Anna Rath

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.

Naurex, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage company, which develops therapies. The firm offers therapies for depression and other disorders in the central nervous system based on a mechanism of action for modulating the NMDA receptor (NMDAR). It offers a line of chemical drug classes, such as glycine-site functional partial agonists, which modulate the receptor in a different way than existing NMDAR agents. The firm provides GLYX-13, an NRX-1050 small molecule series and additional compounds for treatment-resistant depression. The company was founded by Joseph R. Moskal in 2006 and is headquartered in Evanston, IL.

The University of Melbourne, founded in 1853, is a world-renowned institution located in Parkville, Australia. The university is a leader in education, teaching, and research, offering a wide range of coursework and research programs.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. produces canned and bottled juice drinks. The firm's products include juices & drinks, craisins dried cranberries, sauce and fresh fruit. It also operates fruit receiving stations, processing and bottling plants through out the United States and Canada. The company was founded by Marcus L. Urann, John Makepeace, and Elizabeth F. Lee in 1930 and is headquartered in Lakeville-Middleboro, MA.

Portfolio Advisors LLC (Portfolio Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Darien, Connecticut with additional offices in Dallas, London, Zurich, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Syngenta Seeds LLC engages in the process and distribution of seeds. The firm's products include corn, soybean, alfalfa, wheat, sunflower, sugar beets, vegetables and flower seeds. The company is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL.

Direct Line Insurance Ltd. provides insurance services. It offers services such as home, pet, travel, and life insurance. The firm's products and services include loans, savings, online car buying and car breakdown service. The company was founded in April 1985 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Promon Engenharia Ltda. provides engineering infrastructure design services. Its portfolio includes oil refineries, petrochemical plants, marine terminals, hydroelectric, thermoelectric, and nuclear power plants, power transmission systems, steel and mining plants, automotive and aerospace industries, business and shopping centers, as well as railway and urban transportation projects. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Canadian Dental Association operates as an association for the welfare of dentists. The firm’s services and resources include CDAnet, ITRANS, CDA essentials magazine, CDA Oasis App, JCDA Oasis, CDSPI and CDA secure send. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

SpeeDx Pty Ltd. is a medical diagnostic company focused on the research, development and commercialization of molecular diagnostic detection technologies. It offers various technologies, including MNAzymes, which are multi-component nucleic acid enzymes composed of DNA to be adapted for sensitive and specific multiplexed detection of various target analytes, as well as catalytically modify substrates producing signals to indicate the presence of target; DNAzymes, which are deoxyribozymes or DNA enzymes to catalyze a repertoire of chemical reactions and are used in the sensor/nanotechnology arena, as well as used for human and animal health; and EzyAmp, an isothermal signal amplification cascade that utilizes restriction enzymes. The company was founded by Elisa E. Mokany and Alison V. Todd in 2009 and is headquartered in Eveleigh, Australia.

Fifth Era LLC (Fifth Era) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Alison Davis and Matthew Le Merle. The firm is headquartered in Tiburon, California.

GenesisGroup engages in the provision of grain testing and inspection services. It also offers certification for products and processes in the dairy, meat, and other agricultural businesses. The company was founded by Rodrigo Rodrigues Alves and Henrique Victorelli in April 2001 and is headquartered in Londrina, Brazil.

Vogel Soluções em Telecomunicações e Informática SA provides telecommunications services. Its services include data transmission, internet for business, customized networks, data transport solutions for carriers, internet for service provides, voice services for enterprise, collocation and connectivity for content generators. It operates deferent market segments such as companies, governments, operators, ISP’s and data centers. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Ultivue, Inc. engages in provision of biotechnology services. It offers super-resolution imaging, single-molecule and diagnostics services. Its product Multiplex IHC Reagent Kits, a performance marker multiplexing detection and analysis.The company was founded by Peng Yin, David Walt and Ralf Jumgmann in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Benefit Street Partners LLC /Private Debt/ (BSP) is a private debt firm which was founded in 2008, headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Charlotte, Houston, Providence and San Francisco.

Kytopen Corp. engages in the provision of technology solutions. It develops genetically engineered cells that modifies microorganisms. The company was founded by Paulo A. Gracia and Cullen R. Buie in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Inflammatix, Inc. operates molecular diagnostics company which develops rapid tests that read the immune system. The firm specializes in molecular diagnostics, biotechnology, computational immunology, in-vitro diagnostics, personalized medicine and bioinformatics. The company was founded by Purvesh Khatri, Jonathan Romanowsky and Timothy Sweeney and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Northpond Ventures LLC (Northpond Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sharon Kedar and Michael Pinchas Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Maryland.

Fungialert Ltd. develops detection sensors. The firm increases agricultural productivity and sustainability using disruptive, early detective sensors and novel soil health analysis. The company was founded by Kerry O'Donnelly Weaver and Angela de Manzanos and is headquartered in Harpenden, the United Kingdom.

Kate Farms, Inc. offers nutritionally advanced, plant-based tube feeding formulas and nutritional shakes. Its formulas include standard 1.0, peptide 1.5, pediatric standard 1.2 and komplete. The company was founded by Richard Laver and Michelle Laver in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. is a life sciences company that develops synthetic cells for various applications in diagnostics and therapeutics. The company is based in Emeryville, CA. The company utilizes advances in distributed manufacturing, engineering, and polymer chemistry to provide an industry-first, off-the-shelf solution for cell-like reagents that are stable, low-cost, and targeted towards a range of indications and markets. Slingshot Biosciences focuses on developing cutting-edge tools for fluorescence imaging to revolutionize how scientists explore and understand the intricate mechanisms of life. The company is committed to empowering researchers with exceptional products that enable groundbreaking discoveries and shape the future of bioscience. The company was founded in 2012 by Jeffrey Kim, who has been the CEO since 2012.

Part of Donaldson Co., Inc., Isolere Bio, Inc. is an early-stage biotechnology company that develops novel and proprietary reagents. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was founded in 2017 by Kelli Luginbuhl, Joseph McMahon, Ashutosh Chilkoti. Kelli Luginbuhl has been the CEO since 2017. Isolere Bio was acquired by Donaldson Co., Inc. on February 21, 2023 for $62.50 million.

Torus Biosystems, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It performs DNA testing for scientific and medical research purposes. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Brookline, MA.

Benson Hill Biosystems, Inc. operates as an agricultural biotechnology company. The private company is based in St. Louis, MO.

Saidler & Co. Finance Ag provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Switzerland.

The Yield Lab Manager LLC (Yield Lab Manager) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Thad W Simons and Thomas Adamitis. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.