Michael Nardella

HLM Management Co. LLC (HLM Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by James J.Mahoney, Judy Lawrie and Haberkorn A.R. The firm is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

AEA Investors LP (AEA Investors) is a private equity firm founded in 1968 by Rockefeller, Mellon & Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co, a subsidiary of AEA Holdings LLC. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Champlain Investment Partners LLC (CIP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. The firm was founded by Scott Brayman, Judith O’Connell, Wendy Nunez, and Mary Michel in 2004. They are a subsidiary of CIP Management Holdings LP. CIP provides investment advice to investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, corporate and public pension plans, health care and religious organizations, endowments and foundations, Taft-Harley plans, colleges and universities, family offices, private banks and corporations and other businesses.

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.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Insight Venture Management LLC (Insight Venture Partners) is a private equity/ venture capital subsidiary of Insight Holdings Group LLC founded in 1995 by Jeffrey L. Horing and Jerry Fred Murdock. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

Altaris Capital Partners LLC (Altaris Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded by George Aitken-Davies and Daniel Tully in 2003. The firm is headquartered in New York.

JMC Capital Partners LLC (JMC Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Michael A. D’Amelio and G. Lawrence Bero. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Consumer Edge Research LLC, dba Consumer Edge (CE), is an equity research holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Bill Pecoriello in 2009. They offer consumer data solutions for everyone from public and private investors to corporate decision makers and strategists. CE focuses on the global consumer sector such as the beverages, food, cosmetics, household/personal care and tobacco industries. Data is gathered both from global syndicated sources as well as primary research surveys, channel checks and other proprietary data collection.

Level Equity Management LLC (Level Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Benjamin Levin, George W. McCulloch and Sarah Sommer. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Jebbit, Inc. operates a digital marketing platform to customize, measure, and optimize post-click engagement. It helps media companies drive revenue by providing interactive mobile content solutions as part of their digital offerings. The company was founded by Jonathan Lacoste, Thomas Coburn, Chase McAleese and Jeb Thomas in December 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Fifth Down Capital Partners LLC (Fifth Down Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Andrew Spellman. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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.

PSG Equity LLC (PSG Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2014. The firm headquartered in Boston, MA.

M & J Imports LLC is a winemaking company. The private company is based in Boston, MA. The company was founded in 2018 by Zack Armen.

Multiplier Capital LLC (Multiplier Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Ray C. Boone, Ezra M. Friedberg and Kevin P. Sheehan. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital (Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Merchant Banking founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Intrinsic Capital Partners is a private equity/venture capital firm founded by Gerald Stahlecker, Cornelius Merlini, and Howard Goodwin. The firm is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Onc.ai, Inc. is a digital health company that is privately held and is developing a precision oncology care management platform. The company is based in San Carlos, CA. The company aims to transform clinical decision making and is backed by premier investment firms such as the Blue Venture Fund, MassMutual Alternative Investments, and Accomplice, among others. The company is building a pipeline of physician-centered products to fulfill the potential of precision oncology. The company was founded by Akshay Nanduri, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Schvey, Inc. offers blockchain solutions to financial institutions and capital markets. The company was founded by Greg Schvey and Jeff Schvey in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Craniovation, Inc. engages in providing health care services. The company was founded by Vijay Agarwal and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Capstone LLC is a policy analysis and regulatory due diligence research firm headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded by David Barrosse in 2010 and is wholly owned by the Orion Group LLC. Capstone helps corporations, industries, and investors navigate the local, national, and international policy and regulatory landscape. The firm explores how policy affects companies, industries, and investments in the financial services, health care, TMT, and energy sectors. They work with a diverse group of corporate and investor clients that produce actionable investment research based on their deep-dive analysis of public policy.

Ghostwarp Co. provides technology services. The company is based in West Roxbury, MA.

Cognate, Inc. engages in the provision of blockchain services. It uses blockchain to do common law trademarks registry. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Axon Therapies, Inc. develops treatment for heart failure. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Action Potential Venture Capital (Action Potential Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline Plc founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Arboretum Ventures LLC (Arboretum Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Jan L. Garfinkle and Tim B. Petersen. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Endstate is a company that was founded in 2021 by Bennett Collen and Stephanie Howard. The company is based in West Roxbury, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company specializes in creating premium physical sneakers that are designed from the sole up by the Endstate team. The company also embed an NFC chip into the tongue of every sneaker and provide digital artwork that serves as a certificate of authenticity and membership. The company collaborated with the David Ortiz Children's Fund to create a limited edition sneaker. Bennett Collen has been the CEO since incorporation.

Regal Healthcare Capital Management LLC (Regal Healthcare Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Jon Santemma and David Kim. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Tilia Holdings LLC (Tilia Holdings) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Johannes P. Burlin and Eric Christian Larson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Beechwood Capital LLC (Beechwood Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Lawrence M. Khan. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Wavecrest Management Co LLC (Wavecrest Growth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Deepak Sindwani and Valibhav Nalwaya. The firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Virtu Financial LLC operates as an electronic market making firm which provides offers to buy and sell a security or other financial product. The firm is a market maker across all financial centers including equities, fixed income, currencies, futures, energy products and other commodities. The company was founded by Vincent Viola and Douglas A. Cifu in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.