Matthew Pepler

Cormark Securities Inc. (Cormark) is an independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Canada with additional office in Calgary. The firm was founded in 1981 as Sprott Securities, Inc. Cormark Securities provides execution and comprehensive coverage of Canadian listed companies to domestic and international institutional investors. They focus on Canadian-listed, mid-cap and emerging growth companies.

Vector Capital Management LP (Vector Capital Management) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1997 by Alexander R. Slusky. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Peregrine Metals Ltd. operates as a metals exploration company. The firm engages in the exploration and development of precious and base metal mineral properties in South America. The company was founded by Eric V. Friedland on September 20, 2005 and is headquartered in Marathon, Canada.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research.

MNP LLP engages in the provision of accounting, taxation, and advisory services. It offers consulting; corporate finance; enterprise risk; corporate and consumer insolvency; and valuation, forensics, and litigation support. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

CaseWare International, Inc. engages in the development of audit and trial balance software. The firm provides software for accounting firms, corporate, and government institutions. It offers audit, review and compilation, financial reporting, work papers, analytics, and practice management solutions. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Novacap Management, Inc (Novacap Management) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1981 by Marc Beauchamp. The firm is headquartered in Brossard, Quebec.

Morgan Bay Capital, Inc. is an independent, Canadian hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1999 by Matthew “Matt” Rivard and John MacDonald. Morgan Bay Capital provides investment advice to high-net worth individuals and institutional investors.

Fiera Capital Corp. (Investment Management) (FCC-IM) is the investment management division of Fiera Capital Corp. (TSE: FSZ), a publicly listed asset management firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 2010 through a merger with Sceptre Investment Counsel Ltd. FCC-IM offers customized multi-asset solutions across traditional and alternative asset classes to institutional, retail, and private wealth clients across North America, Europe, and key markets in Asia.

Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc. (Echelon) is a Canadian-owned and operated full-service broker-dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Robert Furse and David Cusson in 2010 as Euro Pacific Canada, Inc. They are owned by 1-UP Holdings Corp., a holding company. Echelon offers superior investment advice and efficient trade execution for their institutional and retail clients. In 2023, Echelon and PI Financial Corp. (now known as Ventum Financial Corp.) have agreed to combine in a merger of equals to create an investment advisory, wealth management, and capital markets firm.

Part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase SA Sociedad de Bolsa is an Argentinean company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Facundo Gómez Minujín has been the CEO of the company since 1995.

Origin Merchant Partners operates as an investment bank. It provides value added corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and merchant banking services. The firm serves the agriculture, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, industrials, media, mining, oil and gas, power and utilities, real estate, technology, telecommunications and transportation industries. The company was founded by W. Glenn Shyba in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Stillwater Canada, Inc. engages in the exploration of mines and mills copper, palladium, platinum, and gold in Canada. It also offers by-product of non-mineralized rocks. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Marathon, Canada.

Ice Edge Business Solutions, Inc. design and manufactures 3D videogame application. Its products include ICEcad, ICEquote, ICEsheet, ICEvision and ICEvr. The firm specializes in 3D, architecture, design, software, technology and manufacturing. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

TerraNova Partners LP (TerraNova Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Vahan Kololian, Jesse Gill and Kathleen Vesely. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Balanz Capital Valores SA is an investment research firm headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The firm was founded by Claudio Porcel in 2002 and they are a subsidiary of Balanz Capital Asset Management. Balanz Capital Valores provides research analysis of various companies and sectors.

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners, Inc. (Whitehorse Liquidity Partners) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

LUMINOR Environmental, Inc. manufactures water treatment technology. The private company is located in Canada.

Highline Beta, Inc (HIghline Beta) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Lauren Robinson. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

DaVita Venture Group (DaVita Venture Group) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of DaVita Inc. founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Structure Research Ltd. is an independent research and consulting firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm publishes research and analysis, and supplies the most comprehensive data sets, about the Internet infrastructure services market. They provide the information and perspective necessary to make accurate strategic decisions. Their research is global in scope with a special emphasis on emerging markets.

Arcadea Group (Arcadea) is a private equity firm founded in 2021 by Paul Yancich and Eisen Daniel. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Boreal Carbon Corp provides forest carbon credit development services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Brendon Abrams.

ONgold Resources Ltd. engages in the ownership of mineral exploration assets located in Northern Ontario. It holds interest in the TPK and October Gold projects. The company was founded on February 17, 2022 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.