Sharad Raval

Columbia Threadneedle Asset Managers Ltd. (CTAM) is an asset management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1990 as F&C Asset Managers Ltd. and renamed BMO Asset Managers Ltd. in 2018. They changed their name to Columbia Threadneedle Asset Managers Ltd. when BMO rebranded to Columbia Threadneedle Investments in 2022. The firm is a subsidiary of Columbia Threadneedle AM (Holdings) Plc, ultimately held by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) in the US. CTAM manages a range of in-house and multi-manager funds for private individuals and institutional clients.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. (UBS-UK) is the Great Britain-based investment subsidiary of UBS Asset Management Holdings Ltd., itself a subsidiary of UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1981 as Phillips & Drew Investment Management Ltd., the firm merged with UBS Asset Management in 2000 to form UBS Asset Management Ltd., which became UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2002. They changed their name to UBS Asset Management (UK) Ltd. in 2015. Headquartered in London, UBS-UK provides asset management services to corporate and public pension plans, sovereign institutions, endowments and municipalities, charities, insurance companies, wholesale intermediaries, financial institutions, and private clients.

TDR Capital LLP (TDR Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Tudor Investment Corp. founded in 2002 by Manjit Dale and Stephen James Robertson. The firm is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

RetroSense Therapeutics LLC provides biotechnology services. It offers gene therapies to restore vision in patients suffering from blindness due to retinitis pigmentosa and advanced dry age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by Sean Ainsworth in 2009 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd. (FIA UK) is a Great Britain-based fund management firm headquartered in Tadworth, Surrey. Founded in 1984, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIL Holdings (UK) Limited, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIL Ltd. in Bermuda. FIA UK provides a range of global investment products and services to institutional accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles.

Permira Advisers LLP (Permira Advisers) is a private equity subsidiary of Permira Holdings Ltd founded in 1985 by Peter M. Smitham. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in the United States and Asia.

Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP is a business consultancy firm that provides a wide range of services such as audit, accounting, tax, payroll, HR, consulting, and advisory solutions. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Aberdeen, UK, with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States. The British company specializes in helping organizations overcome barriers, achieve their goals, and reach their full potential. The company's services are tailored to different sectors, including energy, industrial, not-for-profit, technology, public sector, leisure, retail, and hospitality. The company also offers virtual finance function, financial planning, and litigation support services. The CEO of the company is Graeme Andrew Allan.

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. engages in the provision of banking and financial services. It operates through the following segments: Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB), Consumer, Private and Business Banking (CPBB), Ventures, and Central and Other Items. The CCIB segment is involved in transaction banking, financial markets, corporate finance, and borrowing needs. It also offers solutions in some of the economies and most active trade corridors. The CPBB segment serves individuals and small businesses, with a focus on the affluent segment. It provides digital banking services with a human touch to clients, with services spanning deposits, payments, financing products, and Wealth Management. The Ventures segment includes Mox Bank Limited, a cloud-native, mobile-only digital bank. The Central and Other Items segment refers to corporate center costs, treasury activities, and certain strategic investments. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Livingbridge EP LLP (Livingbridge) is a private equity subsidiary of Livingbridge VC LLP founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in London with additional offices in Manchester, Boston and Melbourne.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (MSCI) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSCI provides a range of brokerage services to corporations, governments and financial institutions.

August Equity LLP (August Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Richard James Green, Tim J. Clarke and Ian D. Grant. The firm is headquartered in London.

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics engages in the provision of educational services. It offers courses under the following school and departments: business, accountancy, finance, international business administration, economics, public economics and administration, humanities, law, information management and engineering, statistics, foreign languages, mathematics, international cultural exchange, professional and international education and continuing education. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Oxford University Innovation Ltd (Oxford University Innovation) is a venture capital subsidiary of University of Oxford founded in 1987 and spun out in 2010. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

CPA Australia Ltd. is an Australian company that has been operating since 1954 and provides education, training, technical support, and advocacy services in the accounting profession. The private company is based in Southbank, Australia and has subsidiaries in Hong Kong. The company engages with governments, regulators, and industries to advocate for policies that stimulate sustainable economic growth. With over 166,000 members working in 100 countries and regions, CPA Australia is one of the world's largest accounting bodies. It was founded in 1886 by Andrew Lyell, Arthur Cleveland, Benjamin Doughty Smith, Thomas Brentnall, John McAlister Howden, Charles Morell Holmes, William Crellin, and Edward Langton. Andrew Paul Hunter has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging Ltd. designs and manufactures clinical, research and industrial MRI systems. The company was founded by Martin Nicholas Bolas, Taylor David Graham, and Richard Stoner in 2000 and is headquartered in Guildford, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 2010, Metropolitan Bank (China) Ltd. is a subsidiary of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. that provides corporate banking services. The company is based in Nanjing, China.

Seedcamp Investment Management LLP (Seedcamp) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Reshma Sohani and Saul Charles Klein. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Amazon.com.ca, Inc. provides online retail shopping services. The private company is based in Seattle, WA and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Redpin Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnological platform which enables targeted regulation of neuronal activity in brain to achieve treatment and control of CNS circuit and other disorders. The company was founded by Elma S. Hawkins, Jeffrey Friedman, Scott Sternson Michael Kaplitt, Sarah Stanley and Jonathan Dordick in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sentimoto Ltd. develops analytics platform for behavioral data collected from smartphones. The firm’s user-centred technology not only allows the quantification of wellbeing, including physical activity, sleep and social interactions. The company was founded by Alessandro Guazzi, Lis Stroux and Maxim Osipov and is headquartered in Thame, the United Kingdom.

Araris Biotech AG engages in the development and research of an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) linker technology. It focuses on the production of ADCs. Its linker platform enables the attachment of payload to off the shelf antibodies without the need of antibody engineering. The company was founded by Philipp Spycher, Isabella Attinger-Toller, and Dragan Grabulovski and is headquartered in Z?rich, Switzerland.

Code Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a next-generation gene therapy company based in Greater Philadelphia. The American company is focused on developing targeted non-viral gene therapies to treat serious and life-threatening genetic diseases. The company uses a novel multivalent synthetic DNA delivery platform called 3DNA, which overcomes many of the challenges associated with viral-based gene therapies. Code Biotherapeutics is advancing an internal pipeline focused on select rare disease programs and establishing partnerships to take forward programs in both rare and prevalent diseases. Code Biotherapeutics is supported by top-tier investors that believe in their work to drive discovery programs forward as they aim to deliver on the promise of their proprietary synthetic DNA-based, non-viral genetic medicines delivery platform. The company was founded by Brian P. McVeigh, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Yango Intelligent Life Service Group Co., Ltd. engages in property management and parking garage operation services. It provides diversified services in two business segments: property management services and commercial property operational and management services. The company was founded on July 29, 2020 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Hornet Therapeutics Ltd. provides immune cell metabolism and cell therapy for cancer treatment. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2019.

Ray Therapeutics, Inc. is an American company that is developing a lead candidate, RTX-015, to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative retinal disease. Ray Therapeutics is based in an undisclosed location. The company's mission is to restore vision for people with retinal degeneration using optogenetics gene therapies. Ray Therapeutics is pursuing multiple drug development programs for a range of degenerative retinal diseases, focusing on preserving and restoring vision in patients using the ground-breaking science of optogenetics. The company was founded by Paul Bresge and Sean Ainsworth, with Paul Bresge serving as CEO since incorporation.