2ndF (Spruill Family Office)

Second Generation (Embrescia Family Office) is a Cleveland-based family office focused on investing in early-stage startups and growing businesses, prioritizing innovation and long-term growth. Established by the Embrescia family, the firm emphasizes building partnerships that create significant community impact.

Spruce Street Partners is an Atlanta-based family office, established in 2009, focusing on control investments in established lower-middle market businesses with significant long-term potential. With a multi-generational legacy, the firm emphasizes operational improvement and growth acceleration in its investments.

Clear Springs Capital Family Office is a Chicago, Illinois-based multi-family office. Established in 2016, the firm invests and manages the wealth of a select group of U.S.-based families and individuals that are rooted in the U.S. military and veteran space. Operating through Clear Springs Capital LLC, the organization provides a combination of family office services and direct investment capabilities rooted in operational expertise. The firm is known for its founders' backgrounds in entrepreneurship, company leadership, and deep ties to U.S. military veteran communities. Clear Springs Capital Family Office focuses on supporting clients through business oversight, strategic wealth management, and long-term financial stewardship. Clear Springs Capital Family Office focuses on U.S. lower-middle-market direct investments, with a strategy oriented around buyouts, partnerships, and recapitalizations of smaller companies. The firm concentrates on sectors such as defense, education, industrial services, niche manufacturing, waste services, OTR logistics, refrigeration systems, business services, and specialty chemicals. Its investment philosophy emphasizes founder alignment, operational value creation, and long-term compounding through direct ownership rather than fund allocations.

Blue Spruce Capital, founded in 2008 as part of the Smith Family Office, is a multi-generational investment firm based in the United States, focusing on real estate and sectors like energy and aerospace. The firm aims to create lasting value through disciplined investments, leveraging strategic insights and operational expertise.

eFund is an investment firm focusing on innovative financial services apps, media, lifelong learning platforms, and AI-driven applications, deploying its own capital with rapid decision-making. Principal Chula Reynolds brings expertise in real estate and technology investments.

0924 Investments (Bufford Family Office) is a Louisville, Kentucky-based single-family office. Established in 2024, the firm invests and manages the wealth of the Bufford family following the multi-decade entrepreneurial and healthcare leadership careers of founders Randy and Susan Bufford. Operating out of Louisville, the firm provides comprehensive wealth management, investment oversight, and philanthropic coordination for the Bufford family. The family office deploys capital primarily into venture capital and private equity opportunities, with a particular focus on healthcare, technology, and community-driven ventures.