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Stonybrook Capital is a specialist strategic advisory and investment banking firm focused exclusively on the insurance industry. Our independent advice is based on deep industry knowledge and expertise — from long-term industry trends to cutting-edge strategy, products and capital structures. Stonybrook clients include insurers, reinsurers, agents, brokers, managing general underwriters and asset managers, private equity firms, hedge funds and alternative asset managers. We have insights based on long experience, unmatched industry contacts and a track record of successful outcomes for our clients. We offer perspectives that go far beyond what you can find in publicly available data. Stonybrook Capital is an official member of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies ("NAMIC") and is the first, and only, investment bank to do so. Mr. Grassi joins Stonybrook Capital from private practice, where he advises companies in the InsurTech space at various stages of development, structures cross border transactions and serves in private corporate boards. He began his professional career in Switzerland and later as a White & Case fellow in New York. He then joined American International Group, Inc., where, during his 25 year tenure in the insurance and financial services industry, he served in M&A roles and led legal, compliance, regulatory and corporate affairs teams across 5 continents. Mr. Grassi earned a J.D. from the University of Bern School of Law in Switzerland, where he graduated “cum laude”, and received his Master of Laws Degree from Fordham University School of Law in New York. In addition to his professional accomplishments, Grassi is an avid pilot and holds FAA commercial certificates for airplanes and gyroplanes.
Tailwind Capital is a leading private equity firm investing in growth-oriented middle market companies in the healthcare and business and communications services sectors. Tailwind partners with management teams to build businesses through organic growth, strategic acquisition, and operational improvement. The firm currently has over $1 billion under management. Representative Tailwind investments include VersaPharm (generic pharmaceuticals), Aircast (orthopedic devices), Freedom Innovations (prosthetic devices), TowerCo (wireless infrastructure), Archway (marketing logistics), and Trover Solutions (insurance services).
Fernwood Art Investments is a New York, NY-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Parallax Fund LP is a San Francisco, CA-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Horizon is a venture lending platform that thoughtfully and creatively provides structured debt products to life science and technology companies. Horizon`s experienced team of investment and operations professionals have been providing debt capital to some of the most exciting companies for decades. Since 2004, Horizon has directly originated and invested more than $2.3 billion in venture loans. With Horizon`s industry knowledge and proven reliability as a capital source, combined with its long-standing relationships in the venture capital community, the Horizon team shares the optimism of its portfolio companies and their commitment to overcome any obstacles to success. Horizon is opportunistic and forward-looking. Taking the long view does more than bridge the financial gap. It allows Horizon`s portfolio companies to get from where they are to where they want to be. Headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) is managed by its advisor, Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC, and has a regional office in Pleasanton, California, and investment professionals located in Portland, Maine, Austin, Texas, and Reston, Virginia.