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3i U.S. is a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm is a subsidiary of 3i Group Plc (LSE: III).

AOptix Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures laser communication systems. Its Composite Optical-RF technology is an integration of wireless optical technology with radio frequency technology, providing ultra-high bandwidth capacity with carrier-grade availability up to 10 kilometers. The company was founded by Anthony P. Mazzarella, J. Elon Graves and Malcolm J. Northcott in 2000 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

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.

Latis Networks, Inc. provided network security software. It offered wholesale computers and peripheral equipment. It protected customers from endpoint security threats. The company was founded in 2000 by Rajat Bhargava and was headquartered in Austin, TX.

Integral Development Corp. provides software solutions to banks and other financial institutions. Its products include Integral SEF, InvestorFX, FX Grid, and TrueFX. Integral’s private, customer-branded trading solutions are managed and operated over Integral’s FX Grid, a global inter-institutional connectivity and trading network, linking market making banks to FX market participants. The company was founded by Viral Tolat and Harpal S. Sandhu in 1993 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Guru.com provides an online platform for employers and freelancers to connect, collaborate, and get work done. It rank orders freelancers using objective performance data—helping businesses identify the highest quality freelancers for their projects. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

McCown De Leeuw & Co (MDC) is a private equity firm founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Foster City, California.