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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. is a learning company, which engages in instructional curriculum, assessment, technology, and professional learning. The company was founded in 1832 by William Ticknor and James Fields and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Forcepoint LLC provides unified web, email, and data security solutions. It offers data security consulting, security intelligence consulting, cyber security intelligence, training and technical certification, implementation packages, and government certification services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Mpower Holding Corp. provides broadband data and voice communication services to business and wholesale customers. It offers local and long distance voice services, as well as internet access, voice over internet protocol telephony, data services, web hosting, and network access services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Pittsford, NY.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Nice Systems UK Ltd. offers business solutions to capture, analyse and impact customer interactions over various channels, including audio, email, chat, social media and text messaging. The company is headquartered in Southampton, the United Kingdom.

Riskmetrics Group LLC provides financial risk management services. The firm provides financial analytics and wealth management solutions to different financial institutions, corporations and central banks. It consists of three primary business units–risk management, governance services and financial research. The company was founded by Ethan M. Berman in 1994 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Archive Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of document management services. The company was founded by Rick Kushel and Andrew Koval in 1991 and is headquartered in Fairfield, NJ.

Northwell Health, Inc. engages in the provision of medical and healthcare services. It offers several long-term care facilities, rehabilitation services, outpatient surgery centers, home care, hospice, diagnostic laboratory facilities, and emergency medical services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New Hyde Park, NY.

NICE Systems, Inc. provides financial crime, risk and compliance solution services. The company is headquartered in Rutherford, NJ.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

SpeechIQ LLC provides advanced speech analytics and quality management services platform. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Nextiva, Inc. operates as a cloud-based phone provider. The firms products include cloud phone systems, PBX SIP trunking, vFAX, phones and devices. It offers solutions to the small business, enterprise, education and government sectors. The company was founded by Lukas Gorny, Thomas Gorny and Tracy Conrad in 2006 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Cross Match Technologies, Inc. develops biometric identity management solutions. It offers authentication and verification solutions, ten-print and palm print live scan solutions for enrollment, identification, and forensic analysis; portable and handheld identity management solutions designed for a range of users, applications, and environments; and software development kits for end-users, developers, and integrators. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

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.

GXS Worldwide, Inc. engages in providing business to business eCommerce integration solutions. It offers transaction management infrastructure products and services that enable companies to electronically exchange business documents. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

GXS, Inc. provides cloud-based software and services. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

GXS Ltd. provides on-demand supply chain management and ecommerce solutions. Its services include managed, transact messaging, expert operations, direct integration, active applications, edge software and GXS freeway EDI software. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Sunbury-on-Thames, the United Kingdom.

iQor US, Inc. provides customer care and interactions and business process outsourcing solutions. It specializes in providing data-driven, technology-empowered customer support and processing services in the consumer and commercial markets. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

LiveVox, Inc. engages in the development of cloud contact center solutions. Its services include developer solutions; security and continuity; consulting services; and ROI and TCO calculators. The company was founded by Louis Summe and Larry Siegel in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

LanzaTech, Inc. provides gas fermentation services. Its converts carbon rich wastes and residues produced by industries such as steel manufacturing, oil refining, and chemical production into fuel ethanol. The company was founded by Sean Dennis Simpson in 2005 and is headquartered in Skokie, IL.

Alvaria, Inc. is an enterprise contact center solution provider that offers leading-edge customer experience and workforce engagement software, as well as cloud services technology solutions. The company is based in Westford, MA and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company specializes in contact center and workforce engagement solutions for large call centers across various industries. The company was founded in 1973, and the CEO is Jeff Cotten. Alvaria was acquired by Vector Capital Management LP from Aspect Software Parent, Inc. on February 04, 2019.

Tekla Capital Management LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Formerly known as Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC, the firm serves as an investment adviser for four closed-end funds – Tekla Healthcare Investors, Tekla Life Sciences Investors, Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund and Tekla World Healthcare Fund.