Mike Bierman

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.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sirific Wireless Ltd. designs and develops RF transceiver integrated circuits. It offers digital direct conversion, transmitter, and transceiver. The company was founded by Tazinder Manku in 2000 and is located in Waterloo, CA.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

Keibi Technologies, Inc develops a media discovery and moderation platform for online communities. Its solutions allows publishers, advertisement networks, and social media platforms to protect members, advertisers, and own brands by identifying and removing content that violates a community's terms of service. The company was founded by Pierre Grenier in September 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA

Metaswitch Networks Service Broker Technologies Corp. provides telecommunications application connectivity solutions. It offers application session controller software, a network element that sits between the application cloud and the converging network/control layer to provide and manage connectivity to the evolving network for multiple applications. The firm also provides support programs, professional and training services. The company was founded by Craig W. Miller, Randal E. Waters and Mark A. Crutcher in 2002 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

RipCode delivers transcoding solutions to providers of mobile, desktop and IPTV content. Its transcoding platform uniquely supports both live and file-based transcoding applications with the broadest codec support, most extensive device coverage, and widest range of picture resolutions. The platform provides this transcoding flexibility while enabling customer-optimized tradeoffs between concurrency, real-time performance, and quality of experience - enabling video transcoding and delivery to be closely aligned with specific business model needs. Its platform is fully integrated with all popular forms of video delivery applications including RTSP streaming, Adaptive RTSP streaming, HTTP Progressive Download, Apple iPhone 3.0 Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, and Adobe's upcoming HTTP Adaptive Download. The RipCode TransAct Platform™ sets them apart from traditional 'box' transcoding vendors. The TransAct portfolio extends industry-leading transcoding technology to a policy-driven video delivery platform elevating scalable, easy to deploy, revenue-generating video delivery to an on-the-fly, real-time network transaction tuned to the needs of each provider's business goals.

Instawares Holding Co. LLC engages in the provision of equipment, supplies, and solutions to the restaurant industry through its subsidiaries. It owns Instawares.com, Suppliesonthefly.com, HotSchedules, and eCompanyStore. The company was founded on October 9, 2009 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Hunt Consolidated, Inc. operates as a holding company with interests in diversified sectors. It engages in the oil exploration and production, refining, liquefy natural gas, power, real estate, investments, ranching and infrastructure industry. The company was founded on December 18, 1934 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Part of Reliance Communications Ltd., Yipes Communications, Inc. produces face and hand wipes for kids. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The wipes are 99% plant-based, compostable, dermatologist tested, and plastic-free. The company is made in the USA and aim to teach kids to develop independent, healthy habits. William L. Barney has been the CEO of the company since 2014. Yipes Communications was acquired by Reliance Globalcom Services, Inc. on July 09, 2002.

Hunt Power LP provides electric power services. It engages in owning regulated utilities, developing transmission and distribution projects, developing renewable projects, and investing in other power-related activities. The company was founded by Hunter L. Hunt in 1998 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Markpoint Holdings LP (Markpoint Holdings) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Tex Sekhon. The frim is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Snoring Center USA LLC provides invasive treatment options for snoring and sleep apnea. It offers diagnosis and treatment for snoring and sleep apnea. The firm's service offerings encompass pillar procedure, turbinate and palate coblation, laser tonsillectomy, home sleep study, oral appliances, surgery, and continuous positive airway pressure. Snoring Center USA was founded by Craig Schwimmer in 2004 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

T Bank, NA provides banking services. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Sharyland Utilities LP transmits and distributes electricity. The firm offers transmission and substation services and supports the infrastructure needs. The company was founded by Hunter L. Hunt in 1999 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Hunt Utility Services LLC manages unique real estate investment trusts (REITs). It manages REITs that invest in various forms of oil and gas exploration and production, refining, power, real estate, ranching and private equity investments. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Hunt Transmission Services LLC engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas. The company was founded on April 23, 2008 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (MSCI) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSCI provides a range of brokerage services to corporations, governments and financial institutions.

Hoodoo Land & Cattle Co. engages in land management; cattle raising; and hay and grains farming. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Sharyland Utilities LLC operates as an electric transmission utility firm. It provides electric utility transmission and substation services. The company was founded by Hunter L. Hunt in 1998 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

RMET Holdings, Inc. distributes beers and wine. The firm distributes beer in various brands such as Bavaria, Beck's, Coors, Corona, Guinness, Heineken, Labatt, Miller, Pabst, and Shiner. It has operations in Doral, Homestead, Palm Beach Gardens, Rockland Key, and Pompano Beach. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Dose Therapeutics, Inc. is an early-stage biotechnology company based in Dallas, TX. Dose Therapeutics focuses on providing solutions for unmet medical needs, with a particular focus on high-risk neuroblastoma, an aggressive and often deadly form of childhood cancer. The company's first development candidate uses the tagging of a protein for degradation to potentially provide a new treatment option for children suffering from neuroblastoma. The company was founded by Steven L. McKnight and Deepak Nijhawan.

Capital Southwest Management Co (Capital Southwest Management) is a private equity/venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Capital Southwest Corp founded in 1961. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

The Whitmore Manufacturing Co. manufactures specialized lubricants, rail equipment, coatings, sealants, and contamination control solutions. It offers different product types which include absorbent, aerosols, anti-seize components, biodegradable lubricants, cement, chain lubricants, cleaners and degreasers, penetrating oil, rail lubricants, synthetic lubricants, and tire sealant. The company was founded by Samuel Whitmore in 1893 and is headquartered in Rockwall, TX.

DalFort Capital Partners LLC (DalFort Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Palo Duro Capital LLC (Palo Duro Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Matthew Bailey Golden. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Interlock Partners Management LLC (Interlock Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.