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West Coast Community Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, serving Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties since 2004. The bank is dedicated to community involvement, actively supporting local well-being through participation and donations to regional nonprofit organizations. In 2024, it merged with 1st Capital Bancorp to enhance its capabilities and better serve the community, with plans to rebrand all branches as West Coast Community Bank by 2025. The bank offers a variety of financial services for both businesses and individuals. These include business loans, commercial real estate financing, asset-based lending, construction lending, and agricultural loans. It also provides SBA and USDA government guaranteed loans, credit cards, merchant services, and digital banking solutions. For personal banking, West Coast Community Bank offers competitive deposit solutions and consumer banking services. The bank is recognized as a leading SBA lender in Santa Cruz County and Silicon Valley, reflecting its strong support for local businesses.
At Flow, AI isnt just a feature—its the core of everything we do. We are transforming the wholesale insurance industry by building a futuristic insurance brokerage where AI powers every aspect of the experience. With advanced AI features already live in production and actively used by our brokers, we are pioneering Wholesale 3.0, equipping brokers with cutting-edge tools to provide unparalleled service. We are creating an ecosystem of AI agents designed to streamline processes and enhance decision-making in the insurance landscape. The industry relies heavily on text—emails, files, and documents—making Generative AI a perfect fit for solving its challenges. Flow leverages AI to deliver meaningful insights, deep analysis, and white-glove support for every transaction, no matter the deal size. By combining human expertise with Platformless AI, we are bringing back the art of wholesale insurance while eliminating the need for outdated portals. In the past seven months, weve grown 250% month-over-month(!) and are forecasting even more massive growth. Were a Series A startup with over $20M raised from top investors like Lightspeed, MunichRe Ventures, and industry angels.
Maximus Partners is the leading professional services firm for growth-oriented organizations, with deep expertise in both CFO Advisory and Retained and Contingent Search services. We have worked alongside private equity investors and executive teams at PE-backed, privately-held and publicly-traded organizations to support hundreds of finance functions and evaluate and/or place thousands of professionals. This includes providing assessments of people, processes and technology, recommending and implementing solutions, and leading searches to hire key personnel to drive value creation.
Specializing in post-acquisition integration and restructuring, achieving operational excellence, supporting buyers like private equity firms with due diligence and deal dynamics, as well as coaching and development.
LJUNGSTRÖM is a historic company with over 100 years of expertise in advanced environmental solutions, focusing on heat recovery and emissions control. Founded in 1923 by Fredrik Ljungström, the company is known for inventing the worlds first air preheater, which significantly improved energy efficiency in power plants. Today, LJUNGSTRÖM is a global leader in industrial flue gas management technologies and custom-engineered assemblies. The company offers a range of products, including its flagship Ljungström air preheater, which enhances thermal efficiency in steam power plants by recovering waste heat from flue gases. Additionally, LJUNGSTRÖM provides gas-gas heaters that further improve plant efficiency and custom-engineered solutions for emissions control. Their services aim to optimize plant performance and reduce CO₂ emissions, contributing to sustainability in the energy and industrial sectors. LJUNGSTRÖM serves a diverse international customer base across more than 100 countries, focusing on power generation plants and industrial facilities. The company is committed to innovation, operational excellence, and environmental sustainability, aiming to lead the industry in energy efficiency and impact.