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Luminist, Inc. is developing a novel diagnostic platform for early detection of liver disease. The company was founded by William Gillis Olsen, Storm Stillman, and Samantha Friedman and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Founded in 1971, Peters & Co. Ltd. is an independent, fully integrated investment firm headquartered in Calgary, Ontario. The firm specializes in investments in the Canadian oil and natural gas and oilfield services industries. They provides investment services to institutional investors and private clients. Peters & Co. employs their own trading group and performs specialized and comprehensive investment research. They are an active underwriter for, and financial advisor to, companies active in the Canadian energy industry. Peters & Co. is a member of the CIPF.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Yaletown Venture Partners, Inc (Yaletown Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Mike Satterfield and Hans Knapp. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Verdex Capital Ltd (Verdex Capital) is a evergreen venture capital firm founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

Creative Destruction Lab operates as a seed-stage program for massively scalable, science based ventures. It employs coaching process to help founders commercialize advances in science and technology. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 1999, Paradigm Capital, Inc. is an independent, institutional investment dealer headquartered in Toronto with an additional office in Calgary. They offer sector-based research, a strong distribution platform and select investment banking mandates. The firm focuses their research, distribution and investment banking efforts on several areas in the Canadian equity markets: growth, mining, energy and energy services. Paradigm is a member of the CIPF.

IA Private Wealth, Inc. (Broker) (IA Private Wealth-Broker) is the brokerage division of IA Private Wealth, Inc., wealth management firm headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The firm is a subsidiary of Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc., which is owned by iA Financial Corp., Inc. (TSE: IAG). IA Private Wealth-Broker offers brokerage services in stocks, bonds and mutual funds to individuals and institutions.

Pack Ventures Management LLC (Pack Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Kenneth Matthew Horenstein. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Gustav Technologies, Inc. develops sub-vendor management software for staffing firms. The company was founded by Jan Jedlinski, Michael Strock, Daniel Bartakovics, and Benjamin Bartakovics and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

FSPW GmbH provides recruitment services. It offers part and full time employment solutions. The firm provides employment opportunities in the healthcare, IT and finance sectors. The company was founded by Benjamin Bartakovics, Daniel Bartakovics, Jan Jedlinski and Michael Ströck and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Athlane, Inc. develops esports data platform that enables investors, sponsors, professional teams, and other interested parties to discover, track, and assess esports opportunities through aggregated, validated real-time data feeds and AI-driven analytics. The company was founded by Faisal Younus and Michael Ivkov and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Like.Fm, Inc. operates software platform for oil painting services. The firm’s products include oil, water color, charcoal, and digital portrait painting. The company was founded by Chris Chen in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Switchboard, Inc. engages in development and operation of a fleet management and trailer tracking platform. Its products include fleet management, trailer tracking, and weigh station bypass. The company was founded by Michael Ip and Sagar Malhi and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Solv3D, Inc. designs and develops software solutions for geospatial data processing, visualization, and collaboration. The firm offers 3DPointLogic, a processing toolkit which assists users in optimizing point cloud data for use within their applications and workflows and SiteVisit360 which provides the ability to merge together a myriad of geospatial datasets in a single platform. The company was founded by Paul Stephen Chernik and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Bottomless, Inc. operates as a coffee service company that uses a smart scale to deliver roasted coffee beans based on user's consumption. The company was founded by Michael Mayer and Liana Herrera in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Kopa, Inc. provides furnished apartments and housemates to foster community. The company was founded by Jack Forbes, Courtney Sabo, and Zach Waterfield in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Carbic, Inc. is a full service technology company that provides software and hardware for oil and gas companies. The company was founded by Jeffrey Garoon in 2015 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Ripple Ventures (Ripple Ventures) is a venture capital firm is founded by Matt Cohen in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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.

Maitian.Ai develops software application for retails stores. It offers wide selection of foods such as sandwich, salad, yogurt, snacks and more The company was founded by Ye Xia in April 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Zanze XVI Srl owns and operates restaurant. The company is headquartered in Venice, Italy.

Action Electric Sales Co., Inc. manufactures electrical wires and optical cables. Its products include switch board wire, bare copper wire, building wire and multi colour wires. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Alpha Vantage, Inc. develops and provides application program interfaces for real-time and historical data on stocks, forex and digital currencies. The company was founded by Jun Oliver Porte and Shu Zheng in March 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Tall Poppy Security, Inc. develops tools and provides services to help companies protect employees against online harassment and abuse. The company was founded by Leigh Honeywell and Logan G. Dean in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Akiflow, Inc. is an American company that is developing a time blocking app to help individuals stay organized and manage their schedules more efficiently. The app aims to make it 10 times faster to keep schedules under control. The company was founded by Nunzio Martinello, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Noonic Srl provides digital strategic consulting solutions. Its services include business processes consultancy, technological marketing, online advertising, website and electronic commerce development, idea development, and growth and financial metrics. The company was founded by Nunzio Martinello, Nicola Possagnolo, and Sebastiano Favaro in 2012 and is headquartered in Padua, Italy.

Ledger Investing, Inc. builds an online marketplace platform for insurers to offer investors to buy securities covering various classes of insurance risk. It provides an opportunity for asset managers, pension funds, hedge funds, family offices and other institutions interested in earning a return through insurance investing. The company was founded by Samir Shah, Aymeric Rabot and Julien Brissonneau in 2016 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Startup School by Y Combinator operates online courses for startup founders. The private company is based in Mountain View, CA.