Michael H. Gurau

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Silknet Software, Inc. used to provide software for marketing, sales, e-commerce and customer support services. The company used to provide customer centric e-business applications and systems. Its service included providing marketing, sales, electronic commerce and customer support services under the trade marks such as silknet eservice, silknet ebusiness experience, silknet ecommerce, silknetesales and silknet ebusiness system. The company was headquartered in Manchester, NH.

Juno Rising, Inc. manufactures outdoor apparel for women. It develops technical outdoor apparels that fit a woman's body. The company offers intimates, include bras, panties, and base layers; long sleeve tops, short-sleeve tops, and tanks and camis; bottoms, such as skirts, pants, tights, and capris; dresses and skirts; outerwear, which include coats, jackets, vests and pants. The company was founded by Poppy Gall and Carolyn Cooke in April 1998 and is headquartered in Burlington, VT.

Rustic Crust, Inc. provides natural and organic pizza crusts and sauces. It operates through two brands, Rustic Crust and American Flatbread. The firm’s products include natural gluten free pizza curst, natural old world pizza sauce, clabatta flatbread and ready made natural old world pizza crust. The company was founded by Bradford S. Sterl, Jr. and Crust Crusader in 1996 and is headquartered in Pittsfield, NH.

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. produces sheets, tapes, wires and yarns. Its products show multi-fold performance over metals, carbon- and polymer composites in aerospace and defense, aviation, automotive, energy and consumer market applications. The firm also provides nanotubes which are tubular cylinders of carbon atoms that have mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical and chemical properties. The company was founded by Robert C. Dean, Joseph J. Brown, David Lashmore and Peter L. Antoinette in 2004 and is headquartered in Merrimack, NH.

Foneshow, Inc. operates as a telephony-based distribution platform for audio contents. It enables users to subscribe access, publish, share, and consume short form audio programming immediately from any cell phone. The company was founded on October 16, 2007 and is headquartered in Portland, ME.

CEI Community Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm located in Portland, Maine. They manage the CEI Community Ventures Fund. The firm is a subsidiary of Coastal Enterprises, Inc

Speranza Systems, Inc. provides treasury management software solutions. It offers web-based solution that creates intuitive screens to automate workflow and approvals, create and manage documentation, and incorporate digital signatures and digital rights. The company was founded by Glen Solimine and Robert J. Henchey in 2005 and is headquartered in Portland, ME.