Homeland Security Investors

Third Security, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed/start up, early stage, mid stage, late stage, emerging growth, recapitalization, PIPES, turnaround, growth capital, and buyout investments. It primarily invests in the life sciences, biotechnology, healthcare, technology, real estate, and financial service sectors, technology intensive and/or service related companies. In late stage, the firm also focuses on the healthcare sector. It invests in both private and public companies. The firm typically invests in companies located within 100 miles of the Roanoke, New River valleys and Allegheny Highlands regions of Southwestern Virginia. The firm seeks to invest between $0.01 million and $20 million in companies with enterprise values between $0.1 million and $2000 million. It prefers to take majority stake in companies. Third Security, LLC was founded in March, 1999 and is based at Radford, Virginia with an additional offices in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Founded in 1999, General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) is a public pension fund based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Established in 1999, The funds provide pension benefits and social security for society members. It aims to secure the future of UAE nationals and their families. The authority is mandated to apply the pension and retirement benefits for the UAE nationals in accordance with the provisions of federal laws regarding pensions and social security. The assets of the fund are managed by the executive management team. The General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) is the responsible UAE-based federal authority mandated to apply pension and retirement benefits for Emiratis (males/females) working in a public or private sector in the UAE or GCC Region, given that they are between 18 to 60 years of age and are fit to work. Employers are required to register their Emirati employees with the Authority no later than one month from their joining date in order to ensure insured individuals, pensioners and beneficiaries enjoy salary contributions upon retirement.

Administradora General de Fondos Security S.A., Investment Arm is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, early venture, mid venture, late venture and expansion stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Chile. It prefers to invest between $0.5 million and $2 million in its portfolio companies. Administradora General de Fondos Security S.A., Investment Arm is based in Santiago, Chile. Administradora General de Fondos Security S.A., Investment Arm operates as a subsidiary of Administradora General de Fondos Security S.A.

SC Launch, Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in startups, seed, and early-stage advanced technology companies. The firm offers funding in the form of grants, loans, and equity investments. It seeks to invest in knowledge economy, with a focus on alternative energy, advanced materials and fibers, transportation, defense electronics, military aircraft, military vehicles, automobiles, automotive retail, automotive technology, chemical and engineering and process improvements, life Sciences and biotechnology or biomedical, homeland security, information technology and software, aerospace, and energy. The firm typically invests in companies with protected intellectual property position in the market such as trade secrets, patents, and trademark where initial capital has been funded by founder or friends and family. It primarily invests in companies based in South Carolina, registered with the SC secretary of State and having at least 51 percent of payroll is or will be located in South Carolina. The firm seeks to invest up to $0.2 million in a company and supports its portfolio companies in securing follow-on financing. It seeks to acquire a board seat in its portfolio companies. SC Launch, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Columbia, South Carolina with additional offices in Anderson, South Carolina; Arlington, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; Summerville, South Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina.

HCAP Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, buyouts, acquisition financing, recapitalization, general working capital, long term structured loans, lower middle market, later stages and mezzanine debt investments. It does not invest in start-up businesses. It seeks to invest in services, manufacturing, homeland security, aerospace and defense, business services, consumer products, industrials, consumer discretionary, software and services, communication services, health care, information technology, commercial printing, diversified support services, environmental and facilities services, office services and supplies, systems software, application software, interactive home entertainment and security and alarm services sectors. It prefers to invest in United States with focus on California, Southwest and Western United States. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $35 million in companies with revenues between $10 million and $100 million, enterprise value between $10 million and $60 million and a minimum EBITDA of $1 million. It invests in the form of warrants, preferred or common stock options, and royalties. The loans provided by the firm are accompanied by warrants to purchase an equity interest in the borrower, royalties, or a combination of the two. It invests in debt, equity, or combinations. The firm prefers to acquire an active board positions in its portfolio companies. It seeks to exit its investments within a period of five years. It prefers to provide mezzanine debt investments for minority equity participations. The firm typically prefers to be a minority or majority shareholder. HCAP Partners, LLC was founded in 2000 and is based in LA Jolla, California.

Blue Canyon Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in acquisitions and investments in mature, late venture, small and middle market companies. The firm also specializes in investments where management or owners desire to transition out of the business or need additional management depth to join the company. It does not invest in high technology startup companies, turnaround situations, and high technology sectors. The firm prefers to invest in transportation, logistics, environmental and industrial services, infrastructure management, energy services, specialty healthcare, outsourced business services, maintenance and prevention services, and niche manufacturing sectors. Within the transportation and logistics sector, it invests in third party logistics, freight forwarding and brokerage, and asset light transportation. In the environmental services sector, the firm prefers to invest in recycling, remediation and monitoring, and alternative energy services. Within the specialty healthcare sector, it invests in home infusion therapy and patient monitoring. In the outsourced business services sector, the firm seeks to invest in asset liquidation and brokerage, billing and payroll processing, and specialty insurance and claim processing. Within the maintenance and prevention services sector, it invests in service station maintenance, medical equipment cleaning and repair, and energy service companies. In the niche manufacturing sectors, the firm invests in industrial products and components and homeland security and defense. It seeks to invest in companies based in United States. The firm invests in companies having enterprise value between $8 million and $50 million, revenues between $5 million and $50 million, and an EBITDA between $2 million and $7 million. It invests in companies having a national market of at least $500 million and having minimum EBITDA margins of 15 percent. The firm prefers to invest in deals valued between $10 million and $30 million. The firm sources its capital through limited partners and high net worth individuals. It follows a pledge fund structure. Blue Canyon Capital is based in Dayton, Ohio.

FedCap Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in providing growth capital and advice to small and middle-market companies. The firm does not invest in 8(a) certified companies. It considers minority and majority investments in federal services and technology companies with a focus on cyber security; homeland security; defense including C4ISR, transformation, systems, support; intelligence agencies; healthcare; energy and environment; and other mission critical areas. The firm partners with owners that desire an active investor and are interested in a liquidity event in two to six years. It makes investments in the range of $1 million and $5 million into companies with revenues of $60 million or less. The firm prefers debt investments between $3 million and $5 million. FedCap Partners, LLC is based in Reston, Virginia.

Quadrillion Partners is a private equity firm specializing in corporate carve-outs, owner-operator transitions, take-privates, middle market, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, buyouts, distressed debt, distressed/vulture investments, restructurings, turnarounds, transformations, foreclosures, and bankruptcies. It primarily invests in later stage companies. The firm seeks to invest in industrial, security and defense, and technology sectors. Within industrial, it prefers to invest in manufacturing, industrial services, distribution services, logistics, construction equipment, water infrastructure, transportation, freight, electrical equipment, and agricultural equipment. Within security and defense, it prefers to invest in aerospace and defense, cyber security, video surveillance, network analytics, background /identity solutions, systems integration, security monitoring, armored transport services, location-based services, homeland security, sensors, and physical guard. Within technology and services, it prefers to invest in storage and networking, electronic data discovery, enterprise software, data center and cloud infrastructure, financial and healthcare technology, IT services, data and analytics, SaaS, semiconductors and components, computing and internet, and telecommunications. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in the United States and Canada. The firm prefers to invest in companies with equity investments between $25 million and $50 million having revenues between $30 million and $300 million. It targets companies with enterprise values between $20 million and $300 million. It seeks to invest in preferred or common equity structure. It participates in capital structure or management rollover equity. The firm also provides advisory services. Quadrillion Partners is based in Irving, Texas with an additional office in Southlake, Texas.

American Capital, Ltd., formerly known as American Capital Strategies, Ltd., is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in management and employee buyouts, subordinated debt, leveraged finance, senior debt, mezzanine, acquisition, recapitalization, middle market, early venture, mature, structured products, industry consolidation, and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in unitranche and equity financing for buyouts of private equity firms and direct in private and public companies. It also invests in special situations and in government. In special situations, the firm invests in troubled situations and in distressed situations. The firm also considers smaller investments as add-on acquisitions for existing portfolio companies. In this area, it invests in acquisitions of true turnarounds, 363 auctions, portfolio add-on acquisitions, operationally challenged companies; financings in exit, ABL loans, second lien refinance, and direct lending to distressed companies. The firm invests in manufacturing, services, and distribution companies with a special focus on energy sector. The firm also invests in infrastructure and structured products. The firm also invests in business services, consumer products and services, industrial, healthcare and food companies. The firm prefers to invest in financial technology and information technology focusing on custom information technology solutions, technology and software enabling headcount reduction, and technology and software enabling cost reductions in conducting transactions with or within government. The firm also invests in digital media and entertainment, internet and consumer related, communications, mobile and wireless, security and data center infrastructure, software and services, semiconductor, and other innovative technologies. The firm also invests in a variety of industry sectors, including life science services, medical device, medical tools and equipment, and healthcare services, among others. In energy production sector, the firm invests in lower risk oil and gas exploration, production and development; natural gas liquids; coal mining and coal-fired generation; uranium mining and nuclear-fired generation; wind-powered generation; and solar-powered generation. In energy transmission sector, the firm invests in oil and gas pipelines; LNG tankers and regasification facilities; and power transmission. In energy distribution sector, it targets propane distribution; gas distribution; electricity distribution. In energy services sector, the firm invests in oil and gas services and utility services. The firm also targets investments in companies that provide services or products to federal, state or local governments. It seeks to invest in human resources/benefit administration, outsourcing, transaction processing, engineering and construction, logistics, original equipment manufacturers – homeland security and component, aftermarket parts and supplies, and technology. It also invests in real estate and insurance. It also prefers to make investments in energy infrastructure assets in high-growth and developed markets with a focus on power generation facilities, energy transportation assets, fuel production opportunities and product and service companies focused on the power and energy sectors. It also makes investments in Power Generation Facilities focusing on Coal, Hydro, and Renewables; Utilities & Distribution focusing on large scale utilities, Wholesale power trading, and Retail marketing; Natural Resource Development focusing on Coal, Propane, LNG regasification, and Coal-to-gas; Transportation focusing on Pipelines, Rail, and Ports; Others including Desalination, Telecommunications Networks, and Clean technology. It invests as lead or participative investor and also makes equity co-investments. The firm seeks to invest globally focusing on Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Mid-Atlantic, New England, North East Unites States, Canada, Central America & Mexico, and Caribbean. The firm and its affiliates invest between $10 million to $600 million per company in North America and €10 ($13.34 million) to €300 million ($432.26 million) per company in Europe. The firm’s investment range is between $5 million and $25 million and higher depending on the opportunity. The firm targets new investments with at least $10 million in EBITDA and enterprise values of typical transaction from $20 million and $500 million. The firm invests senior debt, subordinated debt and equity allows us to provide one-stop financing up to $500 million. The firm also has the resources to deploy over $100 million into high growth later stage companies. In special situations group, the firm invests between $20 million and $750 million per transaction in a variety of investments, including: buyouts operational turnarounds, corporate orphans and carve-outs, complex management buyouts, financings dip financings, exit financings, and mezzanine financings for sponsored buyouts. In buyouts, the firm invests in companies having Enterprise Value of up to $1600 million. In federal, state and local government, the firm invests between $10 million and $500 million in a single transaction. The firm prefers to be a majority or minority investor and makes direct minority investments of subordinated debt, senior debt and equity in middle market private and public companies. The firm prefers to take minority ownership position of up to 49%. The firm prefers to take controlling interests. It was founded in 1986 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland with additional offices in United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia. American Capital, Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Ares Capital Management LLC.

Levensohn Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and mid stage investments. It seeks to invest in information technology companies with focus on digital media, security, demand- side cleantech, internet, enterprise software, communications equipment, and semiconductors. Within digital media the focus area is infrastructure, applications, analytics, and content. Within security it focuses on security markets, including cyber, enterprise software, semiconductors,physical, and homeland security. Within demand side cleantech it focuses on technologies that help address the significant need for energy efficiency, infrastructure modernization and general demand-side energy management. The firm prefer Invest in Silicon Valley. The firm typically invests between $5,00,000 and $5 million with the expectation to invest another $3 million to $5 million in subsequent rounds. It provides Series B or C round of financing. The firm prefers to lead or co-lead the initial investment rounds and prefers to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. It also considers special investments opportunities in companies beyond the early stage. Levensohn Venture Partners was founded in 1996 and is based in Salzburg, Austria and additional location in San Francisco, California.

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in special situation investments in middle-market companies in the form of buyouts, mature, later stage, emerging growth, mezzanine, turnaround, recapitalization, asset consolidations, staged investment, and growth capital. The firm invests in a variety of industries including sustainability & wellness, health, built environment, food & agriculture, insurance, music publishing, business services, specialty chemicals, construction materials, solid waste collection, treatment and disposal services, office services and supplies, diversified support services, automobile manufactures, commercial security and safety services, climate control equipment, residential security and personal safety services, healthcare services, specialized finance, apparel, metal and mining, marketing services, financial services, sustainable business solutions, lighting and energy efficiency, security services, health products and services, alternative building materials, disruptive technology, and clean technology. It also invests in companies that focus on infrastructure projects, scarcity of food, water, energy, and security, globally. In Israel, the firm seeks to invest in water, waste, wellness, renewable energy, and homeland security technology companies. The firm typically invests in companies based in North America, United States, Canada, and Israel. The firm prefers to invest between $5 million and $200 million. It invests in companies experiencing financial stress, legal problems, or operational challenges; businesses or assets whose value has been impacted by discrete events (e.g., a shareholder dispute, product recall, or cyclical downturn); and businesses or assets involved in bankruptcy proceedings. The firm prefers to take majority or control investments. Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. was founded in 1996 and is based at Stamford, Connecticut.

Main Street Capital Holdings, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, corporate divestitures, invests equity in companies at lower end of the middle market, privately held or family owned businesses and public companies seeking to divest non-strategic divisions. The firm considers turnarounds only as an add-on acquisition. It does not invest in start-ups, turnarounds, commodities, and retail or restaurants. The firm invests in a broad range of industries with a focus on specialty or niche manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing; electronics; homeland security; food products including prepared and preserved foods, seafood, and pet foods; metallic alloy parts manufacturers; high precision niche metal manufacturing; electronic manufacturing services; printed circuit board assemblies; specialty metals; and value added distribution. It prefers to invest in companies based in the United States or Canada with a focus on Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, Mid Atlantic, and Great Lakes although no geographical limitations for add-on acquisitions. The firm seeks to makes equity investments between $2.5 million and $25 million in companies with minimum EBITDA of $2 million and enterprise value between $10 million and $125 million. The firm prefers to invest in companies with EBITDA margin more than 10 percent and recurring cash flows in excess of $2 million. It does not have any minimum size for add-on acquisitions. The firm prefers to acquire majority control position in its portfolio companies and also prefers management or sellers to reinvest some proceeds. Main Street Capital Holdings, LLC was founded in 1994 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.