Nik Milanovic

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.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

General Atlantic LLC (General Atlantic) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charles F. Feeney. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

SymphonyAI Sensa LLC develops interactive analysis and visualization software. Its technology is used to discover new drug therapies, uncover the causes of diseases, root out financial fraud, accelerate energy exploration, discover customer segmentation and complement other Big Data solutions. The company was founded by Gurjeet Singh, Gunnar Carlson and Harlan Sexton in 2008 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Kumu Networks, Inc. designs and manufactures wireless systems using full-duplex wireless design technology. Its wireless full-duplex allows a radio to transmit and receive signals at the same time using a single frequency channel. The company was founded by Jung-il Choi, Philip Levis, Sachin Katti, Steven Hong, Mayank Jain and Jeffrey A. Mehlman in 2012 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

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.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Audax Private Equity (Audax Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of 101 Huntington Holdings LLC founded in 1999 by Geoff S. Rehnert and Marc B. Wolpow. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and additional office in San Francisco, California.

Hellman & Friedman LLC (Hellman & Friedman) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Veritas Capital Fund Management LLC (Veritas Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Robert McKeon and Ramzi Musallam. The firm is headquartered in New York.

LMCG Investments LLC (LMCG) is an independent employee-owned, SEC-registered investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was originally founded by Lee Munder in 2000 as Lee Munder Investments Ltd. and changed its name into LMCG Investments LLC at the end of 2014. LMCG offers a broad range of investment strategies and solutions to institutional and private clients, globally.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

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.

Altamont Capital Management LLC ( Altamont Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Jesse T. Rogers, Randall Eason and Keoni Schwartz. The firm headquartered located in Palo Alto, California.

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

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.

SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Gradescope, Inc. develops software that enables instructors to grade paper-based assignments and exams online and to provide feedback. It offers Gradescope, an application that helps instructors save time on grading. The company was founded by Sergey Karayev, Pieter Abbeel, Ibrahim Awwal, and Arjun Singh in 2014 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

OrphAI Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm engages in matching drugs to diseases and identifying the care for individual patients using Guardian Angel Artificial Intelligence algorithm. The company was founded by Tian Xu, Jonathan M. Rothberg and Henri S. Lichenstein in 2013 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

Part of X Holdings Corp., Ubalo, Inc. provides micro blogging services. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. Ubalo was acquired by X Corp. (United States) on May 09, 2013.

Covariant, Inc. develops artificial intelligence software that makes it easy to teach robots. The company was founded by Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan and Tianhao Zhang on September 8, 2017 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Orbital Therapeutics, Inc. is a company based in Cambridge, MA that aims to enhance health by utilizing RNA-based medicines to treat human diseases in innovative ways. The company is building a platform that combines RNA technology delivery methods, data science, and automation to develop a portfolio of medicines focused on vaccines, immunomodulation, protein replacement, and regenerative medicine. The company was founded by Drew Weissman, John M. Maraganore, Kristina M. Burow, Ravindra Majeti, Giuseppe Ciaramella, Eugene W. Yeo, Howard Y. Chang, and Carol Suh, with Giuseppe Ciaramella serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Pheast Therapeutics Inc is a pre-clinical stage immuno-oncology company that focuses on targeting cancer immune evasion pathways to activate the innate immune system in the fight against cancer. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. Pheast aims to develop novel therapies for some of the most difficult-to-treat and aggressive cancers, as well as women's cancers including ovarian cancer and breast cancer. The company was founded in 2020 and is led by scientific experts in innate immunity and cancer immunotherapy. Jacopo Leonardi has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Silverware Software LLC develops mobile applications.

The American company was founded by Nick Johnson, Cheng Zhang, and Marcel van der Brug, with Cheng Zhang serving as the CEO since incorporation. Character Biosciences is focused on developing therapies for ophthalmic and other progressive polygenic diseases. The company has developed a platform that integrates genomics with longitudinal clinical data to select drug targets and match therapies to the right patients. Currently, Character Biosciences is advancing two lead drug discovery programs through preclinical development for dry age-related macular degeneration.

Think Bioscience, Inc. is a company that is revolutionizing synthetic biology by utilizing living systems to create better medicines. The company is based in Boulder, CO and was founded by Jerome Fox, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company's approach to drug discovery involves a combination of applied microbiology, enzymology, and computational science to develop small-molecule therapeutics for difficult-to-treat conditions.

Harmonic Discovery, Inc. is an American company that specializes in drug discovery and development services. The company was founded in 2021 by Rayees Rahman, Jason Lee, Marcel Patek. Rayees Rahman has been the CEO since 2021.

Curbio, Inc. operates as a pre-sale home improvement company. It helps home owners and real estate agents in pre-sale home renovation through its technology. The company was founded by Matthew Siegal and Rick Rudman in 2017 and is headquartered in Potomac, MD.