Mohamed Almaskati

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Midland Walwyn, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm offers brokerage and investment banking services as well as commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity, and M&A services to institutional and retail clients.

TDR Capital LLP (TDR Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Tudor Investment Corp. founded in 2002 by Manjit Dale and Stephen James Robertson. The firm is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Arcapita Bank BSC provides corporate, real estate, and asset-based investment services. It invests in information technology, healthcare, retail, residential, energy, consumer, oil & gas, and transport companies. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain.

Scotia Capital, Inc. (Broker) (Scotia Capital-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Scotia Capital, Inc., a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm is owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE, TSE: BNS). Scotia Capital-Broker delivers a broad range of electronic trading products such as high-touch, low-latency, market access and a broad algorithmic trading suite for a wide range of clients globally. They publish monthly indexes to help investors track the performance of Canadian Hedge Funds and Alternative Mutual Funds.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also 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 firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Part of Tapestry, Inc., Coach Japan, Inc. is a Japanese company that imports, wholesales, and retails leather goods under the Coach brand name. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. Daniel DiCicco has been the CEO of the company since 2010. Coach Japan was acquired by Tapestry, Inc. from Sumitomo Corp. on July 01, 2005 for $304.78 million.

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.

Founded in 1999, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

BDC Venture Capital (BDC Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1975. The firm is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Ardian SA (Ardian) is a private equity subsidiary of Ardian Holding SAS founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Japan Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides investment banking and institutional securities services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Penfund Management Ltd (Penfund Management) is an Independent Private Equity firm is founded in 1979 by John Bradlow. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Angiochem, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in the development of pharmaceutical drugs for brain diseases and brain-related disorders. It offers small molecules and biologics, for the treatment of central nervous system diseases including primary brain cancer, brain metastases, lysosomal storage diseases, and pain. The company founded by Richard Béliveau in 2003 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Wi2Wi, Inc. provides advanced microsystems, miniaturized embedded wireless connectivity solutions. Its products include wireless connectivity, timing and frequency control, and antennas and connectors. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Part of UBS Group AG, UBS AG (Japan Branch) is a financial services company based in Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese company leverages years of experience to deliver services to clients and partners with them to mobilize capital towards a more sustainable world and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. UBS has put sustainability at the heart of its own business and prioritizes climate as it transitions to a low carbon economy with a plan to achieve net zero by 2050.

Better Society Capital Ltd. (Better Society Capital) is a private equity firm founded by Ronald M. Cohen in April 2012. The firm is headquartered in London.

Ropes & Gray LLP provides legal and private equity services. Its practice areas include asset management, banking, business and commercial litigation, business restructuring, capital markets and corporate governance and compliance. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Picton Mahoney Asset Management is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by David Picton, Michael Kuan and Michael Kimmel in 2004 and provides investment solutions to institutional, retail and high net-worth investors in Canada and around the world.

Tactex Asset Management, Inc. (Private Equity) (Tactex) is a Private Equity subsidiary of Tactex Asset Management, Inc. founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Skycatch, Inc. develops drone platform for commercial logistics applications. It offers high precision package, explore1 drone and base station, data viewer solutions. The company was founded by Christopher Bumgardner and Christian Berney Sanz in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ability Biologics, Inc. develops and manufactures immune modulating biotherapeutics and human therapeutic ready antibodies. The company is based in Montréal, Canada. It was founded by Giles Day and Jean-Philippe Bürckert, with Giles Day serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Takecare BidCo SAS functions as an investment holding French company. The private company is based in Paris, France.

Radiant Biotherapeutics, Inc. develops multi-valent and specific bio therapeutics solutions. Arthur J. Fratamico has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2021.

Mistletoe Japan GK (Mistletoe) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2013 by Taizo Son.

MPower Partners GP Ltd. (MPower Partners) is headquartered in Japan. The firm is founded in 2020 by Kathy Matsui.

Fresco Capital(Fresco Capital) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded by Tytus Michalski and Eriko Suzuki in 2012. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Surgical Safety Technologies, Inc. improves surgical performance and safety while reducing healthcare costs. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company was founded by Teodor Grantcharov.

Caption Management LLC is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The firm was co-founded by Jason Strasser and William Cooper in 2012. Caption Management provides discretionary investment advice to private funds (either through fund vehicles or separately managed accounts). Investors in such private funds are generally high net worth individuals, fund of funds, institutional investors, family offices, endowments and foundations.