Farooq Abbasi

UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC (UBS AM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as UBS Global Asset Management (Americas), Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of UBS Americas, Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS AM provides investment products and services to corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions and advisors, central banks, charities, foundations and individual investors around the world.

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.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. (PAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1989 and is a subsidiary of PanAgora Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW) in Canada. PAM is the sponsor and investment manager for certain private unregistered investment pools, such as funds organized under US tax-qualified group trusts, domestic private funds organized as limited liability companies, and offshore private funds organized as Cayman Islands exempted companies. They also provide investment advisory services to institutional separate account clients.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC is the US-based securities broker/dealer and futures commission merchant arm of Mizuho Americas LLC, ultimately held by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411, NYSE: MFG) in Japan. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1994 and provides institutional and corporate clients access to commodity and financial markets around the world. Mizuho Securities USA covers the following industries: Consumer, Energy, Financial Institutions, Financial Sponsors, Healthcare, Industrial & Diversified Industries, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT). The firm and their affiliates hold memberships on all major futures and options exchanges worldwide.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

General Inception Management LLC (General Inception Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Vikram Chaudhery, Paul A. Conley and Jim Buzzitta. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

RSM US LLP engages in the provision of accounting services. It offers audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management services. The firm serves the energy, government, life sciences, manufacturing, private equity, and real estate and construction industries. The company was founded by Ira B. McGladrey in 1926 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

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.

JB Investment Co., Ltd. (JB Investment) is a venture capital subsidiary of JB Financial Group Co., Ltd. Founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Highline Technologies, Inc. is a payments platform that automates bill payments directly from payroll. The company is based in Dallas, TX. The platform helps lenders decrease missed payments by up to 2/3rds, reduce credit losses, expand customers’ credit options, and better support financial wellness. The company was founded in 2021 by Darin Cline, Geoff Brown. Geoff Brown has been the CEO since 2021.

KB Investment Co., Ltd. is a private equity/venture capital subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Inc. founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Finwrx Mexico Sapi De Cv is a Mexican company that offers a platform called Flexio, which is designed to automate charges and reduce delays in collection. The company is based in Mexico City, Mexico. The platform ensures that charges arrive on time without unnecessary complications or delays.

RM Global Partners Ltd (RMGLOBAL) is a venture capital subsidiary of RM Global Partners LLC founded in 2012 by Bruce E. Roberts. The firm is headquartered in Hertzliya, Israel.

NC Kazakhstan Engineering JSC produces and exports goods and services for special purpose law enforcement agencies. It also provides oil and gas equipment, and equipment for rail industry. The firm offers agricultural engineering and radio electronics equipment. Its products include ship machinery control systems, internal ship communications equipment, precision mechanics products, and ship instruments; naval weapons; crawler tractor carriers; aeronautical products; and torpedoes. The company was founded on March 13, 2003 and is headquartered in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Alambic Investment Management LP (Alambic) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Belvedere, California. The firm was founded by Albert Richards and Scott McBride in 2006. Alambic provides investment advice to the Colombard Funds and, on a sub-advisory or advisory basis, to separately managed accounts held by other types of clients, such as private funds managed by unaffiliated investment advisers.

BioProtect Ltd. designs, develops and commercializes balloon systems. Its patented technology allows for the design and manufacture of implantable biodegradable balloon products that support a wide range of clinical applications in oncology and surgery. The company’s balloon implant, indicated for prostate cancer patients. BioProtect was founded by Shaul Shohat, Adrian Paz and Abraham Domb in 2004 and is headquartered in Kfar Saba, Israel.

UH Ventures LLC (UH Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of University Hospitals Health System, Inc founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Gates Group Capital Partners LLC (Gates Group Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Mike De Windt and Walter Stuelpe. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.