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Paulson Investment Co. LLC Operates as a secondary financial vehicle. It specializes in private placements and investment banking. The company was founded by Jacqueline M. Paulson in 1970 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Trinity Capital Investment LLC ("Trinity") is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2008 by Steven L. Brown. The firm is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Sterling Investment Management LLC (Sterling) is an independent wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. The firm was founded by John H. Payne in 1995 as Sterling Investment Management LLC and became a limited liability company in 2022. Sterling provides sophisticated portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals, endowments, foundations, and corporations located throughout the US.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

City National Rochdale LLC (CNR) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of CNR Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY) in Canada. The firm was founded when Rochdale Investment Management LLC was combined with City National Asset Management, Inc. and City National Bank's investment management group, City National Asset Management. Headquartered in New York City, CNR provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individual investors as well as to registered investment companies and institutions.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Compass Lexecon LLC provides legal services. It offers legal services to corporations and government clients. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

SVN International Corp. engages in the provision of commercial real estate services. It offers brokerage, consultation, asset management, property management, leasing, accelerated marketing, and auction services. The company was founded by R. Rand Sperry and Mark E. Van Ness in 1987 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Ellie, Inc. provides fitness active wears for women through online. The company was founded by Marcus Greinke and Lindsay Daniels and is headquartered in Bell, CA.

Sperry Van Ness International operates a commercial real estate platform.

Vector Marketing operates as a single level direct sales company which sells CUTCO. The firm belong to the direct selling association, which is the national trade association for companies who manufacture and distribute goods and services sold directly to consumers. The company is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

Sweetwater Royalties LLC is a privately held company established by Orion Mine Finance. The company is based in Lakewood, CO and has subsidiaries in the United States. Sweetwater Royalties is a base metals and industrial minerals royalty company with more than four million mineral acres and one million fee surface acres in the land grant. The company provides its partners with the opportunity for development of the natural resources on the land grant assets, access to grazing, and entry to the renewable energy sector. By utilizing an agile business strategy that enables collaboration with local partners on the ground, Sweetwater unlocks the value of its natural resources, including the largest known trona deposit. The company was founded in 2020, and the CEO is Damon Barber.

Orion Mine Finance LLP (Orion Mine Finance) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Oskar Lewnowski. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Patpatia & Associates, Inc. provides financial consulting services. The private company is based in Berkeley, CA.

ACA Compliance Group Ltd. provides regulatory compliance consulting services to investment advisers, private fund managers, commodity trading advisors, investment companies, and broker-dealers. It offers compliance solutions; cyber security and risk; performance services; financial technology; anti-money laundering and financial crimes; and investment management and regulatory technology. The company was founded Robert Louis Stype Jr., Jeff Morton, and Ted Eichenlaub and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Wolfe Research LLC is a FINRA-registered sell-side research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Edward Wolfe in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Wolfe Holdco LLC. Wolfe Research provides bespoke research of various stocks in every major GIC sector for institutional clients. The firm has established a reputation for macro research underpinning coverage in Industrials, Utilities/Energy, Consumer/Retail, Financials/REITS, Healthcare and TMT.

Arrowroot Capital Management LLC (Arrowroot capital) is a private equity firm founded by Matthew j. Safaii in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regulates and supervises all nationally chartered commercial banks in the United States. It covers bank management, bank operations, and international banking. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Part of University of Arizona, Arizona Cancer Center provides clinical and medical research services. The company is based in Tucson, AZ.