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Launched in 2010, Axial (www.axial.net) is the largest network on the internet for professionals who run, advise, and finance private companies. Every week, over 200 private companies use Axial to passively explore or actively pursue a financial transaction. CEOs and transaction professionals join Axial to access advice and capital, build relationships and exchange opportunities that help them and their organizations succeed. Axial is headquartered in New York, NY, and is backed by Comcast Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and First Round.
Franklin Resources Inc. is an American holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments; it is a global investment firm originally founded in New York in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is listed on the NYSE under the ticker BEN, in honor of Benjamin Franklin, who was admired by founder Rupert Johnson, Sr. In 1973 the company's headquarters moved from New York to San Mateo, California. Today, Franklin Templeton Investments is one of the world's largest asset management groups with over US$815 billion in assets under management (AUM) on behalf of over 25 million private, professional and institutional investors, as at June 2013.
Infinity Financial Group is a Canadian multinational investment and holding company with investment and subsidiaries in Aerospace, Energy, Finance, Manufacturing & Distribution, Health Sciences & Services, Mining, Real Estate, Retail, Sports Entertainment, Technology and Telecommunications. Infinity is in the private equity investment business. Our investment horizon is mid-long-term, and our objective is to help companies build a foundation for sustainable, long-term success. Infinity’s core services lies in the company’s private equity and equity co-investment business as an investor and/or minority investment made directly into an operating company utilizing the company’s own capital resources, alongside a financial sponsor or other private equity investor/s, in acquisitions, leveraged buyout, recapitalization or growth capital transactions. We purchase or acquire an interest in companies with strong fundamentals and growth potential whose owners are seeking an exit or who will benefit from our financial and strategic support. We stay in the businesses as long as we are able to add value to them. Infinity is a private equity investment company with a difference. Our objective is to help companies build a foundation for sustainable, long-term success. We bring a highly disciplined operational capability to businesses that are challenged in this regard.
LDI, Ltd. is a family office with more than a century of experience funding and operating customer-focused, middle-market companies.
The Wildcat team consists of successful entrepreneurs turned investors. Over the years, we have observed that most startups can build a product but many falter in the go-to-market phase, exposing themselves to lower valuations, significant financing risks, and suboptimal outcomes. In fact, industry data shows that more than 75% of startups fail to gain traction and never return capital invested. In stark contrast to these industry statistics, 70% of the companies we have backed have been successful. To achieve these results, we have developed a unique investment and operating framework generated from our collective experience; it is called the Traction Gap. We use the Traction Gap framework - terminology, strategies and tactics – to work with teams to help them successfully transition from product development into company scaling.