Jimmy Comfort

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance, annuities, and employee benefits programs. It operates through the US, and MetLife Holdings segments. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Founded in 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (CSAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), a publicly owned foreign bank holding company based in Switzerland.

Davenport & Co. LLC (Davenport) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1863, Davenport manages separate accounts for individuals, institutions, ERISA plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other types of entities. They also serve as the Advisor to various mutual funds.

Columbia Capital LLC (Columbia Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Dave P. Mixer. The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

Freestone Capital Management LLC (Freestone) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded by Gary Furukawa and Gary Smart in 1999 and is principally owned by Freestone Capital Holdings LLC. Freestone provides wealth management and investment advisory services to high net worth families and individuals on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis, typically through managed accounts. They also serve as investment manager to private funds.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

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.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.

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.

New Mountain Capital LLC (New Mountain Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Steven Klinsky. The firm is headquartered in New York.

LLR Management, LP is a private equity firm founded in the year 1999 by Howard Ross, Ira Mark Lubert and Seth Lehr. The firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Sentinel Capital Partners LLC (Sentinel Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by David Lobel, John McCormack, and Frank Richardson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Updata Management LLC (Updata Partners) is a venture capital/private equity firm founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Washington, Columbia.

Zotec Partners LLC provides medical billing and practice management services for the hospital-based specialty market. The firm serves in the areas of radiology, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, retail and enterprise. The company was founded by T. Scott Law in 1998 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.

Save The Children Federation, Inc. operates as a nonprofit children's relief and development organization. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Fairfield, CT.

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI). Houlihan Lokey Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They also have the ability to serve as underwriter or bookrunner with respect to traditional debt and equity offerings, including leveraged loans and public offerings of debt, equity-linked, and equity securities.

Access Ventures, Inc (Access Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Bryce Butler. The firm is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

WWV HOLDINGS LLC (WWV HOLDINGS) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Bob Pattillo. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

The company's solutions allow customers to manage connectivity for moving things, providing unparalleled visibility and control over their connectivity service and users' quality of experience. The company is based in Miramar, FL. Espace Networks' software platform is used by leading cruise lines and airlines to measure and optimize their passenger quality of experience and orchestrate connectivity service across multiple providers using data and AI. The company offers a cloud-based digital network platform for seamless procurement and operations of multi-orbit, multi-band, multi-operator, multi-provider satcom. Espace's platform-as-a-service caters to maritime, aviation, oil & gas, and land mobility markets. The company was founded by Shadrach Benny Retnamony, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

NearForm Ltd. is an enterprise software development company based in Waterford, Ireland. NearForm specializes in application modernization using leading technologies, development practices, and delivery processes to create future-ready enterprise solutions. The Irish company offers a range of software services including digital product development, DevOps & platform engineering, data engineering & analytics. The company's blog provides insights and perspectives on design, software development, business, and technology. NearForm's client stories and case studies showcase their expertise in digital transformations, capability building, software development, and modernization. The company is known for providing enterprise software development and capability building for top development teams. NearForm creates software solutions that accelerate enterprise success and contribute to the development of their open-source community. The company was founded by Cian Ó Maidín and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Mesh Ai Ltd. is a transformation consultancy that specializes in using data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to accelerate business outcomes for enterprises. Mesh Ai is based in London, UK. The British company focuses on transforming organizations through people, process, and technology, making them data-rich and ready to unlock AI at scale. The company uses cutting-edge data transformation approaches, including data mesh, AI, and ML, to deliver speed, access, and scalability across products and services.

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Blue Collective LLC (Blue Collective) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2010 by JJ Kasper and Brian K. Stafford. The firm is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Staple Street Capital Management LP (Staple Street Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of founded Staple Street Capital LLC in 2009 by Stephen D Owens and Hootan Yaghoobzadeh. The firm is headquartered in New York.

SSJA Bariatric Management LLC provides administrative support services to bariatric surgery offices. The company was founded by Shawn Garber in 2018 and is headquartered in Roslyn Heights, NY.

Bandwidth Infrastructure Group CA LLC provides dark fiber network solutions. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded in 2019 by Jim Nolte. Bruce Garrison has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Purely Maple, Inc. produces and distributes beverages including maple water. The firm offers maple water under its Happy Tree brand. Its products include lemon, ginger and cold brew coffee. The company was founded by Ari Tolwin and Chaim Tolwin in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ScriptCo Inc. is a membership-based pharmacy that aims to make prescription medications more affordable for everyone. The company is based in Woodway, TX. The company does not accept any form of insurance and supplies the same generic medications. To become a member, one needs to fill out the forms on their website. Prescribers can send in new prescriptions to ScriptCo Pharmacy through E-Scribe or other means. The company was founded by Mark McCormick and Zach Zeller, and Mark McCormick has been the CEO since incorporation.