Ben Perlman

Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC (SHGA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm was founded in 1982 by Jane Williams. SHGA provides investment management and wealth management services to high net-worth individuals, families, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, and business entities.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

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.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Deloitte LLP (New York) engages in the provision of audit, consulting, tax, and advisory solutions. It offers services relating to tax, consulting, audit and assurance, Deloitte private company services, mergers and acquisitions, risk and financial advisory, analytics, and cloud. The company was founded by William Welch Deloitte, George A. Touche, Charles Waldo Haskins, and Elijah Watt Sells in 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Stone Point Capital LLC (Stone Point Capital) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Menlo Ventures Management LP (Menlo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by DuBose Montgomery. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Enhanced Capital Partners LLC (Enhanced Capital Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Andrew Paul. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of chronic diseases. Its lead product candidate, ITCA 650, is currently in development for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The firm’s platform technology is a proprietary subcutaneous delivery system that involves a matchstick-size, miniature osmotic pump implanted sub-dermally to provide continuous and consistent drug therapy, and the company’s proprietary formulation technology, which maintains stability of therapeutic proteins and peptides at human body temperatures for long extended periods of time. The company was founded by Mark Moran in June 1995 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Saints Ventures LLC (Saints Ventures) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Ken Sawyer and David Quinlivan. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

California Science Center is a non-profit organization. It provides model for science learning by combining exhibits with an on-site Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning as well as a teacher professional development program. The company was founded in February 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Business-Higher Education Forum is a non-profit membership organization that connects higher education institutions to business talent demand. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company helps corporate CEOs and university presidents to anticipate skills needs and improve pathways between higher education and workforce. The company identifies high-value emerging skills through yearly signature reports, ad hoc research, and timely quick takes. BHEF has a repeatable approach to accelerate pathway development between business and higher education, resulting in over 100 credentials.

The Los Angeles Sports Council is a non-profit organization that aims to unite and strengthen the sports community in the world. The non-profit company is based in Los Angeles, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization has a program called Ready, Set, Gold! which promotes healthy and active lifestyles to children in schools. The program is a public-private partnership between the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games, The Foundation for Sports Development, and several public-school districts.

The Founders Fund Management LLC (The Founders Fund Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Andreas Thiel, Ken Howery and Luke Nosek. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

1Flourish Capital LLC (1Flourish Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by David A. Lane, Reid Rutherford, Skip Vaccarello and Andrew Miller. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Cal Poly Foundation engages in the provision of philanthropic services. It generates private support in building and maintaining multidisciplinary Learn by Doing educational model. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Trees Capital Partners Ltd. provides oil and gas. The company is headquartered in the United States.

Part of P10, Inc., Enhanced Capital Holdings, Inc. functions as an investment holding company. The company is based in New Orleans, LA.

Lynx Equity Ltd (Lynx Equity) is a private equity firm founded by Brad Nathan, Joanna Lipfield, Marvin Pludwinski and Judith Benattar in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Prudential Private Capital (Prudential Private Capita) is a private equity firm founded in 1925. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Glasswing Ventures LLC (Glasswing Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Rudina Seseri and Rick Grinnell. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of MMIC Group, Inc., Constellation provides medical professional liability insurance services. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company was founded in 1978. The CEO is Ryan J. Crawford.

Charlotte Regional Partnership operates as a non-profit economic development organization. It serves as a catalyst for government and business collaboration to market and promote Charlotte USA for sustained, long-term growth, job creation, and investment opportunities. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Obra Capital Management LLC (Obra) is a SEC-registered alternative asset manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded in 2010 as Vida Capital Management LLC. They are wholly-owned by Obra Capital, Inc. Obra provides investment products and solutions for a diverse group of investors.

New York University Tandon School of Engineering engages in the provision of educational services focusing on science and technology. Its degrees and programs include bachelor of science, master of science, doctor of philosophy, advanced certificate programs, a bridge program to NYU Tandon, and industry partner programs. The company was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Olympus Peak Asset Management LP (OPAM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Doreen Mochrie and Todd Westhus in 2018. OPAM serves as the investment adviser, with discretionary trading authority, to private, pooled investment vehicles. An investment in a Fund is generally open to, among others, institutions, pension plans, endowments, high net-worth individuals, financially sophisticated individuals, and other sophisticated investors.