Shivram Ayyagari

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.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India (Vertex Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Neonatal Care and Research Institute Pvt. Ltd. provides healthcare services for newborns. The firm offers its services through OVUM hospitals, CHINMAYA mission hospital, and MILANN hospitals. The company was founded by Adarsh Somashekar, Praveen Venkatagirim, Venkata Reddy, and Srisailesh Vitthala in 2011 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Waterfall Asset Management LLC (Waterfall) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative investment manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Tom Capasse and Jack Ross in 2005. Waterfall provides investment advice to private investment funds and other clients, which are generally insurance companies, state, municipal or corporate pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, or other institutional investors.

Carat Lane Trading Pvt Ltd. operates an online diamonds and diamond jeweler’s portal. Its products include loose diamonds, rings, earrings, pendants and bangles, wedding and bridal jewelry bands, solitaire rings, pendants and earrings, men's rings, and gold coins. The company was founded by Mithun Sacheti, Srinivasa Gopalan, Avnish Anand, and Gurukeerthi in October 2008 and is headquartered in Chennai, India.

Microsoft Corp. (India) Pvt Ltd. designs, manufactures and markets Microsoft software products. It offers Windows products, including Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer. It also offers server and tool products, such as Windows, SQL, and Exchange servers; Visual Studio, an integrated development environment to create applications for Windows, Android, and iOS, as well as Web applications and cloud services; Microsoft Azure that offers cloud computing platform and services; Windows I tune for mobile device and application management, and PC management from the cloud; and SharePoint, a team collaboration software tools. Microsoft was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

City National Rochdale LLC (CNR) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of CNR Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY) in Canada. The firm was founded when Rochdale Investment Management LLC was combined with City National Asset Management, Inc. and City National Bank's investment management group, City National Asset Management. Headquartered in New York City, CNR provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individual investors as well as to registered investment companies and institutions.

Angelo, Gordon & Co. LP (Angelo Gordon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Michael L. Gordon in 1988. They were acquired by TPG, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPG) in 2023. Angelo Gordon invests on behalf of pension funds, corporations, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and individuals.

PFM Asset Management LLC (PFMAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2001, the firm was acquired by US Bancorp Asset Management, Inc. from PFM Investment LLC in 2021. They are ultimately held by the U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB). PFMAM offers discretionary advisory services for government, nonprofit and other institutional investors who invest in fixed-income and multi-asset class strategies.

Spouting Rock Financial Partners LLC (Private Equity) (Spouting Rock Financial Partners) is a private equity/venture capital operating division of Spouting Rock Financial Partners LLC founded in 2006 by Blakely Chapman Page. The firm is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

M.I.T.R.A Agro Equipments Pvt Ltd. develops and manufactures farm machinery for fruit and vegetable cultivation. It offers GrapeMaster Blast, GrapeMaster Bullet, PomeMaster Linea R and Storm. The firm also develops solutions for spraying, dusting, pruning, and weeding for horticulture. The company was founded by Devneet Bajaj in March 2012 and is headquartered in Nashik, India.

Ruptub Solutions Pvt Ltd. provides hotel services. The company was founded by Kadam Jeet Jain, Sidharth Gupta and Rahul Chaudhary in 2015 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Matrix Partners India Investments LLC (Matrix Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Matrix Management Corp. founded in 2006 by Rishi Omprakash Navani and Avnish Sarabjit Bajaj. The firm is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

Nationwide Primary Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd. provides healthcare services. It provides clinics, family physician and specialist services, woman and child care, senior citizen care, home visits, lab tests and pharmacy benefits, vaccination services, online electronic medical record and chronic disease management services. The firm's in-house training curriculum is based on international clinical protocols, safe doctor practices and effective patient communication, which ensures that its doctors are up-to-date with the latest clinical knowledge and offer patient care that is empathetic, participative and meaningful. The company was founded in March 2010 by Santanu Chattopadhyay and Shantanu Rahman and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Myntra Designs Pvt Ltd. operates as an online fashion and lifestyle shop. It offers clothes, products for hygiene, footwear, bags, and accessories for men, women and kids. The firm products include t-shirts, jackets, jeans, shorts, dresses, slippers, rubber shoes, sandals, bags, perfumes, deodorants, belts, and jewelries. It also features brands, including sierra, casio, nike, cat, and accessorize. The company was founded by Mukesh Chand Bansal, Sankar Bora, Vineet Saxena, Raveen Sastry Vyakaranam, Rahul Agarwal, and Ashutosh Lawania in 2006 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Alpha Wave Global (Venture Capital) is a venture capital arm of Falcon Edge Capital LP founded in 2012 by Rick Gerson, Navroz Darius Udwadia and Ryan Francis Khoury. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Buildwealth Technologies Pvt Ltd.provides investment related advice, tax planning services, analytics, and insights. The company was founded by Aditya Agarwal and Prashant Gupta in 2011 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Plotx, Inc. Pte Ltd. is a Singaporean company that wholesales a variety of goods. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore. The CEO of the company is Nichol Ng.

Avataar Capital Management Ltd. (Avataar Venture Partners) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded by Mohan Kumar in 2019. Avataar Capital Management Ltd. is headquartered in Bangalore.