Jess Emery Jones

Van Eck Associates Corp. (VanEck) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund management firm founded in 1955 by John van Eck to manage an international equity fund. In 1968, the firm began offering investments in gold shares and other hard assets. Headquartered in New York City, VanEck provides investment advisory services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

TRG Management LP, dba The Rohatyn Group (TRG), is a SEC-registered alternative asset management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2002 by Nicolas Rohatyn. They are owned by TRG Management Principals LP. TRG provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to several pooled investments vehicles and separately managed accounts, which from time to time may include a wide variety of investors.

Puzzel AS designs, develops, operates, and sells communication solution for businesses. It operates though the following business areas: Customer Contact, System Integration, and Interactive. The Customer contact business develops and delivers cloud based contact centers. The System Integration area integrates communication solutions within the oil, gas, shipping, hotel, tourism, healthcare, and public administration sectors. The Interactive activity supplies mobile and telephony services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Odlo International AG engages in the import and export of sports goods and sports clothing. The firm also provides international services, license agreements, as well as financing transactions in the area of commercial goods. It also focuses on the acquisition, sale, and management of real estate. The c company was founded by Odd Roar Lofterød Jr. on June 13, 1985 and is headquartered in Huenenberg, Switzerland.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Axcel Management A/S is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1994. Axcel Management A/S is headquartered in Oslo.

OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity (OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Orbimed Advisors LLC founded in 1993 by Samuel D. Isaly. The firm is headquartered in New York and it has additional offices in San Francisco, Mumbai, Shanghai, Herzliya, Hong Kong and London.

National Alliance of Life Cos. is a national trade association. It operates as a health insurance company. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Sarasota, FL.

Vend Ltd. operates as a cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) and retail platform. It enables retailers to accept payments, sell in-store and online, manage their inventory, reward customer loyalty, and report on their business in real time. The company was founded by Vaughan Rowsell on April 15, 2009 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

Beckmann AS provides school backpacks. Its products include hiking backpack, drinking bottle, lunch box, pencil case, suitcase, wallet, and gym bags. The company was founded by Olav Beckmann in 1946 and is headquartered in Kristiansand, Norway.

Part of Monte Rosa Sport Holding AG, Odlo Sports Holding AG is a Swiss company that manufactures functional sportswear with sports underwear. The company is based in Hüneberg, Switzerland.

Copper Labs, Inc. operates as a energy technology company. It provides utilities with actionable, real-time energy measurements and insights that can be immediately shared with consumers to achieve cost and energy savings. The company was founded by Jeffrey P. Mathews in 2016 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Compl.ai, Inc. engages in the development of a software platform used for travel policy, guide, and to track spending on travel sites. The company was founded by Daniel Senyard and Rey Garcia and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Moonshots Capital Management Co LLC (Moonshots Capital) is a venture capital firm founded by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings in September 2014. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.