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The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc. operates a charitable organization for disadvantaged children. It offers diverse range of services for children at risk of poor educational, economic, social, and health outcomes. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Aspect Development is the global leader in Inbound Supply Chain Management. Aspect solutions reduce product cost, operations expense and design cycle time by providing strategic decision support for product development, sourcing and procurement and operations to companies in all industries.

HM Publishing Corp. publishes textbooks and dictionaries. The firm develops educational programs, comprised primarily of textbooks, workbooks, supplemental materials, teaching guides, technology-based components and other resources. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

JMI Management, Inc. (JMI Equity) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1992 by Harry S. Gruner and Charlie E. Noell. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Pierce Atwood LLP provide exceptional service and value to their clients, they range from regional and local enterprises, utilities, financiers, middle-market companies, entrepreneurs and individuals to Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, and state and foreign governments.

Spring Capital Partners (Spring Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Michael F. Donoghue and Robert M. Stewart. The firm is headquartered in Lutherville, Maryland.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

Patriot Capital (Patriot) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Charles McCusker and Chris Royston. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management (USA) Inc. (SMD-AM USA) is the US-based asset management subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co., Ltd., ultimately held by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8316) in Japan. The firm was founded in 1981 and as Daiwa International Capital Management (USA) Ltd. They were renamed Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd. in 1999 and merged with Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management (New York) Inc. to form SMD-AM USA in 2019. Headquartered in New York City, SMD-AM USA provides investment management services to institutional investors in North America which primarily consists of governmental pension funds, supranational organizations and corporate pension funds.

The Rockefeller Foundation operates and organizes charitable trusts. The company supports grants, fellowships, and conferences for programs that try to identify and alleviate need and suffering. It was founded in 1913 by John D. Rockefeller Sr. and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

CEI Community Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm located in Portland, Maine. They manage the CEI Community Ventures Fund. The firm is a subsidiary of Coastal Enterprises, Inc

Maine Philanthropy Center operates as a regional association of grantmakers and foundations. It serves small and large private, community and public foundations, corporate giving programs, family foundations and philanthropic individuals. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Portland, ME.

Camden National Bank provides banking services. It offers personal and business banking and investment management. The company is headquartered in Camden, ME.

The Small Business Investor Alliance is an association of senior investment professionals focused on the lower middle market. The non-profit company is based in Washington and was founded by Jonathan F. Wilson. The American company's public policy goals are focused on maintaining access to growth capital for small businesses to support economic growth and job creation. The company recommends policies to unleash more capital for job creation and economic growth, including encouraging investment in rural business investment companies and venture and growth capital.

Maine Angels (Maine Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Charles Sidman. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Maine.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute is a research institute founded in 1994 that provides collaborative solutions to ocean challenges. The non-profit company is based in Portland, ME.

Coastal Enterprises, Inc. operates as a community development financial institution. It lends and invests money; and provides business services, including business counseling and training, and workforce assistance to companies, job-creating small businesses, natural resources industries, community facilities and affordable housing projects. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Brunswick, ME.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Arctaris Capital Partners LLC (Arctaris Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded by Jonathan Tower in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Tilson Technology Management, Inc. provides information technology professional services. The firm specializes in wireless site acquisition, construction, and maintenance for cellular, smart grid, and government, fiber optic engineering, permitting, and construction management; information systems for the construction industry; software development and systems integration; and consulting in information technology strategy, project management, information security, broadband development, and energy capital project development. The company was founded by Mike Dow in 1996 and is headquartered in Portland, ME.

Part of RECARO Holding GmbH, RECARO Automotive Ltd. & Co. KG is a German company that manufactures auto parts and accessories. The company is based in Kirchheim-unter-Teck, Germany.

CEIPAL Corp. provides a SaaS platform that automates both the front- and back-office business operations of staffing companies. It offers workforce management platform. The company was founded by Sameer Penakalapati in 2015 and is headquartered in Rochester. NY.

Resolve Growth Partners Management Co. LLC (Resolve Growth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jit Sinha and Chris Rhodes. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Northern New England Womens Investor Network functions as an alternative investment manager. The American company was founded by Sandra Stone.

The W Clement & Jessie V Stone Foundation is a philanthropic organization dedicated to bringing about positive change in five major urban areas. The American company is committed to providing educational and developmental opportunities that support equitable outcomes and enable all children and young people to fulfill their potential. The foundation awards scholarship grants to youth leadership organizations that are currently part of the foundation’s youth development portfolio. The non-profit company also holds annual convenings focused on racial equity to address the challenges of system-wide inequities. The foundation goes beyond grantmaking and uses the impact portion of its investment portfolio to help achieve the foundation’s mission. The company actively track the rapidly-growing field of impact investing and continually re-examine their approach to make sure they are making the most of opportunities in a dynamic investment landscape.

Kids In Distressed Situations, Inc. provides children with new clothing, toys, basic necessities, juvenile products and books. The firm operates as a charity of retailers, manufacturers and licensors of children's and youth products, in partnership with foundations, that provides new clothing, toys, basic necessities, juvenile products, and books to underprivileged and disaster-stricken children. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, NY.