Melissa Liu

The Sports Authority, Inc. operates a sporting goods stores. It offers fitness products such as cardio equipment, fitness trackers and accessories, strength and weight training, weights, clothes, and shoes. The company also sells products online. The Sports Authority is headquartered in Centennial, CO.

Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

D. A. Davidson & Co. is a dually SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA broker-dealer headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial service holding company. They provide liquidity and execution in small & mid-cap stocks to a wide range of institutional investors, including mutual fund and money managers around the world.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc. (FWCM) is a wealth management firm and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1975, FWCM provides advisory services to high-net worth individuals, trusts, estates and charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, Taft-Hartley plans, foundations, and endowments.

Wells Fargo Bank, NA provides investment advisory services. It offers banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer finance services. The company is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

RA Capital Management LP (RA Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Peter Kolchinsky in 2004. RA Capital provides discretionary investment advisory services to Healthcare Funds and the Nexus Funds which are open only to certain financially sophisticated and high net-worth individuals and entities.

Tora Trading Services LLC provides trading technology and financial services. Its solutions span trading process, offering suite of trade execution capabilities. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Tora Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in providing trading technology and financial services. Its platform includes a portfolio management system, a suite of execution and pre/post trade compliance tools, an order management system, an execution management system, analytics solutions, and a risk management system that are available as a platform or individual components. The company is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Xaos Tools, Inc. develops multi-platform graphic software products. The private company is based in Berkeley, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Laurent Chazareix.

DVSM LLC (DVSM) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Rocky W. Dixon and John E. Von Schlegell. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Southwest Power Pool, Inc. provides electric power generation services. It offers reliability coordination, tariff administration, regional scheduling, transmission expansion planning and market operations services. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

The University of Oregon Investment Group (UOIG) is the state-owned investment advisor headquartered in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1998, UOIG provides students with the opportunity to participate in the operation of an investment management organization. The firm’s overall mission is to enhance their members’ education through learning in-depth equity research processes, valuation techniques, portfolio management, and market analysis.

Mission North is a strategic communications agency that helps technology and life sciences companies accelerate their market impact at every stage of growth. The private company is based in Germiston, South Africa. The South African company integrates PR, digital marketing, public affairs, and data-driven influencer and content strategies. The company was founded by Fred Bateman and the CEOs are Bill Bourdon and Tyler Perry.

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. provides energy and environmental research services. It conducts research and development relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. The firm also provides technology, policy and economic analyses to drive long-range research and development planning and supports research in emerging technologies. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Bonneville Power Administration markets electrical power and provides transmission services. The power comes from federal hydro projects and several other nonfederal nuclear and power plants. Its customers include publicly owned, investor-owned utilities and large industries. The company was founded by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Road Runner Sports, Inc. manufactures and retails shoes, apparel and accessories. The firm’s products are sold online, through catalogs and retail stores. The company was founded by Michael Gotfredson September 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Industry Ventures LLC (Industry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Johan Douwe Swildens and Tom Litle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Alpine SG LLC engages in the provision of software services. It acquires, builds, and operates vertical Software-as-a-Service companies. The company was founded by Mark Strauch, Billy Maguy, and Jake Brodsky in 2016 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.

Consumer Edge Research LLC, dba Consumer Edge (CE), is an equity research holding firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Bill Pecoriello in 2009. They offer consumer data solutions for everyone from public and private investors to corporate decision makers and strategists. CE focuses on the global consumer sector such as the beverages, food, cosmetics, household/personal care and tobacco industries. Data is gathered both from global syndicated sources as well as primary research surveys, channel checks and other proprietary data collection.

Part of Evercore, Inc., Evercore Advisors LLC is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY.

Wipro Ventures (Wipro Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Wipro Ltd founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Gresham Partners LLC (Gresham) is an independent registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by David Salsburg and Ben Beavers in 1997. Gresham provides investment and wealth planning services to ultra-high net worth individuals, their families and family households, as well as their related trusts, estates, retirement plans, family offices, private trust companies, foundations and endowments.

Ocean Avenue Capital Partners LLC (Ocean Avenue Capital Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2010 by Jeffrey L. Ennis, Duran S. Curis and Jacques Youssefmir. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Draper Startup House Accelerator (DSH Accelerator) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Katie Russel and Daniel Wiegand. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.