Laura Pommer

Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. (Amundi US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and formerly known as Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Inc. In 2021, they merged with and into Amundi Pioneer Institutional Asset Management, Inc. and subsequently changed their name to Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Amundi US, Inc., ultimately held by Rue La Boëtie SAS’ Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Amundi US provides investment management services to pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.

Westwood Management Corp. (Westwood) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Susan Byrne in 1983 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG). Westwood provides portfolio management services to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, state and municipal government entities, pooled investment vehicles, and sovereign wealth funds.

Alpine Investors is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Graham Weaver. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Courtney Group, Inc. (Private Equity) is a private equity a subsidiary of The Courtney Group, Inc founded in 1995 by Thomas W. Courtney. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Trivie, Inc. develops on-demand gasification platform. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Platinum Equity Advisors LLC (Platinum Equity Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Tom Gores. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Merck Capital Ventures LLC (Merck Capital Ventures) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Merck & Co, Inc. founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Insight Equity Holdings LLC (Insight Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Victor L Vescovo and Ted W. Beneski. The firm is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. LLC provides investment banking services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Triple Ring Technologies, Inc. operates as an imaginative research and development firm. It works across the development process in regulated markets including medical devices, in vitro diagnostics and life science tools, imaging and industrial applications. The company was founded in February 2005 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI). Houlihan Lokey Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They also have the ability to serve as underwriter or bookrunner with respect to traditional debt and equity offerings, including leveraged loans and public offerings of debt, equity-linked, and equity securities.

Part of AXA SA, AXA Asia SAS is a French company that provides insurance services. The company is based in Paris, France.

Cook Street Consulting, Inc. (Cook Street) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The firm was co-founded by Sean M. Waters and Karen M. Robinson in 1999. They are a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). Cook Street provides customized fiduciary and investment consulting services to retirement plan sponsors, corporate accounts, foundations, and endowments in North America.

Pelican Energy Partners ( Pelican Energy Partners ) is a private equity firm founded by Michael Scott in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Flyover Capital Partners LLC (Flyover Capital Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Mariner LLC founded in 2014 by Keith Molzer and Thad Langford. The firm is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Project Admission, Inc. engages in the provision of platform for buying, selling, and distribution of digital tickets. It tracks tickets from purchase to event capturing attendee data and downstream revenue for teams, brands, and artists. The company was founded by Stephen Glicken in 2018 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Carnrite Ventures LLC (Carnrite Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of The Carnrite Group founded in 2015 by Alan Carnrite. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Skylark Travel Group, Inc. operates as a travel company. It offers deals on 5-star hotels, flights and perks. The firm merges technology with luxury travel. The company was founded by Paul Tumpowsky and is headquartered in New York, NY.

iLink Digital, Inc. provides software solutions. The private company is based in Bothell, WA and has subsidiaries in United States and Portugal. The company was founded in 2002 by Sridhar Mahadevan. Sankaran Sreebalaji Kadayan has been the CEO of the company since 2002.