Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk offers a wide variety of wealth management services along with alternative asset investment capabilities with a global reach. Our wealth management division serves successful individuals, family offices, and institutions, helping them structure and safeguard their financial assets over the long term. Our asset management division provides an array of complementary and innovative solutions that seek to provide investors with attractive risk-adjusted returns.

Real Estate Development, Fund Management

Altaeros has developed the world’s most advanced autonomous control system for tethered aerostats: Aerostat Autopilot. Aerostat Autopilot runs all day-to-day operations of our SuperTowers including, launching, landing, smooth flight, and more. These advancements allow aerostats to be operated more safely, effectively, and at massive cost savings in the Communications, Security, Defense and Monitoring segments.

EnviroKure was founded in 2011 to develop technology that provides sustainable solutions to issues caused by the over-abundance of chicken manure.  Over the past 10 years, the Company has developed disruptive technology that improves soil health that directly enhances plant health and productivity. The Company has grown from a garage project to being the only company to patent and commercialize biostimulant technology derived from nature’s finest fertilizer – chicken manure. With the new flagship production facility nearing completion in Hicksville, Ohio, EnviroKure will be able to produce biostimulants to service 4 million acres.

(NanoDxTM), a privately held medical device company developing cutting-edge and rapid point-of-care in-vitro diagnostic products for the objective detection, diagnosis and management of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), virus detection and inflammatory disease

Miles Howland & Co. LLC is a global investment management and advisory firm with a core focus on alternative assets. The firm and its affiliates provide investment management and advisory services in alternative asset classes including: Hedge Funds, Private Equity, and Real Estate. The firm is headquartered in New York and works with clients including family offices, investment advisors, private banks, institutional consultants and institutional investors based in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East.

Sky Ventures Group provides startups with access to the world's leading healthcare investors. Our unique investment approach combines the best features of early stage funding and strategic partnerships. Among our members are qualified investors who have extensive experience building and running new ventures, as well as strategic partners from leading corporations and institutions. While we recognize that capital plays a major role, we also understand that a strategic approach is essential to every venture success.

FTS is the only tax firm exclusively dedicated to the Alternative Investment Industry. Our professional team is comprised of former Big Four CPAs, JDs, CFAs and MBAs with extensive knowledge and experience in servicing Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds. By providing only non-audit services, the FTS team is able to proactively focus on a broad range of services to help our clients achieve their goals. The firm has offices in New York, Fort Lauderdale, Greenwich, Halifax, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands.

Kaprica Security has created an intelligent charger that makes leading edge mobile security as easy as charging a smartphone or tablet. In contrast to the software security paradigm of PC and early-market mobile anti-virus solutions, Kaprica’s patent-pendinghardware approach identifies and removes counterfeit applications, modifications to the operating system and rootkits that allow attackers to silently steal data stored on or transiting through the device.As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, more and more transactions occur on or across mobile devices. Whether it be corporate email access, mobile banking or simply messaging friends, the data stored on mobile devices is valuable andunprotected. Kaprica Security’s Skorpion™ charger enables nation-state level security for any Android user, allowing individuals and corporations to feel confident about the integrity of their smartphone. iPads, iPhones, and Windows devices are in the company’s 2013 roadmap.

Boston Digital is a digital marketing agency that combines custom online strategies with emerging technologies. Since 1999 Boston Interactive has collaborated with more than 300 clients ranging from mid-sized organizations to Fortune 500 corporations.

Infusion Global Partners (“IGP”) is a global asset management firm focused on emerging hedge funds.

Private Equity firm focusing on Venture Capital, Hedge Fund management and strategic advisory.

Quintess has been changing lives since 2004. As the world’s premier destination club, we have redefined the lifestyles of our Club Members — letting them travel more, allowing them to spend more time with loved ones, making their vacations effortless and more enjoyable, and facilitating their greatest stories.By applying the country club model to vacation homes, The Quintess Collection gives our Members exclusive access to 160+ multimillion–dollar homes and experiences in 60+ destinations worldwide — complemented by membership services and privileges that set the standard. Collection Members pay a one–time membership deposit and annual dues, choosing from the fairest and most flexible membership plans in the industry.Since day one, Quintess has been a Member–driven club, constantly looking for new ways to enhance our Member experience. For us, it’s not about being the biggest destination club out there — but rather the best. Our industry leading efforts demonstrate our commitment to financial transparency, responsible governance and more. Through these efforts our Members can have absolute confidence that choosing The Quintess Collection was the best decision they ever made.

Active Value Investors, LLC, is an event-driven investment firm that is a lift out of a team from Guggenheim Partners. AVI focuses on acquiring significant stakes in undervalued public companies in the technology, media, and telecom sectors, aspiring to create value for all shareholders through its investment philosophy of constructive activism.

Social media has transformed talent acquisition. The Web 2.0 candidate "lives" in myriad online channels, wants greater insight into company culture and values, and expects a more interactive experience. He/she seeks to form meaningful, lasting connections with target employers, including communicating directly with Recruiters. In reality, this new paradigm represents tremendous opportunity to recruiting organizations and staffing firms, as access to talent has never been greater. However, with so many new candidate channels and behaviors, how do you optimize your recruitment strategy and measure ROI?Designed by recruiting experts, TalentReef’s Social Recruiting Platform enables you to quickly, easily, and cost-effectively harness the potential of social media/networks. For the first time ever you can; Create and update your own employment branded recruitment communications/campaigns; Deliver a consistent, enticing candidate experience to the cloud; Conduct your social "sharing" and referring from a single, easy-to-use dashboard; Optimize SEO on the fly; Easily track and measure your ROI; Reduce your recruiting costs.

Pearl Street Capital Group is a leading asset management firm that creates and manages private equity fund investment vehicles that are designed to provide superior returns with reduced risk. Pearl Street utilizes proprietary tools and methodologies to understand behaviors of private equity portfolios, project performance, simulate cash flows, assess risk and optimize transaction structures. The firm is based in Boulder, CO and Boston, MA.

Global Private Investment Firm based in London, New York and Singapore

NewRiver, founded in 1995, pioneered the first electronic prospectus. Its regulatory disclosure communication solutions allow customers to reduce their compliance risk and lower their costs. Its clients include some of the industry’s leading mutual funds, variable annuity insurers, retirement plan administratorsand brokerage firms. NewRiver is a leader in helping clients transition from paper to electronic disclosure. The company was purchased by Broadridge in November, 2010.

Global Alternative Investment Management firm specializing in highly structured Private Equity and Hedge Funds, with offices in Lincoln, MA, London, England, Grand Caymans, and San Diego.

ORATEC Interventions, Inc. develops medical devices that use controlled thermal energy to treat spine and joint disorders. The company currently markets two minimally invasive systems, the SpineCATH IntraDiscal ElectroThermal Therapy, or IDET, system, and the ElectroThermal Arthroscopy System. The Company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The Company listed on Nasdaq and was subsequently purchased by Smith and Nephew.

Cerulean Technology, Inc. is a provider of mobile information systems applications. Aether Systems, Inc. acquired the company in September 2000.