Rhapsody Venture Partners

Established in 1988, Highland Capital Partners is a financial institution that offers a range of investment and financial solutions for the telecommunication, digital media, health care and information technology industries. It conducts several senior executive summits, roundtable conferences, training sessions and lectures. Highland Capital Partners operates a career network that lists job openings and focuses on talent search, training and recruitment services for its national and international clients. It provides market research services, as well as a variety of software and hardware product and service packages. The company additionally offers intercompany information and corporate profile maintenance tools. Highland Capital Partners maintains an office in Lexington, Mass.

Founded in 1989, Riverside Partners is private equity firm that provides a variety of investment solutions for the health care and technology industries throughout North America. It focuses on founder- and family-owned companies with revenues up to $200 million. The company specializes in the areas of transaction customization, financial security, asset valuation, growth acceleration and liquidity management. It provides investment in biopharmaceutical, medical devices, dental products, diagnostics, semiconductor equipment, industrial communication, wireless components, and medical and analytical instrumentation manufacturing companies. The company has partnerships with intermediaries and investment banks. Riverside Partners clients include HealthDrive, Alteris, Maxvision, J-Pac, Quantum, Rudolph Technologies and Tegra Medical.

About Lineage Capital Lineage Capital invests exclusively in owner-managed and family-controlled businesses. Our unique partnership approach provides significant liquidity to committed business owners while enabling them to retain operating control and a meaningful investment in their companies. We focus on high quality, lower middle market businesses with EBITDA of greater than $4 million that desire a value-added partner to facilitate their future growth and success. Our diverse portfolio includes consumer, industrial, service and distribution businesses. Lineage was founded on the core values of trust, respect, teamwork and commitment, which are integral to who we are and how we do business. These values are the foundation of our strong partner relationships. Trust is essential to successful partnerships. Our partners share our philosophy of conducting business with integrity through open, honest communication. Teamwork fosters creativity and builds value for all stakeholders. We believe collaboration is the most successful approach to problem solving.