Sponsors/Partners

Many Thanks To Our 2010 Summit Sponsors & Partners!

Proskauer is an international law firm with 700 lawyers worldwide. Headquartered in New York since 1875, the Firm has offices in Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Newark, Paris, São Paulo and Washington D.C.

Our Private Investment Funds Group consistently ranks as one of the top tier private equity law practices. Our lawyers have established themselves as leaders in the private equity sector and practice in strategic office locations that allow us to actively represent sponsors and institutional investors worldwide in a broad range of activities, from fund formation, internal governance and succession planning, investment transactions, acquisition or sale of interests on the secondary market, liquidity events, distributions, tax planning, regulatory compliance, portfolio company dispositions through mergers and acquisitions or initial public offerings, management buyouts and leveraged recapitalizations, to compensation and estate planning for partners. www.proskauer.com

Denning & Company, LLC, is a private equity advisory firm founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco. The firm provides consulting, marketing, and fundraising services to established general partners as well as newer teams offering unique investment ideas or solutions to limited partner investors worldwide.

With over 70 years of combined industry experience along with foreign language abilities, the D&Co team, headed up by Paul F. Denning, CEO, and Jill Y. Kitazaki, COO, has raised capital in excess of USD 8 billion for general partners based in the US, Japan/Asia, UK/Europe, Russia, and Israel from a limited partner base similarly diversified.

Denning & Company continuously strives to represent only the best private equity teams, in an industry or geography, and work to ensure that they are professionally prepared to successfully achieve their fundraising goals. To avoid conflicts of interest, the firm will not take on an additional fund within the same style or sector of a current client. The firm is selective in choosing to work with only 2 to 3 funds at a time, ensuring that each general partner fully benefits from the team's senior level relationships, resources, and fundraising experience.

Credit Suisse
As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 48,000 people. Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group, is a leading global financial services company headquartered in Zurich. Credit Suisse Group's registered shares (CSGN) are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.

Investment Banking
In its Investment Banking business, Credit Suisse offers securities products and financial advisory services to users and suppliers of capital around the world. Operating in 57 locations across 30 countries, Credit Suisse is active across the full spectrum of financial services products including debt and equity underwriting, sales and trading, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and correspondent and prime brokerage services.

Private Banking
In Private Banking, Credit Suisse provides comprehensive advice and a broad range of investment products and services tailored to the complex needs of high-net-worth individuals globally. Wealth management solutions include tax planning; pension planning; life insurance solutions; wealth and inheritance advice, trusts and foundations.

Asset Management
In its asset management business, Credit Suisse offers products across the full spectrum of investment classes, ranging from equities, fixed income and multiple-asset class products, to alternative investments such as real estate, hedge funds, private equity and volatility management. Credit Suisse's asset management business manages portfolios, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles for a broad spectrum of clients ranging from governments, institutions and corporations to private individuals.

Solera Capital, LLC
Solera Capital, LLC is a New York-based private equity firm founded in 1999. Solera employs a proactive, research-based approach to identify industries undergoing transformative changes and target companies that are positioned to capitalize on those environments. Solera takes an active role in building its portfolio companies into leadership positions in highly desirable sectors while maintaining ethical and responsible business practices. Solera's team is recognized for its commitment to diversity, value-oriented principles and an investment strategy that delivers creative and thoughtful choices. Solera's portfolio includes Annie's, Inc., a leading natural and organic food company; Latina Media Ventures, a major brand in Hispanic media and publisher of Latina magazine; The Little Clinic, a pioneer in consumer-focused health care; Yolo Colorhouse, an environmentally responsible paint company; and Calypso, an affordable luxury retailer.

The Kauffman Fellows Program identifies, develops, and networks the next generation of leaders in the venture capital industry globally.  While working full time at a venture capital firm, a Kauffman Fellow experiences a 2-year apprenticeship program that features a case-based, structured educational curriculum with an individual development plan, development coaching, facilitated mentoring by a senior partner, and peer learning and networking – all with a focus on achieving success in the industry, and eventually providing leadership within the firm, in the venture capital industry, and beyond.

• Access to a heavily screened, pre-qualified exceptional talent pool,
• Infrastructure necessary to accelerate the learning and development of new venture professionals,
• Access to an instant, incomparable global network that adds to, and therefore broadens and deepens, the firm's network and deal flow, and
• Learning and networking by Fellows that can be shared and leveraged across the entire firm.

Contact us at JoinTheNetwork@kfp.org to learn more.

Committed to changing the face of finance, the Robert Toigo Foundation inspires and supports minority MBAs as they earn their degrees and pursue careers in finance. Currently 800 strong, Toigo's Alumni work in all sectors and at all levels of leadership, including a strong and growing presence within the alternative investment arena. The only non-profit initiative focused on leadership development of minority professionals within finance, Toigo combines delivery of focused programs with industry-wide thought leadership and advocacy efforts. The Foundation's work is championed by global and emerging finance organizations, public institutions and Fortune 500 corporations. ToigoFoundation.org

Alterity is an Employee Benefits Procurement Consortium - the definitive resource enabling private equity firms and their portfolio companies to optimize and significantly reduce employee benefits costs. Alterity identifies savings opportunities and implements programs that not only preserve each company's independence, but also enhance the value of benefit plans for employees.

Established by a diverse team with decades of experience across employee benefits, wellness, HR and finance - working both with and within private equity firms, Alterity is specifically designed to best meet the benefits needs of private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

Our guiding philosophy is that maximizing savings and value requires a holistic approach that addresses all major drivers of a benefit plan's cost and effectiveness: 1) cost of coverage; 2) plan management strategy; and 3) healthcare claims and utilization. Alterity offers all of the capabilities required to do just that.

Alterity currently serves 65 companies with over 50,000 employees across the United States. Our approach is highly flexible, and our programs are available independently. Clients choose which programs they utilize with no minimum requirements for participation.

For more information, call 877.233.4176 or visit www.alteritygroup.com

Dow Jones Private Markets is part of Financial Information Services, a division of Dow Jones & Co., a News Corporation company. Dow Jones Private Markets offers integrated content solutions for the deal-sourcing, due diligence and compliance needs of today's venture capital and private equity investors, fund managers, advisors, and portfolio companies. Core products include the industry-specific deal databases Private Equity Source, LP Source and VentureSource, as well as the highly-respected publications Private Equity Analyst, VentureWire, Daily Bankruptcy Review and LBO Wire.

Eurekahedge, the world's largest independent alternatives fund data provider, maintains a global coverage on over 22,000 funds. Our research covers hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, Islamic funds, real estate funds and enhanced equity funds (130/30) and SRI funds. For more information, please contact Ivy Keh, ivy.keh@eurekahedge.com or visit www.eurekahedge.com.

Eureka Private Equity, a subsidiary of Eurekahedge, is a comprehensive online portal providing one-stop service for private equity and venture capital professionals. We provide daily news stories and also has a global suite of private equity fund databases covering over 7,400 funds. For more information, please contact Ivy Keh, ivy.keh@eurekahedge.com or visit www.eurekaprivateequity.com.

Private Equity News provides daily news, latest top stories, commentary and analysis for Europe’s private equity industry into one single tailored weekly publication.

Whether you’re focused on fundraising, deals, debt, advisory services or you’re an investor, Private Equity News will keep you abreast of the news and trends important to you.

Private Equity News Online: www.penews.com provides dedicated country focus section, case studies, news by deal size – large buyout, mid-market and venture.

To research the market, subscribers can also access a powerful searchable archive of private equity stories.

For a FREE TRIAL or more information, call Tommy Nguyen on +44 (0) 207 309 7707 or visit our website: www.penews.com.

mergermarket is an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence service, with the largest network of dedicated M&A journalists on the ground in 62 locations across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle-East and Africa. This team focuses on gathering actionable proprietary intelligence, creating the only origination database of live targets and bidders. mergermarket is also an unrivalled source of deal history. Public and private deals across a range of sectors can be searched using an exhaustive database. This proprietary intelligence and historical deals database is available to over 100,000 individual subscribers from more than 1,500 of the world's principal advisory firms, investment banks, law firms, private equity firms and corporates. mergermarket is part of The Mergermarket Group, a division of the Financial Times Group, publisher of the Financial Times newspaper and FT.com. The FT Group is a division of Pearson plc, the international media group. Visit www.mergermarket.com

The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), will gather the world's leading middle market M&A and corporate development professionals together at InterGrowth 2010, May 4-6 at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach Florida.

The clouds of the economic storm are parting and the horizon is coming into focus. Attend InterGrowth 2010 and find out what the future holds for middle market M&A and corporate growth. Make new connections with 300+ private equity firms, 160+ intermediary firms, and 1800+ professionals – all connecting to do deals and drive growth.

InterGrowth features high-level educational sessions and an all-star line-up of keynote speakers, including The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr., 74th Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. In addition to the keynotes, the program includes a wide-range of session topics that will provide critical business intelligence. Including the state of equity capital markets, management compensation programs, minority business enterprises and diversity in corporate finance.

Learn more and register at www.acg.org.

The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association® is an independent, not-for-profit global organization committed to education and professionalism in the field of alternative investments. Founded in 2002, the Association is the sponsoring body for the CAIASM designation. Recognized globally, the designation certifies one's mastery of the concepts, tools and practices essential for understanding alternative investments and promotes adherence to high standards of professional conduct.

September 28-29 | Waldorf Astoria, NYC
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Entering its 17th year as private equity's premier event, the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference is the largest private equity conference in North America. It consistently delivers unrivaled insight and analysis about the most-timely issues affecting the industry. Attend to gain the connections, knowledge and strategies you need to succeed in today's challenging market.

• The industry's best networking
• High-profile speakers and luminary keynotes
• Actionable strategies for finding success
• Insight from other working directly in your industry of focus
• And much more

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The Institutional Limited Partners Association is a not-for-profit association committed to serving limited partner investors in the global private equity industry by providing a forum for facilitating value-added communication, enhancing education in the asset class and promoting research and standards in the private equity industry. ILPA has over 215 institutional member organizations that collectively manage approximately $1 trillion of private equity assets. For a copy of the ILPA Private Equity Principles or for more information about ILPA, please visit www.ilpa.org

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), comprised of more than 440 member firms, is the premier trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry. NVCA's mission is to foster greater understanding of the importance of venture capital to the U.S. economy, and support entrepreneurial activity and innovation. The NVCA represents the public policy interests of the venture capital community, strives to maintain high professional standards, provides reliable industry data, sponsors professional development, and facilitates interaction among its members. Learn more at www.nvca.org.