Adam Lessler

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Tafkak, Inc. provides genome sequencing and analysis solutions. It offers tools and solutions to researchers, drug developers and clinicians determine the genetic basis of human disease and drug response. The firm provides knomeCLINIC a software suite that helps medical researchers and clinicians interpret human genomes for biological relevance; kGAP a cloud-enabled genome informatics engine that automates the process of standardizing, distilling, annotating and comparing sequence data. It also offers knomeVARIANTS, a discovery-supportive interpretation tool, which helps researchers to find causal variants and genes. The company was founded by Jorge Conde and George M. Church in 2007 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Pollen, Inc. provides financial services. It provides C2FO market, working capital exchange that allows companies to optimize their working capital positions in a live, bid/ask environment. The firm serves buyers and suppliers who use the market to increase profit and accelerate cash flow between themselves. The company was founded by Alexander C. Kemper and Pete Thomas in May 2010 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

Arjuna Solutions, Inc. is a private company based in Washington that specializes in using behavioral economic modeling techniques through its patented AI capabilities to improve fundraising for leading nonprofit organizations. Arjuna's AI services provide material improvements in nonprofit fundraising over a lifetime of giving without changing fundraising practices, systems, or requiring new hiring and training. The American company's AI, Arjuna, enables nonprofits to sustainably increase their fundraising and advance their missions faster than existing practices by combining AI and behavioral economics to improve giving. The company was founded by Adam Treiser, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

Harvest Partners LP (Harvest Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1981 by Harvey Wertheim and Harvey Mallement. The firm is headquartered in New York.

ICV Partners LLC (ICV Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of ICV Professionals LLC founded in 1998 by Tarrus L. Richardson. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Consorcio Financiero SA operates as a holding company with interests in the financial sector. Its service portfolio includes insurance, mortgage, stock brokerage, mutual funds, and commercial loans. The company was founded on January 16, 1986 and is headquartered in Las Condes, Chile.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Capital Management LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. provides trading and executions services to their clients.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Tractable Ltd. develops a software for accident and disaster recovery. It uses its computer vision to analyze the damage and compare it against visuals of an undamaged vehicle. The company was founded by Alex Dalyac, Razvn Ranca, and Adrien Cohen on November 18, 2014 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Silver Lining Finance SA is a private investment group that has interests in animal feed manufacturing. The private company is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. The Luxembourger company was founded by Steven Finn.

Jobi Capital LLC (Jobi Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Joe Daher and Bilal Mekkaoui. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Neuberger Berman AIFM Ltd. (Neuberger Berman) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NB Alternatives Advisers LLC founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Liberation Labs Holdings, Inc. is a company that specializes in scaling the precision fermentation process for alternative proteins. The company is based in Dallas, TX and was founded by Viva Asmelash. The company is commercializing precision fermentation with purpose-built manufacturing facilities that enable the next wave of biotechnology advancements. The company's cutting-edge process enables the technologies that will feed the world, as the demand for alternative and environmentally friendly protein sources is growing at an unprecedented rate.

Ark Biotech is a biotech company that is accelerating the cultivated meat revolution by creating industrial scale, affordable, and efficient bioreactors and operating systems. The company is based in New Castle, DE and was founded by Yosef Avraham Quint, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company's mission is to 100x the industry's bioreactor capacity by 2035 to transform how people consume meat. Ark is a B2B company that supplies the cultivated meat industry with industrial scale bioreactors, operating systems, and services to ensure a future in which cultivated meat is widely available and affordable.

Hungry Marketplace, Inc. operates a mobile food marketplace that connects foodies with local chefs. The firm offers HUNGRY, a marketplace that allows user to search and order made-to-order meals prepared by local chefs. It delivers fresh-cooked meals to foodies across District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The company was founded by Eman Pahlevani and Shy Pahlevani in June 2016 and is headquartered in Arlingtonm, VA.

Zuul Kitchens, Inc. engages in the provision of custom-built, individual kitchens. The firm offers common area labor support, on-site delivery fulfillment, kitchen equipment personalization and installation, and onboarding menu consultation. The company was founded by Corey Manicone and Sean Fitzgibbons in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ayoba, Inc. offers dried beef made food products. Its products include traditional biltong, biltong slicer, spicy biltong, boerewors, and spice blend. The company was founded by Wian van Blommestein and Emile van Blommestein and is headquartered in Springfield, VA.

Matrix F.T. develops and manufactures nan fiber scaffolds. The company is based in Dublin, OH and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Eric Jenkusky, Ross Kayuha, and Flavio Lobato. Eric Jenkusky has been the CEO since incorporation.

BlueNalu, Inc. provides cellular aquaculture services for people, humane for animals, and sustainable for planet. The company was founded by Lou Cooperhouse, Chris Dammann and Christopher P. Somogyi and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Incus5 Inc provides software development and system integration services. The private company is based in Tempe.

Qualitas Equity Partners SGEIC SA (Qualitas Equity Partners) is a private equity arm of Qualitas Equity Funds SGEIC SA founded in 2002 by Eric Halverson, Sergio Perez and Borja Jesus Perez Arauna. The firm is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Marqii, Inc. engages in the publishing of menus, location data, and specials to potential customers. Its products offered to restaurants, bars, coffee shops and dispensaries. The company was founded by Avi Goren and Evan Perlmutter in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

IFC Venture Capital (IFC Venture) is a venture capital firm, subsidiary of International Finance Corp, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

OrderSnapp, Inc. provides online ordering services for restaurants. The firm is a POS Integrated with Online Ordering, Kiosk, Loyalty, Delivery, Giftcard, Website, and 3rd Party applications which deposits all payments to restaurants account. The company was founded by Robert Trimaldi and Ronald Resnick and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

CITI Ltd. provides management consulting services. The private company is based in Milton Keynes, UK. The British company was founded in 1984. The CEO is Christopher John Worsley.

SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. founded in 2016 by Masayoshi Son. SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. is headquartered in London, UK.

Softbank Vision Fund II-2 LP engages in investments in technology enabled companies. The company is headquartered in London, The United Kingdom.