Moira Kiernan

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.

Columbia Capital LLC (Columbia Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Dave P. Mixer. The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI). Houlihan Lokey Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They also have the ability to serve as underwriter or bookrunner with respect to traditional debt and equity offerings, including leveraged loans and public offerings of debt, equity-linked, and equity securities.

Founded in 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (CSAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), a publicly owned foreign bank holding company based in Switzerland.

Gradient Ventures (Gradient Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2017 by Zach Bratun Glennon. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Arcapita Corporate Investment (ACI) is a private equity subsidiary of Arcapita Inc founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

New Mountain Capital LLC (New Mountain Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Steven Klinsky. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Imaginary Capital Management LP(Imaginary Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Natalie Sara Massenet and Nicholas Brown. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Stepstone Group Real Estate LP is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of StepStone Group, Inc. founded in 2007. Stepstone Group Real Estate LP is headquartered in New York.

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.

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

Yorktown Management & Research Co., Inc. (Yorktown) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Forest, Virginia. The firm was founded by David D. Basten in 1985. Yorktown provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, institutions, and Registered Investment Company. They also manage the Yorktown range of funds.

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).

West Creek Financial, Inc. operates as a fintech company, which provides point-of-sale financing. The firm specializes in financing furniture, mattresses, appliances, and tires for retail partners across the nation. It focuses on using data and technology to optimize underwriting, enabling industry approval rates and amounts. The company was founded by Robert Finnegan and Boomer Muth in 2014 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, VA.

Tridster LLC provides title insurance and settlement services. The company is based in Brooklyn, NY. The company was founded by William DeVar.

Wise Systems, Inc. develops route optimization software that enables companies to deliver goods and services. It plans, executes, and adapt routes with cutting-edge optimization software. The company was founded by Chazz Sims, Layla Shaikley, Ali Kamil, and Jemel Derbali on May 8, 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Nailpro, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ELSA Corp. develops a mobile application that helps English learners to speak English correctly. Its application offers an online pronunciation coach that users can talk with at any time, giving users an instant and private feedback to help them practice pronunciation regularly. The company was founded by Dinh Hong Vu Van and Xavier Anguera in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Openly, Inc. engages in the provision of home insurance services. It offers homeowners policy that can be used for multiple occupancy types, including primary, seasonal, secondary, and rented to others. The company was founded by Ty Harris and Matt Wielbut in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory operates as laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

DC Energy LLC engages in generating electricity. The firm develops efficient and reliable energy markets – for the exchange of both real energy products and corresponding financial energy contracts. The company was founded by in and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

Morningstar Investment Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN). Morningstar Investment Management offers various investment advisory services that focus on their core capabilities in asset allocation, investment selection, and portfolio construction to financial or other institutions.

1/0 Capital LLC (1/0 Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Stitch Money Pty Ltd. is a South African API infrastructure company that enables easy access to user financial accounts for data analysis and bank-to-bank payments. The company is based in Sandton, South Africa. The company's online payments API helps businesses connect to the financial system and optimize their payments experience. The company offers one API integration for all online payments, including instant EFT, debit and credit card, cash, direct deposit, and debits. Stitch Money is integrated with all of the top financial institutions in South Africa, with over 99%% coverage. The company was founded in 2019 by Natalie Cuthbert, Priyen Pillay, and Kiaan Pillay, with Kiaan Pillay serving as the CEO since then.

PennantPark Investment Advisers LLC (PennantPark) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Art Penn. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with additional offices in New York, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles.

CRE Venture Capital (CRE) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Pardon Makumbe and Pule Taukobong. The firm is headquartered in South Africa.

Lightbank LLC (Lightbank) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Eric Paul Lefkofsky and Bradley A. Keywell. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Luminary Media LLC develops podcast application. The company was founded by Matthew S. Sacks, Phong Nguyen, and Joe Purzycki in 2018 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Defeyene Legal Solutions is a British legal technology company that creates products to simplify the process of drafting, reviewing, and understanding legal documents for lawyers. The company is based in London, UK. The company's flagship product, Definely Draft, is a powerful tool that simplifies the process of drafting, reviewing, and understanding legal documents in MS Word. Definely Proof is an AI-powered proofreading solution designed specifically for legal documents, which automates the tedious and time-consuming task of proofreading documents. The company was founded in 2017 by Nnamdi Emelifeonwu, who has been the CEO since 2017.

Nielsen-Kellerman Holdings LLC engages in retail services. The company is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance, annuities, and employee benefits programs. It operates through the US, and MetLife Holdings segments. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of ACT Commodities Group BV, Green Project Technologies, Inc. is a SaaS climate and ESG data management platform. The company is based in New York, NY. Green Project Technologies offers three primary market segments: helping private equity firms track the emissions of their portfolio companies, enabling companies to track the emissions of their vendors and supply chain, and allowing eco-minded organizations to align their sustainability values with rigorous data reporting efforts. The company's mission is to decarbonize the private markets. Green Project Technologies was founded in 2020 by Samuel Stark, who has been the CEO since 2020. Green Project Technologies was acquired by ACT Commodities Group BV on April 17, 2023.