Kevin Rendino

180 Degree Capital Corp., a business development company listed on Nasdaq, invests in both public and private companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors and industries. It makes controlling and non-controlling investments in the form of equity, preferred stock, warrants and debt. It considers co-investments and takes seat on the board of directors.

Rentech, Inc. supplies wood chips, wood pellets and nitrogen fertilizers. It owns patented technologies for synthetic fuels and power production. The firm owns the intellectual property including, patents pilot and demonstration data, and engineering designs for a number of clean energy technologies designed to produce certified synthetic fuels and renewable power when integrated with third-party technologies. It also owns a biomass and natural gas-to-synthetic fuels demonstration facility located in Commerce City, Colorado. The company was founded by Dennis L. Yakobson on December 18, 1981 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

TheStreet, Inc. engages in the provision of financial news and information to investors and institutions worldwide. It operates through the following segments: TheDeal/BoardEx, RateWatch, and Business to Consumer. The TheDeal/BoardEx segment are based of proprietary and commercial systems developed for consumption by institutional clients. The RateWatch segment maintains a constantly-updated database of deposit, loan, and fee rate data from financial institutions using proprietary software and commercial software both internally and within the Amazon Web Services environment. The Business to Consumer segment is led by the namesake website of the company, and includes free content and houses its premium subscription products which targets varying segments of the retail investing public. The company was founded by James J. Cramer and Martin Peretz in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Synacor, Inc. engages in the provision of email and collaboration software, cloud-based identity management platforms, managed web and mobile portals, and advertising solutions. The company was founded by George G. Chamoun and Douglas S. Fish in January 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.