Alexander Lavin

Unilever United States, Inc. engages in the manufacture of personal care and consumer products. It distributes laundry detergents, shampoos, ice cream, dinner products, soaps, and body wash under the brand names Axe, Ben & Jerry's, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Country Crock, Degree, and Dove. The company was founded 1877 and is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

AgSquared LLC provides online farm planning, management, and record keeping software tools. It also provides online training sessions, and help articles and videos. The company was founded by Giulia Stellari and Jeff Froikin in 1996 and is headquartered in Brookhaven, NY.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

ABRY Partners LLC (ABRY Partners) a private equity subsidiary of John F. Stafford Insurance Agency, Inc. founded in 1989 by Samuel Andrew Banks and Royce G. Yudkoff. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

New Mountain Capital LLC (New Mountain Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Steven Klinsky. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Arsenal Capital Management LP (Arsenal Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Arsenal Capital Group LLC founded in 2000 by Terrence M. Mullen and Jeffrey B. Kovach. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The MITRE Corp. provides systems engineering, research and development and information technology support services. It offers federally funded research and development centers for the department of defense, the federal aviation administration, the internal revenue service and department of veteran affairs and the department of homeland security. The company was founded by Robert Everett in 1958 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Samsung Venture Investment Corp. (SVIC) is a corporate venture capital investment firm based in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1999, they manage investment and investment-related activities for the Samsung Group. The parent firm, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Seoul, produces semiconductors, business communications systems, reciprocating and rotary compressors, optical and hard disc drives, LCD panels, set-top boxes, CC televisions, as well as fiber optics. In 2004, SVIC established Samsung Ventures America, their US-based venture capital arm.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Cantos Ventures LLC (Cantos Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Ian Rountree. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Levo League Corp. operates an online community for professional women seeking advice, inspiration, and the tools. The firm offers career resources needed to achieve personal and professional success and allows members to browse jobs, build relationships with other professionals, connect with mentors. The company was founded by Caroline Ghosn and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Twelve develops a device that recycles carbon dioxide into chemicals and fuels. The company was founded by Kendra Kuhl, Nicholas Flanders, and Etosha Cave and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Fall Line Capital LLC (Fall Line Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Eric O’Brien and Clay Mitchell. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Claris International, Inc. develops database software applications. It makes software that transforms businesses by enabling users to create and run custom applications that work seamlessly across iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the web. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Freenome Holdings, Inc. engages in the development of multiomics platform for early cancer detection. It develops simple and accurate blood tests for early cancer detection and integrating the actionable insights into health systems to operationalize a machine learning feedback loop between care and science. The company was founded by Charles Roberts, Riley Ennis, and Gabriel Otte and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

JP Morgan & Co. provides financial services. The private company is based in Singapore, Singapore.

Protective Industrial Products, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of safety products. It offers arm protection, critical environment, electrical safety, emergency responder, ergonomics, eye protection, first aid kits, hand protection, head protection, and hearing protection. The company was founded by Joseph A. Milot and Wellson Tao in 1984 and is headquartered in Latham, NY.

Raging Capital Management LLC (Raging Capital) is a registered independent investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in Rocky Hill, New Jersey. The firm was founded by William C. Martin in 2006. Raging Capital provides investment advisory services to private funds intended for sophisticated investors and certain special purpose vehicles.