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T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Berkshire Capital Securities LLC operates as an independent employee-owned investment bank specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions in the financial services sector. The company has partners located in Philadelphia, Denver, London, Frankfurt and Sydney. Berkshire Capital majorly transacts in the wealth management, money management, alternatives, real estate and broker/dealer industries. The company was founded in 1983 and headquartered in New York.

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.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Aramark Refreshment Services LLC provides food and beverage services. It offers coffee and tea service, filtered water and ice, micromarkets, and snacks and vending. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Lincoln Clean Energy LLC develops, owns, and operates wind farms. Its operational projects include Oak Solar, Lone Valley 1, Lone Valley 2, Hereford Wind, Jumbo Road Wind, and Horse Creek Wind. The firm’s development projects include LCE development pipeline and Electra Wind, Nazareth Solar, Rockwood Energy Center, and Shawnee Energy Center. The company was founded by Declan Flanagan, James R. Estes, Alex S. Kessel, Avy H. Stein and Christopher G. Boehm in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Graham Partners, Inc (Graham Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of The Graham Group Inc founded in 1988 by Steve C. Graham. The firm is headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Cresset Capital Management LLC provides reinvent wealth management services. It offers suite of family office services, investment advisory, planning, and other services. The company was founded by Eric Becker and Avy Stein and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

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).

Education Corp of America owns and operates private accredited colleges. The college provides educational opportunities in business, administrative, management, medical, technical and professional programs that are designed to prepare students for direct entry into the job market in the career areas of their choice. The college also offers associate degrees, diploma/certificate courses, master's degrees and baccalaureate degrees at our various campuses and online. The company was Founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

JourneyOne Ventures LLC (JourneyOne Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Helene Servillon. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Radiant Venture Capital Ltd(Radiant Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2014 by Gordon Yen and Duncan Chiu. The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics operates as a non-profit organization that provides education for the protection of nature. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Candlewood Investment Group LP (Candlewood) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Rye, New York. The firm was formed founded by Michael Lau and Indra Chandra in 2010 as the result of a spin-off from Credit Suisse Group AG. Candlewood provides investment management services to private pooled investment vehicles (Candlewood Funds) that are offered to investors on a private placement basis.

Freed Group Ltd. is a travel agency that offers its services through an online platform. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company was founded in 2015.

Turbine Simulated Cell Technologies Ltd. is a British company that leverages AI technology to understand oncology patients with simulated cells. The company is based in London, UK. and has subsidiaries in Hungary. The company was founded in 2019 by Szabolcs Nagy, Ivan Fekete, Daniel Veres, Kristof Zsolt Szalay. Szabolcs Nagy has been the CEO since 2019.

D.light Design, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes solar light and power products. It offers solar-powered light emitting diode lanterns and mobile chargers. The firm serves households and small businesses. The company was founded by Samuel Warrack Goldman, Gabriel C. Risk, Nedjip Orhan Tozun, Xianyi Wu, and Erica D. Estrada in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Axol Bioscience Ltd. is a biotech company that develops and produces induced pluripotent stem cell-derived clinically relevant cells for use in biomedical research and discovery. Its products include human neural progenitor cells, young frozen human cerebral cortical neurons, plated human cerebral cortical neurons, Alzheimer's disease human neural progenitor cells, reagents, and lipid-based transfection reagents. The firm's products are used in the testing of new drug compounds, as well as in the development of therapies for various diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. The company was founded by Yichen Shi and Jonathan Simon Milne and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Part of Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., ABC International Holdings Ltd. provides asset management services. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Essentia Analytics Ltd. develops a platform for professionals to practice skills-based investing technique. The firm also provides consulting services. The company was founded by Clare Pauline Flynn Levy on February 22, 2010 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Systemiq Capital Ltd (Systemiq Capital) is a venture capital firm spun out from SYSTEMIQ Ltd, founded in 2018 by Paul Polman, Jeremy Oppenheim, and Irena Spazzapan. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Cultivation Capital LLC (Cultivation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Brian Matthews, Cliff Holekamp, Jim McKelvey, Kyle Welborn, and Peter Esparrago. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.