Aaron Hammon

Payden & Rygel is a privately-owned, registered investment adviser headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Joan Payden in 1983. They provide a full range of investment strategies and solutions to institutions and individual investors.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Banner Ridge Partners LP (Banner Ridge Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Anthony Michael Cusano and C. J. Driessen. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Synenco Energy, Inc. develops oil sands reserves. Its principal activities are the acquisition and development of oil sands in the Fort McMurray area of Alberta. The company was founded by Christopher H. Hopkins and Todd D. Montgomery in 1999 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Freewire Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures mobile electric vehicle chargers. The company was founded by Arcady Sosinov, Jawann Swislow, Rich Steele, Sanat Kamal Bahl, Kothari Luv, and Sameer Mehdiratta in 2014 and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA.

Costanoa Venture Capital Management LLC (Costanoa Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Greg Sands. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

StartUp Health LLC (StartUp Health) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Unity Stoakes and Steven H. Krein. The firm is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in California.

AlphaSense, Inc. is a market intelligence and search platform that uses AI-based technology to provide insights from a vast universe of public and private content, including equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients' own research content. The company is based in New York, NY, and has subsidiaries in the UK, Finland, Germany, India, and China. AlphaSense employs over 1,000 people and helps professionals make smarter business decisions by finding information on companies, data, and themes from within millions of research documents in seconds, all with one simple search. The company was founded in 2011 by Raj Neervannan and Jaakko Kokko, and Jaakko Kokko has been the CEO since then.

Hatzimemos/Libby Holdings LLC (H/L Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Eric Hatzimemos and Oliver B. Libby. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Solidia Technologies, Inc. develops a technology platform that enables production of next generation building and construction materials. The firm also commercializes its proprietary technology based on low temperature solidification, which enables the production of building and construction materials, such as concrete and stone at low temperatures and pressures. The company was founded by Richard E. Riman in 2008 and is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ.

Zippity, Inc. engages in the provision of on-site car care services. Its services include oil changes, battery and brake inspection, filtration, and replacement of brake pad, bulb, wiper, and battery. The company was founded by Russell Walker and Edward Warren III in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Hercules Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Scott Harvey, Manuel Henriquez, and Roy Liu. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

SLWA LLC (dba San Luis Wealth Advisors) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California. The firm was founded by Brad Goodwin in 2020 and provides investment management services and financial planning to individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations and foundations, businesses, and pension plans.

StartX, Inc. organizes and develops startup accelerator programs. It provides a network of mentors which is world class. The company benefits from having access to faculty and lecturers from the stanford community including the engineering, business, medical, and design schools. StartX was founded by Divya Nag and Cameron Teitelman in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Ever.Ag Corp. is an agriculture-focused company that offers software and services to support the entire supply chain, from farm to table. The company is based in Frisco, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States and Ireland. The company's solutions cater to dairy, crops, animal protein, and agribusiness customers, providing advanced technology, risk management, and market intelligence to operate more efficiently, sustainably, nimbly, and strategically. Ever.Ag was founded in 2022, and the CEO is Scott Sexton.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

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.

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.

Gemmer Asset Management LLC (Gemmer) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. The firm was founded by David L. Gemmer in 1992. Gemmer provides high quality, unbiased investment management services to the local Bay Area community.

Cota, Inc. provides healthcare services. It specializes in healthcare information technology. The company was founded by Andrew L. Pecora in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sandata Technologies LLC engages in the provision of home care solutions. Its solutions offer agencies, states and MCOs (managed care organizations)with tools and capabilities to advance quality of care and improve patient and client outcomes. The company was founded by Bert E. Brodsky in 1978 and is headquartered in Port Washington, NY.

Propel Venture Partners, LLC (Propel Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.