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The Sports Authority, Inc. operates a sporting goods stores. It offers fitness products such as cardio equipment, fitness trackers and accessories, strength and weight training, weights, clothes, and shoes. The company also sells products online. The Sports Authority is headquartered in Centennial, CO.

Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

SouthernSun Asset Management LLC (SouthernSun) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. The firm was founded by Michael Cook in 1989 as Michael W. Cook Asset Management, Inc. SouthernSun primarily provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individuals, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, Taft-Hartley plans, public pension plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, municipalities, pooled investment funds, registered mutual funds, trusts, banks, and other US and international institutions.

D. A. Davidson & Co. is a dually SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA broker-dealer headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial service holding company. They provide liquidity and execution in small & mid-cap stocks to a wide range of institutional investors, including mutual fund and money managers around the world.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1876 and offers a full suite of capital markets products and services, including proprietary equity research and a fixed-income trading desk. For institutional asset management clients, the firm provides liquidity, execution, high-quality idea-generating research, and access to corporate management teams. Their institutional coverage includes relationships with over asset management companies all over the world. To corporate clients, they bring access to investor capital, broad distribution capabilities and financial markets advisory. Ladenburg Thalmann is a leader in financing growing middle-market public companies across various industry verticals, including Healthcare & Life Sciences, Yield-Oriented Securities (BDCs, REITs, MLPs), Energy, Power & Infrastructure, and Telecom, Media & Technology.

RA Capital Management LP (RA Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Peter Kolchinsky in 2004. RA Capital provides discretionary investment advisory services to Healthcare Funds and the Nexus Funds which are open only to certain financially sophisticated and high net-worth individuals and entities.

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.

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.

The University of Oregon Investment Group (UOIG) is the state-owned investment advisor headquartered in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1998, UOIG provides students with the opportunity to participate in the operation of an investment management organization. The firm’s overall mission is to enhance their members’ education through learning in-depth equity research processes, valuation techniques, portfolio management, and market analysis.

Mission North is a strategic communications agency that helps technology and life sciences companies accelerate their market impact at every stage of growth. The private company is based in Germiston, South Africa. The South African company integrates PR, digital marketing, public affairs, and data-driven influencer and content strategies. The company was founded by Fred Bateman and the CEOs are Bill Bourdon and Tyler Perry.

Road Runner Sports, Inc. manufactures and retails shoes, apparel and accessories. The firm’s products are sold online, through catalogs and retail stores. The company was founded by Michael Gotfredson September 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

PSP Capital Partners LLC ( PSP Capital Partners ) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Penny Sue Pritzker. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Chartwell Financial Advisory, Inc. provides financial advisory services Its services include ownership advisory, executive compensation and benefits, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, fairness opinions, solvency opinions, equity compensation, financial reporting and corporate planning. The firm serves private, ESOP, public, and sponsor-backed companies; and agriculture and food and beverage, architecture and engineering, business and consumer services, construction and building materials, consumer products and retail, healthcare and life sciences, industrial; and manufacturing, natural resources, technology and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Paul Halverson in 1995 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Industry Ventures LLC (Industry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Johan Douwe Swildens and Tom Litle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

JetBlue Technology Ventures LLC (JetBlue Technology Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of JetBlue Airways Corp founded in 2016 by Bonny W. Simi. The firm is headquartered in San Carlos, California.

Bootstrap Venture Partners LLC (Bootstrap Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Jean Balgrosky and Parker Hinshaw. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Arnerich Massena, Inc. is an employee-owned registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The firm was founded by Tony Arnerich in 1991. They provide discretionary management and non-discretionary advisory services to high net-worth individuals and families, endowments and foundations, and corporations. Arnerich Massena is a signatory of the internationally recognized United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).

Draper Startup House Accelerator (DSH Accelerator) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Katie Russel and Daniel Wiegand. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Ocean Avenue Capital Partners LLC (Ocean Avenue Capital Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2010 by Jeffrey L. Ennis, Duran S. Curis and Jacques Youssefmir. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Gresham Partners LLC (Gresham) is an independent registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by David Salsburg and Ben Beavers in 1997. Gresham provides investment and wealth planning services to ultra-high net worth individuals, their families and family households, as well as their related trusts, estates, retirement plans, family offices, private trust companies, foundations and endowments.

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.

Sitecore Holding II A/S provides web content management and multichannel marketing automation software. The private company is based in Copenhagen, DK and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom and United States. The Danish company was founded in 2016. Steve Stathis Tzikakis has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Sunstone Partners Management LLC (Sunstone Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Gus Alberelli, Mike Biggee, John Moragne and Arneek Multani. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Liyuan Venture Capital LLC (LYVC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Liyuan Group Co Ltd founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Consumer Edge Research LLC, dba Consumer Edge (CE), is an equity research holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Bill Pecoriello in 2009. They offer consumer data solutions for everyone from public and private investors to corporate decision makers and strategists. CE focuses on the global consumer sector such as the beverages, food, cosmetics, household/personal care and tobacco industries. Data is gathered both from global syndicated sources as well as primary research surveys, channel checks and other proprietary data collection.

Wipro Ventures (Wipro Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Wipro Ltd founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Part of Evercore, Inc., Evercore Advisors LLC is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY.