Stephens Group

The Stephens Group, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm that focuses on mid-venture investments, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth capital. Established in 1933 and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with additional offices in Frankfurt, London, and New York, the firm invests across a wide array of sectors, including agriculture, energy, technology, healthcare, consumer products, and financial services. The Stephens Group emphasizes companies with strong management teams and seeks to invest in businesses headquartered primarily in the United States and Canada, particularly in the Midwest, Southeast, and Southwest regions of the U.S. For buyouts, investments typically range from $25 million to $125 million, while growth equity investments range from $10 million to $30 million. The firm targets companies with significant earnings, taking either majority or significant minority stakes and often obtaining board representation in its portfolio companies.

Elizabeth Stephens Campbell

Co-Founder & Co-Chairman

Ronald M. Clark

COO and General Counsel

Aaron Clark

Managing Director

Rob Dickinson

Vice President

Evan Grisham

Vice President

Clay Hunter

MD

Grant Jones

Managing Director

Allie Laborde

Principal - Business Development

Davis Malone

Associate

Kyle McCuen

VP

Anthony Porcelli

Associate

Robert L. Schulte

Chief Financial Officer

W. Kent Sorrells

Managing Director

Mark Steenhoek

Principal - Operations

Jens Talbert

Vice President

Tim Trzebiatowski

Managing Director

Timothy S. Trzebiatowski

MD

70 past transactions

DISCO

Venture Round in 2020
DISCO is a legal technology company that applies artificial intelligence and cloud computing to legal problems to help lawyers and legal teams improve legal outcomes for clients. Corporate legal departments, law firms, and government agencies around the world use DISCO as an e-discovery solution for compliance, disputes, and investigations. The company is reinventing legal technology to automate and simplify complex and error-prone tasks that distract from practicing law. DISCO was founded in 2012 and is based in Austin, Texas.

TierPoint

Private Equity Round in 2020
TierPoint, LLC is a prominent provider of information technology and data center services, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Established in 2010 through the merger of various respected data centers and IT solution providers, TierPoint specializes in colocation, cloud computing, and managed IT services. The company's offerings include Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions such as public, private, multi-tenant, and hybrid cloud deployments, alongside disaster recovery and backup services. Additionally, TierPoint provides managed security, firewall solutions, and professional services to a diverse clientele across sectors including education, healthcare, finance, and technology. With a national presence, TierPoint operates multiple data center locations throughout the United States, ensuring secure and reliable connectivity. The company is committed to delivering tailored solutions that meet the critical needs of businesses, supported by strategic partnerships, such as one with ScaleMatrix.

GoodLeap

Venture Round in 2020
Loanpal, LLC provides financing for clean energy home improvement projects. The company finances the full scope of a clean energy project, such as the installation of new roof, support new solar panels, and home improvements. Additionally, it offers home purchasing loans and refinancing services. The company was formerly known as Paramount Equity Mortgage, LLC and changed its name to Loanpal, LLC in November 2019. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Roseville, California. Loanpal, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Paramount GR Holding, LLC.

Kele

Acquisition in 2020
At Kele, we know it's important to get you the products and solutions you need FAST so that your project stays on time and on budget.

StubHub

Venture Round in 2020
StubHub, Inc. owns and operates an online fan-to-fan ticket marketplace. Its online ticket marketplace enables fans to buy and sell tickets to sports, concert, theater, and other live entertainment events. Its marketplace also enables fans to sell their tickets when they can't go. StubHub, Inc. was formerly known as Liquid Seats, Inc. and changed its name to StubHub, Inc. in December 2003. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of February 13, 2020, StubHub, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of viagogo AG.

GoodLeap

Venture Round in 2020
Loanpal, LLC provides financing for clean energy home improvement projects. The company finances the full scope of a clean energy project, such as the installation of new roof, support new solar panels, and home improvements. Additionally, it offers home purchasing loans and refinancing services. The company was formerly known as Paramount Equity Mortgage, LLC and changed its name to Loanpal, LLC in November 2019. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Roseville, California. Loanpal, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Paramount GR Holding, LLC.

IMA Financial Group

Venture Round in 2020
The IMA Financial Group, Inc. specializes in risk management, insurance, employee benefits, and wealth management. It is the ninth largest privately held and employee-owned insurance broker in the country and employs nearly 650 associates at offices in Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, New York and Texas.

Revolution

Venture Round in 2019
Revolution is a manufacturer based in Little Rock, Arkansas, specializing in closed-loop plastic bags and related products for agricultural, consumer, and industrial markets. The company focuses on developing environmentally friendly plastics aimed at reducing environmental impact while serving various sectors. By emphasizing sustainability, Revolution aligns its operations with a mission to create products that contribute positively to the environment.

Sound Seal Holdings

Acquisition in 2019
Sound Seal is a manufacturer and designer of commercial acoustical noise control solutions. It also offers industrial curtains and enclosures, architectural panels and baffles, wood walls and ceilings, acoustic floor underlayments and metal enclosures, and acoustic ceiling systems.

DISCO

Series E in 2019
DISCO is a legal technology company that applies artificial intelligence and cloud computing to legal problems to help lawyers and legal teams improve legal outcomes for clients. Corporate legal departments, law firms, and government agencies around the world use DISCO as an e-discovery solution for compliance, disputes, and investigations. The company is reinventing legal technology to automate and simplify complex and error-prone tasks that distract from practicing law. DISCO was founded in 2012 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Catalyst Acoustics Group

Venture Round in 2019
Catalyst Acoustics Group is a holding company based in Agawam, Massachusetts, specializing in the manufacture of commercial and architectural acoustic noise control products. The company provides a comprehensive range of solutions for acoustic, seismic, vibration, and noise control, catering to diverse sectors including industrial, architectural, commercial, construction, healthcare, and government. As the parent organization of various specialized companies, Catalyst Acoustics Group offers one of the most extensive portfolios of noise control solutions available in the market.

DISCO

Series D in 2018
DISCO is a legal technology company that applies artificial intelligence and cloud computing to legal problems to help lawyers and legal teams improve legal outcomes for clients. Corporate legal departments, law firms, and government agencies around the world use DISCO as an e-discovery solution for compliance, disputes, and investigations. The company is reinventing legal technology to automate and simplify complex and error-prone tasks that distract from practicing law. DISCO was founded in 2012 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Pearlman Enterprises, Inc.

Acquisition in 2017
Pearlman Enterprisesiof Norcross, Georgia, develops and distributes supplies, tools, and equipment used in the fabrication and maintenance of hard surfaces for residential, commercial, and industrial end-markets.

Westrock Coffee Company

Venture Round in 2017
Westrock Coffee Company, LLC is engaged in the roasting, production, and distribution of coffee and tea products. The company offers a variety of items, including coffee accessories such as creamer and sugar, brewing equipment, and dispensers. Its product range features specific blends and branded merchandise, including mugs, tote bags, and apparel. Westrock Coffee supplies its products to a diverse customer base that includes offices, convenience stores, grocery stores, universities, coffeehouses, and restaurants. Additionally, the company exports its offerings through a subsidiary and provides online sales. Founded in 2009 and based in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Westrock Coffee was previously known as Coffee Legends, LLC.

DISCO

Series C in 2016
DISCO is a legal technology company that applies artificial intelligence and cloud computing to legal problems to help lawyers and legal teams improve legal outcomes for clients. Corporate legal departments, law firms, and government agencies around the world use DISCO as an e-discovery solution for compliance, disputes, and investigations. The company is reinventing legal technology to automate and simplify complex and error-prone tasks that distract from practicing law. DISCO was founded in 2012 and is based in Austin, Texas.

TierPoint

Private Equity Round in 2016
TierPoint, LLC is a prominent provider of information technology and data center services, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Established in 2010 through the merger of various respected data centers and IT solution providers, TierPoint specializes in colocation, cloud computing, and managed IT services. The company's offerings include Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions such as public, private, multi-tenant, and hybrid cloud deployments, alongside disaster recovery and backup services. Additionally, TierPoint provides managed security, firewall solutions, and professional services to a diverse clientele across sectors including education, healthcare, finance, and technology. With a national presence, TierPoint operates multiple data center locations throughout the United States, ensuring secure and reliable connectivity. The company is committed to delivering tailored solutions that meet the critical needs of businesses, supported by strategic partnerships, such as one with ScaleMatrix.

CoreLink, LLC

Venture Round in 2016
CoreLink Surgical empowers and helps surgeons and their teams with the highest quality and most effective spinal implant systems. It leverages insight and ideas with unique capabilities and best practices. Its product development is rooted in a heritage of old-world craftsmanship with rigorous detail of cutting-edge innovation.

NSC Minerals

Venture Round in 2013
NSC minerals is a salt and liquid calcium chloride suppliers company. supply of Quality Products and Customer-Focus. The company also supplies salt for retail, animal feed, and hide curing applications.

Lisbon Valley Mining Company

Venture Round in 2013
Lisbon Valley Mining Company owns and operates an open-pit copper mine. It engages in producing copper cathodes from a concentrated electrolyte solution by utilizing a solvent extraction and electrowinning process. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Moab, Utah.

Covalent Health

Venture Round in 2012
Covalent Health is an interfacility medical transportation provider that serves hospitals, payors, physicians, and health systems. Its family of regional ambulance brands includes PRN Ambulance servicing southern California, ProTransport-1 Ambulance servicing northern California, ATS Medical Services, and Priority One which services areas in Illinois and Indiana, and Century Ambulance servicing Northern and Southern Florida. It offers patient movement from, to, and within all types of health systems. They go beyond ambulance transport to identify focus areas where their partnership can alleviate business stresses, saving the health systems time and money.

Summit Industrial Construction

Venture Round in 2011
Summit Industrial Construction, LLC is a privately held engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company based in Houston, Texas, with an additional office in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1996, the company specializes in providing comprehensive EPC services and direct hire for various trades, including civil/concrete work, structural steel erection, mechanical construction, piping fabrication and installation, rigging, equipment setting, and millwright services. Summit primarily serves clients in the oil and gas, power, and chemicals industries, focusing on enhancing safety and supporting ongoing projects with services such as plant maintenance and staff augmentation.

Armor

Series B in 2011
The leader in active cyber defense, Armor offers customer-centric security outcomes for retail and eCommerce enterprises, healthcare organizations, payment leaders and financial institutions. Armor protects highly sensitive data for the most security-conscious companies in the world. With its proven cybersecurity approach and proprietary cloud infrastructure built specifically for security, compliance and performance, responsible businesses choose Armor to reduce their risk. For more information, visit armor.com or call 1-844-682-2858.
Bear State Financial provides money management and community banking services.

Brand Group Holdings

Venture Round in 2011
Brand Group Holdings provides personal and business banking services. Brand Group Holdings is a $2.3 billion bank holding company located in the Atlanta Metropolitan area, operating as BrandBank. Bartow Morgan, Jr. is the CEO and the great, great grandson of the founder, E.M. Brand, who established the bank on the courthouse steps in Lawrenceville, GA in 1905.

Kodiak Gas Services

Venture Round in 2011
Kodiak Gas Services is a provider of contract compression and related services for the oil and gas industry in North America. Servicing the producers in both the upstream and midstream segments of the value chain, Kodiak provides 24/7 access to technical and mechanical support backed by a 98% mechanical availability guarantee. With over 285 employees, Kodiak provides services in the Permian, Eagle Ford, Scoop/Stack and other basins of the United States.

Coda Petroleum

Venture Round in 2011
Coda Petroleum Inc. is an oil and energy company based out of Calle Laguna del Marquesado Nª 19, Nave 16 Edificio Adriana 1ª Planta, Polígono Industrial La Resina (Villaverde), Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain.

Jefferson National

Venture Round in 2011
Jefferson National is a recognized innovator of a leading tax-advantaged investing platform for RIAs, fee-based advisors and the clients they serve. Trusted partner to a network of nearly 4,000 advisors, Jefferson National provides greater efficiency, transparency and choice through an adaptable technology platform, award-winning distribution strategy and cost-effective servicing capabilities.

FloWorks International

Venture Round in 2011
FloWorks International supplies pipes, valves, fittings, and related products to refining, chemical and petrochemical, mining, power generation, oil and gas, marine or offshore, midstream and upstream, and food and beverage markets worldwide. It offers stainless steel pipe fittings and flanges, high alloy machined parts, gate, globe, and check valves, pipeline and floating ball valves, resilient seated, high-performance, and triple offset butterfly valves, pump protection valves, slurry valves, and thermostatic control valve systems. FloWorks International was founded on 1974 and is headquartered in Texas.

Moonfruit

Series A in 2010
Moonfruit is a London-based team of developers, designers, and entrepreneurs who are passionate about great design, great products, and supporting small businesses, startups, and design communities. 90% of Moonfruit's customers are small businesses who want to build sites, their way. They expect a higher level of design tools to help build better designed sites for their customers. It is the no.1 hosted website builder in the UK and is growing rapidly in the rest of the world. A third of its users are in the US. Over 3.4 million sites have been built using their software. The software allows users, with no previous web design experience, to design and build sites optimized for web and mobile. Users customize the style and layout of their site so that it reflects their personal brand without having to understand any coding, HTML or CSS providing total design control for everyone. The software features unique drag and drop tools allow literal design by users. Website features, like forums, shopping basket or social media integration, can be added from internal libraries or external sources. Moonfruit provides a variety of packages to suit users including free, standard and business premium subscriptions.

Inform Technologies

Venture Round in 2010
Inform Technologies is a new technology solution for established media brands that automatically searches, organizes and links content to provide a rich, compelling experience that attracts and retains readers. The technology relies upon artificial intelligence tools, natural language processing, identification of topics, and the continual scanning and processing of content as it is published anywhere on the Internet.

vXchnge

Venture Round in 2010
vXchnge is the leading data center-as-a-service provider dedicated to protecting global and emerging brands, while improving the business performance of its customers. Through its strategically sited, carrier-neutral colocation data centers across the US, vXchnge delivers unmatched reliability, scalability and security for its customers. vXchnge’s broad geographic footprint puts its customers at “the Edge”, where they can serve customers locally, and reach more businesses and more consumers in more markets. The company is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. For more information, visit http://www.vxchnge.com or connect on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

Goodman Networks

Debt Financing in 2009
Goodman Networks, Inc. is a telecommunications service provider based in Plano, Texas, specializing in the implementation, enhancement, and maintenance of wireless networks across the United States. Founded in 2000, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services tailored for network operators, e-retailers, and electronics manufacturers. These services include deployment engineering, radio frequency design, core network deployment, and operations support, which encompasses program management and logistics. Additionally, Goodman Networks provides infrastructure services, such as site acquisition and construction management, along with solutions for wireless communications, backhaul, distributed antenna systems, and small cell technology. The company aims to assist customers in designing, building, optimizing, and maintaining their network systems, ensuring effective and reliable telecommunications infrastructure.

REACH Air Medical Services

Venture Round in 2009
ReachAir is a medical transportation service provided by hospitals.

Buyers Protection Group (BPG)

Venture Round in 2009
BPG Property Inspections is the largest employee-based home inspection company in the country, inspecting homes since 1989. Thier inspectors and engineers undergo thorough background checks and must meet ongoing training and performance standards -- they are a select group of professionals.
Acute Technological Services (ATS) provides welding engineering and welding services worldwide. ATS has more than 20 years experience in providing engineered welding solutions. A leader in the welding industry, ATS is advancing the science of welding engineering and generating technical innovations through the application of new technologies.

NeuroVasx

Venture Round in 2007
NeuroVasx is a medical device company engaged in the development and commercialization of technologies for the minimally-invasive treatment of hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes in the United States and internationally. The company offers cPAX, a polymer strand delivered through a micro catheter for the minimally-invasive treatment of hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes as well as for the embolization of cerebral and intracranial aneurysms, abnormal bulges, and sacs in the wall of an artery in the brain. Its products are used to treat acute stroke and other cerebrovascular disorders. NeuroVasx was founded in 1997 and is based in Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States.

Rules-Based Medicine

Series A in 2007
Rules-Based Medicine (RBM), the world's leading multiplexed biomarker testing laboratory, provides comprehensive protein biomarker products and services based on its Multi-Analyte Profiling (MAP) technology platform. RBM's biomarker testing service provides pre-clinical and clinical researchers with reproducible, quantitative, multiplexed immunoassay data for hundreds of proteins in a cost-effective manner, from a small sample volume and from multiple species. Their biomarker testing laboratory is CLIA certified and supports GLP studies.

MS Directional

Debt Financing in 2007
MS Directional offers a package of directional drilling services to accommodate a range of needs. The company provides spot-on service by utilizing technologies that are designed, engineered, and manufactured in-house; recruiting and retaining top-notch talent, and growing and supporting its divisions as well as the departments within them. Additionally, it provides incomparable value to its customers by developing and enhancing proprietary technology and experienced personnel to consistently provide reliable, a superior performance that is cost-efficient from a single-source directional drilling provider.

Spitzer Industries, Inc.

Venture Round in 2007
Spitzer Industries, Inc., a custom steel fabricator, delivers of steel fabrication of individual process skids, assembled modules, and combined solutions for energy industry customers. The company provides engineered packages, heavy vessels, columns and towers, and structural steel; and project management, engineering, design, and procurement services. It offers products for oil and gas production, processing, and transmission, as well as for refining and petrochemical, offshore oil and gas processing and production, and subsea oil and gas tiebacks industries worldwide. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Vestcom

Venture Round in 2007
Vestcom International, Inc. specializes in customized shelf-edge communication and marketing solutions for retailers and consumer packaged goods companies. The company offers a range of innovative tools designed to enhance the shopping experience and improve marketing efficiency, including Stackz for pre-cut, self-adhering stacks, ISMAds for advertising campaigns, adSigns for in-store promotions, and shelfStrips to optimize shelf space. Additional offerings include snapTalker for highlighting promotions, pegAssist for custom category backgrounds, @shelf to transform smartphones into selling tools, and healthyAisles for providing nutritional advice. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Vestcom serves supermarkets and drug stores across the United States, focusing on reducing operational costs while increasing sales and product margins. The company has established a strategic partnership with Eversight to further enhance its capabilities.

Prism Pharmaceuticals

Venture Round in 2007
Prism Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an acute care pharmaceutical company, engages in developing and commercializing cardiovascular injectable products in the United States. Its products include NEXTERONE, an anti arrhythmic agent in the form of injectable amiodarone; and PM103, an intravenous formulation of clopidogrel bisulfate. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Universal Fiber Systems

Venture Round in 2007
Universal Fiber Systems, LLC is a manufacturer of high-quality synthetic fibers, serving a diverse range of industries, including flooring, industrial applications, military, medical, and apparel. The company produces fibers in various core chemistries such as Nylon 6, Nylon 6/6, PTT, and PET, as well as specialty chemistries like PBT, PP, N6/10, N12, and PEI. It also offers customized finished products, ranging from solid color singles to specialized ready-to-use packages. Notable innovations include Refresh, a solution-dyed nylon-6/6 made from recycled post-consumer carpet fibers, and Rise, a renewably sourced polymer available in both natural undyed and solution-dyed fiber. Universal Fiber Systems, founded in 1969 and headquartered in Bristol, Virginia, has manufacturing operations in multiple locations, including North Carolina, Tennessee, Europe, Thailand, and China, along with distribution facilities in Europe and Asia. The company was formerly known as Cookson Fibers Inc. and became Universal Fiber Systems in January 1999.

Centra Industries

Venture Round in 2007
Centra is a World Class manufacturer of precision aerostructure components and assemblies. Its Core Competencies are broken into 3 categories: Multi-Axis High Velocity machining of complex Aluminum structures Multi-Axis High Torque machining of specialty hard to machine aircraft alloys such as titanium, Inconel and hardened steels Assembly of Major Aircraft Sub-Structures Centra has invested significantly in technologies to support its Core development and is considered by its customers to be a world leader in these categories.

Inform Technologies

Series B in 2006
Inform Technologies is a new technology solution for established media brands that automatically searches, organizes and links content to provide a rich, compelling experience that attracts and retains readers. The technology relies upon artificial intelligence tools, natural language processing, identification of topics, and the continual scanning and processing of content as it is published anywhere on the Internet.

Btec Turbines

Venture Round in 2006
BTEC Turbines LP provides engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and support services for power islands and plants worldwide. It offers turnkey power plant, remanufactured gas turbine package, and gas turbine package upgrade services; and services for control systems, such as turbine, supervisory, generator, and fuel control systems. The company also manufactures and fabricates heavy equipment, including large filter systems for air and oil, natural gas metering skids, and gas scrubbing and cleaning systems; and offers field services, such as construction management, operator training, commissioning management, long-term maintenance, and technical support. In addition, it sells, ships, and installs gas turbines and generators. BTEC Turbines LP was founded in 1997 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Continuum Energy

Venture Round in 2006
Continuum Energy is an integrated energy products and services company that serves over 500 producers and 90,000 retail customers across 23 states. They own and operate gathering, processing, treating, compression and transportation assets for natural gas, crude oil and NGLs. And They’re dedicated to delivering innovative, quality solutions that exceed the expectations of its customers. With midstream assets in key production areas throughout the United States, more than 44,000 HP of compression, 1,000 miles of pipeline, rail terminal services, a transportation fleet, and marketing services, They provide comprehensive services for both natural gas and crude oil producers. They supply the industry from wellhead to burner tip.

JVIC

Venture Round in 2005
JVIC is the provider of turnaround and specialty services to process industries.

Fuego

Venture Round in 2004
Fuego provides BPM System software that makes your critical enterprise assets work the way you do and change as you change.

Raymedica

Venture Round in 2003
Raymedica, Inc. is an emerging medical device manufacturer with headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Raymedica’s goal is to develop innovative solutions for the surgical treatment of patients with low back pain who have not responded to conservative care, thus improving the quality of life for these patients worldwide. This mission is accomplished by expanding and improving the technology invented by Raymedica’s founder, Charles D. Ray, M.D. Currently, the company’s efforts are devoted to the development of the PDN® prosthetic disc nucleus for the treatment of low back pain associated with degenerative disc disease. The PDN device is surgically implanted into the evacuated nucleus disc space of the lumbar spine. Once implanted, the device is intended to increase or maintain disc height thereby restoring normal biomechanics, thus relieving pain.

SmartSignal

Series B in 2002
SmartSignal Corporation provides Predictive Diagnostic software and services. Its solutions include EPI*Center, CycleWatch, SHIELD, xConnector, and PlantAPS. The company offers equipment and process failure detection and diagnosis. SmartSignal has strategic partnerships with OSIsoft, Accenture, Microsoft, and MRG (Management Resources Group, Inc). The company caters to power generation and oil and gas sectors. Its clientele include BP, Caterpillar, Duke Energy, GDF Suez, Invenergy, Scottish and Southern, and TransAlta. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Lisle, Illinois.

Energy Transfer Partners

Venture Round in 2002
Energy Transfer is a Texas-based company that began in 1995 as a small intrastate natural gas pipeline operator and is now one of the largest and most diversified investment grade master limited partnerships in the United States. Growing from roughly 200 miles of natural gas pipelines in 2002 to approximately 56,000 miles of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), refined products, and crude oil pipelines today, the Energy Transfer family of partnerships remains dedicated to providing exceptional service to its customers and attractive returns to its investors.

Paragon Networks International

Venture Round in 2001
Paragon Networks International is an innovative manufacturer of broadband digital integrated access and optical metro internetworking platforms. They are a leading provider of application specific service deployment and wide area network optimization solutions to wireless service providers (WSP) and network service providers (NSP) worldwide. Utilizing either wireline, wireless, or optical transmission facilities, their products provide voice and data service connectivity, performance monitoring, compression, aggregation, layer 3 routing, quality of service (QOS) filtering, and protection switching of both client and operations support systems (OSS) traffic. Their solutions deliver superior network performance and control at substantial cost savings to their clients.

Helomics

Venture Round in 2001
Helomics® is a comprehensive personalized healthcare company, bringing the next generation of diagnostics to the oncology field. Helomics is dedicated to improving patient outcomes by providing a personalized comprehensive tumor profile utilizing a proprietary set of laboratory platforms that leverage both tissue-based live and fixed cellular based analysis allowing physicians to characterize malignant tumors on a personalized basis. Helomics’ novel molecular and cellular markers and bioinformatics services support treatment decisions by providing vital information based on the specific biological processes of each individual’s cancer.

Hotchkis & Wiley

Venture Round in 2001
Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC is an employee-owned investment management firm based in Los Angeles, California, with an additional office in Corona Del Mar. Founded in 1980, the firm specializes in managing investment portfolios for a diverse range of clients, including individuals, institutional investors, and charitable organizations. It focuses on separate client-oriented equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios, as well as equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds. The firm invests primarily in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States, employing a value-oriented strategy across all market capitalizations. Its fixed income investments include high-yield corporate securities, bank loans, and convertible bonds. Hotchkis and Wiley utilizes fundamental and quantitative analysis, emphasizing a bottom-up stock selection process and employing various investment strategies, including long and short positions, margin trading, and hedging. The firm benchmarks portfolio performance against the S&P 500 Index and other relevant indices, relying on in-house research to guide its investment decisions.

ViaCell

Venture Round in 2000
ViaCell is a biotechnology company focused on the area of women’s health. The company develops ViaCord, which enables families preserve their baby’s umbilical cord blood at the time of birth for possible future medical use; and ViaCyte, to broaden reproductive choices for women through the cryopreservation of human unfertilized eggs. ViaCell is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Staffmark

Venture Round in 2000
Staffmark is a job listing company providing employment opportunity to employers.

Active Power

Series C in 1999
Active Power, Inc. (Active Power) incorporated designs, manufactures and services uninterruptible power supply (UPS) products and modular infrastructure solution (MIS) products that provide electrical power continuity and integrated infrastructure platforms for data centers and other mission critical applications. Its products and solutions are designed to deliver continuous conditioned power during power disturbances and outages, voltage sags and surges,

Silicon Energy

Series B in 1999
Silicon Energy's powerful business-to-business platform provides leading interactive energy e-business solutions for optimizing energy usage and the energy procurement processes.

Conn's

Venture Round in 1998
Conn's is a publicly owned corporation that was founded over 120 years ago as a plumbing company. Plumbing and Heating, Inc. hired Carroll Wayne Conn, Sr. in 1933 and subsequently sold the company to him in 1934, and he changed its name to Conn Plumbing and Heating Company.

Red Cedar Gathering

Venture Round in 1998
Red Cedar Gathering Company engages in the gathering, treating, and compression of natural gas. It delivers system to the transport systems in Bondad area, Blanco area, El Paso Natural Gas/Transwestern/TransColorado, and PSCO. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Durango, Colorado. Red Cedar Gathering Company operates as a subsidiary of Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

Vascular Solutions

Venture Round in 1998
Vascular Solutions, Inc. (Vascular) is a medical device company focused on providing clinically advanced solutions to interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists worldwide. Vascular's hemostat (blood clotting) products principally consist of the D-Stat Dry hemostat, a topical thrombin-based pad with a bandage used to control surface bleeding, and the D-Stat Flowable, a thick yet flowable thrombin-based mixture for preventing bleeding in subcutaneous pockets. Its extraction catheters consist of the Pronto V3 and Pronto LP extraction catheters. Its vein products include the Vari-Lase endovenous laser. Its access products include micro-introducer kits, MICRO Elite and EXPRO Elite snares, the Guardian hemostasis valve and guide wires used in connection with percutaneous access to the vasculature. It offers specialty catheters consisting of a variety of catheters for clinical uses, including the Langston dual lumen catheters and Twin-Pass dual access catheters.

Power-One

Venture Round in 1995
Power-One designs and manufactures energy-efficient power conversion and power management solutions, including inverters for alternative/renewable energy (solar and wind) and products for routers, data storage and servers, wireless communications, optical networking, semiconductor test equipment, industrial markets and custom applications. Power-One, with headquarters in Camarillo, California, has global sales offices, manufacturing, and R&D operations in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Power-One is a public company listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol PWER.

Delta and Pine Land Company

Venture Round in 1994
Delta and Pine Land Company engage in the breeding, production, conditioning, and marketing of cotton planting seed primarily in USA.

Stephens Media

Venture Round in 1993
Stephens Media™ started with this idea: Give readers what they can't get anywhere else - hometown news. That idea grew into a multi-media company that anticipates what customers need and provides it. Stephens Media™ is an industry leader that remains true to its roots, while looking to the future. Stephens Media LLC is the successor in interest to Donrey Media Group. Donrey Media Group was founded in 1949 by Donald W. Reynolds. In 1993, companies associated with Jackson T. Stephens of Little Rock, Arkansas purchased Donrey Media Group, following the death of Mr. Reynolds. In 2002 the name of the company was changed to Stephens Media Group. In 2006, the name was shortened to Stephens Media. Stephens Media publishes 11 daily newspapers, 64 weeklies, magazines, specialty publications and more than 100 websites operating in seven states. Stephens Media also owns the domain name, lasvegas.com, which is licensed to another company. It also holds a 50% interest in Hawaii.com. Stephens Media also owns 50% of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, LLC, publisher of four daily newspapers in Washington and Benton County, Arkansas.

Viking Range

Venture Round in 1992
Viking Range, LLC manufactures commercial kitchen equipment. The company offers cooking equipment, including freestanding ranges, range tops, cooktops, ovens, microwaves, and warming drawers; ventilation equipment, such as wall hoods, chimney wall hoods, island hoods, custom ventilator systems, rear downdrafts, and hood and ventilator packages; refrigeration equipment, including built-in refrigeration, wine cellars, freestanding refrigeration, under counter refrigeration, and ice machines; kitchen cleanup equipment, such as dishwashers; outdoor equipment, including cooking, ventilation, refrigeration, and carts and cabinets; and culinary equipment, such as cookware, cutlery, specialty cookware, bakeware, and tools.

Alltel

Venture Round in 1968
Alltel is a telecommunications company based in Rockport, Texas, that offers a range of wireless communication services, products, and solutions to both consumers and businesses. The company caters to various industries, including transportation, retail, insurance, healthcare, construction, and financial services. Alltel's wireless offerings encompass voice and data communication, postpaid and prepaid calling cards, roaming and long-distance services, and data solutions. Additionally, the company provides text and video messaging, digital gaming, radio streaming, internet access, and email services. Its business solutions include business intelligence, field service automation, security, and systems management, alongside a selection of mobile handsets and accessories. Alltel operates as a subsidiary of Verizon Wireless and AT&T.

Stephens Natural Resources

Venture Round in 1953
Stephens Natural Resources is an energy exploration and production company providing natural gas service to parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma. The Company has a rich history of drilling and producing both oil and natural gas and partnering with best-in-class operators. Stephens Natural Resources continues to expand its production and reserves in the continental U.S. and offshore Gulf of Mexico, where acceptable returns for shareholders can be achieved given an appropriate level of risk.

A.O.G. Corp.

Funding Round in 1945
A.O.G. Corp., provides natural gas distribution service in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The company is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas.