Frank D. Wood

Van Eck Associates Corp. (VanEck) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund management firm founded in 1955 by John van Eck to manage an international equity fund. In 1968, the firm began offering investments in gold shares and other hard assets. Headquartered in New York City, VanEck provides investment advisory services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

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.

Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC (Charlesbank Capital Partners) is a private equity firm co-founded in 1997 by Michael Eisenson, Kim Davis, Tim Palmer, Michael Thonis, Mark Rosen and Brandon White. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (Duff & Phelps) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was established in 1979, evolving from the Duff & Phelps investment research firm founded in 1932. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Partners, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS). Duff & Phelps provides investment advisory services to institutional clients, mutual funds, closed-end funds, and other pooled investment vehicles as well as to retail clients. Duff & Phelps is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).

Martingale Asset Management LP (Martingale) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1987 by Arnold Wood, Patricia O’Connor and William (Bill) Jacques. Martingale manages equity portfolios for corporate pension plans, foundations, endowments, public retirement systems, and multi-employer funds.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Champlain Investment Partners LLC (CIP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. The firm was founded by Scott Brayman, Judith O’Connell, Wendy Nunez, and Mary Michel in 2004. They are a subsidiary of CIP Management Holdings LP. CIP provides investment advice to investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, corporate and public pension plans, health care and religious organizations, endowments and foundations, Taft-Harley plans, colleges and universities, family offices, private banks and corporations and other businesses.

PhotoShelter, Inc. operates an online platform for photography websites. Its online tools allow users to sell, archive, and customize and design their photography websites. The company was founded by Allen Murabayashi, Jeffrey Arnold, Thomas S. Chin, and Grover Sanschagrin in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Krave Pure Foods, Inc. produces jerkys that are gluten-free and devoid of nitrites, monosodium glutamate, and corn syrup. Its products include basil citrus turkey, garlic chili pepper beef, and black cherry barbecue pork. The company was founded by Jonathan Sebastiani in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

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.

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.

American Securities LLC (American Securities) is a private equity firm founded in 1994 by Michael Gerald Fisch and Charles D.Klein. The firm is headquartered in New York, United States.

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

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Manulife Capital (Private Equity) (Manulife Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Manulife Capital, Inc. founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Ltd. (BNPP SEC ASIA) is the Hong Kong-based brokerage subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNP), an international banking group headquartered in France. BNPP SEC ASIA provides electronic trading services to its clients, including its affiliates which take principal or riskless principal positons. Such services enable the access to, and execution of trades via, alternative liquidity pools (ALPs), or commonly known as dark pools, operated by other service providers or affiliates of the firm (Third Party ALPs).

Greycroft LLC is a private equity & venture capital firm founded by Alan J. Patricof, Dana R. Settle and Ian Sigalow. The firm is headquartered in New York. They also have an office in Los Angeles, California.

Simple Food Ventures (Simple Food Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Greer Tessler. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Media Link LLC provides strategic advisory and business development services to media, marketing, advertising, entertainment, and technology sectors. It offers strategy development, enterprise transformation, business acceleration, executive search, and partnership management. The company was founded by Michael E. Kassan in 2003 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Continuum Brands LLC provides brand engineering, operational optimization, retail, and digital growth services. The private company is based in Boulder, CO. The company was founded by Neil Riddell. Neil Riddell has been the CEO since incorporation.

PTK Investments LLC (PTK Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Kevin M Wall and Susan Smalley. The firm is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

AdRizer LLC develops a full service-tracking platform for publishers seeking ROI optimization and digital marketing analytics. The company was founded by Stephen Flee and Ken Bond in 2013 and is headquartered in Sarasota, FL.

Fund At Hula (Hula) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont.

Three Chimneys Farm LLC operates as an American Thoroughbred race horse breeding farm. It specializes in caleb’s posse, fast anna, gun runner and palace malice. The company was founded by Robert N. Clay and is headquartered in Versailles, KY.

Kiosked Oy AB owns and operates an advertising automation platform for native, in-view digital advertising. The company turns online content, such as images, videos, applications, social media, advertisements, and broadcastings into non-intrusive interactive and viral storefronts. Kiosked was founded by Antti Pasila and Lars-Michaël Paqvalén on November 11, 2010 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Gaingels LLC (Gaingels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Paul Grossinger and David Beatty. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Pisces Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company, which engages in effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on August 16, 2021 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Barclays Plc/Secured Lending Bus/ was acquired by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC from Barclays PLC on September 07, 2015. Barclays is a British universal bank that offers consumer banking services and operates a top-tier corporate and investment bank.