Michael T. Chen

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Founded in 1985, NatWest Markets Securities, Inc. is a financial services and brokerage firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm is a subsidiary of RBS Holdings USA, Inc. and their ultimate parent is the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (LSE: RBS). The firm was formerly known as RBS Securities, Inc., RBS Greenwich Capital, and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. NatWest is an institutional fixed-income firm that provides a full range of debt capital markets services to both those seeking to raise capital and those seeking to invest it. The firm is an industry leader in the U.S. Treasury, agency and MBS markets and in providing real estate and asset-backed financing to their clients. NatWest also provides futures brokerage services and trade strategies to select clients.

Founded in 1969, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) Inc. is an SEC-registered brokerage firm and registered futures commission merchant located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and their ultimate parent is HSBC Holdings Plc. (NYSE: HBC). HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) is a member of FINRA, the NYSE and the SIPC. Their securities and annuity products are provided by registered representatives and insurance agents of HSBC Securities (U.S.A.). In California, HSBC Securities (U.S.A.) conducts insurance business as HSBC Securities Insurance Services. Insurance products are offered through insurance agents of HSBC Insurance Agency (U.S.A.) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank U.S.A. NA and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. The company also engages in investment banking underwriting, dealing and brokering of debt and equity securities and futures contracts and is a primary dealer in U.S. Government and federal agency securities.

Privy, Inc. operates as a private communication platform. It specializes in email marketing, digital marketing, local marketing, path to purchase, repeat sales, shopify, retail marketing, promotional marketing, promotions, customer acquisition, customer retention and ecommerce. The company was founded by Benjamin Jabbawy, Jake Cohen, Joshua Gan and Farrell McClernon in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Ibex Investors LLC (Ibex Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Justin B. Borus. Ibex Investors LLC is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

TPG Capital LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of TPG Capital Advisors LLC founded in 1992 by William S. Price and James George Coulter. The firm is headquartered in Fort Worth with additional offices in London and São Paulo.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.

Harvest Partners LP (Harvest Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1981 by Harvey Wertheim and Harvey Mallement. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Nautic Partners LLC (Nautic Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Gorgi Habib Y. The firm is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

TM Capital Corp. operates as a investment banking firm. The firm helps public and private companies sell their businesses, divest subsidiaries and divisions, negotiate strategic acquisitions, and buyouts. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Capital Management LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. provides trading and executions services to their clients.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

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.

BlueCrest Capital Management (New York) LP (BCM) is a hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BC Capital Management Services Ltd. BCM provides investment advisory and management services to high-net-worth clients.

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.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Centerbridge Partners LP(Centerbridge Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Harold Aronson and Timothy Gallogly. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Creation Investments Capital Management LLC (Creation Investments Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Patrick Thomas Fisher and Kenneth D van der Weele. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices in Bangalore, Dallas, New York, and Mexico.

Trian Fund Management LP, dba Trian Partners (Trian), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 by Founding Partners, Nelson Peltz and Peter May. Trian provides discretionary investment advisory services to a variety of domestic and offshore private investment partnerships and other investment vehicles.

Crowdcent is an American company that offers a machine learning platform for investment purposes. The private company's platform allows users to post new investment ideas, track their performance, and receive feedback from the CrowdCent AI and community. The company was founded by Jason Andrew Rosenfeld and Ryan Mahon, with Jason Andrew Rosenfeld serving as the CEO since incorporation.

eDriving LLC provides online driving courses. It offers mentor by eDriving, virtual risk manager, eLearning, Driving records, professional coaching, and risk managed insurance solutions. The company was founded was founded by Ed Dubens in 1993 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPF&S) is a global investment banking firm, SEC-registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). MLPF&S provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other types of business.

Millennium Management LLC is a SEC-investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Israel 'Izzy' Englander in 1989 and is a subsidiary of MLM Trust B LLC, itself a subsidiary of MLM Trust B. Millennium Management provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds.

OMNY, Inc. develops software for supply chain management. It provides interoperable distributed ledger solution for pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences data. The company was founded by Mitesh Rao, Sunny G. Grewal and Sean O’Brien and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Protostar Partners LLC (Protostar Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Joe Haviv. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Affinitiv, Inc. designs and develops a marketing analytics and technology platform to produce, manage, measure, and optimize multi-channel communications. The firm offers Connectiv1, digital marketing, and software solutions. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Adstra LLC is a data-driven enterprise that offers a comprehensive suite of transparent identity and data solutions through a subscription-based model. Adstra is based in Princeton, NJ, and the CEO of the company is Rick Erwin. The company enables the flexibility to activate identity management and data capabilities within existing technology environments. Adstra is focused on disrupting the practices around how marketers and advertisers engage with data and identity to help orchestrate a better, future-proofed solution to marketing efforts. The company has helped nonprofits raise awareness, fund research, and improve lives with donor insights for over 40 years.

CIP Fund Management LLC (CIP Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Compass Advisers Group LLC founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Palladio Holding SpA is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

L-GAM UK Advisors Ltd. (L-GAM) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2013 by Yves Alexandre, Ferdinando Grimaldi, and Felipe Merry del Val. The firm is headquartered in London with offices in Luxembourg, Milan, and Munich.

StarVest Partners LP invests in companies located in the United States with a revenues of USD 3 - 15 million. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of information technology, business services, and e-commerce. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements with an average initial investment size of USD 3 - 7 million. It acts as a lead investor, makes follow-on investments and also makes co-investments.