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Payden & Rygel is a privately-owned, registered investment adviser headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Joan Payden in 1983. They provide a full range of investment strategies and solutions to institutions and individual investors.

Cascade Investment LLC is the private investment holding company of the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Founded in 1995, the firm manages the personal assets of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, as well as the assets of his philanthropic foundations. Cascade Investment is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

Coatue Management LLC (Coatue) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Philippe Laffont in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Coatue Management Partners LP. Coatue provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to US and non-US private investment funds intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors. Their flagship funds include Coatue Qualified Partners LP (CQP), Coatue Offshore Fund Ltd. (COF), and Coatue Offshore Master Fund LP (COMF). CQP and COF invest all of their investable assets in COMF. Coatue is a signatory of the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI).

G.research (formerly known as Gabelli & Co., Inc.) is a registered institutional research and brokerage firm headquartered in Rye, New York and was founded in 1976. The firm is a subsidiary of Gabelli Securities, Inc. and their ultimate parent is GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL). G.research has an emphasis on small and mid-cap ideas. Their core competencies include aerospace and defense, automotive aftermarket, food and beverage, gaming and lodging, industrials, media, specialty chemicals, telecom and utilities. They publish daily research notes and full reports utilizing their proprietary Private Market Value (PMV) with a Catalyst methodology.

Focus Financial Partners LLC operates a partnership of independent fiduciary wealth management firms. It provides access to best practices, resources, and continuity planning for its partner firms who serve individuals, families, employers and institutions with comprehensive wealth management services. The company was founded by Ruediger Adolf, Leonard Chang, and Rajini Sundar Kodialam in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Humin, Inc. develops technology to personalize contacts application. It provides building products that help users to make sense of their relationships, illuminate the relationships that matter and grow closer to the people that they care about most. The company was founded by Ankur Jain, Jake Medwell, Daniel Pourbaba, Jonathan Shriftman and David Wyler in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Post Advisory Group LLC (Post) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in New York City. The firm was founded by Larry Post in 1992 as MW Post Advisory Group. They are owned by Principal Global Investors Holding Company US LLC, ultimately held by Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFG). Post provides discretionary investment advisory services to a global client base of institutional investors.

Siguler Guff & Co. LP (Siguler Guff) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by George William Siguler, Andrew Joseph Guff and Donald Paul Spencer. The firm is headquartered in New York.with additional offices Boston, Houstan, London.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

ClearLight Partners Management LLC(ClearLight Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of The Westec Security Group Inc founded in 2000 by Michael S. Kaye. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Decimal, Inc. provides flat fee retirement and savings plans for small businesses and entrepreneurs. It offers Single(k) plans for the business owner with part-time W-2 employees or no employees, and Express(k), a 401(k) plan, and Custom(k), a custom retirement plan. It provides Starter(k), a payroll-deduction IRA solution for small businesses. The company was founded by Isabelle Quesada, Kyle Stephan and Chad W. Parks in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Good Eggs, Inc. designs and develops online applications for local food producers. It helps connect users to networks of locally-owned farms, small food businesses, commercial kitchens, warehouses, grocers and other people involved that feed a single region. The company was founded by Robert J. Spiro, Greta Caruso, Robert Zoller, Randy Puro, Ali Pflaum and Alon Salant in August 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

LJV Management Company LLC (Long Journey Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Lee Jacobs and Cyan Banister. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Prosus Ventures (Prosus) is a venture capital subsidiary of Naspers Ltd founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

McMaster-Carr Supply Co. supplies and markets industrial parts. It distributes air conditioners, clamps, drills, exhaust fans, generators, pipes, pumps, valves, saws, switches and thermal insulation. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Elmhurst, IL.

Caravan Global Investment LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company was founded in 2013 by Yasha Gofman.

VMG Equity Partners LLC (VMG Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by David Baram, Kara Cissell-Roell and Michael Mauze. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Deloitte Consulting LLP provides business consulting services. It offers services related to public finance, public sector management, health and social protection, information technology, financial sector, and trade and investment. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Vertical Finance, Inc. provides financial services. The company was founded by Matthew Goldman, Samantha Nebrich, Richard Francia and Peter Mansfield and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Capital Research & Management Co. (Fixed Income Investors) (CRMC-FII) is the investment management division of Capital Research & Management Co. (CRMC), a registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Jonathan Bell Lovelace in 1931 and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. CRMC-FII provides investment management services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.