Houman D. Hemmati

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

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.

Emmaus Medical, Inc. engages in the discovery, development and commercialization of treatments and therapies for rare diseases. Its current business is the late-stage development presently in Phase III clinical trials with the FDA of the amino acid L-glutamine as a prescription drug for the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease. The company was founded on December 20, 2000 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Locust Wood Capital Advisers LLC (Locust Wood) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative asset management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Stephen Errico in 2002 and is a direct subsidiary of LWCA Partners LP. Locust Wood manages hedged equity and unhedged equity portfolios on behalf of qualified investors through private commingled funds and separately managed accounts.

Xignite, Inc. provides cloud-based market data cloud solutions. Its products include XigniteGlobalMaster, XigniteBondMaster, XigniteSuperQuotes, XigniteAnalysts, XigniteEstimates and XigniteGlobalOptions. The firm offers on-demand financial market data and on-demand data distribution solutions. It provides real-time, historical, and reference data for global equities, commodities, currencies, options, fixed income, mutual funds, derivatives, and OTC instruments. The company was founded in 2000 by Stephane Dubois and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

H Partners Management LLC (H Partners) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Rehan A. Jaffer in 2004. H Partners offers private funds intended for sophisticated investors organized as domestic limited partnerships or foreign companies.

Course Hero, Inc. engages in the development of online learning platform for course-specific study resources. It offers crowd sourced study documents, expert tutors, customizable flashcards and online courses. The firm helps users to maintain or improve grades all for less than the cost of a textbook. The company was founded by Jared Grauer, Gregor Carrigan, David Grauer, and Andrew T. Grauer in 2006 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

EMI Holding, Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes treatments and therapies for rare diseases. The firm also engages in the marketing and sale of NutreStore L-glutamine powder for oral solution, a treatment for short bowel syndrome and the sale of L-glutamine as a nutritional supplement under the brand name AminoPure. The company was founded by Yutaka Niihara in 1987 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Part of Bechtel Group, Inc., Bechtel Enterprises, Inc. provides engineering services. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

GSAM Stable Value LLC (GSAM SV) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. The firm was founded in 1983 as Dwight Asset Management Co. LLC. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP, ultimately held by Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GSAM SV offers strategies focused on fixed income investment management services for institutional clients.

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners (MSVP) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Merchant Banking, which is ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) founded in 1986.The firm is headquartered in New York.

Knightsbridge Asset Management LLC (Knightsbridge) is an independent wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was co-founded by Alan Beimfohr and John Prichard in 1998 and do-business-as Knightsbridge Wealth Management. Knightsbridge offers discretionary investment advisory services to retail and institutional clients. In addition, they may provide advisory services to unrelated investment companies (mutual funds).

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The UCLA Foundation collects and manages funds for social purposes. It receives contributions made by alumni, friends, private foundations and corporations on behalf of UCLA’s many schools, units and departments, disburses the contributions according to the expressed wishes of the donor and actively promotes philanthropy across the campus. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

NetSeer, Inc. provides contextual advertisement targeting solutions for advertisers and publishers. It offers NetSeer BRAND, a solution that creates custom programmatic channel for campaigns and NetSeer RESPONSE, provides audience-targeting insight, optimization, and amplification to elicit response. The company was founded by Behnam Attaran Rezaei and Vwani Roychowdhury in March 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Rockyou, Inc. develops social game advertising platform. Its advertising products enable brands and game developers to reach and monetize audiences through social advertising solutions, including video products and in-game brand integrations. The company was founded by Lance Tokuda, Ryo Ishizuka and Jia Shen in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, also known as the Lundquist Institute, is a non-profit research organization located in Torrance, CA. The institute has also started working on a vaccine for the urgent fungal threat, Candida auris, which is spreading at an alarming rate throughout healthcare facilities in the US and is resistant to several antifungal drugs. The institute focuses on biomedical research, clinical trials, and community outreach programs. The institute has various research theme groups and researchers working on different projects, including the Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, which contributes to new research in genomics. The Lundquist Institute has received several grants and gifts for its research, including a $1.50 million gift from Farima and Joseph Czyzyk for the Diagnostic and Wellness Center. The CEO of the private company is David I. Meyer.

Vance Street Management LLC (Vance Street) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Richard R. Crowell and Richard K. Roeder. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

SV Angel LLC (SV Angel) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Ron C. Conway and David Lee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.