Nicholas Moran

Columbia Capital LLC (Columbia Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Dave P. Mixer. The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

Fancy Chap, Inc. offers word press hosting services. The firm provides its services to agencies, web designers, developers and freelancers. It creates tools to allow users to quickly build, launch, and manage word press sites. The company was founded by Dustin Davidson, Richard Knudtson and Tony Noecker in 2012 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

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.

Yorktown Management & Research Co., Inc. (Yorktown) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Forest, Virginia. The firm was founded by David D. Basten in 1985. Yorktown provides investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, institutions, and Registered Investment Company. They also manage the Yorktown range of funds.

TSG Consumer Partners LLC (TSG Consumer Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Charles Howard Esserman. The firm is headquartered in Larkspur, California.

Brockway Moran & Partners, Inc (Brockway Moran & Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Peter C Brockway and Michael E. Moran. The firm is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Morningstar Investment Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN). Morningstar Investment Management offers various investment advisory services that focus on their core capabilities in asset allocation, investment selection, and portfolio construction to financial or other institutions.

HGGC LLC (HGGC) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Robert Gay, Greg Benson, Rich Lawson and Steve Young. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and was formerly known as Huntsman Gay Global Capital LLC.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory operates as laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

Lightbank LLC (Lightbank) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Eric Paul Lefkofsky and Bradley A. Keywell. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

PennantPark Investment Advisers LLC (PennantPark) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Art Penn. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with additional offices in New York, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles.

Nebraska Angels, Inc. operates as a consortium of individual angel investors. It is a non-profit mutual benefit corporation organized to exchange information about investment opportunities in early-stage and emerging growth companies with ties to the state of Nebraska. The firm provides opportunities for its members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in promising early-stage companies primed for expansion. It also provides seed and early-stage capital in the range of $150K-$750K. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Lincoln, NE.

1/0 Capital LLC (1/0 Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in New York.

ELSA Corp. develops a mobile application that helps English learners to speak English correctly. Its application offers an online pronunciation coach that users can talk with at any time, giving users an instant and private feedback to help them practice pronunciation regularly. The company was founded by Dinh Hong Vu Van and Xavier Anguera in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The World Bank (Research) (World Bank-Research) is the investment research division of The World Bank, an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, DC. It provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. World Bank-Research provides research to developing nations to aid economic advancement.

Wise Systems, Inc. develops route optimization software that enables companies to deliver goods and services. It plans, executes, and adapt routes with cutting-edge optimization software. The company was founded by Chazz Sims, Layla Shaikley, Ali Kamil, and Jemel Derbali on May 8, 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

FieldEye operates industrial equipment rental marketplace to the oil, gas and construction industries. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Luminary Media LLC develops podcast application. The company was founded by Matthew S. Sacks, Phong Nguyen, and Joe Purzycki in 2018 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Openly, Inc. engages in the provision of home insurance services. It offers homeowners policy that can be used for multiple occupancy types, including primary, seasonal, secondary, and rented to others. The company was founded by Ty Harris and Matt Wielbut in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

DC Energy LLC engages in generating electricity. The firm develops efficient and reliable energy markets – for the exchange of both real energy products and corresponding financial energy contracts. The company was founded by in and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

Tridster LLC provides title insurance and settlement services. The company is based in Brooklyn, NY. The company was founded by William DeVar.

Gradient Ventures (Gradient Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2017 by Zach Bratun Glennon. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

CRE Venture Capital (CRE) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Pardon Makumbe and Pule Taukobong. The firm is headquartered in South Africa.

West Creek Financial, Inc. operates as a fintech company, which provides point-of-sale financing. The firm specializes in financing furniture, mattresses, appliances, and tires for retail partners across the nation. It focuses on using data and technology to optimize underwriting, enabling industry approval rates and amounts. The company was founded by Robert Finnegan and Boomer Muth in 2014 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, VA.

Part of McKinsey & Co., Inc., McKinsey & Company Holdings Ltd. is a consulting firm that partners with leaders on strategy, innovating to net zero, leading with tech, and building capabilities for a sustainable, inclusive, growing future. The company is based in London, UK. The British company specializes in Consumer Packaged Goods and has conducted research, articles, and reports on the changes that matter most for the challenges and opportunities ahead. The company was founded in 2011 by Brian K. Stafford.