Sophie Lamparter

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

Alpine Investors is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Graham Weaver. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

ZocDoc, Inc. provides online services for patients to find and schedule doctor appointments. It helps patients find in-network neighborhood doctors, instantly book appointments online, see what other real patients have to say, get reminders for upcoming appointments and preventive checkups, fill out their paperwork online, and more. The firm's services are free for patients and available across the United States via Zocdoc.com or the Zocdoc app for iPhone and Android. ZocDoc was founded by Cyrus Massoumi, Oliver Kharraz and Nikhil Ganju in April 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Credit Suisse AG is an investment management firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1856 and was acquired by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) from Credit Suisse Group AG in 2023. Credit Suisse manages global and regional portfolios, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles for governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide. They also offer private banking and wealth management, investment banking, and corporate and business support services.

The Berkeley Group Plc engages in the provision of residential property development services. Its brands include Berkeley, St. George, St. James, St. Edward, St. William, and St. Joseph. The company was founded by Anthony William Pidgley and Jim Farrer in 1976 and is headquartered in Cobham, Uinted Kingdom.

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.

Kalaari Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd(Kalaari) is a aventure capital firm in India. The firm was founded by Vani Kola in 2006. The firm is headquartered in India.

UniversitätsSpital Zürich is a renowned university hospital that specializes in university medicine, nursing, research, and teaching. UniversitätsSpital Zürich is based in Zurich, Switzerland. With over 42,000 inpatients and 600,000 outpatient consultations annually, the hospital has gained the trust of many patients. The hospital has approximately 8,500 employees and collaborates with over 40 clinics and institutes, providing patients with the expertise of its specialists and modern therapies. Gregor Zünd has been the CEO of the Swiss company since 1989.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Stripe, Inc. is a technology company, which builds economic infrastructure for the Internet. The firm offers services that enable platforms and merchants to run businesses, and to safely conduct online payment transactions. Its products include payments, billing, connect, payouts, atlas, radar, issuing, terminal, corporate card, capital, SaaS platforms, marketplaces pricing, and global guides. The company was founded by John Collison and Patrick Collison in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

PatientPop, Inc. operates a marketing platform for growing a medical practice. Its platform is a solution for patient acquisition, reputation management, retention marketing and business insights with a dashboard. The company was founded by Luke Kervin, Travis S. Schneider and Taylor Timmer in 2014 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

The House Fund LLC (House Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jeremy Fiance. The firm is headquartered in Berkeley, California.

York Space Systems LLC develops S-Class platform, a 3-axis stabilized spacecraft. It is designed for mass manufacture and intended for constellations. The company was founded by Dirk Wallinger and Wells Person in 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

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.

Onlylions, Inc. a data-driven jobs marketplace and headhunting firm specializing in sales jobs at start-ups. The company was founded by Matt McGraw in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

TrueLayer Ltd. operates an application programming interface platform for accessing bank data. Its applications helps to access bank data (i.e) view accounts, check balance and access transaction history. The company was founded by Francesco Simoneschi and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Coldquanta, Inc. develops and designs instruments and systems for quantum technology applications. Its products include glass cells, cold atom systems, ultra-cold atom systems, electronic, and accessories. The company was founded by Robert H. Ewald, Dana Z. Anderson, Rainer Kunz, Theodor H?nsch, and Jakob Reichel and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Fashion Technology Accelerator Srl (FTA) is a venture capital subsidiary of Fashion Technology Accelerator LLC founded by Paolo Ivancevich and Enrico Beltramini. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

MIR Ventures LLC (MIR Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Guilherme Freire, John Braze, Jorge Cauz. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

AEye Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of vision hardware, software and algorithms that act as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles. It specializes in computer vision, autonomous driving, robotic vision, autonomous vehicles, lidar, sensor fusion, and three dimensional mapping. The company was founded by Luis Dussan, Ranson Wuller, Barry Behnken, and Jordan Greene in 2013 and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Mind The Bridge Foundation is an organization that celebrates the best practices and role models in open innovation through their Corporate Startup Stars event. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company also runs personalized entrepreneurship and acceleration programs for international startups and scale-ups, immersing them in major innovation ecosystems and exposing corporates to a culture of innovation. The company was founded by Marco Marinucci and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

DressYouCan Srl provides rental services for fashion clothing. It specializes in renting out clothing and accessories for females as well as providing styling consultancy. The company was founded by Elena Battaglia and Caterina Maestro in 2015 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

AirDNA, LLC is a company that specializes in short-term rental data analysis. The company is based in Denver, CO and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company provides comprehensive insights and analytics to help real estate agents, brokers, and investors make smarter decisions in the vacation rental market. AirDNA tracks the performance data of 10 million Airbnb and VRBO vacation rentals, offering information on occupancy rates, pricing, and investment research. AirDNA was founded in 2014 by Will Shatford and Scott Shatford, with Scott Shatford serving as CEO since then.

Weekend Fund (Weekend Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ryan Hoover. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Midwest Vision Partners LLC is a company that aims to become the leading provider of eyecare in the United States through collaboration and excellence. The company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company supports eyecare professionals with operational best practices and support services to create a platform that provides the highest standards of patient care and attracts the best physicians. The company was founded in 2019 by Joseph E. Giles, and Jorge Lopez has been the CEO of the company since 2019.