C. David Cox

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.

Founded in 1996, Cowen Capital Partners LLC, formerly SG Capital Partners LLC, is a private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Cowen & Co. LLC, a New York City based SEC-registered broker/dealer. Their ultimate parent is Cowen Group, Inc. (NYSE: COWN), a New York City-based diversified financial services and investment banking firm that was formed in 1918. In 2009, Cowen merged with Ramius LLC

Founded in 1998, Thomas Weisel Partners (TWP) is a broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City, Boston, Denver, Colorado and Palo Alto, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWPG), a San Francisco-based investment banking firm. Their ultimate parent is Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). TWP's investment banking, brokerage and equity research divisions serve emerging growth companies and institutional investors around the world. They are a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. TWP specializes in the growth sectors of the economy with a particular focus on the consumer, energy, healthcare, Internet, media/telecommunications, metals/mining and technology sectors. Within the consumer sector, the firm focuses on: financial products, gaming/lodging, interactive market services, lifestyles/sports retailers, restaurants and hardlines and softlines retailing. TWP's global energy research is provided by analysts in three countries and covers the following trends: (1) fast-growing oil and natural gas producers in North America and worldwide (2) domestic and international energy service companies and (3) alternative energy technology and resource developers. Within the healthcare sector, TWP focuses on: biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare information technology, pharmaceutical services, life science technology, medical devices and specialty pharmaceuticals. The firm's interest in the Internet, media and telecommunications sector include: Internet services, media, broadcasting and telecommunications services. Their focus within the metals and mining sector include: base metals, gold, precious metals and uranium. TWP's technology research focuses on: (1) applied technologies (2) communications components (3) core and wireless communications equipment (4) IP networking communications equipment (5) electronic supply chain (6) enterprise hardware (7) information and financial technology services (8) semiconductor capital equipment (9) broadline and specialty semiconductors (10) applications and communications software and (11) infrastructure software. TWP also provides value-added equities analysis across a variety of sectors including: industrials, financials, consumer, technology and healthcare.

Dogwood Equity (Dogwood Equity) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Rick Carlisle. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Harren Equity Partners LLC (Harren Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Thomas A. Carver and Hunter Reichert. The firm is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia with an additional office in Lauderdale, Florida.

SPP Management Services LLC (Summit Park) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Robert G Calton and James L Johnson. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Source Capital LLC (Source Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Thomas S. Harbin and Katherine Harbin Clammer. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Equity 38 LLC (Equity 38) is a private equity firm co-founded in 2018 by Brent Leffel and C. David Cox. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.