Hironori Maeda

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

DG Financial Technology, Inc. engages in the provision of system services for electronic commerce payment. Its operations are carried out through the following divisions: Payment Processing Services, Receipt Services, Information Security Services, Advertising Related Services, and Others. The Payment Processing Services division provides settlement processing services for credit card, convenience store, electronic money, and authentication transactions. The Receipt Services division provides receipt services for sales from credit card, convenience store, electronic money, and early payments. The Information Security Services division engages in the sale of security services. The Advertising Related Services division provides advertising support services. The Others division engages in the electronic shopping and product support services. The company was founded on April 24, 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in San Mateo, California. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Advisers provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to US and non-US, registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Part of Digital Garage, Inc., BI.Garage, Inc. is a Japanese company that provides digital marketing services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. Kaoru Hayashi has been the CEO of the company since 2006.

DG Ventures Inc. (DG Ventures) is the venture capital subsidiary of a publicly traded company Digital Garage Inc. (TYO:4819) headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2009 by Digital Garage Inc.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MONOCO, Inc. is a holding company that design and operates an e-commerce website. It manages and social commerce platform that enables sellers and buyers to share their product discoveries in a narrative form. The firm's platform also enables users to search and obtain products from overseas. Its website features products including apparel and accessories, consumer items, home and lifestyle, fashion, consumer electronics, food and health items, and cosmetics. The company was founded by Takehiro Kakiyama and Ari Awan on May 10, 2010 and is headquartered in Yubinbango, Japan.

DK Media KK publishes magazines. The joint venture company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Beenos Asia Pte Ltd (Beenos Asia) is a venture capital subsidiary of BEENOS Inc founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Graham Partners, Inc (Graham Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of The Graham Group Inc founded in 1988 by Steve C. Graham. The firm is headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Part of BEENOS, Inc., Shop Airlines KK is a Japanese company that provides e-commerce management services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded by Nao Ito.

Point72 Asset Management LP (Point72) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2014 and formerly known as Stamford Harbor Capital LP. They are a subsidiary of Point72 LP, which is owned by Point72 Capital Holdings LP. Point72 provides investment management services to the Point72 Funds.

DG Technologies, Inc. engages in information processing and information provision service business. It provides consultation, design, program development, planning, research, production, management, operation, import and export sale of computer systems, software and hardware. The company was founded on September 1, 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Digital Garage US, Inc. develops computer software products. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

New Context Services, Inc. operates as a lean security company that automates the orchestration, governance and protection of the industrial Internet. It develops stack software products using security methodology. The company was founded by Daniel Riedel and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

First Principles Capital Management LLC (FPCM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2003 by Richard F. Dolan, Douglas A. Dachille and James H. van Epps. In 2015, they were acquired by AIG Capital Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG). FPCM provides investment advisory and asset management services to affiliated and unaffiliated institutional clients. The firm provides customized separately managed accounts and targeted funds for endowments and foundations, financial institutions, corporations, pension funds, family offices, high net worth individuals, and trusts.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Evercore Wealth Management LLC (Evercore Wealth) is a wealth management firm and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Maurer and Christopher Zande in 2008. They are majority owned by Evercore Partners Services East LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Wealth provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals and institutional clients. They also provide services to a registered investment company, the Evercore Equity Fund (EWMCX), and investment sub-advisory services to an insurance dedicated fund, the SALi Multi-Series Fund, LP.

Bloomberg LP engages in the provision of business data, news, and financial information services. Its product include Bloomberg terminal, execution and order management, content and data, financial data management, and integration and distribution. The company was founded by Michael Rubens Bloomberg, Charles M. Zegar, Thomas F. Secunda, and Duncan L. MacMillan in 1981 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CLSA Americas LLC is a FINRA registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2012 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of CLSA Americas Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. CLSA Americas offers a full suite of execution services throughout North America and Latin America.

Part of SVB Financial Group, MoffettNathanson LLC is a company that provides investment research. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 2013 by Michael Brian Nathanson, Craig Eder Moffett.