Taha Bakhtiyar

Neighborhoods.com is the parent company of 55places.com, 55places Mortgage, and its product namesake: neighborhoods.com. Together, our specialized online real estate marketplaces make a difference in the way people buy and sell their home. Get to know our core values. My work changes lives. We are guiding people through one of the most important decisions of their life. We are helping people find a community and home that will bring them happiness and improve their lives. We are creating opportunity for our partner agents and fellow employees to succeed and grow. The culture starts with me. It begins on the inside. I make this a fun and enriching place to work and I create the environment I want to work in. If the culture does not meet my expectations, I am empowered to make a change. Details matter. Curiosity is a virtue. Seek. Understand. Be thorough. Expect the best from my teammates and myself in everything we produce. Do the right thing. We value authenticity, caring, and being good citizens. I make no decisions without first considering if my mother would approve. Kaizen. No Compromizin’. We believe in constant improvement and growth, personally and professionally. Every process in our business has opportunity to improve and I strive to make those changes. If it is to be, it is up to me. I’m smart, resourceful, and empowered to make it happen. I’m enthusiastic, persistent, not afraid to take risks and work harder and smarter than our competitors.

Founded in 2007, Long Ridge invests in growth stage companies that are transforming financial and business technology. With $1.75 billion under management, Long Ridge partners with visionary entrepreneurs to build sector leaders. The firms collaborative approach, coupled with deep industry expertise, makes Long Ridge the partner of choice for industry-leading management teams. Representative investments include BlueTarp Financial, Broadway Technology, Browz, Carson Group, and Portware. Long Ridge is based in New York City and can be contacted at www.long-ridge.com.

H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”) is a leading global private investment firm with $74 billion in equity capital under management.* Since its founding more than 30 years ago, H.I.G. and its family of funds, spanning private equity, real estate, growth equity, and credit, have invested in and managed over 400 companies worldwide. Today, the firm oversees a portfolio of companies generating more than $53 billion in combined annual sales. H.I.G. specializes in providing capital to small and mid-sized companies with attractive growth potential. Its investments typically focus on management-led buyouts and recapitalizations of well-managed, profitable manufacturing and service businesses. The firm also has deep expertise in operational turnarounds and financial restructurings. H.I.G.’s proven investment strategy is built around three pillars: (1) a flexible and responsive approach that emphasizes speed and adaptability, (2) a large, skilled team with a collaborative, “can-do” mindset, and (3) a consistent and long-standing focus on small and mid-sized businesses, typically valued between $50 million and $500 million, with a clear understanding of their unique opportunities and challenges.* Headquartered in Miami, H.I.G. has U.S. offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Stamford, as well as affiliate offices in Europe (Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris), Latin America (Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), the Middle East (Dubai), and Asia (Hong Kong). *Based on total capital raised by H.I.G. Capital and its affiliates.

World of Books Group has come a long way since we were founded in 2002. It all began with a bag of books, rescued by book-loving entrepreneurs from a charity shop bin destined for landfill. They rescued them on the spot, determined to give them a second life, and World of Books Group was born. Over the last two decades, we have grown from a start-up into pioneers of the circular economy, helping more people join the reuse revolution. We may have grown, but our mission has never changed. We exist to support charities, protect the planet and make a positive impact in the world by enabling more goods to be reused. Today, we drive the circular economy through three brands: Wob, Ziffit and Shopiago. Through Wob, we sell. We provide affordable used books, DVDs, CDs and games to customers all over the world. Through Ziffit, we buy. We give people around the world the opportunity to contribute to the circular economy, earn money, and protect the planet by trading their unwanted items. We are one of the world’s largest trade-in sites in the UK and our model is 100% circular. Through Shopiago, we help others. Used by the UK’s leading charity retailers, Shopiago is a SaaS product that helps charities to grow their online sales and reduce waste through re-commerce. Because of all this, we’ve been awarded B Corp status – a business that meets the highest standard of social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. We’re also officially certified Operational Carbon Neutral! In short, we care about people and the planet. Recently, we’ve grown the business by more than 50% by partnering with US trade-in site, Sell Back Your Book. Together, we’ll continue to help protect the environment by encouraging the reuse of books, CDs, DVDs, games and more. We look forward to all the work we can do to support the circular economy and reduce waste on a global scale.

Sycurio (formerly Semafone) helps organizations transform CX and simplify how they manage regulatory compliance and payment security. Our solutions and services enable enterprises to safeguard every customer interaction, in every channel - delivering a standout customer experience that builds trust and lasting loyalty.

Livingbridge is a leading mid-market private equity firm. We empower businesses to unlock their true potential. This is investment done the right way, built on ambition and experience. Nobody has seen it all, but some get closer than others and since we started in 1999, we’ve supported over 170 investments. We take a flexible approach to investing, but we’re keenly focused on where we can add the most value, which is why we focus on four core sectors: technology, services, healthcare and education, and consumer. We are an ambitious and international team with offices in London, Manchester, Australia and the US. It is our footprint, local knowledge and network that has supported the successful growth of our companies over the last 25 years, with many now household names.

Neighborhoods.com is the parent company of 55places.com, 55places Mortgage, and its product namesake: neighborhoods.com. Together, our specialized online real estate marketplaces make a difference in the way people buy and sell their home. Get to know our core values. My work changes lives. We are guiding people through one of the most important decisions of their life. We are helping people find a community and home that will bring them happiness and improve their lives. We are creating opportunity for our partner agents and fellow employees to succeed and grow. The culture starts with me. It begins on the inside. I make this a fun and enriching place to work and I create the environment I want to work in. If the culture does not meet my expectations, I am empowered to make a change. Details matter. Curiosity is a virtue. Seek. Understand. Be thorough. Expect the best from my teammates and myself in everything we produce. Do the right thing. We value authenticity, caring, and being good citizens. I make no decisions without first considering if my mother would approve. Kaizen. No Compromizin’. We believe in constant improvement and growth, personally and professionally. Every process in our business has opportunity to improve and I strive to make those changes. If it is to be, it is up to me. I’m smart, resourceful, and empowered to make it happen. I’m enthusiastic, persistent, not afraid to take risks and work harder and smarter than our competitors.