Acklen Companies acquires and grows great businesses in the Mid-Atlantic where the first generation owners are looking to transition the company to new ownership. Acklen focuses on manufacturing, fabrication, distribution and business services companies that have annual sales between $5 and $50 million. www.acklencompanies.com

Developed by The Blackstone Group, iLEVEL is a cloud-based software that enables private capital investors to centralize portfolio company performance data so that it is more actionable across the organization.Investors in iLEVEL include: The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Duff & Phelps and Hamilton Lane.

During my time at SecondMarket, our team executed over $1B in total secondary and primary transactions for venture backed companies. I directly managed relationships with institutional investors and ultra high net worth families, facilitating equity transactions in high growth technology companies. In addition, I developed a very strong referral business with the largest shareholders of Facebook and other leading growth companies, helping them achieve liquidity pre-IPO through secondary equity sales and forward contracts.Investors in SecondMarket include: Social+Capital Partners, Li Ka-shing Foundation, Temasek Holdings and FirstMark Capital along with several leading angel investors.