ABG Capital
Adams Capital Management, Inc.
Adena Ventures
Alpern Rosenthal
Arboretum Ventures
Birchmere Ventures
Birmingham Capital Advisors
BlueTree Capital Group, LLC
BOWNE of Pittsburgh
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C.
Capital Advisors Group, Inc.
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Charter Life Sciences
Chrysalis Ventures, LLC
CincyTech
Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.
Draper Triangle Ventures
Duane Morris, LLP
Early Stage Partners
Edison Venture Fund
Entrepreneurship Preparatory School (E Prep)
Ernst & Young LLP
Fletcher Spaght Ventures
Fox Rothschild LLP
GSP Consulting
Idea Foundry
Innovation Park at Penn State
Innovation Works
Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, University of Pittsburgh
Internet Capital Group
Jones Day
JumpStart Inc.
K&L Gates
KFMR
KPMG LLP
Leed's
Malin Bergquist & Company LLP
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
Nair & Co.
National Venture Capital Association
NewSpring Capital
Novitas Capital
Office of Technology Management , University of Pittsburgh
Ohio Capital Fund^SM
Originate Ventures
Osage Ventures
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
Pittsburgh Regional Alliance
Pittsburgh Technology Council
PNC
Radius Ventures
River Cities Capital Fund
RR Donnelley
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Silicon Valley Bank
Square 1 Bank
Stonewood Capital Management, Inc.
Strategic Valuation Group
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
TechColumbus
TechGROWTH Ohio
The Technology Collaborative
Travelers
Triathlon Medical Ventures
Tucker, Johnston & Smelzer's
United Way of Allegheny County
University of Pittsburgh Katz Executive MBA Programs & Center for Executive Education
UPMC
Wellington Financial LP
West Virginia University
 

ABG Capital 

ABG Capital is a privately-held business investor and idea incubator, currently specializing in the technology and finance sectors. Located in Pittsburgh, PA, they are comprised of highly experienced professionals who thrive upon hands-on involvement with each of their portfolio companies. Their turnkey approach begins with funding, but there's so much more:

People - ABG Capital's in-house team includes developers, engineers, attorneys, accountants, sales and marketing experts, project managers and the support staff needed to clear the way for entrepreneurs to do what they do best. Processes – Each ABG Capital portfolio company shares in the accumulated knowledge and best practices developed through highly refined processes. From product definition through go-to-market execution, ABG Capital has a proven process to deliver.

Environment – Housed in a state-of-the-art facility designed with “green features,” ABG Capital manages an infrastructure built to enable business design, development and growth. A national award-winning corporation, ABG Capital has been recognized on the 2008 and 2007 Inc. 5,000, as well as the 2006, 2005, and 2004 Inc. 500 List of Fastest Growing Companies. Visit www.ABGCapital.com to learn more.

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Adams Capital Management, Inc. 

Established in 1994, Adams Capital Management (ACM) is a national venture capital firm with $700 million under management. ACM is a lead Series A investor that is noted for its domain and operations expertise in the Information Technology, Networking Infrastructure and Semiconductor industries. ACM's markets-first investment strategy targets emerging growth companies with disruptive technologies that yield products with the potential to define and dominate their industry. For more information visit www.acm.com.

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Adena Ventures 

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Alpern Rosenthal 

Alpern Rosenthal is ranked as one of the Top 100 certified public accounting and business advisory firms in the United States, as reported by Accounting Today. Named as a Best Place to Work by the Pittsburgh Business Times and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Alpern Rosenthal has been providing clients with innovative solutions and personalized service for more than 45 years.

Alpern Rosenthal’s Emerging Business and Technology Services Group delivers a myriad of consulting services beyond tax and accounting, such as tax planning and structuring, stock option valuation and reporting, securing funding, revenue recognition consulting, employee benefit planning and other business advisory services. These clients, many of whom are backed by venture capital funds, are assured that we take a proactive approach to plan for events that may play out months or years to come.

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Arboretum Ventures 

Arboretum Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in the healthcare sector. We focus primarily on investments in medical technology and healthcare services.  Arboretum invests throughout the United States, with a special interest in the Midwest region. Founded in 2002 and located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Arboretum currently manages $95 million in capital. 

More than simply a financial resource, we are a collaborative, value-added investor actively engaging our companies in strategy, operations, recruiting, fundraising, and exit planning. We provide assistance to our companies by leveraging key relationships with industry leaders, academic centers of excellence, venture capital partners, and entrepreneurs. Our aim is to transform young companies into thriving businesses, improving the standard of healthcare and generating superior returns for entrepreneurs and our investors.

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Birchmere Ventures 

Birchmere Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1996 with a focus on IP-differentiated companies to create Engineering Driven Innovation. We specialize in being the first institutional investor in Cleantech, Medical, and Technology start-ups. Our companies are founded by entrepreneurs with deep domain expertise who are developing revolutionary innovations that sell into existing markets. Our investment team comprises technologists with strong operating and venture investing experience - we partner with our companies from launch to exit, helping them to minimize risk and maximize opportunity every step of the way .

With over $160 million under management, we are a lead investor in early-stage Cleantech, Medical, and Technology companies.  We believe that entrepreneurship and innovation are the best means of maintaining sustainability of the planet, as well as improving the quality of life of all its people. We are proud to fund companies that make a difference while successfully generating strong returns to our investors. Since our inception, our companies have achieved a cumulative market valuation of $14 billion.

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Birmingham Capital Advisors 

Birmingham Capital Advisors is an innovative real estate investment firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  

Birmingham Capital Advisors develops real estate related investment strategies customized to the client investor and informed by current market conditions.  Those investment strategies are executed by acquiring and managing targeted opportunities leveraging the company's core competencies.   Investments with Birmingham Capital Advisors may be structured solely for one client investor or in participation with other client investors, such as in the affiliated Birmingham Capital Advisors Real Estate Opportunity Funds.

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BlueTree Capital Group, LLC 

The BlueTree Capital Group manages the BlueTree Allied Angels (Allied Angels), which is a regional group of accredited investors who invest in regional early stage companies. This 'members-only' organization is designed to operate as a network of private equity investors who meet on a monthly basis to evaluate and consider pre-institutional, early-stage investments.

The organization provides the structure for a means to aggregate monies and to aggregate the knowledge and experience of the membership. Leveraging the members' knowledge and experience helps mitigate investment risk, thus strengthening the probability of investment success. Although the membership works together as a group to efficiently and effectively evaluate investment opportunities, each member makes his/her own individual decisions to invest.

Fundamentally, the mission of the BlueTree Allied Angels is to provide investment opportunities where members can obtain outstanding financial returns while mitigating investment risk.

To date (March 2009), BlueTree Allied Angels has invested in 21+ regional companies approximately  $17 million dollars.

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BOWNE of Pittsburgh 

Bowne & Co., Inc. (NYSE: BNE) provides shareholder and marketing communications services around the world. Dealmakers rely on Bowne to handle critical transactional communications with speed and accuracy. Compliance professionals turn to Bowne to prepare and file regulatory and shareholder communications online and in print. Investment managers and third party fund administrators count on Bowne's integrated solutions to streamline their document processes and produce high quality communications for their shareholders. Marketers look to Bowne to create and distribute customized, one-to-one communications on demand. With 2,800 employees in 50 offices around the globe, Bowne has met the ever-changing demands of its clients for more than 230 years.

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C. 

For more than two decades, capital providers have turned to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's lawyers for their practical judgment and substantive knowledge. The firm's depth of talent and focus make us the firm of choice for national, regional and local capital providers and for the companies in which they invest. Our long commitment to venture capital and our transaction experience have placed us on the forefront of recognizing new legal and business developments.

We understand the market and the pressures that capital providers and emerging companies face in both good times and bad. Our clients expect, and receive, not just sound business and legal advice, but coordinated service that adds value to their businesses. The firm has a wide range of talented venture capital lawyers at all levels, from experienced associates to highly regarded partners who are leaders in the venture capital community.

Specific practice areas include:

• Emerging Companies
• Portfolio Company Investments
• Fund Formation
• Transfers of Portfolio and Fund Investments

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Capital Advisors Group, Inc. 

Founded in 1991, Capital Advisors Group, Inc. is among the nation's most experienced independent investment advisors with a focus on supporting the treasury functions of its clients. With more than 260 clients and $7.6 billion in assets under management, Capital Advisors Group maintains a strict independence in an effort to assure clients' best interests are served while providing a high level of service to support client treasury departments. Capital Advisors Group also provides independent debt sourcing advisory services through its wholly-owned subsidiary Debt Advisors Group.

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Carnegie Mellon University 

The only top 25 university founded in the 20th century, Carnegie Mellon has rapidly evolved into an internationally recognized institution with a distinctive mix of world-class educational and research programs in computer science, robotics, engineering, the sciences, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities.

More than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students at Carnegie Mellon receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions to solve real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors.

President Jared L. Cohon, the university's president since 1997, is leading implementation of a comprehensive strategic plan that aims to leverage the university's existing strengths to benefit society in the areas of biotechnology, information and security technology, environmental science and practices, the fine arts and humanities.

The university also is committed to broadening and enhancing undergraduate education to allow students to explore various disciplines while maintaining a core focus in their primary area of study. Realizing that today's graduates must understand international issues, Carnegie Mellon is committed to providing a global education for its students and is striving to expand its international offerings to increase its presence on a global scale. Increasing diversity in all aspects and fostering the economic development of southwestern Pennsylvania are also top priorities.

Carnegie Mellon's schools and specialty programs in computer science, engineering, business, public policy, science, the arts and the humanities are consistently ranked among the best in the country by national publications such as U.S. News & World Report Magazine, Business Week Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. Carnegie Mellon's unique mix of strengths in technology, business, public policy and the arts is distinctive among national research universities.  The university's conservatory-like programs in the fine arts are highly regarded. Its Drama School has produced many well-known, award-wining stars of stage and screen since it granted the first degree in drama in 1917.

The university consists of seven colleges and schools: The Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering), the College of Fine Arts, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Mellon College of Science, the David A. Tepper School of Business, the School of Computer Science and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. Carnegie Mellon also has campuses in California and the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar and is expanding its international presence in Europe and Asia with master's programs and other educational partnerships.

Carnegie Mellon is one of the most technologically sophisticated campuses in the world. When it introduced its "Andrew" computing network in the mid-1980s, it pioneered educational applications of technology. Today, the university employs a university-wide wireless computing network that allows faculty, staff and students to log on to the Internet and communicate via email from anywhere at any time. Carnegie Mellon was ranked as the nation's "most wired" university by Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine.

Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Technical Schools in 1900 for the sons and daughters of Pittsburgh blue-collar workers. The institution became the degree-granting Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 and in 1967, Carnegie Tech merged with Mellon Institute of Research to become Carnegie Mellon University.

The core values that Carnegie instilled in the Carnegie Technical Schools more than 100 years ago -- problem solving, collaboration and innovation -- continue to drive the university today and will play a key role in setting its agenda for the next several decades. 

For more information, please visit www.cmu.edu

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Case Western Reserve University 

Case Western Reserve University is located in Cleveland's University Circle, the 500-acre, park-like home of more than 40 cultural, medical, educational, religious, and social service institutions. The only independent, research-oriented university in a region bounded by Pittsburgh and Rochester on the east, Nashville on the south, and Chicago on the west, Case Western Reserve holds membership in the Association of American Universities, and is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and by several nationally recognized professional accrediting associations.

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Charter Life Sciences 

Charter Life Sciences ("CLS") is a life sciences venture capital firm with offices in Palo Alto, California and Cincinnati, Ohio. CLS makes its initial investment as part of a portfolio company's first venture capital financing and supports its portfolio companies with follow-on investments until they are acquired or go public.

An important distinguishing feature of a CLS investment is the active role that the CLS team plays in helping portfolio company management teams develop their business, clinical and financing strategy. The CLS team has decades of scientific, clinical, regulatory, operational and finance experience and an extensive network of relationships throughout the life sciences industry and the academic medical community.

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Chrysalis Ventures, LLC 

Founded in 1993, Chrysalis Ventures is the premier venture capital firm in Mid-America, managing one of the region's largest funds for early-stage and growth investments. Chrysalis invests primarily in early-stage and expansion-stage companies in healthcare services and technology, media and communications, and emerging trends and technologies. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Chrysalis has approximately $400 million under management and has made investments in over 60 companies. For more information, please visit http://www.chrysalisventures.com/.

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CincyTech 

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Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. 

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Draper Triangle Ventures 

Draper Triangle Ventures is a premier source of funding for high-technology start-up companies in the Pennsylvania and Ohio region.  As the Midwest-based Network Partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the leader in seed and early-stage venture capital, we offer entrepreneurs and investors a host of benefits unrivaled in the industry. Our Managers have significant experience in founding, investing in and growing early stage technology companies. Through the DFJ Network, we have access to the tremendous benefits afforded by the cooperation of 140 venture capital professionals in more than 30 cities throughout the US, Asia (including China and India), Europe, Israel, South America and Russia, with more than 600 portfolio companies funded, and over $6 billion of capital under management. The DFJ Network invests in virtually every major technology sector including information technology, cleantech, life sciences, as well as emerging sectors such as nanotechnology.

Our goal with entrepreneurial investing is to provide more than money. A start-up venture capitalist becomes a company's financial strategist, headhunter, investment banker, and corporate therapist, providing support and confidence to a team.  At Draper Triangle, we have developed, and will continue to develop, strong relationships with intelligent, hard working, influential people. These value-added relationships provide a strong base for success in the venture capital business. We believe that an active venture capitalist with a strong network of influential people can effectively fund and develop companies with far greater success than a passive investor.  As a board member, we are active, and we have the energy, experience and contacts to help take the company to the next stage and beyond.

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Duane Morris, LLP 

Duane Morris represents some of the finest and fastest-growing technology companies in all areas of their growth cycle.  We help entrepreneurs, and early stage and developing companies raise equity, secure financing and protect intellectual property.  Our lawyers guide these companies to the next level through mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships.  We also represent venture capital funds throughout the United States and have considerable experience in structuring venture capital and other equity and mezzanine investments.  Duane Morris LLP is a full-service firm with more than 650 lawyers in the U.S. and internationally.

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Early Stage Partners 

Early Stage Partners was formed to provide equity capital to early stage companies primarily in Ohio, Michigan and the Midwest. The Fund invests in the region's most promising industry clusters, including technology, biosciences, instruments, controls and electronics, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing and energy.

Early Stage Partners is a professionally managed, scaled initiative with a demonstrated ability to lead and structure early stage transactions. The fund endeavors to identify and to lead the earliest rounds of financing for the region's most promising opportunities and to prepare them for later institutional funding.  For more information, please visit our Web site at: http://www.esplp.com/.

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Edison Venture Fund 

Leading the East Coast region in growth equity, Edison Venture Fund has invested in 165 information technology companies.  Founded in 1986, Edison Venture manages over $550 million.  Edison's portfolio companies have created market capitalization surpassing $5 billion from 14 IPOs and 92 company sales.

Our diversified strategy spans venture capital, expansion financings, management buyouts, consolidations and secondary stock purchases.  Edison finances and guides

$5 - 20 million revenue companies.  Initial investments range from $5-10 million.  Industry specialties include financial technology, pharmaceutical business solutions, interactive marketing and application software.

Our value-added services assist companies in strategic planning, organizational development and fundraising.  We lead investor groups, introduce banks and recommend effective professional service providers.  Our Limited Partners include commercial and investment banks, money managers, insurance companies, pension funds and government agencies.  These top institutions may provide financing, serve as business partner and purchase products from Edison backed companies.

Edison seeks companies that lead emerging markets with proprietary products and services. We contribute to building successful companies that earn superior returns for entrepreneurs, investors and key contributors.  www.edisonventure.com

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Entrepreneurship Preparatory School (E Prep) 

Entrepreneurship Preparatory School (E Prep) is a high-performing urban public charter school dedicated to providing a premier education experience to students throughout the city of Cleveland, Ohio.  We emphasize individual educational growth resulting in above proficient test scores, graduation, and acceptance to a four-year college or university.  This takes place in a technologically advanced, safe, and disciplined environment.

E Prep has been named a "School of Promise" by the State of Ohio Superintendent for Public Education and received an "Effective" rating on the state report card system, which is the second highest rating awarded to schools by the Ohio Department of Education.

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Ernst & Young LLP 

Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, is committed to enhancing the public's trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting, striving always to do the right thing. Its 130,000 people in 140 countries pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality and professionalism in providing a range of sophisticated services including financial, transactional, risk management knowledge in audit, tax, risk and regulatory compliance, human capital and transaction advisory services.  In this ever changing economy the goal of Ernst & Young remains the same -- quality in everything that we do.  www.ey.com

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Fletcher Spaght Ventures 

Fletcher Spaght Ventures (FSV) is a venture capital fund investing in emerging growth high technology and healthcare companies. Established to build substantial, long-term capital appreciation, FSV invests in companies with familiarity/experience with the company, promising business potential, and financing led by top-tier venture capital firm.  Included are companies in the areas of information technology (IT) and IT services, Internet, software, telecommunications, medical devices, healthcare informatics, biotechnology and healthcare services.

Fletcher Spaght Ventures is well positioned to provide exemplary returns to investors. Established by Fletcher Spaght, Inc. (FSI), a strategy consulting firm focusing on the high technology and healthcare industries, FSV capitalizes on the strengths as seen in our investment strategy, resources/team, and resulting attractive portfolio companies resources and deal flow of FSI. In particular, FSV leverages FSI's strategy, technology and new venture expertise to assess the potential for each investment opportunity. In addition, FSV uses the client base and extensive investment relationships FSI has built over twenty years, to gain access to unique investment opportunities.

Post investment, the FSV general partners and FSI consulting staff contribute their deep expertise in high technology and healthcare, as well as their general strategic and analytical expertise, to enhance the value of investments in the FSV portfolio.

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Fox Rothschild LLP 

Fox Rothschild has more than 450 lawyers in 15 offices coast to coast with a particular strength in Pennsylvania and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.  The firm helps position companies, investors and business leaders for the next leadership opportunity and the smart, lucrative investment.  Combining legal knowledge, IP strategy and financing acumen, we leverage our in-depth industry experience to bring the right people and deals together. http://www.foxrothschild.com/

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GSP Consulting 

GSP Consulting…Growth Architects GSP Consulting Corp. was founded on a simple principle -- every growing company and organization must learn how to effectively navigate government resources and programs as a source of capital and revenue.

With this principle as its guiding mission, GSP Consulting today is a full-service consulting firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with offices and partners across the country.

Not your typical consulting firm – GSP is comprised of three practice areas: Federal and State Government Affairs, Development Services and Economic Architecture. Through these areas of expertise, GSP has served hundreds of clients throughout the U.S. The firm’s experts have authored revolutionary public policy, designed and launched groundbreaking economic development initiatives, secured hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, and built longstanding relationships and networks at all levels of government. GSP’s diverse client list is a result of the firm’s varied service offerings and in-house expertise. GSP has counseled technology, manufacturing, and life sciences companies, as well as developers, municipalities, economic development agencies, and non-profits.

GSP’s team of growth architects can create economic development and government affairs strategies that take ideas and create opportunities, innovations and advancements.

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Idea Foundry 

Idea Foundry supplies the critical ingredients to transform an entrepreneur’s business idea into a fundable start-up.  We are positioned within Western Pennsylvania to be the first place an entrepreneur will go if they are seeking help with building a new company.  Idea Foundry does not fund research, but focuses on the management, product, market, and financial building blocks critical to establishing a strong business foundation.  We bridge the gap of skills, knowledge, funding and relationships!

We Provide:

• Skills and knowledge - experienced mentors, a structured process and tools to help develop your business model
• Funding - financial support to pay the bills while you concentrate on building your start-up and access to capital to take you to the next level
• Relationships - a network of technical, commercial and financial resources to assist you now and in the future

Additional information is at www.ideafoundry.org

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Innovation Park at Penn State  

Innovation Park at Penn State began construction in 1993 to assist in the economic revitalization of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This 118 acre research park is designated for business development, including incubating start-up companies through mature corporations, as well as services to support businesses and their employees.  The Park is home to over 50 tenants and approximately 1500 employees.  The newest building at 329 Innovation Boulevard is nearly complete & will house the remainder of Penn's State Outreach Programs.

To learn more, see:  http://www.innovationpark.psu.edu

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Innovation Works 

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Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, University of Pittsburgh 

The Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE) at the University of Pittsburgh is a dedicated community of business leaders, family firms, scholars, scientists and citizens focused on building a robust entrepreneurial community in Western Pennsylvania. Our mission is to be the innovative leader of economic renewal and growth serving enterprising people and businesses in the region, and we pursue this mission through our expertise in educational programming, consulting and building networks. Our services are available through our five centers: PantherlabWorks, Agricultural Entrepreneurship Program, Small Business Development Center, Entrepreneurial Fellows Center and Family Enterprise Center.

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Internet Capital Group 

ICG acquires and builds on-demand Internet software companies that drive business productivity and reduce transaction costs between firms. We call these companies our partner companies.

The team at ICG devotes its expertise and capital to maximizing the success of partner companies that deliver software and service applications to customers worldwide via the Internet.

To help drive the success and profitability of our partner companies, we provide capital and expertise to maximize their long-term leadership potential and help position them to produce high-margin, recurring and predictable earnings.

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Jones Day 

Our Firm's success stems from key strengths:

• Client focus
• Legal skill
• Depth of people, experience and resources
• Team orientation
• A one-Firm organization

Our commitment to our clients has repeatedly earned the Firm the No. 1 ranking for client service by The BTI Consulting Group. The award is based on survey results from Fortune 1000 corporate counsel. In 2009, Jones Day once again received the highest ranking in the survey.

In fact, since the inception of the BTI Client Service Ranking eight years ago, Jones Day is the only firm to have earned top ratings year after year. In every survey, Jones Day has ranked in the top five, and our consistent high ratings have earned us a place among the elite few firms elected to the BTI Client Service Hall of Fame.

In 2008, Jones Day was named the nation's best Labor & Employment practice by The American Lawyer as part of the magazine's prestigious "Litigation Department of the Year" competition. In 2004, the Firm was also named "Product Liability Department of the Year" by The American Lawyer, as well as a top-five finalist for "Litigation Department of the Year."

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JumpStart Inc. 

JumpStart  is a nationally recognized venture development organization that accelerates the progress of high potential, early-stage businesses and includes a special focus on diverse entrepreneurs working in the highest growth industries. Through the depth of its entrepreneurial team and the breadth of its high value resources, JumpStart improves client success in achieving significant milestones, including raising the follow-on capital necessary to create wealth. JumpStart strives to create a more prosperous future for Northeast Ohio. As part of its robust public/private partnership model, JumpStart recognizes the integral support of Ohio's Third Frontier Project, the state's largest-ever commitment to expanding Ohio's high tech research, innovation, commercialization, and company formation activities, which are increasing opportunities for all Ohioans.   (http://www.jumpstartinc.org/)

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K&L Gates 

K&L Gates LLP, with history in Pittsburgh since 1946, comprises 1,800 lawyers who practice in 33 offices located on three continents: Anchorage, Austin, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Dubai, Fort Worth, Frankfurt, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Spokane/Coeur d'Alene, Taipei and Washington.

Our clients include both venture capitalists and companies funded by venture capitalists, including high-growth companies in the fields of information technology, life sciences and advanced manufacturing. Our lawyers provide counsel on a broad range of transactions, including minority and control investments, seed stage financing, traditional convertible preferred stock rounds, later-stage funding, bridge financing, PIPES, convertible securities, leveraged buyouts, roll-ups, restructurings and recapitalizations. Because of our experience as both fund and issuer counsel, we are familiar with the current state of the market, including valuation and the rights typically afforded to investors.

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KFMR 

Since 1989, KFMR Katz Ferraro McMurtry, P.C. has worked with technology, life science, and early-stage companies in providing accounting, tax and consulting services from start-up through growth. In fact, KFMR worked with the first venture-backed technology transfer company from CMU from its inception in 1989 until it was sold in 1994. Through our experience, we have learned that as much as these companies share common opportunities and challenges, they are equally distinct with their own unique characteristics - making it difficult, if not impossible, to compare or benchmark companies with one another. As a result of our work with numerous venture-backed companies, we’ve experienced and mastered the common matters, while having the vision and prowess to navigate the uncharted waters, seeing companies through to the profitable stage and beyond.

With a seasoned, highly credentialed and diversified talent base, we are able to provide a broad scope of services to venture-backed companies such as audit and accounting services; budgeting, forecasts and projections; due diligence; strategic tax planning and compliance services; strategic business planning; accounting software systems; assistance with debt and equity financing; financial system design and implementation; business valuation services; general business consulting; transaction advisory services; and CFO/Controller services.

In addition to our knowledge, ability and resources, our clients know us for the responsiveness and care we demonstrate – not just in the engagements that we perform – but in the relationships which we establish. Our objective is to learn and understand the issues that affect your business so that we can assist with your needs as well as look beyond the books to help you improve your overall business and financial position.  

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KPMG LLP 

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. We operate in 145 countries and have more than 133,000 professionals, including more than 7,100 partners, working in member firms throughout the world. Our member firms aim to provide clients with a globally consistent set of multidisciplinary financial and accounting services based on deep industry knowledge. KPMG LLP, the U.S. member firm of KPMG International, which traces its origins back to 1897, is a leader among professional service firms with more than 11,000 professionals in 93 offices, including 1,600 partners.

KPMG's Pittsburgh office opened its doors in 1905 and ranks among the oldest and largest professional services firms in the city. The Pittsburgh office is staffed by approximately 200 professionals who serve publicly and privately-owned businesses throughout the region, country, and world.

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Leed's 

Leed's, as part of Polyconcept North America, is the second leading supplier of promotional products within the $16 billion advertising specialties industry. Headquartered in New Kensington, PA. and with offices around the globe, Leed's products, programs and services are recognized throughout the United States and Canada.

Originally called Leed's Leather Products, the company was founded by Pittsburgh entrepreneurs Bruce Weiner and Tom Bernstein in 1986. By 2000, Leed's was recognized as one of the fastest growing suppliers within the industry and has since garnered local acknowledgement, including being ranked 27 on Pittsburgh Post Gazette's "Top 50 Private Companies" 2007 list. New employees join the Leed's team nearly every week and operational space continues to grow as Leed's expands its local roots.

Information about Leed's is available at http://www.leedsworld.com.

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Malin Bergquist & Company LLP 

Malin Bergquist (www.malinbergquist.com), a Pittsburgh Top 20 CPA firm, is a recognized leader in advising public companies – as well as start-up businesses thinking of going public – on their financial compliance with federal securities laws and regulations. The firm is one of just a handful in the region to be registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and is experienced with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

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Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 

Founded in 1996, the Pittsburgh office of Morgan Lewis has enjoyed tremendous growth and played an integral role in many client successes.  We continue to expand to serve the needs of our extensive client base, encompassing emerging companies in the fields of computer networking, information technology, telecommunications, and life sciences, as well as multinational companies located in the U.S. and abroad.  The Pittsburgh office has expanded its areas of practice to include business and finance, investment management, labor and employment, employee benefits and executive compensation, and patents and intellectual property.  Our regional and international clients reap the benefits of working with a highly focused team of professionals in Pittsburgh who are backed by the resources of one of the nation's largest firms, with 22 offices and over 1,400 lawyers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC 

Since its founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley and its people have helped redefine the meaning of financial services. The firm has continually broken new ground in advising our clients on strategic transactions, in pioneering the global expansion of finance and capital markets, and in providing new opportunities for individual and institutional investors.

Morgan Stanley is one of the world's largest diversified financial services companies, with a reputation for excellence in advice and execution on a global scale. Morgan Stanley is known as being an innovator, providing customized financial solutions to some of the most sophisticated institutional investors who require strong relationships and penetrating insights.

From the number of our offices and employees to the experience of our management and the quality of our financial results, the facts about Morgan Stanley tell an impressive story.

» $547 Billion in Assets Under Management
» Consistent Dividend Payout Growth
» Diversified Revenue Sources
» Excellent Credit Ratings
» High Market Capitalization
» High Total Shareholder Return
» Over 600 Offices in 27 Countries

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Nair & Co. 

Award winning Nair & Co. protects you overseas with an integrated solution for your HR, finance, tax and legal needs. Having the ease of one firm providing your HR, finance, tax and legal services saves you time, money and takes the stress out of your overseas expansion. Our one point of contact business model and attention to detail means your solution is delivered consistently and in a streamlined manner, allowing you to focus on building your business. Our accounting support teams are SAS70 Type II certified. If you are a public company, you can be assured about Sarbanes Oxley compliance for your foreign operations.

Specialized in working with the unique challenges of U.S.-based companies, Nair & Co. is headquartered in the U.K. with offices in India, China, U.S. and Japan and has operations in over 40 countries.  In 2009, Nair & Co. was named by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) as a top 100 outsourcing service provider in the world. And as we move into a new era of growth, Nair & Co. is committed to continuing our trail blazing success. Our goal is to remain the gold standard for service for companies seeking to expand internationally.

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National Venture Capital Association 

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), comprised of more than 450 member firms, is the premier trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry. NVCA's mission is to foster greater understanding of the importance of venture capital to the U.S. economy, and support entrepreneurial activity and innovation. The NVCA represents the public policy interests of the venture capital community, strives to maintain high professional standards, provides reliable industry data, sponsors professional development, and facilitates interaction among its members. For more information, please visit http://www.nvca.org/.

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NewSpring Capital 

NewSpring Capital (http://www.newspringcapital.com/) is a family of private equity funds providing growth and expansion capital to companies primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. NewSpring Capital currently has over $500 million of assets under management. Through its family of funds─NewSpring Health Capital, NewSpring Mezzanine Capital and NewSpring Ventures─NewSpring provides capital to companies with a focus on business services, healthcare, enabling technologies, and information technology

NewSpring Health Capital provides equity capital to healthcare companies within the life sciences, healthcare services and medical device sectors.  NewSpring Mezzanine Capital provides mezzanine capital for expansion stage and buyout opportunities in the business services, healthcare, information technology, and specialty manufacturing sectors.  NewSpring Ventures provides equity capital to growth and expansion stage companies with a focus on business services, enabling technology and information technology.  Across all funds, NewSpring Capital's investment team has significant experience as private equity investors, operating managers, and industry leaders at the CEO level, leading to a strong track record of investing in private, public, and institutional capital. 

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Novitas Capital  

Founded in 1997, Novitas Capital (http://www.novitascapital.com/) mines innovation and opportunities where investment for seed, start-up and early stage technology and life sciences ventures is scarce. Novitas discovers companies at their earliest stages, thoroughly vets them and, upon typically leading investment rounds, takes an active role in facilitating their success.  Based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, with offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Hackensack, New Jersey; and Morgantown, West Virginia, Novitas currently has approximately 25 active portfolio companies and $237.5 million under management across three venture capital funds.

Novitas Capital has a strong history of successful portfolio company liquidations, including: Traffic.com, a leading provider of personalized digital traffic information for drivers coast-to-coast , which went public in January 2006 and was subsequently acquired in March 2007 by Navteq (NYSE: NVT) for approximately $177 million; AANetcom, a fabless semiconductor company, which was acquired by PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq: PMCS) in a transaction valued at approximately $900 million; OraSure Technologies (Nasdaq: OSUR), a leader in oral fluid diagnostics, which merged with a publicly-traded company in a stock deal valued at approximately $255 million; and Half.com, a leading exchange that connects buyers and sellers, which was acquired by eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) in a transaction valued at approximately $300 million.

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Office of Technology Management , University of Pittsburgh 

Partnering with The University of Pittsburgh And its Pitt Innovators

The University of Pittsburgh - Changing the world through...
Imagination. Ingenuity. Innovation

Pitt Innovators - faculty, staff and students at the University of Pittsburgh - truly are changing the world through their imagination, ingenuity and innovation. The Office of Technology Management, with support from our affiliate Office of Enterprise Development, Health Sciences, works hard to help them.

We facilitate the transformation of their ideas and research into market-driven products and processes. At the same time, we work to foster new relationships with industry - lasting partnerships in sponsored research, new innovation development, technology out-licensing, and the formation of start-up companies.

Indeed, the University of Pittsburgh has been elevated to the top tier of the nation's research universities by the collective research endeavors of Pitt Innovators. And they have brought to life significant innovations in:
 

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Ohio Capital Fund^SM 

The Ohio Capital Fund^SM is a venture capital fund of funds aiming to serve as a catalyst for venture capital activity in Ohio by driving private investment into Ohio companies in the seed and early stages of business development.  The Ohio Capital Fund is managed by program administrator, Buckeye Venture Partners, LLC.  Buckeye Venture Partners, LLC, is a venture of Cincinnati-based registered investment advisor Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. ("Fort Washington") and Peppertree Partners, LLC, a registered investment advisor based in Cleveland, and wholly owned subsidiary of Fort Washington. For more information please visit TheOhioCapitalFund.com.

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Originate Ventures 

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Osage Ventures 

Osage Ventures will often lead or co-lead investment syndicates. We favor investment opportunities primarily located in the Northeast corridor that are seeking their first round of institutional capital. We will invest between $1MM - $3MM in each company throughout its developmental life, although smaller investments may be made in special situations. Our early stage efforts are focused on information and enabling technology and the life sciences/healthcare industries.

http://www.osageventures.com/

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Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development 

The mission of the Department of Community and Economic Development is to foster opportunities for businesses and communities to succeed and thrive in a global economy, enabling Pennsylvanians to achieve a superior quality of life. The Department ensures growth and development in our businesses and communities across Pennsylvania.

Within DCED, the Technology Investment Office serves as a catalyst for growth and competitiveness for Pennsylvania companies and universities through technology-based economic development (TBED) initiatives including funding, partnerships and support services.

The Technology Investment Office ensures that the variety of TBED organizations and initiatives located throughout the Commonwealth are working collaboratively to fully leverage the wealth of research, capital sources, and support services available to build a comprehensive infrastructure that supports company growth.

TIO's customers include pre-revenue, emerging and mature technology companies; universities engaged in commercializable research and development; community organizations focusing on technology infrastructure and investment partners. TIO supports programs, partners and initiatives in the biosciences, energy, manufacturing, nanotechnology, and telecommunications/information technology sectors. These TBED initiatives support entrepreneurial activities within the Commonwealth that enable companies to grow and compete and enable communities to build infrastructure that attracts new companies and investment.

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Pepper Hamilton LLP 

Pepper Hamilton LLP has represented venture capital firms and growth companies through hundreds of investments from seed rounds to IPOs. Both before and after the financings close, our technology clients and their investors count on us to help them grow by building their intellectual property portfolios, negotiating key business transactions and managing regulatory compliance. With 11 offices and more than 500 lawyers, Pepper has the skill and depth to handle matters of any complexity, here in Pennsylvania or anywhere in the country.

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Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse 

The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG) provides capital investments and customized company formation and business growth services to our region's life sciences enterprises. The PLSG supports biosciences companies with promising innovations in the following concentrations: Biotechnology Tools, Diagnostics, Healthcare IT, Medical Devices and Therapeutics. The PLSG is propelling the sustainable growth of western Pennsylvania's life sciences economy by accelerating research and technology commercialization with seed and early-stage companies; connecting investors with their Investment Portfolio companies; expanding established life sciences ventures and relocating biomedical companies to Pennsylvania.

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Pittsburgh Regional Alliance 

The Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, an affiliate of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, markets the benefits of conducting business in southwestern Pennsylvania to companies all over the world that are growing, relocating or expanding.

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Pittsburgh Technology Council 

The Pittsburgh Technology Council is the first - and one of the largest - regional technology trade associations in the United States. Founded in 1983, the Council remains a vital contributor to the creation, growth and success of regional technology businesses. The Council serves member organizations across the technology and support spectrum with benefits that include a range of services from public policy and advocacy to health benefits to networking. For more information, call 412.687.2700 or visit our Web site at http://www.pghtech.org/.

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PNC 

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the nation's largest diversified financial services organizations providing retail and business banking; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management; asset management and global fund services.

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Radius Ventures 

Radius Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on leading-edge health and life sciences
companies. Formed in 1997, Radius searches for the winners of tomorrow - entrepreneurs whose ideas and talents qualify them to pursue large market opportunities successfully. We seek opportunities across a broad spectrum including biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, medical devices, services and healthcare/life sciences information technology. Our goal is to identify companies on the cusp of major value creation where we can envision liquidity over a three to five year time frame.

We invest much more than money in our companies. Our distinctive approach blends significant financial investment with unique access to world-class intellectual capital. Our goal is to fuel the rapid growth of our portfolio companies and drive substantial value creation. As collaborative partners, we pledge our full support throughout the ups and downs of a company's growth.

Radius helps entrepreneurs accelerate their business development, compress timelines to critical milestones, build high-caliber management teams, and reach a higher valuation plateau for their next round of financing or exit. Because we invest early in a company's development, we can make a substantial difference in its trajectory of growth, risk profile and pace of value creation. At Radius, the most rewarding and satisfying part of our work is seeing each of our portfolio companies succeed to its fullest potential.

Radius currently manages three funds with total committed capital of approximately $200 million.  Generally, we invest up to $10 million over initial and subsequent financing rounds, as a lead or syndicate investor.

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River Cities Capital Fund 

River Cities Capital Funds provides growth equity financing and tried business acumen to high potential private companies.  Our practice is diversified between healthcare, IT and the intersection of these sectors.  National in scope, our footprint is deepest in the Midwest and Southeast with offices in Ohio and North Carolina. We specialize in helping entrepreneurs effectively and efficiently build infrastructure for rapid and profitable revenue growth.  With $390MM under management, a broad array of business resources, and a consistent track record of entrepreneurial success, River Cities has established itself as a preferred source of growth capital.  We are actively seeking new investments for our fourth fund. 

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RR Donnelley 

RR Donnelley's Global Capital Markets business creates, manages, produces and delivers regulatory, transaction and compliance communications required by the capital markets and financial services community. For our clients, we file more than 50,000 documents annually with the SEC and produce many of the critical communications for compliance, business combinations, initial public offerings, and other regulated financial transactions. This in addition to our global service centers, translation and design services and unlimited printing capacity allows us to handle any size job.

Backed by RR Donnelley's Fortune 300 global resources, we've earned a reputation as a value-added partner. We add value through highly personalized and around-the-clock service, single-source deal solutions, deal management, worldwide regulatory expertise, a global reach, client education and insight that comes from a history of experience and achievement.

For more information, please visit our sites at http://www.rrdgcm.com/ and http://www.realcorporatelawyer.com/, our real-time law resource that provides the latest developments in securities law and practice.

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Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP 

In every small business, there is a large one waiting to break out.  At Schnader, we are sensitive to the needs of growing companies from start-up through IPO or other liquidity event and we are committed to meeting those needs efficiently and cost-effectively.  Our attorneys place a high priority on understanding our clients' industries and related markets by maintaining a keen awareness of their latest developments.  We have assembled a team of attorneys with the experience and knowledge to provide integrated legal services within such areas as organizational structuring, finance, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, tax, public private partnerships, economic development initiatives and international law.   

Schnader also has substantial experience in representing venture capital funds, private equity funds, investment bankers and corporate investors.  We represent investment funds both in formation and the raising of investment capital, nationally and internationally, as well as in the structuring of their investments in portfolio companies.  To help connect entrepreneurs and financiers more effectively, we have developed a national venture capital database because we understand that companies invest a considerable amount of time, energy and funds in growing their businesses.  Click here to learn more about our Business and Technology services.

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Silicon Valley Bank 

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Square 1 Bank 

Square 1 Bank is a full service commercial bank dedicated to providing financial services to venture capital firms and the companies that receive venture capital investment. Backed by an experienced team, our knowledge and strong capital base provide a solid foundation to support our clients through all stages of growth.

Square 1 delivers products and tailored solutions for the particular needs of entrepreneurs. Services, investment vehicles and credit-all are hand picked and designed to fit our customers. We are passionate about what we do and this is reflected throughout the Square 1 experience. From the latest in technology based convenience to a banker you'll know as a partner, Square 1 believes that a banking relationship should be anticipatory, responsive and active. You'll find no cookie-cutters in our offices.

Square 1 Bank now has offices coast to coast in ten locations: Austin, Boulder, Boston, Durham, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, McLean, New York, San Diego and Seattle. For more information, we welcome you to our web site, www.square1bank.com, or just give us a call-we're here with answers.

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Stonewood Capital Management, Inc. 

Stonewood Capital Management, Inc. is a Pittsburgh-based private equity firm seeking investment opportunities primarily with manufacturing, assembly, or distribution companies with sales from $5 to $60 million.  Stonewood also provides growth capital for early stage technology companies.

Stonewood offers those in search of capital an unusual advantage because it is managed by a small group of executives charged with investing the private equity component of a large private portfolio, and as a result Stonewood is free to make both initial and follow-up investments without the approval of an outside board of investors.  This means that Stonewood can serve the interests of everyone involved with maximum flexibility and minimal delay. More importantly, it means that Stonewood can invest in businesses for the long term, without undue concern for short-term performance.

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Strategic Valuation Group 

Strategic Valuation Group is a boutique business valuation firm with extensive experience in performing appraisals of privately owned businesses, professional and medical practices, stock options, intellectual property, and other intangible assets.  Our services have been utilized in a variety of contexts, including tax, divorce, financial reporting, shareholder buyouts and mergers and acquisitions.  Our valuation experts have the top valuation industry credentials and over a decade of full-time experience concentrated in the business valuation field.  SVG works closely with our clients and their advisors to deliver the highest level of service in an environment of teamwork and integrity.   

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 

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TechColumbus 

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TechGROWTH Ohio 

TechGROWTH Ohio assists technologically-innovative, early-stage companies and entrepreneurs to accelerate commercialization pathways by providing professional business assistance, material resources, and access to pre-seed and follow-on investment opportunities.  In this way, TechGROWTH Ohio prepares companies for market-entry helping them attract the resources they need for growth and sustainability.

TechGROWTH Ohio serves a 19-county region in eastern and southern Ohio, and is located at Ohio University's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs in Athens, Ohio.  Funded by the Ohio Third Frontier, TechGROWTH works with a network of partners throughout its region, mobilizing resources to provide intensive operational assistance and financing opportunities for early-stage technology companies.   As a part of the Third Frontier's Entrepreneurial Signature Program, TechGROWTH Ohio works with technology companies in interactive digital media, bioscience, advanced energy, bio-agriculture, and other emerging innovative technologies.  For more information, visit http://www.techgrowthohio.com/.

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The Technology Collaborative 

The Technology Collaborative is an independent non-profit economic development organization where collaboration and innovation help accelerate the growth of businesses. Our mission is to help create Pennsylvania's new economy by developing collaborating clusters that leverage the region's world-class assets in Robotics, Advanced Electronics, and Cyber Security.

The Technology Collaborative is helping to create an ideal environment for business expansion by leveraging the region's existing high-tech base, and combining it with resources and support from local universities, private foundations, regional development organizations, federal, state, and local government, and industry. We enable regional economic growth by utilizing this "business friendly" environment to attract new companies to the region, help local companies grow, and foster start-ups.  As a member-driven initiative, TTC delivers value-added programs and services that start-up and expanding businesses need. 

Visit http://www.techcollaborative.org/ to learn how your business growth can be accelerated.

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Travelers 

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Triathlon Medical Ventures 

Triathlon Medical Ventures is a Midwest-based venture capital firm that invests exclusively in the life sciences. We provide equity capital to early and expansion stage companies with proprietary biomedical technology platforms or products addressing significant human healthcare needs.  http://www.tmvp.com/

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Tucker, Johnston & Smelzer's 

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United Way of Allegheny County 

UNITED WAY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTYAs the community's fundraiser, United Way of Allegheny County streamlines the process of getting dollars to agencies that are impacting critical community needs. Each year, thousands of individuals in hundreds of workplace campaigns find help or give help through United Way.

United Way ensures maximum community impact and optimal donor value through high standards of organizational excellence and efficiency, expertise in identifying and addressing community needs, and rigorous review and monitoring of non-profit partners. By investing in prevention strategies and addressing the root cause of current and emerging needs for at-risk children and youth, troubled teens, struggling families and individuals, and older seniors, United Way impacts what matters in the community and creates lasting change in people's lives.

In addition to mobilizing all segments of the community, United Way promotes volunteerism through its Days of Caring. Organizations and individuals are able to donate or volunteer through www.unitedwaypittsburgh.org or by contacting United Way's HelpLine at 412-255-1155.

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University of Pittsburgh Katz Executive MBA Programs & Center for Executive Education 

Center for Executive Education (CEE): To enhance executive-level skills for managers and leaders, this Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business center conducts training that covers an array of executive management issues for domestic and global organizations. CEE partners with organizations from various industries-energy, manufacturing, health care, finance/banking, and nonprofit-to address their individual organizational needs by providing tailored training with competencies and a new understanding of today's global business world.

The Executive MBA (EMBA) Worldwide program at the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business offers a high-quality MBA that is recognized both locally and globally.  The cohort-base of the EMBA program provides a unique opportunity to learn, not only from our distinguished faculty, but from classmates as well, and enables professionals to build their network.  That network extends across the globe, with our EMBA Program being offered in South America and Central Europe. We provide the broad business acumen needed to have an understanding of business, the ability to make strategic decisions and lead effectively. 

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UPMC 

UPMC is an integrated global health enterprise headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and one of the leading nonprofit health systems in the United States. As western Pennsylvania's largest employer, with 50,000 employees and $7 billion in revenue, UPMC is transforming the economy of the region into one based on medicine, research, and technology. By integrating 20 hospitals, 400 doctors' offices and outpatient sites, long-term care facilities, and a major health insurance services division, and in collaboration with its academic partner, the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC has advanced the quality and efficiency of health care and developed internationally renowned programs in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, psychiatry, orthopaedics, and sports medicine, among others. UPMC is commercializing its medical and technological expertise by nurturing new companies, developing strategic business relationships with some of the world's leading multinational corporations, and expanding into international markets, including Italy, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Qatar. For more information about UPMC, visit http://www.upmc.com/.

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Wellington Financial LP 

Wellington Financial LP is a privately held specialty finance firm providing term, venture and amortizing loans up to $50 million. Wellington Financial LP is currently deploying a $450 million investment program via its third fund seeking investment opportunities in Canada and the United States. Our Limited Partners include several of Canada's largest institutional investors, crown corporations, financial institutions and pension funds.  

Transactions are between $2 million and $40 million in size. For additional information please visit http://www.wellingtonfund.com/.

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West Virginia University 

West Virginia University researchers are working to save lives, enhance economic development, and increase our understanding of the world. Designated as a Research University (High Research Activity) as classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, WVU is developing interdisciplinary programs, forming strategic partnerships, and building a technology transfer and economic development infrastructure. Funding from external sources for total sponsored programs was $142.9 million in fiscal year 2006, with research and development funding at an all-time record of $88.3 million.

A new 88-acre research park is under development, and a WVU Business Incubator is promoting economic development by supporting entrepreneurs and nurturing early-stage businesses with space, facilities, and support services. There are more than 60 affiliated centers/institutes at WVU, including the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, the only major nonprofit in the world focused on human memory.

The FBI has selected WVU as its lead academic partner in biometrics research, and WVU's Center for Identification Technology (CITeR) is the only National Science Foundation research center in biometrics.

WVU researchers are making exciting discoveries in: cancer research and prevention, Neurosciences, astrophysics, forensic identification, nanotechnology, alternative fuels, geographic information services, aquaculture, homeland security, proteomics, biosensors, PEM/PET early tumor detection, anti-diabetes medication and aerospace engineering.

To learn more, please visit http://research.wvu.edu/.

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