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The Connable Office, Inc. is a multi-family office headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The firm was founded in the late 1800s. They were acquired in 2024 by Cresset Capital Management LLC, a subsidiary of Cresset Manager LLC. The Connable Office provides wealth management and planning services to a limited number of client families throughout the US and abroad.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Courtside Ventures Management LLC (Courtside Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

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.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

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.

StepStone Group LP (StepStone) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Monte M. Brem, Tom Porter Keck and Jose A. Fernandez. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Industry Ventures LLC (Industry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Johan Douwe Swildens and Tom Litle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Capstone LLC is a policy analysis and regulatory due diligence research firm headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded by David Barrosse in 2010 and is wholly owned by the Orion Group LLC. Capstone helps corporations, industries, and investors navigate the local, national, and international policy and regulatory landscape. The firm explores how policy affects companies, industries, and investments in the financial services, health care, TMT, and energy sectors. They work with a diverse group of corporate and investor clients that produce actionable investment research based on their deep-dive analysis of public policy.

Enlightenment Capital LLC (Enlightenment Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Devin L Talbott and Pierre A Chao. The firm is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Initialized Capital Management LLC (Initialized Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Alexis Ohanian and Garry Tan. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AE Industrial Partners LP (AE Industrial Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by David H. Rowe. The firm is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

Capitol Partners LLC (Capitol Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by TJ Jubeir. The firm is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

QED Investors LLC (QED Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Frank Rotman, Caribou Honig and Nigel William Morris. The firm is headquartered in Virginia, US.

New Horizons Venture Capital LLC (New Horizons Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by T.J. Jubeir. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Waterequity, Inc. is an asset management company that focuses on solving the global water and sanitation crisis. The company is based in Kansas City, MO. The company invests in financial institutions, enterprises, and infrastructure in emerging markets to provide access to safe water and sanitation to low-income consumers while offering attractive risk-return profiles to investors. Since 2016, Waterequity has raised $350 million in committed capital across four funds, reaching more than 4.5 million people with access to safe water or sanitation. The company was founded in 2017 by Gary White and Matt Damon of water.org and is led by Paul O'Connell. Gary White has been the CEO since 2017.

Nithio Holdings, Inc. operates as a energy finance firm. It offers energy finance platform that provides services for decentralized energy access in Africa. The company was founded by Kate Steel and Hela Cheikhrouhou in 2018 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Copley Equity Partners LLC (Copley Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Peter Trovato, Andrew J. Miller and Robert T. Hale. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Founded in 2012 by Jamie Metzl and Vincent Mai, Cranemere LLC is a private equity firm located in New York City.

Seven Mile Capital Partners LLC (Seven Mile Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Vincent Pasquale Fandozzi. The firm is headquartered in New York.

KarpReilly LLC (KarpReilly) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Alan Karp and Christopher Reilly. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Fort Washington Capital Partners LLC (FW Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Press Shop PR LLC is an American company that specializes in helping authors and publishers get media coverage for their books. The company uses their extensive list of journalist contacts and expertise in writing effective media pitches to coordinate book publicity such as reviews, interviews, TV & radio spots, and events. The company has been recognized as one of the top book publicity firms in the country by the Observer. The company was founded by Oliver Ressler.