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Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Davenport & Co. LLC (Davenport) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1863, Davenport manages separate accounts for individuals, institutions, ERISA plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other types of entities. They also serve as the Advisor to various mutual funds.

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.

PetFoodDirect.com provides online retail services for pet foods and accessories. It manufactures canned and dry pet food for dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, birds, rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs, hamsters, fish, and other domestic animals. The company was founded by Jon Roska in 1997 and is headquartered in Harleysville, PA.

Founded in 2004, TD Securities (USA) LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc. and their ultimate parent is Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). TD Securities (USA) provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients in five areas of finance including: investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional equities, foreign exchange and money markets. Their services 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 equity group provides research coverage of media and communications, technology, financial services, oil and gas, mining and metals, industrial products, forest products, technology, utilities and power, real estate, biotechnology, consumer products and merchandising and quantitative analysis strategy. The fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, U.S. and European debt issuers and investors.

Alert Logic, Inc. provides managed detection and response (MDR) solutions. It offers coverage for public clouds, software as a service (SaaS), on-premises, and hybrid environments. The company was founded by Misha Govshteyn and Matthew Harkrider in 2002 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association provides educational and professionalism services in the field of alternative investments. The private company is based in Amherst, MA and has subsidiaries in Switzerland and Canada. The company was founded by Alexander M. Ineichen, Jayson Reagan Bronchetti, Peter Douglas, Florence Lombard. William J Kelly has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Jama Software, Inc. provides web-based management tools. It offers management software solutions that feature test and change management, diagramming, reports and dashboard development, and workflow monitoring solutions. The firm serves to the aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial technology and medical device industries. The company was founded by Eric Winquist, Sean Tong and Derwyn Harris in 2007 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Founded in 2007, Moelis & Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to corporations, institutions and governments. Moelis & Co. LLC provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

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.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New Mountain Capital LLC (New Mountain Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Steven Klinsky. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Bloomberg LP engages in the provision of business data, news, and financial information services. Its product include Bloomberg terminal, execution and order management, content and data, financial data management, and integration and distribution. The company was founded by Michael Rubens Bloomberg, Charles M. Zegar, Thomas F. Secunda, and Duncan L. MacMillan in 1981 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

Netwrix Corp. provides information technology auditing software services. Its products include Netwrix Auditor and Netwrix Data Classification. It offers data access governance, risk assessment, data remediation, subject rights requests, records management, file analysis, change auditing, storage optimization, and asset inventory solutions. The company was founded by Michael Fimin and Alex Vovk in 2006 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Flyp Technologies, Inc. Operates as an online platform that aggregates user's content. The firm specializes in content marketing, content curation, lead generation, digital publishing and marketing software. Its solutions include demand generation, account-based marketing, sales enablement and content marketing. The company was founded by Yoav Schwartz and Randy Frisch in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Nintex Global Ltd. engages in the provision and design of a automated and intelligent process automation system. It serves the energy, financial services, government, health, and life sciences industry. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

ForeSee Results, Inc. provides online survey services. It captures and analyzes online voice of customer data to help its clients increase sales, loyalty, recommendations and website value. The company was founded by Larry S. Freed in 2001 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Digital.ai Software, Inc. engages in the provision of automation software. Its primary product, the XebiaLabs DevOps Platform, allows enterprises to connect all DevOps tools, manage interactions, and create a data hub for reporting. The company was founded by Vincent Partington and Coert Baart in 2008 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Mid-Atlantic Venture Association represents private equity and venture capital companies. The private company is based in Timonium, MD. The company was founded by Charles W. Newhall.

Adthena Ltd. designs and develops an intelligence solution for search marketers. The firm offers partner management, strategic planning, gap analysis, ad copy analysis, and brand protection. The company was founded by Ian Whitney O’Rourke and Andrew Richard Denby Evetts in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

BP Healthcare Group operates as a Malaysian healthcare company. The private company is based in Ipoh, Malaysia and has subsidiaries in Malaysia.

Asian Healthcare Group Bhd. operates as a development stage investment holding company. The company was founded on October 27, 2014 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Blackstone Credit /Private Equity/ (Blackstone Credit) is a private equity subsidiary of Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH, GetYourGuide AG is an online travelling platform. The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The Swiss company was founded in 2008 by Martin Sieber, Tobias Rein.

Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP (BACA) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Stephen Schwarzman in 2005 as GSO Capital Partners LP and changed their name to Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP in 2020. They are a subsidiary of GSO Holdings I LLC, ultimately owned by The Blackstone Group, Inc. (NYSE: BX). BACA provides their services to a limited number of sophisticated investors such as institutional and high-net worth individual investors.

Blue Collective LLC (Blue Collective) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2010 by JJ Kasper and Brian K. Stafford. The firm is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

FarmTogether, Inc. invests in farmland. The company was founded by Artem Milinchuk and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Sass Labs, Inc. engages in developing an artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting platform. Its platform AllyO utilizes deeply conversational AI to fully automate an end-to-end recruiting workflow by engaging via texting over mobile and web. The company was founded by Sahil Sahni and Ankit Somani in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Stern Value Management Ltd.. provides management consulting services. The firm advises clients in transaction, strategy, performance, and transformation. The company was founded by Joel M. Stern on November 1, 1982 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of McKinsey & Co., Inc., McKinsey & Company Holdings Ltd. is a consulting firm that partners with leaders on strategy, innovating to net zero, leading with tech, and building capabilities for a sustainable, inclusive, growing future. The company is based in London, UK. The British company specializes in Consumer Packaged Goods and has conducted research, articles, and reports on the changes that matter most for the challenges and opportunities ahead. The company was founded in 2011 by Brian K. Stafford.