Nick Beznar

Sit Investment Associates, Inc. (Sit Investment) is a privately-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Eugene Sit in 1981. Sit Investment manages client assets on a discretionary basis for several types of clients, which includes public and private institutional investors, pension funds, Taft-Hartley plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, corporations, insurance companies, municipalities, registered investment companies, private investment companies, collective investment trusts and high-net-worth individuals.

Quantum Capital Group LLC (Quantum Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Wil VanLoh, Toby R. Neugebauer and A. V. Jones. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

EnCap Investments LP (EnCap Investments) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Gary Peterson and Robert Zorich and The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Trilantic Capital Management LP (Trilantic Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Danny James. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Berkeley Research Group LLC provides business consulting and advisory services. It offers disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and strategy and operations services. The company was founded by David J. Teece in February 2010 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

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.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Nomura Asset Management U.K. Ltd. (NAM-UK) is the Great Britain-based alternative investment management subsidiary of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., which is owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. Headquartered in London, the firm was founded in 1984 as Nomura Investment Management Co., Ltd. NAM-UK manages funds for institutional clients worldwide, which includes government agencies, public and private pension funds, multinational corporations, insurance companies and financial institutions.

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

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Tolleson Wealth Management, Inc. provides financial and wealth management services. It offers strategic services, investment services, mobile and online banking, and remote deposit capture. The company was founded by Eric W. Bennet and John Tolleson in 2000 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Newstone Capital Partners LLC (Newstone Capital Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2006 by Timothy P. Costello and John C. Rocchio. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Flatrock Energy Advisors LLC (Flatrock Energy Advisors) is a private equity firm founded by William D. Waldrip, William Robert Lemmons and Dennis F. Jaggi in 2008. The firm is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Crestwood Crude Logistics LLC develops, acquires, owns and operates infrastructure for crude oil, natural gas and liquids. The firm also offers rail, pipeline, truck transportation and storage infrastructure. The company was founded by Christopher W. Keene in 2009 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, TX.

Piper Jaffray Investment Management LLC (PJM) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Investment Group, Inc., which is owned by Piper Sandler Cos. (NYSE: PSC). PJM provides investment advisory services to a pooled investment vehicle that was offered via private placement and organized to make private investments in senior living facilities with a plan towards liquidity.

Petrie Partners LLC provides financial advisory services to the oil and gas industry. It offers specialized advice on mergers, divestitures and acquisitions and private placements. The company was founded by Thomas A. Petrie, Jon Custer Hughes, Michael Eric Bock and Andrew J. Rapp in 2011 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Paragon Advisors LLC (dba Paragon Financial Advisors) is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in College Station, Texas. The firm was founded by Shuo Yang in 2007. Paragon Financial Advisors offers personalized investment supervisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, pensions or profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and business entities.

Tolleson Private Wealth Management LP (TPWM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tolleson Wealth Management of Delaware, Inc., ultimately owned by Tolleson Wealth Management, Inc. TPWM provides investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals, estates, trusts, foundations, the Funds, trust accounts at Tolleson Private Bank and National Philanthropic Trust.

Rangeland Energy III LLC engages in developing, acquiring, and operating midstream infrastructure for crude oil, natural gas, liquids, and other petroleum products. The private company is based in Sugar Land, TX. The company was founded by Christopher W. Keene and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Paradromics, Inc. engages in the development of high-bandwidth neural interfaces for prosthetic therapies. It focuses on studying implantable system that can be used for practical healthcare applications by increasing data rate, portability, and durability. The company was founded by Matt Angle in 2015 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Aspen Midstream LLC processes crude oil. The firm’s capabilities include natural gas gathering, processing, compression and treating, condensate, stabilization, vapor recovery, crude oil gathering and terminaling, and produced-water gathering and disposal. The company was founded by James Clarke, Stephen Reilly, Robert Underwood and Matt Ray in May 2017 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Tolleson Wealth Management is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm subsidiary of Tolleson Wealth Management, Inc. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Cognixion Corp. is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and biotechnology. The company was founded by Andreas Forsland and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Prime Movers Lab LLC (Prime Movers Lab) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Dakin Sloss. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

Golden Section Ventures LLC (GSV) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Dougal Cameron and Isaac Shi. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Iron Horse Midstream LLC constructs natural gas compressor stations. The company is headquartered in Mustang, OK.

Edgewater Midstream LLC provides independent midstream solutions. It offers to refiners, producers and marketers of crude oil, refined products and other bulk liquids. The company was founded by Stephen M. Smith, Brian Thomason and Mike Truby and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development of drugs for the treatment of neuropsychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, substance use, and stress-related disorders. Its products pipeline include Arylcyclohexylamine, Serotonergic Micro-Dose, and Novel Ibogaine Analogue. The company was founded by Jonathan Sporn, Dalibor Sames, Andrew Kruegel, Jeff Witkin, and Mike Cunningham and is headquartered in New York, NY.

HLA Data Systems LLC develops and distributes clinical laboratory informatics software solutions. The company is based in Houston, TX.

Hirebook Technologies, Inc. is a cloud-based software company based in Denver, CO that aims to help organizations execute their strategies, engage employees, and drive outstanding performance. Hirebook Technologies, Inc. has created a new application area that integrates executive dashboards, human resource systems, strategy development methodologies, and performance management tools. Hirebook's software provides organizations with one source of truth to accomplish their daily jobs, enabling every employee to understand their purpose, contribution, and progress in a socially enabled environment. The company was founded in 2020 by Brett Knowles, who has been the CEO since June 01, 2020.

Attune Neurosciences, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It manufactures non-invasive neurostimulation products to improve human health and performance. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank is a financial institution based in New York, NY. The private company is comprised of investment banking, international corporate banking, markets, and research businesses. It offers services and advice to money managers, financial institutions, governments, supranational organizations, and corporate clients for their funding, financing, strategic, and risk management needs. Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank provides a full spectrum of strategic advisory, financing, and risk management solutions to corporate, government, and institutional clients. Coimbatore Sundararajan Venkatakrishnan has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Clearfork Midstream LLC is an American growth-oriented midstream company that provides midstream solutions for oil and gas producers in East and West Texas. The company is based in Fort Worth, TX, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company manages more than 500 miles of pipeline and 1.2 billion cubic feet per day of treating capacity across systems in Texas and Louisiana. Clearfork's operations represent a natural gas gathering and treating platform that spans the core areas of the Haynesville shale formation, one of the fastest-growing natural gas basins. Clearfork aims to build long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with Haynesville producers by offering reliable services and a collaborative approach that maximizes the value of production. The company was founded in 2020 by George Grau, Kipper Overstreet, Corey Lothamer, and Kevin Venturini, and Kipper Overstreet has been the CEO since incorporation.