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Allied Capital Corp, a business development company, invests in private middle market companies located in the US. The fund target companies across a broad range of sectors with an EBITDA of $5 - $150 million. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout transactions and also makes minority equity co-investments. It also invests in private equity and debt funds.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Nina McLemore LLC designs, manufactures, and sells women's clothing. The firm offers fabrics, garments, and designer clothes for executive and professional women. The firm’s collections include winter-resort, fall collection, casual, suiting, silk, evening, essentials, sale items, and gift certificates. The company was founded by Nina E. McLemore in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fidus Partners LLC provides merger and acquisition advisory and related services to private equity firms, corporations, and private business owners. It focuses in the areas of corporate advisory, financial sponsors, family and privately held businesses, and industry expertise. The company was founded by Edward P. Imbrogno, John H. Grigg, John J. Ross, II and Patrick C. Clark in 2005 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Edgewater Capital LLC is a private company based in Santa Ana, CA.

Fidus Investment Advisors LLC (Fidus Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Altea Therapeutics Corp. develops pharmaceutical products. It offers PassPort patch, a skin patch that uses short bursts of focused thermal energy to create tiny channels in the surface of the skin and these channels permit the flow of proteins, peptides, carbohydrates, and small molecules into the body without the use of needles. The firm also provides Transdermal vaccine patch, a delivery system for water-soluble drugs and proteins; disease prevention products; insulin skin patch, a non-injectable daily insulin product; and opioid patches that provide delivery of opioids and incorporates the layers of deterrents. The company was founded by Jonathan A Eppstein and Deborah Eppstein in 1998 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

National Retail Federation operates membership organizations. Its channels of distribution include department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet and independent stores. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

TechnoServe, Inc. provides business and market based solutions that can break the cycle of poverty in developing countries. It focuses on developing entrepreneurs, building businesses and industries and improving the business environment. The company was founded by Edward P. Bullard in 1968 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Protective Group, Inc. develops lightweight composite armor solutions. Its products include aircraft armor systems, shipboard armor systems, personnel armor systems and vechicle armor systems. The firm is an agile systems integrator for developing survivability solutions for personnel, ground vehicles, and aviation platforms. It provides safety products to military forces, law enforcement agencies, and fire departments. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Miami Lakes, FL.

Valor Management LLC (Valor Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Antonio Jose Gracias. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

EarthColor, Inc. offers printing services. Its products include am4m, digital printing, inline imaging and scodix. The company was founded in 1982 by Robert Kashan and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

BRA Transportes Aereos provides air transportation services. It provides scheduled services from São Paulo through various international routes, including Lisbon-Portela, Madrid-Barajas, and Milan-Malpensa. The company also operates charter flights to Rome-Fiumicino, Cologne/Bonn, Buenos Aires, and Córdoba. BRA Transportes Aereos was founded in 1999 and is located in São Paulo, Brazil.

Aperture Venture Partners LLC (Aperture Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Eric H. Sillman, Paul E. Tierney, Jr and Matthew S. Tierney. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Brown & Bigelow, Inc. distributes promotional products. It offers coloring book, compartment pill case, keychain with flashlight, and antibacterial hand sanitizer. Its capabilities include sourcing promotional products; creating targeted promotional programs; and designing, assembling, and distributing promotional kits. The company was founded by Herbert H. Bigelow in 1896 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, MN.

Vital Voices Global Partnership, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of training programs for women leaders. Its activities include signature programs, individualized investments, network activation and global advocacy, and thought leadership. The company was founded by Alyse Nelson, Melanne Verveer, and Mary Daley Yerrick in 1997 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.