Brian W. Cooke

Founded in 1997, BDCA Venture Adviser LLC is a registered investment advisor and merchant bank headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The firm manages BDCA Venture, Inc, a closed-end fund (regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that specializes in making pre-IPO investments in emerging growth companies that are committed to and capable of becoming public. BDCA Venture’s shares are listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol BDCV.

The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering provides college scholarships for underrepresented minorities pursuing degrees at schools of engineering. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Tri-Artisan Capital Partners (Tri-Artisan) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Gerald Cromack and Rohit Manocha, and is wholly-owned by Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Group Inc. The firm headquartered in New York.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of securities underwriting and investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.