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Epiq Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of legal process outsourcing services. It offers class action and mass tort, global business transformation solutions, eDiscovery solutions, and legal transformation services. The company was founded by John Davenport, Jr. in 1998 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. engages in long-term savings and retirement products. It develops and sells individual annuities, private and public sector group retirement plans, other investment products sold to institutions. It also provides life insurance and investment advisory services. The company was founded in November 1996 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Dental Care Alliance LLC provides dental practice management services. Its management services include human resources, payroll and benefits, marketing, purchasing, accounting and accounts payable, insurance management, facility management, staff training, and integrated information technology. The company was founded by Steven R. Matzkin in 1991 and is headquartered in Sarasota, FL.

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS Ohio) is a State-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1919 and manages pension assets for active, inactive and retired Ohio public educators. STRS Ohio operates under the guidelines of Chapter 3307 of the Ohio Revised Code as enacted by the Ohio General Assembly. They are legally separated from and fiscally independent of state and local governments.

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (HKAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. Formerly known as Horizon Asset Management LLC, the firm was founded in 1994 by Murray Stahl, Steven Bregman, Peter Doyle, Tom Ewing, and John Meditz. They are a subsidiary of Horizon Kinetics LLC. HKAM manages separately managed accounts, open-ended and closed-ended investment companies, and private funds for a wide variety of investors.

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.

Guggenheim Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Links Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Guggenheim Securities’ specializations include the sales and trading of fixed-income securities and sophisticated structured products. The firm offers in-depth analysis and expert execution of trading opportunities to large institutional investors and asset originators. They offer sales and trading services relating to a wide range of instruments.

Longbow Research LLC is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. The firm was founded by David S. MacGregor in 2003 to provide the institutional equity research market with a high quality, independent product, free from the many conflicts of interest that plague bulge-bracket research. Longbow Research provides insights and research coverage on publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the industrial/basic materials, consumer and technology sectors.

Founded in 2008, Northcoast Research Partners LLC is an independent, full-service, institutional equity research firm located in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm is a subsidiary of Northcoast Research Holdings LLC. Their research coverage include: business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial/basic materials and accounting/tax policy.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital arm of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, founded in 1972 by Don Valentine. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

JPMorgan Securities Plc is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1992 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JP Morgan Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) in the US. JPMorgan Securities provides market research, proprietary pricing data and analytics, and trade execution across multiple asset classes such as credit, equities and FX. They help institutional investors, traditional and alternative asset and fund managers, broker dealers and equity issuers meet the demands of changing markets.

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.

Harvest Partners LP (Harvest Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1981 by Harvey Wertheim and Harvey Mallement. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Stonehenge Partners Inc (Stonehenge Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Central Hockey League operates a professional minor league hockey teams playing in small to medium-sized markets primarily in central and southwestern US states. The league, which was started in 1992, is managed and operated by WPHL, a subsidiary of Global Entertainment Corporation.

TCMI, Inc.(TCV) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Jay Crandall Hoag and Richard Herrick Kimball. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Chatsworth Securities LLC is an independent registered broker-dealer headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1996 by Ralph DiFiore, Daniel Maclean, Joel Matcovsky and Syngon Hare. Chatsworth Securities provides brokerage services to institutional clients.

Affordable Care LLC provides dental care services. The firm focuses on tooth replacement services and also offers site selection and real estate management, advertising and marketing, practise operations consulting services. It specializes in dental implant, tooth extraction, and partial dentures. The company was founded by George L. Edwards, Jr. and Donald L. Henson in 1975 and is headquartered in Kinston, NC.

The Huntington National Bank engages in the provision of personal and business banking services to individuals and families, small and middle market businesses, and not-for-profit businesses. Its services include online and mobile banking, borrowing, investments, insurance, planning, and security services. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

United Way of Central Ohio, Inc. provides social advisory services. It firm assists needy individuals and families improve their lives by offering education, job training and access to health care. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (LGIM America) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2006 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legal & General Investment Management US (Holdings), Inc., ultimately held by Legal & General Group PLC (LON: LGEN) in Great Britain. LGIM America provides investment management services on a fully discretionary basis to institutional clients (corporations, healthcare agencies, non-profit, educational institutions, public plans and Taft-Hartley multi-employer plans).

BRR Opco LLC (BRR) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded by Jim Budros in 1979 as Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc., which serves as their current trade name. They are a subsidiary of Corient Private Wealth LLC, which is ultimately owned by CI Financial Corp. (TSX: CIX; NYSE: CIXX) in Canada. BRR primarily provides wealth management services to high-net-worth individuals and their associated entities, trusts, and estates.

Rev1 Ventures (Rev1 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center provides healthcare services. It offers health and wellness services, health care services such as allergy immunology care, arthritis rheumatology, brain and spine, orthopedics, palliative care, transplant center and wound healing. The company was founded in 1834 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

PT Asset Management LLC (PTAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Richard Berg in 2008 and formerly known as Performance Trust Investment Advisors LLC. They are majority-owned and controlled by PTAM Holdings LLC and minority-owned by certain senior employees. PTAM provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to mutual funds and separately managed accounts.

MRI Software LLC engages in the provision of real estate investment software for commercial and residential property managers. Its products are used for property management, financials and accounting, and investment management. The company was founded by Fred Goodman and Sid Goodman in 1971 and is headquartered in Solon, OH.

Purepay Capital LLC is a Private Equity firm founded in 2006 by Cullen John and Valachovic Steve. The firm is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

American Express Ventures (American Express Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of American Express Co founded in 2011 by Harshul Sanghi. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Granicus Ventures (Granicus Ventures) is a private equity firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Sepio Capital Management LLC (Sepio Capital Management) is a private equity subsidiary of Sepio Capital LP founded by Joshua A. Carter. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Manna Tree Partners LLC (Manna Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Ellie Rubenstein, Ross Iverson and Brent Drever. The firm is headquartered in Vail, Colorado.

Part of Granicus LLC, Granicus Bidco Ltd. functions as an investment holding British company. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2019.

VetCor, Inc. engages in the provision of veterinary services. It offers general medical, surgical services, pharmacy, and ancillary services. The company was founded by Daniel J. Adams, Wendy Koelsch, and Peter DeFeo in 1997 and is headquartered in Hingham, MA.