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ThinkEquity LLC acts as Exclusive Advisor to Peanut Labs, Inc. on their sale to e-Rewards, Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 27, 2010 — ThinkEquity LLC — A Panmure Gordon Company, a leading investment banking boutique focused on growth companies and their investors, is pleased to announce that it acted as exclusive financial advisor to Peanut Labs, Inc. in its acquisition by e-Rewards, Inc.
Founded in 2007, Peanut Labs enables companies to gather quality data for market research by embedding surveys into a large and diverse population of social media sites. Users complete a preliminary profile questionnaire that enables Peanut Labs to target their respondents with the most appropriate survey invitations. Since 2007, Peanut Labs has more than tripled its partner base from 60 to over 200 highly diverse social media applications and communities, including major social and gaming networks such as Facebook, Zynga and MySpace. Peanut Labs has grown its respondent pool from 20 million consumers in 2007 to over 240 million consumers to date. Peanut Labs has 35 full-time employees and is headquartered in San Francisco.
The company has won numerous awards, including a FAST Top 50 2008 ranking and the Advertising Research Foundation's 2008 Silver Innovation Award. To learn more, visit www.peanutlabs.com.
e-Rewards, Inc. headquartered in Dallas, TX, owns Research Now, the leading global online sampling and online data collection company, recognized for delivering high-quality panelists, high response rates, and industry-leading panel retention rates. Research Now serves over 2,000 clients, has over 900 employees and a multilingual staff located in 21 offices around the globe. Visit www.researchnow.com to learn more.
ThinkEquity Contact:
Janet Faleski
Managing Director
T: 212.468.7083
E: jfaleski@thinkequity.com
Media enquiries:
Nathaniel Webb
Group Communications and Investor Relations Director
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E: nathaniel.webb@panmure.com
About ThinkEquity LLC — A Panmure Gordon Company
Focused on the growth sectors of the economy, ThinkEquity provides research, equity financing, M&A advisory, institutional sales and trading, wealth management and asset management services to institutional investors, corporate and private clients, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and financial sponsors. As a Panmure Gordon company, ThinkEquity accesses the combined financial expertise of professionals based in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago, London, Liverpool and Geneva. Research-driven, we remain true to our founding principles: the power of growth, focus, deep domain expertise and people. www.thinkequity.com
About the Panmure Gordon Group
Founded in 1876, Panmure Gordon & Co. (PMR.L) is a leading independent institutional stockbroker and investment bank. Encompassing its US franchise, ThinkEquity, LLC, the Group employs approximately 240 professionals across the US, the UK, Singapore and Nyon, Switzerland, offering a blend of transatlantic financial services including research, sales and trading, wealth management and asset management. www.panmure.com