Steve Smith

Paine Schwartz Partners LLC (Paine Schwartz Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Dexter Paine, Kevin Michael Schwartz and Mitchell S. Presser. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Axiota Animal Health Inc delivers products for all stages of beef and dairy cattle production that help manage risk and support health, performance, and well-being. The private company is based in Fort Collins, CO and has subsidiaries in Ireland and United States. The company's products provide trace minerals and support for rumen health and development to prepare dairy cattle to thrive during transition and stress. William C. Weldon has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

The Yield Lab Manager LLC (Yield Lab Manager) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Thad W Simons and Thomas Adamitis. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Kaiima Bio Agritech Ltd. provides breeding and agro-biotechnology, agro technology and energy services. The firm offers food, feed crops and castormax solutions. It uses its enhanced ploidy platform to increase crop productivity. The company was founded by Doron Gal, Zohar Benner and Amit Avidov, Dror Maayany and Alon Lerner in 2007 and is headquartered in Lower Galilee, Israel.

Kemin Industries, Inc. develops and manufactures nutritional ingredients. It operates through two business units: Animal Nutrition & Health and Food & Human. The Animal Nutrition & Health business unit offers products that provide nutrition and health benefits for animals. The business unit?s products include ButiPEARL, ButiPEARL Z, CholiPEARL, CLOSTAT, ENDOX and FRESH CUT Plus. The Food & Human business unit offers products that benefits human health. The business unit?s products include AssuriTEA, FloraGLO, Neumentix, Slendesta and XSurge. The firm manufactures specialty ingredients for the global feed and food industries as well as the health, nutrition and beauty markets. The company operates offices and manufacturing facilities in Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, India, North America and South America regions. Kemin Industries was founded by Rolland W. Nelson and Mary Ann Nelson in 1961 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

Amai Proteins produces beverages and food products. The company was founded by Ilan Samish and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

WireCo WorldGroup, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of steel and synthetic ropes. Its industry solutions include cranes, engineered products, fishing, maritime, mining, oil and gas, wire products, WireCo structures, and yarns. The company was founded by J. P. Barclay, Sr. in 1931 and is headquartered in Prairie Village, KS.

Ivy Animal Health, Inc. provides applied research and pharmaceutical product development services. The company mainly offers animal health care products to animal health industry. It offers promotants and related delivery devices for beef cattle. Ivy Animal Health was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS

FoodChain ID Group, Inc. engages in the provision of testing and certification services for food and agricultural products. It also offers inspection and consulting services. The company was founded by John Fagan in 1996 and is headquartered in Fairfield, IA.

Suba Seeds Co. SpA produces organic seeds. It also provides conventional, herb, and organic seeds, sprouts, microgreens, and babyleaves. The company was founded in 1974 by Augusto Suzzi and is headquartered in Longiano, Italy.

Costa's Pty Ltd. produces markets and exports fresh fruit and vegetables. It also offers supply chain and logistics services. The firms core categories include Berries, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Citrus, Grapes, Bananas and Avocados. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Ravenhall, Australia.

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.