Darold Hawes Parken

Planet Ventures, Inc. is a canada-based investment company. It is focused on the small-cap market, with early-stage investments in resource, biotechnology and technology companies. The firm's portfolio include online sports betting and medical marijuana companies. The company was founded on January 29, 1996 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Contact Exploration, Inc. is engaged in the exploration and production of petroleum and natural gas. The company's main focus is the exploration of its petroleum and natural gas properties in Atlantic Canada. It holds interests in the Stoney Creek Oil and Gas, Hopewell Oil, Cocagne, Hillsborough Natural Gas, and Deep Basin Alberta. The company was founded on September 1, 1995 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Chesswood Group Limited, publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is a financial services company operating primarily in the specialty finance industry. Chesswood’s approach to creating long-term value for its shareholders is to acquire financial services businesses that have proven management teams with market positions poised for growth, and to enhance these strengths through the provision of strategic, operating and financial support. Pawnee Leasing Corporation, located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is Chesswood’s largest operating company. In business since 1982, Pawnee is an industry leader in commercial micro-ticket leasing to small businesses across the lower forty-eight states of the U.S. Pawnee’s assets comprise approximately 75% of Chesswood’s consolidated assets. Chesswood recently added Case Funding Inc., a U.S. legal finance company, to its specialty finance portfolio. Chesswood’s genesis was in the automotive industry as a vehicle lessor and operator of new car dealerships. Today, Chesswood retains ownership of one of the larger Acura dealers in Canada, Acura Sherway, in addition to Canada’s only eDealer, cars4U.com.