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New Enterprise Associates
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a leading venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs create and build major new enterprises that use technology to improve the way we live, work and play. Since its founding in 1978, the firm has followed the same basic principles: support their entrepreneurs, provide an excellent return to their limited partners and practice their profession with high standards and respect. Having practiced classic venture capital for 28 years, NEA focuses on investments at all stages of a company’s development, from seed-stage through IPO. With approximately $8.5 billion in committed capital, NEA’s experienced management team has invested in over 500 companies, of which more than 150 have gone public and more than 200 have been acquired. NEA has offices in Reston, Virginia, Menlo Park, California and Baltimore, Maryland. For more information, please visit www.nea.com.
H.I.G. Ventures
H.I.G. Ventures partners with entrepreneurs to provide the capital, expertise and relationships necessary to build market-leading businesses. with over 4.5Billion under management, the firm’s team invests nationally in early to growth-stage information technology, healthcare and service businesses. H.I.G. Ventures is the venture capital affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, a leading private equity investment firm with over $4 billion of capital under management and offices in Miami, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, London, Hamburg and Paris. H.I.G. Ventures has offices in Atlanta and Miami. For more information, visit www.higventures.com.
Advanced Equities, Inc.
Advanced Equities, Inc. (AEI) is a venture capital investment bank specializing in late-stage private equity finance for the U.S. technology sector. It rose to prominence as investment firms that serviced the Silicon Valley disappeared. Now the company serves as a strategic co-investor with some of the world's leading venture capital firms with a goal of building and realizing maximum shareholder value.
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Goldman Sachs is leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.
About Cogentrix
Cogentrix Energy, Inc. is a leading independent power producer and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cogentrix owns and operates electric generating facilities in North America. These plants utilize both proven and emerging technologies, as well as innovative management and operational procedures, to serve the electric energy supply needs of utilities and industrial customers.
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