Ben Koppel

Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC (NMIS) is an asset management firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1968 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. NMIS serves the investment planning and product needs of individuals and businesses through high-quality products, personal service and innovative solutions.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. provides investment advice. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, MI.

Perquest, Inc. provides online payroll and employer services. The company was founded by David E. Kahn in 2001 and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

Adams Street Partners LLC (Adams Street Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1972 by George H Spencer and Shahab Rashid. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, IL, with offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

Prospect Partners Advisors LLC (Prospect Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of CxSearch Global Partners LLP founded in 1998 by William V. Glastris, Louis William Kenter and Richard Carl Tuttle. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Accel-KKR LLC (Accel-KKR) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Thomas Barnds. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Panduit Corp. develops and provides networking and electrical solutions. Its products include wire termination, copper systems, fiber optic systems and grounding and bonding. The company was founded by Jack E. Caveney Sr. in 1955 and is headquartered in Tinley Park, IL.

Ignite Technologies, Inc. provides enterprise software solutions. It offers software solutions that publish, deliver and manage digital assets such as video and media for communications and training to software patches and virus updates. The company was founded by Scott H. Wilson in 2000 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

PPC Investment Partners LP (PPC Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Tony N. Pritzker and Jay Robert Pritzker. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

CircleUp Advisors LLC (CircleUp Advisors) is a venture capital subsidiary of Brightflow AI. Inc founded in 2011 by Ryan Caldbeck and Rory Eakin. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Savant Capital LLC, do-business-as Savant Wealth Management (Savant), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Rockford, Illinois. The firm was founded by Thomas Muldowney in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Savant Capital Holdings LLC, owned by SCMI, Inc. (formerly known as Savant Capital Management, Inc.). Savant offers investment management, financial planning, retirement planning, and family office services to financially established individuals, families, and businesses.

Cole-Parmer Ltd. manufactures laboratory glassware, plasticware and scientific equipment. The firm provides lab equipment and lab products. Its brand names include Stuart, Techne, Jenway and Electrothermal. The company was founded by James Heffernan in 2002 and is headquartered in Stone, the United Kingdom.

Assemblies Unlimited, Inc. provides contract packaging and assembly services. It includes supplement and food packaging as well as fulfillment services. The firm serves packaging solutions for every product. The company was founded by Randy Shaw in 1993 and is headquartered in Bloomingdale, IL.

Centro, Inc. distributes industrial supplies and equipment . It serves customer through six product focused divisions: Instrumentation, Measurement & Control Division, Valve, Actuation & Engineered Products Division, Purification & Filtration Division. Pump & Seal Division, Process Equipment & Sanitary Division; and Automation & Robotics Division. The company was founded by Hollis Henson and Walter Rotenberry in 1970 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Ecker Center for Mental Health, Inc. provides health care services. Its services include fees, payment and insurance, case management, psychiatric emergency program (PEP), psychiatric services, psycho-social rehabilitation (PSR) and residential services. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Elgin, IL.

Spins LLC provides market measurement information and insights for manufacturers and retailers. It provides information, insight, and a common language for the industry to understand and analyze consumer, retail, and broad marketplace dynamics. The firm supports natural, organic and specialty brands. The company was founded by Tony Olson and David Navama and Padraic L. Spence and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Experian Qas is a data quality management company that provides software solutions to help businesses maintain accurate and up-to-date customer information. The private company is based in Boston, MA. The company's products include address verification, data cleansing, and email validation tools.

Founded in 1982 by Elliot Schlang, Great Lakes Review is an investment research firm located in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm is a division of Wellington Shields & Co. LLC and their ultimate parent is Wellington Shields Holdings LLC. Great Lakes Review provides company analysis and rating services to institutional clients including asset managers, broker/dealers, corporations, financial intermediaries, hedge funds and plan sponsors. Their products include thematics, statistics, individual company reports, company-specific news updates, weekly updates and periodic telephone updates. The firm maintains a buy list that is generally comprised of about 30 mid-cap companies located in the Midwestern region of the US. Great Lakes Review seeks to identify companies with true specialty niches, significant competitive advantages, above-average returns on both sales and equity, self-funding balance sheets with little debt, substantial inside ownership, few institutional shareholders, domestic orientations, constructive labor relations and reasonable price-to-earnings ratios.

Compass Capital Corp. is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Timothy Shanahan in 1984 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Compass Holding Group, Inc. Compass Capital provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts,-estates, charitable organizations and small businesses.

The Pritzker Group operates as a family investment firm. It engages in private capital and venture capital. The company was founded by Tony Pritzker and Jay Robert Pritzker in 1996 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Businessolver.com, Inc. provides market-changing benefits administration technology support services. Its products and services include benefits administration, which includes enrolment and eligibility, billing and financial reporting, total population health management and benefits reporting and analytics; and core product services which includes employee services, service center, COBRA services and flex spending administration. The company was founded by Jon Shanahan and Sean Patrick McMurray in 1998 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, IA.

Envista Forensics LLC provides forensic engineering and recovery solutions. The firm assists insurance companies, government agencies, insurers, owners, and self-insured entities with claims management solutions. Its services include forensic engineering and failure analysis, fire and explosion investigation, digital forensics, and equipment restoration. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

The Belsize Partnership LLP (Distill Ventures) is an independent accelerator founded in 2013 by Shilen Patel and Frank Lampen. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional office in New York.

Big Shoulders Capital LLC(Big Shoulders Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

Numerator Technologies, Inc. manufactures chemicals focused on the commercialization of tailor-made breakthrough solutions for the professional turf and agriculture industries. Its products include acidifiers, agricultural spray adjuvants, applicators, media and soil surfactants. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, FL.

Aesop Auto Parts LLC is a private company that aims to create a network of auto recyclers that are progressive and future-oriented. The company is based in Atlanta, GA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company plans to build a family of customer-centric auto recycling businesses that provide high-quality recycled parts, enabling repair shops and customers to lower their repair costs and contribute to a healthier environment. The company offers quality used auto parts that can be browsed and bought online.

Neighborhoods.Com LLC engages as a full service brokerage and online real estate agent, which helps people find the perfect home as well as the ideal neighborhood. The company was founded by Bill Ness, and Danny Goodman and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Trilogy.com, Inc. is a company that specializes in edge computing and cloud installations. The company is based in Austin, TX. Trilogy utilizes its Linx™ virtual private network and Conex infrastructure platform to build a unified, distributed multi-tenant cloud capability on a single network fabric to provide 1.5 million square miles of edge compute capability across rural areas. Trilogy Metals Inc. is a metals exploration and development company that holds a 50 percent interest in Ambler Metals LLC, which has a 100 percent interest in the UKMP in Alaska. The company's vision is to develop the Ambler mining district into a premier North American copper producer. The Trilogy Heart Valve System is a novel TAVR device indicated for the treatment of both AR and AS. The company recently founded the Rural Cloud Initiative, which aims to promote and accelerate the digital transformation of rural areas. The company was founded in 1990 by Terry Bishop as a manufacturers representative firm and has since evolved into one of the largest and most respected sales, service, and consulting organizations in the electronics industry. The company was founded in 1989. Kathy Slowinski has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Jigsaw Interactive Ltd. operates a personalized learning platform that is multi-dimensional and virtual. The American company's focus is on providing a unique and tailored learning experience to its users. Kathy Slowinski has been the CEO of the private company since 2023.