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DRI Capital, Inc. (DRI Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Persis Holdings Ltd founded in 1992. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Bone Solutions, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It provides medical technologies to orthopedic surgeons. It designs, develops, manufactures and markets magnesium-oxide based technologies for orthopedic applications. The firm’s products include OsteoCrete technology, Bone-GnX and synthetic. The company was founded by Tom Lally and Drew M. Diaz and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Lumira Capital Investment Management is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Nordion (Canada),Inc. founded in 1989 by Tony Pullen. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research.

CaseWare International, Inc. engages in the development of audit and trial balance software. The firm provides software for accounting firms, corporate, and government institutions. It offers audit, review and compilation, financial reporting, work papers, analytics, and practice management solutions. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Novacap Management, Inc (Novacap Management) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1981 by Marc Beauchamp. The firm is headquartered in Brossard, Quebec.

Canarie Inc. provides digital infrastructure, research networks and applications. Its products include network services, cloud technology, access management and research software. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Ontario Centres of Excellence, Inc. invests in research, commercialization & talent. The firm is a non-profit organization that drives the research to commercialization process. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Toronto, ON.

Canadian Agri Food Policy Institute operates as think-tank that provides insight, evidence and balance on agriculture and agri-food. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc. (Echelon) is a Canadian-owned and operated full-service broker-dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Robert Furse and David Cusson in 2010 as Euro Pacific Canada, Inc. They are owned by 1-UP Holdings Corp., a holding company. Echelon offers superior investment advice and efficient trade execution for their institutional and retail clients. In 2023, Echelon and PI Financial Corp. (now known as Ventum Financial Corp.) have agreed to combine in a merger of equals to create an investment advisory, wealth management, and capital markets firm.

Plazacorp Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

Origin Merchant Partners operates as an investment bank. It provides value added corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and merchant banking services. The firm serves the agriculture, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, industrials, media, mining, oil and gas, power and utilities, real estate, technology, telecommunications and transportation industries. The company was founded by W. Glenn Shyba in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Ice Edge Business Solutions, Inc. design and manufactures 3D videogame application. Its products include ICEcad, ICEquote, ICEsheet, ICEvision and ICEvr. The firm specializes in 3D, architecture, design, software, technology and manufacturing. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

TerraNova Partners LP (TerraNova Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Vahan Kololian, Jesse Gill and Kathleen Vesely. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

GreenCentre Canada manufactures chemical products. It offers technologies that have been in-licensed, iron catalysts for fine polymers and chemical compounds catalytic hydrogenation of esters and dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols eco-friendly biocide for coatings switchable water high performance catalysts for biodegradable polyesters metal-free hydrogenation catalysts carboxylic acid amidation 'gemini' multi-purpose surfactants precursors for atomic layer deposition. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Kingston, the United Kingdom.

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Inc. (Whitehorse Liquidity Partners) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Builders VC LLC (Builders VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Alex Kinnier, Jim Kim, Jocelyn Doe and Paul Lee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Hybrid Financial Ltd. is a sales and distribution company that connects issuers to the investment community in both American and Canadian markets. The private company uses a data-driven approach to provide comprehensive coverage to their clients. Hybrid Financial has its head office in Toronto, Canada, and also has offices in other locations. The company was founded by Alexandre Côté, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Centre for Probe Development & Commercialization (CPDC) is a leader in the discovery, development, and commercialization of next-generation radiopharmaceuticals. The private company is based in Hamilton, Canada, and was created with the support of multiple stakeholders, including the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE), McMaster University, and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR). Since its foundation in 2008, CPDC has established a renowned, robust, and reliable platform for the manufacturing and supply of innovative diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals used daily for the detection and treatment of human diseases such as cancer. The Canadian company was founded in 2008 by John Valliant, and the CEO is Bruno Paquin.

GrowSafe Systems Ltd. develops innovative radio frequency identification solutions for the agricultural research, fed cattle and dairy industries. The company was founded by Camiel Huisma in 1990 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

INCapital Ventures Manager Inc (INCapital Ventures) is independent venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

LUMINOR Environmental, Inc. manufactures water treatment technology. The private company is located in Canada.

The51 Ventures, Inc. (The51 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Judy Fairburn, Shelly Kuipers, and Alice Reimer. The firm is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

Highline Beta, Inc (HIghline Beta) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Lauren Robinson. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

DaVita Venture Group (DaVita Venture Group) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of DaVita Inc. founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Structure Research Ltd. is an independent research and consulting firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm publishes research and analysis, and supplies the most comprehensive data sets, about the Internet infrastructure services market. They provide the information and perspective necessary to make accurate strategic decisions. Their research is global in scope with a special emphasis on emerging markets.

Arcadea Group (Arcadea) is a private equity firm founded in 2021 by Paul Yancich and Eisen Daniel. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Micharity, Inc. is a nonprofit fundraising platform that provides modern and robust software to help nonprofits run faster, raise more, and accomplish more with less time, staff, and cost. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company's mission is to mobilize and empower the world for good, and they offer amazing features to fulfill online fundraising needs for nonprofits of all sizes and shapes. Micharity was founded in 2016 by Farhan Siddique, Sergiy Stupnytskyy, Robleh Nour, and Avo Muradyan, with Robleh Nour serving as the CEO since 2016.