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And 1
AmeriChoice
ANSYS
Car•Toys
CompBenefits
Datek Online
IMI
Invitrogen
Lawson Software
MQ Associates
Q UP Systems
The Island ECN

Over the past 40 years, TA Associates has partnered with some of the most talented and successful entrepreneurs to help them build companies of siginificant value. To view and hear about some of their experiences in partnering with TA, click the company names below.

And 1
And 1 designs, markets and distributes a full line of basketball shorts, shirts, shoes and outerwear to specialty sporting goods retailers and department stores. In May 2005, And 1 was sold to American Sporting Goods Corporation.

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AmeriChoice Corporation
AmeriChoice provides HMO services to Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. In September 2002, the company was acquired by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a provider of network-based healthcare coverage.

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ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS)
ANSYS is a leading designer and producer of computer-aided engineering software. Its products are used worldwide in developing design solutions for the aerospace, automotive, biomechanics, consumer, electrical/electronics, machinery and power industries.

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Car Toys
Car Toys, Inc. is the largest independent retailer of car audio and wireless products in the U.S. Their stores offer a mixture of car audio, mobile multi-media, wireless phones, pagers, radar detectors, car alarms, expert installation, family radios and CBs.

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CompBenefits Corporation
CompBenefits is a dental and vision benefits and services company that provides dental coverage for approximately three million members in 23 states and vision coverage for two million members predominantly in four Southeastern states. CompBenefits was acquired by Humana, Inc. (NYSE: HUM) in October 2007.

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Datek Online Holdings Corp.

Datek is a holding company that provides financial technology products and services to the institutional and retail trading communities. Its primary businesses are: Datek Online Brokerage Services (DOBS), a leading Internet brokerage firm as measured by trading volume; iClearing, a securities clearing operation; and Watcher Technologies, a provider of cutting-edge trading systems for the professional trading industry.

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International Microcircuits, Inc.
International Microcircuits (IMI) is a leading supplier of frequency generator and electromagnetic interference control semiconductors. IMI was acquired by Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: CY), a diversified, broadline supplier with a communications focus, in March 2001.

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Invitrogen (NASDAQ: IVGN)
Invitrogen develops, manufactures and markets research tools in kit form and provides other research products and services to corporate, academic and government entities. These research kits simplify and improve gene cloning, gene expression and gene analysis techniques.

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Lawson Software
(NASDAQ: LWSN)

Lawson Software is a leading provider of enterprise software solutions targeting specific services industries. Lawson's comprehensive and customizable software solutions include financials, human resources, procurement, distribution, customer relationship management, services automation systems and analytics. Lawson was founded in 1975 and has over 3,000 customers primarily in healthcare, retail, financial services, professional services, public sector, and telecommunications industries.

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MQ Associates
MQ Associates is an outpatient diagnostic imaging company with imaging centers clustered in the Southeast and Southwest. In August 2002, the company was acquired by JPMorgan Partners.

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Q UP Systems
Q UP Systems is a business-to-business software company specializing in financial interactive web-based products for community financial institutions under $10 billion. Q UP was acquired in April 2000 by S1 Corporation (NASDAQ: SONE), today's leading provider of innovative Internet-based financial services solutions.

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The Island ECN

The Island ECN is an alternative trading system that provides the institutional investment community with the ability to display and match stock limit orders electronically. The Island ECN was the second Electronic Communication Network (ECN) to receive regulatory approval from the SEC. In September 2002, Island ECN merged with Instinet Group and became one of the largest global electronic agency securities brokers. In December 2005, Instinet was sold to the Nasdaq Stock Market Group, Inc.