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Purina Mills LLC produces and markets animal nutrition products. It manufactures and supplies livestock feed and pet food offering information concerning their products. The firm provides its products for commercial livestock and poultry, horse, bird, fish, zoo and pet industries. The company was founded on October 11, 2001 and is headquartered in Clayton, MO.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

CheckVideo LLC is a video analytics software provider. Its product combination of video analytics and cloud VMS provides security dealers, integrators and end users the easiest, most cost-effective and complete video solution. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.

Global X Management Co. LLC (Global X) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Bruno del Ama and Jose Carlos Gonzalez Navarro in 2008. They are a subsidiary of Global X Management Co., Inc., ultimately owned by Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. in South Korea. Global X provides portfolio management services to SEC registered open-end management investment companies (Global X ETFs), Separately Managed Accounts and UCITS Funds.

BacterioScan, Inc. manufacturers and sells in-vitro diagnostic products for lab and clinical care use. Its products include 216Dx UTI system and product pipeline. The firm also offers instrumentation platform that rapidly detects and measures microorganism growth in liquid specimens. The company was founded by Amnon Weichelbaum, Dan Regelman, and Daniel Hofmann in 2004 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

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.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Harris Williams & Co. provides investment advisory services. It offers investment banking, sell-side mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, fairness opinion, and restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by H. Hiter Harris III and Christopher H. Williams in 1991 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Bank of America, NA engages in the provision of commercial banking services. It offers financing, checking and savings accounts, and investment banking for individual clients. The company was founded on March 1, 1927 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

BW Forsyth Partners LLC (BW Forsyth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Chet Walker, Kyle Chapman and Ryan L. Gable. The firm is headquartered in Clayton, Missouri.

Since 1870, the Humane Society of Missouri has been providing a haven to all animals that have been abused, neglected or abandoned. Their mission is to end the cycle of abuse and pet overpopulation through their rescue and investigation efforts, spay/neuter programs and educational classes. They create relationships between people and animals through their adoption programs. They also provide veterinary care, pet obedience and behavior programs. The organization is headquartered in St. Louis, MO and has centers in Chesterfield Valley and Westport Area.

HealthpointCapital LLC (HealthpointCapital) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Mortimer Berkowitz and John C. McCormick. The firm is headquartered in New York.

St. Louis Arch Angels provides seed and early stage capital to the startup organizations. Its members mentor and coach, serve on boards, provide contacts, assist with team building, strategic planning and fundraising. The company was founded by Gilbert Bickel in January 2005 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, MO.

Part of Innovate St. Louis, ITEN is a company that develops and manufactures eco-friendly solid-state lithium-ion SMD micro batteries. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. These batteries are rechargeable in a few minutes and can deliver power over a wide operating temperature range. The company is used in various applications such as back-up power supply, powering autonomous sensor nodes, tracking and monitoring solutions, sensor data loggers, beacons and RF tags, smartphone peripherals, medical devices, home and building automation, smart cities, wearables, and e-textiles.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses