Kyle Grace

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Athena Diagnostics, Inc. provides clinical diagnostics testing laboratory services. The firm focuses on neurology, endocrinology, hearing loss and nephrology. It offers tests for Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular and developmental disorders. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Centre Partners Management LLC (Centre Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Lester Pollack. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Los Angeles.

kSARIA Corp. manufactures and installs fiber-optic cables, connectors, and cable assemblies. It offers shipboard, aerospace, tactical, RF and microwave assemblies, expanded beam fiber optic cable assemblies, electro-mechanical manufacturing, electrical cable assemblies and harnesses, and fiber optic kits and supplies. The firm also offers field, cable, research and development design services. The company was founded by Andre Sharon in 2000 and is headquartered in Methuen, MA.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

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.

Waterline Renewal Technologies, Inc. provides trenchless rehabilitation of degraded infrastructure through differentiated products, technologies and services to prevent inflow and infiltration of sewer systems and potable water pipelines. The company is headquartered in Rosemont, IL.

Micross Components, Inc. manufactures robotic hot solder dip technology. It offers component solutions, PCB solutions, test and inspection, and support solutions. The company was founded by 1991 and is headquartered in Manchester, NH.

Sweet William's Legacy, Inc. manufactures sheet metal fabrication. Its products include electronic packaging, wave guides, chassis, enclosures, cold plates, liquid cooled components, closed loop cooling systems, housing, cases, covers, manifolds, heat sinks, and exchangers. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Endicott, NY.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.

HDT Global, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of engineered solutions for the military, government, industrial, commercial, and casualty and disease response markets. Its products include shelter systems and accessories, command and control systems, trailer systems, expeditionary energy efficiency, environmental control, aerospace ground equipment, heaters, generators, fuel and water containment systems, and robotics. The company was founded by Robert Hunter in 1937 and is headquartered in Solon, OH.

Part of Pelican Products, Inc., Peli Biothermal Ltd. is a British company that offers a wide range of temperature controlled shippers and service solutions for the life sciences industry. The company is based in Leighton Buzzard, UK. Peli Biothermal's flagship product, Credo™ Go, is a passive, reusable temperature controlled shipper designed to fit payload and performance requirements while reducing shipping costs and carbon emissions. Additionally, the company's DeepFreeze™ single-use shippers feature advanced insulation technology to ship -65 degree Celsius temperature controlled payloads with durations up to 96 hours. The company was founded by Dave Parker. Mike Davis has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Esoterix, Inc. provides laboratory testing services. The company performs esoteric laboratory tests including testing for asthma, bleeding disorders, cancer, diabetes, and infectious diseases. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Pelican Products, Inc. designs and manufactures protective cases, temperature controlled packaging solutions, portable lighting systems and rugged gear. The firm's products include air cases, protector cases, storm cases, wheeled coolers, soft coolers, cooler accessories, bottles, tumblers, backpacks, iPhone, iPad, headlamps, safety lights and tactical flashlights. It serves fire, law enforcement, life sciences, defense, aerospace, entertainment, industrial and consumer industries. The company was founded by David H. Parker and Arline Parker in 1976 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Shur-Co. LLC manufactures tarping and containment solutions for the agricultural, construction, flatbed and rail industries. The firm offers products in the waste, construction, agriculture and flatbed industries. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Yankton, SD.

BTIG LLC is an institutional brokerage and fund services firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 through the merger of Baypoint Trading LLC and Bass Trading LLC. They are a subsidiary of Condor Trading LP. BTIG offers institutional and corporate clients with personalized multi-asset class execution, expertise and insights worldwide across equities, equity derivatives, ETFs, fixed income, futures, commodities, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, and convertible and preferred securities. The firm’s core capabilities include global sales, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more.

Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc. (Golden Gate Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by David C. Dominik and Jesse T. Rogers. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Rubicon Technology Partners LLC (Rubicon Technology) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2013 by Andy S. Gesell, Steve Carpenter and John C. Hodge. The firm is headquartered in Boulder.

Halyard Capital Management LLC (Halyard Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida.

Greycroft LLC is a private equity & venture capital firm founded by Alan J. Patricof, Dana R. Settle and Ian Sigalow. The firm is headquartered in New York. They also have an office in Los Angeles, California.

Blue Mountain Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) (Blue Mountain Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Assured Investment Management LLC founded in 2012 by Andrew Todd Feldstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Deloitte/Malawi provides accounting services. The private company is based in Blantyre, Malawi.