Rexford A. Darko

Founded in 2003, Griffen-Rose LLC is an independent research firm located in New York City. Griffen serves the small- and micro-cap sectors by producing research reports to institutional investors. They focus on companies in a broad range of sectors including: alternative/renewable energy technology, beverages, biotechnology and drug discovery, coal production/mining, consumer goods, financial services, industrial raw materials and infrastructural goods, infrastructure construction, industrial heavy machinery, metals production/mining, power generation/utilities and real estate.

Founded in 1997, BDCA Venture Adviser LLC is a registered investment advisor and merchant bank headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The firm manages BDCA Venture, Inc, a closed-end fund (regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that specializes in making pre-IPO investments in emerging growth companies that are committed to and capable of becoming public. BDCA Venture’s shares are listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol BDCV.

Crossroads Capital Inc /Venture Capital/ (Crossroads Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Timothy John keating. The firm is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Prospect Capital Corp., a traded business development company invests in middle market companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout, growth, development, and recapitalization. It acts as a co-investor and takes controlling interest.