Houston, TX, September 3, 2007 – Growth Capital Partners, L.P. (“GCP”) a Houston-based investment and merchant firm, today announced that Southwest Mezzanine Investments II, L.P. (“SMI II”) has now added a fourth portfolio company to its $65 million fund.

SMI II provided $5,000,000 senior subordinated debt with warrants to Adea International, Inc., an information technology (IT) consulting services firm positioned as a global solutions provider for IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) services with offices in Dallas, Europe and India. The Company focuses primarily on three industry verticals: government, retail and telecom. Use of proceeds were for corporate and debt restructuring.

About Southwest Mezzanine Investments II (SMI II) - SMI II was formed to make $2 to $6 million subordinated debt investments in middle-market companies seeking capital to accelerate growth or finance add-on acquisitions.

In evaluating potential investments, SMI II is interested in companies with enterprise values in excess of $10 million, a history of profitable operations and possessing meaningful competitive advantages. SMI II seeks to make investments in companies with or without an equity sponsor.

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