Chris Ainsworth

Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. (MFIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was established in 1986 and their sole shareholder is Mesirow Financial Services, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc., a Chicago-based financial services firm that was founded in 1937. MFIM provides advisory services to individuals, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit-sharing plans, non-qualified plans, state or municipal government entities, and charitable organizations.

Here Holding Corp. provides digital maps and map content processing services. It provides technical services, including strategic program management, technical customer support, system assessment testing, and customer engineering services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. (Thrivent) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund manager headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Thrivent Financial Holdings, Inc., itself a subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a faith-based, not-for-profit membership organization and financial services firm. Thrivent provides investment management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, non-profit organizations, corporations and other business entities.

S1 Corp. provides customer interaction software solutions. It offers payments solutions for ATM and retail point-of-sale driving, card management and merchant acquiring, financial services solutions for consumer, small business and corporate online banking, trade finance, mobile banking, voice banking, branch and call center banking. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

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.

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.

nCino OpCo, Inc. engages in the development of a cloud-based operating system for banks. The firm serves financial institution customers of all sizes and complexities, including global financial institutions, enterprise banks, regional banks, community banks, credit unions, and new market entrants, such as challenger banks. Its applications include Client Onboarding, Loan Origination and Deposit Account Opening. The company was founded by Pullen Daniel, Neil Lawrence Underwood and James S. Mahan, III on December 13, 2011 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

Live Oak Banking Co. operates as state chartered commercial bank. It offers personal and business banking products and services. The firm's solutions include asset-based lending, commercial real estate, general SBA lending and sponsor finance. The company was founded by James S. Mahan III and William L. Williams in 2008 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

Nivaura Ltd. develops modular platform technology which enables process automation for the issuance and administration of instruments such as loans, bonds, and structured notes. The firm offers transaction management, instrument management, and user management services. The company was founded by Avtar Sehra in 2016 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

DialogTech, Inc. provides voice-based marketing automation solutions. It offers a suite of applications that enable businesses to connect, measure, and optimize sales and service calls to marketers, salespeople, and support professionals to automate voice interactions, and generate and track leads. The firm offers solutions for call tracking, hosted interactive voice response, call routing, call management, voice broadcasting, real-time reporting, toll-free numbers, SMS notifications, dynamic phone numbers, phone number cleansing, developer APIs, integration, keyword spotting, store locator, virtual receptionist, call recording, call forwarding, and click to call. The company was founded by Irvin M. Shapiro in 2007 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Fenergo Ltd. provides customer lifecycle management software solutions. Its platform is comprised of three core software solutions that enables financial institutions manage new and existing client data, documentation and regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance with risk and regulatory obligations throughout the entire lifecycle of the client. The firm's solutions include client and counterparty data and enterprise compliance management and client onboarding lifecycle tool. The company was founded by Marc Murphy in 2009 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

The SAVO Group Ltd. provides sales enablement software solutions. The firm offers financial, life sciences, technology and manufacturing solutions. It also offers smarter content, execution, engagement products. The company was founded by John Aiello and Drew Larsen in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Duco Technology Ltd. develops and provides software technology components. It enables financial services firms to control complex data using light-touch, self-service technology and enable non-technical users to deal with masses of data in minutes. It offers banks, brokers, and hedge funds solutions. The company was founded by Christian Nentwich and Michael Marconi on January 24, 2006 in and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

DLA Piper LLP provides legal services to clients. It offers services in the areas of corporate and securities, venture capital and emerging companies, litigation. The company was founded in 2005 and it is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Thrivent Asset Management LLC (TAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 2005, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial Holdings, Inc., which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a faith-based, not-for-profit membership organization and financial services firm. TAM provides investment advisory services to the Thrivent Mutual Funds, a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that is comprised of various mutual fund series.

BIM Networks, Inc. operates a payment and commerce platform. The CEO is Adam B. Frisch.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CentralSquare Technologies LLC develops public safety and administration software solutions. It offers CentralSquare, where citizens interact with government, whether it be at city hall, police or fire station, or a hospital. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Lake Mary, FL.

Alston & Bird LLP engages in the provision of legal advisory services. It offers services in the areas of corporate and finance, litigation, intellectual property, regulatory and specialty, international, and tax. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Insight Venture Management LLC (Insight Venture Management) is a private equity/venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Insight Holdings Group LLC founded in 1995 by Jeffrey L. Horing and Jerry Fred Murdock. The firm is headquartered in New York.