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AEA Investors LP (AEA Investors) is a private equity firm founded in 1968 by Rockefeller, Mellon & Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co, a subsidiary of AEA Holdings LLC. The firm is headquartered in New York.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

ValueAct Capital Management LP (ValueAct Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2000 by Jeffrey Ubben, Peter Kamin and George Hamel. They are a subsidiary of ValueAct Holdings II LP, which is owned by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). ValueAct Capital provides discretionary investment advice and management services to private investment funds and certain other investment vehicles.

Avalyn Pharma, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It develops improved therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other severe respiratory diseases. The company was founded by Richard Glenn Vincent and Mark W. Surber in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a private equity firm founded in 1979 by Patrick Welsh, Russ Carson and Bruce Anderson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

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.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

The World Economic Forum USA, Inc. operates an organization for economic reforms. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Health Management Academy LLC is a private company that has been cultivating a community of healthcare's most influential changemakers since 1998. The company is based in Alexandria, VA. The company provides peer groups, leadership development programs, and market insights to over 2,000 health system senior executives and 200 industry organizations. The Health Management Academy was founded by Sherrie Jones, Gerald E. Bisbee, and Renee DeSilva has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Sycamore Partners Management LP (Sycamore Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc. engages in the development and sale of commercial real estate properties. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (Private Equity) (Goldman Sachs Asset Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Bright Exchange Sapi De Cv provides designs and installs residential solar systems. The company was founded by Pablo Castellanos and Jonah Greenberger and is headquartered in Ciudad de México, Mexico.

B Capital Group Management LP is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Howard Lee Morgan, Raj Ganguly, Eduardo Saverin. The firm is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.

Radian Capital LLC (Radian Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Jordan Bettman and Weston Gaddy. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Pivotal Bioventure Partners Investment Advisor LLC (Pivotal Bioventure) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Vincent Cheung. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Health Velocity Mgmt LLC (Health Velocity Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

TriPost Capital Partners LLC (Tripost) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Todd D. Silverman and Brad H. Carroll. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Elder Technologies Ltd. operates as an online platform for live-in care services. The firm offers live-in care, paying for care, dementia care, home and elderly care. The company was founded by Peter Gerard Dowds and Thomas Robert Brooks in 2015 and is headquartered in Shoreditch, the United Kingdom.

Activate Capital Management LP (Activate Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Anup M Jacob, David Lincoln and Rajesh Atluru. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc. develops new allosteric therapies with the ability to treat disease. The company was founded by Jonathan Montagu and Geraldine Harriman and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Evina SAS engages in the provision of cyber security, anti-fraud solutions and telecom technologies. It offers EVINA DCB protect platform. The firm operates in the following business segments: Carrier Billing, Advertising and, Payment. The company was founded by Olivier Zetlers and David Lotfi on October 31, 2013 and is headquartered in Versailles, France.

Greynoise Intelligence, Inc. operates as a cyber security company. It analyses Internet background noise and removes pointless security alerts, find compromised devices and identify emerging threats. The company was founded by Andrew Morris in November 2017 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

RA Capital Management LP (Private Equity) (RA Capital) is a private equity & venture capital subsidiary of RA Capital Management LP founded by Peter Kolchinsky in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Komet Sales develops software as a service for the floral industry. The American company's software automates processes and connects businesses with their partners.

Trialspark, Inc(Trialspark) is a Private Equity firm founded in 2013 by Benjamine Liu, Kit Dobyns, and Linhao Zhang. The firm is headquartered in New York, US.

Plexium, Inc. provides drug development methodology services. It specializes in immunomodulation as a therapeutic approach for CNS and oncology. The company was founded by Brian Paegel on July 12, 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Howamigoing Ltd. is a British company that offers a platform for anonymous 360 feedback and public praise to help retain valued employees. The platform is designed for teams and is easy to use. The company provides a free 360 feedback process and allows users to give praise to their teammates without the need for a credit card. Due to COVID-19, the premium version is now free until September 30, 2020. The company aims to prevent 1 million people from having poor performance reviews. The 360 feedback and public praise software incorporates psychological safety and intuitive design. Howamigoing was named one of the Top 10 HR Tech Solutions in 2019.

Packfleet Ltd. was founded in 2021 and is on a mission to empower independent businesses to offer the best delivery experience. The company is based in London, UK. The British company provides a range of delivery services and operates in multiple locations.

Part of McKinsey & Co., Inc., McKinsey & Company Holdings Ltd. is a consulting firm that partners with leaders on strategy, innovating to net zero, leading with tech, and building capabilities for a sustainable, inclusive, growing future. The company is based in London, UK. The British company specializes in Consumer Packaged Goods and has conducted research, articles, and reports on the changes that matter most for the challenges and opportunities ahead. The company was founded in 2011 by Brian K. Stafford.

Arkuda Therapeutics, Inc. engages in development of medicines to improve the lives of patients with neurological diseases. It leverages insights into progranulin and lysosomal biology to develop medicines to change the trajectory of neurodegenerative disease. The company was founded by Gerhard Koenig and Duane Burnett in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Teres Bio, Inc. operates as a clinical stage life sciences company. It translates discoveries in inflammatory pathways into novel, topical therapies for atopic dermatitis and plaque psoriasis skin diseases. The company is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Anteris Bio, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of renal disease. The company is based in Oakland, CA. The CEO of the company is Ilan Zipkin.