Michael Soenen

ClearTrial provides Clinical Trial Operations (CTO) software that makes the planning, forecasting, and tracking of clinical project and financial performance faster and more accurate. The ClearTrial system creates dramatic internal and supplier efficiencies and cost savings for their biopharmaceutical and medical device customers by integrating their clinical operations from Plan to Payment™. Top 20 biopharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, and small biotechs in the US, Europe, and Japan have all embraced their software. These organizations have come to rely on ClearTrial's industry intelligence, embedded clinical knowledge, and activity-based planning approach to add speed, flexibility, accuracy, and consistency to clinical development.

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. provides online securities brokerage services. It offers brokerage services for option, futures, stock, mutual fund and fixed-income investors. The company was founded by Ned W. Bennett, James A. Gray and David S. Kalt in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

FTD Group, Inc. provides floral related products and services to consumers and retail florists. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL.

FTD, Inc. provides floral related products and services to consumers and retail florists, as well as other retail locations. It markets to members and retail locations in U.S., Canada, the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL.

Mac-Gray Corp. provides laundry services. The company, through their portfolio of card- and coin-operated laundry equipment located in laundry facilities across the country, provides laundry convenience to residents of multi-unit housing such as apartment buildings, condominiums, colleges and university residence halls, public housing complexes, and hotels and motels. Mac-Gray was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Motorsport Aftermarket Group, Inc. manufactures and sells motorcycle parts and accessories. It offer its products in the areas of business development, finance, sourcing, information technology, sales, and marketing. The company was founded by Robert A. Ackerman in 2000 and is headquartered in North Irvine, CA.

Valor Management LLC (Valor Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Antonio Jose Gracias. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Valor Equity Partners LP, an SBIC fund, invests in lower-middle market companies with sustainable revenues derived from a strategic or niche market position and stable revenues and margins. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of manufacturing and service sectors. It acts as a lead investor and provides financing for buyout transactions.