Akshat Niranjan

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

AGF Investments, Inc. (AGFI) is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2007, the firm is owned by AGF Management Ltd. (TSE: AGF.B). AGFI provides services to individual and institutional clients, catering to pension plans, foundations and corporate investors.

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

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.

West Monroe Partners LLC engages in the provision of business and technology solutions. It offers advance analytics, customer experience, mergers and acquisitions, operation excellence and performance services. It also provides services to private equity, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, energy, banking and credit unions. The company was founded by Dean Fischer, Susan Stelter, and Kevin McCarty in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Purdue Research Foundation manages and licenses intellectual property, administers trusts, acquires property, negotiates research contracts and performs other services. The organization was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in West Lafayette, IN.

StepStone Group LP (StepStone) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Monte M. Brem, Tom Porter Keck and Jose A. Fernandez. The firm is headquartered in New York.

FMT Solutions LLC engages in the publication of compliance-approved financial education programs for investment advisors. It offers financial planning and retirement education courses through colleges, universities, and other educational venues. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, OR.

TerraNova Partners LP (TerraNova Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Vahan Kololian, Jesse Gill and Kathleen Vesely. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Response Management Services LLC is a company that was founded in 2014 and provides emergency response, mobile boilers, and environmental remediation and tank cleaning services. The company is based in Schererville, IN.

LUMINOR Environmental, Inc. manufactures water treatment technology. The private company is located in Canada.

Bosworth Capital Partners LLC (Bosworth Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Matt Estep. The firm is headquartered in the Chicago, Illinois.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Cambridge Trust Co. (Investment Management) (Cambridge Trust-IM) is the investment management division of Cambridge Trust Co., which is owned by Cambridge Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATC). The firm was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge Trust-IM provides investment management services to a wide range of individuals and families, businesses, and non-profits.

Astia Angels (Astia Angels) is a venture capital subsidiary of Astia, Inc, founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Wasson Enterprise LLC (Wasson Enterprise) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Gregory D. Wasson and Kim Wasson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

EMI Porta, Inc. engages in provision of commercial and residential elevator components and equipment. Its products include dry motors, rupture valves, accordion gates, elevator fixtures, and space guard. The company is headquartered in Arlington Heights, IL.

PCL International Holding BV operates as a holding company investing in know-how and technology. The company is headquartered in 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands.

Emoss Mobile Systems BV develops, manufactures, and supplies fully electric powertrains and hybrid powertrains. It also offers high-end battery systems, fuel cells, range extenders, generators, power electronics and control systems. The company is headquartered in Oosterhout, Netherlands.

Mirador Capital Partners LP (Mirador) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Pleasanton, California. The firm was founded by Don C. Garman in 2013. Mirador provides individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of investment advisory services.

Tri-Valley Ventures (Tri-Valley Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Gregory David Hitchan and Don Corbin Garman. The firm is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

FundStrat Global Advisors is an independent research boutique that provides fundamental, technical, and quantitative research to a broad array of clients, including institutional investors, wealth advisors, pension funds, and high net worth individuals. The private company is based in New York, NY, and focuses on delivering analysis, not opinions, to aid in clients' investment process. The firm also has a retail-facing service for smaller investors called FSInsight. FundStrat's data-intensive approach seeks to exploit anomalies and identify sectors and stocks with a high likelihood of outperforming the market. Founded in 2014 by Thomas J. Lee and John Sungho Bai, the company is well-known for custom-tailoring research to clients' unique needs and interests.

Plazacorp Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.