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Allied Capital Corp, a business development company, invests in private middle market companies located in the US. The fund target companies across a broad range of sectors with an EBITDA of $5 - $150 million. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout transactions and also makes minority equity co-investments. It also invests in private equity and debt funds.

Sentinel Trust Co. is an independent wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 1997 by the Flowers and Fruehauf families by combining their complementary strengths—real estate, oil and gas, and public and private equities for the Flowers family; hedge funds and private equity for the Fruehauf family—and administration of complex wealth planning structures by both families, they would be able to attract top professionals to serve them as well as other similarly situated families. Sentinel Trust provides individualized investment management and trust administration services to very high net-worth families.

Ares Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative investment manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 by Merritt Hooper, John Kissick and Antony Ressler. They are a subsidiary of Ares Management Holdings LP and their ultimate parent is Ares Management Corp. (NYSE: ARES). Ares Management provides investment advice to various pooled investment vehicles, other separately managed accounts and other institutional clients.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Founded in 1985, NatWest Markets Securities, Inc. is a financial services and brokerage firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm is a subsidiary of RBS Holdings USA, Inc. and their ultimate parent is the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (LSE: RBS). The firm was formerly known as RBS Securities, Inc., RBS Greenwich Capital, and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. NatWest is an institutional fixed-income firm that provides a full range of debt capital markets services to both those seeking to raise capital and those seeking to invest it. The firm is an industry leader in the U.S. Treasury, agency and MBS markets and in providing real estate and asset-backed financing to their clients. NatWest also provides futures brokerage services and trade strategies to select clients.

Eastover Investment Advisors LLC, dba Eastover Capital Management (Eastover Capital), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded in 2009 when it purchased Eastover Capital Management, which was originally formed in 1988 by Donn Toney and Robert Pharr. Eastover Capital provides active portfolio management for individual and institutional clients throughout the country.

Part of General Electric Co., GE Equity (UK) is a venture capital firm. The company is based in London, UK.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

RCG Cos., Inc. provides professional staffing services. The private company is based in Charlotte, NC and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Surveyor Capital Ltd. is a hedge fund seeding platform headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Citadel LP, which is owned by GFH HFEVA LLC. Surveyor Capital manages capital exclusively for Citadel’s multi-strategy funds and its positions are consolidated in Form 13F filed by Citadel Advisors LLC.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

400 Capital Management LLC (400CM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2008 by Chris Hentemann and Paul Jablansky. 400CM provides discretionary investment advisory services to privately-offered pooled investment vehicles. The firm also manages separate accounts for select institutional clients.

Internex Capital LLC provides lending services. It offers underwriting, monitoring and funding services. The company was founded by Paul DeDomenico, Yi Lin Chua, James R. Miller and Simon Hermiz in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BlackRock Private Equity Partners (BlackRock PEP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of BlackRock Alternative Investors founded in 1999 by Russell Steenberg. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Xfund Management Co. LLC (Xfund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Hugo van Vurren. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Olympus Ventures LLC operates as a private equity investment firm. The private company is based in Minneapolis, MN.

Smith Management LLC is a private equity firm located in New York City

Prentice Capital Management LP (Prentice) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Michael Zimmerman in 2005. Prentice offers investment advisory services to privately-placed pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.