Prakash Vijayan

Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (Thornburg) is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The firm was founded by H. Garrett Thornburg in 1982. Thornburg provides discretionary portfolio management and investment services to a number of client types, including: Thornburg Investment Trust, registered investment companies as to which Thornburg is a sub-adviser, separate accounts for institutional clients and private clients, wrap fee accounts of sponsored program accounts, unified managed account programs, private investment funds and other non-SEC registered investment vehicles.

Schneider Electric Ltd. manufactures and distributes electrical and automation control products and services. Its products include installation accessories, legacy controllers, medium voltage equipment, detection equipment, and interface and panel components. He firm offers products and services for panel builders, OEMs, contractors, specifiers, and the electrical supply industry for commercial and industrial applications. The company is headquartered in Telford, the United Kingdom.

Driehaus Capital Holdings LLC provides financial services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of Cambium Learning Group, Inc., LAZEL, Inc. provides online non-downloadable software that helps students understand mathematical and scientific concepts through interactive materials.

Picmonic, Inc. engages in the provision of medical learning system. It offers resource portals including nurse practitioner, pre-health, pharmacy, and paramedic. The company was founded by Ron Robertson, Adeel Yang, and Ken Robertson in 2011 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

McGraw-Hill Education, Inc. publishes and distributes educational content, software and services. The firm operates through four segments: Higher Education, K-12, International and Professional. The higher education segment relates to the development of product across all disciplines, the K-12 segment relates to content development and the international segment relates to locally developed products or adaptations and translations of existing higher education, K-12 and professional products in both digital and print format. The professional segment relates to new titles and revisions, similar to the higher education segment, and include activities related to the creation of the actual product. The company was founded by James Hill McGraw in 1888 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ImageTag, Inc. develops software for content and document imaging, archiving and data processing. The firm’s solutions include A/P automation, expense management, forms automation, sales automation, onboarding automation and tailored automation. The company was founded by Steven W. Irons in 1997 and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

Teachable, Inc. provides a platform for teachers to sell their courses online. Its platform enables users to build a course website and control their branding, student data, and pricing from one place; import text, images, audio, video, and other content from Dropbox. The company was founded by Ankur Nagpal and Conrad Wadowski in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

FAS Wealth Partners, Inc. (FAS) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. The firm was founded by Max W. Greer, Jr. in 1979 as Financial Advisory Service, Inc. and changed its name to FAS Wealth Partners, Inc. in 2022. FAS provides financial planning and asset management services to individuals, define contribution plans (profit-sharing and 401(k)), trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and other business entities.

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

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

MidOcean US Advisor LP (MidOcean Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by James Edward Virtue. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Insight Enterprises, Inc., Insight Software Services, Inc. (Delaware) provides information technology, technical recruiting and consulting services. The company is based in Wilmington, DE. The company was founded in 2003 by Kurt Bunney. Insight Software Services, Inc. (Delaware was acquired by Insight Enterprises, Inc. from DCA Partners LLC on October 01, 2011.

Calviri, Inc. operates as a biotech company. It focuses on diagnostics for the early detection of cancer and for vaccines to eliminate cancer. The company was founded by Stephen Albert Johnston and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

Academic Partnerships LLC assists public universities and colleges in the transition to online courses and online degree programs. It assists institutions with the conversion of their traditional degree programs and certificates into an online format, recruit qualified students and support enrolled students through graduation. The firm offers market research and strategy, academic, partner support, marketing, enrollment, student retention and strategic partnership services. The company was founded by Randy Best in 2007 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Bryant & Stratton College, Inc. is engaged in the provision of college education. It offers bachelor and associate degrees, and certificate programs. The company was founded by H. B. Bryant, H. D. Stratton, and J. C. Bryant in 1854 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Esme Learning Solutions, Inc. is an AI-enabled digital learning company that offers online executive education courses in partnership with leading universities. The company is based in Newton, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. Esme Learning Solutions provides a wide range of innovative online courses that help executives gain technical skills and learn business best practices from experts in frontier fields such as fintech, cybersecurity, AI leadership, and health tech. The courses blend high-quality video, live simulations, interactive media, and small group exercises with top learning design principles. The company was founded in 2019 by Elizabeth B. Porter and David L. Shrier, with David L. Shrier serving as the CEO since incorporation.

LawLogix Group, Inc. provides web based compliance and case management software solutions. It offers EDGE, an immigration forms, e-filing, billing and case management system for law firms and non-profit and community based organizations and globe trotter, an immigration forms and case management system for enterprise, healthcare organizations and universities. The company was founded by Francis D. Siciliano II, Brian D. Taylor and James Trammell in 2000 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Penn Foster Education Group, Inc. provides distance learning courses. The firm offers coaching and support to students through academic, professional and personal support from its faculty, student services team and online student community. The company was founded by Thomas J. Foster in 1890 and is headquartered in Scranton, PA.

Cayuse LLC engages in the design and development of eResearch administration (eRA) solutions. The firm offers pre-award, post-award, compliance solutions, and research suite. The company was founded by Christian Harker in 1994 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Marketxpander Services Pvt Ltd. engages in the provision of business to business marketing and lead generation services. It offer sales CRM, mobile CRM, marketing automation, conversion platform, and integrations. The company was founded by Sudhakar Gorti, Sukhbir Kalsi, Anand Kumar, Nilesh Patel, and Prashant Singh in 2012 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Pragmatic Institute LLC provides data science education and marketing training services. It offers training, consulting services and an online community for technology product managers and marketers world-wide. It offers product management, product marketing, data science courses. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Alpine Global Management LLC (Alpine Global) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Charles M. Kim in 2008 as Alpine Partners VI LLC and changes their name to Alpine Global Management LLC in 2016. Alpine Global provides investment advisory and management services to various clients.

Burford Capital Investment Management LLC (Burford Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Burford Capital Ltd founded in 2013 by Adam R Gerchen. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Kick, Inc. develops financial applications that automatically categorize business income and expenses.

Learnlaunchx Management LLC (LearnLaunch) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Jean Hammond. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Quotidian Ventures (Quotidian Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Pedro T. Mackie. The firm is headquartered in New York.