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Big Idea Ventures LLC (Big Idea Ventures) is venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Andrew Ive. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC provides brokerage and investment advisory services to individual investors, small-to-medium sized businesses and institutions. It offers investment alternatives including financial, wealth planning services, annuity and other insurance products, credit and other lending products, cash management services, retirement services, trust and fiduciary services. The company is headquartered in Purchase, NY.

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).

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.

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.

5G Open Innovation Lab LLC is an applied innovation ecosystem that brings together corporations, academia, and government institutions with early and later-stage startups to develop new capabilities and market categories that will transform the enterprise. The private company is based in Kirkland, WA and was founded by Jim Brisimitzis. The lab provides startups with access to open platforms and markets needed to create, test, and deploy new use cases and innovations for 5G and 5G-enabled technologies, including artificial intelligence and edge computing. The lab also delivers actionable knowledge and market insight to help its partners and member companies deliver value to customers and grow their revenue and leadership positions.

DNABlock, Inc. is a company that provides a massively collaborative creativity tool called replikant for web3. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The tool allows distributed teams to create bespoke, high-quality, digital 3D avatars, videos, games, and even cinema-quality productions in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional animation and visual effect studios. The company's pipeline, combined with advanced machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and sentiment analysis, is their recipe for engaging, real-time, interactive, digital beings and the future of immersive entertainment. DNABlock enables web3 creator communities to design and mint NFT collections of truly custom photorealistic 3D avatars, environments, and cinema-quality animated content with no code or animation knowledge. DNABlock was founded by Anthony Kelani and Luc Shurgers, and Anthony Kelani has been the CEO since incorporation.

Tech Coast Angels, Inc. (Tech Coast Angels) is an angel firm founded in 1997 by Luis Villalobos. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

University of Nevada functions as a college and university. It provides education, research, scholarship, creative activities, and clinical services. The company was founded on September 10, 1957 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Saasuma, Inc. engages in the provision Software-as-a-Service platform with cross-cloud search and software stack management. Its platform allows user to to search across clouds and devices from a single search box on web, mobile, and desktop app. The company is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Part of Imprivata, Inc., Jotter Technologies, Inc. is a company that develops software for the Internet. The company is based in Sacramento, CA. Jotter Technologies was acquired by SAFLINK Corp. on December 15, 2000 for $5.05 million.

Part of Geneve Holdings, Inc., Intelligent Communications, Inc. is a business funding company that provides hassle-free funding for startups and growing businesses. The company is based in Fremont, CA. The company offers funding for business expansion, working capital, emergency cash, and startup capital up to $125,000. The funding process is fast, secure, and reliable, and the company has helped thousands of business owners since 2015. Intelligent Communications was acquired by American Independence Corp. on February 09, 1999 for $15.31 million.

FLO Corp. develops the registered traveler program software solution for travel security. It offers a comprehensive solution for the Registered Traveler program. It provides enrollment services using enrollment stations, credentialing of TSA-approved registered travelers through the issuance of a proprietary smart card, and registered traveler authentication services at security checkpoints using authentication kiosks. The company was founded on March 9, 2007 and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA.

SwineTech, Inc. provides patented technology solutions to reduce the number of piglets that die from disease, starvation, and crushing. The firm also offers farmers with a swine-management feature that can provide farmers with a real-time health analysis of each sow, enabling them to detect, isolate, and treat a potential viral outbreak in their facilities. The company was founded by Abraham Espinoza, John Rourke and Matthew Rooda in 2015 and is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Revolution Power, Inc. manufactures electronic equipment parts. It offers audiophiles, video and home theater enthusiasts, amateur and commercial radio operators, musicians, and studio techs. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Boku Network Services AG provides payment solutions for online merchants. Its solution areas include payment processing, mobile marketing campaigns, and customer relationship management. The firm design mobile applications that cover content management, web-based reporting, and short message service dialogues. The company was founded by Ingo Lippert, Christian Hinrichs and Armin Barbalata on March 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Part of Sinon Invest Holding GmbH, mobile messaging solutions (mms) GmbH provides mobile messaging solutions. The company is based in Vienna, Austria. mobile messaging solutions (mms was acquired by Sinon Invest Holding GmbH from VeriSign, Inc. on February 05, 2009.

Honey Science Corp. provides browser extension that automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout for different online shopping websites. The company was founded by George Ruan and Ryan Hudson in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

WF World Fund Management GmbH (WF World Fund Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

JRNL, Inc. provides online journaling services. As one journal on phone, tablet, and computer, it allows users to write, collect, share, and print data. The company was founded by Nick Jones and Steve Reed in 2014 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Databuoy Corp. develops sensor networks and concepts and applications for sensor networks. It offers Databuoy, a computational sensor node that persists in the environment and senses, thinks and communicates. The firm’s products are used in area or building security, urban presence, facilities monitoring and cultural awareness applications. The company was founded by Kathleen A. Griggs in 2007 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Varkain LLC (Varkain) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.