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Avondale Partners LLC is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded by Robert Shepherd and Philip Krebs in 2001. Avondale Partners provides financial advisory services as well as equity and fixed income underwriting and private placement services to public and private companies throughout the US, Canada and Europe. They focus on middle-market companies in the healthcare sector.

International Finance Corp. (IFC) operates as a global development institution. It is an organization that fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital in the international financial markets and providing advisory services to businesses and governments. The firm operates through three segments: Investment Services, Treasury Services and Advisory Services. The Investment Services segment offers loans, equities, debt securities, trade and supply chain finance and client risk management services. The Treasury Services segment consists of the borrowing, liquid asset management, asset and liability management, and client risk management activities. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Trinity Capital Investment LLC ("Trinity") is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2008 by Steven L. Brown. The firm is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Frankfort, Kentucky. Founded in 1956, the firm is responsible for the investment of funds and administration of benefits for state and local government employees in the State of Kentucky. These employees include state employees, state police officers, city and county employees as well as non-teaching staff of local school boards and regional universities. KRS oversees the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and the State Police Retirement System (SPRS).

Research Triangle Institute is a non-profit organization which provides research and development services. It offers surveys and data collection, statistics and data science, assessment and analysis, program design and implementation, and research technologies and analytical laboratory. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance (KEMI) provides insurance services. It provides workers compensation insurance, claims management and risk management services in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The company was founded in September, 1995 and is headquartered in Lexington, KY.

Typenex Medical LLC manufactures and markets blood transfusion safety products. The firm's products include blood banks which include blood bads, barcode plus, checkdigit, original and finalcheck, and nursing administration which include alert bands, allergy, fall risk and latex allergy. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Center for Responsible Lending provides a National voice against abusive financial practices. The firm focuses on primarily mortgages, payday loans, credit cards, bank overdrafts and auto loans. The company is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Westport Capital Partners LLC is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2005 by Russ S. Bernard. Westport Capital Partners LLC is headquartered in Wilton.

Silicon Valley Bank provides commercial banking services. It offers banking services to the hardware and infrastructure, software and internet, life science and healthcare, energy and resource innovation, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

The Southern Cotton Ginners Association operates civic and social organizations. The non-profit company is based in Memphis, TN.

Avant Global, LLC (Avant Global) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded by Demetri Argyropoulos in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Agricapture is an agricultural technology company that helps farmers and landowners identify and implement climate-friendly practices to capture value for their positive climate impact. The company is based in Nashville, TN. The company collects field level data and monitors field operations to generate carbon credits and climate-friendly rice products. Agricapture provides tools to farmers, ranchers, and landowners to monetize their carbon sequestration and emission reductions, enabling them to conserve natural resources while increasing profitability. Agricapture was founded in 2021 by John R. Farris, who has been the CEO since 2021.