later stage, middle market, and buyout opportunities that are attractively priced and offer upside growth potential through strategy modification and management rejuvenation. The firm seeks to invest in information and communications technology which includes network hardware and software, wireless communications, distributed computing and interoperable web-based services, rich media creation and distribution infrastructure, and Internet infrastructure; life sciences which includes medical devices for therapeutic uses, novel diagnostics and imaging, specialty pharmaceuticals, and drug delivery; services including financial services, health care services, information technology services, and medical services; and defense and security which includes surveillance and monitoring, flexible, rapid deployment communications technologies for military and emergency situations, software for operationally intensive environments, and data archiving, search, and retrieval. It primarily invests in the United States and can also consider a limited number of investments in foreign countries.