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Tecum Capital Management, Inc. (“Tecum”) is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based private investment firm deploying capital in lower middle market companies. Tecum provides mezzanine debt and equity investments in growth-oriented middle market companies across many industries, including manufacturing, value-added distribution, and business services. Our team partners with independent sponsors, family offices, committed funds, business owners seeking succession plans, and management teams to create shared success. Tecum focuses on businesses with EBITDA greater than $3 million and will invest $5 million to $20 million in potential portfolio companies. Tecum manages two Small Business Investment Company (“SBIC”) licensed funds and is currently investing out of Tecum Capital Partners III, L.P, a $300 million fund launched in September 2021. Tecum also manages a separate micro-cap equity control strategy via a multi-family office strategy with investment criteria encompassing EBITDA of $2 million to $6 million called Tecum Equity Alpha Management (“TEAM”). Since 2006, the team has collectively invested more than $1.0 billion in over 100 platform and add-on acquisitions. For more information, please visit www.tecum.com.

盛景网联成立于2007年，作为中国领先的企业服务平台，由管理团队与清华控股、紫光股份、达晨创投、分享投资、汉能投资等知名投资机构和天使投资人共同投资成立。　　 　　盛景围绕创业创新服务的“平台型商业模式”，实现了“培训咨询 + 投资”的完美结合，以咨询培训为入口，以FOF（母基金）为放大，将已有的1万家传统产业中小企业和即将形成的1万家创业创新企业，与全球顶尖VC、PE、券商等企业服务商，紧密地连接和协同起来，致力于构建全球化创新生态系统。 　　盛景高端培训，秉承芯片级原创研发理念，坚持“易懂、可行、系统”的核心研发与授课原则，彻底突破了商学院、培训机构的传统单一授课模式，交互式、全工具化等全新教学模式成效显著，盛景面授培训课程学员已经近5千家企业，参课人数4万人次，盛景正在全力推进网络培训的规模化发展。 　　盛景高端咨询，聚焦于成长型企业商业模式、客户需求洞察、资本运营、股权激励等关键性决策咨询，助力企业规避风险、把握机会、高效创新，以丰富的经验、独创的实施方法论帮助成长型企业真正改变，盛景高端咨询项目已经超过500家。 　　在盛景培训咨询服务的孵化之下，盛景已有近10家学员企业登陆主板创业板，超过300家学员企业挂牌新三板，企业创新力和市值普遍大幅提升。 　　盛景嘉成母基金，致力于将传统产业中的闲置资金引入风险投资领域、引入实体经济、进入创新领域，并已先后出资国内外数十家顶尖创投机构，预计2016年累计出资将超过100亿元。 　　2014年，盛景正式成为由财政部、发展改革委、商务部、科技部和北京市政府所评定的“国家级现代服务业试点单位”，见证了盛景为代表的咨询培训投资行业正在成为推动中小企业创新的主力军，亦是盛景迈向世界级创新服务商的坚实一步！ 　　2015年1月，由盛景网联集团主办的“全球创新大奖暨国际创业节2015”全球启动仪式在北京正式举行，盛景全球创新大奖通过联合全球超过100 家顶尖的创新孵化器、加速器以及风险投资机构，共同发掘、培育和投资顶尖“创新”企业，充分发挥中国资本和中国市场的优势，真正构建出“全球创新、全球资本”的全球化创新生态系统。 　　盛景网联的愿景是成为世界级中小企业服务平台！成为连接全球创新的超级孵化器平台！

U.S. Strategic Capital lends money to small businesses from an internal lending Fund. Our Lending Fund focuses on short term loans (6 to 30 months) to small businesses, GP loans to Private Equity Funds, contract financing for NHL & NFL Athlete's, and receivables financing. Our sweet spot is $500k to $7.5 million loans, Mezz rates with flexible structures in a variety of industries. The business must be a minimum of 3 years old and $3 million in revenue. The USSC Venture Fund looks to invest in early revenue companies based primarily in the Southeast. We look for big ideas that are scalable.