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Sterling Partners is a Northbrook, IL-based company in the Financial Services sector.
XA Investments LLC (“XAI”) is a Chicago-based firm founded by XMS Capital Partners, LLC, (“XMS”) in April, 2016. The XAI leadership team believes that investors need better access to a broader range of alternative investment strategies and managers. To provide investors with institutional-caliber investment expertise, XAI partners with established alternative asset managers selected from elite alternative credit managers, hedge fund managers and private debt and equity firms. Our proprietary Alternative Registered Trust (ART)™ platform represents a differentiated approach to alternatives investing by offering institutional-caliber alternatives in vehicles that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of financial advisors and their clients. XMS Capital Partners, established in 2006, is a global, independent financial services firm providing investment banking, asset management and merchant banking services to clients. It has offices in Chicago, Boston, London and Dublin.
F.L.Putnam Investment Management Company (F.L.Putnam) is an independent registered investment advisor with $1.4 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2016. We have decades of experience providing a broad range of investment advisory, financial planning and investment management services to institutions and high-net-worth individuals throughout the U.S. and abroad. Our investment philosophy is centered on the belief that in-depth, rigorous bottom-up research including analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors coupled with top-down macroeconomic analysis are the foundation of a sound long-term portfolio strategy. We utilize an asset allocation framework, employ a hybrid architecture of proprietary global equity and fixed income strategies and take an open architecture approach to construct portfolios that meet each client’s financial objectives and risk tolerance. We are headquartered in Wellesley, MA with offices in Portland, ME and Portsmouth, NH
Pfingsten Partners, LLC is a Chicago, IL-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Trident Capital Cybersecurity (TCC) is the world`s largest venture capital fund dedicated solely to cybersecurity early stage investing. The firm is a spinout of Trident Capital, which became one of the pioneers in cybersecurity venture capital investing in 1998. Managing Directors Alberto Yépez, Sean Cunningham and Don Dixon jointly lead the investment team that includes Vice President - Will Lin. Collectively the team has more than 50 years of investment experience. This experience translates into an excellent record: 30 investments and 16 exits. These exits generated returns greater than six times the invested capital. Today we invest in these five areas: 1) Internet of Things, 2) Secure Payments and Fraud, 3) Next-Generation Identity Platforms, 4) Behavioral Analytics, and 5) Privacy and Security. Our portfolio companies include 4iQ, Appthority, Bayshore Networks, ID Experts and IronNet Cybersecurity. Additionally other active, prior investments for the partnership include AlienVault, BlueCat Networks, Hytrust and Mocana. One major differentiator is our well established and powerful 47-person Advisory Council. This is a blue-ribbon group that includes current cybersecurity entrepreneurs, CEOs of private and public companies, CISOs of major organizations, and former government security leaders. The firm collaborates with the Advisory Council on sourcing deals, evaluating prospective investments, building portfolio company value, and finding reference customers and go-to-market partners to help scale our portfolio company businesses. The Advisory Council is one of the main reasons that Trident Capital Cybersecurity is known as the most connected venture capital firm in our industry.