James Kaplan

Highbridge Capital Management LLC (HCM Highbridge is a registered investment advisor and global alternative investment firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). Highbridge manages capital for sophisticated investors, who include financial institutions, public and corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and family offices.

Cowen Investment Management LLC (Cowen Investment Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Cowen, Inc. founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AQR Capital Management LLC (AQR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Clifford Asness, David Kabiller, and John Liew in 1998. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of AQR Capital Management Holdings LLC and their ultimate parent is Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). AQR provides investment management services to institutional clients through managed accounts. Their investors may include investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, other investment advisers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions, corporations or other businesses entities.

INTL FCStone Partners LP, a partnership, was established in 1979 as an institutional dealer in U.S. Government Securities. Since the day the firm first opened its doors, the firm has had, in addition to controlled growth and profits, the goal of conducting itself in a manner consistent with the highest ethical standards. The firm strives to forge mutually beneficial, long-term relationships with its customers, and it is proud of the recognition that has resulted from a consistent commitment to these relationships. As the firm enters its fourth decade, it has realized time and again that to achieve its primary objective of positively contributing to its client’s long-term results, it must remain more than just a best price solution. It endeavors to be responsive to the needs of its customers. And as the client base has grown, it has continually fine-tuned its product mix to meet customer demand. Despite the advance of commoditized pricing and electronic trading, it believes human beings will continue to play a critical role in the selection of a government securities dealer. For the foreseeable future, people, when combined with better technology, will provide the competitive markets, timely executions, solid sales support, and efficient post trade service that institutions value so highly.

Mariner LLC, do-business-as Mariner Wealth Advisors (MWA), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas with various locations throughout the country. The firm was founded in 2006 by Martin Bicknell, Bruce Kuzmin, Jenika Cook and Sherri Hazell. They are wholly-owned by Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC (formerly known as Mariner Holdings LLC). MWA provides investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and business entities.

3G Capital Partners LP (3G Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 by Founding Partners Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles, Carlos Alberto Sicupira, Roberto Thompson, and Alex Behring. 3G Capital provides investment advisory services to private investment funds that are, generally, offered to high-net-worth financially sophisticated individuals and institutional investors.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Shearman & Sterling LLP provides legal services. It specializes in appellate litigations, capital markets, corporate governance, environmental, finance, international arbitration, investment funds, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, real estate, and tax. The company was founded by Thomas Shearman in 1873 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

AFCEA International is engaged in the provision of information technology, communications, and electronics services to military and government industry. The firm offers leadership, engagement, and networking opportunities. It focuses on cyber, command, control, communications, computers and intelligence to address national and international security challenges. The company was founded in May 1946 and is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.

Ned Davis Research, Inc. (NDR) is an institutional investment research firm headquartered in Nokomis, Florida. The firm was founded by Ned Davis in 1980. They are wholly owned by Delinian Holdings US LLC, which is ultimately owned by Delinian Ltd. in Great Britain. NDR produces and publishes independent financial research and offers customized research services. The firm markets its research globally, primarily to registered investment advisers, brokerage firms, asset management firms, hedge funds, endowments, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other types of institutional investors. Their approach combines both fundamental and technical research disciplines.

Tamarisc Ventures LLC (Tamarisc Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Ed Walters. The is firm headquartered in New York.

Serraview Australia Pty Ltd. provides workplace management and optimization software. Its SaaS solution enables to visualize and manage space, buildings, and people in their real estate portfolio. The firm provides a comprehensive space planning software solution for unlocking the value in real estate investments. The company was founded by Alex Birch, Stephen Macnee and Ian Morley in 2006 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Bode is an American hotel company that offers 1-4 bedroom accommodations, dining, and event space for celebrations or meetings in downtown Chattanooga and Nashville. The company goes beyond hotels to create a new way of staying, meant for new ways of living with group-friendly accommodations that celebrate local communities. The company was founded by David Bates.

Zodiac, Inc. provides market research services based on real time sales data. It forecasts individualized customer lifetime value, based on real-time sales data, so marketers can implement precise acquisition and retention strategies. The company was founded by Artem Mariychin, Justin Bleich, Dan McCarthy, and Peter Fader on February 19, 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Quip NYC, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells oral health care products. It offers electric toothbrush, toothpaste, and refillable floss. The company was founded by Simon Enever and William Thomas May and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Perry Creek Capital LP (Perry Creek Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Sydecar, Inc. is a frictionless deal execution platform for venture investors. The company is based in Walnut, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's platform automates banking, compliance, contracts, tax, and reporting, allowing investors to focus on making deals and building relationships. Sydecar aims to bring more efficiency to private markets by standardizing how investment vehicles are created and executed. The company was founded in 2021 by Dave Meister and is currently led by CEO Nikhil Talreja.