Yik Kei Ong

Paragon Capital Advisors LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 and manages assets on behalf of institutional clients and private investors.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Founded in 1990 by Alan Donenfeld, Bristol Investment Group, Inc. is a private investment firm that focuses on investing in and raising capital for high growth and special situation public and private companies, in industries such as communications, information technology, healthcare, manufacturing and other technology based businesses. They provide a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. Bristol is located in New York City.

Daganghalal Plc engages in the management and development of global e-marketplace to provide Halal verification. It operates a platform that provides certification services for halal suppliers and consumers. The company was founded by Mohamed Hazli Mohamed Hussain and Khek Ah Chong in 2008 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.