Suzanne L. Clarridge

Lazard Middle Market LLC engages in financial advisory business. It specializes in strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), restructuring, and capital raising. The firm’s M&A and Strategic Advisory service focuses on private equity and divestitures, privately-owned companies, corporate acquisitions and divestitures, and sale of public companies. Its Restructuring service consists of situation assessment, alternative assessment, and execution. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

StudyBlue, Inc. provides online academic networks services. It delivers the mobile and online study service that help students learn their stuff, for free. The firm provides a Digital Backpack for students to store, study, share and ultimately master course material-working alone or together. Its flashcards with images and audio, cloud storage for notes, personalized practice quizzes and free mobile apps are among the tools offered and allows students to store lecture notes, make flashcards and study online and on their phones for effective, productive learning. The company was founded by Christopher Martin Klündt and Dave Sargeant in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Stinson LLP engages in the provision of corporate, transaction, and litigation legal services. It offers banking and financial services, business litigation, employment and labor law, and Native American law and tribal governance. The company was founded on May 1, 2002 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (Craig-Hallum) is an employee-owned, idea-driven research, trading and investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Bradley Baker and Kevin Harris in 1997. Craig-Hallum provides research, institutional sales and trading and investment banking services to institutional investors and growth companies.

Frazier Technology Management LLC (Frazier Technology Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Frazier Management LLC founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

QuickPivot Corp. provides real-time and cross-channel marketing automation services. It offers implementation services, platform enablement, and strategic services. The company was founded by Kenneth E. Marshall, Joseph T. McCullen Jr., William Blundon, and Michael L. Shanker in 1997 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Formative Ventures LLC (Formative ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Brian Connors and Clint Chao. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

RedBrick Health Corp. provides health engagement and behavior change solutions. It offers health assessment, biometric screening, health advising, phone coaching, multi modal programs, program integration, communications and reporting solutions. The firm serves large, self-insured employers, insurers, brokers and strategic distribution partners. The company was founded by Kyle Rolfing and Kurt Cigielski in 2006 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

NuAx, Inc. develops medical devices for the treatment of heart disease. The firm focuses on enhancing the clinical performance of pacing, cardiac resynchronization, and defibrillation therapy through advancements in lead design, placement and myocardial sensing, and activation. The company was founded by Robert G. Walsh and John L. Erb in 2008 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

RBC Wealth Management (RBCWM) is wealth management division of RBC Capital Markets Equity Research, which is ultimately owned by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE; TSE: RY). Formerly known as RBC Dain Rauscher, Inc., the firm was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. RBCWM provides trusted advice and wealth management solutions to individuals, families and institutions.

Oxbow Industries LLC (Oxbow Industries) is an private equity firm founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Ascent Solutions LLC is a cybersecurity company that provides technical expertise and advice to secure and manage enterprises. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company aims to build long-term partnerships with their clients and offer predictions for the future of cybersecurity. The company was founded in 2008. The CEO is J. D. Harris.

Skywater Technology Foundry manufactures semiconductor wafers and materials. The company is headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

Metro Sales, Inc. distributes and markets office imaging equipment. The private company is based in Minneapolis, MN.