Taylor Davison

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Midland Walwyn, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm offers brokerage and investment banking services as well as commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity, and M&A services to institutional and retail clients.

TDR Capital LLP (TDR Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Tudor Investment Corp. founded in 2002 by Manjit Dale and Stephen James Robertson. The firm is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

TechInsights, Inc. provides consulting and management software solutions for technology companies. The firm provides information and customized services in IP, technical intelligence and business intelligence for each stage of the IP lifecycle. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

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.

Azure Capital Partners, Inc. (Azure Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Cameron Lester, Mike Kwatinetz, Paul Ferris and Paul Weinstein. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Part of Tapestry, Inc., Coach Japan, Inc. is a Japanese company that imports, wholesales, and retails leather goods under the Coach brand name. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. Daniel DiCicco has been the CEO of the company since 2010. Coach Japan was acquired by Tapestry, Inc. from Sumitomo Corp. on July 01, 2005 for $304.78 million.

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.

Founded in 1999, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

BDC Venture Capital (BDC Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1975. The firm is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Grupo Primavera SA is an independent business software platform in the Iberian market that offers cloud-based software solutions covering invoicing, accounting, payroll, and enterprise resources planning software (ERP). The private company is based in Spain and Portugal and has subsidiaries in both countries. The Mexican company serves a broad spectrum of customer sizes with a focus on entrepreneurs, SMB, and mid-market segments across Spain and Portugal, together with a strong footprint in accountants. Grupo Primavera began its activity in 2019, backed by British private equity firm Oakley Capital, with the acquisition of Ekon and the creation of a strong management team led by Santiago Solanas.

CVC Advisers Ltd (CVC Advisers) is a private equity firm founded in 1981 by Bruce Hardy McLain, Rolly van Rappard and Steven Koltes. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Japan Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides investment banking and institutional securities services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Penfund Management Ltd (Penfund Management) is an Independent Private Equity firm is founded in 1979 by John Bradlow. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Oakley Capital Ltd. (Private Equity) (Oakley Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Oakley Capital Ltd. founded in 2002 by Peter Adam Daiches Dubens and David John Till. The firm is headquartered in London.

The Venture Capital Association of Alberta operates as an industry association for venture capital, private equity, angel investors and others. The firm invests capital and specializes in the following sectors: information and communications technology, clean and energy technologies, and agriculture and bio and life sciences. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

KPMG UK Ltd. provides financial services. It offers accounting, audit, tax, and financial advisory services. The company was founded on June 12, 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of UBS Group AG, UBS AG (Japan Branch) is a financial services company based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company leverages years of experience to deliver services to clients and partners with them to mobilize capital towards a more sustainable world and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. UBS has put sustainability at the heart of its own business and prioritizes climate as it transitions to a low carbon economy with a plan to achieve net zero by 2050.

Better Society Capital Ltd. (Better Society Capital) is a private equity firm founded by Ronald M. Cohen in April 2012. The firm is headquartered in London.

Ropes & Gray LLP provides legal and private equity services. Its practice areas include asset management, banking, business and commercial litigation, business restructuring, capital markets and corporate governance and compliance. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Picton Mahoney Asset Management is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by David Picton, Michael Kuan and Michael Kimmel in 2004 and provides investment solutions to institutional, retail and high net-worth investors in Canada and around the world.

Tactex Asset Management, Inc. (Private Equity) (Tactex) is a Private Equity subsidiary of Tactex Asset Management, Inc. founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Oakley Ekomid Ltd. operates as a holding company. The company was founded on March 12, 2019 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Caption Management LLC is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The firm was co-founded by Jason Strasser and William Cooper in 2012. Caption Management provides discretionary investment advice to private funds (either through fund vehicles or separately managed accounts). Investors in such private funds are generally high net worth individuals, fund of funds, institutional investors, family offices, endowments and foundations.

Skycatch, Inc. develops drone platform for commercial logistics applications. It offers high precision package, explore1 drone and base station, data viewer solutions. The company was founded by Christopher Bumgardner and Christian Berney Sanz in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

AAA Medic Montreal, Inc. engages in production, cultivation and distribution of medicinal cannabis. The company was founded by Renaud Adams and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

First Seed is a regional venture capital fund that invests in early-stage companies located in the region of Hedmark in Norway. It initially invests in 8-15 startups with significant growth potential and uses the returns from those investments for investing in other companies. The fund has no industry limitations and always co-invests together with other investors.

Monitor Deloitte SAS provides business and management consulting services. The private company is based in Puteaux, France. The French company was founded in 1993. Redouane Bellefqih has been the CEO of the company since 2021.