Peter Simasek

TD Asset Management, Inc. (TDAM) is a Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD), a Canadian chartered bank regulated by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. Founded in 1987, TDAM provides discretionary investment management services to corporations, investment companies, pension funds/plans, endowments and foundations.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC is the US-based securities broker/dealer and futures commission merchant arm of Mizuho Americas LLC, ultimately held by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411, NYSE: MFG) in Japan. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1994 and provides institutional and corporate clients access to commodity and financial markets around the world. Mizuho Securities USA covers the following industries: Consumer, Energy, Financial Institutions, Financial Sponsors, Healthcare, Industrial & Diversified Industries, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT). The firm and their affiliates hold memberships on all major futures and options exchanges worldwide.

Stadion Money Management LLC (Stadion) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Watkinsville, Georgia. The firm was founded by Timothy A. Chapman in 1993 as Personal Mutual Fund Management, Inc. They became a subsidiary of Smart USA Co. in 2022. Stadion provides custom solutions to retirement plan advisors, plan sponsors and participants.

EQ Group Plc provides market research, strategy development and data analysis services. Its clients include Gillette, Sainsbury's, Hilton, BBC Worldwide, GE Capital, Telewest, Scottish Media Group, Channel 4, Prudential, HBOS, Barclays Bank, DairyCrest, Campbells, Freemans, Vodafone, Weetabix, Interbrew, Bel UK, Pfizer and Tesco. The company is located in Halifax, UK.

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.

Roark Capital Group, Inc. (Roark Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Neil K. Aronson. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sylvan Learning LLC operates and provides tutorial services. It offers in-center and live, online tutoring at home to students of all ages, grades, and skill levels. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD

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

NMGF Management LLC (New Markets Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Mark Anthony Grovic and Robb Tyler Doub. The firm is headquartered in Fulton, Maryland.

Croft & Bender LP is a financial advisory firm that has been providing M&A, capital raising, and financial advisory services to middle market and emerging growth companies since 1996. The private company is based in Atlanta, GA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers independent advisory services on both sell-side and buy-side assignments and help companies raise equity and debt capital for growth or the recapitalization of existing shareholders.

Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (Mirae Asset-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. (KRX: 006800), a publicly-listed investment banking and stock brokerage company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1902, Mirae Asset-Broker originates, structures, and executes a series of products and solutions linked to equity, derivatives, commodities, options, fixed-income, currency, and alternative investment products and provides them to financial institutions and wealth management organizations in Korea and overseas.

The World Economic Forum USA, Inc. operates an organization for economic reforms. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY.

Schweizerische Mobiliar Versicherungsgesellschaft AG engages in the provision of insurance and reinsurance products. Its insurance portfolio focuses on home and property; vehicles and travel; as well as health and prevention. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.

Schweizerische Mobiliar Asset Management AG (Schweizerische Mobiliar AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Schweizerische Mobiliar Holding AG, itself a subsidiary of Schweizerische Mobiliar Genossenschaft AG in Switzerland. Established in 1826, the firm is based in Berne and has a network of real estate partners throughout Switzerland. They operate as an independent fund management firm, providing the Group’s institutional asset and pension fund management, as well as managing the MobiFonds range of funds for individual and institutional investors.

BlackLine Systems, Inc. develops and markets software-as-a-service solutions. It offers financial close, task and reconciliation management, intercompany hub, accounts and daily reconciliations, journal entry, transaction matching, variance analysis, consolidated integrity manager, continuous accounting and ERP integration solutions. The firm serves bank and credit unions, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, communications, consumer goods, financial services, food and beverages, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, oil and gas, retail and technology industries. The company was founded by Therese Tucker in 2001 and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA.

Crabel Capital Management LLC (Crabel) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by William “Toby” Crabel in 1987. They are a subsidiary of Crabel Investments Group LLC, which is owned by Crabel Holdings LLC. Crabel develops several unique absolute return programs that serve as liquid, transparent, and diversified investment options for institutional clients.

CVC Capital Partners Advisory (US), Inc. manages capital on behalf of some 300 institutional, governmental and private investors worldwide. The capital of their investors is committed for ten years or more to closed-end funds that they manage on their client's behalf. In their private equity business, they use these funds to acquire controlling or significant minority interests in European, Asian and North American companies. They buy companies in partnership with their management teams and assist in developing plans to create sustainable long term value. In their private debt business, CVC Cordatus uses its funds to invest in debt instruments issued principally by companies that are owned by private equity funds. The company was established in 1981 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Nest Labs, Inc. transforms the household thermostat into a digital assistant that reduces energy consumption. Its Nest learning ihermostat learns human behaviors and preferences, automatically adjusting the temperature so customer can stay comfortable while saving energy and money. The firm's learning thermostat can be networked via Wi-Fi, so customer can program it from an iOS or Android device. The company was founded by Anthony Fadell and Matt Rogers in May 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

SmartBod, Inc. engages in the creation of vibrator products. It offers personalized vibrator. The company was founded by Anna Lee, Liz Klinger and James Wang and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Creative Ventures Management LLC (Creative Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Valor Ventures LLC (Valor Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

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.

Empath Ventures (Empath Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Brom Rector. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Globalt Investments/Management is a private group led by the management of t Investments.

Dipalo Ventures (Dipalo Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2016 by Rafiq Ahmed. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

JPMorgan Asset Management Private Equity (JPMorgan Asset Mgmt) is a private equity subsidiary of JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc founded in 1900. The firm is headquartered in New York.