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Tikehau Capital is an asset management and investment group which invests in private debt, real-estate, private equity and liquid strategies.
Vining Sparks is nationally and globally recognized as a leading broker/dealer in serving the investment needs of institutional investors. The firm was originally founded by Jim Vining to serve the investment and asset/liability needs of community banks. From an initial staff of 17 people, Vining Sparks has significantly expanded its national footprint. It now employs more than 350 people in 14 offices across the country. The firms diverse customer base totals approximately 4,500 institutional investors and includes banks, savings and loans, credit unions, municipalities, money managers, trust departments, insurance companies, pension funds, and investment advisors. Vining Sparks has nearly $100 million in capital and an annual trading volume exceeding $250 billion with customers located in all 50 states and many foreign countries.
Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity firm with a 40-year history, including over $73 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2020, and a focus on investing in software and technology companies. We pioneered the buy-and-build investment strategy, and we first applied this strategy to the software and technology industries nearly 20 years ago. Since then, our firm has acquired more than 270 software and technology companies representing over $79 billion of value. Our investment philosophy is centered around working collaboratively with existing management teams to drive superior operating results and innovation. We execute through a partnership-driven approach supported by a set of management principles, operating metrics and business processes. We support our companies by investing in growth initiatives and strategic acquisitions that drive long-term value.
The Tudor Group of companies is a group of affiliated entities engaged in the management of client and proprietary assets. Paul Tudor Jones II formed Tudor Investment Corporation, the first of the Tudor Group companies, in 1980. The Tudor Group manages assets across fixed income, currencies, equities and commodities asset classes and related derivative and other instruments in the global markets for an international clientele. The investment strategies of the Tudor Group include, among others, discretionary global macro, quantitative global macro (managed futures), discretionary equity long/short, quantitative equity market neutral and growth equity.