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Alpine Investors is a people-driven private equity firm that invests in software and services businesses. Our PeopleFirst operating philosophy guides everything we do. We work with, learn from, and develop exceptional people, to create a virtuous cycle of financial and operational wins that, in turn, contribute to greater personal fulfillment. Alpine is a B-Corp certified firm, a Great Place to Work™, and has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2023. Alpine has $18.5 billion in assets under management (as of 3/31/2026) and offices across San Francisco, New York City, and Austin.

Crescent is a global credit investment manager with over $48 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2025. For over 30 years, the firm has focused on below investment grade credit through strategies that invest in marketable and privately originated debt securities including senior bank loans, high yield bonds, as well as private senior, unitranche and junior debt securities. Crescent is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Boston, Chicago and London with more than 235 employees globally.

Bringing large market expertise to smaller companies, Star Mountain’s philosophies include a data-driven and systematic approach to investing. Its long-term focus includes substantial investments in team, technology, brand and culture. Star Mountain’s complementary investment verticals and Collaborative Ecosystem® provide insights, relationships and resources to assist companies in maximizing value: 1. Providing senior and/or junior debt to established, growing small and medium-sized companies. 2. Investing minority or control equity capital into established, growing small and medium-sized companies. 3. Purchasing investments and LP positions from other investors in lower middle-market funds and companies. 4. Providing strategic LP capital (including separate accounts) to lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain’s specialty is helping grow companies that generally have at least $15 million of revenue or under $50 million of EBITDA through organic and strategic initiatives such as acquisitions. Team includes former Head of Credit Suisse Alternatives ($100 bn AUM), Chief Risk Officer GSO / Blackstone, Head of Leveraged Loan Capital Markets at Merrill Lynch and BAML (underwrote ~$50 bn in event driven financings), Co-Heads of ~$6 bn Merrill Lynch and BAML Private Equity, ~$11 bn Citigroup Private Equity and Merchant Banking Division of BNP Paribas and Head of Media & Communications Merchant, Investment and Corporate Banking at BMO. Investment professionals have an average of 20+ years of experience. Join us at upcoming events in your area: https://www.StarMountainCapital.com/Events Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarMountainCap Engage with our video content on YouTube: https://youTube.com/c/StarMountanCapital Subscribe to our podcast channel on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/starmountaincapital