CHÈRE CHAPMAN

Nova Scotia Power, Inc. engages in the provision of electricity generation, transmission and distribution services. The company offers thermal, renewable and imported electricity. It also delivers electricity to residential, business, energy savings and environmental sectors. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Bell Aliant Preferred Equity, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell Aliant Regional Communications Holdings, Inc. It was formed for the purpose of being the issuer of preference shares. The company intends to lend the net proceeds from the issue and sale of the Series C Shares to sell Aliant Regional Communications Holdings, Inc., which in turn intends to lend substantially all of such amount to Bell Aliant LP to be used to make a lump-sum voluntary contribution to certain of the Bell Aliant Group's pension plans and for general corporate purposes. It was founded on January 31, 2011 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Skinfix, Inc. is a skincare brand that was founded by Amy Risley, a beauty industry executive with over 20 years of experience in New York. The company is based in a small town in eastern Canada where Amy moved to raise her children. Skinfix is the first clean and clinically active skincare brand that is tested, recommended, and personally used by unbiased dermatologists to promote optimal skin barrier health. The Canadian company's products include the Skinfix Redness Recovery+ collection, which is clinically proven to reduce skin redness and chronic inflammation. Customers can shop online to get healthier, more hydrated skin.

NATIONAL Public Relations (Canada), Inc. provides public relations and consulting services. The firm's services include corporate communications, investor relations, public affairs, marketing, technology, and healthcare communications. The company was founded by Luc Beauregard on September 22, 1976 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

BDC Venture Capital (BDC Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1975. The firm is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro delivers energy to residents and industry in Newfoundland and Labrador. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.

Ganong Bros. Ltd. manufactures and markets confectionary products. Its products include Delecto, Chicken Bones, valentine hearts, candy bars and Fruitfull candies. The company was founded by James H. Ganong and Gilbert Ganong in 1873 and is headquartered in St. Stephen, Canada.

The Institute of Corporate Directors is a not-for-profit, member-based association that serves as a resource and voice for directors and boards. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The ICD provides thought leadership through various publications and is a unified voice for directors. The Canadian company was founded by Brian J. Gibson, and Rahul K. Bhardwaj has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce organization. The non-profit company is based in Ottawa, Canada.

Atlantic Provinces Economic Council provides economic development services. It specializes in monitoring and analyzing, communicating and consulting services. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

The Shaw Group Ltd. engages in the manufacture of natural resources and provision of community developing services. It operates through the following divisions: Shaw Brick, Shaw Precast Solutions, Shaw Resources, Clayton Developments, Ven-Rez, and Shaw Resources, and Prestige Homes. The company was founded by Robert Shaw in 1861 and is headquartered Halifax, Canada.

La Fondation de l'innovation du Nouveau-Brunswick is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2003. La Fondation de l'innovation du Nouveau-Brunswick is headquartered in Fredericton.

Junior Achievement of Nova Scotia provides hands-on experiential learning in the classroom and through extra-curricular activities. Its programs focuses on three educational pillars financial literacy, workplace readiness, and entrepreneurship. The company is headquartered in Bedford, Canada.

The IWK Foundation provides health care services for women and children. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

First Angel Network Corp. provides entrepreneurs and investors with private equity investment services. It also delivers education and networking opportunities in the areas of investment readiness, angel investing and commercialization. The company was founded by Ross Finlay and Brian Lowe and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

IWK Health Centre provides health care services. It provides primary health care services for women, children, youth, and families. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Emera Energy, Inc. is an energy services company that provides marketing, trading and asset management services. The firm provides a full suite of services for natural gas producers, local distribution companies, power generators, load-serving entities and renewable asset owners. The company is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

House of Assembly of Newfoundland & Labrador operates as one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The company is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.

Sunny Corner Enterprises, Inc. provides engineering, project management, fabrication, construction, installation, commissioning, maintenance, and repair services. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Miramichi, Canada.

Bull Arm Site Corp. provides facilities, steel fabrication, and concrete construction services.

Bennett Group of Cos. specializes in the construction of Water and Wastewater treatment facilities. Its services include process mechanical fabrication for the water & wastewater industry, cwb certified for process pipe & structural welding in stainless steel, carbon steel and aluminum, project management, engineering, civil construction, formwork, structural steel fabrication, process pipe fabrication and installation. The company is headquartered in Millgrove, Canada.

TopLog, Inc. provides a platform that helps detect, prevent and fix information technology system issues. The company was founded by Ozge Yeloglu, Tokunbo Makanju and Patrick LaRoche in 2013 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Propel ICT delivers startup launch and build accelerators. Launch guides entrepreneurs through the early stages of validating, developing and launching a startup while Build focuses on later stage startups, those who have progressed beyond the idea phase and earned initial market traction. The company was founded in Gerald Pond and is headquartered in Moncton, Canada.

Sidewalk Labs LLC researches and develops technologies for urban improvement. It imagines, designs, tests and builds urban innovations to help cities meet their biggest challenges. The company was founded in January 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Golden Triangle Angel Network provides venture capital and private equity services. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Canada.

ventureLAB provides business development solutions. Its programs focuses on capital, talent, technology, and customers. The company is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

Volta Labs is a Canadian bioautomation company that specializes in developing innovative solutions to simplify the upstream workflows in genomic sequencing. The private company is based in Halifax, Canada, and offers programming, events, and co-working space to the innovation community. The company is building a sequencer agnostic platform for sample preparation, which spans across hardware, software, chemistry, and biology. Volta Labs was founded in 2018 by Udayan Umapathi, who is the CEO, and Will Langford, the head of engineering.

GoodSoil Venture Capital (Goodsoil VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Ashley Thompson-MacCarthy and Richard Mensah. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kindom.

Woven Capital Management Company LLC (Woven Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Archangel Network of Funds (Archangel Network) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Amber French. The firm headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario.

Swiftsure Innovations, Inc. is a medical device company based in Pasadena, Canada. The Canadian company has been featured in recent news articles discussing their novel solution to provide improved care for ventilator patients. Additionally, the company has been selected as one of the winners in the winter 2021 sprint competition. The company was founded by Deanne McCarthy and she has been the CEO since incorporation. The company is currently developing a medical device to enhance oral care for patients on life support with the aim of decreasing the incidence of ventilator acquired pneumonia, length of mechanical ventilation, and length of hospital stay.

Nalcor Energy Ltd. generates, transmits, and sells electrical power. The firm operates hydroelectric plants, oil-fired plant, gas turbines, diesel plants, transmission and distribution lines. It serves the utility, industrial, residential, and retail customers in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The firm also manages onshore and offshore oil and gas interests; engages in steel fabrication and concrete construction, outfitting installation, at-shore hook-up and commissioning, fabrication and assembly of project functions in various categories, including topsides fabrication and assembly, dry dock fabrication and construction, and deepwater sites; and supports energy marketing. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.