Chuck Trafton

Founded in 2003 by Benjamin Howe and Maria Lewis Kussmaul, America's Growth Capital LLC (ACG) is an emerging growth-focused, research, broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of America's Growth Capital Holdings LLC. They seek to identify small-cap opportunities and bring new investment opportunities to growth-oriented institutional and private equity investors. AGC completes investment banking transactions for emerging growth companies in the following industries: (1) technology including communications, data center, financial technology, information security, semiconductors and software (2) clean technology, (3) digital media/Internet and (4) business services. They have participated in transactions ranging in size from $6 million to $1 billion. These transactions have included buyouts, buy-side and sell-side advisory assignments, private placements, PIPEs, IPOs, follow-ons and fairness opinions. The firm's Capital Markets group provides analysis on leading emerging growth sectors with a focus on identifying dynamic changes and trends in their focus industries. They present ideas through: (1) white papers, which provide topical and industry-wide analysis by highlighting the leading small-cap public and private companies of influence (2) thought pieces, which illustrate the impact of current events such as legislation, market swings and (3) capital market updates which present comprehensive statistics and data on one or more product areas including IPOs, M&A, private placements, etc. that have an impact on the emerging growth universe. AGC maintains relationships across multiple pools of capital including institutional, private equity, venture capital, hedge fund, sovereign wealth and debt. They leverage those relationships to provide clients with the best sources of financing for their particular needs.

Canaccord Adams, Inc. is an independent financial services firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Boston with additional offices in New York City, San Francisco, Evanston, Illinois and Houston, Texas. The firm provides research to help clients make informed investment decisions. Their analysts seek to identify opportunities and expose risk with a focus on emerging and small- to mid-cap growth companies. Canaccord Adams focuses on seven sectors, clarifying current events and anticipating market trends in high-quality daily, weekly and monthly research products. The seven sectors they focus on are: metals and mining, energy, technology, life sciences, real estate and gaming, consumer and industrial growth. Canaccord Adams is a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Canaccord Financial, Inc. They are a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Founded in 1970, The Boston Company Asset Management LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a subsidiary of BNY Mellon Asset Management North America Corp. and their ultimate parent is the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK). They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to institutional investors in the form of separate accounts, registered mutual funds, private funds that are exempt from registration in the US, wrap programs, UMA programs and to other investment advisors through sub-advisory agreements.

FlowPoint Capital Partners LP (FlowPoint) is an independent specialty asset management firm headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts. FlowPoint focuses on alternative strategies and bespoke investment solutions for RIAs and family offices.

Edly, Inc. engages in provision of investment services on the education of students. It offers Income Share Agreements (ISA) solution to private student loans. The company was founded by Charles Edward Trafton and Christopher Ricciardi in 2019 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Seminal Capital Holdings LLC (Seminal Capital Holdings) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Buck Buckley and Cyrus Vandrevala. The firm is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

EMP Museum owns and operates a museum of music exhibits. It provides biographies of pop music stars with audios and videos. The company was founded by Paul Gardner Allen, Jody Allen Patton and Frank O. Gehry in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.