Rachel J. Baer

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.

VoIP, Inc. provides wholesale long distance and local telephone services through its network. It serves as a real time transmission of voice communications in the form of digitized packets of information over the public Internet or its own private network similar to the way in which e-mail and other data is transmitted. The company services allow customers to communicate at significantly reduced costs compared to traditional telephony networks. VoIP, Inc. goal is to become the premier enabler for packet communication services for carriers, service providers and cable operators seeking to offer value-added voice, data and enhanced services products using its technology.

Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Data Analysis, Inc., William O'Neil & Co., Inc. is a financial services company based in Los Angeles, CA. The company specializes in providing financial research, analysis, and investment advisory services to individual and institutional investors. The CEO of the company is Steven L. Birch.

Equitable Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment adviser and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Equitable Distribution Holding Corp., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Equitable Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks or thrift institutions, corporations and other business entities, and pension and profit-sharing plans.

Founded in 1993, First Allied Securities, Inc. is an independent, SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Diego, California. The firm is a member of FINRA, the NASD and the SIPC. First Allied Securities Inc. was previously a subsidiary of Advanced Equities Financial Corp. In April 2006, Advanced Equities Financial Corp. acquired First Financial Planners and merged it with First Allied Securities. In 2008, the firm acquired First Montauk Securities Corp. from First Montauk Financial Corp. In 2011, Lovell Minnick Partners LLC and the management team of First Allied Advisory Services acquired the firm from Advanced Equities Financial Corp. First Allied Securities is affiliated with First Allied Advisory Services, Inc., a registered investment advisor. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Part of Lincoln National Corp., Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. provides fund management services. The company is based in Philadelphia, PA.

TriplePoint Capital LLC (Triplepoint Capital) is a global specialty debt financing firm founded in 1987 by Jim Labe. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. They offer institutional sales and trading services. Their broad institutional coverage includes investors in North America, Canada, UK, Europe and other international territories.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Rowbotham & Co. LLP provides domestic and international tax and audit compliance as well as advisory services. The firm offers assurance, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded by Brian Rowbotham in 1991 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Aspiriant LLC is an independent, wealth management firm and SEC-registered investment advisor firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Robert J. Francais as Kochis Fitz/Quintile LLC through the merger between Kochis Fitz Tracy Fitzhugh and Quintile Wealth Management in 2008. Aspirant provides investment advisory and wealth planning services primarily to individuals with substantial wealth, including corporate executives, business owners, affluent individuals, foundations, family partnerships, limited partnerships, the Aspiriant Affiliated Mutual Funds and other individuals. They also provide investment management and consulting services to pension plans, trusts, and charitable institutions, such as foundations that are often connected to, and created by individual clients, but not in all cases.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC (Beacon Pointe) is the asset management subsidiary of Beacon Pointe Advisors Holdings LLC, headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2002 by Matthew Cooper, Shannon Eusey, Mollie Rosing, Douglas Allison, Felix Lin, and Garth Flint, and is ultimately held by KKR North America XIII (Polyphony) Blocker LLC. Beacon Pointe offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment and non-investment-related consulting services and investment advisory services to institutional and individual clients.

Port Street Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2013 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Beacon Pointe Holdings LLC. Port Street Investments serves as investment manager of the Port Street Quality Growth fund (PSQGX), a high active share, value driven, opportunistic equity fund.

Discord, Inc. develops video games for tablets and smartphones. It provides card and console games and web services to its customers. The company was founded by Jason Citron in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

DCVC Management Co LLC (DCVC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Zachary Bogue and Matthew Ocko. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Pixlee Turnto, Inc. provides personalized visual marketing solutions. It engages in visual marketing platform for collecting, curating, and displaying user photos that drive engagement, conversion, and loyalty. The company was founded by Kyle Wong, Awad Sayeed, Jeff Chen, and Miraj Mohsin in June 2012 and is headquartered in San Francsico, CA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

N-able Technologies Ltd. provides information technology service management platform. Its products include MAXfocus, ControllNow, IASO, and MAX Risk Intelligence. The company is headquartered in Dundee, the United Kingdom.

Invesco Managed Accounts LLC (IMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded in 2002 as Seattle-Northwest Asset Management LLC. They are a subsidiary of SNW Asset Management Corp., ultimately owned by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). IMA provides advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, foundations, wrap programs, state and municipal government entities, other investment advisers, credit unions, corporations and other business entities.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

LD Micro is an investment research firm headquartered in San Ramon, California. The firm was founded in 2006 by Chris Lahiji. In 2023, they were acquired by Freedom US Markets LLC, a subsidiary of Freedom Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRHC). LD Micro provides intraday information for the benefit of everyone in the small and microcap universe.

Jade Capital Advisors LLC (Jade Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Essex Fells, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Robert McHugh and James Stanley in 2018. Jade Capital provides discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to one sub-advised account.