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Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

IrishAngels Inc (IrishAngels) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vitalize Venture Group founded in 2012 by Thomas Jordan Curnes, David Wieland and Gale Wilkinson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Founded in 1999 by Jerry Castellini and Ed Clark, CastleArk Management LLC is a registered investment adviser located in Chicago, Illinois. The firm provides investment advisory services to a variety of institutional clients, but their clients are predominantly pension plans, including corporate plans and state and local government plans. CastleArk also serves as adviser or sub-adviser to investment companies and collective trusts. Their clients may also include foundations and corporate accounts, plus a few high net-worth individuals. CastleArk's affiliated adviser CastleArk Alternatives, L.L.C. sponsors hedge funds for qualified investors.

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.

Madison Dearborn Partners LLC (Madison Dearborn Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by John A. Canning Jr., Paul J. Finnegan, Samuel M. Mencoff, Robin P. Selati, James N. Perry Jr. and Timothy P. Sullivan. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

VitalizeVC Management LLC (VitalizeVC Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Gale Wilkinson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

Commune Angels (Commune Angels) is an angel investment firm founded in 2020 by Dawn Batts, Terrence J.L. Reeves, Jeff Ponders II, Marlo Rencher and Darren R. Riley. The firm is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Norwest Equity Partners is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Norwest Partners founded in 1961 by John E. Lindahl. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

MissionSquare Retirement (Investment Management) (MissionSquare Retirement-IM) is the investment management division of MissionSquare Retirement, a mission-based, nonstock, nonprofit, financial services company headquartered in Washington, DC. Formerly known as International City Management Association Retirement, the firm was founded in 1972 to assist state and local governments and their agencies and instrumentalities in the establishment and maintenance of deferred compensation and qualified retirement plans for their public sector employees. MissionSquare Retirement-IM offers non-discretionary investment advisory services to public employers who pre-fund their other post-employment benefits such as post-employment healthcare.

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.

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.

Dorsey Asset Management LLC (DAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Patrick “Pat” Dorsey in 2013 and is owned by Wheat Thin LLC. DAM provides investment advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, charitable organizations and institutions. They also serve as the investment manager to certain private fund(s).

Global Endowment Management LP (GEM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded in 2007 by Thruston B. Morton III, Stephanie S. Lynch and Hugh N. Wrigley. They are a subsidiary of Global Endowment Partners LP. GEM provides investment management to private investment funds, as well as to separately managed accounts.

Greenleaf Juice Indiana LLC owns and operates restaurants. It offers juice, hot drinks, salads, soups, coffees and nut milks. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Elevate Ventures, Inc (Elevate Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Indianapolis.

TCP Management LLC (TCP Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Alex Western and Phil Trench. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Franklin Park Associates LLC (Franklin Park) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2003 by Bradley T Atkins, Michael D Bacine, Narayan R Chowdhury, Karl J. Hartmann & James B. McGovern. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia with an additional office in Dublin, Ireland.

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.