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Cascade Investment LLC is the private investment holding company of the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Founded in 1995, the firm manages the personal assets of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, as well as the assets of his philanthropic foundations. Cascade Investment is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

Longview Asset Management LLC (Longview) is a multi-strategy investment firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1998 and is owned by Henry Crown & Co. Longview manages accounts for wealthy individuals, families, and charities.

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.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

Coatue Management LLC (Coatue) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Philippe Laffont in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Coatue Management Partners LP. Coatue provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to US and non-US private investment funds intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors. Their flagship funds include Coatue Qualified Partners LP (CQP), Coatue Offshore Fund Ltd. (COF), and Coatue Offshore Master Fund LP (COMF). CQP and COF invest all of their investable assets in COMF. Coatue is a signatory of the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI).

Humin, Inc. develops technology to personalize contacts application. It provides building products that help users to make sense of their relationships, illuminate the relationships that matter and grow closer to the people that they care about most. The company was founded by Ankur Jain, Jake Medwell, Daniel Pourbaba, Jonathan Shriftman and David Wyler in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

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.

Post Advisory Group LLC (Post) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in New York City. The firm was founded by Larry Post in 1992 as MW Post Advisory Group. They are owned by Principal Global Investors Holding Company US LLC, ultimately held by Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFG). Post provides discretionary investment advisory services to a global client base of institutional investors.

Advanced Instruments, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets laboratory test equipment and related consumables for use in clinical, food and dairy, microbiology, pharmaceutical and biotech markets. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Norwood, MA.

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.

Founded in 1992, Ziff Brothers Investments LLC is a hedge fund manager located in New York City. The firm is the primary investment vehicle of the Ziff family, founders of Ziff-Davis Publishing.

The Hilsinger Co. engages in the manufacture and distribution of optical products and accessories. The firm also provides eyewear repair, educational tools, and rewards services. The company was founded by Arthur Hilsinger Sr., Arthur Hilsinger Jr., and Herbert P. Nelson in 1956 and is headquartered in Plainville, MA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Siguler Guff & Co. LP (Siguler Guff) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by George William Siguler, Andrew Joseph Guff and Donald Paul Spencer. The firm is headquartered in New York.with additional offices Boston, Houstan, London.

Rowmark LLC manufactures and markets plastic sheets and related products. Its brands include Rowmark, Johnson Plastics Plus, Innovative Plastics, Inc., and Rowmark Custom Laminations. The company was founded by Fred Kremer in 1993 and is headquartered in Findlay, OH.

Madrone Capital Partners LLC (Madrone Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Gregory B. Penner, Thomas Patterson and Jamie McJunkin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Decimal, Inc. provides flat fee retirement and savings plans for small businesses and entrepreneurs. It offers Single(k) plans for the business owner with part-time W-2 employees or no employees, and Express(k), a 401(k) plan, and Custom(k), a custom retirement plan. It provides Starter(k), a payroll-deduction IRA solution for small businesses. The company was founded by Isabelle Quesada, Kyle Stephan and Chad W. Parks in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Heritage Food Service Group, Inc. engages in the provision of replacement parts for commercial and institutional kitchen equipment. It serves independent restaurant and diners, multi-unit restaurants,food trucks and trailers, farmers markets, groceries, school, healthcare, churches, and relief agencies. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN.

Prosus Ventures (Prosus) is a venture capital subsidiary of Naspers Ltd founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Heartbeat Technologies, Inc. provides online network for real millennial women ambassadors helps brands promote their products on social media. The company was founded by Jim Mulhearn, Kate Aveline Edwars, and Brian Freeman on March 11, 2014 and is headquartered in Del Mar, CA.

Epibone, Inc. develops bone reconstruction solutions. Its technology utilizes a scan of the patient?s bone defect and the patient?s own stem cells to construct and cultivate an autologous-like bone graft that provides defect repair, and improves bone formation and regeneration. The company was founded by Nina Tandon, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Sarindr Bhumiratana, Sidney Eisig, and Elisa Cimetta and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Solidarity Capital Group a venture capital firm is founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in North Carolina, US.

PT Skystar Capital (Skystar Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Skystar Venture founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Caravan Global Investment LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company was founded in 2013 by Yasha Gofman.

Good Eggs, Inc. designs and develops online applications for local food producers. It helps connect users to networks of locally-owned farms, small food businesses, commercial kitchens, warehouses, grocers and other people involved that feed a single region. The company was founded by Robert J. Spiro, Greta Caruso, Robert Zoller, Randy Puro, Ali Pflaum and Alon Salant in August 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

LiveControl, Inc. is a company that remotely produces live events, including funerals, at an affordable cost. The company is based in Santa Monica, CA and was founded by Jacob Braunstein. The company makes the procession accessible to all friends and loved ones by providing full-service production from anywhere in the country.

Unsupervised.com, Inc. helps companies analyze data and automatically discover actionable opportunities. It provides services to the contact center, sales, and supply chain industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

LJV Management Company LLC (Long Journey Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Lee Jacobs and Cyan Banister. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Fin Exploration Co. provides platform for operations work. It;s solution include insights, coaching, and engineering. The company was founded by Andrew Kortina and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Working Capital Management LLC (Working Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.