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Varagon Capital Partners is an asset manager specializing in direct lending to mid-sized companies primarily in the United States, focusing on those with EBITDA ranging from $10 million to $75 million. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Fort Worth, Texas, the firm offers flexible financing solutions and emphasizes building strong relationships with borrowers and private equity firms. Varagon provides investors direct access to quality middle-market loans, delivering investment, risk management, analytics, and reporting services tailored to the commercial, industrial, healthcare, and energy sectors. The experienced team at Varagon is committed to providing transparency, flexibility, and exceptional service to meet the needs of sophisticated investors.

Lendbuzz, Inc. is a car financing platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, established in 2015. It specializes in providing car loans to individuals with limited U.S. credit history, including international students, expats, and foreign professionals. The company utilizes machine learning algorithms and data-intensive scoring technology to assess creditworthiness based on factors such as employment, education, and personal history, rather than traditional credit scores or the requirement of a Social Security Number. This innovative approach allows Lendbuzz to offer attractive loan terms to customers who are often overlooked by conventional lenders. Once approved, clients can purchase vehicles from any dealership and work toward building their U.S. credit history while managing their loans through an online platform.

HQLAᵡ is a financial technology innovation firm that leverages R3’s distributed ledger technology, Corda, to provide liquidity management and collateral management solutions for institutional clients in the global securities financing markets. HQLAᵡ and Deutsche Börse Group formed a strategic partnership for the creation of a joint operating model that provides market participants with improved collateral mobility across a fragmented securities settlement eco-system.

Permira Advisers Ltd. is a private equity firm founded in 1985 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with additional offices across Europe, North America, and Asia. The firm specializes in making long-term investments in medium to large companies across various sectors, including technology, consumer goods, healthcare, industrial products and services, and financial services. Permira focuses on both majority control investments and strategic minority stakes, aiming to enhance the performance and drive sustainable growth of its portfolio companies. It targets enterprises with values up to €3 billion and typically invests between €500 million and €3 billion, with equity investments ranging from approximately €60 million to €700 million. The firm is known for its strategic approach to acquisitions, including public-to-private transactions, business services, and capital goods. Permira seeks to maintain its investments for five to twelve years, playing an active role as non-executive directors on the boards of its portfolio companies.

Lendbuzz, Inc. is a car financing platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, established in 2015. It specializes in providing car loans to individuals with limited U.S. credit history, including international students, expats, and foreign professionals. The company utilizes machine learning algorithms and data-intensive scoring technology to assess creditworthiness based on factors such as employment, education, and personal history, rather than traditional credit scores or the requirement of a Social Security Number. This innovative approach allows Lendbuzz to offer attractive loan terms to customers who are often overlooked by conventional lenders. Once approved, clients can purchase vehicles from any dealership and work toward building their U.S. credit history while managing their loans through an online platform.

Liqui.do is a B2B platform on a mission to help SMEs to become more competitive by accessing quality equipment that never becomes waste. Liqui.do is a fully automated platform, Small businesses can apply online and get a decision in seconds. No documentation is required, the underwriting process is fully automated, if eligible customers are funded in minutes.

Shanghai Lujiazui International Financial Asset Exchange (“Lufax”) is an online marketplace for the origination and trading of financial assets. Lufax was incorporated in September, 2011 in Shanghai with the support of Shanghai’s Municipal Government, and has grown into China’s largest internet finance company in less than four years. The company is an associate of China Ping An Group, the largest and most innovative non-SOE financial institution in China. Lufax’s number of registered users surpassed 7 million by February 2015, while the volume of online transactions grew more than 8 times year-on-year. Close to 50% of Lufax transactions are now handled via mobile. As a constant innovator and pioneer in the internet finance industry, Lufax has developed China’s most open, safe and convenient investment and financing platform. Investors come to Lufax for its broad product offering, diverse liquidity avenues and superior user experience. Asset owners look to Lufax to help them structure, price and place complex assets to investors in a credible and transparent manner. Lufax takes full advantage of the latest big data and IT technologies, and leverages the most advanced risk assessment models and risk control systems. Combined with its value proposition to customers, Lufax has a competitive edge which it believes cannot be replicated.

Shanghai Lujiazui International Financial Asset Exchange (“Lufax”) is an online marketplace for the origination and trading of financial assets. Lufax was incorporated in September, 2011 in Shanghai with the support of Shanghai’s Municipal Government, and has grown into China’s largest internet finance company in less than four years. The company is an associate of China Ping An Group, the largest and most innovative non-SOE financial institution in China. Lufax’s number of registered users surpassed 7 million by February 2015, while the volume of online transactions grew more than 8 times year-on-year. Close to 50% of Lufax transactions are now handled via mobile. As a constant innovator and pioneer in the internet finance industry, Lufax has developed China’s most open, safe and convenient investment and financing platform. Investors come to Lufax for its broad product offering, diverse liquidity avenues and superior user experience. Asset owners look to Lufax to help them structure, price and place complex assets to investors in a credible and transparent manner. Lufax takes full advantage of the latest big data and IT technologies, and leverages the most advanced risk assessment models and risk control systems. Combined with its value proposition to customers, Lufax has a competitive edge which it believes cannot be replicated.

Harvest Partners, LP is a private equity firm established in 1981, headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Palo Alto, California. The firm specializes in investing in middle-market companies across various sectors, including business services, consumer goods, healthcare, industrial services, and manufacturing. It focuses on private company recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, growth capital, and corporate carve-outs, typically making equity investments ranging from $25 million to $250 million in firms with enterprise values between $100 million and $1 billion. Harvest Partners primarily targets companies with significant operations in the United States and prefers investments that can generate substantial revenue and EBITDA. The firm seeks to enhance value through strategic follow-on investments and aims to exit its investments within three to seven years via initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, or recapitalizations.

Francisco Partners is a prominent global private equity firm based in San Francisco that specializes in investing in technology and technology-enabled service companies. Established in 1999, the firm manages approximately $7 billion in capital and focuses on companies that are experiencing strategic, technological, or operational changes. Francisco Partners typically targets control investments with transaction values between $30 million and $2 billion and has a history of investing over $3 billion in more than 50 technology firms. The firm emphasizes investments in sectors such as software, cybersecurity, healthcare technology, and financial technology, among others. Its investment strategy includes financing divisional buyouts, acquisitions, and growth equity financing, often taking a majority stake and securing a seat on the Board of Directors of its portfolio companies. With additional offices in London and a focus on North America and Western Europe, Francisco Partners seeks to capitalize on opportunities in mature or maturing technology-related businesses.

Clearlake Capital Group is a private investment firm based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2006. The firm specializes in investing in the lower and middle markets, focusing on sectors such as communications, healthcare, technology, consumer products, and industrials. Clearlake employs a flexible investment strategy, participating in both private and public transactions across various capital structures, including debt and equity securities. The firm engages in activities such as buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, and reorganizations. Clearlake's investment approach includes targeting distressed assets and typically invests amounts ranging from USD 20 million to USD 100 million, depending on the fund and sector. The firm is led by co-founders José E. Feliciano and Behdad Eghbali.

Veritas Capital is a private equity investment firm based in New York, founded in 1992. It focuses on investing in companies that deliver critical products and services, particularly in technology and technology-enabled solutions, to both government and commercial customers around the world. The firm has a diverse investment portfolio that includes sectors such as software, aerospace and defense, communications, education, energy, national security, healthcare, and government services. With over $8.8 billion in assets under management, Veritas Capital has played a significant role as a lead investor in transactions exceeding $8 billion in value since its inception.

TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp is a business development company based in Menlo Park, California, focused on investing in growth-stage companies primarily in the technology and life sciences sectors. It offers various debt financing options, including growth capital loans, equipment financings, revolving loans, and direct equity investments, with funding amounts ranging from $0.1 million to $50 million depending on the type of financing. The firm targets investments in areas such as e-commerce, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, cloud computing, and data storage, among others. Its investment strategy aims to maximize total returns for shareholders through current income and capital appreciation, primarily by providing loans secured by warrants. TriplePoint does not take board seats in the companies it finances, maintaining an external management structure under the regulatory framework of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Genesis Capital is an independent financing advisory firm established in 2002 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm specializes in providing advisory services to public corporations, private companies, and family-owned businesses, focusing on key growth sectors of the economy. Their expertise lies in facilitating strategically important transactions, which include mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and going-private transactions. By working closely with clients, Genesis Capital aims to support their strategic growth initiatives and enhance shareholder value.

Accel-KKR LLC is a private equity firm established in 2000, with its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and London, United Kingdom. The firm specializes in growth capital and middle-market investments, primarily focusing on the technology sector, including software and IT-enabled services. Accel-KKR targets buyouts of non-core divisions from larger companies, subsidiaries, and business units, as well as acquisitions and recapitalizations of private companies that wish to remain private or require growth capital. It also engages in going-private transactions for small and micro-cap public companies. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $100 million in companies with annual revenues ranging from $10 million to $200 million, preferring majority ownership and control in its investments. Accel-KKR is affiliated with Accel Partners and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and seeks to make investments globally.

ArcLight Capital Partners is a private equity firm established in 2001 by co-founders Daniel R. Revers and Robb E. Turner, specializing in energy infrastructure investments. The firm is recognized for its broad and profitable investment strategy across the entire energy sector while effectively managing downside risks. Its investment performance stems from a conservative approach, extensive asset-level expertise, and significant market experience. With a proven track record of delivering superior returns throughout the energy industry value chain, ArcLight manages over $10 billion across five funds.

Littlejohn & Co., LLC is a private equity firm founded in 1996 and headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. It specializes in equity and debt investments, focusing on the middle market, particularly mid-sized companies with revenues between $150 million and $800 million. The firm targets underperforming, stressed, and distressed companies, seeking to implement financial restructuring and operational improvements. Littlejohn's investment strategies include buyouts, turnarounds, corporate carveouts, distressed securities, and performing credit, with a preference for sectors such as business services, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, food and beverage, and industrials. The firm typically invests between $5 million and $250 million per transaction and prefers to take both majority and minority stakes in its portfolio companies. While primarily focusing on the United States, it also considers opportunities in Canada and Europe. Littlejohn aims to create long-term value through an active and disciplined approach to engineering change within its investments.

Mellon Ventures specializes in investments in venture capital to later stage growth and buyouts. The firm invests through three groups: Financial and Business Services, Growth and Buyouts, and Technology. In Financial and Business Services, it typically invests in financial services industry with a focus on trade cycle processing, asset management, treasury management, information services, application services, transaction based services, and professional services and outsourcing. The firm prefers to invest in companies with revenues in excess of $3 million.

Spear, Leeds, & Kellogg, one of the largest specialist firms on the New York Stock Exchange.

BUYandHOLD, Inc. is a financial services company that specializes in long-term equity investment strategies. Founded in 1999 and based in Edison, New Jersey, it provides an online investing platform that caters to the needs of long-term investors. The company offers a range of business and financial information about stocks, including news, charts, SEC filings, and analyst ratings across various sectors such as consumer goods, finance, healthcare, technology, and more. Through its online brokerage subsidiary, BUYandHOLD.com Securities Corporation, the firm enables dollar-based investing and fractional share ownership, promoting a "Buy and Hold" investment philosophy aimed at optimizing returns over time. As of February 2015, BUYandHOLD operates as a subsidiary of FOLIOfn Investments, Inc.

eVentures Group operates and invests in internet communications companies.

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, LevelEdge.com is a company whose mission is to take student-athletes to the next level of opportunity despite economic or geographic barriers. It seeks to do so by matching all deserving student-athletes with available athletic scholarships.

LoanTrader, an online marketplace that connects mortgage brokers with lenders,