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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

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.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

Dstillery, Inc. is an applied data science company. It provides cross-device audience targeting platform for brands. The company was founded by Alan Murray, Joe P. Doran, Rod Hook, David Honig, Joshua Abram and Kathy Leake in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Refinery 29, Inc. operates an online fashion portal. It provides information on style, shopping deals, and fashion trends that include information on designers, fashion news, local shopping reports, collaborations, sales, advertisement campaigns, beauty information in the areas of makeup trends, and beauty products. The firm also features vouchers, which enables shoppers to redeem sales at specific stores. The company was founded by Philippe von Borries, Justin Stefano, Christene Barberich, and Piera Luisa Gelardi in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Branding Brand, Inc. develops and provides mobile e-commerce sites and applications. It caters to clients from the food and beverage, apparel, cosmetics, technology, and automotive markets. The firm’s products include interactive multimedia catalogs, video libraries, social media integration, and push notifications. The company was founded by Christopher G. Mason, Joey Rahimi, and Christina L. Koshzow in 2008 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Founded in 1982, Baron Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered limited purposed broker/dealer and mutual fund distributor located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Baron Capital Group, Inc. They are affiliated with Baron Capital Management, Inc. and BAMCO, Inc., both of which of are SEC-registered investment advisors and wholly-owned subsidiaries of Baron Capital Group, Inc. Baron Capital, Inc. is a member of FINRA. They are the distributor of the Baron Funds

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP provides legal services. It offers legal solutions to areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, credit, insolvency, and restructuring, investment management, tax, and litigation. The company was founded by Francis N. Bangs in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Standard & Poor's Financial Services provides financial market intelligence services. It offers credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data to the financial decision-makers. The company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity (OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Orbimed Advisors LLC founded in 1993 by Samuel D. Isaly. The firm is headquartered in New York and it has additional offices in San Francisco, Mumbai, Shanghai, Herzliya, Hong Kong and London.

Part of International Business Machines Corp., IBM Watson Research Center provides business analytics technology that works across the health landscape, from payers and providers to government & life science. The company is based in Yorktown Heights, NY.

Miroma Ventures Ltd. (Miroma Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Miroma Group founded in 2003 by Marc Jason Boyan. The firm is headquartered in Fitzrovia, United Kingdom.

Rockbot, Inc. operates an all-in-one music platform for business. It offers a social jukebox service for iPhone and Android that lets client?s customers to pick the music playing at their restaurant, bar, or business from their smart phones. The company was founded by Garrett Dodge and Ketu Patel in 2010 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Tessera Venture Partners LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Xavier A. Segura and Sachin Jaitly. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Rebel Venture Fund (RVF) is a venture capital firm founded by Jeff Moskow in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Part of BlueFocus Intelligent Communications Group Co. Ltd., Rocket XL is a company that provides online marketing services. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company was founded by Patrick Yee. Rocket XL was acquired by Cossette, Inc. on May 01, 2008.

Shopflick, Inc. provides online video-shopping services. Its services include creation of individuals own instant, post video seller profiles & product listings, use of own video, and filmmakers marketplace videos. The company was founded by David Grant, Hall Davida Deutsch, Daniel Strauss, and Patrick Yee in July 2007 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Daily Harvest, Inc. delivers frozen smoothies that are packaged in individual, ready-to-blend cups. Its specialities include frozen food, nutritionist, technology, chef culinary and smoothies. The company was founded by Rachel Drori and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Torch Capital Management LLC (Torch Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jonathan Keidan. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Watertower Ventures, LLC (Watertower Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Derek Norton. It is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Burt Intelligence AB is a decision intelligence platform that specializes in digital advertising. The private company is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Swedish company's AI-powered analytics and insights help advertising sales, operations, and finance teams at media companies make data-driven decisions, increase operational efficiency, and drive revenue growth.

Decipher Finance LLC provides finance and investment advisory services. The private company is based in New York, NY.