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The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Artisan Partners LP (Artisan Partners) is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 2009 by Andrew Ziegler and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Artisan Partners Holdings LP, itself a subsidiary of Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. (NYSE: APAM). Artisan Partners serves as investment adviser to a variety of separately managed accounts, unregistered pooled investment vehicles, trustees of collective investment trusts, and to each series of Artisan Partners Funds, Inc., an open-ended management investment company.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Texas Standard LLC is a men's clothing brand that offers a range of clothing items such as sport shirts, polos, tees, guayaberas, and accessories. The private company is based in Austin, TX, and donates 10% of all profits to charities. The company's flagship product is The Standard Denim, which is made from the finest Cone denim and performance fibers for comfort. The company was founded by Bagot Drew, Drew N. Bagot, and Bagot Christine, and Drew N. Bagot and Bagot Drew have been the CEOs since incorporation.

Serata Capital Partners LLC (Serata Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Drew N Bagot. The firm is headquartered in Texas.

Entrada, Inc. develops a healthcare technology platform for clinical documentation and data interchange services. It offers web-based technology platform for clinical documentation and data exchange that helps medical groups adopt and use electronic health records without losing physician productivity. The firm’s system also simplifies the challenges that hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers face in completing surgical notes, progress notes, and discharge summaries and sharing them with attending physicians for approval. The company was founded by Alexander Poston in 2010 and is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

Part of U.S. Capital Advisors LLC, USCA Securities LLC is a financial services boutique based in Houston, TX. USCA Securities offers securities, investment advisory, and municipal advisory services through its subsidiaries. The primary business lines of the company are wealth management and capital markets. The company has a team of wealth management advisors and advisor teams in Houston, Austin, and Dallas, and also offers institutional sales and trading, investment banking, merchant banking, public finance, and asset management services. The company was founded in 1999 by Patrick Michael Mendenhall, who has been the CEO since then.

Harris Williams & Co. provides investment advisory services. It offers investment banking, sell-side mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, fairness opinion, and restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by H. Hiter Harris III and Christopher H. Williams in 1991 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc. engages in reducing routine flaring of natural gas. The company was founded by Chase Lochmiller and Charles Cavness in 2018 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Closed Loop Partners LLC (Closed Loop Partners) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2014 by Ron Gonen. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Tailwater Capital LLC (Tailwater Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Edward Herring and Jason Downie. The firm headquartered in Texas, US.

CIFC Asset Management LLC (CIFC) is the SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of CIFC Asset Management Holdings LLC, ultimately held by CIFC LLC. CIFC provides investment management services to pooled investment vehicles that are collateralized loan obligation funds (CLOs) and to private funds and investors that invest in corporate and structured credit.

Mytrus, Inc. is an e-clinical technology company that specializes in patient-centered electronic informed consent and data collection tools. Its technologies for patients include ePRO and EDC tools, bio-sample consent tracking technology, site training and e-learning applications, and patient home dashboards for tracking clinical study progress and data. The company was founded by Anthony Costello and Steven Cummings in 2009 and is headquartered in Davis, CA.

SRI Ventures (SRI Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of SRI International founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

First Spark Ventures LLC (First Spark Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Manish Kothari. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Natural Gas Partners LLC (NGP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC founded in 1988 by David Russell Albin and Kenneth Alfredo Hersh. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

NGP Energy Capital Management LLC operates as a private equity firm in the natural resources industry. It considers investment in companies specializing in the oil and gas acquisitions and exploitation; oil and gas development drilling; midstream acquisitions and development opportunities; and oil and gas minerals and royalties. The company was founded by Kenneth Alfredo Hersh and David Russell Albin in 1988 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Crystal Capital International Private Equity Fund SPC invests in companies located in the United States. It provides financing for early and buyout capital requirements.

Nest.Bio Ventures (Nest.Bio) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Rootpath Genomics, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It develops personalized T cell therapy platform that bridges precision medicine and cancer immunotherapy. The company was founded by Xi Chen, Le Cong, Yinqing Li, Cheryl Cui, and Ely Porter in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.