Douglas M. Atkin

Founded on March 22, 2005, Majestic Research Corp. is an investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: ITG). Majestic Research offers proprietary methods and tools for accessing real-time data. The firm leverages their relationships with proprietary industry data providers and their proprietary Web harvesting technology to generate insights from the analysis of numerous data points. They cover a variety of sectors including: airlines, casinos, consumer technology, cruise lines, hardline retail, healthcare, Internet, real estate, softline retail and video games. Majestic Research's capabilities also include custom, primary and market research.

CreditSights, Inc. is an independent investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Paul Ciasullo, Reena Mithal, Glenn Reynolds and Peter Petas in 2000. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. CreditSights provides fundamental, in-depth credit research for buy-side decisionmakers, sell-side intermediaries and wealth managers and private banks globally. The firm actively covers more than 5,000 companies in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific representing over 56 countries.

StarMine Corp. developed web based analytics and equity research management tools for investment firms and investment banks. The firm provided equity data and research service for portfolio managers and analysts were access to the financial statements of various companies. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 1998 by William R. Hambrecht, WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They provide research that focuses on the (1) Asia-Pacific, biotechnology, business applications and services sectors (2) the China Internet and technology sector (3) consumer (4) enterprise software and Internet (5) gaming technology (6) Internet (7) medical technology (8) nanotechnology (9) networking and data infrastructure (10) semiconductors and devices and (11) specialty pharmaceuticals.

BV-Cornerstone Ventures LP is a venture capital firm located in Broomfield, Colorado with an additional office in McLean, Virginia

Instinet Group, Inc. provides electronic trading solutions. It also provides customers with an access to the decision-making tools. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tamale Software, Inc. provides research management software solutions. It enables research analysts, portfolio management service firms and traders to organize, filter, share and retrieve proprietary research. The company was founded by Robert Tishman, Daniel Dias and John Fawcett in September 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Selerity, Inc. operates as a contextual content recommendation company for enterprise applications. Its products include Selerity context, real-time event data, and Selerity global insight. The company was founded by Ryan Terpstra in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Binary Event Network, Inc. operates as a financial trading platform with proprietary pricing content applications. It develops a tool that combines algorithm, crowd sourcing, and social gaming aspects to predict the outcomes of various events (elections, sports, politics, financial events, and entertainment events). The firm's tool turns events into an interactive live game by collecting, rewarding, and reporting opinions. The company was founded by Gregory W. DePetris, John McNamara, Sean McNamara and Thomas Little in January 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.