Ari Santiago

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.

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.

NEC Corp. of America provides Information Technology, network and visual display solutions. Its services include server & storage solutions, digital presentation and visual display systems to biometric identification, optical network & microwave radio communications, IP voice and data solutions. The company was founded in July 2006 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Part of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., Coopers & Lybrand (Australia) is an Australian company that provides accounting services. The company is based in Sydney, Australia.

Castleton Commodities International LLC provides commodities marketing and merchandising services. The firm markets physical commodities including natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products, crude oil, fuel oil, freight, petrochemicals, electric power and coal and financial instruments related to commodities. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Western Digitech, Inc. provides information technology services. It offers support package including help desk services, on-site services, and remote monitoring and management services The company was founded by John Davis and Josh Kotlar in 1994 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Bilgola Capital LLC (Bilgola Capital) is a private equity/ venture capital firm founded in 2011 by George N Ferris. The firm is headquartered in Potomac, Maryland.

Axial Reade Capital LP (Axial Reade) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Michael F. Sirignano. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AuthenticID, Inc. provides identity authentication services. The company was founded by Blair Cohen in 2012 and is headquartered in Manchester, NM.