Sponsors
FOUNDING SPONSORS
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) of New York, NY is the leading independent investment bank for media, information, marketing services, and technology. Since 1987, JEGI has completed more than 500 high-profile M&A transactions for global corporations, middle-market and emerging companies, entrepreneurial owners, and private equity and venture capital funds. Recent transactions include the sale of I-Behavior, a market leader in consumer and business transaction data, to KBM Group (WPP); Highline Financial, a financial information and analytics provider focused on the US banking sector, to Thomson Reuters; Accela Communications, a leading marketing technology company providing interactive video communications, to KIT Digital; Rigzone, a leading information provider to the oil and gas industry, to Dice; Forbes’ Investopedia, a leading financial information and investing education web site, to ValueClick; Hearst’s acquisition of iCrossing, a global interactive marketing services company; the divestiture of Reed Business Information-US assets; among many others. For more information, visit www.jegi.com or contact Adam Gross, JEGI’s Chief Marketing Officer at 212-754-0710 or adamg@jegi.com.
Veronis Suhler Stevenson is a leading private investment firm that invests in the information, education, media, marketing and business services industries in North America and Europe. VSS provides capital for buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings and strategic acquisitions to middle market companies and management teams with the goal of building companies organically and through a focused add-on acquisition program. VSS makes privately-negotiated investments across the capital structure and has the ability to invest in situations requiring control or non-control equity, mezzanine securities, and senior secured debt. Since 1987, VSS has managed six private investment funds with capital commitments totaling over $3 billion, including four equity funds and two structured capital funds. To date, VSS funds have invested in 68 platform companies, which have together completed over 320 add-on acquisitions resulting in a portfolio. The team of investment professionals at VSS is comprised of former operating executives as well as former investment bankers, consultants and lawyers, all of whom have worked within our targeted industries for a number of years. VSS is well known for its expertise in its targeted industries and is viewed as a value added investor. The company’s website is www.vss.com.
PATRON SPONSORS
Lending Sponsor
CIT has in-depth expertise in providing senior financing solutions for information and technology-enabled services, software, and software-as-a-service businesses. Our highly experienced, industry-focused team provides customized solutions to support organic growth, expansion opportunities, equipment purchases, strategic acquisitions, recapitalizations, and customer financing programs.
Accounting Sponsor
Marcum LLP is one of the largest independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the nation. Ranked among the top firms in the nation, Marcum offers the resources of more than 1,100 professionals, including more than 150 partners, in 23 offices throughout New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Grand Cayman, China and Hong Kong. The Firm's presence runs deep with full service offices strategically located in major business markets.
Legal Sponsor
Morgan Lewis provides comprehensive corporate, transactional, litigation, and regulatory legal services to clients of all sizes—from global Fortune 100 companies to just-conceived start-ups—across all major industries. We craft and execute business- and industry-specific strategies that align with today’s evolving economic and regulatory conditions, and that address the full scope of our clients’ challenges and opportunities in the courtroom, in the boardroom, within the workforce, and in government and policy matters.
