James Pardee

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

SolmeteX, Inc. engages in the manufacture of chemicals for regulating toxins from drinking water and wastewater. It offers Hg5 series and PowerClean series products. Its services include amalgam recovery, lead recycling, photo chemical recovery, biohazard/sharps disposal. The company was founded by Owen E. Boyd in 1994 and is headquartered in Northborough, MA.

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.

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.

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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

Duke University Health System, Inc. engages in the provision of health care services. It offers cancer treatment, primary care, orthopedics, aesthetics, and fertility services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Valtris Specialty Chemicals Ltd. develops, manufactures and sells additives for the polymer and coatings industries. It offers additives, antioxidants, metal stearates and lubricants, light stabilizers, blowing agents, pigments, waxes, non phthalate plasticizers, polymeric plasticizers, processing aids, flame retardants and viscosity modifiers. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

GI Manager LP (GI Manager) is a private equity firm founded by Richard Allen Magnuson and Michael F. Foust in 2001. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. provides research rodents and related products and services. It offers monoclonal antibody production, drug safety testing and other services. The firm also provides contract breeding solutions, animal models, Taconic transgenic exchange, custom model generation, contract research solutions, and research services. The company was founded by Robert K. Phelan in 1949 and is headquartered in Rensselaer, NY.

Rockpoint Group LLC (Rockpoint Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Bill Walton and Keith Gelb. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with an additional offices in San Francisco, Dallas, Seoul, and London.

Material Impact Management LLC (Material Impact Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Carmichael Roberts and Adam Sharkawy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Michigan Ross Zell Lurie Institute / Venture Capital/ (Zell Lurie Institute) is a venture capital subsidiary of Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies Studies founded in 1997 by Samuel Zell, Ann Lurie and Robert H. Lurie. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

DataCule, Inc. develops molecular data storage technology. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

The Founders Fund Management LLC (The Founders Fund Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Andreas Thiel, Ken Howery and Luke Nosek. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

One Rock Capital Partners LLC (One Rock Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Tony W. Lee and R. Scott Spielvogel. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Paine Schwartz Partners LLC (Paine Schwartz Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Dexter Paine, Kevin Michael Schwartz and Mitchell S. Presser. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

ExodusPoint Capital Management LP (ExodusPoint) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2017 by Michael Gelband and Hyung Lee. ExodusPoint provides investment advisory services directly to private investment funds.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Blue Owl Credit Advisors LLC (Blue Owl Credit Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Blue Owl Capital, Inc founded in 2015 by Douglas Ostrover, Marc Lipschultz and Craig W. Packer. The firm headquartered in New York.

Spear Education LLC provides dental continuing education. It offers online and team education, lectures, seminars, and hands-on workshops. The firm's seminars provide fundamental concepts, systematic treatment planning, and steps for predictable clinical results. The company was founded by Frank Spear and Imtiaz Manji in 2006 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

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.

Cinctive Capital Management LP (Cinctive Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Lawrence (Larry) Sapanski and Richard Schimel. Cinctive Capital provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to collective investment vehicles organized as domestic or foreign private investment partnerships, corporations, companies and/or other entities.

Valtris AO Belgium NV is a Belgian chemical manufacturing company that was founded in 2012. The private company is based in Tessenderlo, Belgium and specializes in the production of organic basic chemicals.

Founded in 2018, Valtris Enterprises Ltd. is a British chemical company that manufactures and distributes chemical products. Part of Valtris Specialty Chemicals Ltd., the company is based in Manchester, UK.

Part of Valtris Specialty Chemicals Ltd., Valtris Advanced Organics Ltd. is a British company that manufactures and sells organic chlorinated chemicals. The company is based in Manchester, UK.

Grant Avenue Capital LLC (Grant Avenue Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Buddy Gumina. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (Morgan Stanley Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Morgan Stanley founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP, Corbets Capital provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY. Corbets Capital was founded in 2022.