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SSL Holdings, Inc.'s principal activities are designing, manufacturing, and integrating the reliable communication satellites and satellite systems for an international roster of commercial and government customers across the world. SS/L operates as a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications with the interest in providing of commercial satellites and works with satellite operators to provide spacecraft for a broad range of services including television and radio distribution, digital audio radio, broadband Internet, and mobile communications. Its satellites and subsystem products provide satellite services including direct-to-home television, digital audio radio, broadband internet, mobile satellite services and digital multimedia broadcasting. The company was founded in November 15, 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

AppDirect, Inc. develops end-to-end commerce platform for selling, distributing, and managing cloud-based products and services. It offers AppMarket, AppReseller, AppBilling, and AppDistribution. The company was founded by Nicolas Desmarais, Andy Sen, and Daniel H. Saks in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Maxar Space LLC designs and manufactures weather and communications satellites, subsystems and payloads. The firm's services includes television and radio distribution, digital audio radio, broadband Internet, and mobile communications. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Asurion LLC provides consumer technology protection services. It offers mobile protection, extended warranty, and soluto services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Part of Blackstone, Inc., The Blackstone Group enables leading energy companies to build enterprises at scale that can deliver clean, reliable and affordable energy to help meet needs. The company is based in Beijing, China. The Chinese company invests in companies shaping the future, helping emerging leaders become champions through the power of the Blackstone platform.

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.

Via Nova Therapeutics, Inc. is a company that aims to discover and develop safe and effective therapies for viral diseases with inadequate treatments. The company is based in Oakland, CA. Via Nova's pipeline includes four programs targeting influenza, human rhinovirus, polyomavirus, and adenovirus. The company is committed to advancing this initial pipeline with additional discovery efforts to follow. Via Nova believes that the recent expansion of point-of-care testing and telemedicine driven by the COVID-19 pandemic will transform the diagnostic landscape, allowing early recognition of all the important respiratory viruses. The company was founded in August 2021 and has in-licensed antiviral programs from RTIs. The CEO of the company is Donald Emil Ganem.

Part of Eli Lilly & Co., Versanis Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Lloyd Klickstein. Mark E. Pruzanski has been the CEO of the company since 2021. Versanis Bio was acquired by Eli Lilly & Co. on August 14, 2023 for $1,925 million.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

CFA Society of San Francisco provides educational services. It offers a multi-review course which provides structured, classroom-based approach to preparing for the examination. The firm focuses on the assigned materials in the study guides from CFA Institute, with an emphasis on the Learning Outcome Statements (LOS). The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Singulex, Inc. provides biotechnological research and development services. It also provides instrumentation and immunoassays with the requisite sensitivity and specificity to enable biomarker discovery and validation for drug safety and efficacy. The company was founded by Robert S. Puskas in November 1997 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

FLG Partners LLC is a CFO solutions, CEO, and board advisory services provider based in Silicon Valley. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers financial and operational leadership to a wide range of companies, from newly funded startups to Fortune 100 companies, across various sectors, including technology, life sciences, and consumer products. The firm's partners engage clients in interim or long-term assignments in leadership roles that typically are consulting engagements. FLG Partners has helped raise over $6 billion in growth financing, IPO, and M&A transactions for the firm's clients since January 2021. The company was founded by Douglas J. Lehrmann, Jeffrey S. Kuhn, Kyle W. Smith.

Part of ALX Oncology Holdings, Inc., ALX Oncology, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company which develops therapies for cancers. The company is based in Burlingame, CA. The CEO of the company is Jaume Pons.

4INFO, Inc. engages in the provision of mobile display advertising technology. It offers retail, automotive, financial and CPG solutions. The company was founded by Michael Stachowiak, Markus A. Nordvik, Pankaj B. Shah, Zaw Thet, and David E. Siminoff in 2004 and is headquarters in San Mateo, CA.

Lightning Bolt Solutions, Inc. develops physician scheduling software. The firm has expertise in the areas of physician workflow, hospital operations, artificial intelligence and professional balance. The company was founded by Suvas Vajracharya in 2002 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. provides consulting services. It offers facilities, Infrastructure, project controls, engineering, ecological, environmental modeling, waste water engineering and waste management services. The company was founded in 1988 and it is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Xambala, Inc. offers liquidation services to capital markets. It enables rapid price discovery in providing liquidity. The firm develops networking and computing technologies in allowing its clients to respond quickly as the market changes in providing competitive quotations. The company was founded by Samba Murthy, Alak Deb and Rajan Raghavan on December 10, 2001 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Visionnaire Ventures LLC (Visionnaire Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Susan Y. Choe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Japan.

Peninsula Clean Energy is a community choice aggregation agency that provides electricity to a population of 810,000 in California. The non-profit company is based in Redwood City, CA and was launched collaboratively by the county of San Mateo and all twenty of its cities. Peninsula Clean Energy invests in energy programs and rebates that help residents further reduce carbon. The goal of the company is to provide electricity that is 100% greenhouse gas-free by 2021 and 100% renewable on a 24/7 basis by 2025. The agency was founded in 2016 with a mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provides more than 3,600 gigawatt hours annually of electricity that is 50 percent renewable, 100 percent clean, and at lower cost than PG&E.

Aditum Bio Management Co. LLC is a biotech venture capital company based in Oakland, CA. Aditum Bio is committed to improving public health by accelerating research and development in disease areas with both large and more targeted patient populations. The private company focuses on basic mechanisms of disease, in-license promising drug candidates, and spin-out individual companies dedicated to bringing each candidate through phase II clinical trials. In partnership with Trialspark, Aditum Bio uses data, software, and technology to help bring innovative medicines through the clinical trial phase more quickly and with lower costs than traditional pharmaceutical companies. The company was founded by Paul Sekhri, Joseph Jimenez, and Mark Fishman.

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC operates as a producer, marketer, and distributor of shelf stable and frozen food products. Its products are sold through supermarkets, grocery wholesalers and distributors, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, warehouse clubs and military channels. The company was founded on June 19, 1998 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

Celera Corp. provides medical diagnostics services. It offers disease management solutions through a combination of tests and services based on genetics discovery platforms. Celera was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

AgraQuest, Inc. develops pesticides and provides best management services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Myriad Women's Health, Inc. provides pre-pregnancy genetic testing services. It operates as a medical technology company that gives people access to vital information about their bodies, including DNA analysis for family preparation, and inherited cancers. The firm offers genetic counseling over the phone and gives client direct access to a professional genetics expert who can interpret their report. The company was founded by Ramji Srinivasan, Eric A. Evans, Rishi Kacker and Balaji S. Srinivasan on October 24, 2007 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Bayer CropScience LP provides crop protection products. The company was founded on December 3, 1999 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Applied Biosystems, Inc. is a company that provides integrated systems for sequencing, flow cytometry, and various types of PCR. The company is based in Foster City, CA. The company's products cover the entire process from sample preparation to data analysis. The company was founded by Chris Yoo, Marvin H. Caruthers, Michael W. Hunkapiller, and Leroy E. Hood. Applied Biosystems was acquired by Invitrogen Corp. from Applera Corp. on November 21, 2008 for $6,417.85 million.

Heinz North America Consumer Products manufactures snack foods. Its products include mustard and barbecue and pasta sauces that are sold under the Heinz 57, Jack Daniels, Classico pasta sauces, and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire brands. The company is located in Pittsburgh, PA.