Phil B. Pool

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.

Credit Suisse First Boston USA, Inc. provides investment banking services. It offers securities underwriting, trading, mergers, acquisitions advice, research, private equity investment, derivative and risk management products. The company's services include private banking and asset management. Credit Suisse First Boston USA is headquartered in New York, NY

Headquartered in New York City, Merrill Lynch Global Partners (MLGP), formerly Merrill Lynch Private Equity Group, is the private equity investment arm of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER)

First Avenue Partners LLP provides advisory and capital placement services. It focuses on private equity, private credit, real estate, and real assets. The company was founded by Paul Buckley on May 22, 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Institutional Capital Network, Inc. engages in the development of online investment platform. It provides investors with access to private fund managers and allows them to invest in funds. The company was founded by John Robertshaw, Daniel J. Vene, Philip B. Pool, Jr., and Nick Veronis in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.