David Carter

TearLab Corporation, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of a tear testing platform. Its primary product, the TearLab Osmolarity System, enables eye care practitioners to test for highly sensitive and specific biomarkers using nanoliters of tear film at the point-of-care. It measures tear film osmolarity for the diagnosis of dry eye disease. The company was founded by Benjamin D. Sullivan in 1996 and is headquartered in Escondido, CA.

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.

CR Group LP (CRG) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Charles Tate. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Palestra Capital Management LLC (Palestra) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2011 by Jeremy Schiffman and Andrew Immerman, who are equal owners of the firm. Their ownership is held through Palestra Management, LP, a Delaware limited partnership. Palestra provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to private funds that are pooled investment vehicles intended for high-net-worth, financially sophisticated individual investors and institutional investors.