Jason Rankin

State Street Bank & Trust Co. (SSBT) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1792 and is owned by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSBT serves as the administrator, fund accountant and transfer agent for the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund, an exchange-traded fund.

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Charles River Discovery Research Services UK Ltd. provides drug discovery products and services to various pharmaceutical companies. It focuses on three areas such as kinases, G-protein coupled receptors, and ion channels. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Kent, the United Kingdom.

Part of KPMG International Cooperative, KPMG, Inc. provides audit and accounting services. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The CEO of the Canadian company is Walter R. Pela.

BastCore LLC engages in the processing of hemp and kenaf to produce fiber products for the composites, textiles, green building materials, and oilfield chemicals industries. The firm machine separates the outer bark of bast fiber from the inner core wood that naturally occurs in hemp stalks. The company was founded by John Lupien, B. Coleman Beale III and McMillan Arrington in 2014 and is headquartered in Montgomery, AL.

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.

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC (SEIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Brian D. Holmes in 1997. They are wholly owned by Signature Financial Service Group LLC, which is owned primarily by a consortium of employees and investors through Reverence Capital Partners Opportunities Fund V LP. SEIA provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations and other businesses.

Charles River Discovery Research Services Finland Oy provides non-clinical central nervous system services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The company was founded in 1998 and is located in Kuopio, Finland.

University of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc. (UMass Foundation) is the endowment manager of the University of Massachusetts (UMass), a public research university headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The Foundation was founded in 1950 and oversees several programs and initiatives to promote the growth and well-being of UMass. The UMass Foundation endowment consists of several individual funds with varying purposes that support the students, faculty, and academic programs at all five campuses of the University.

Newman Dignan & Sheerar, Inc. (ND&S) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1992, ND&S provides investment and wealth management services to individuals, fiduciaries, non-profit, and profit corporations.

O'Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC (OSAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by James (Jim) O'Shaughnessy in 2007 and became a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2022. OSAM delivers a broad range of equity portfolios to individual investors, institutional investors and the high net-worth clients of financial advisers. They also manage mutual funds in the US as well as serving as a sub-adviser to a family of Canadian mutual funds through Royal Bank of Canada.

Founded in 1992 by Joseph G. Nicholas, Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR) is an investment research firm located in Chicago. The firm is a subsidiary of HFR Group LLC and is affiliated with HFR Asset Management LLC. Hedge Fund Research specializes in the areas of indexation and analysis of hedge funds. The HFR Database includes fund-level detail on historical performance and assets, as well as firm characteristics on a broad array of hedge fund managers. HFR's fund classification system enables granular and specific queries for relative performance measurement, peer group analysis and benchmarking. They produce over 100 indices of hedge fund performance ranging from industry-aggregate levels to specific, niche areas of sub-strategy and regional investment focus. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index is comprised of data dating to 1990 and is a widely-used standard benchmark of hedge fund performance around the world. HFR's suite of analysis products provide detailed, current, comprehensive and relevant aggregate reference points on all areas of the hedge fund industry. In addition, the firm offers consulting services for clients seeking customized top-level or more intricate analysis.

Guardian Capital Partners Investment Management LP (Guardian Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Scott D. Evans, Peter H. Haabestad and Hugh Kenworthy III. The firm is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Hudson Ferry Capital LLC (Hudson Ferry Capital) is private equity firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in New York.

KWS BioTest Ltd. provides preclinical pharmacology and drug development for human diseases. Its capabilities include clinical biomarkers, cell biology, bioanalytical services, in vivo pharmacology, vaccine development. The company was founded by Williams A. Neil and Trevor Langley in 2004 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

Applied Science Associates, Inc. provides science and technology solutions. It offers consulting, environmental modeling, and application development to clients. The company was founded in 1979 and it is headquartered in South Kingstown, RI

Poseidon Capital Syndicate 3 LLC provides pooled investment services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Poseidon Asset Management LLC (Poseidon) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by siblings Emily Paxhia and Morgan Paxhia in 2013. Poseidon provides investment advice and management services to a private investment fund.

Paxhia Investment Management LLC provides investment management services. The private company is based in San Francisco.

Wurkforce, Inc. develops a software for human resources management. It offers payroll, time & attendance and human resource management services. The company was founded by Keegan Peterson and Eric Fraser in August 2015 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Baker Technologies, Inc. develops application geared towards making cannabis. It specializes in cannabis, pre-order, loyalty, and rewards services. The company was founded by Joel Milton, David Champion and Roger Obando in 2014 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Poseidon Asset Manament LLC/Venture Capital/ (Poseidon Asset) is a venture capital arm of Poseidon Asset Management LLC founded in 2013 by Emily Louise Paxhia and Morgan C. Paxhia. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Poseidon Asset Management LLC, Poseidon Capital Syndicate 1 LLC functions as a venture capital fund. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The CEO of the company is Morgan C. Paxhia.

Poseidon Capital Syndicate 5 LLC is a pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

CC Software LLC operates online platform to provide cannabis chemotype data to farmers, researchers and consumers. Its products include order management, reporting and insights. The company was founded by Tony Lewis, Stephen Albarran and Miller Aaron is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Sublimation, Inc. operates as a holding firm. The company is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

GlobeOp Financial Services LLC provides web-based financial products. It provides business process outsourcing, financial technology services, and risk analytics to hedge funds and other targeted sectors of the financial services industry. The firm offers web based financial products supporting middle and back office trade processing, fund administration, complex derivatives, and risk reporting. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

Hull Street Energy LLC (Hull Street Energy) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Sarah Wright. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Infinity SDC Ltd. provides data center and colocation services. Its data centers support the critical operations of investment banks, cloud vendors, systems integrators and telecommunications companies. The firm’s products and services include installation, remote hands, cross-connects, connectivity and Telco services. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Fox Milne, the United Kingdom.