Phoenix, AZ

AFS Technologies is a leading provider of fully integrated business software solutions, specifically engineered for the Food and Beverage industries. AFS new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), based on Web Services and built on Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, provides its customers with greater IT flexibility, increased scalability of their existing systems, and more powerful functionality, all at an affordable price. AFS suite of products are designed to reduce costs, increase efficiency, streamline internal processes and assist in regulatory compliance through innovative, comprehensive and user-friendly solutions.

Cranford, NJ

Beacon Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: BCOE) is engaged in the production and marketing of biodiesel. Beacon's biodiesel efforts are centered around the utilization and processing of lower grade feedstocks, primarily animal fats such as beef tallow, choice white grease and poultry fat. Since its formation in 2006, Beacon has successfully completed strategic investments in three companies dedicated to the production of biodiesel and one company dedicated to the collection of low cost waste products that may serve as the raw materials for biodiesel. The facilities in which Beacon has invested currently have the capacity to produce more than 15 million gallons of biodiesel per year, and once construction of the St. Joseph, MO facility is completed in Q1 2009, the annual capacity will increase to over 30 million gallons.

Roseland, NJ

Community Education Centers (CEC) is a leading provider of treatment and education services for adult and juvenile correctional and social services populations throughout the United States. CEC is firmly committed to partnering with government agencies to provide intensive treatment and education programs that focus on changing addictive and criminal behaviors, preparing residents for reintegration and ultimately reducing recidivism. CEC operates residential and outpatient programs at 20 locations in eight states. All CEC programs concentrate on alcohol and drug treatment, life skills training, and educational and vocational instruction. CEC also provides work release/halfway house programs, day reporting, aftercare and electronic monitoring for approved offenders.

Forth Worth, TX

Conner Industries supplies crating lumber, industrial lumber, shipping material, southern yellow pine, softwood, hardwood, panel products, and specialty products to industrial, packaging, pallet and crating lumber users. The company utilizes cutting edge technology to notch, cut to length, rip, resaw, and install banding groove in all manufactured or remanufactured upper grade as well as low grade lumber products cut to customer specifications. Conner offers shipments from its own remanufacturing plants located in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia, as well as other strategically located reload distribution points.

Atlanta, GA

Datatrac provides an end-to-end logistics delivery network solution to courier services, shippers, forwarders and agents. Datatrac's suite of dispatch and shipment tracking software is offered as an easy to implement, cost effective web-based service, and includes real-time GPS tracking, RFID and wireless communications.

East Windsor, NJ

ExpertPlan is the leader in providing low-cost private label retirement solutions to the financial services industry. ExpertPlan's proprietary technology offers its partners superior branding while integrating their existing marketing and educational resources. Asset management firms, banks, broker dealers, TPA's, RIA's and independent brokers all benefit from ExpertPlan's flexible, dynamic, and scalable recordkeeping platform. The company has alliances with over 60 mutual fund companies and has over 70 private label partners.

Littleton, CO

Global Employment Solutions (GES) provides a broad range of temporary staffing, contract staffing, employee leasing, and permanent placement services. GES's targeted customer base consists of companies that have elected to outsource worker hiring and retention processes. These processes range from employee recruitment to payroll management, and worker benefits administration.

Totowa, NJ

LIfeStar, through its two divisions, provides logistical nationwide services, including specialized transportation, language translation, and coordination services, to the healthcare industry. LifeStar Response provides emergency and non-emergency ambulance and wheelchair-van transportation services to public and private sector healthcare programs, healthcare facilities, and HMOs. AccessOnTime provides logistical and transportation services to private and public sector workers' compensation insurance companies, larger self-insuring organizations, case management companies, third party administrators and large service providers.

Monroe, CT

M3 Technologies provides customers with material solutions using its advanced composite materials, manufacturing expertise and application skills. M Cubed's composite materials provide the performance of ceramics with the shaping flexibility normally associated with metals. M Cubed materials are used today in light-weight armor systems, semiconductor capital equipment, motion control systems, and optical components. M3 Technologies is one of the largest suppliers of ceramic composite materials for body armor to the U.S. Military.

Cranford, NJ

Metalico, Inc. (AMEX: MEA)is a holding company with operations in two business segments: ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal recycling, and fabrication of lead-based products. The Company operates five recycling facilities and six lead fabrication plants in six states.

Irvine, CA

Nexiant (fka DispenseSource) is a leading provider of inventory management solutions for the industrial marketplace, specifically in the area of maintenance, repair and operations (MRO). The company’s solutions help companies decrease consumption, reduce labor, streamline the re-order process and provide total inventory visibility, all while providing users with a steady flow of supplies needed to perform their jobs. Nexiant has established a strong installed base in many Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Irvine, CA

Parallax acquires software companies that are under-managed and takes a hands-on operating role to build value. The Company currently owns and operates UTS Global (infrastructure software for the telecommunications industry) and Computron (real-time, web-enabled data integration solutions to the financial services industry). The Company also owns minority interests in Infor (leading provider of enterprise business solutions to select distribution and manufacturing industries), TriSyn (back-office software solutions to the banking industry), and Innovis (builds and manages B2B communities).

Plymouth Meeting, PA

ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (LSE: RPSE) provides unique outsourcing and staffing solutions to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, primarily in connection with clinical research trials. The company introduced the pharmaceutical resource organization (PRO) model in anticipation of evolving clinical strategies of the pharmaceutical sponsors. By integrating its personnel and systems with those of the sponsor companies, RPS has helped industry leaders realize significant cost savings, flexible program staffing and standardized system operations on a global scale. RPS is widely recognized as the leader and innovator in the area of clinical trials business process outsourcing.

Secaucus, NJ

StructuredWeb empowers small and mid-sized businesses with affordable and easy to use eBusiness solutions. Tailored to specific vertical markets, StructuredWeb's fully integrates its 5 components - a professionally designed website, eCommerce-enabled product catalog, sophisticated email marketing tools, and private customer accounts - all with sophisticated customer tracking capabilities - into a single streamlined eBusiness solution.

Alexandria, VA

TransForce Inc. is a leading provider of full-service outsourcing and staffing solutions to the trucking and third-party logistics industries. The company is experiencing rapid internal growth through multiple branch openings and aims to become a leading consolidator in a fragmented industry.

Chicago, IL

Trustwave, which acquired SecurePipe Inc. in December 2006, is a leading provider of information security and compliance management solutions. The Company’s flagship TrustKeeper product provides data security to approximately 30,000 businesses worldwide. Trustwave specializes in helping customers comply with Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards and is endorsed by American Express, Discover, Visa, and MasterCard.

New York, NY

Wimba (fka HorizonWimba) is a leading provider of collaborative learning software applications and services to the education industry. Its collaborative software applications for the online and blended education market enable institutions to bridge technology and pedagogy by supplementing course management systems with many of the proven disciplines of in-person learning environments. Wimba's intuitive solutions enable educators and students to quickly and easily teach and learn live online, engage in live chat and instant message exchanges, benefit from oral content being added to text-based course content, and more. Instructors can also use Wimba solutions to convert Microsoft Word documents into accessible web pages and to create and administer tests, quizzes, and exams.

Newark, DE

QPS Holdings, LLC, which acquired Bio-Kinetic in February 2008, is a leading, independent GLP-compliant contract laboratory supporting drug discovery and development for branded pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and generic drug companies. QPS provides laboratory services in bioanalysis (LC/MS/MS), drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK), and biomarkers analysis (protein, biochemical and genomic). The merger in February 2008 of QPS and Bio-Kinetic, which operates a 240-bed Phase I facility in Springfield, Mo., extended the Company’s service offering, allowing it to provide its customers with early clinical services. QPS also operates a laboratory facility in Taiwan, which services the Pacific-Rim.

Cincinnati, OH

Environmental Quality Management, Inc. is a provider of environmental services (remediation & construction and consulting & engineering) to various agencies of the US Federal government, to state and local governments and to major industrial companies in the private sector. EQM operates primarily under long-term multi-year enabling contracts, with the majority of its business with the Federal government (EPA, Air Force, and Army Corps of Engineers), primarily on a “time and material” or “cost-plus” basis.

Gulfport, MS

Building on its strong base as a manufacturer of over-the-counter products for some of the market’s largest and most respected companies, ANI Pharmaceuticals is expanding its business to encompass generic (Rx) specialty pharmaceuticals. ANI focuses on liquid dosage forms, such as clear solutions and suspensions. ANI plans to develop Rx products internally and to acquire products and/or companies within the area. ANI has an accomplished management team and manufacturing facilities, in Gulfport MS and Baudette, MN, with a number of unique capabilities, along with capacity to support continued growth.