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Metropolitan Partners Group LLC is a private investment firm that provides growth capital to non-sponsored businesses in the domestic lower middle market space. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company works directly with business owners and management teams to grow their balance sheets and build lasting value with their tailored capital solutions. The firm provides collateralized loans to small and mid-sized, non-sponsored businesses. Metropolitan's funds deliver senior-secured, short-term funding to companies that have quality operations, assets, and a strong profit opportunity, but lack efficient access to capital. The company was founded in 2008. The CEO is Paul Kenneth Lisiak.

Next Level Finance Partners, Inc. provides financial services. The private company is based in Chicago.

Civic Technologies, Inc. provides a digital protection start-up. The company was founded by Vinny Lingham and Jonathan Smith and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Lumia Capital LLC (Lumia Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Martin Gedalin. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Stone Point Capital LLC (Stone Point Capital) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

ED&F Man Holdings Ltd. engages in the trading of beverages. It specializes in trading of sugar, molasses, coffee, and liquid products. The company was founded by James Man in 1783 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Brighthouse Investment Advisers LLC (BIA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1994 as MetLife Advisers LLC and changed their name into Brighthouse Investment Advisers LLC in 2017. They are a subsidiary of Brighthouse Holdings LLC, which is owned by Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: BHF). BIA serves as the investment adviser to participants in the asset allocation program made available exclusively under Marquis Portfolios variable annuity contracts by the issuing insurance companies. In this capacity, their clients are holders of Marquis Portfolios variable annuity contracts. As noted above, the firm also serves as investment adviser to certain investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

BitPay, Inc. is a payment service provider company, which specializes in offering eCommerce, business-to-business, and enterprise solutions for virtual currencies. It allows businesses to accept payments from any country and offers the opportunity of having the bitcoins automatically converted to its local currency, and deposited into the bank account with a guaranteed exchange rate. The company was founded by Anthony Gallippi and Stephen Pair in May 2011 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Daiwa Asset Management (America) Ltd. (DAMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1990 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daiwa Asset Management Co., Ltd. (DAM), which in turn is wholly owned by Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TYO: 8601) in Japan. DAMA manages Japanese investment funds that DAM advises, interests in which are sold in Japan.

Wavecrest Management Co LLC (Wavecrest Growth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Deepak Sindwani and Valibhav Nalwaya. The firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Adit Ventures Management LLC (Adit Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Daniel Francis McCooey and Eric Lawrence Munson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Coastal Cloud LLC provides cloud-based integration services. The firm serves the education, healthcare, high tech, manufacturing, public sector, real estate, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Sara Hale and Tim Hale in 2012 and is headquartered in Palm Coast, FL.

Blue Wolf Group LLC engages in the provision of business consulting, implementation, and cloud management services. It includes customer relationship, change, content, and human capital management, marketing, sales and training, adoption, information technology resourcing, and remote database administration. The company was founded by Eric Berridge in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Beluga Capital LLC (Beluga Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Jumio Corp. provides digital identification verification and scanning solutions. Its products include Netverify, BAM Checkout, and Fastfill. The firms solutions are used by companies in the financial services, sharing economy, retail, travel, and online gaming sectors. The company was founded by Daniel Mattes in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

InMage Systems, Inc. develops software solutions for the protection and recovery of business data and applications after downtime or natural disasters. It offers major advancements in Backup (BU) and Disaster Recovery (DR) technology for Enterprises and Managed Service Providers. The company was founded by Kumar Malavalli, Srihari Kumar, Anup Tirumala, N. S. Rao, Rajeev Atluri, and Suman Kumar Inala in 2001 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Grafine Capital Partners LLC (Grafine Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Elizabeth K. Weymouth and Christine Winslow. 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.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Kuzari Group LLC operates as a private investment and strategic development firm. It focuses on investing in and developing small businesses which represents long-term value creation opportunities. The company was founded by Benjamin Gerut in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Lunacap Ventures LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2012. Lunacap Ventures LLC is headquartered in New York.

Part of Orion Systems Integrators LLC, Sryas, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in data, advanced analytics, software development, application modernization, and systems integration. Sryas is based in Boca Raton, FL. The company's diverse teams collaborate with ambitious organizations to accelerate their data, product, and technology roadmaps. Sryas offers video engineering solutions and accelerators that combine rich experience, innovative technology, and domain expertise to make it easy for customers to enjoy content and media programming like never before. The company also helps organizations make the shift to data-first and empowers teams, streamlines processes, and cultivates a culture of innovation through its data strategy & architecture solution. The company was founded by Vish Ramesh, who has been the CEO since incorporation. Sryas was acquired by Orion Systems Integrators LLC on February 16, 2023.

Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. is a storefront that offers superhero gifts, costumes, superpowers, and toys for all. The private company is based in Brooklyn, NY. The company is dedicated to supporting students aged 6-18 in developing writing skills and is affiliated with the nonprofit organization 826NYC.

Beyond Differences is an American US-based company that focuses on developing social and emotional skills for students.

Challenge Day is a non-profit organization based in the US that provides school programs.

Cerberus Capital Management LP (Cerberus) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Stephen A. Feinberg and William L. Richter. It is headquartered in New York.

Dynasty Investments SRL provides administrative and general management consulting services. The private company is based in Rome, Italy.