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Founded in 1991 by Philip Paul, Paul Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm located in San Francisco with additional offices in New York City, Hong Kong, London, Paris and São Paulo.

Cowen Group, Inc. provides investment banking for small to midsized companies in the alternative energy, consumer health care, media, technology, and telecommunications industries. It offers mergers and acquisitions advice, securities underwriting, equity offerings, private equity placements, and market-making. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Healthcare Royalty Management LLC (Healthcare Royalty) is a private equity subsidiary of Cowen, Inc. founded in 2007 by Gregory Brown. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Founded in 1998, Thomas Weisel Partners (TWP) is a broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City, Boston, Denver, Colorado and Palo Alto, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWPG), a San Francisco-based investment banking firm. Their ultimate parent is Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). TWP's investment banking, brokerage and equity research divisions serve emerging growth companies and institutional investors around the world. They are a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. TWP specializes in the growth sectors of the economy with a particular focus on the consumer, energy, healthcare, Internet, media/telecommunications, metals/mining and technology sectors. Within the consumer sector, the firm focuses on: financial products, gaming/lodging, interactive market services, lifestyles/sports retailers, restaurants and hardlines and softlines retailing. TWP's global energy research is provided by analysts in three countries and covers the following trends: (1) fast-growing oil and natural gas producers in North America and worldwide (2) domestic and international energy service companies and (3) alternative energy technology and resource developers. Within the healthcare sector, TWP focuses on: biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare information technology, pharmaceutical services, life science technology, medical devices and specialty pharmaceuticals. The firm's interest in the Internet, media and telecommunications sector include: Internet services, media, broadcasting and telecommunications services. Their focus within the metals and mining sector include: base metals, gold, precious metals and uranium. TWP's technology research focuses on: (1) applied technologies (2) communications components (3) core and wireless communications equipment (4) IP networking communications equipment (5) electronic supply chain (6) enterprise hardware (7) information and financial technology services (8) semiconductor capital equipment (9) broadline and specialty semiconductors (10) applications and communications software and (11) infrastructure software. TWP also provides value-added equities analysis across a variety of sectors including: industrials, financials, consumer, technology and healthcare.

Suneva Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures and commercializes novel, differentiated aesthetic products for the dermatology, plastic, and cosmetic surgery markets. It offers ArteFill, ReFissa, Bellafill, and ReGenica Skincare products. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Prism Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures cardiovascular injectables and pharmaceutical products. The firm engages in developing and commercializing branded cardiovascular injectable products which include NEXTERONE. The company was founded by Gilbert R. Gonzales and Cameron Durrant in 2003 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

On-X Life Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets heart valve replacements. The firm offers prosthetic heart valves, pyrolytic carbon coating, and technical services in carbon based technology including medical design and product development. The company was founded by Jack C. Bokros in April 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Nuron Biotech, Inc. markets and develops vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. It develops novel biologics and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative and infectious diseases. The firm is advancing products to meet unmet medical needs in the areas of multiple sclerosis, alzheimer's, hepatitis b and hepatitis c for patients across the globe. The company was founded by Vithalbhai Dhaduk, Shankar Musunuri and David Zeng in 2009 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.