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Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Formerly known as Kaim Non Traditional LP, the firm was founded in 1984 by Richard Kayne and John Anderson. They are owned by Richard Kayne through his majority ownership of Kayne Anderson Investment Management, Inc. Kayne Anderson provides investment supervisory services through privately offered pooled investment vehicles, and to a lesser extent, through separate accounts and mutual funds.

Pylon Capital LLC (Pylon Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Chris Lueck. The firm is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

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.

Brentwood Associates (Brentwood Associates) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by William M. Barnum and B. Kipling Hagopian. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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.

DVSM LLC (DVSM) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Rocky W. Dixon and John E. Von Schlegell. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

North Point Advisors LLC operates as an independent investment bank focused on providing financial advice on mergers and acquisitions. Its capabilities include mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and sale transactions, financial sponsor advisory and corporate finance advisory. The company was founded by David Jacquin in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

DFJ Frontier Management Company LLC (DFJ Frontier) is a venture capital subsidiary of Draper Fisher Jurvetson International, Inc. founded in 2002 by Scott Lenet and David Cremin. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Piper Sandler & Co. operates as an investment company, which engages in the provision of securities brokerage and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Westbound Equity, LLC (Westbound Equity) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Sean Mendy, Ian Beadle, and Jason Norman. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Regent LP (Regent) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Michael A. Reinstein. The firm is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

Bright Market LLC provides e-commerce payment processing, merchandising and fulfillment solutions. It offers digital products, subscription management, customer service, pricing, and dunning management. The company was founded by Ken White, Ryan Dewell, Jason Foodman, and Daniel Conrad Engel in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Lightbay Management LLC (Lightbay Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Nav Rahemtulla and Adam Lance Stein. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Mark IV Capital, Inc. is a real estate, private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. and venture capital firm founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Kairos Society PBC, Inc. operates as an entrepreneurial community that develops entrepreneurs from universities around the world. It brings together young entrepreneurs solving significant problems with corporations, influencers, and strategic investors. The company was founded by Ankur Jain, Jake Medwell, David Wyler, Alex Fiance, and Alexander Debelov in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Crest Rock Management Co LP (Crest Rock Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Steve Johnson and Jeff Carnes. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Touchdown Ventures, Inc. (Touchdown Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David B. Horowitz, Scott Lenet and Rich M. Grant. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PruVen Management Company LLC (PruVen Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. founded in 2020 by Ramneek Gupta. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Part of Barclays PLC, Barclays US LLC is a bank holding company. The company is based in New York, NY.

Brex, Inc. engages in the provision of business-to-business (B2B) financial solutions. It offers payment services by creating corporate cards, rewards, and travel programs. The company was founded by Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi on February 8, 2017 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Bidround LLC operates a platform that allows customers to place orders and make payments at nightlife venues. The American company was founded by Rohit Ramkumar.

Part of Houlihan Lokey, Inc., GCA Advisors LLC is a brokerage firm that provides brokerage services. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded in 2003 by Kevin Carter, Todd J. Carter. Kevin Carter has been the CEO since 2003.

Amberstone Management LLC (Amberstone) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC (CZI) is a private foundation headquartered in Redwood City, California. The firm was founded was co-founded by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education, to addressing the needs of their local communities. CZI is composed of four funding entities: the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LLC (the main operational funding vehicle); the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation (a 501(c)(3) private foundation); the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation; and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy, (a 501(c)(4) organization). In addition to traditional grantmaking to support people and organizations working toward their missions in Science, Education, and within their communities, CZI makes venture investments in impact-focused companies, builds tools and products that they can scale and give away for free, and supports capacity building to achieve progress across their work.

Caltius Structured Capital (Caltius Structured Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Caltius Capital Management LLC founded in 1997 by Michael Kane and Jim B Upchurch. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

CR SPV II LP invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for Pre-seed, seed and early-stage transactions.

Levitate Capital (Levitate Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Michael Linse and Simon Hobart Charles Morrish. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Next Play Ventures LLC (Next Play Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Jeffrey Weiner. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

GSB Impact (Venture Capital) (GSB Impact) is a venture capital subsidiary of Stanford University founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Stanford, California.

Part of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula provides low-income youth with opportunities for schooling. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA. Peter Fortenbaugh has been the CEO of the company since 2002.

Streetcode Academy provides training services. The non-profit company is based in East Palo Alto, CA. The CEO of the company is Olatunde Sobomehin.