John Warren McDonnell

Edison Venture Fund LP invests in technology companies located in the US. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of application & system software, environmental technology & services, healthcare products & services, communications products & services, computer equipment & services, education technology, electronic components & systems, office & factory automation, biotechnology equipment & services, analytical instrumentation, specialty chemicals & materials, financial services, consumer products & services, and energy & agricultural technologies. It provides financing for expansion/later stage, MBOs and special situations such as sale of family owned businesses, divestitures, spinouts. It selectively invests in start-ups and also considers secondary stock purchases from existing shareholders.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Aspen Partners Ltd. (Aspen) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded by Kenneth Banwart in 1996. Aspen provides investment advisory services to private pooled investment vehicles.

Merlin Partners LLP provides investment consulting services. Its areas of focus include corporate finance; equity and financings; mergers, acquisitions, and disposals; and refinancing and recapitalization. The company was founded by Matthew Clarke and Grant Boyce in 2002 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Cross Shore Discovery Fund is a closed-end management investment company. The firm's investment objective is to seek risk-adjusted rates of return over a full market cycle, with limited capital draw downs and with overall volatility less than broad U.S. equity market indices. The company was founded on May 21, 2014 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Part of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Commodities Corp. Ltd. is a money manager that invests in commodities and futures. The company is based in NJ. Commodities Corp. was acquired by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from Stockton Holdings Ltd. on June 03, 1997 for $100 million.

Fortigent LLC provides wealth management solutions and consulting services to independent advisors. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Cross Shore Capital Management LLC (Cross Shore) is a private, SEC-registered investment advisor and fund of hedge funds manager headquartered in Great Neck, New York. Founded in 2002, Cross Shore provides manages funds of hedge funds that focuses on long/short equity managers.

Founded in 2012, Witherspoon Asset Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Princeton, New Jersey.