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"Centra Bank has been named No. 31 in Entrepreneur Magazine's ""Hot 500"" for 2007, its annual ranking of ""American's top fast growth businesses and the entrepreneurs who built them."" Released and on newsstands this week, the August edition of Entrepreneur Magazine, a monthly magazine that has the largest newsstand circulation (410,000) of any business publication in the nation, annually features the ""Hot 500 List,"" which is considered America's fastest growing businesses for 2007. Entrepreneur Magazine points out that of the 19 million businesses in America, 500 made the 2007 ""Hot 500 List"" and Centra Bank placed number 31. Only six banks from all parts of the country were included on the list and of these, Centra held the lead position ahead of the other five. The ""Hot 500"" rankings are compiled by the Corporate Research Board, the leading national provider of economic and business data, research and information. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., CRB serves businesses and governments worldwide with economic insights and information."
The Guaranteed Rate Companies includes Guaranteed Rate, Inc., one of the top 5 retail mortgage lenders in the United States, Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, and Proper Rate, LLC. Headquartered in Chicago, Guaranteed Rate Companies combined funded over $73 billion in 2020 and have more than 10,000 employees in over 850 offices across the United States. Founded in 2000 and located in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., Guaranteed Rate has helped homeowners nationwide with home purchase loans and refinances. The company has established itself as an industry leader by introducing innovative technology, offering low rates and delivering unparalleled customer service. In 2017, the company launched Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, a mortgage origination joint venture between Guaranteed Rate, Inc. and Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), a global leader in residential real estate franchising and brokerage. In 2020, the company launched Proper Rate, LLC, a mortgage origination joint venture between Guaranteed Rate, Inc. and @properties, one of the nation`s largest residential brokerage firms. Collectively, the Guaranteed Rate Companies have earned numerous honors and awards including: Forbes Advisor`s Top 10 Mortgage Lenders for 2021; Best Mortgage Lender for Online Loans and Best Mortgage Lender for Refinancing by NerdWallet for 2021; 2018 Top Lender for Online Service by U.S. News & World Report; HousingWire`s 2020 Tech100 award for the company`s industry-leading FlashCloseSM technology; No. 3 ranking in Scotsman Guide`s 2021 list of Top Retail Mortgage Lenders; Chicago Agent Magazine`s Lender of the Year for six consecutive years; and Chicago Tribune`s Top Workplaces list for seven consecutive years.
Located in Rancocas, New Jersey, SQN Banking Systems sets the standard for fraud detection and process improvement software in the financial services industry. For over 30 years, financial institutions of all sizes have relied on SQN because its suite of SENTRY products delivers improved earnings for customers and can reduce check fraud losses by as much as 84 percent. SENTRY includes hosted solutions for real-time fraud analysis, exception item processing, image fraud detection, automated signature comparison, eSigning, signature verification and display, transaction analysis and safe deposit operations management.
Great Elm Group, Incorporated is a publicly-traded, alternative asset manager focused on growing a scalable and diversified portfolio of long-duration and permanent capital vehicles across credit, real estate, specialty finance and other alternative strategies. Great Elm Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries currently manage Great Elm Capital Corp., a publicly-traded business development company, and Monomoy Properties REIT, LLC, an industrial-focused real estate investment trust, in addition to other investments.
Founded in 2008, Sugar Hill Capital Partners is an impact investment management and operations firm that invests in and repositions stressed middle-market apartment buildings in New York City. Sugar Hill Capital Partners offers multiple funds that invest in the New York City real estate market, specifically within the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. We are locally based with offices in these areas, giving us real-world insight into the markets in which we own and operate properties. Our vertically-integrated business involves modernizing and restoring often 100+ year old buildings, long neglected by mom-and-pop owners and passive investors. We like to believe that we provide investors and partners with an opportunity to achieve returns by repositioning inefficient assets into sustainable properties. Since 2008, we have delivered over 100 best-in-class turn-key properties, comprising over 2,200 apartments. To achieve our goals, we employ over 60 professionals who work to add value for stakeholders from entry to exit. The firm`s major divisions include investment management, property management, architectural design, and energy management.