Brian Stephenson

Capital IP Investment Partners LLC is a specialty credit firm that invests in technology and technology-enabled businesses. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company has a collaborative approach to investing and uses its technology-industry expertise to assess the intrinsic value of growing technology businesses. Capital IP offers a range of novel, creative financing solutions and has historically invested over $1.30 billion in innovative, emerging companies.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

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.