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Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

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.

Scotia Capital (USA), Inc. (SCUSA) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Scotia Holdings (USA) LLC, which is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS; TSE: BNS) in Canada. They provide debt research coverage on US investment grade and high yield debt markets. SCUSA focuses on 6 industries which includes automotive, financial services, healthcare, media and communications, REGAL - real estate/gaming and leisure and technology. They also focus on 4 main global sectors such as power, mining, infrastructure and oil & gas/energy.

Founded in 2004, TD Securities (USA) LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc. and their ultimate parent is Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). TD Securities (USA) provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients in five areas of finance including: investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional equities, foreign exchange and money markets. Their services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The equity group provides research coverage of media and communications, technology, financial services, oil and gas, mining and metals, industrial products, forest products, technology, utilities and power, real estate, biotechnology, consumer products and merchandising and quantitative analysis strategy. The fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, U.S. and European debt issuers and investors.

Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC (FTI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). FTI provides investment advisory and portfolio management services under investment management agreements with clients in jurisdictions worldwide, which include registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds as well as to separate accounts.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

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.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Founded in 1987, Johnson Rice & Co. LLC is an institutional research and brokerage firm located in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1991, the firm began offering investment banking services. Johnson Rice & Co. focuses primarily on the energy and specialty retail sectors

Altan Capital SGIIC SA /Real Estate/ (Altán Capital SGIIC SA /Real Estate/) is a private equity subsidiary of Altán Capital SGIIC SA founded in 2006 by Fernando Olaso Echevarria. The firm is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Paradice Investment Management LLC (Paradice) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded in 2012 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PIM US Unit Trust. Paradice provides investment management services, directly or through its affiliates to separately managed accounts (SMAs) and privately offered pooled investment vehicles.

QiXinTian International Holding Ltd. operates seafood restaurant. Its hot pot restaurant provides dine-out options, stir-fried crab, and seafood's. The company was founded by Ruan Tianshu in 2006 and is headquartered in Suzhou, China.

Parnassus Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. Parnassus Investments (founded in 1984), the predecessor corporation, transferred all their assets to Parnassus Investments LLC in 2021 in connection with the acquisition of a majority equity interest in the firm by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (AMG) (NYSE: AMG) effective October 2021. The firm is directly owned by Gallium Acquisition LLC, ultimately owned by AMG. Parnassus Investments provides investment advisory services to two registered investment companies, the Parnassus Funds trust and the Parnassus Income Funds trust. The firm also provides investment advisory services to a variety of separate accounts and institutional accounts.

Jain Global LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in New York, NY.

Millennium Management LLC is a SEC-investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Israel 'Izzy' Englander in 1989 and is a subsidiary of MLM Trust B LLC, itself a subsidiary of MLM Trust B. Millennium Management provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

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.

Part of Kenvue, Inc., Johnson & Johnson de Colombia SA is a Colombian company that provides safe and comfortable options for every way of living. The company's mission is to take care of the world, one person at a time, by creating products that ensure health and well-being throughout life stages. The company's website is available under the "Terms of Use" agreement, which may be modified or added to by Johnson & Johnson de Colombia or any of its affiliated companies.

Zero2IPO Group is a holding company that provides investment and other financial services. It offers research and consulting, event and forum organization, data products, information and news releasing, investment banking services, direct investments, and wealth management. The company was founded by Gavin Ni and Zheng Dong Ni in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Inp Capital, Inc. (INP Capital) is a venture capital firm founded by Jackie Chen and Steven in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with offices in Australia and China.

Founded in 2002, Maxim Group LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides an array of financial services including: investment banking, equity research, private wealth management, structured products and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivative sales and trading to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. Maxim Group's niche is emerging-growth companies in a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, retail and others. They utilize a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investment recommendations. The firm combines rigorous financial analysis of specific companies and industries with due diligence that includes frequent consults with suppliers, customers, competitors and senior management. The firm focuses on under-covered, small- to-mid-cap companies where valuation levels may be out of sync with fundamental trends. Maxim's coverage universe often represents attractive niche industries where stocks tend to be inefficient. This research coverage fills a void created by the downsized research ranks and shrinking coverage of small- to mid-cap stocks by large investment banks. Maxim Group is a member of FINRA, the MSRB, the SIPC, the ISE, NASDAQ and NYSE Arca.

Crossbeam Venture Partners LLC (Crossbeam Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Ali Hamed. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Artá Capital SGEIC SA (Artá Capital) is a private equity arm of Artá Partners SA founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Quala SA provides consumer goods. It offers drinks, desserts and gelatins, frozen soft drinks, foods, snacks, and personal care products. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Bogota, Colombia.

Rappi SAS is an online grocery platform that operates in an undisclosed location. The Colombian company was founded in 2014 by Simon Borrero, Felipe Villamarin, Juan Pablo Ortega, Guillermo Plaza Roche, Andres Bilbao, and Sebastian Mejia. Simon Borrero has been the CEO since 2014.

Part of L'Oréal SA, L ’ Oréal Colombia SA is a Colombian company that manufactures and markets beauty and hair products. The company is based in Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia.

Matterscale Ventures LLC (Matterscale Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Antonio Luck. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Eight Enterprises LLC (8VC) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joseph T. Lonsdale. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Bia Energy SAS is an energy company based in Colombia. Bia Energy is a provider of electricity that replaces traditional suppliers and empowers users with technology, analytics, recommendations, and additional benefits for more efficient, responsible, and environmentally friendly consumption. The Colombian company helps customers achieve between 10-15% energy savings. Bia Energy SAS was founded by Guillermo Plaza, Leonardo Velásquez, and Sebastian Ruales. The CEO is Sebastian Ruales.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Elsewhere Partners LLC (Elsewhere Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2016 by Christopher A. Pacitti and John Douglas Thornton. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

KPMG US LLP operates as an audit, tax, and advisory firm. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

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