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Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC (GGHC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Richard Gilder in 1968. GGHC provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, LLC’s, partnerships, pension and profit-sharing plans, and investment clubs.

Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP (SFG) is an institutional broker-dealer headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a direct subsidiary of SFG Holding LLC, which is owned by Bodel, Inc. SFG offers a full range of order execution and trading flow services, with a focus on delivering innovative trading strategies and execution services to institutional clients.

Instinet LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is the equities execution services arm of the Nomura Group. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Instinet Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Instinet offers the institutional investment community a suite of tailorable solutions, which includes market insights and commentary, full-service trading desks, advanced algorithmic trading strategies, access to unique and specialized liquidity via their array of crossing pools, and a set of workflow solutions.

Siguler Guff Advisers LLC (Siguler Guff) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siguler Guff & Co. LP. Siguler Guff provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to institutional clients, which includes corporate and public employee benefit plans, endowments, foundations, government agencies and financial institutions, and family office and high net worth investors.

Newedge USA LLC provides brokerage services to institutional investors and fund managers. The firm specializes in bond, currency and commodities trading, derivative products and foreign exchange. The company is headquartered in Chicago

Knob Hill Partners LLC (Knob Hill Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Charlie Burckmyer and Scott Noll. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Zephyr Management LP (Zephyr Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1994 by Thomas Barry. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ellington Management Group LLC (Ellington) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1994 and is primarily owned by Michael Vranos indirectly through his ownership interest in Ellington’s majority owner, EMG Holdings LP. Ellington provides investment advice to pooled investment vehicles and institutional managed accounts.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

Valiant Solutions LLC provides comprehensive cybersecurity solutions to government customers nationwide. It offers security engineering, security operations, RMF services, enterprise information technology operations. The company was founded by Matthew Raydo in 2005 and is headquartered in Henderson, NC.

WebiMax LLC provides Internet marketing services. It offers search engine optimization, search engine marketing, web design, social media marketing, reputation management, conversion optimization, video production, integrated PR, lead generation, e-mail marketing, e-commerce solutions, mobile websites and link removal services. The company has offices in Camden, London, New York, San Francisco and Sydney. WebiMax was founded by Kenneth C. Wisnefski in 2008 and is headquartered in Camden, NJ.

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.

Alterna Equity Partners LLC (Alterna Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Cresta Fund Management LLC (Cresta Fund Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Chris Rozzell, David Truett Miller and Drew Armstrong. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Dxd Capital (Dxd Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by Andrew William Dolan and Cory Sylvester. The firm is headquartered in United States.

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.

Dutchess Capital Management LLC (Dutchess Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Douglas H. Leighton and Michael A. Novielli. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hiscox, Inc. is a leading specialist insurer. It offers insurance by profession, including health, beauty, and wellness; business or marketing consulting; information technology; photographers; and architects and engineers. The firm also offers small business insurance, including professional liability insurance, errors and omissions insurance, and business owner insurance. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Chardan Capital Markets LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Kerry Propper and Steve Urbach in 2003. The firm offers a range of services which include capital raising, merger and acquisition advisory, strategic advisory, equity research, corporate access and institutional trading to institutional clients.

CLSA Americas LLC is a FINRA registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2012 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of CLSA Americas Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. CLSA Americas offers a full suite of execution services throughout North America and Latin America.

Siguler Guff & Co. LP (Siguler Guff) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by George William Siguler, Andrew Joseph Guff and Donald Paul Spencer. The firm is headquartered in New York.with additional offices Boston, Houstan, London.