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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.

Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

SmartDrive Systems, Inc. provides driving technology solutions. It specializes in video based safety program and transportation intelligence solutions. The firm serves to the commercial trucking, government, private fleet, distribution, transit bus and rail, utilities, construction, and waste and recycling industries. The company was founded by Gregory V. Mauro, Robert J. Hutter and James Plante in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

SchoolTube, Inc. provides media sharing website. It provides services for students and teachers such as creates videos for projects, homework, events, easily and safely share videos. The company was founded by Andrew A. Arizpe and Carl Arizpe in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

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.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

MarkMonitor, Inc. provides enterprise brand protection solutions. The firm specializes in domain management, anti-piracy, and fraud. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Learn Capital LLC (Learn Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Greg Mauro. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Nextivity, Inc. develops wireless indoor coverage technology which optimizes the experience of wireless subscribers and increases radio frequency network capacity for mobile operators. The company offers cellular fidelity systems to eliminate indoor dead zones and work in harmony with a macro network, and IntelliBoost baseband processors that offer dynamic wireless broadband services to optimize the indoor transmission and reception of 3G wireless signals. The firm offers products to mobile network operators, subscribers, and operator-aligned retailers. The company was founded by Greg Mauro and Behzad B. Mohebb in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Capgemini America, Inc. engages in the provision of software solutions. It offers outsourcing, consulting, and digital transformation. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Machine Zone, Inc. develops games and applications for mobile and social-networking platforms. It focuses on creating free-to-play mobile social games. The company was founded by Michael Sherril, Halbert Nakagawa, and Gabriel Leydon in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Social Finance, Inc. engages in the provision of loan refinancing services. It offers mortgage loans, personal loan and wealth management services. Its products include student loan refinancing, medical resident refinancing, mortgage loans, mortgage refinancing, personal loans, parent loans, parent PLUS refinancing, asset management, wealth management, and life insurance. The company was founded by James Robert Finnigan, Andrew Carra, Daniel Macklin, Michael Scott Cagney, and Ian Brady in August 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ONEHOPE, Inc. engages in the production and selling of wine and coffee. Its brands include viaONEHOPE, Estate8, and Foundation. The company was founded by Jacob Kloberdanz, Thomas Leahy, Blake Petty, Brandon Hall, Tiffany Wojtkiewicz, Sarah Gora McPeake, Logan W. Allin and Kristen Lyn Shroyer in 2007 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

ROTH Venture Finance Group is a Venture Capital firm, subsidiary of ROTH Capital Partners LLC founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Neuro-ID, Inc. develops and provides prescriptive analytics solutions for the risk industry. The firm offers solutions that measure and analyze how people respond to questions in real time. It provides Neuro-CS, a real-time analytics solution focusing on applicant behavior patterns. The company was founded by Jeff Jenkins and Joseph Valacich in 2014 and is headquartered in Whitefish, MT.

F8 Asia Growth Partners LLC (F8 Asia Growth Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2011 by Brian Koo. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Higher Ground Education, Inc. provides educational management services. It specializes in education, montessori, school operations, technology, and consulting. The company was founded by Ramandeep Girn in 2016 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, CA.

Axio Global, Inc. provides cyber security and technology services. It offers services for following industries, energy, communications, manufacturing, financial, healthcare, technology, power, retail, transportation, chemical, construction and real estate. The company was founded by David Whiteis and headquartered in New York, NY.

Netomi, Inc. enables brands to leverage human-assisted Artificial Intelligence for conversational commerce across messaging apps, chat and SMS. It specializes artificial intelligence, conversational commerce, marketing, mobile, consumer engagement, personalization, digital marketing, social marketing, messaging, and SaaS. The company was founded by Puneet Mehta and Marcus Howard and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

DailyPay, Inc. develops a platform that provides next day payments for employees and contractors. It offers solutions for enterprises, drivers, and restaurants. The company was founded by Jason Lee and Robert Law in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Claybrook Capital LLC (Claybrook) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The firm was co-founded by Jerry A. Nigro and Bruce Arella in 2016. They were acquired in 2023 by Lido Advisors LLC. Claybrook offers wealth management and related advisory services to individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates and small business owners.

Makers Investment Advisor (Hong Kong) Ltd (Makers Investment) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Ocrolus, Inc. engages in the provision of data verification and analysis for bank statements and other financial documents. Its products include document capture, intelligent fraud detection, and robust cash-flow analytics. The company was founded by Sam Bobley, John Guerci, Victoria Meakin, and Peter A. Bobley in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Aiera, Inc. develops a financial event intelligence platform. It offers stream monitoring, highlights and differentials, and live event intelligence. The company was founded by Kenneth Michael Sena and Bryan Healey in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Smashcut Production LLC engages in the development of online learning platform for collaborative media creation. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Synctera, Inc. is a modern fintech platform that offers banking as a service (BaaS) to companies of all sizes. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. Synctera provides an end-to-end platform that includes tech, compliance support, and bank partners to help companies create new revenue streams and enhance their value proposition by offering financial products such as bank accounts, debit cards, lending, and more. Synctera's platform is designed to simplify compliance processes using automated workflows and is pre-configured to meet the unique regulatory requirements of community banks. The company's flexible, proprietary ledger for building and managing financial product offerings is unconstrained by partner banks' core systems. Synctera offers competitive pricing that is simple, transparent, and usage-based. The company was founded in 2020 by Kris Hansen, Dominik Weisserth, and Peter Hazlehurst, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Audere Capital LLC (Audere Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2023 by Maggie Sprenger and Peter N. Ackerson. The firm is headquartered New York.

Part of Fin Venture Capital Management LLC, Fin Vc U I LP operates as a pooled investment fund. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

5x5 Gaming, Inc. is an early-stage, cross-platform gaming company that focuses on building AAA, quality games with an element of digital ownership. The company is based in Concord, CA. The company's mission is to evolve gaming using the latest technologies to build trust, safety, and true digital asset ownership to unlock the best gaming experience. Led by CEO and founder Deniz Gezgin, 5x5 Gaming's team is composed of industry veterans from all over the world, with over 100 years of experience in game development combined. Deniz Gezgin has been the CEO since incorporation.

Thatgamecompany, Inc. designs and develops accessible video games. Its games include journey, flower, flow and cloud. The firm develops PC based games and desktop companions. It also develops viral interactive applications in the form of games, which are played via email. The firm focuses on creating action-oriented video games. The company was founded in 2006 by Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Fin Capital Management LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Brian Arthur Finn, Logan W. Allin. Brian Arthur Finn has been the CEO since incorporation.