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Cascade Investment LLC is the private investment holding company of the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Founded in 1995, the firm manages the personal assets of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, as well as the assets of his philanthropic foundations. Cascade Investment is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

NWQ Investment Management Co. LLC (NWQ) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a subsidiary of Nuveen NWQ Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Nuveen Investments, Inc. NWQ provides investment advisory services to a wide variety of retail and high net-worth individual and institutional clients, such as corporate and multi-employer plans, charitable organizations, educational institutions, trust accounts, estates, corporations or other business entities, banks and thrift institutions, insurance companies, governments and municipalities. Additionally, the firm provides investment sub-advisory services to affiliated and unaffiliated open-end and closed-end investment companies, CITs, and UCITS Funds.

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

Crosslink Capital, Inc. (Crosslink) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm was founded in 1999 as Omega Venture Partners, Inc. Crosslink provides investment advisory services to investment funds.

Santa Barbara Asset Management LLC (SBAM) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1987 and they are a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc., which acquired the firm in 2005. Their ultimate parent is TIAA Board of Overseers. SBAM provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a wide variety of individual and institutional clients, including, including pension funds, high-net worth individuals, corporations, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, endowments, foundations, religious organizations, managed accounts and investment companies and/or other funds.

Coatue Management LLC (Coatue) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Philippe Laffont in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Coatue Management Partners LP. Coatue provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to US and non-US private investment funds intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors. Their flagship funds include Coatue Qualified Partners LP (CQP), Coatue Offshore Fund Ltd. (COF), and Coatue Offshore Master Fund LP (COMF). CQP and COF invest all of their investable assets in COMF. Coatue is a signatory of the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI).

Highline Capital Management LP (Highline) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jacob W. Doft in 1995. Highline provides discretionary investment advisory services and serves as investment manager to certain collective investment vehicles.

Magnetar Financial LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund firm headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. The firm was founded by Alec Litowitz and Ross Laser in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Magnetar Capital Partners LP. Magnetar Financial serves as the investment manager for, and provides discretionary and may at times provide non-discretionary investment advisory services to, several private investment funds and separately managed accounts. Investors in the funds and clients for managed accounts may include pension plans, foundations, funds of funds, other institutional investors and high net-worth individuals.

Humin, Inc. develops technology to personalize contacts application. It provides building products that help users to make sense of their relationships, illuminate the relationships that matter and grow closer to the people that they care about most. The company was founded by Ankur Jain, Jake Medwell, Daniel Pourbaba, Jonathan Shriftman and David Wyler in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Post Advisory Group LLC (Post) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in New York City. The firm was founded by Larry Post in 1992 as MW Post Advisory Group. They are owned by Principal Global Investors Holding Company US LLC, ultimately held by Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFG). Post provides discretionary investment advisory services to a global client base of institutional investors.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Colliers Securities LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1997 and formerly known as Dougherty & Co. LLC. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Colliers Mortgage Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Colliers International Group, Inc. (NASDAQ; TSX: CIGI) in Canada. Colliers Securities generally provides brokerage, custody and execution services through a clearing arrangement with National Financial Services LLC, a nonaffiliated firm, member NYSE, SIPC and a Fidelity Investments® Company.

Providence Equity Partners LLC (Providence Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Glenn Creamer and Jonathan M. Nelson. The firm is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

ClearLight Partners Management LLC(ClearLight Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of The Westec Security Group Inc founded in 2000 by Michael S. Kaye. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Siguler Guff & Co. LP (Siguler Guff) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by George William Siguler, Andrew Joseph Guff and Donald Paul Spencer. The firm is headquartered in New York.with additional offices Boston, Houstan, London.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Good Eggs, Inc. designs and develops online applications for local food producers. It helps connect users to networks of locally-owned farms, small food businesses, commercial kitchens, warehouses, grocers and other people involved that feed a single region. The company was founded by Robert J. Spiro, Greta Caruso, Robert Zoller, Randy Puro, Ali Pflaum and Alon Salant in August 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Decimal, Inc. provides flat fee retirement and savings plans for small businesses and entrepreneurs. It offers Single(k) plans for the business owner with part-time W-2 employees or no employees, and Express(k), a 401(k) plan, and Custom(k), a custom retirement plan. It provides Starter(k), a payroll-deduction IRA solution for small businesses. The company was founded by Isabelle Quesada, Kyle Stephan and Chad W. Parks in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

LJV Management Company LLC (Long Journey Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Lee Jacobs and Cyan Banister. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Caravan Global Investment LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company was founded in 2013 by Yasha Gofman.

Prosus Ventures (Prosus) is a venture capital subsidiary of Naspers Ltd founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Solidarity Capital Group a venture capital firm is founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in North Carolina, US.

Rowmark LLC manufactures and markets plastic sheets and related products. Its brands include Rowmark, Johnson Plastics Plus, Innovative Plastics, Inc., and Rowmark Custom Laminations. The company was founded by Fred Kremer in 1993 and is headquartered in Findlay, OH.

Gemspring Capital Management LLC (Gemspring Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Bret Weiner. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.