John C. DePuy

Oaktree Ventures, Inc. is a firm that specializes in preparing companies to ask for financial support from the investment community. The private company is based in Ramona, CA and was founded by John C. DePuy. The company helps companies create methods that will allow them to achieve an advantage in their industry by creating an "investment marketing memorandum" and delivering it to over 150 strategic alliances that rely on Oaktree's due diligence practices. The company also performs high-quality valuations of companies' assets that recognize the need for transparent and robust valuations which satisfy corporate, regulatory, and accounting requirements.

The Los Angeles Venture Association, founded in 1985, operates forums for entrepreneurs and executives. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA.

San Diego Software Industry Council engages in the principal organization fostering the growth and prosperity of software, Internet and related information technology companies in the San Diego Region. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is a global organization founded in 1954 by Kenneth S. Berryman and David H. Brenner. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The company's mission is to drive middle-market growth and it serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. The company's core focus is on middle-market M&A, with more than 25 years of sell-side and buy-side advisory experience, closing more than 200 transactions with a combined value of more than $1 billion. The company also publishes Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth, which includes a print magazine, website, weekly e-newsletter, and daily newsfeed. The CEO of the company since 2019 is Brent A. Baxter.