintana Capital Group, L.P.	Quintana Capital Group, L.P. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in start-ups, growth equity, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, buy and builds, and joint ventures. The firm prefers to invest in the energy and natural resource sector with a focus on under-exploited conventional oil and gas producing properties; unconventional oil and natural gas resources and plays; hydrocarbon storage and midstream gathering, processing, and transportation; niche downstream processing, including refinery expansion or upgrades; coal mining operations, equipment, and infrastructure; power generation, transmission, and plant services including operations and maintenance; engineering procurement and construction businesses with good track records, intellectual property, and/or niche skills; energy-related industrial manufacturers, services companies, and distributors; clean coal and emission technologies; renewable and alternative energy projects; natural resource, mineral, and shipping opportunities; and cycle-tested oilfield service companies and/or management teams looking to capitalize on market opportunities, expand customer base, and/or make acquisitions. Its equity investments range between $10 million and $125 million, while it typically makes investments between $10 million and $50 million. The total transaction sizes by the firm may exceed $500 million with the use of leverage and co-investments. It seeks to take controlling ownership stakes or significant minority positions where negative control mechanisms are in place. The firm requires board representation and significant influence over critical capital structure, corporate governance, and key strategic and operational decisions. Quintana Capital Group, L.P. is based in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Midland, Texas; and Beijing, China.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup	Stages: Seed/Startup Office Location: Texas	AmerCable, Inc. (Current Investment); Beryl Resources GP LLC (Prior Investment); CIS-Oklahoma, Inc. (Current Investment); Cypress E&P Corporation (Current Investment); Deep Gulf Energy LP (Current Investment); Directional Drilling Co. (Current Investment); East Texas Oil & Gas LLC (Current Investment); Energy Future Holdings Corporation (Current Investment); Genesis Energy, Inc. (Current Investment); Greystone Petroleum LLC (Prior Investment); Gulfstream Terminals & Marketing LLC (Current Investment); Integrated Downhole Solutions LLC (Current Investment); Kopper-Glo Fuel, Inc. (Current Investment); Measurement While Drilling Services, LLC (Current Investment)	www.qeplp.com	Energy; Energy; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas; Materials; Materials; Metals and Mining; Coal and Consumable Fuels; Bituminous Coal And Lignite Mining; Anthracite Coal Mining; Precious Metals and Minerals; Industrials; Capital Goods; Construction and Engineering; Construction and Engineering; Construction Support Services; Engineering, Architectural, and Surveying Services; Engineering Services; Trading Companies and Distributors; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Automobiles and Components; Auto Components; Auto Parts and Equipment; Exhaust and Emission Controls; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Utilities; Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Utilities; Hydroelectric Power Generation; Electric Power Generation By Fossil Fuels; Electric Power Generation By Nuclear Fuels; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources; Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation	Robertson, Corbin J. (Board); Cornell, Paul J.; Soetenga, Loren J.; Evans, Donald L. (Board); Hawkins, Warren S. (Board); Morris, Brock E. (Board); Robertson, Corbin J. (Board); Robertson, William K. (Board); Danielson, Benjamin C.; McDonald, Jimmy A.	Headquarters 601 Jefferson Street Suite 3600 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-751-7527 Main Fax: 713-751-7580
SCF Partners	SCF Partners is a private equity firm specializing in middle markets and buyouts. The firm typically invests in companies engaged in the energy equipment and service. It primarily invests in companies that are based in North America and operate throughout the world. The firm typically makes upfront equity investments between $10 million and $50 million per transaction. It provides partial or full owner liquidity on initial acquisition. The firm seeks exit its investments through public offering, merger, or subsequent sale. SCF Partners was founded in 1989 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Calgary, Canada and Scotland, United Kingdom.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Adcor-Nicklos Drilling Company, Inc. (Prior Investment); Allied Technology Services, Inc. (Current Investment); AWI Drilling and Workover Inc. (Prior Investment); Canyon Offshore, Inc. (Prior Investment); Coastal Towing, Inc. (Prior Investment); Complete Energy Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Complete Production Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Continental Emsco Company (Prior Investment); Diamond Products International, Inc. (Prior Investment); Drexel Oilfield Services Inc. (Prior Investment); Drilex International Inc. (Prior Investment); Fiber Glass Systems, L.P. (Prior Investment); Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Geokinetics International Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Global Flow Technologies (Current Investment); Gulf Publishing Company (Prior Investment); Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Hydraulic Well Control, LLC (Prior Investment); I.E. Miller Services, L.P. (Prior Investment); ION Geophysical Corporation (Prior Investment); Key Energy Services Inc. (Prior Investment); Newpark Resources Inc. (Prior Investment); NuFlo Measurement Systems (Prior Investment); Offshore Joint Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Oil States Energy Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Oil States Industries, Inc. (Prior Investment); Oil States International Inc. (Prior Investment); Price Gregory Services, Incorporated (Prior Investment); Pumpco Energy Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Q Services Inc. (Prior Investment); Quanta Services Inc. (Current Investment); Reef Chemical Co, Inc. (Current Investment); Sooner Pipe, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); Tubular Corp. of America (Prior Investment); Varco International Inc. (Prior Investment); Wellogix, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.scfpartners.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies	Simmons, Laurence E.; DeLuca, Anthony F.; Geddes, John W. H.; Baldwin, David C.; Waite, Andrew L.; Eaton, Theresa W.; Walters, Logan M.; Ballantyne, Ray A. (Prior); Clarke, John U. (Prior); Day, Timothy H. (Prior)	Headquarters 600 Travis Suite 6600 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-227-7888 Main Fax: 713-227-7850
Stonehenge Capital Company, LLC	Stonehenge Capital Company, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in private equity, tax credit finance, and structured finance. It is an investment holding company and also invests through its subsidiaries and funds. Through its venture capital and private equity funds, the firm invests in equity, mezzanine, debt financing, and other financial services. It targets the entertainment industry including film tax credit financing and capital for entertainment infrastructure such as movie and performing arts theatres including historic structures; film and television production facilities; and entertainment venues such as sports and amusement facilities. The firm also provides protection against tax credit recapture. It also provides tax credit finance services to public and private companies for federal and state tax credit transactions including substantial state income tax savings realized through the use of film tax credits. Additionally, it supports, but is not limited to, venture capital incentives, motion picture incentives, new markets tax credits, historic preservation tax credits, low income housing tax credits, conservation tax credits, renewable energy tax credits, research and development tax credits, net operating loss credits, and many others. Stonehenge Capital Company, LLC was co-founded in 1999 and is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with additional offices across United States. The firm operates as a subsidiary of Stonehenge Financial Holdings, Inc.	Louisiana; Missouri; Texas	-	-	Office Location: Louisiana	Asynchrony Solutions, Inc. (Current Investment); AVChem, Inc. (Current Investment); Callais CableVision (Prior Investment); Edgen Murray Corporation (Prior Investment); Equifax Enabling Technologies LLC (Prior Investment); Genesis Offshore, LLC (Current Investment); Glass Master, LLC (Prior Investment); GlobalStreams, Inc. (Current Investment); Golfballs.com, Inc. (Current Investment); IMDiversity.com (Current Investment); Infrastruct Security, Inc. (Current Investment); LoanSurfer.com (Prior Investment); Louisiana Film Development Co., LLC (Current Investment); Mass Sensors Inc. (Prior Investment); Nova Technology Corporation (Prior Investment); O.S. Johnson, Inc. (Current Investment); Operator Qualification & Safety Group (Prior Investment); Paramount Nissan, LLC (Current Investment); Partner Communications & Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Physicians' Edge, Inc. (Current Investment); PJ?s Coffee of New Orleans, LLC (Prior Investment); ProTier (Prior Investment); Quick Study Radiology, Inc. (Prior Investment); Rockwood Capital Advisors, LLC (Current Investment); Rotorcraft Leasing Company, L.L.C. (Current Investment); SAVVIS Inc. (Prior Investment); SensorTran, Inc. (Current Investment); Sequel Limited, LLC (Current Investment); Shield Pack, LLC (Current Investment); Stereotaxis Inc. (Prior Investment); Stonehenge Growth Capital, LLC (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit); Surgient, Inc. (Current Investment); T & K Machine Inc. (Current Investment); Voxitas, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.stonehengecapital.com	Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Leisure Facilities; Amusement And Recreation Services; Sports and Related Services; Museums, Art Galleries And Gardens; Museums And Art Galleries; Historical And Heritage Sites; Media; Media; Broadcasting; Television; Movies and Entertainment	Meuse, David R. (Board); Adamek, Thomas J.; LeBlanc, Gordon S.; Gowdy, Barry G.; Hutchins, Pamela S.; Whittington, Shelley G.; Witten, John P.; Brooks, Ronald D.; Craven, Michael K.; Lay, William	Headquarters 236 Third Street Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801 United States Main Phone: 225-408-3000 Main Fax: 225-408-3090
The Catalyst Group, Inc.	The Catalyst Group, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in mezzanine and equity investments in middle market companies. The firm invests in PIPES, middle markets, acquisitions, management buyouts of private companies or divisions of larger companies, recapitalizations of family owned or closely held companies, growth and expansion capital, and generational changes in ownership. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, distribution, and service sectors. The firm does not invest in real estate, oil and gas exploration and production, and financial services. It typically invests in the United States with a focus on the Southwest region. They make the investments from personal funds and from investment partnerships formed specifically for each investment. For its equity investments, the firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $10 million. For its mezzanine investments, it invests between $1 million and $7 million. The firm invests in companies having revenues between $10 million and $100 million and a minimum operating profit of $1 million. It invests in companies that are in operation for a minimum of three years. The firm structures its investments in the form of preferred equity, subordinated debt with warrants, or a combination of both. It seeks advisory board membership on its portfolio companies. The firm takes both majority and minority equity positions in its investee companies. It exits its investments between five years and seven years. The Catalyst Group, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	A&M Tubular Services (Prior Investment); ACR Group, Inc. (Prior Investment); Aluma-Craft Corporation, Inc. (Prior Investment); Bo Gray Casing Co. (Prior Investment); Bynari, Inc. (Current Investment); DataCert, Inc. (Prior Investment); Deck the Walls, Inc. (Prior Investment); Elliott Valve & Repair Company (Prior Investment); Elliott Valve Mid-Continent (Prior Investment); Flintlock/Faroy (Prior Investment); Franchise Concepts, Inc. (Prior Investment); Gexa Corp. (Prior Investment); Greene's Energy Group, LLC (Prior Investment); Hendee Enterprises, Inc. (Prior Investment); Home Fragrance Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Industrial Equipment Rentals, Inc. (Prior Investment); KIXZ/KMML/KQAC KIXZ, et al. (Prior Investment); LHC Group, Inc. (Current Investment); Lone Star Overnight, LP (Prior Investment); Manifold Valve Service, Inc. (Prior Investment); Multi-Shot, LLC (Current Investment); ProSight Technology Inc. (Current Investment); Quaadros (Prior Investment); Quality Woodwork Interiors, Inc. (Prior Investment); Rent America (Prior Investment); Sandy McGee's (Current Investment); SEI MetalTek, Inc. (Current Investment); ServiceIQ L.L.C. (Prior Investment); South Hampton Resources, Inc. (Prior Investment); SpectraCell Laboratories, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sport Clips, Inc. (Prior Investment); Table Toys, Inc. (Prior Investment); The Benham Companies, LLC (Prior Investment); Vulcan Iron Works, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.tcgfunds.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors	Herrman, Rick; Nixon, Ronald T.; Linn, Roger; Weathers, Walter T.; McCale, Dianne; Gillioz, Stephen (Prior); Hall, Fred J. (Prior); Holsted, David S. (Prior); Kobza, John D. (Prior); Kulhanek, Lisa (Prior)	Headquarters Box 2156 Fort Davis, Texas 79734 United States Main Phone: 713-623-8133
Two Rivers Associates, L.L.C	Two Rivers Associates, L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in lower middle market transactions. It does not prefer to invest in seed or early stages and in incubating nascent technologies or business concepts. The firm seeks to invest in small cap buyouts, acquisitions, and recapitalizations. It seeks to provide expansion capital to closely held private companies; sponsors the management in corporate spin-offs; and focuses on going private transactions for orphaned public companies. The firm primarily invests in industry components, instrumentation and systems, communications products and services, business services, and logistics and distribution. It typically invests in companies based in Mid America with a focus on core of the region. The firm seeks to invest between $10 million and $20 million per transaction in company with revenue between $25 million and $100 million. Two Rivers Associates, L.L.C. was founded in 1984 and is based in Clayton, Missouri.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	Abiliti Solutions (Prior Investment); Asynchrony Solutions, Inc. (Current Investment); AVChem, Inc. (Current Investment); BATES Sales Company (Current Investment); BMC Software Inc. (Prior Investment); CompuCom Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Cutting Edge Optronics, Inc. (Prior Investment); D&K Healthcare Resources Inc. (Prior Investment); Digital Concepts (Current Investment); ESCO Technologies Inc. (Prior Investment); GlobalStreams, Inc. (Current Investment); LoanSurfer.com (Prior Investment); Mass Sensors Inc. (Current Investment); NetSolve Inc. (Prior Investment); NextCare Hospitals, Inc. (Prior Investment); Partner Communications & Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); PaylinX Corporation (Prior Investment); Physicians' Edge, Inc. (Current Investment); Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC (Current Investment); Quick Study Radiology, Inc. (Current Investment); Rehabcare Group Inc. (Prior Investment); SAVVIS Inc. (Prior Investment); Sportshuddle.com (Prior Investment); Stereotaxis Inc. (Prior Investment); TALX Corporation (Prior Investment); Tivoli Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Urocor, Inc. (Prior Investment); Voxitas, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.tworiversassociates.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Transportation; Air Freight and Logistics; Air Freight and Logistics; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Anagnostopoulos, Constantine E.; Ford, Richard F.; Cross, Robert L.; McCarthy, John S.; Dill, Charles A.; Adorjan, Joseph J. (Prior); Johnson, Gregory R. (Prior); Lewis, Mark B. (Prior)	Headquarters 8000 Maryland Avenue Suite 330 Clayton, Missouri 63105 United States Main Phone: 314-721-5707 Main Fax: 314-721-5135
Blue Sage Capital	Blue Sage Capital is a private equity investment firm specializing in investments in established companies, divestitures, and growth capital investments in small middle market companies. It also invests in companies where family business owners desire liquidity and/or asset diversification. The firm seeks to invest in industrial, distribution, service, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, and media industries. It primarily invests in the Texas and South Western regions of the United States. The firm may consider investing in other regions within the United States in certain cases. It typically invests between $5 million and $10 million over the life of an investment and can co-invest with other investors for larger transactions. The firm seeks opportunities in portfolio companies with revenues between $5 million and $100 million and enterprise values between $10 million and $100 million. It invests through equity or equity-linked securities including preferred stock and in select cases, through subordinated debt with warrants. Additionally, the firm seeks board representation in its portfolio companies and can take either minority or control positions. It does not invest in banks, life insurance companies, oil and gas exploration and development projects, real estate development, early stage technology risk companies, and companies located outside of the United States. The firm is an SBIC. Blue Sage Capital is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Ashbrook Simon-Hartleym L.P. (Current Investment); Environmental Design, Inc. (Current Investment); Hoak Media Corporation (Current Investment); Mr. Gatti's, L.P. (Current Investment); MultiCam LP (Current Investment); Omniflight Helicopters, Inc. (Prior Investment); Parker Uniforms, L.P. (Current Investment); Texas Capital BancShares Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.bluesage.com	Energy; Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Media; Media; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Healthcare	Baskin, Bo; Huff, Peter; McBride, James D.; Cardwell, Jack C.; Bendicksen, Beverly R.; Boon, Emily; Peterson, Hunter R. (Prior)	Headquarters 114 West 7th Street Suite 820 Austin, Texas 78701 United States Main Phone: 512-536-1900 Main Fax: 512-236-9215
Covera Ventures	Covera Ventures, formerly known as Sabine Ventures Management, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in the technology sector with a focus on infrastructure; wireless and mobility; software; technology-enabled services; digital media; internet content; media; and wireless communications. It invests in companies based in the United States and Canada region. The firm seeks to invest between $1 million to $5 million in its portfolio companies and additional for subsequent expansion. Covera Ventures was founded in 1998 and is based in Austin, Texas, with an additional offices in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Alert Logic, Inc. (Current Investment); Applied WDM, Inc. (Prior Investment); AppTrigger, Inc. (Current Investment); ComSpace Corporation (Prior Investment); CoreTrace Corporation (Current Investment); Fracta Networks (Prior Investment); ibooks.com (Prior Investment); Innography Ltd. (Current Investment); Integral Wave Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); Interactive TKO, Inc. (Current Investment); Metreos Corporation (Prior Investment); MINDFLOW Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); Ripcode, Inc. (Current Investment); SensorLogic Incorporated (Current Investment); Sirific Wireless Limited (Prior Investment); StorSpeed Inc. (Current Investment); Voxpath Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.coveraventures.com	Consumer Discretionary; Media; Retailing; Internet and Catalog Retail; Internet Retail; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Application Hosting Services; Application Service Providers (ASPs); Wireless Application Service Providers; IT Services; Software; Systems Software; Operating System Software; Wireless Devices Software; Wireless Access; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Networking Equipment; Wireless Networking Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Wireless Telecommunication Services	Hunt, Ray L.; Coffey, Steve; Williams, Jeffrey A.; Nelson, Benjamin; Jolly, Brian; Eckerman, Chris; Klein, Danny; Bierman, Mike (Prior); Hurtekant, Tom (Prior); Murray, Fulton (Prior)	Headquarters 6300 Bridgepoint Parkway Building 1 Suite 500 Austin, Texas 78730 United States Main Phone: 512-795-5870
JatoTech Ventures	JatoTech Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. The firm prefers to invest in technology companies that seek to create new markets with a focus on semiconductors companies. It initially invests between $500,000 and $3 million in a company and expects to invest between $5 million and $8 million over the life of an investment. The firm prefers to be the first venture investor. JatoTech Ventures was founded by Mr. Walt Thirion and Ms. Molly Pieroni and is based in Austin, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Bandspeed, Inc. (Current Investment); Britestream Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); Cygnal Integrated Products (Prior Investment); Locale Systems Corporation (Current Investment); NetEffect, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.jatotech.com	Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Networking Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors	Hunt, Keri; Pieroni, Molly; Thirion, Walt; Ray, Dan; Faizullabhoy, Danial (Prior)	Headquarters 6300 Bridgepoint Parkway Building 1 Suite 500 Austin, Texas 78730 United States Main Phone: 512-795-5860 Main Fax: 512-692-2868
Trellis Partners	Trellis Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage and start up companies. The firm prefers to invest in technology companies. Tellis Partners was co-founded by Mr. John L. Long, Jr. and Mr. H. Leland Murphy in 1997 and is based in Austin, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	BetweenMarkets, Inc. (Prior Investment); Covasoft, Inc. (Prior Investment); Debix One, Inc. (Current Investment); Extreme Devices (Prior Investment); GENBAND, Inc. (Current Investment); Novoforum (Current Investment); Questlink Technology, Inc. (Prior Investment); TelOptica, Inc. (Current Investment); Tonic Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); Wayport, Inc. (Prior Investment); WholeSecurity, Inc. (Prior Investment); Works, Inc. (Prior Investment); Xtera Communications, Inc. (Current Investment); Zilliant, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.trellis.com	Information Technology	Long, John L.; Murphy, H. Leland; Broeker, Alexander C.; Eagle, Sonja J.	Headquarters 2600 Via Fortuna Suite 150 Austin, Texas 78746 United States Main Phone: 512-330-9200 Main Fax: 512-330-9400
Chevron Technology Ventures L.L.C.	Chevron Technology Ventures L.L.C. is a venture capital investment arm of Chevron Corp. specializing in early stage and fund of fund investments. The firm invests in power, energy, and technology sectors. The firm invests in information technology, hardware and software, advanced materials including nanomaterials and MEMs technology, networking, intelligent devices, wireless communications, fuel processing and hydrogen infrastructure, renewable energy technologies, hydrocarbon processing, power quality technologies, separation, catalysis, advanced exploration, downhole processing and communications, deepwater production and development, heavy oil upgrading, sensors, improved production, and fuel additives and lubricants. It invests in companies whose technologies can create value for existing Chevron businesses. The firm focuses on developing technology to foster the use of hydrogen-powered fuel cells. It also invests in businesses to develop and commercialize technology in advanced battery systems, renewables, hydrogen, and nanomaterials. The firm makes equity investments. Chevron Technology Ventures L.L.C. was founded in 1999 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in San Ramon, California.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	AKM Enterprise, Inc. (Current Investment); Axonn, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); DeepFlex, Inc. (Current Investment); DynaPump, Inc. (Current Investment); Galveston Bay Biodiesel, LP (Current Investment); MicroSeismic, Inc. (Current Investment); OpenSpirit Corporation (Current Investment); TradeCapture, Inc. (Current Investment); Tubel Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); UniPure Corporation (Current Investment)	www.chevron.com/technologyventures/	Energy; Energy; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Oil and Gas Exploration Services; Oil and Gas Production; Industrials; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Application Hosting Services; Application Service Providers (ASPs); Wireless Application Service Providers; Software; Systems Software; Operating System Software; Wireless Devices Software; Wireless Access; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Networking Equipment; Wireless Networking Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Components; Microelectronics; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Wireless Telecommunication Services; Utilities; Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources; Nanotechnology; Electronic Components	Flanders, Dana; Gable, James; Coyle, George; Hanten, John; Paul, Donald L.; Riley, Don; Angel, Ricardo; Pardoe, Richard; Unneland, Trond; Detz, Cliff (Prior)	Headquarters 3901 Briarpark Road Houston, Texas 77042-5301 United States Main Phone: 713-954-6974 Main Fax: 713-954-6388 Other Phone: 713-954-6803
Incyte Ventures	Incyte Ventures is a venture capital firm. The firm prefers to invest in medical devices. It was founded in 2009 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Bio2 Medical, Inc. (Current Investment); Vidacare Corporation (Current Investment)	-	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology	Castella, Paul; Dean, Alan	Headquarters San Antonio, Texas United States
S3 Ventures	S3 Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. It prefers to invest in Southwestern United States with a focus on Texas. The firm investments start from $100,000 for a seed round to several million for a series A or B financing. It seeks to invest in companies or professionals with unique technology that can become a category defining opportunity, seeking to launch after significant engagement with customers and a technology that is approaching market readiness. S3 Ventures is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in Houston, Texas.	Texas	Texas	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Invodo, Inc. (Current Investment); Phurnace Software Inc. (Prior Investment); StoredIQ, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.s3vc.com	-	Smith, Brian R.; Banks, Stephen J.; Locklear, Bob (Prior); Schellhase, James A. (Prior)	Headquarters 11910 Volente Road Suite 2 Austin, Texas 78726 United States Main Phone: 512-258-1759 Main Fax: 512-853-9303
Teakwood Capital, L.P.	Teakwood Capital, L.P. is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in growth capital and management buyouts. The firm can invest in the form of mezzanine debt and preferred stock. It prefers to invest in businesses based in Texas and neighboring states. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $4 million in growth capital with at least $2 million invested in each business over time and between $4 million and $20 million in management buyouts. It targets its equity investments in companies having EBITDA between $500,000 and $3 million of break-even up to $3 million and revenue under $25 million. The firm can also consider larger businesses and larger investments. In growth capital, it makes non-control investments between 25 percent and 49 percent and in management buyouts, the firm makes control investments of more than 50 percent. The firm seeks to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. It does not invest in turnarounds, early stage and seed stage, energy exploration and speculation, restaurants, and real estate principal investments. Teakwood Capital, L.P. is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Global Acceptance Credit Company LP (Current Investment); Manexa, Inc. (Current Investment); MyOpenJobs, LLC (Current Investment); The Whitley Printing Company, L.L.C. (Current Investment); Western Reserve Capital Management (Current Investment); Zoom Interactive Marketing, LLC (Current Investment)	www.teakwoodcapital.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Financials; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Application Hosting Services; Application Service Providers (ASPs); Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Enterprise Data Management; Databases; Utilities; Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources	Kelly, Shawn L.; Olkkola, Edward E.; Shimer, Daniel L.; Beckert, Richard N. (Prior)	Headquarters Douglas Plaza 8226 Douglas Avenue Suite 355 Dallas, Texas 75225 United States Main Phone: 214-750-1590 Main Fax: 214-750-1468
Emergent Technologies, Inc.	Emergent Technologies, Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. It typically invests in life science, nanotechnology, application convergence between information technology and biotechnology, alternative energy applications, and chemical engineering which are reviewed by the grant review committees. It seeks to invest in breakthrough technologies with proven viability. The firm typically forms, funds, commercializes, and manages companies that convert institutional and university-based technology into ventures. Emergent Technologies Inc. was co-founded by Mr. Rene H. Garcia; Mr. Thomas W. Burke, Jr.; Mr. Thomas A. Harlan; and Mr. Jeri Harlan in 1989 and is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in Lubbock, Texas.	Texas	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Texas	AeonClad Coatings, LLC (Current Investment); Auxano Biologics, Ltd. (Current Investment); Choncept LLC (Current Investment); Detekt Biomedical L.L.C. (Current Investment); Entercel Ltd. (Current Investment); Heparinex LLC (Current Investment); Mimetic Solutions, LLC (Current Investment); Pure Transplant Solutions, L.L.C (Current Investment); Receptor Logic (Current Investment); Selenium, Ltd. (Current Investment)	www.emergenttechnologies.com	Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Components; Utilities; Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources; Nanotechnology; Life Sciences Tools and Services; Electronic Components	Harlan, Thomas A. (Board); Burke, Thomas W.; Garcia, Rene H.; Harlan, Jeri; Clark, Edward K. (Board); Hoopingarner, John B.; Albert, Diane; Merrifield, Ed; Taylor, Tony; Windsor, Brian	Headquarters 11412 Bee Caves Road Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78738 United States Main Phone: 512-263-3232 Main Fax: 512-263-3236
Lone Star New Markets LP	Lone Star New Markets LP is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and middle market investments. The firm typically makes equity investments between $1 million and $10 million in private companies based in low to moderate income areas of Texas. It co-invests with Lone Star Growth Capital LP. Lone Star New Markets LP was founded in 2004 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Concrete Related Products, Inc. (Current Investment); Energy Steel Products, LLC (Current Investment); K&D Plastics LP (Current Investment); Neuro Resource Group, Inc. (Current Investment); Tote Systems International, LP (Current Investment)	www.lonestarnewmarkets.com	-	Hollingsworth, Arthur W.; Camp, Keith M.; Riggs, Jack A.; Henson, Eryn D.	Headquarters 13355 Noel Road Suite 1750 Dallas, Texas 75240 United States Main Phone: 972-702-7390 Main Fax: 972-702-7391
North Texas Opportunity Fund	North Texas Opportunity Fund is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in small to middle market enterprises. It seeks investment opportunities in privately held companies or divisions of larger companies that have defensible market positions, predictable exposure to risks, and attractive growth prospects either internally through core revenue growth or externally through strategic acquisitions. The firm also expects to acquire platform companies to pursue growth build ups through strategic acquisitions or execute rapid rollouts of multiple location concepts. It invests in minority or women owned or managed companies located anywhere in North Texas. The firm also invests in enterprises which are located in or willing to expand operations to underserved North Texas region markets, with a special emphasis on the southern sector of Dallas. North Texas Opportunity Fund was founded in 2000 and is headquartered at Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Fresh America Corp. (Current Investment); Hammerman & Gainer, Inc. (Current Investment); Instaff Holding Corporation (Current Investment); PrimeSource FoodService Equipment, Inc. (Current Investment); Yellow Checker Cab Company (Current Investment)	www.ntofund.com	-	Hollingsworth, Arthur W.; Campbell, Gregory A. (Prior); Sweetser, Luke M. (Prior)	Headquarters 2200 Ross Avenue Suite 3800 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-438-4100 Main Fax: 214-438-4133
Pharos Capital Group, LLC	Pharos Capital Group, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in later stage equity funding for internal growth, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, and recapitalizations. The firm prefers to invest in companies engaged in the healthcare, business services, and applied technology sectors. It seeks to invest in companies that are undercapitalized businesses in underserved regions in the United States. The firm prefers to invest between $10 million and $30 million in companies having revenues between $10 million and $300 million. It seeks to invest in companies having enterprise values between $50 million and $400 million. The firm targets transactions sizes ranging from $10 million to over $200 million. It typically acts as a lead or co-lead investor in portfolio companies. The firm exits its investments through sale to a financial buyer, IPO, recapitalization, or sale to a strategic buyer. It seeks to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. Pharos Capital Group, LLC was founded in 1998 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee with an additional office in Dallas, Texas.	Tennessee; Texas	-	-	Office Location: Tennessee	Alereon, Inc. (Current Investment); American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (Current Investment); Ascendant Media, Inc. (Current Investment); Back Yard Burgers Inc. (Prior Investment); Continuum 700 LLC (Current Investment); Gordian Health Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); Handango, Inc. (Current Investment); IASIS Healthcare LLC (Prior Investment); LTA Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Medfinders, Inc. (Current Investment); Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); Reel FX, Inc. (Current Investment); SmartDM Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); SunGard VeriCenter, Inc. (Prior Investment); Tritel, Inc. (Prior Investment); Windsor Health Group, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.pharosfunds.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Healthcare; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Application Software	Crants, D. Robert; Devlin, Michael W.; Youngblood, Kneeland C.; Davis, Kimberly; Phillips, James W.; Cullen, Melinda; Goldberg, Joel A.; LeFebvre, Dale (Prior)	Headquarters 1 Burton Hills Boulevard Suite 180 Nashville, Tennessee 37215 United States Main Phone: 615-234-5522 Main Fax: 615-263-0234
Prolog Ventures	Prolog Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. It seeks to invest in life sciences and related information technology sectors. The firm prefers to invest in traditional healthcare opportunities as well as emerging areas including nutrition, wellness, and green technology. Prolog Ventures was founded in 2000 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.	Missouri	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Missouri	Akermin, Inc. (Current Investment); Altheus Therapeutics, Inc. (Current Investment); APT Therapeutics, Inc. (Prior Investment); Chlorogen, Inc. (Prior Investment); Divergence, Inc. (Current Investment); Everest Biomedical Instruments Company (Prior Investment); Inoveon Corporation (Current Investment); Kereos, Inc. (Current Investment); Quick Study Radiology, Inc. (Current Investment); Stereotaxis Inc. (Current Investment); Symbiontics, Inc. (Prior Investment); Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.prologventures.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmaceuticals; Vitamins and Nutritional Supplements; Utilities; Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources; Health Care Technology; Health Care Technology	Clevinger, Brian L.; Johnson, Gregory R.; Nykin, Ilya B.; Murray, Michelle E. (Board); Karslake, Christine A. (Prior)	Headquarters 7701 Forsyth Boulevard Suite 1095 St. Louis, Missouri 63105 United States Main Phone: 314-743-2400 Main Fax: 314-743-2403
Redstone Capital Partners	Redstone Capital Partners is an investment arm of The Redstone Companies specializing in leveraged buyouts, recapitalization, and growth capital investments in the lower end of the middle market. The firm does not invest in startups, early stage high technology, and biotech companies. It seeks to invest between $5 million and $15 million in companies having maximum enterprise values of $50 million and revenues between $10 million and $50 million. The firm prefers controlling stakes and acquires minority stakes in its portfolio companies. It seeks to exit its investments within five to seven years. Redstone Capital Partners is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	American Express Business Finance (Prior Investment); Benchmark Hospitality, Inc. (Current Investment); BlueRock Energy Capital, Ltd. (Current Investment); Cafe Annie (Prior Investment); Cafe Express LLC (Current Investment); Camden Property Trust (Prior Investment); DATACentric Broadband (Prior Investment); Good Time Stores, Inc. (Current Investment); Green Bank, National Association (Current Investment); HHN Homes, LP (Current Investment); Martin Preferred Foods LP (Prior Investment); Northwest Bank, National Association (Houston, TX) (Prior Investment); Olivette (Current Investment); Popeye?s Chicken and Biscuits, 10 units (Current Investment); The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa (Current Investment); Whataco Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.redstonecapitalpartners.com	-	Shindeldecker, David C. (Board); Solomon, David L. (Board); Hayes, Pam; Lerner, Steven D. (Board); Millard, Ronald E. (Board); O'Neil, Tracy; Henricksen, Robert F.; Melman, Gil M.	Headquarters 109 North Post Oak Lane Suite 200 Houston, Texas 77024 United States Main Phone: 713-266-1899 Main Fax: 713-266-1800
Salix Ventures	Salix Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and later stage companies. The firm does not make investments in seed or very early stage health care information technology companies. It exclusively invests in health care services and health care information technology companies with a special focus on provider-based businesses including companies providing outsourced services to provider-based businesses; health care payors including companies providing outsourced services to health care payors; companies that provide outsourced services to pharmaceutical companies; and health care information technology companies providing tools and systems. It prefers to invest in companies based in the United States. The firm seeks to invest between $5 million and $7 million per company and typically invest half of that amount in the first round of funding with similar amounts reserved for future private financing rounds. It prefers to co-invest. The firm seeks to be an active investor in its portfolio companies. It prefers investment opportunities in companies that already have the Chief Executive Officer on board of the company. Salix Ventures was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional offices in San Francisco, California, and Andover, Massachusetts.	Tennessee	Tennessee	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee Geographies of Interest: Tennessee	Caris Life Sciences, Inc. (Prior Investment); Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (Prior Investment); SemperCare, Inc. (Prior Investment); Theraphysics Corporation (Prior Investment); U.S. Renal Care, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.salixventures.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; IT Services; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Industry Specific Software; Healthcare Industry Software; Health Care Technology; Health Care Technology	Grant, Christopher; Ward, David; Ivy, Rob; Donovan, Mark; Felsenthal, Martin R. (Prior)	Headquarters 30 Burton Hills Boulevard Suite 370 Nashville, Tennessee 37215 United States Main Phone: 615-665-1409 Main Fax: 615-665-2912
Sanders Morris Harris Private Equity	Sanders Morris Harris Private Equity is the investment arm of Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc. specializing in investment in equity and equity linked securities of late stage private and small public companies. The firm invests through its diversified family of funds. Sanders Morris Harris Private Equity was founded in 1996 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in New York, New York.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Avista Resources, Inc. (Current Investment); Dune Energy Inc. (Prior Investment); Foothills Resources Inc. (Prior Investment); IESI Corp. (Current Investment); Internet America, Inc. (Prior Investment); Lombardi Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); Novoforum (Current Investment); OpenPlus International, Inc. (Current Investment); Remote Knowledge Inc. (Current Investment); RigNet, Inc. (Current Investment); Select Sports Group, LLC (Current Investment); Synagro Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); United Fuel & Energy Corp., Prior to Reverse Merger with Cardlock Fuels System Inc. (Prior Investment); US Dataworks Inc. (Prior Investment); Wayport, Inc. (Prior Investment); Westside Energy Corp. (Prior Investment)	www.smhgroup.com/smh/privateequityfunds.html	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Environmental and Facilities Services; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Drug Delivery Technologies; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmaceutical Products; Generic Pharmaceuticals	Davis, Charles L.; Gale, James C.; Cobbs, Jerald S.; Hansen, Albert; Leung, Kenneth Ch'uan-k'ai; McMaken, Bruce Robert	Headquarters 600 Travis Suite 3100 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-250-4272
Sant? Ventures, LLC	Sant? Ventures, LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and growth capital investments. The firm also invests in startups. It typically invests first or second round of institutional capital (Series A or B). The firm generally prefers to invest at the growth stage in healthcare service companies. It does not invest in companies developing new biotechnology or pharmaceutical compounds. The firm prefers to invest in medical technology, healthcare services, and healthcare information technology companies. Within medical technology, it invests in diagnostics, devices, and equipment. In healthcare services, the firm prefers to invest in physician-partnered clinical services, consumer internet, and business process outsourcing. It typically invests in the United States. The firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $6 million and targets $4 million to $12 million in total capital invested over the life of a company. The firm also co-invests. It prefers to be a lead investor in its portfolio companies. It seeks to take board membership in its portfolio companies. Sant? Ventures, LLC is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee.	Tennessee; Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	BioStable Science & Engineering, Inc. (Current Investment); Hospitalists Now, Inc. (Current Investment); Molecular Templates, Inc. (Current Investment); Protein Discovery, Inc. (Current Investment); Spinal Restoration, Inc. (Current Investment); Terapio Corporation (Current Investment); TVA Medical, Inc. (Current Investment); Zeno Corporation (Current Investment)	www.santeventures.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Testing, Analyzing, and Diagnostic Equipment; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Health Care Technology	Cunningham, Joe; French, Douglas D.; Lalande, Kevin M.; Macdaniel, Alfred; Cunningham, C. Casey; Murphy, Jenny; Cohn, William E.; Graham, Jim; Khalil, Omar; Lang, Joel	Headquarters Frost Bank Tower 401 Congress Avenue Suite 2950 Austin, Texas 78701-3902 United States Main Phone: 512-721-1200
BroadBand Venture Partners	Broadband Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that specializes in privately held growth companies in the data networking, enterprise applications, telecommunications and application service provider (ASP) industry. It prefers to invest in companies located throughout Texas and the Southwest region of the United States. The firm invests in early-stage companies seeking between $1 and $5 million in venture financing. Broadband Venture Partners is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	ComSpace Corporation (Prior Investment); Cynergy System Design, Inc. (Current Investment); Fuego, Inc. (Prior Investment); Picasso Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); Pulse Broadband LLC (Current Investment); SunGard VeriCenter, Inc. (Prior Investment); Telecom Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.bvpartners.com	Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Application Hosting Services; Application Service Providers (ASPs); Enterprise Applications; IT Services; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services; Data Management; Networking Services; Software; Application Software; Office and Home Productivity Software; Networking and Telecommunications Software; Enterprise Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Networking Equipment	Drossos, John A.; Juracek, Jim; Hall, R. Grayson (Prior); Hardcastle, William R. (Prior); Love, Andrew G. (Prior)	Headquarters 5950 Sherry Lane Suite 750 Dallas, Texas 75225 United States Main Phone: 214-346-3800 Main Fax: 214-346-3808
Capital Point Partners	Capital Point Partners is a private equity firm specializing in providing mezzanine securities to middle market companies. It prefers to invest in buyout, recapitalization and refinancing, mergers and acquisition, and growth and expansion situations. The firm does not invest in start-up or development-stage companies, financial restructuring or bankruptcy reorganization, financial institutions, real estate, and oil and gas exploration. It prefers to invest in wide variety of industries with a focus on manufacturers, service-oriented businesses, distributors, retailers, and other specialty businesses across many industries. The firm typically invests in Continental United States and in select opportunities within Canada and Mexico. It typically invests between $3 million and $15 million in companies with annual revenues and operating income of $20 million and $2.5 million respectively. The firm seeks to provide $20 million of capital or more on an individual transaction. It prefers to invest in sponsored and non-sponsored companies with minority ownership position. The firm seeks to invest in both private and public companies. It prefers to make interest-bearing debt investments, primarily focusing on senior subordinated debt with warrants. The firm is also flexible to invest capital in many other forms of structured debt and equity. Capital Point Partners was founded in 1989 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in New York, New York.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Advantis Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Current Investment); Bayou Steel Corp. (Prior Investment); Big Lake Services Company, LLC (Current Investment); Dominion Management, Inc. (Current Investment); Flintlock/Faroy (Current Investment); Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Inc. (Current Investment); Home Care Supply, Inc. (Prior Investment); Home Fragrance Holdings, Inc. (Current Investment); ImagePoint (Current Investment); Mattress Giant Corporation (Prior Investment); P.A. Inc. (Current Investment); Q Services Inc. (Prior Investment); Rockfish Seafood Grill, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.cappoint.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Specialty Retail	Jackson, Alfred (Board); Rice, Donald K. (Board); Sangalis, Jeffrey P. (Board); Le, M. Duyen; Petty, Darl A. (Board); Smith, Keith; Whidby, Mark M. (Prior Board)	Headquarters One Riverway Suite 2020 Houston, Texas 77056 United States Main Phone: 713-595-1420 Main Fax: 713-595-1421
Coleman Swenson Booth, Inc.	Coleman Swenson Booth, Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, and start-up stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare and life sciences sector with a focus on healthcare services, medical devices, medical products, biotechnology, information systems or technology, and internet applications to healthcare sector. It typically invests between $1 million and $7 million. The firm prefers to be a lead investor and seeks to take a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies. Coleman Swenson Booth, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Franklin, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	Seed/Startup; Incubation	Stages: Seed/Startup; Incubation Office Location: Tennessee	Arcon Healthcare, Inc. (Prior Investment); Children's Comp. Services (Prior Investment); ClearTrack Information Network, Inc. (Current Investment); Healthstream Inc. (Prior Investment); Kroll Background America, Inc. (Prior Investment); LTA Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); MediSphere Health Partners, Inc. (Prior Investment); NotifyMD, Inc. (Current Investment); Passport Health Communications, Inc. (Current Investment); Princeps, Inc. (Prior Investment); Surgical Care Affiliates (Prior Investment)	www.colemanswenson.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Consumables; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Life Sciences Tools and Services; Life Sciences Tools and Services	Coleman, Larry H.; Swenson, W. David; Coleman, Robert B.; Booth, John T. (Prior); Holland, Cornelia B. (Prior)	Headquarters 237 Second Avenue South Franklin, Tennessee 37064-2649 United States Main Phone: 615-791-9462 Main Fax: 615-791-9636
Focus Private Equity Partners	Focus Private Equity Partners is the investment arm of Focus Strategies, LLC specializing in private equity investments in middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in mezzanine debt, late stage, growth capital, expansion capital, leveraged buyouts, consolidations, and recapitalizations. It typically provides bridge financing. The firm prefers to invest in financial services and banks, insurance, software services, technology hardware and equipment, wireless telecommunication services, industrial manufacturing, distributors, business to business services, retailing, food products, healthcare equipment and services, real estate services, telecommunication services, and oil and gas equipment services. It primarily invests in Texas with a focus on Austin, San Antonio, Waco, and the I-35 corridor. The firm typically invests between $2 million to $10 million and between $250,000 and $1 million with co-investors in companies having revenues more than $10 million and EBITDA margin greater than 15 percent. Focus Private Equity Partners is based in Austin, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Adorno-Rogers Technology, Inc (Current Investment); Magnum Tunneling & Boring, LLC (Current Investment); Styx Capital, LLC (Current Investment); Sweet Leaf Tea Company (Current Investment)	www.focus-strategies.com/focus_strategies_fund.html	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Food Products; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Financials; Banks; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Insurance; Insurance; Real Estate; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); Technology Hardware and Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Wireless Telecommunication Services; Wireless Telecommunication Services	-	Headquarters 515 Congress Avenue Suite 1612 Austin, Texas 78701 United States Main Phone: 512-477-3280 Main Fax: 512-391-1876
Harbour Group	Harbour Group is a private equity firm specializing in investments in acquisitions of mature and middle market companies. The firm also invests in add-on acquisitions. In case of its add-on acquisitions the firm seeks to invest in companies of all sizes. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the product oriented businesses including, manufacturing; value added distribution; and some business services sectors. In case of add-on acquisitions the firm seeks to invest in companies that operate in a business complementary to its existing portfolio companies. It primarily invests in companies based in North America for its new core acquisitions but for its add-on acquisitions the firm does not have any geographical preference. The firm typically invests in companies that have an enterprise value between $30 million and $500 million, revenues between $30 million and $500 million, and an EBITDA between $4 million and $60 million, however it does not have any revenue, enterprise value, or EBITDA preference in case of add-on acquisitions. Harbour Group was founded in 1976 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri with additional offices in Shanghai, China and Bangalore, India.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	A.M.W. Industries Inc. (Current Investment); Allied Healthcare Products Inc. (Prior Investment); Detroit Tool and Engineering Co. (Current Investment); Dimensional Tools, Inc. (Prior Investment); DST Systems Inc. (Prior Investment); Fibron Corp. of Tennessee (Prior Investment); Hendersonville Industrial Tool Company (Prior Investment); Lincoln Industrial Corp. (Current Investment); Magnetic Media, Inc. (Current Investment); Oxequip Health Services (Prior Investment); Red Key Products Inc. (Current Investment); Rogers Tool Works Inc. (Prior Investment); Speeflo Manufacturing Corporation (Current Investment); Terex Reedrill Corporation (Prior Investment); Timeter Instrument Corporation (Prior Investment); Victor Midland, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.harbourgroup.com	Energy; Energy; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Lubricating Oils and Greases; Materials; Materials; Chemicals; Commodity Chemicals; Plastic and Synthetic Resins; Plastic Products; Custom Compounding Of Purchased Plastics Resins; Industrials; Capital Goods; Building Products; Building Products; Hardware Tools and Equipment; Electrical Equipment; Electrical Components and Equipment; Electric Lighting and Wiring Equipment; Machinery; Industrial Machinery; Machinery Components; Chemical Processing Machinery and Equipment; Rubber and Plastics Processing Machinery; Textile Machinery; Industrial Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Equipment and Supplies; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Consumer Discretionary; Automobiles and Components; Auto Components; Auto Parts and Equipment; Motor Vehicle Accessories; Tires and Rubber; Motor Vehicle Tires; High Performance and Racing Tires; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Household Durables; Home Furnishings; Home Decor Accessories; Fireplace Accessories; Media; Media; Movies and Entertainment; Entertainment Equipment ; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Consumer Staples	Fox, Jeffrey L. (Board); Hamacher, Samuel A. (Prior Board); Leeker, Mark D.; Santoni, Michael; Aitken, Bart A.; Bezzant, Brandon; Fox, Gregory A. (Board); Fox, Steven (Board); Hunter, Clay; Janning, James C. (Board)	Headquarters 7701 Forsyth Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63105 United States Main Phone: 314-727-5550 Main Fax: 314-727-9912
Mobility Ventures LLC	Mobility Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup, and early stage companies. It typically invests in wireless, wireless communication technologies, broadband, information technologies, and network transactional infrastructure sectors, which also include semiconductors, network equipments, systems, components, and software and applications. The firm prefers to be the first institutional investor in its portfolio. It also leads deals and syndicates with other quality investors. The firm also seeks to provide additional follow on investments throughout the life cycle of the portfolio company. Mobility Ventures was founded by Mr. Wu-Fu-Chen and Mr. Roman Kikta and is headquartered in Addison, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture; Incubation	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture; Incubation Office Location: Texas	Alereon, Inc. (Current Investment); InnerWireless, Inc. (Current Investment); Lucrometrics, Inc. (Current Investment); PulseWave RF, Inc. (Current Investment); Spatial Wireless, Inc. (Prior Investment); Transat Technologies (Prior Investment)	www.mobilityventures.com	Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Application Software; Office and Home Productivity Software; Networking and Telecommunications Software; Enterprise Software; Industry Specific Software; Telecommunications Industry Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telephone and Telecommunications Equipment; Telephone Equipment; Wireline Telephone Equipment; Wireless Telephone Equipment; Telecommunications Equipment; Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Equipment; Networking Equipment; Optical Link Extenders; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Manufacturing Services; Outsourced Technology Manufacturing Services; Integrated Circuit Assembly; Integrated Circuit Testing; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Diversified Telecommunication Services; Alternative Carriers; Broadband Telecommunications Services; Wireless Telecommunication Services	Chen, Wu-Fu; Kikta, Roman; Brody, Leonard J.; Buckland, Michael J.; Courtney, Michael; Fernandez, Edward J.; Jamp, Ray; Lee, Frank; Szerenyi, Laszlo I.; Diane, Gross	Headquarters 16475 Dallas Parkway Suite 620 Addison, Texas 75001 United States Main Phone: 972-991-9942 Main Fax: 972-669-7873
Silver Creek Ventures	Silver Creek Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in the information technology sector. It typically invests between $2 million and $7 million per company. Silver Creek Ventures was founded in 1989 and is based at Dallas, Texas with an additional office at Denver, Colorado.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Crystal Semiconductor (Prior Investment); Intrusion Inc. (Prior Investment); MetroPCS Communications Inc. (Prior Investment); NetSocket, Inc. (Current Investment); OneSpot, Inc. (Current Investment); OpenConnect Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Pivot3, Inc. (Current Investment); ProNet, Inc. (Prior Investment); STARTech Foundation (Current Investment); Xtera Communications, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.silvercreekfund.com	Information Technology	Adler, John C.; Masur, Mark C.; Segrest, Michael T.; Mendoza, Felipe D.; Hamilton, Stephen M. (Prior); Schmid, Terrence (Prior); Stanfill, William D. (Prior)	Headquarters 5949 Sherry Lane Suite 1450 Dallas, Texas 75225 United States Main Phone: 214-265-2020 Main Fax: 214-692-6233
Bravo Equity Partners	Bravo Equity Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in growth financings, buyouts, and recapitalizations transactions. It seeks to invest in energy related services, technology, and consumer sectors. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Mexico and the United States Hispanic market. It also seeks investment opportunities in companies based in Argentina, Brazil, and Spain. The firm typically makes equity investment between $5 million and $20 million in companies with yearly revenues between $5 million and $100 million. It also invests in larger transactions with co-investors. The firm prefers to exit its investments through strategic buyouts and private sales. Bravo Equity Partners was formerly known as Ventana Partners and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Border Media Partners, L.L.C. (Current Investment); Pizza Patr?n, Inc. (Current Investment); Wingstop Restaurants, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.bravoequity.com	-	Garza, Rafael G. ; Del Pozzo, Hugo T.; Cummings, Charles R.	Headquarters Wells Fargo Tower 201 Main Street Suite 2001 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 United States Main Phone: 817-335-5999 Main Fax: 817-335-1197
Haddington Ventures, L.L.C.	Haddington Ventures, L.L.C. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in the midstream sector of the energy industry. The firm typically seeks to invest in both growth by acquisitions companies and Greenfield development companies. It can also consider non controlling investments in earlier stage companies. The firm generally makes control-oriented investments in companies focused on gathering, separation, processing, treating, compression, storage and transmission, pipelines, and buys or builds strategy in oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It avoids direct ownership of oil and gas reserves, companies that primarily market or trade commodities, or investments where increasing commodity prices are the key factor to investment success. The firm primarily invests in businesses based in North America. It makes equity investments between $20 million and $50 million in companies having an enterprise value of up to $150 million. The firm generally invests for a period between three year and five years. It typically exits through the sale of the portfolio company, its assets or the fund?s interest in it to a publicly traded master limited partnership, a larger financial sponsor or another strategic buyer, as well as recapitalizations and cash flow distributions (either one-time or recurring). The firm will not pursue investments that have only one logical take-out alternative at the time of investment. Haddington Ventures, L.L.C. was founded in 1998 and is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Texas	CAES Development Company LLC (Current Investment); Endicott Biofuels, LLC (Current Investment); Gulf Coast LNG Partners, L.P. (Current Investment); IACX Energy LLC (Current Investment); Inter-American Corporation (Current Investment); ONEOK Partners, L.P. (Prior Investment); Port Barre Investments, LLC (Current Investment); Sago Energy, LP (Prior Investment); Tristream Energy, LLC (Current Investment); Western Hub Properties L.L.C. (Prior Investment)	www.hvllc.com	Energy; Energy; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Distribution; Natural Gas Pipelines; Natural Gas Transmission; Utilities; Utilities; Gas Utilities; Gas Utilities; Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation	Jones, J. Chris; Jones, M. Scott; Strom, John A.; Wise, Jim P. (Prior Board); Lam, James K.; Marchese, David R.; Brown, Gregory; Bickle, Larry W. (Prior); Kincaid, Robert D. (Prior); McNeill, Malcolm F. (Prior)	Headquarters 2603 Augusta Suite 900 Houston, Texas 77057 United States Main Phone: 713-532-7992 Main Fax: 713-532-9922
Merit Energy Company	Merit Energy Company is a private equity firm specializing in direct investments, acquisition, operation, and development of high quality, mature oil and gas properties. It seeks to invest in the United States, Canada, and the Gulf of Mexico. Merit Energy Company was founded in 1989 and is based at Dallas, Texas with an additional office at Alberta, Canada.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, U.S. Onshore Properties (Current Investment); La Reforma Field Complex (Prior Investment); The Houston Exploration Company, Louisiana Portion of Gulf of Mexico Assets (Current Investment); The Houston Exploration Company, Texas portion of Gulf of Mexico assets (Current Investment)	www.meritenergy.com	-	Gayden, William K. (Board); Matejek, Robert; Ryan, Kevin; Cuddihy, Meghan; Lane, Melanie; Plunk, Jake; Brister, Chad; Prudhomme, Jay; Clement, James H. (Prior); Diem, Fred N. (Prior)	Headquarters 13727 Noel Road Tower 2 Suite 500 Dallas, Texas 75240 United States Main Phone: 972-701-8377 Main Fax: 972-960-1252
Escalate Capital Partners	Escalate Capital Partners is a principal investment firm specializing in growth, acquisition, and buyouts financing and permanent working capital financing to expansion, mid venture, and late venture companies. It seeks to provide bridge financing. The firm seeks to invest in companies backed by venture capital and private equity investors. It prefers to invest in technology, life sciences, and service based industries. The firm typically invests in companies located in the United States. It seeks to invest between $5 million and $15 million in its portfolio companies. The firm invests up to five years in companies. It provides equity and senior, subordinated, and mezzanine debt financing to its portfolio companies. Escalate Capital Partners was founded in 2004 and is based in Austin, Texas, with additional office in Menlo Park, California and Palo Alto, California.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Enfora, Inc. (Current Investment); HomeAway, Inc. (Current Investment); Internet REIT, Inc. (Current Investment); LDR Spine USA, Inc. (Current Investment); LifeSize Communications, Inc. (Prior Investment); Navini Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); RigNet, Inc. (Current Investment); Troux Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Zeno Corporation (Current Investment); Zilliant, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.escalatecapital.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Information Technology; Life Sciences Tools and Services; Life Sciences Tools and Services	Cockrell, Ross Ross; James, Simon; Julich, Chris; Schell, Tony; Ellison, Jim (Prior); Weeks, Michael (Prior)	Headquarters 300 West 6th Street Suite 2250 Austin, Texas 78701 United States Main Phone: 512-651-2100 Main Fax: 512-651-0099
Maritz Wolff & Co	Maritz, Wolff & Co. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of real estate properties. The firm prefers to invest in luxury hotel and resort properties, hotel management companies, and hospitality related assets. It seeks to invest in New York and Dallas area. The firm seeks to invest in properties valued at more than $1500 million. It typically exits through portfolio sale, individual property sale, IPO through real estate investment trust, refinancing or recapitalization, and institutional joint venture. Maritz, Wolff & Co. was founded in 1994 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri with an additional office in Los Angeles, California.	Missouri	Texas	-	Office Location: Missouri Geographies of Interest: Texas	Four Seasons Hotel Austin (Prior Investment); Four Seasons Hotel Houston (Current Investment); Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, L.L.C. (Current Investment)	www.maritzwolff.com	Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Hotels, Resorts and Cruise Lines; Financials; Real Estate	Wolff, Lewis N. (Board); Maritz, Philip F.; DiNapoli, F. Matthew; Kim, Wonill; Barone, Jeffrey J. (Board); Castellari, Heather; Gilbert, Kelly; Lowery, Patrick J.; Mischke, Susan; Turner, Heather	Headquarters 7701 Forsyth boulevard Suite 1025 St. Louis, Missouri 63105 United States Main Phone: 314-863-9600 Main Fax: 314-863-9601
SMH Private Equity Group	SMH Private Equity Group is an investment arm of Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc. specializing in venture capital investments. The firm seeks to provide institutional funding in early stage, mid stage, and late stage companies. It prefers to invest in emerging technology in essential industries including energy technologies, healthcare technologies, and other technology-driven situations. The firm also makes initial investments in energy and power market technology development and marketing projects. It seeks to invest primarily in companies based in Southwestern United States and secondarily in North America. The firm invests in private companies and seeks co-investment opportunities. SMH Private Equity Group is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Lombardi Software, Inc. (Prior Investment); NovusEdge, Inc. (Current Investment); NuPhysicia LLC (Current Investment); RigNet, Inc. (Current Investment); Syntex Management Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); Wayport, Inc. (Prior Investment); WorldTelemetry, Inc. (Current Investment); Zilliant, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.smhpeg.com	Energy; Energy; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Application Hosting Services; Application Service Providers (ASPs); Enterprise Applications; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Health Care Technology	Davis, Charles L.; McMaken, Bruce Robert; Morris, Ben T.; Weihs, C. Tyson	Headquarters 600 Travis Suite 5800 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-224-3100
Texas Women Ventures Fund, LLP.	Texas Women Ventures Fund, LLP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in growth capital investments. It seeks to invest in recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, and management buy-outs transactions. The firm typically invests only in businesses where a woman or women own a significant share of the company's equity and play an important role in day-to-day management. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, distribution/wholesale, process services, temporary services, and healthcare. It seeks to invest in companies based in Greater Dallas, Texas, or the Southwest of the U.S. The firm typically invests a minimum of $500,000 in companies with revenues between $1 million and $50 million. It prefers to co-invest and finance in the form of subordinated debt with warrants or bonus structure, or equity in limited situations. The firm seeks to exit its investments between three to five years. Texas Women Ventures Fund, LLP was founded in 2002 and is based in Richardson, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	Karlee Company (Current Investment); Warrior Group, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.texaswomenventures.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Healthcare	Freeman, Valerie (Board); Lee, Cynthia Pharr (Board); Martin, Whitney Johns (Board); Nichols, Carol	Headquarters 2435 North Central Expressway Suite 200 Richardson, Texas 75080 United States Main Phone: 972-725-0323 Main Fax: 972-991-4770
Helios Capital	Helios Capital is a Small Business Investment Corporation that makes equity-oriented investments in lower middle-market companies. The firm also provides growth capital and invests in workouts and turnarounds. It specializes in management buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate spin-offs, buy and build platforms, public to private transactions, and family succession transactions. The firm seeks to invest in business and financial services, consumer products and services, technology and media, healthcare, industrials, manufacturing, service, and distribution industries. Geographically, it prefers to invest in Southwestern United States. The firm generally invests up to $75 million in companies with enterprise values of up to $500 million, at-least $2 million in cash flows, and with minimum revenue of $25 million ($ 10 million for companies in the non-development stage). Helios Capital is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	American Crop Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); BillMatrix Corporation (Prior Investment); Compare Your Loans, Inc. (Current Investment); Enginetech, Inc. (Prior Investment); Fresh America Corp. (Prior Investment); Hammerman & Gainer, Inc. (Current Investment); Instaff Holding Corporation (Current Investment); Peru For Less LLC (Current Investment); PrimeSource FoodService Equipment, Inc. (Current Investment); Yellow Checker Cab Company (Current Investment)	www.heliosinv.com	Materials; Materials; Containers and Packaging; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Education Services; Transportation; Air Freight and Logistics; Air Freight and Logistics; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Casinos and Gaming; Media; Media; Healthcare; Financials; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Diversified Consumer Services	Burroughs, B. Anthony Anthony; Snyder, Brent; Sweetser, Luke M.; Reed, Scott A. (Prior); Reed, Steven J. (Prior)	Headquarters 1409 South Lamar Street Suite 1007 Dallas, Texas 75215 United States Main Phone: 214-273-4975 Main Fax: 214-273-5999
Hoak & Co.	Hoak & Co. is a private equity firm specializing in direct and fund-of-funds investments in equity and equity related securities. The firm invests in management buyouts, growth capital, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, private equity placements, and buy and build opportunities. It seeks to invest in the communications sector. The firm also invests in real estate with a focus on retail, commercial, and raw land investment opportunities. It invests in both publicly-traded and privately-owned businesses, across a variety of industries. The firm targets businesses in undervalued, overlooked, or out-of-favor niches of the communications industry. It invests between $500,000 million and $25 million per transaction. The firm prefers to take a seat on its portfolio company?s board of directors. It was formerly known as Cypress Capital Management. Hoak & Co. was founded in 1991 and is based in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in New York.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Armstrong Tool, LLC (Current Investment); Central Valley Publishing Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Dale Gas Partners, L.P. (Prior Investment); Dynamex Inc. (Prior Investment); Furr's Restaurant Group, Inc. (Prior Investment); Grande Communications Holdings Inc. (Prior Investment); Heritage Media Corp. (Prior Investment); Hoak & Co., Asset Management Arm (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit); Hoak Media Corporation (Current Investment); Mustang Gas Compression, LLC (Current Investment); STARTech Foundation (Current Investment); TeleCentric, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.hoakco.com	Energy; Industrials; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Restaurants; Media; Retailing; Consumer Staples; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Hoak, James M. (Board); Hoak, J. Hale Hale; Harrison, Thomas L. (Prior); Pickering, Frederick B. (Prior); Smiley, Stephen P. (Prior); Sussman, Robert A. (Prior); Van den Branden, Eric (Prior)	Headquarters 500 Crescent Court Suite 220 Dallas, Texas 75201-7808 United States Main Phone: 214-855-2290 Main Fax: 972-960-4899
InvestAmerica Investment Advisors	InvestAmerica Investment Advisors is a principal investment firm specializing in private equity and venture capital investments. It handles mostly institutional investing and has invested in companies across the Midwest. The firm typically invests in later stage manufacturing, distribution, and service businesses. It typically invests between $1 million and $2 million in companies seeking less than $10 million and that have annual sales between $10 million and $50 million. The firm often co-invests with other venture funds, prefers to lead or play an active co-investor role, and seeks board participation. It is the nation's fifth oldest operating Small Business Investment Company. InvestAmerica Investment Advisors was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with regional offices in Kansas City, Missouri; Vancouver, Washington; Fargo, North Dakota and St. Paul, Minnesota.	Missouri	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Missouri	Detroit Tool Metal Products Company (Current Investment); Encompass Services Corporation (Current Investment); Hook Up, Inc. (Prior Investment); Inergy, L.P. (Current Investment); Interstate Highway Sign Corporation (Current Investment); Preston-Eastin, Inc. (Current Investment); Tru-Torq Division (Current Investment)	www.investamericaventuregroup.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment	Schroder, David R.; Comey, Robert A.; Cosgriff, John; Mercil, Steven B.; Mullane, Kevin F.; Reynoldson, Michael H.	Headquarters Commerce Tower 911 Main Street Suite 2424 Kansas City, Missouri 64105 United States Main Phone: 816-842-0114 Main Fax: 816-471-7339
MB Venture Partners	MB Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in all stages of development. The firm typically invests in life sciences sector including biotechnology and medical device companies with a focus on: product solutions for musculoskeletal diseases, products to alleviate human suffering, and molecular therapeutics. It does not invest in healthcare services, healthcare IT, and AgBio opportunities. The firm seeks to invest in opportunities across the United States for musculoskeletal related investments and Southeast and Midwest regions for investments in biotechnology, medical devices companies, and non-musculoskeletal investments. MB Venture Partners was founded in 2001 and is based in Memphis, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee	BioMimetic Therapeutics Inc. (Prior Investment); GTX Inc. (Prior Investment); Kereos, Inc. (Current Investment); Protein Discovery, Inc. (Current Investment); Spinal Restoration, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.mbventures.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals	Stevenson, Gary D.; Davis, Timothy E.; Sherman, Michael C.; Snowdy, Stephen	Headquarters 17 West Pontotoc Suite 200 Memphis, Tennessee 38103 United States Main Phone: 901-322-0330 Main Fax: 901-322-0339
The Sterling Group, L.P.	The Sterling Group, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in middle market leveraged buyouts and add-on acquisitions. It does not invest in financial services, real estate, health care, and information technology companies. The firm prefers to invest in manufacturing, converting, assembly, industrial services, and distribution businesses. It seeks to invest in companies based in the North America. The firm typically invests in transaction size between $100 million to $500 million in companies with enterprise values between $100 million and $500 million. The firm seeks to acquire controlling interests in the companies. The Sterling Group, L.P. was founded in 1982 and is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Axia Group, Inc. (Prior Investment); BTEC Turbines L.P. (Current Investment); Hudson Products Corporation (Prior Investment); Hydrochem Industrial Services Inc. (Prior Investment); Kranco, Inc. (Prior Investment); PCS Nitrogen, Inc. (Prior Investment); Propex Inc (Prior Investment); Purina Mills, LLC (Prior Investment); Ray L. O'Neal, Inc. (Prior Investment); Rives Smith Baldwin Carlberg (Prior Investment); Roofing Supply Group, LLC (Current Investment); Sasol North America, Inc. (Prior Investment); Sterling Chemicals, Inc. (Prior Investment); Texas Petrochemicals Inc (Prior Investment)	www.sterling-group.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors	Hevrdejs, Frank J.; Jefferies, Shirley; Carr, Francis T.; Elliott, Gregory L.; Garland, C. Kevin; Hawkins, John D.; Nelson, Hunter; Oehmig, William C.; Rosenthal, Gary L.; Wallace, Kent	Headquarters Eight Greenway Plaza Suite 702 Houston, Texas 77046 United States Main Phone: 713-877-8257 Main Fax: 713-877-1824
The Texas Mezzanine Fund	The Texas Mezzanine Fund is a principal investment firm specializing in providing business loans and near equity loans. The firm seeks to invest in growth oriented businesses located in distressed areas, minority-owned businesses, and small businesses that create jobs for low and moderate income people in Texas. It typically makes investments by business loans, loans to for-profit and non-profit developers of affordable housing, and loans for the construction of non-profit community facilities investments for expansion, equipment and business acquisition, and owner-occupied real estate. Specifically it provides loans for predevelopment activities, land acquisition, lot inventory, and development and interim construction of quality housing. Near equity loans are structured as mezzanine debt. The structure of quasi-equity transactions may have initial periods of interest only and may include a temporary TMF ?stand-by? on payments. The firm typically participates in near equity loans in the form of revenue participation and structuring a subordinated debenture note with warrants designed for stock conversion. It expects to exit the investment within three-to-five years and may retain rights of observation at board meetings of the business. The firm provides investment range in for-profit businesses is $50,000 to $.5 million in tandem with a bank or CDFI or ?stand-alone? loans of up to $300,000. The Texas Mezzanine Fund was founded in 1989 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Texas	DNA Reference Lab, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.tmfund.com	-	Elmore, Victor J. (Board); Lee, Theresa Acosta; Cross, Karen W.; Bennett, Cynthia E.	Headquarters 320 South R.L. Thornton Freeway Suite 670 Dallas, Texas 75208 United States Main Phone: 214-943-5900 Main Fax: 214-943-5905
Transition Capital Partners, Ltd.	Transition Capital Partners, Ltd. is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged recapitalization and management buyouts of middle market companies. It prefers to invest in the telecommunication services, healthcare and behavioral services, branded food and beverage, franchiser, information technology, oil and gas services, outsourcing services, alternative energy and services, security services, retail, software companies, direct marketing and marketing service providers, hospitality and related services, educational service providers, communications, non-asset based logistics, and marketing sectors. It prefers to invest in companies based in United States. The firm invests in companies with an annual EBITDA between $2 million and $10 million. It seeks to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm was formerly known as Best, Patterson, Crothers & Yeoham. Transition Capital Partners, Ltd. was founded in 1993 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Aeries Healthcare Corporation (Prior Investment); Baskin's Department Stores, Inc. (Prior Investment); D&S Residential Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Engenium Corporation (Prior Investment); Furniture Factory Warehouse (Current Investment); Future Food, Ltd. (Prior Investment); GFRC Cladding Systems, LLC (Current Investment); Mangum SCI, LLC (Prior Investment); Proxy Communications, Inc. (Prior Investment); Texas Home Health, Inc. (Prior Investment); Value Added Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.transitioncapitalpartners.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Commercial Security and Safety Services ; Education Services; Specialty Educational Services; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Transportation; Air Freight and Logistics; Air Freight and Logistics; Ground Courier Services; Postal and Courier Delivery Services; Services Incidental to Road Transportation of Freight; Warehousing and Storage; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Hotels, Resorts and Cruise Lines; Media; Media; Advertising; Marketing Services; Retailing; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Beverages; Food Products; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Telecommunication Services; Utilities; Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources; Diversified Consumer Services; Security and Alarm Services	Patterson, Dan E. (Board); Baldwin, Rick; DeMartino, Kevyn; Ludlow, Tony; Williams, Forrest; Bailey, Mike (Prior); Crothers, Michael (Prior); Manning, Ralph W. (Prior); Yeoham, Paul (Prior)	Headquarters 2200 Ross Avenue Suite 4750 West Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-978-3800 Main Fax: 214-978-3899
Triton Ventures	Triton Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in corporate spinouts, technology commercialization, non-traditional spinouts through a formal licensing agreement or a purchase of technology or operating assets, startups, and early stage companies. Within technology commercialization, the firm focuses on research and development efforts within universities, government-funded and privately-funded research institutions, and foreign research organizations. It typically invests in enterprise software, information technology, communications technology, and advanced materials sectors. The firm seeks to make initial investments between $500,000 and $4 million. Triton Ventures was founded by Ms. Laura Kilcrease in January 1999 and is based in Austin, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Applied Science Fiction, Inc. (Prior Investment); Charitygift.com (Prior Investment); Exterprise, Inc. (Prior Investment); Green Mountain Energy Company (Current Investment); Hart InterCivic, Inc. (Prior Investment); MINDFLOW Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); TAKE Supply Chain (Prior Investment); Vincera Software (Prior Investment)	www.tritonventures.com	Materials; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Kilcrease, Laura J.; Collier, Scott D.	Headquarters 6300 Bridge Point Parkway Building 1 Suite 500 Austin, Texas 78730 United States Main Phone: 512-795-5820 Main Fax: 512-795-5828
Canaan Resources, LLC	Canaan Resources, LLC is a private equity investment firm specializing in acquisition investments. The firm prefers to invest in domestic natural gas properties. It typically invests in Mid Continent region. Canaan Resources, LLC was founded by Mr. Leo E. Woodard and Mr. John K. Penton in 1987 and is based in Oklahaoma City, Oklahaoma.	Oklahoma	Oklahoma; Texas	-	Office Location: Oklahoma Geographies of Interest: Texas; Oklahoma	Canaan Resources LLC, Gas Gathering Assets (Prior Investment)	www.canaanresources.com	Energy; Energy; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Oil and Gas Production; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Natural Gas Liquids; Oil and Gas Distribution; Natural Gas Pipelines; Natural Gas Transmission; Utilities; Utilities; Gas Utilities; Gas Utilities; Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation	Woodard, Leo E. (Board); Penton, John K.; Mewbourn, Michael S.; Beebe, Brent V.; Cain, S. Mark; Rayburn, Scott M.	Headquarters One Leadership Square 211 North Robinson Suite N 1000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 United States Main Phone: 405-604-9300 Main Fax: 405-604-9299
Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners	Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in traditional venture capital situations, early stage, expansion, emerging growth companies, acquisitions, buyouts, and other special opportunities. The firm invests between $500,000 and $5 million and up to $20 million in certain situations. Its investment is structured as a combination of debt and equity. The firm seeks to take a Board seat on its portfolio companies. Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma with an additional office in Houston, Texas.	Oklahoma; Texas	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Oklahoma	Ampro Mortgage Corporation (Prior Investment); Drypers Corporation (Prior Investment); EnLink Geoenergy Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Home Care Supply, Inc. (Prior Investment); Hydrade Beverage Company, Inc. (Current Investment); Infinitec Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); Nationwide Graphics, Inc. (Current Investment); WEB-TPA, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.davistuttle.com	-	Davis, Barry M.; Frost, H. Lee; Tuttle, Philip A.; Laverty, Albert G.; Partain, W. Michael; Blankenship, Mark R. (Prior); Humphrey, David L. (Prior); Pennington, Jerry L. (Prior); Smith, Gary L. (Prior); Stone, Michael A. (Prior)	Headquarters 110 West 7th Street Suite 1000 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-3703 United States Main Phone: 918-584-7272 Main Fax: 918-582-3404
First Avenue Partners	First Avenue Partners is a principal investing firm specializing in early, expansion, and late stage investments. It prefers to invest in healthcare services, business, and financial services; transportation, distribution, and logistics; telecommunications; manufacturing; retail and consumer; and healthcare information technology sectors. The firm typically invests in the Midatlantic, Midwestern, Southeastern, and Southwestern United States. First Avenue Partners is based in Nashville, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee	Adorno-Rogers Technology, Inc (Current Investment); edo interactive, Inc. (Current Investment); Intechra Group LLC (Prior Investment); iPayment Inc. (Prior Investment); Mattress Giant Corporation (Prior Investment); SeniorHealth Incorporated (Current Investment); Symbion Inc. (Prior Investment)	-	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Transportation; Air Freight and Logistics; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Health Care Technology	Wilds, David M.; Isaacs, Mark Eric (Prior)	Headquarters 138 Second Avenue North Suite 200 Nashville, Tennessee 37201 United States Main Phone: 615-370-0056 Main Fax: 615-376-6310
InvestLinc Private Equity	InvestLinc Private Equity is an private equity arm of InvestLinc Financial Services specialized in providing financial capital assistance to emerging growth businesses. The firm primarily invests in companies with an annual turnover of $2 million to $50 million. InvestLinc Private Equity is based in Schaumburg, Illionis.	Arkansas; Texas	Arkansas; Oklahoma; Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Arkansas; Oklahoma; Texas	-	www.investlinc.com	-	Laney, D. Randy Randy; Bolen, Ronald E.; Ward, Michael G.; Pendergraft, Jeffrey R. (Prior)	Headquarters 440 Louisiana Street Suite 625 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-830-7665 Main Fax: 713-228-2842
Petra Capital Partners, LLC	Petra Capital Partners, LLC is a SBIC, private equity, and venture capital firm specializing in financing growth capital, consolidation, expansion, and buyout transactions in middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest emerging companies engaged in business to business service, healthcare, and information services. Within healthcare it target provider services, information technology, and outsourcing companies that lower costs and improve the quality of outcomes for the healthcare industry. The firm also invests in business process outsourcing companies that utilize technology and highly skilled labor to lower cost and improve efficiency in non-core business functions. It seeks to invest in companies based throughout the United States. The firm typically invests between $2 million and $15 million in companies with revenues of atleast $10 million and growth rate in excess of 25 percent. It seeks to invest in the form of debt, equity, and subordinated debt with detachable warrants. The firm prefers to exit its investments between three years and five years through a sale, public offering, or recapitalization. It is a licensed Small Business Investment Company (SBIC). Petra Capital Partners, LLC was founded in 1999 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	-	Office Location: Tennessee	American Hometown Publishing Inc. (Current Investment); CapRock Services Corp. (Prior Investment); ConnectivHealth, Inc. (Current Investment); HealthTeacher, Inc. (Current Investment); Home Solutions of America Inc. (Prior Investment); Hospital Clinical Services Group, Inc. (Current Investment); Navigator Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Quantum Dental Network, Inc. (Prior Investment); Superior Global Solutions, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.petracapital.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Providers and Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); IT Services; Information Retrieval Services; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services; Telecommunication Services	Blackburn, Michael W.; Fitzgerald, David; Schaeffer, Andrew; Smith, Robert A.; Owen, Douglas; O'Brien, Joseph D. (Prior); Wallace, W. Paul (Prior); West, Casey (Prior)	Headquarters 3825 Bedford Avenue Suite 101 Nashville, Tennessee 37215 United States Main Phone: 615-313-5999 Main Fax: 615-313-5990
River Associates Investments, LLC	River Associates Investments, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in management led buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, special situations, and family succession transactions of small, medium sized, and lower middle market companies. The firm avoids investments in start-ups, early stage, turnarounds, high technology, biotechnology, restaurants, retail, commodity or natural resource companies, and heavily regulated industries. It prefers to invest in companies engaged in niche manufacturing, high margin distribution, industrial service, and select retail businesses which are not faddish in nature. The firm also makes add-on acquisitions of specialty chemical manufacturers and distributors; high value added service companies; food and confectionery manufacturers; lawn and garden product manufacturers; promotional products manufacturers; packaging and label manufacturers; industrial textile product manufacturers; niche rubber and plastic product manufacturers; niche fabricated metal manufacturers; specialty machinery and tooling equipment manufacturers; instrumentation manufacturers; industrial lubricant manufacturers; medical instrument and equipment manufacturers; and consumer product manufacturers. It invests in companies based in the United States and Canada. The firm typically invests equity capital between $2 million and $10 million in platform companies with revenues between $10 million and $100 million, EBITDA between $2 million and $10 million, transaction values between $10 million and $50 million, enterprise values between $10 million and $50 million, and gross margins of at least 20% of sales. It considers larger investments in conjunction with other investors. The firm seeks a board seat and control ownership in its portfolio companies. River Associates Investments, LLC was founded in 1990 and is based at Chattanooga, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	-	Office Location: Tennessee	Advanced Photographic Solutions, LLC (Prior Investment); Burner Systems International, Inc. (Current Investment); CMS Operations, LLC (Current Investment); Gas Components Group, Incorporated (Current Investment); Monterey's Acquisition Corp. (Prior Investment); Remedial Solutions, Inc. (Current Investment); Spectrum Corporation (Current Investment); Techno-Aide, Inc. (Prior Investment); Terra Renewal Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); United Knitting, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.riverassociatesllc.com	Materials; Materials; Chemicals; Commodity Chemicals; Plastic and Synthetic Resins; Plastic Products; Fabricated Rubber Products; Specialty Chemicals; Containers and Packaging; Paper Packaging; Metals and Mining; Diversified Metals and Mining; Fabricated Structural Metal Products; Industrials; Capital Goods; Building Products; Building Products; Windows and Doors; Machinery; Construction and Farm Machinery and Heavy Trucks; Agricultural Machinery and Equipment; Industrial Machinery; Textile Machinery; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Commercial Printing; Printing Services; Promotional and Advertising Printing; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Packaging and Labeling Services; Office Products; Mailing, Packing and Labeling Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Household Durables; Home Furnishings; Household Appliances; Lawn and Garden Equipment; Retailing; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Food Products; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments	Pettway, George H.; Baker, James B.; Baker, W. Craig; Brookshire, Michael D.; Jones, J. Mark; Pettway, G. H. Patten; Morris, Tim T. (Prior)	Headquarters 633 Chestnut Street Suite 1640 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37450 United States Main Phone: 423-755-0888 Main Fax: 423-755-0870
RiverVest Venture Partners	RiverVest Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early stage investments. It seeks to invest in emerging medical devices, biotechnology, specialty pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceutical, life sciences, and selected other healthcare opportunities. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in the United States with a focus on Midwest. It initially invests between $500,000 and $3 million with the total investments ranging between $4 million and $6 million over the course of a company?s development. The firm prefers to be a lead investor in its portfolio companies but will co invest with other venture capital firms. RiverVest Venture Partners was founded in 2000 by Mr. Thomas C. Melzer, Mr. Jay W. Schmelter, and Mr. Andrew B. Craig III and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.	Missouri	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Missouri	Auxeris Therapeutics, Inc. (Prior Investment); Centerre Healthcare Corporation (Current Investment); IDev Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Kereos, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.rivervest.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmaceuticals	Craig, Andrew B.; Melzer, Thomas C.; Schmelter, Jay W.; Foulkes, Gordon; Wahr, Dennis W.; Slavich, Marilyn J.; Naisbitt, Scott R.; Mendel, Mark J. (Prior Board)	Headquarters 7733 Forsyth Boulevard Suite 1650 St. Louis, Missouri 63105 United States Main Phone: 314-726-6700 Main Fax: 314-726-6715
Southwest Mezzanine Investments	Southwest Mezzanine Investments is the investment arm of Growth Capital Partners specializing in mezzanine investments in middle market and late stage companies. It typically finances expansion capital, acquisition capital, and recapitalization transactions. The firm seeks to invest in mature companies. It seeks to invest in all industries and focuses on business services, outsourcing, manufacturing, technology, and healthcare. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Southwestern United States. It typically seeks to invest between $2 million and $8 million in companies that have minimum annual revenue of $15 million and minimum cash flow margin of 10 percent. The firm invests in the form of subordinated debt instruments that have a term of three years to five years. It does not invest in start-ups, turnarounds, real estate, and oil and gas sectors. The firm seeks to have board observation rights in its portfolio companies. Southwest Mezzanine Investments was founded in 2001 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Austin, Texas; and Greenwich, Connecticut.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Acute Technological Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Adea, Inc. (Current Investment); Austin-Tetra, Inc. (Prior Investment); BearCom (Prior Investment); G & H Manufacturing, Inc. (Prior Investment); Gill Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Noble Logistic Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Premier Metal Products Co., Inc. (Current Investment); Tech Spray, L.P. (Prior Investment); UniFocus, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.growth-capital.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Industrials; Capital Goods; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Healthcare; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Manufacturing Services; Manufacturing Services	Forrester, James F.; Rebello, James D.; Chiok, Ivonne; Crabtree, Catherine N. (Prior); Grimes, John E. (Prior); Massey, James L. (Prior); Schugart, Charles F. (Prior); Sudduth, Drew G. (Prior)	Headquarters 363 North Sam Houston Parkway East Suite 550 Houston, Texas 77060 United States Main Phone: 281-445-6611 Main Fax: 281-445-4298
Vortex Partners, LP	Vortex Partners, LP is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in business services and software companies. The firm was founded in 1998 by Mr. Chris O'Neil and Mr. Darren Blanton and is based at Addison, Texas with additional offices in Dallas, Texas and Addison, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	BroadJump, Inc. (Prior Investment); Cyneta Networks, Inc. (Current Investment); eCustomers, Inc. (Prior Investment); Glow Networks, Inc. (Current Investment); Latus Lightworks, Inc. (Prior Investment); LoanFirst.com (Current Investment); Motive, Inc. (Prior Investment); Real Foundations (Current Investment); RealManage, LLC (Current Investment); TruLogica, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.vortexpartners.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software	O'Neill, Christopher; Hedrick, Thomas F.; Blanton, Darren (Prior); Liu, Victor (Prior); Miles, Robert (Prior); Scarisbrick, John C. (Prior)	Headquarters 16200 Addison Road Suite 150 Addison, Texas 75001 United States Main Phone: 214-849-9806 Main Fax: 214-849-9850
Freestone Partners, LLC	Freestone Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investment in companies that offers opportunities for value creation through internal growth, strategic acquisitions, and improvements in operating performance. It typically invests in manufacturing, distribution, industrial, and commercial services companies. For its platform investments, the firm seeks to invest in companies based in the Southwestern and Southeastern region of the United States. It prefers to make equity investments between $3 million and $8 million in companies with annual revenues between $10 million and $50 million. Freestone Partners, LLC was founded in 2001 by Mr. James D. Briggs, Mr. George L. Clark, and Mr. Mark E. Leyerle and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Atlanta, Georgia.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	DAN-LOC Bolt & Gasket, Inc. (Current Investment); P.A. Inc. (Current Investment); PBS Lumber Manufacturing, LLC (Current Investment); Service Refrigeration Company (Current Investment); Sunbelt Steel Texas, Inc. (Current Investment); Sweet Leaf Tea Company (Current Investment)	www.freestonepartners.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment	Briggs, James D.; Clark, George L.; Leyerle, Mark E.; Jones, Roy M.	Headquarters 808 Travis Street Suite 808 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-533-1888 Main Fax: 713-533-1811
Hunt Capital Group	Hunt Capital Group is an investment arm of Unity Hunt, Inc. specializing in expansions, industry consolidations, recapitalizations, divestitures, growth capital investments, and change of ownership transactions. The firm does not prefer to invest in start-ups and turn-around situations. It seeks to invest in business and industrial services, value added distribution, healthcare, security, manufacturing, media and sports and entertainment. The firm typically invests in companies headquartered within Southwestern United States. It primarily invests between $5 million and $25 million per transaction in companies generating revenues between $10 million and $150 million and a minimum EBITDA of $3 million. The firm?s investments are structured in the form of preferred stock, convertible securities, common stock, or LLC unit interests. It seeks minority or majority ownership stake and prefers to take a board seat on its portfolio companies. It prefers to exit its investments between three years and five years. The firm typically co-invests with financial or strategic partners having specific expertise or synergies. Hunt Capital Group was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	bTrade, Inc. (Prior Investment); Coraza Systems, Inc. (Prior Investment); Dataside, LLC (Prior Investment); FoodStar Restaurant Group, Inc. (Prior Investment); Hunt Sports Group L.L.C. (Current Investment); Hydro Resources, Inc. (Current Investment); International Radiology Group, L.L.C. (Prior Investment); International Surface Preparation Corporation (Current Investment); NetVoice Technologies Corp. (Prior Investment); Texas Capital BancShares Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.huntcapital.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Commercial Security and Safety Services ; Specialized Consumer Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Leisure Facilities; Sports and Related Services; Media; Media; Movies and Entertainment; Entertainment Services; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Healthcare; Diversified Consumer Services; Residential Security and Personal Safety Services; Security and Alarm Services	Colvert, Scott H.; Tompkins, Alan W.; Small, Cheryl L.; Fowler, Tom (Prior); Holland, James R. (Prior); Oldham, R. Brad (Prior); Roberts, Kevin L. (Prior); Stein, Peter J. (Prior)	Headquarters 1601 Elm Street Suite 4000 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-720-1600 Main Fax: 214-720-1662
Maguey Management Ltd.	Maguey Management Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in development and expansion stage companies. It typically invests in small and mid sized manufacturing and processing business with a focus on plastics, injection molding, electronic components, food processing, packaging, glass products, leather goods, and furniture. The firm primarily invests in companies that manufactures or process products directly for export. In addition, it invests in indirect exporters that supply component and services to Maquiladoras and other export manufactures. The firm does not invest in companies that produce negative effects on the environment or that may incur environmental liabilities, natural resource projects, and real estate development. It typically invests in Northwestern states of Mexico with a focus on Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa. In addition, the firm also invests in firms domiciled outside of Mexico that are moving production to Mexico. It seeks to invest between $500,000 and $2.6 million in companies with revenue between $5 million and $50 million and anticipated growth in excess of 30 percent per year. The firm primarily invests in companies with exports in excess of 60 percent of total sales. It typically acquires a minority ownership interest and seeks to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm can co-invest with other investors to participate in larger transactions. It generally exits an investment between three years and five years through public offerings. Maguey Management Ltd. was founded in 1997 and is based at Dallas, Texas with additional office at Wellesley, Massachusetts.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	American Glass Products Company (Current Investment); Luxxem, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.mexicoequity.com	Materials; Materials; Chemicals; Commodity Chemicals; Plastic and Synthetic Resins; Plastic Products; Construction Materials; Construction Materials; Glass; Containers and Packaging; Metal and Glass Containers; Glass Packaging; Metals and Mining; Diversified Metals and Mining; Rolling, Drawing, And Extruding Of Diversified Metals; Diversified Metal Foundries And Castings; Injection Molding And Die Casting; Industrials; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Household Durables; Home Furnishings; Wood Household Furniture; Metal Household Furniture; Outdoor Furniture; Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods; Textiles; Textile Mill Products; Leather and Leather Products; Consumer Staples; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Components; Electronic Components	Borlaug, William G. (Board); Kretschmar, Robert S. (Board); Lambert, Donna; Nesbitt, Yvonne	Headquarters 3500 OakLawn Avenue Suite 215 Dallas, Texas 75219 United States Main Phone: 214-520-0288 Main Fax: 214-520-0215
Morgan Keegan Ventures	Morgan Keegan Ventures is the venture capital investment arm of Morgan Keegan & Company, a financial firm. The company seeks to make investments in early stage technology companies. The firm invests between $250,000 and $500,000 in high technology business platforms.	Tennessee	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee	Advent Networks, Inc. (Current Investment); Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc. (Prior Investment); BPZ Resources, Inc. (Prior Investment); Conclusive Marketing, Inc. (Current Investment); La Madeleine de Corps, Inc. (Current Investment); Luminetx Corporation (Prior Investment)	-	Information Technology	Ayres, Michael; Miller, Elissa; O'Sullivan, Susannah H.; Harvey, R. Burton (Prior); Jenkins, Kimble L. (Prior)	Headquarters Fifty Front Street 17th Floor Memphis, Tennessee 38103 United States
MPOWER Ventures	MPOWER Ventures is a venture capital investment firm specializing in early-stage investments. It primarily invests in the financial services sector with a focus on international payments, mobile payments, and retail financial services. MPOWER Ventures is based in Austin, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	MPOWER Labs, Inc. (Current Investment); MPOWER Mobile, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.mpowerventures.com	Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services	Madrigal, Jorge Vergara; Sosa, Bertrand; Sosa, Roy	Headquarters Austin, Texas United States
Wingate Partners	Wingate Partners is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and add-on acquisitions of under-performing companies and industries in transition. The firm does not invest in banking, insurance, real estate, media, natural resources, and high technology sectors. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, services, and distribution industries with a focus on wholesale distribution and industrial services sectors. The firm invests in companies headquartered in the United States. It typically invests between $8 million and $25 million in its portfolio companies. The firm primarily invests in stand alone companies with revenues between $50 million and $250 million and transaction values between $25 million and $100 million. For add-on acquisition, it invests in businesses with revenue of any size for existing portfolio companies. The firm invests in larger transactions by co-investing with limited partners or other investor groups. It seeks to acquire controlling interests in its portfolio companies. The firm generally holds its investment upto six years. Wingate Partners was founded in 1987 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	AmerCable, Inc. (Prior Investment); Kevco, Inc. (Prior Investment); Loomis, Fargo & Co. (Prior Investment); National Print Group, Inc. (Current Investment); National Spirit Group Corporation (Prior Investment); Pro Parts Xpress, Inc. (Prior Investment); Redman Industries, Inc. (Prior Investment); Reliant Building Products, Inc. (Prior Investment); Stein World Inc. (Current Investment); USA Environment, LP (Current Investment)	www.wingatepartners.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors	Hegi, Frederick B.; Alvarado, Joseph; Applebaum, Jay I.; Brenneman, Bradley K.; Connors, James J.; Decker, Michael B.; Easterling, V. Edward; Johnson, James A.; Reed, Jason H.; Dupr?, Chris	Headquarters 750 North Saint Paul Street Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-720-1313 Main Fax: 214-871-8799
BankCap Partners	BankCap Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in the seed, start-ups and middle markets. It seeks to invest in the financial services sector. The firm prefers to invest and form start-up banks and middle-market commercial banks. It prefers to invest in the United States. The firm prefers to make initial equity investment between $70 million to $120 million and ultimately invests between 30.0 percent and 49.9 percent of the new bank's initial capital. BankCap Partners was founded in 2005 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	BCP Fund I Southeast Holdings LLC (Current Investment)	www.bankcap.com	Financials; Banks; Commercial Banks; Diversified Financials	Jones, Brian D.; Reed, Scott A. (Board); Case, Ronald C.; Grant, Joseph M.; Reed, Steven J.	Headquarters 2000 McKinney Avenue Suite 820 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-740-6100
Council Ventures	Council Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. It prefers to invest in security, storage, and healthcare information technology. The firm seeks to invest in Southeast region of the United States. It typically invests between $2 million and $4 million in its portfolio companies, spread across several financings. The firm prefers to invest in companies that target markets able to exceed $1 billion in market size within five years. Council Ventures was founded by Ms. Katie H. Gambill in 2000 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee	Advanced Academics, Inc. (Prior Investment); Benefit Informatics, Inc. (Current Investment); New Day Pharmacy Corporation (Current Investment); NotifyMD, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.councilventures.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Financials; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Systems Software; Security Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Networking Equipment; Network Security; Health Care Technology	Bottorff, Dennis C. (Board); Gambill, Katie H.; Jackson, Grant; Peat, Gary A.; Bottorff, Jennifer B. (Prior)	Headquarters 150 2nd Avenue North Suite 415 Nashville, Tennessee 37201 United States Main Phone: 615-255-3707 Main Fax: 615-255-3709
Innova Memphis Inc	Innova Memphis Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, and early stage companies. It is based in Memphis, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee	arGentis Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Current Investment)	www.innovamemphis.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Therapeutic Devices; Orthopedic Devices; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences	Woody, Ken	Headquarters 20 South Dudley Street Suite 802 Memphis, Tennessee 38103 United States Main Phone: 901-448-2440 Main Fax: 901-448-8850
Innovation Valley Partners	Innovation Valley Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. The firm typically invests in areas of health, security, energy, environment, life sciences, information technology, homeland securities, advanced materials, and nanotechnology companies based in the United States. Innovation Valley Partners is based in Knoxville, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Tennessee	Aldis, Inc. (Current Investment); NellOne Therapeutics, Inc. (Current Investment); SmartSynch, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.innovationvalleypartners.com	Energy; Materials; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Specialized Consumer Services; Environmental and Facilities Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Information Technology; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components; Electronic Components; Diversified Consumer Services; Nanotechnology; Residential Security and Personal Safety Services; Electronic Components	Kline, Glenn; Taylor-Smith, Ralph E.; Warren, Tracy S.	Headquarters 10702 Murdock Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37932 United States Main Phone: 865-777-1414 Main Fax: 865-777-1417
Private Equity Partners, Inc.	Private Equity Partners, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in direct equity investments in private middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in later stage growth capital, recapitalizations, management led buyouts, and intra industry acquisitions. It does not invest in start-up, early stage, and turnarounds. In addition to providing equity capital, the firm also provides senior or subordinated debt financing to complete transactions. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, distribution, and service sectors. The firm does not invest in markets subject to rapid change in technology, energy exploration and production companies, and real estate. It invests in companies requiring investments between $2 million and $10 million with revenues more than $15 million and operating cash flow in excess of $2 million. The firm will provide additional follow-on financing when warranted. It acts as a lead investor or co-investor and considers minority or controlling positions in the portfolio companies. The principals manage the firm's investments through active board participation. Private Equity Partners, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Centego Marketing, Inc. (Prior Investment); DF & R Restaurants, Inc. (Prior Investment); Future Food, Ltd. (Prior Investment); Hydrochem Industrial Services Inc. (Prior Investment); Mid-States Services, Inc. (Current Investment); Quality Trailer Products, Inc. (Prior Investment); Supportkids, Inc. (Current Investment); TX.CC, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.pepartners.net	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors	Alexander, R. Jeffery; Kleberg, Scott M.; Walker, Susannah P.	Headquarters 301 Commerce Street Suite 1300 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 United States Main Phone: 817-332-1600 Main Fax: 817-336-7523
C3 Capital, LLC	C3 Capital, LLC is a principal investment firm specializing in acquisitions, ownership transitions, recapitalizations, mezzanine, and later stage growth investments. The firm does not invest in early stages, and turnarounds. It prefers to invest in chemicals, plastics, energy, business services, distribution, and value added manufacturing. The firm does not invest in real estate, oil and gas exploration, financial institutions or businesses involving a significant bet on the evolution of specific technologies or with a high risk of technological obsolescence. The firm typically invests nationally in the United States with a focus on Midwest and Southern United States. It seeks to invest between $2 million and $10 million in companies having EBIT of at least $1.5 million. The firm invests in unsponsored transactions and co-invests with other funds. Its investments are structured in the form of subordinate debt with detachable warrants with a put option. The firm also makes investments in the form of redeemable preferred equity with warrants where appropriate. For subordinate debt investments, it seeks for a second security as collateral along with subordination agreement with senior lender. The firm prefers to be a board member or have observation right in the portfolio company. It generally exits a portfolio company in five years, but considers longer payouts on warrants. The firm does not seek controlling stakes in portfolio companies. C3 Capital, LLC was founded by Mr. D. Patrick Curran and Mr. A. Baron Cass III in 1994 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri with an additional office in Dallas, Texas.	Missouri; Texas	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	Electronic Transaction Consultants Corporation (Current Investment); Findett Corporation (Current Investment); Franchise Concepts, Inc. (Current Investment); Liquidmetal Coatings, LLC (Current Investment)	www.c3holdings.com	Energy; Energy; Materials; Materials; Chemicals; Commodity Chemicals; Plastic and Synthetic Resins; Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors	Banat, Catherine; Cass, A. Baron; Curran, D. Patrick Holdings; Healy, Patrick F.; Smith, Robert L.; Swartzman, Steven E.; Cohen, Barton J. (Prior); Herman, Gregg A. (Prior)	Headquarters 4520 Main Street Suite 1600 Kansas City, Missouri 64111 United States Main Phone: 816-756-2225 Main Fax: 816-756-5552
Flatrock Energy Advisors	Flatrock Energy Advisors is a venture capital firm specializing in early to mid-stage development investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies where it controls the boards and major investment decisions of its portfolio companies. It prefers to exit its investments between three and seven years. Flatrock Energy Advisors is based in San Antonio, Texas with an additional office in Edmond, Oklahoma.	Oklahoma; Texas	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Caiman Energy, LLC (Current Investment); Cardinal Midstream, LLC (Current Investment)	www.flatrockadvisors.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Field Services; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas; Natural Gas Liquids; Industrials; Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation	Waldrip, William D.; Jaggi, Dennis F.; Lemmons, William R.; McCanless, Dennis J.; Danmier, H. Bryan; Hurt, Morriss L.	Headquarters 1826 North Loop 1604 West Suite 200 San Antonio, Texas 78248 United States Main Phone: 210-494-6777 Main Fax: 210-494-6762
Insight Equity	Insight Equity is a private equity and mezzanine investment firm specializing in corporate carve-outs, turnaround, recapitalizations, restructurings, corporate divestitures, public-to-private transactions, family generational transfers, family owned liquidity events, asset sales, pre-packs and conventional bankruptcies of middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in complex and special situations. It does not seek to invest in real estate, retail, and restaurant sectors. The firm typically invests in manufacturing, automotive and transportation, aerospace and defense, industrial and consumer goods, distribution, energy services, service and professional industries, and technology related industries. Within manufacturing sector, it focuses on light and heavy manufacturing with domestic and international operations. In automotive and transportation, the firm invests at tier 1, tier 2, and OEM levels. Within aerospace and defense, it invests in aircraft companies, defense contracting, and ship repair. In industrial and consumer goods sector, the firm focuses on investments in durable and non durable products. In distribution sector, it invests in inventory management, logistics, and transportation. Within energy services, the firm invests in midstream and pipeline, refinery services, and operations. Within service and professional industries, it invests in consulting and human-asset models. In technology related sector, the firm invests in software and information technology services companies at various growth stages. It primarily invests in under-performing and asset-intensive businesses headquartered in North America. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $125 million in companies with revenues between $50 million and $1 billion and an enterprise value between $50 million and $500 million. It seeks to make control investments in its portfolio companies. Insight Equity was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	AvTurf, LLC (Current Investment); Direct Fuels, L.P. (Current Investment); Hirschfeld Holdings LP (Current Investment); Sportexe Construction Services Inc. (Prior Investment); Superior Silica Sands, LLC (Current Investment)	www.insightequity.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Materials; Industrials; Capital Goods; Aerospace and Defense; Aerospace and Defense; Construction and Engineering; Construction and Engineering; Heavy Construction; Machinery; Construction and Farm Machinery and Heavy Trucks; Marine Transportation Equipment; Ship and Boat Repairing; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Diversified Support Services; Office Services and Supplies; Consulting Services; Transportation; Air Freight and Logistics; Consumer Discretionary; Automobiles and Components; Automobiles; Automobile Manufacturers; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Healthcare; Financials; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Logistics Software; Inventory Management Software; Industry Specific Software; Automotive Industry Software; Telecommunication Services; Utilities	Beneski, Theodore W.; Vescovo, Victor L.; Searcy, Conner; Conner, Rob; Hardwick, Felicia; Slaton, Kevin; Bethea, Brandon C.; Kerlin, Eliot E.; Strauss, Robert M.; Gatlin, Ross (Prior Board)	Headquarters 1400 Civic Place Suite 250 Southlake, Texas 76092-7641 United States Main Phone: 817-488-7775 Main Fax: 817-488-7739
Parallel Investment Partners	Parallel Investment Partners is a private equity firm specializing in recapitalizations, buyouts, and growth capital investments in lower middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in business-to-business, energy, consumer, healthcare, specialty manufacturing, education and training, multi-channel marketing, building products, and consumer products sectors. Within the business-to-business sector, the firm focuses on product companies and business and financial services. Its energy sector investments include exploration and production and energy services. Within the consumer sector, the firm focuses on product companies, restaurants, specialty retail, and service companies. Its healthcare investments include medical products and financial and healthcare services. Within the specialty-manufacturing sector, the firm focuses on engineered products and light manufacturing. It seeks to invest in companies headquartered in North America. The firm typically invests between $5 million and $20 million in companies with minimum revenues between $10 million and $100 million and EBITDA of at least $3 million with three year history of positive cash flow. It seeks to invest in companies with enterprise values between $15 million and $75 million and a historical growth rate of at least ten percent excluding acquisitions. The firm seeks to make control and significant non-control investments and typically partners with other companies for investments. It prefers to invest in the form of common and preferred equity and/or subordinated debt. Parallel Investment Partners was founded in 1999 and is based in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Los Angeles, California.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Central Hydraulic, Inc. (Current Investment); JetStar Energy Services, Inc. (Prior Investment); Products Fabrication, Inc. (Current Investment); RWG Energy Inc. (Prior Investment); SportsMyx Holdings Inc. (Prior Investment); Winnercomm, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.parallelip.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Industrials; Capital Goods; Building Products; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Education Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Restaurants; Media; Media; Advertising; Marketing Services; Retailing; Distributors; Specialty Retail; Consumer Staples; Household and Personal Products; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); Diversified Consumer Services	Fletcher, F. Barron; Taylor, Robert J.; Johnson, Jared L.; Karp, Evan G.; Crosnoe, Clark R. (Prior); Roberts, Ellery W. (Prior); Shaya, Saleh S. (Prior)	Headquarters 2100 McKinney Avenue Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-740-3600 Main Fax: 214-740-3630
TPH Partners, LLC	TPH Partners, LLC is the private equity arm of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., LLC. It seeks to make investments in buyouts and middle market. The firm prefers to invest in upstream, oilfield service and midstream subsectors of the energy industry. TPH Partners, LLC is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	BlueRock Energy Capital, Ltd. (Current Investment); Ingrain, Inc. (Current Investment); Storm Peak Energy, LLC (Current Investment); Universal Pegasus (Current Investment)	www.TPHpartners.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Field Services	McCormick, George; Schaefer, Curt; Pruner, Alexandra	Headquarters Houston, Texas United States
21st Century Group, LLC	21st Century Group, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in leveraged buyout and acquisitions in lower middle market. It seeks to make direct equity or equity related investments, in lower middle market companies focused on emerging domestic and underserved markets in urban and metropolitan areas. The firm seeks to acquire divisions or subsidiaries of public or private companies, private companies seeking liquidity, family owned companies seeking intergeneration transfer of wealth, and public companies desiring to go private. It primarily invests in manufacturing, value added distribution, service, and media sectors. It seeks to invest in United States. The firm seeks to invest in transactions values between $15 million and $100 million in companies with annual revenues between $15 and $150 million. The prefers to take a controlling stake in the portfolio company. The firm also provides non-institutional financing. 21st Century Group, LLC was founded in 1998 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Integrity Packaging, Inc. (Current Investment); Paris Packaging, Inc. (Current Investment); Republic Companies Group, Inc. (Prior Investment); The Nichols Companies (Current Investment)	www.21stcenturygroupfund.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Media; Media; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors	Ware, John L.; De Jes?s, Francisco; Walker, W. Kelvin; Westfall, Michelle R.	Headquarters 200 Crescent Court Suite 1600 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-965-7999 Main Fax: 214-965-7993
Ascension Health Ventures, LLC	Ascension Health Ventures, LLC is the venture capital arm of Ascension Health, Inc. specializing in investments in expansion to late stage companies. It also invests in other healthcare venture funds. The firm seeks to invest in the healthcare sector with a focus on medical devices, medical and information technology and services companies. It typically invests approximately $5 million per round and up to $10 million per company. The firm prefers to invest in companies that are within three to five years of a potential liquidating event. It seeks to take a board observer seat in its portfolio companies. Ascension Health Ventures, LLC was founded in 2001 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	Haven Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (Current Investment); ISTO Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); Stereotaxis Inc. (Prior Investment); United Surgical Partners International Inc. (Current Investment)	www.ascensionhealthventures.org	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Health Care Technology; Health Care Technology	Hermann, Matthew I.; Wehrung, Jamie; Butler, Tara D.; Schuler, Ryan L.; Kats, Victor J.; Agarwal, Sachin (Prior); Doyle, John D. (Prior); Silecky, Taras (Prior)	Headquarters 11775 Borman Drive Suite 310 St. Louis, Missouri 63146-6944 United States Main Phone: 314-733-8100 Main Fax: 314-733-8678
Hunt Private Equity Group, Inc.	Hunt Private Equity Group, Inc. (HPEG) is a principal investment arm of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm invests alongside management teams and operating executives in management-led buyouts, recapitalizations and growth financings. HPEG does not invest in energy/natural resources, real estate, financial services, healthcare, technology, media, and utilities sectors. The firm invests in companies within the following industries: consumer products and services, business services, manufacturing, and distribution. HPEG seeks to invest in family or individually-owned companies headquartered in the United States and Canada with revenues between $15 million and $75 million and EBITDA between $2 million and $8 million. It prefers to take a seat on the Board of Directors of its portfolio companies and invest in majority and minority stakes acting as the lead or co-lead investor. HPEG is an affiliate of Hunt Investment Corporation, the investment arm of the Ray L. Hunt family, and is based in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Ambit Energy, Inc. (Current Investment); American Furniture Manufacturing, Inc. (Prior Investment); Living Earth Technology Company (Current Investment); Wyndham Jade, L.L.C. (Prior Investment)	www.huntpeg.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Services; Retailing; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Food and Staples Retailing; Food and Staples Retailing; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Food Products; Household and Personal Products	Hunt, Ray L. (Board); Smiley, Stephen P.; Briggs, Herb; Davis, C. P.; Goldberg, Bennet; Kleinert, Christopher M.; Hurtekant, Tom; Jolly, Brian; Edwards, Darren (Prior); Foskey, Andrew E. (Prior)	Headquarters 1900 North Akard Street Dallas, Texas 75201-2300 United States Main Phone: 214-978-8690 Main Fax: 214-855-6999 Other Phone: 214-978-8582
Lime Rock Resources	Lime Rock Resources is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of oil and gas properties. It invests in properties with primarily proved reserves, mature fields with some additional drilling opportunities, properties sold as individual assets or properties sold in multi-property packages, and corporate stock transactions with privately-owned or public oil and gas companies. The firm may, in very select circumstances, acquire non-operated interests in oil and gas properties. The firm invests in the United States. Lime Rock Resources was founded in 2005 and is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Newfield Exploration Co., Oil and Gas Properties in Mid-Continent Region (Current Investment); Oil and Gas Properties in Reklaw Field (Current Investment); Two Gas Properties in East Texas (Current Investment)	www.limerockresources.com	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Drilling; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Utilities; Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Utilities	Adcock, Charles W.; Mullins, Eric D.; Butta, Christopher A.; Miller, C. Tim; Landrum, Delhi; Black, Tray (Prior)	Headquarters 1111 Bagby Street Heritage Plaza Suite 4600 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-292-9510 Main Fax: 713-292-9560
Oakwood Medical Investors	Oakwood Medical Investors is a venture capital firm specializing in development stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in the life sciences sector with a focus on pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices and medical services. It does not seek active management while making investments and prefers to invest after first round of institutional financing. Oakwood Medical Investors is based in St. Louis, Missouri with an additional office in Cleveland, Ohio.	Missouri	-	Early Venture	Stages: Early Venture Office Location: Missouri	Quick Study Radiology, Inc. (Current Investment); Stereotaxis Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.oakwoodmedical.com	Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Therapeutic Devices; Cardiovascular Equipment; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Medical Device Research and Development; Medical Device Research Equipment; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmaceutical Products; Cardiovascular Drugs	Perez, Raul Evelio (Board); Burkhardt, Daniel A. (Board); Darrah, Jason A.; Girouard, Steven (Prior)	Headquarters 10411 Clayton Road Suite 302 St. Louis, Missouri 63131 United States Main Phone: 314-991-7979 Main Fax: 314-991-7914
Olympus Real Estate Corporation	Olympus Real Estate Corporation is a real estate private investment firm that seeks to invest in equities, mortgages, securities, and mezzanine capital. The firm prefers to invest in real estate owners, operators, and developers. It was founded in May 1994 by Mr. David B. Deniger. The firm is headquartered at Dallas, Texas with an additional office in New York City.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Century Golf Partners, LLC (Current Investment); MichaelHoligan.com (Current Investment); Stratus Properties Inc. (Prior Investment); Walden Residential Properties, Inc. (Current Investment)	-	Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Hotels, Resorts and Cruise Lines; Lodging; Hotels And Motels; Financials; Real Estate	Deniger, David B.; Hall, Hal R.; Mundy, Jeffrey G.; Riggs, Robert S.; Smith, Timothy B.; Carter, J. Dodge; Dorn, Michael K.; Folk, Jennifer L.; Landin, Robert P.; Adair, Gregory C. (Prior)	Headquarters 5080 Spectrum Dr Suite 1050 Addison, Texas 75001 United States Main Phone: 214-377-1740
Tennessee Valley Ventures, L.P.	Tennessee Valley Ventures, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, expansion financing, and recapitalization of closely held companies. The firm typically invests in manufacturing, distribution, and services sectors. It seeks to invest in small and medium sized businesses in Southern Eastern United States. The firm primarily invests in companies with earnings of at least $0.5 million and annual revenues between $3 million and $100 million. It typically takes majority stake and a board seat in its portfolio companies. Tennessee Valley Ventures, L.P. was founded in 1997 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	-	Office Location: Tennessee	Precision Boilers, Inc. (Current Investment); Rogers Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Current Investment); Southern Quality Meats, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.awbyrdco.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Commercial Printing; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors	Byrd, Andrew; Reisner, Rick; Sell, Charles G.; Johnson, Lon; Binkley, Jay (Prior)	Headquarters Sun Trust Bank Building 201 4th Avenue North Suite 1250 Nashville, Tennessee 37219 United States Main Phone: 615-256-8061 Main Fax: 615-256-7057
American Beacon Advisors, Inc.	American Beacon Advisors, Inc. is an asset management arm of AMR Corporation. The firm provides its services to investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, corporations, state or municipal government entities, foundations, endowments, and pooled investment vehicles. It manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It makes its fixed income investments in money market. The firm primarily invests in value and growth stocks employing top-down stock picking approach. It was formerly known as AMR Investment Services, Inc. American Beacon Advisors was founded in 1986 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	American Private Equity Partners L.P. (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit); AMR Investment Services, Pension Arm (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit)	www.americanbeaconadvisors.com	-	Herring, Douglas G.; Brett, Brian Edward; Brown, Kirk; Fields, Michael Wilson; McKinney, Terri L.; Harris, Rebecca Lynn; Marlett, Charles David (Board); Sears, Christina Elaine; Behan, Rosemary Kavanaugh; Crumpler, Wyatt C.	Headquarters 4151 Amon Carter Boulevard MD 2450 Fort Worth, Texas 76155-2601 United States Main Phone: 817-967-3514 Main Fax: 817-967-0768
Carson Private Capital	Carson Private Capital is a private equity firm specializing in investments in the energy, consumer, and food sectors. The firm seeks to invest in the United States and Europe. Carson Private Capital is based at Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Substrate Technologies, Inc. (Current Investment); TriDimension Energy, LP (Current Investment)	www.carsonfunds.com	Energy; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Staples	Carson, Royal W.	Headquarters 500 Victory Plaza East 3030 Olive Street Dallas, Texas 75219 United States Main Phone: 214-999-1000 Main Fax: 214-999-1022
Crates Thompson Capital Inc.	Crates Thompson Capital is a private equity investment firm that provides capital for the acquisition, recapitalization and growth financing of successful operating companies. Crates Thompson invests primarily in later stage middle market companies based in the Southwest and surrounding regions of the country. The firm maintains broad industry parameters.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Cleere Drilling Company (Prior Investment); Cude Drilling, Inc. (Prior Investment); Lane Supply, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.cratesthompson.com	-	Crates, Robert B.; Thompson, Kelly	Headquarters 201 Main Street Suite 2001 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 United States Main Phone: 817-335-1700
Crow Holdings	Crow Holdings is a privately owned real estate investment manager. The firm provides its services to endowments, foundations, pension plans, financial institutions, and high net worth individuals. It acquires, develops, and manages real estate assets and private real estate equity funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public and private equity, fixed income, real estate, and alternative markets across the globe with a focus on United States. It specializes in real estate investments including retail, industrial, multi-family, office, hotel, and land investments across the United States. Within retail, the firm invests in grocery-anchored retail centers, strip retail centers, and community centers ranging in size from 50,000 to 600,000 square feet. For its investments in industrial real estate, the firm seeks to invest and develop warehouses and industrial parks. It also invests in and develops garden style and urban in-fill multi-family housing. The firm targets lot development for entry level and first time move-up buyers as well as amenitized communities for vacation and retirement living. Its non-real estate portfolio includes investments in marketable securities and private businesses made through third-party public equity, fixed income, hedge fund, and private equity managers. Crow Holdings founded in 1991 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Hilton Memphis Hotel (Prior Investment); Omni Royal Orleans Hotel (Current Investment); Windsor Court Hotel L.P (Current Investment)	www.crowholdings.com	-	Crow, Harlan (Board); Brindell, Charles R.; McClain, Robert; Raymond, Anne L.; Cohen, Michael D. (Prior); Dona, Tony (Prior, Deceased); Groenteman, Sue (Prior)	Headquarters 2100 McKinney Avenue Suite 700 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-661-8000
George K. Baum Merchant Banc	George K. Baum Merchant Banc is an investment arm of George K. Baum and Company specializing in industry consolidation and build-up strategies, acquisitions, growth equity investments, management and leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations in middle-market companies. The firm?s acquisition candidates include public and private companies, subsidiaries and divisions of public companies, companies anticipating generational changes of ownership, private company owners seeking liquidity, and companies requiring growth capital. It prefers to invest in general manufacturing and business services sectors. The firm seeks to invest in the Midwest region of United States. It prefers to invest in companies with revenues between $15 million and $200 million and transaction values ranging from $15 million to $150 million. The firm seeks to exit an investment between five years and eight years. George K. Baum Merchant Banc is based in Kansas City, Missouri.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	American Italian Pasta Co. (Prior Investment); Automatic Systems, Inc. (Current Investment); MAC Equipment, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.gkbaum.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Office Services and Supplies; Outsourced Business Services	Baum, Jonathan E. (Board); Graham, Eric V.; Parr, Shane C.; Thomas, William D.; Baum, G. Kenneth; Bartholow, Ford S. (Prior)	Headquarters 4801 Main Street Plaza Colonnade Suite 540 Kansas City, Missouri 64112 United States Main Phone: 816-474-1100 Main Fax: 816-283-5376 Other Phone: 800-821-7195
Haas Wheat & Partners	Haas Wheat & Partners is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and strategic equity investments in middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in healthcare, consumer products and services, and specialized business services and manufacturing. It prefers to invest in companies based in United States of America. The firm does not invest in companies, which face excessive sensitivity to recessionary or commodity business cycles, aggressive foreign competition, extreme capital intensity, highly regulated industries, and high risk of technological obsolescence. The firm seeks to make equity investments between $25 million and $200 million. It invests in private companies with an enterprise value between $50 million and $200 million and in public companies with market capitalizations' between $300 million and $2 billion. The firm seeks to gain controlling positions in its portfolio companies. It will consider minority investments or partnering with other firms to pursue a transaction as a group. Haas Wheat & Partners was founded in 1992 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Cadbury Schweppes Bottling Group (Prior Investment); Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. (Prior Investment); Medfinders, Inc. (Current Investment); Walls Industries, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.haaswheat.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Services; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services	Haas, Robert B. (Board); Walton, Wyche H.; Lichlyter, Gail; Wilson, James G.; Robichaux, Todd D. (Prior); Wheat, Douglas D. (Prior)	Headquarters 300 Crescent Court Suite 1700 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-871-8300 Main Fax: 214-871-8357
Path4 Ventures	Path4 Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in musculoskeletal sector with a focus on early-intervention orthopaedic solutions. The firm prefers to invest in musculoskeletal sector with a special interest in the spine, total joints, and sports medicine areas. Path4 Ventures was co-founded by Mr. Jerry DeVries, Mr. James Rogan, and Mr. Steven I. Whitlock in 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	LDR Spine USA, Inc. (Current Investment); Spinal Restoration, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.path4.com	Healthcare	DeVries, Jerry; Rogan, James; Whitlock, Steven I.; Burkinshaw, Brian; Marino, Matt	Headquarters 4030 West Braker Lane Suite 360 Austin, Texas 78759 United States Main Phone: 512-344-3300 Main Fax: 512-344-3350
Thompson Street Capital Partners	Thompson Street Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm specializing in family businesses in transition, growth capital, recapitalizations, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, and take privates investments in middle market companies. The firm does not invest in start-up and early-stage companies. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, and services companies. The firm invests in niche manufacturers and value-added distributors, military and homeland security providers, business-to-business catalog companies, home healthcare distributors, clinical labs, and business process outsourcing providers. It invests in companies based in the North America region. The firm does not invest in the real estate sector. It seeks to invest between $7.5 million and $40 million in companies having revenues between $20 million and $200 million and EBITDA of $5 million and $15 million. The firm also seeks add-on transactions for portfolio companies with no EBIDTA limits. It prefers to take a control position in its portfolio companies. Thompson Street Capital Partners was founded in 2000 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri with an additional office in New Jersey.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	Alan White Company, Inc. (Prior Investment); I. Levy and Associates Inc. (Current Investment); Kele, Inc. (Prior Investment); ReNewable Products, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.thompsonstreet.net	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Commercial Security and Safety Services ; Specialized Consumer Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Household Durables; Home Furnishings; Consumer Services; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Distributors; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); B2B Commerce; IT Services; IT Consulting and Other Services; Information Technology (IT) Consulting; Services Outsourcing; Diversified Consumer Services; Residential Security and Personal Safety Services; Security and Alarm Services	Cooper, James A.; Willhite, William; Holiday, Harry; Berman, Neal Jason; Borow, Elizabeth; Dunn, Robert C.; Villhard, Peter S.; Warrick, Vincent; Cramer, Kellie J.; Strahorn, Bradley S.	Headquarters National City Center, Clayton 120 South Central Avenue Suite 600 St. Louis, Missouri 63105 United States Main Phone: 314-727-2112 Main Fax: 314-727-2118
Virgo Capital	Virgo Capital is a private equity investment firm specializing in making control investments in lower-middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in the technology-enabled services and software companies. It seeks to invest in companies with enterprise values of $10 million to $30 million, revenues between $5 million and $50 million, and an EBITDA of between $2 million and $7 million. Virgo Capital was founded in 2005 and is based in Austin, Texas with an additional office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.	Oklahoma; Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Accord Human Resources, Inc. (Current Investment); iProfile, LLC (Current Investment)	www.virgocapital.com	Information Technology; Software and Services; IT Services; IT Consulting and Other Services; Information Technology (IT) Consulting; Services Outsourcing; Software; Technology Hardware and Equipment	Parasuram, Hemanth; Swaminathan, Guhan; Prakash, Arun	Headquarters 611 South Congress Avenue Suite 420 Austin, Texas 78704 United States Main Phone: 512-416-7840 Main Fax: 512-519-1656
Caris, Ltd.	Caris, Ltd. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisition financing. The firm seeks to invest in private marketplace. It prefers to invest in health care, energy, retail, and financial services sectors. The firm seeks to invest between $20 million and $100 million per transaction. It typically acquires a majority stake in its portfolio companies. Caris, Ltd. was founded in 2004 by Mr. David D. Halbert and is based in Irving, Texas with an additional office in New York, New York.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Caris Life Sciences, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.carisltd.com	Energy; Energy; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Healthcare; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services	Halbert, David D. (Board); Shaffer, Leslie Brou; Brille, Leslie Simmons; Houk, Steve; Johansen, Laura I.	Headquarters 5215 North O'Connor Boulevard Suite 2650 Irving, Texas 75039 United States Main Phone: 972-590-2100 Main Fax: 972-590-2103
Cobalt Capital Partners	Cobalt Capital Partners is a real estate investment firm specializing in acquisition of light industrial properties. The firm invests in light industrial property specifically smaller distribution buildings that accommodate smaller space needs, i.e., spaces generally between 10,000 and 50,000 sq. ft. The firm seeks to invest in properties throughout the United States. It typically invests a minimum of $5 million in its portfolio companies. Cobalt Capital Partners was founded in 2002 and is based in Irving, Texas.	Texas	Tennessee; Texas	-	Office Location: Texas Geographies of Interest: Tennessee; Texas	-	www.cobaltcapitalpartners.com	Financials; Real Estate	Friedland, Lewis D.; Fishman, Tom; Mosis, Dirk; Wenaas, Mike; Broome, David; Morland, Bryan D.	Headquarters 5605 North MacArthur Boulevard Suite 350 Irving, Texas 75038 United States Main Phone: 972-893-7000 Main Fax: 972-893-7001
LongueVue Capital, LLC	LongueVue Capital, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investment in middle market companies. It typically invests in restructurings, turnarounds, workouts, distressed assets, corporate divestitures, management buyouts, undervalued small capitalization public companies, recapitalizations, and in privately held businesses. The firm seeks to invest in companies with revenues greater than $20 million and exits its investments within five to seven years. LongueVue Capital, LLC was founded in 2001 by Mr. Rick S. Rees and Mr. John C. McNamara, II and is based in Metairie, Louisiana with additional offices in New York, New York.	Louisiana	-	-	Office Location: Louisiana	Advanced Metering Data Systems, LLC (Prior Investment); Ardent Holdings, LLC (Current Investment)	www.longuevuecapital.com	-	McNamara, John C.; Rees, Rick S.; Hutchinson, R. Campbell; Hance, Carol W. (Prior)	Headquarters 111 Veterans Boulevard Suite 1020 Metairie, Louisiana 70005 United States Main Phone: 504-834-7090 Main Fax: 504-834-1142
NLM Capital Partners, L.P.	NLM Capital Partners, L.P. is a private equity investment firm specializing in investments in leveraged buildups in fragmented industries that can benefit from economic cycle changes. It seeks to make middle market investments. The firm primarily invests in control positions of portfolio companies, however it also considers minority ownership positions in select situations. The firm does not invest in any entity or business whose success depends on the widespread acceptance of new or novel technology; that has limited operating revenues; or that is engaged in direct retail activity, the restaurant business, or any oil or natural gas related business. It makes equity investment between $3 million and $30 million in the transaction size of between $15 million and $150 million. NLM Capital Partners, L.P. was founded in 2004 and is based in Irving, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Miller Drilling Company, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.nlmcapital.com	-	Chappel, J. Randall; Collet, James	Headquarters 125 East John Carpenter Freeway Suite 600 Irving, Texas 75062 United States Main Phone: 972-432-1483 Main Fax: 972-432-1441
Pinto Partners	Pinto Partners is a venture capital firm investing through its fund, Pinto America Growth Fund, L.P. It specializes in growth and expansion capital transactions of small and medium sized companies. The firm prefers to invest in consumer goods and service companies engaged in the branded food, beverage and other consumer products; financial services; retail; restaurants; media and entertainment; healthcare; and transportation, distribution and logistics sectors. It makes investments in the United States Hispanic market, including Mexico and other emerging markets. The firm typically invests between $5 million and $15 million in companies which have revenues between $5 million and $75 million. Pinto Partners is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Barri Remittance Corporation (Current Investment); Meximerica Media, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.pintoamerica.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Transportation; Air Freight and Logistics; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Restaurants; Media; Media; Movies and Entertainment; Retailing; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Healthcare; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services	Vaughan, Richard B.; Amar?, Rodrigo B.; Caranti, Guido M.; Laureano, Alberto	Headquarters 1000 Main Suite 3260 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-209-7544
Rock Hill Capital Group, LLC	Rock Hill Capital Group, LLC is a private equity firm that seeks to make equity investments in small to middle-market companies. The firm intends to partner with entrepreneurial managers who are in need of patient capital and management expertise to assist them in the continued expansion and growth of their business. Potential investment opportunities for it include recapitalizations, management buyouts, growth initiatives, and financial restructuring. The firm will not consider investments in operational or management turn-arounds. The firm prefers to invest in the companies based in Southern United States. It seeks to invest in companies with an enterprise value of less than $75 million. Rock Hill Capital Group, LLC was founded in 2008 and is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Southwaste Services, Inc. (Current Investment)	www.rockhillcap.com	-	Hale, Randall B.; Wilson, James P.; Christman, Jeffery S.	Headquarters 2777 Allen Parkway Suite 850 Houston, Texas 77019 United States Main Phone: 713-715-7510 Main Fax: 713-715-7520
Talisman Capital, Inc.	Talisman Capital, Inc. is a principal investment firm specializing in venture capital and private equity investments. The firm seeks to invest in mid- to late-stage companies, buyouts, and will also consider selected distressed and special situation opportunities, as well as selected investments in public companies. It prefers to invest in seeks to invest in information technology, Internet, e-commerce, telecommunications, manufacturing, and service-related businesses. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Asia, Europe, and United States. Talisman Capital, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.	Arkansas	-	-	Office Location: Arkansas	ERHC Energy Inc. (Prior Investment); Talisman Capital SA (Current Subsidiary/Operating Unit)	-	Industrials; Capital Goods; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Internet and Catalog Retail; Internet Retail; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software; Website Infrastructure Software; E-Commerce Software; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Lee, Mark Allen; Ladin, Brian (Prior); Middleton, Mark (Prior); Tirman, Geoffrey (Prior)	Headquarters 16101 La Grande Drive Suite 100 Little Rock, Arkansas 72223 United States Main Phone: 501-821-6800 Main Fax: 501-821-6888
Richland Ventures	Richland Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in expansion capital. The firm typically invests in healthcare service companies, medical devices, technology, and other diversified service companies. It primarily invests in Southeast, Midwest and Southwest United States though it can consider investments in other regions of the country. The firm seeks to invest between $5 million to $15 million per company and is invested in securities convertible into common stock. It prefers to be a lead investor and take an active role in each of its companies at the board level. The firm typically exits between a period of four and six years through an IPO or strategic sale. It would consider private sale during times of illiquidity in the public markets. The firm combines its capital with the resources of other co-investors to take a company to its IPO or strategic sale. Richland Ventures was founded in 1994 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.	Tennessee	-	-	Office Location: Tennessee	Adorno-Rogers Technology, Inc (Prior Investment); Arcon Healthcare, Inc. (Prior Investment); CC Media Holdings, Inc. (Prior Investment); Inform DX (Prior Investment); Intechra Group LLC (Prior Investment); MainBancorp, Inc. (Prior Investment); Mattress Giant Corporation (Prior Investment); Regal Entertainment Group (Prior Investment); Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (Prior Investment); Symbion Inc. (Prior Investment); Synhrgy HR Technologies, Inc. (Prior Investment); Torch Health Care, Inc. (Prior Investment); United Dental Care, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.richlandventures.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Media; Media; Movies and Entertainment; Entertainment Services; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Information Technology	Ortale, Patrick W.; Tyrrell, Jack; Fitzgerald, David (Prior); Hoffman, James (Prior)	Headquarters 1201 16th Avenue South Nashville, Tennessee 37212-2920 United States Main Phone: 615-383-8030 Main Fax: 615-269-0463
TI Ventures	TI Ventures operates as an investment arm of Texas Instruments Inc. specializing in early stage and startup investments. The firm prefers to invest in advanced architectures for wireless handsets, data converter, power management and other advanced analog technologies, medical devices, including medical imaging, portable devices and implantables, advanced processor and networking technologies, sensors and low-power wireless technologies, energy management, energy harvesting, and semiconductor-based cleantech solutions. TI Ventures was founded in 1996 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	Britestream Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); eRealty, Inc. (Prior Investment); Navini Networks, Inc. (Prior Investment); NetEffect, Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.ti.com/tiventures	Energy; Industrials; Capital Goods; Aerospace and Defense; Aerospace and Defense; Defense Electronics; Infrared Sensors; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Household Durables; Consumer Electronics; Video Equipment; Audio Equipment; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Information Technology; Software and Services; IT Services; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services; Networking Services; Software; Systems Software; Wireless Access; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Networking Equipment; Wireless Networking Equipment; Network Security; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment; Semiconductor Equipment	Pedigo, Madison; Kingsland, Samuel D.; Hambrecht, William R. (Prior); O'Grady, Standish H. (Prior)	Headquarters 7839 Churchill Way MS 3995 Dallas, Texas 75251 United States
First Financial Investors	First Financial Investors is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in startups. The firm invests in community banks based in Tennessee and Southeast of United States. It seeks to exit its investments between seven years and ten years. First Financial Investors was founded by Mr. James Ayers in 2005 and is based in Parsons, Tennessee.	Tennessee	Tennessee	Seed/Startup	Stages: Seed/Startup Office Location: Tennessee Geographies of Interest: Tennessee	-	-	Financials; Banks	Stock, Keith (Prior Board)	Headquarters 68 West Main Street Parsons, Tennessee 38363-2012 United States
Jefferson Capital Management, LLC	Jefferson Capital Management, LLC is private equity investment firm specializing in investments in small and middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in growth and expansion, acquisitions, management buyouts, and recapitalization investments. It is a registered Small Business Investment Company. The firm typically seeks to invest in the form of subordinated debts with warrants for a minority interest but can also invest in the form of equity capital, mezzanine financing, subordinated debt, preferred stock, and common stock. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, industrial products, services, consumer products, wholesale and distribution, healthcare products and equipment, and applied technology sectors. The firm seeks to invest in the Southeastern and Midwestern region of the United States and Texas. It seeks to invest between $1 million and $2 million in companies having minimum revenue of $5 million and which have a three-year history of creating positive cash flow. The firm can invest as a lead investor or a co-investor in significantly larger transactions. Jefferson Capital Management, LLC is based in Metairie, Louisiana.	Louisiana	Texas	-	Office Location: Louisiana Geographies of Interest: Texas	-	www.jeffcap.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Trading Companies and Distributors; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Information Technology	Giffin, Paul F.; Harper, William J.	Headquarters 3501 North Causeway Boulevard Suite 420 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 United States Main Phone: 504-828-2088 Main Fax: 504-828-2014
Lone Star Funds	Lone Star Funds is a private equity firm specializing in asset acquisitions, corporate acquisitions, company sponsorships, turnarounds, refinancing, distressed debt, and recapitalizations. In asset acquisition, the firm seeks to acquire secured and corporate unsecured debt instruments and real estate assets. In corporate acquisitions, it acquires controlling interests in the financial or real estate sector, for operational turnaround in a longer term hold strategy. In corporate sponsorships, the firm provides capital to companies in a bankruptcy or similar legal proceeding to allow the company to recapitalize, emerge from the legal proceeding, and turnaround its operations. It invests in single family residential and consumer debt products as well as financially-oriented and asset rich operating companies. The firm also provides short to medium term mezzanine debt or preferred equity financing for recapitalizations. It seeks to make investments for real estate development or major rehabilitation of existing assets in various property types. The firm seeks to invest globally. Lone Star Funds was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with additional offices in New York, New York; Montreal, Canada; Marseille, France; Tokyo, Japan; Taipei, Taiwan; Seoul, South Korea; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; London, United Kingdom; Frankfurt, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; Dublin, Ireland; and Hamilton, Bermuda.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Captain D?s, LLC (Prior Investment); Shoney's, Inc. (Prior Investment); US Restaurant Properties Inc. (Prior Investment)	www.lonestarfunds.com	Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Financials; Diversified Financials; Real Estate	Grayken, John (Board); Allen, Len W.; Brahin, Olivier; Dodd, Angus; Patel, Paul; Scherrer, Bruno; Paletta, Louis; Thomson, Michael D.; Won, Yoo Hoe; Lee, Steven (Prior)	Headquarters 2711 North Haskell Avenue Suite 1700 Dallas, Texas 75204 United States Main Phone: 214-754-8300 Main Fax: 214-754-8301
Ewing Management Group	Ewing Management Group is a private equity firm specializing in investments in acquisitions, industry consolidations, and add-on acquisitions. The firm prefers to invest in divisions, subsidiaries, or individual plants of a larger company, underperforming companies, out-of-favor divisions of parent companies, special situations, and companies undergoing restructuring. It invests in manufacturing and asset-intensive businesses. The firm primarily invests in public and private companies located throughout the world, with an emphasis on Asia and a specific interest in China. It typically invests in companies with revenues between $15 million and $500 million. For add-on acquisitions, the firm seeks companies with at least $5 million of revenue. It also seeks to acquire controlling interests in its portfolio companies. Ewing Management Group was founded in 2004 by Mr. B. Edward Ewing and is based at Dallas, Texas with additional offices in New York, New York and Shanghai, China.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	The Aerostructures Corporation (Prior Investment)	www.emglp.com	Industrials	Ewing, B. Edward (Board); Nyhoff, Douglas G.; Lockhart, Diane; Camp, Elizabeth Varley; Clarke, Daniel J.; Colder, Steven N.; Katz, Shoney; Marcotuli, Jim; Pengcheng, Guo; Ramsey, D. Justin	Headquarters 3818 Cedar Springs Road Suite 101 ? 407 Dallas, Texas 75219 United States Main Phone: 214-756-6260 Main Fax: 214-756-6299 Other Phone: 214-756-6262
Knightsbridge Advisers, Incorporated	Knightsbridge Advisers, Incorporated is a fund of funds that focuses on venture capital partnerships that invest in technology-based companies at the seed and early stages. It invests within the United States. The firm is currently investing through its funds KVC VI and Knightsbridge Venture Completion 2005. Knightsbridge Advisers, Incorporated was founded in 1983 by Mr. Joel C. Romines and is based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.	Oklahoma	-	-	Office Location: Oklahoma	Santera (Prior Investment)	www.knightsbridgeusa.com	-	Romines, Joel C.; Heald, Ellen L.; Arnold, George P.; Piette, Barbara A.; Sanders, Tim; Castleberry, Rich A.; Donohue, Eileen; Frankle, Jill L.; Andersen, Kari (Prior); Bliamptis, Timothy (Prior)	Headquarters 122 SW Frank Phillips Boulevard Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74003-3625 United States Main Phone: 918-336-0978 Main Fax: 918-336-0824
Rockland Capital Energy Investments, LLC	Rockland Capital Energy Investments, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in acquisition, development, and optimization of companies in energy and infrastructure sectors. It makes equity and debt investments in projects that are asset backed and secured by long-term contracts. The firm also invests in new build/development projects, distressed assets/SPV equity/debt instruments, capital restructuring, and management buyouts. In energy and infrastructure sectors, it seeks to invest in power production and related assets, corporate risk warehousing, transmission projects, district heating and cooling, merchant assets, industrial projects with power and/or steam applications or requirements, renewable energy and bio-fuels, and carbon credits and clean development mechanisms. The firm focuses on companies based in North America and Europe. It prefers to invest between $10 million and $70 million in its portfolio companies. Rockland Capital Energy Investments, LLC was founded in 2003 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional offices in New York, New York; London, United Kingdom; and Dortmund, Germany.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	Prime Energy LP (Prior Investment)	www.rocklandcapital.com	Energy; Energy; Industrials; Capital Goods; Electrical Equipment; Heavy Electrical Equipment; Power Generation Equipment; Utilities; Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Utilities; Hydroelectric Power Generation; Electric Power Generation By Fossil Fuels; Electric Power Generation By Nuclear Fuels; Electric Power Transmission and Control; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources; Biofuels	Del Giudice, Michael J. (Board); Crotty, Gerald C. (Board); Lambert, Joseph; Harlan, Scott; Pickard, Martin; Yeager, Dave; Geiss, Dieter; Gordon, Andrew; Klimpke, Joachim; Li, Lixin	Headquarters 2204 Timberloch Place Suite 2330 The Woodlands, Texas 77380 United States Main Phone: 832-585-0035 Main Fax: 832-585-0104
Service Equity Partners	Service Equity Partners is an investment arm of Samco Capital Markets, Inc. specializing in growth capital investments in private banks. The firm can invest in de novo banks. It invests across the United States and prefers to invest at least $1 million. The firm prefers to take minority stakes of up to 9.99 percent in its portfolio companies and not more than 4.99 percent for a financial institution. It seeks to exit its investments within five years to seven years. Service Equity Partners was formed by Mr. Dory A. Wiley and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	Seed/Startup; Early Venture	Stages: Seed/Startup; Early Venture Office Location: Texas	-	www.serviceequity.com	Financials; Banks	Wiley, Dory A.; Taylor, Meg; Brooks, Carla; Gardner, Jim; Billings, Ellen V.; Gregory, Nancy; Gross, William D.; Mannes, Joseph R. (Board); Smith, G. Nolan; Wayne, Geoff	Headquarters 1700 Pacific Avenue Suite 2000 Dallas, Texas 75201 United States Main Phone: 214-765-1400
American Private Equity Partners L.P.	American Private Equity Partners, L.P. is a fund of funds. It is a subsidiary of American Beacon Advisors, Inc. It seeks to make investemnts in companies based in North America and West Europe. American Private Equity Partners, L.P. is based in Fort Worth, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	-	-	-	Headquarters 4151 Amon Carter Boulevard MD 2450 Fort Worth, Texas 76155-2601 United States Main Phone: 817-967-3514 Main Fax: 817-967-0768
B12 Capital Partners	B12 Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm specializing in growth equity and ownership transition capital, private company sale and management buyouts, private company recapitalizations, and corporate divestitures. It seeks to make investments in manufacturing, distribution, and business sectors including industrial product manufacturing and ?high-value? distribution, niche consumer products, and, closely related business-to-business services. The firm has a commercial and industrial focus in the aerospace, ag, construction, and transportation equipment, branded products, building products and supplies, capital equipment, distribution and commercial services, filtration, water and air quality related, infrastructure related, instrumentation, test and measurement, medical products and devices, niche energy related, OEM components and products, packaging and material handling, paper, printing and plastics related, safety related, specialty chemical, and specialty publishing sectors. It prefers to make investments in niche consumer products including aftermarket products and services, ag specialty, farm and home, branded food and food ingredients, craft and hobby, dealer distributed and branded products, education related, niche branded apparel, outdoor and recreation products, and pet products. The firm typically invests in the states of the Big Twelve conference, extending into the Greater Midwest, Southeast, and Intermountain West. It primarily invests in companies with revenues of between $5 million and $50 million and EBITDA of between $1 million and $5 million. The firm seeks to invest in companies with EBITDA margins in excess of 10 percent. It does not invest in start-ups or early stage venture capital, companies that require turnaround management or significant restructuring, companies with significant technology or regulatory risk, real estate, oil and gas exploration, and restaurants and retail interests. The firm seeks to chair or co-chair the board of its portfolio companies and serve as a board level advisor or observer for minority investments. B12 Capital Partners is based in Kansas City, Missouri.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	-	www.b12capitalpartners.com	Energy; Materials; Materials; Chemicals; Commodity Chemicals; Plastic and Synthetic Resins; Plastic Products; Plastics Materials, Basic Forms and Shapes; Specialty Chemicals; Construction Materials; Paper and Forest Products; Paper Products; Industrials; Capital Goods; Aerospace and Defense; Building Products; Machinery; Construction and Farm Machinery and Heavy Trucks; Agricultural Machinery and Equipment; Farming Machinery and Equipment; Industrial Machinery; Material Handling Machinery and Equipment; Industrial Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Equipment and Supplies; Air and Gas Compressors; Air Purification Equipment; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Commercial Printing; Printing Services; Commercial Security and Safety Services ; Education Services; Transportation; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Leisure Equipment and Products; Leisure Products; Sporting and Recreational Goods; Hobbies, Toys and Games; Consumer Services; Media; Media; Publishing; Retailing; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Food Products; Household and Personal Products; Household Products; Household Products; Animal Care Products; Pet Toys; Pet Grooming Products; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Equipment and Supplies; Healthcare Equipment; Medical Equipment; Healthcare Supplies; Medical Instruments; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; Business-to-Business (B2B); B2B Commerce; Utilities; Utilities; Water Utilities; Water Utilities; Waste Water Treatment; Water Purification; Diversified Consumer Services; Security and Alarm Services	Gaeddert, Gregory; Wedel, Michael D.	Headquarters 4900 Main Street Suite 950 Kansas City, Missouri 64112 United States Main Phone: 816-994-8632 Main Fax: 816-994-8633
Belmont Global Advisors, Inc.	Belmont Global Advisors, Inc. is a principal investment firm specializing in fund of funds investments. The firm typically invests in private equity and hedge funds based in Europe and Asia Pacific. It is also known as Belmont Advisors (U.K.), Ltd. Belmont Global Advisors, Inc. is based in Dallas, Texas. It operates as a subsidiary of Belmont Trust Company.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	-	-	Wheeler, Timothy Craig (Board); Eulich, John F.; McWilliams, J. Russell; Martindale, Gloria Eulich (Board); Twilley, Michael G.; Wacker, Thomas J.	Headquarters 2911 Turtle Creek Boulevard Suite 500 Dallas, Texas 75219 United States Main Phone: 214-559-9700 Main Fax: 214-559-9075
Crown Capital Corporation Merchant Banking	Crown Capital Corporation Merchant Banking is an investment arm of Crown Capital Corporation specializing in turnarounds, buyouts, buy-ins, and recapitalizations in middle market and mature companies. The firm also invests in late venture companies. It typically provides mezzanine and bridge financing. The firm may invest in troubled companies. It invests in all industries. The firm targets its investments in companies headquartered in the United States. It focuses on companies valued between $10 million and $500 million. The firm acquires businesses with enterprise value between $5 million and $200 million and minimum EBITDA of $1 million. It can sponsor transactions that have a history of operating profitability and operating margins exceeding 10%. The firm makes larger investments in partnership with institutional investors. It invests in private companies and subsidiaries and divisions that are divested. The firm also invests in public companies. It invests in both controlling and non-controlling stakes and seeks a board seat in the portfolio company. Crown Capital Corporation Merchant Banking was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri with an additional office in New York, New York.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	-	www.crown-cap.com	Energy; Materials; Industrials; Consumer Discretionary; Retailing; Distributors; Distributors; Durable Goods Distribution; Consumer Staples; Healthcare; Financials; Information Technology; Telecommunication Services; Utilities	Breece, R. William (Board); Combs, Arthur H.; Donahue, Joseph P.; Burkhardt, Randy; Jackson, James L.; Joyce, Linda (Prior); Krahl, Kyle (Prior); Mendonsa, Dominic (Prior); Sametz, Michael C. (Prior)	Headquarters 12935 North Forty Drive Suite 212 St. Louis, Missouri 63141 United States Main Phone: 314-590-5100 Main Fax: 314-590-5105 Other Phone: 239 -593-4500
Encore Enterprises Inc., Investment arm	Encore Enterprises Inc., Investment arm is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in distressed debt. The firm seeks to invest in hospitality, multi-family, and retail sectors. Encore Enterprises Inc., Investment arm is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	-	Industrials; Capital Goods; Construction and Engineering; Construction and Engineering; Commercial Construction and Engineering; Commercial Construction, General Contractors and Operative Builders; Hotel and Motel Construction; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Consumer Staples; Food and Staples Retailing; Food and Staples Retailing; Food Retail; Grocery Stores; Financials; Real Estate	Arp, Donna; Jones, Lawrence S.; Maerschel, Kurt	Headquarters Dallas, Texas United States
Five Elms Capital	Five Elms Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in growth equity, mid stage, late stage, and middle market companies. The firm also seeks to invest in buyouts, recapitalizations, PIPEs and in the purchase of secondary equity or debt from angels or institutional investors needing liquidity. The firm also solves various capital structure constraints. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the financial services, media/information, and business services sectors. Within the financial services space, the firm seeks to invest in companies engaged in the asset management, financial technology, healthcare finance, insurance, payments/processing, regional banking, and specialty lending sectors. In case of its media/information sector investments, the firm is focused on the digital media, for-profit education, internet services, membership clubs, online games, and travel (asset light) industries. The firm focuses on the data/analytics, lead generation, marketing services, outsourcing, and transaction processing sectors in case of its technology enabled business services investments. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United States but also considers other areas in select industries. The firm primarily invests between $1 million and $10 million per investment. It prefers to invest in minority ownership positions but also considers full buyouts. The firm also co-invests alongside other private equity firms in case of larger transactions. Five Elms Capital was founded in 2006 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri with an additional office in New York, New York.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	-	www.fiveelms.com	Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Education Services; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Leisure Facilities; Amusement And Recreation Services; Recreation Clubs; Media; Media; Advertising; Marketing Services; Retailing; Internet and Catalog Retail; Internet Retail; Online Specialty Retail; Online Leisure Equipment Retail; Online Hobbies, Games and Toy Retail; Healthcare; Financials; Banks; Commercial Banks; Regional Banks; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Consumer Finance; Consumer Finance; Funds Transfer, Clearance, and Exchange Services; Clearinghouses and Electronic Funds Transfer; Electronic Funds Transfer and Transaction Services; Capital Markets; Asset Management and Custody Banks; Insurance; Insurance; Information Technology; Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Internet Software and Services; Online Services; IT Services; IT Consulting and Other Services; Information Technology (IT) Consulting; Services Outsourcing; Data Processing and Outsourced Services; Infrastructure Services; Data Management; Software; Application Software; Enterprise Software; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software; General Ledger and Accounting Software; Payment and POS Processing Software; Diversified Consumer Services	-	Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri United States Main Phone: 816-298-0241
IEV Capital	IEV Capital is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions in real estate, health care, energy, alternative energy, and oil and gas sectors. In the real estate sector the firm seeks to invest in apartments, multi-family, housing developments, industrial, and commercial properties. In the healthcare sector it prefers to invest in private hospitals, nursing homes, doctor and dentist offices, and medical services. In the oil and gas and alternative energy sectors the firm typically invests in drilling rig operators, lease holders, and E&P both offshore and international. It provides startup loans to small businesses like professional services firms, retailers, and manufacturers. The firm may also provides financing in form of monetization of future income streams, lines of credit, bridge and mezzanine loans, real estate loans, factoring receivables, grants, and RPFs at wholesale rates. IEV Capital is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	www.ievgroup.com/ievCapital/index.asp	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Drilling; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Coal and Consumable Fuels; Coal Products; Industrials; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services; Healthcare Providers and Services; Healthcare Services; Healthcare Providers Specialist Services; Healthcare Facilities; Hospitals and Healthcare Centers; Assisted Living Facilities and Services; Nursing Homes; Financials; Real Estate; Utilities; Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Utilities; Electric Power By Solar Energy; Electric Power By Wind Energy; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources	-	Headquarters 10370 Richmond Avenue Suite 125 Houston, Texas 77042 United States Main Phone: 713-715-7777 Main Fax: 713-715-7799
Kenmont Capital Partners, L.P.	Kenmont Capital Partners, L.P. (formerly K2 Capital, L.P.) is a private equity investment manager with specialization as a fund of funds manager. The firm specializes in the management of family offices, investment banks, operating companies, pension funds and trust companies. Kenmont Capital is involved in investing in both domestic and international private equity markets, as well as in investment banking and investment advisory services. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	www.kenmontcap.com	-	Harkrider, John T.; Dotson, Laura J.; Avery, Jonathan S. (Prior); Kendall, Donald R. (Prior)	Headquarters 711 Louisiana Street Suite 1750 Houston, Texas 77002 United States Main Phone: 713-223-9922 Main Fax: 713-223-0930
Live Oak Capital, LLC	Live Oak Capital, LLC is a principal investment firm specializing in fund management and direct investments. It seeks to purchase the secondary interests in private equity in small to middle sized businesses. The firm invests in leveraged buyouts, venture capital, growth capital, mezzanine funds with a majority of the capital committed and at or near the end of their investment period. However, it may consider investments at any stage. The firm targets investments in the companies based in United States. It typically, invests between $5 million and $20 million in its portfolio companies. Live Oak Capital, LLC was founded in 2004 and is based in Dallas, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	www.liveoaksecondary.com	-	Mulherin, Harbert	Headquarters 25 Highland Park Village Suite 100-567 Dallas, Texas 75205 United States Main Phone: 214-762-9106 Main Fax: 972-490-2345
Magellan Capital Partners, Ltd.	Magellan Capital Partners, Ltd. is a principal investment specializing in acquisitions and turnarounds of small and middle market firms. The firm seeks to invest in the following sectors including: aircraft, energy services, health and fitness, information technology, manufacturing, and medical. In aircraft it considers investment in aircraft services, Shipping companies, Freight companies, and genral transportation firms. In energy services it considers investments in the following: well maintenance firms, pipeline and storage companies, fabrication firms, equipment providers, energy technology and software firms, and pressure vessel manufacturers. In the health and fitness it seeks to acquire health clubs, hotel operated clubs, fitness equipment, day Spas, skin care firms, nutrition firms, and RV Parks, Sport equipment, Boats/Marine activities, golf equipment, sports apparel. In information technology it focuses on investments in telecom and wireless, enterprise networking, semiconductors, photonics, and software technologies. In manufacturing it considers investments in the following including: Industrial components and equipment, fluid control, filtration and pumps, electrical and electronic equipment, analytical instruments and measuring devices, process instrumentation and controls, synthetic rubber and plastics, telecommunications equipment, printing, health care and safety equipment, specialty chemicals, and electrical discharge machining. In the medical sector it considers investments in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. It primarily invests in companies headquartered in United States. The firm seeks to invest between $3 million and $10 million and takes up a majority stake. The firm headquartered in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	-	Energy; Energy; Energy Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Equipment and Services; Oil and Gas Machinery and Equipment; Well Drilling Machinery and Equipment; Oil and Gas Field Services; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels; Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing; Oil and Gas Pipelines; Petroleum Pipelines; Materials; Materials; Chemicals; Industrials; Capital Goods; Aerospace and Defense; Aerospace and Defense; Aircraft Systems, Components and Equipment; Transportation; Air Freight and Logistics; Airlines; Marine; Transportation Infrastructure; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Leisure Equipment and Products; Leisure Products; Sporting and Recreational Goods; Sporting Goods; Golf Equipment; Consumer Services; Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure; Leisure Facilities; Amusement And Recreation Services; Recreation Clubs; Sports and Related Services; Gyms and Physical Fitness Facilities; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Information Technology; Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation	Case, Roy; Timmermans, Willem; Miller, Greg; Taylor, Tekla	Headquarters 363 North Sam Houston Parkway East Suite 1100 Houston, Texas 77060 United States Main Phone: 281-405-2620 Main Fax: 281-405-2619
Moncrief Willingham Energy Advisers, L.P.	Moncrief Willingham Energy Advisers, L.P. is a private equity and hedge fund sponsor focusing on the energy sector. Moncrief Willingham manages Energy Equities Fund, L.P., which invests energy company equities. The firm also provides energy sector-focused investment banking and research services. Moncrief Willingham Energy Advisers, L.P. was founded by Mr. B. J. Willingham and Mr. Lee P. Moncrief in 1998. It is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	www.energyadvisers.com	Energy	Moncrief, Lee P.; Willingham, B.J.	Headquarters 909 Fannin St Suite 2650 Houston, Texas 77010 United States Main Phone: 713-658-9900
Prophet Equity LLC	Prophet Equity LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in reorganizations and recapitalizations, special situations, stalking-horse bids, succession planning, turnarounds, 363 sales, acquisitions, corporate carve-outs, divestitures, non-strategic business units, mergers, and bankruptcies of lower and middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, natural resources and energy, technology related, automotive and transportation, business and consumer services, consumer products, defense and aerospace, and distribution sectors. It makes equity investments between $5 million and $50 million. The firm invests in companies having annual sales from $5 million to $500 million and enterprise values between $10 million and $250 million. It makes control equity investments in its portfolio companies. Prophet Equity LLC was founded in December 2007 and is based in South Lake, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	www.prophetequity.com	Energy; Industrials; Capital Goods; Aerospace and Defense; Aerospace and Defense; Trading Companies and Distributors; Commercial and Professional Services; Transportation; Consumer Discretionary; Automobiles and Components; Automobiles; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Consumer Services; Retailing; Distributors; Specialty Retail; Healthcare; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Information Technology; Automotive Retail	Gatlin, Ross; Stelling, George H.; Smith, Pelham H. A.; Collie, Charles; Eakes, Benjamin D.; Hegi, Brian; Tatum, John P.	Headquarters 1460 Main Street Suite 200 South Lake, Texas 76092 United States Main Phone: 817-898-1500 Main Fax: 817-898-1509
R. Chaney & Co., Inc.	R. Chaney & Co., Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in natural resources and technologies sector. R. Chaney & Co., Inc. was founded by Mr. Robert H. Chaney in 1993 and is based in Houston, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	www.rchaney.com	Energy; Information Technology; Utilities; Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Multi-Utilities; Alternative Energy Resources	Chaney, Robert H.; Chisholm, Sarah P.; Pearce, Paula L.; Whitley, Jason	Headquarters 6363 Woodway Suite 960 Houston, Texas 77057 United States Main Phone: 713-356-7555 Main Fax: 713-750-0021
RSF Partners	RSF Partners is a private equity firm specializing in mezzanine or senior debt and buyouts. The firm can also invest in direct equity, preferred equity, and public securities. Additionally, it may make smaller investments in transactions that provide opportunities in new markets, enable add-on acquisitions, or strengthen the relationship with an existing operating partner. The firm typically invests in individual assets and corporate dispositions and opportunistic assets. It also invests in bridge capital and corporate investments in the public or private real estate investment companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in North America. It seeks to make control investments between $3 million and $15 million. RSF Partners was founded in 1997 and is based in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in San Francisco, California.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	www.rsfpartners.com	Financials; Real Estate	Mahowald, Christopher W.; Harris, R. Scott; Koeijmans, Anthony F.; Smith, Gordon K. (Prior)	Headquarters 3232 McKinney Avenue Suite 890 Dallas, Texas 75204 United States Main Phone: 214-849-9800 Main Fax: 214-849-9807
Sheridan Production Partners	Sheridan Production Partners is a private equity firm specializing in acquisition and exploitation of mature oil and gas producing properties. The firm typically invests in the United States. Sheridan Production Partners was founded by Ms. Lisa Stewart in 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Caldwell, Texas and Midland, Texas.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	www.sheridanproduction.com	Energy; Energy; Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels	Stewart, Lisa A.; Blaine, Tim; Bass, Jim; Harry, Eric L.	Headquarters 9 Greenway Plaza Suite 1300 Houston, Texas 77046 United States Main Phone: 713-548-1000
SigmaBleyzer, Asset Management	SigmaBleyzer, Asset Management is a private equity firm specializing in investments in consolidation, expansion, and restructuring stages in mature and middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in cable television, software development, confectioneries, shipbuilding, electrical utilities, industrial equipment, media, food and beverages, information technology, health care, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, distribution, retail, consumer products, and metals. It prefers to invest in countries of the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The firm prefers to have controlling interests in its portfolio companies. The firm usually invests in one more than 50 percent plus one shares of the portfolio company. It seeks to exit its investments between three and five years through public offerings in West and sale to strategic or financial investors. Investors may be western or eastern. SigmaBleyzer, Asset Management was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Kiev and Kharkov, Ukraine; Sofia, Bulgaria; and Bucharest, Romania.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	www.sigmableyzer.com	Energy; Materials; Materials; Construction Materials; Metals and Mining; Industrials; Capital Goods; Electrical Equipment; Machinery; Construction and Farm Machinery and Heavy Trucks; Marine Transportation Equipment; Ship and Boat Building; Industrial Machinery; Trading Companies and Distributors; Trading Companies and Distributors; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Media; Media; Cable And Other Pay Television; Retailing; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Beverages; Food Products; Packaged Foods and Meats; Confectionery Products; Healthcare; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences; Pharmaceuticals; Information Technology; Software and Services; Software; Systems Software; Development Tools; Software Development; Technology Hardware and Equipment; Communications Equipment; Communications Equipment; Telephone and Telecommunications Equipment; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services; Cable and Satellite	Bleyzer, Michael; Sigda, Neal	Headquarters 123 North Post Oak Lane Suite 410 Houston, Texas 77024 United States Main Phone: 713-621-3111 Main Fax: 713-621-4666
Spur Capital Partners, LLC	Spur Capital Partners, LLC is a principal investment firm specializing in fund of funds investments. The firm prefers to invest in early stage, venture capital partnerships. It targets investments in technology sector. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in the United States, Europe, China, India, and Israel. However, it may also consider outside opportunities. The firm typically, makes investments between $10 million and $15 million in an individual partnership. It holds its investments for a period between three and four years. Spur Capital Partners, LLC was co-founded in 2001 by Mr. Paul D. Fetsch, Mr. Paul A. Gompers, Ms. Joan C. Heidorn, and Mr. C. Bradford Kelly and is based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.	Oklahoma	-	-	Office Location: Oklahoma	-	www.spurcap.com	-	Fetsch, Paul D.; Gompers, Paul A.; Heidorn, Joan C.; Kelly, C. Bradford Bradford; Hightower, Teri; Humphries, Christee	Headquarters 2370 Nowata Place Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74006 United States Main Phone: 918-331-3800 Main Fax: 918-331-3848
TGP Investments, L.L.C.	TGP Investments, L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in industry consolidation and build up, management buyout, industry acquisition, turnaround, and growth equity investments in middle market and mature companies. It seeks to acquire public and private companies, subsidiaries and divisions of public companies, companies anticipating generational change of ownership, private company owners seeking liquidity, and companies requiring capital for internal growth or acquisitions. The firm does not invest in start-up companies, financial institutions, real estate, and retail sectors. Through its TGP Capital Partners Fund, it prefers to invest in companies engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, and business services sectors. The firm invests in companies primarily located in the Midwest region of the United States. It seeks to invest between $5 million and $14 million in companies having revenues between $15 million, EBITDA more than $2.5 million, and $150 million and transaction values between $15 million and $150 million. The firm takes both controlling and minority stakes in its portfolio companies and can also considers the co-investment opportunities. It seeks to acquire the board position in its portfolio companies and generally holds its investments for a period of five to eight years. TGP Investments, L.L.C. was founded in 2005 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.	Missouri	-	-	Office Location: Missouri	-	www.tgpinvestments.com	Industrials; Capital Goods; Building Products; Electrical Equipment; Machinery; Construction and Farm Machinery and Heavy Trucks; Agricultural Machinery and Equipment; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Transportation; Air Freight and Logistics; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Media; Retailing; Distributors; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Food Products; Healthcare; Healthcare Equipment and Services	Thomas, William D.; Graham, Eric V.; Parr, Shane C.; Kuhn, Nathan J.; Hansen, George E.; Williams, John J.; Bolin, Janice (Prior)	Headquarters 4900 Main Street Suite 900 Kansas City, Missouri 64112 United States Main Phone: 816-994-8600 Main Fax: 816-994-8610
TPG Newbridge Capital	TPG Newbridge Capital is a private equity firm specializing in investments in management buyouts and leveraged buyouts, group restructurings, workouts and rehabilitations, spin-offs, and debt-to-equity conversions. The firm typically invests in financial services, technology and telecommunications, healthcare, consumer products, food and beverage, media, industrials, and other services sectors. It primarily invests in companies based in Asia. The firm seeks to invest between $75 million and $200 million in transactions and prefers to acquire controlling stakes or 100% acquisitions in its portfolio companies. TPG Newbridge Capital was founded in 1994 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas with additional offices in the U.S., Asia, and Australia. TPG Newbridge Capital is a subsidiary of TPG.	Texas	-	-	Office Location: Texas	-	-	Industrials; Capital Goods; Aerospace and Defense; Aerospace and Defense; Defense Electronics; Command, Control and Communication Equipment; Commercial and Professional Services; Commercial Services and Supplies; Consumer Discretionary; Consumer Durables and Apparel; Media; Media; Consumer Staples; Food, Beverage and Tobacco; Beverages; Food Products; Healthcare; Financials; Diversified Financials; Diversified Financial Services; Information Technology; Telecommunication Services; Telecommunication Services	Blum, Richard C. (Board); Bonderman, David (Board); Ekberg, Jeffrey D.; Carroll, Daniel A.; Gray, Ben; Ishida, Akio; Shastry, Ashish Jaiprakash; Weijian, Shan; Kwik, Inghie; Bhatia, Puneet	Headquarters 301 Commerce Street Suite 3300 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 United States Main Phone: 817-871-4000 Main Fax: 817-871-4013