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Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AEA Investors LP (AEA Investors) is a private equity firm founded in 1968 by Rockefeller, Mellon & Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co, a subsidiary of AEA Holdings LLC. The firm is headquartered in New York.

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

Odyssey Investment Partners LLC (Odyssey Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded by Stephen Berger, Brian Kwait and William Hopkins in 1997. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC (Manulife IM (US)) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1968 and is a subsidiary of John Hancock Subsidiaries LLC, ultimately held by Manulife Financial Corp. (NYSE, TSX: MFC), a Canadian-based financial services firm. Manulife IM-US manages assets for a variety of institutional and other types of clients, such as public and private pension funds, foundations, mandatory provident funds outside the US, financial institutions, investment trusts, separately managed account clients, and high net-worth individuals. The firm also manages registered funds, which includes UCITS, US and Canadian open- and closed-end mutual funds and privately offered unregistered investment funds.

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.

TA Associates Management LP(TA Associates) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is founded in 1968 by Peter Brooke a subsidiary of TA Associates Management Holding LP.

Founded in 1999, Stadium Capital Management LLC (SCM) is a hedge fund manager headquartered in New Canaan, Connecticut. The firm serves as the investment advisor to certain investment limited partnerships and, from time to time, as an investment advisor to other accounts. SCM is the general partner of Stadium Capital Management GP LP, a Delaware limited partnership that serves as general partner of certain investment limited partnership clients of SCM.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

NuVerse Advisors LLC (NuVerse) is a SEC-registered investment management and wealth advisory firm headquartered in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The firm was founded in 2001 by Dov Schlein, Elias Saal and Stephen Saali. They are a subsidiary of Bank Hapoalim BM (TLV: POLI) in Israel. NuVerse specializes in investment solutions for domestic and international clients such as family offices and high-net-worth individuals.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Copley Equity Partners LLC (Copley Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Peter Trovato, Andrew J. Miller and Robert T. Hale. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Gryphon Investors,LLC (Gryphon Investors) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by R.David Andrews. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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.

United Land Services Holdings LLC provides landscape services. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

LP First Capital LLC (LP First Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Thoma Bravo LP(Thoma Bravo) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Carl Dee Thoma and Orlando Bravo. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Serent Capital Management Co. LLC (Serent Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by David Kennedy and Kevin Frick. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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.

SidelineSwap, Inc. operates vertical marketplace for sporting goods. It provides athletes an option to buy, sell, and trade their sport goods. The firm offers lacrosse, hockey, soccer, baseball, skiing, softball, golf, snowboarding and field hockey gear. The company was founded by Brendan Candon and Anthony Piazza in 2012 and is headquartered in Charlestown, NY.

Dandy. Inc, (New York) is a holding company operates dental laboratories. The company was founded by Toni Oloko and Daniel Hanover and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Berkshire Partners LLC (Berkshire Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Berkshire Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1986 by Christopher Clifford, Carl Ferenbach, Russel L. Epker, Brad Bloom and Richard Lubin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

American Pacific Group LP (American Pacific Group) is a private equity firm founded by Fraser Preston in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Larkspur, California.

Mass General Brigham, Inc. (Investment Management) (Mass General Brigham-IM) is the investment management division of Mass General Brigham, Inc., a non-profit, integrated healthcare system headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Mass General Brigham-IM manages the investment portfolio of insurance clients.

Lafayette Investments, Inc. (Lafayette) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Ashton, Maryland with additional office in Bethesda. The firm was founded by Thomas Roddy in 1988. Lafayette offers investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities.

Overeasy Ventures LLC (Overeasy Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Investment Management) (JPM-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City. JPM-IM offers investment solutions to individuals, corporations, governments and institutions.

GTCR LLC (GTCR) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charlie Thomas. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Foundation Venture Capital Group LLC (Foundation Venture) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 2006, the firm is the equity investment arm of New Jersey Health Foundation Inc.

Morgan Stanley Energy Partners is a private equity subsidiary of Morgan Stanley founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Sageview Capital LP (Investment Management) (Sageview-IM) is the registered investment advisory division of Sageview Capital LP, a private equity investment firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2005 by Edward Gilhuly and Scott Stuart. They are wholly-owned by Sageview Capital LP, which is owned by Sageview Management LLC. Sageview-IM provides investment advisory services to private funds, which are generally organized as limited partnerships under the laws of the State of Delaware or, as exempted limited partnerships under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Private fund investors may include high net-worth individuals and a variety of institutional investors.

Sageview Capital LP (Sageview Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Sageview Management LLC founded in 2005 by Edward Gilhuly and Scott Stuart. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Roark Capital Group, Inc. (Roark Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Neil K. Aronson. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.