Carl Wayne Jones

Ruffer LLP is the investment management subsidiary of Ruffer Management Ltd. in Great Britain. The firm was founded as Ruffer Investment Management Ltd. in 1994 by Jonathan Ruffer, Jane Tufnell, and Earl Ferrers. In 2004, they transferred their investment business to Ruffer LLP. Headquartered in London, Ruffer manages assets and funds on a discretionary basis for private and institutional clients including trusts, charities, pension funds, family offices, corporations, investment companies and insurance companies. Ruffer is a responsible investor that fully integrates environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues into their investment process.

AsureQuality Ltd. provides food safety and biosecurity services to the food and primary production sectors. Its services include certification, laboratory testing, diagnostics manufacturing, engineering, industry training, inspection, pest and disease management. The company was founded on October 1, 2007 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

NZGCP Ltd. (NZGCP) is a private equity fund of funds management firm which was established by New Zealand government in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) is a non-profit organization that provides underserved individuals, including women, people of color, veterans, and lower-wealth individuals, with access to critical resources such as responsible financial products and quality business and personal finance training. The American company offers over 400 workshops each year, financial planning services, and loans ranging from $1,000 to $350,000 for small and micro businesses. WWBIC also provides one-on-one small business coaching to all borrowers. The private company focuses on helping individuals who face barriers in accessing business financing and training support. WWBIC's many endeavors are made possible through the generous support of individuals, foundations, and corporations. The company also offers various training sessions and classes to increase knowledge and strengthen businesses.

Craigs Investment Partners Ltd. is an independent brokerage firm headquartered in Tauranga, New Zealand. The firm was founded in 1984 and provides New Zealand and international institutional clients an in-depth local perspective with global market insights to deliver effective trading and exceptional execution.

McConnell Group Ltd. provides construction, infrastructure, and property development services. The private company is based in Auckland, New Zealand. and has subsidiaries in New Zealand.

WNT Ventures Management Ltd (WNT Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Steven Saunders in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Tauranga, New Zealand.

Nyriad Ltd. develops software for streaming storage solutions for big-data and high performance computing. The company was founded by Alexander St. John and Matthew Aldren Simmons in 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, New Zealand.

Mastaplex Ltd. develops and commercializes a point-of-care bovine mastitis diagnostic test. The company is headquartered in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Sprout Agritech LP is a New Zealander company that was established in 2015 as the Sprout Accelerator, and has been working with agtech and foodtech entrepreneurs for over 7 years. The company is based in Papaioea, New Zealand. The company's mission is to transform food and agriculture on a large scale to feed more than 10 billion people sustainably by 2050. The company helps entrepreneurs build great teams and businesses, and offer investment opportunities to those who want to become co-founders.

Ficomms Ltd. develops smart technology for the telecommunication installation industry. The company is based in Auckland, New Zealand. The New Zealander company was founded in 2010 by Sean Rainthorpe.

Foundry Lab Ltd. is a New Zealander company based on pioneering digital metal casting. The company is based in Newlands, New Zealand and was founded by David Moodie, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company uses ceramic molds produced directly from CAD files and microwave technology to produce production quality casted metal parts in-house in just a few hours. This approach enables a hands-free casting, leapfrogging 3D metal printing to rapidly produce real parts with functionally equivalent properties to traditional cast metal at a fraction of the time, cost, and environmental impact.

Arcanum AI Ltd. provides a platform for rapid building and integration of machine learning features. The company is based in Te Aro, New Zealand. The New Zealander company's Accelerate Platform library offers pre-built workflows that can be hosted on an API or deployed into a user's own cloud. The platform is designed for document-intensive workflows and is particularly useful for finance teams in the wholesale industry. The company was founded in 2016 by Asa Cox, who has been the CEO since 2016.

Marama Labs Ltd is a deep-tech sensor and data analytics company based in Kelburn Parade, New Zealand. The New Zealander company develops advanced spectroscopy sensors for analyzing the chemical composition of liquids, which are combined with proprietary data-analytics tools to provide value-adding solutions for food & beverage and liquid-processing industries. Marama Labs' current target market is winemaking, where their spectroscopy & data-analytics platform helps winemakers track the style of their wines throughout the production process, to meet and exceed consumer preferences and ultimately improve winery sales. The company was founded in 2019 by Matthias Meyer, Brendan Darby, Eric Le Ru, and Brendan Darby has been the CEO since 2019.

Argo Navis Ltd. is a New Zealander New Zealand-based company founded by Malcolm Snowdon, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company specializes in developing innovative chemical propulsion systems for the space industry, with a focus on achieving an unmatched combination of performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.