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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.

Pine Brook Road Partners LLC (Pine Brook Partners) is a Private Equity firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Plexus Capital LLC (Plexus Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Kel Landis. The firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Private Equity Fund (UNC Kenan-Flagler) is a private equity subsidiary of KFBSF, Inc. founded in 2007 by Greg Brown. The firm is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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.

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.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Auth0, Inc. engages in the provision of universal authentication and authorization platform for web, mobile, and legacy applications. It serves the financial, healthcare, media, retail, and real estate industries. The company was founded by Matias Woloski and Eugenio Pace in 2013 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Avenir Corp. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1980 by Charles Mackall, Jr. Avenir provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to individuals, investment partnerships, retirement plans, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, foundations, private funds, corporations and other business entities, and certain wrap fee programs.

Intrepid Capital Management, Inc. (Intrepid Capital) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by Forrest Travis and Mark Travis in 1994. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intrepid Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: ICAP). Intrepid Capital provides advisory services and non-advisory services to corporate, institutional, and high net worth individuals. They also provide advisory services to mutual funds (registered investment companies) and pooled investment vehicles that are not registered as investment companies.

HomeTrust Bank operates as a state chartered commercial bank. It offers personal, mortgage, commercial, and investment services. The company was founded in March 1926 and is headquartered in Asheville, NC.

Ubicept, Inc. is a computer vision startup that was founded in 2021. The American company has developed the world's first photon-level perception system, which provides revolutionary imaging solutions that enable acute perception in the dark and other challenging environments at unprecedented quality when safety matters most. The company is helmed by a founding team of scientists and renowned experts like Ramesh Raskar from MIT Media Lab, Mohit Gupta, and Andreas Velten from the University of Wisconsin. Ubicept is developing advanced computer vision and image processing algorithms using single-photon sensitive image sensors that can function in extreme lighting conditions, swiftly capture motion, and even see around corners. The CEO of the company is Sebastian Bauer.

Bessemer Venture Partners LP seeks investment opportunities in companies primarily located in the US. The fund focuses on companies with a strong business model, experienced management teams and growth potential. It targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors such as healthcare, information systems, telecommunications, and retailing. It provides financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements.

PAXAFE, Inc. engages in the provision of hardware and software solutions that proactively protects against theft and chain-of-custody failures of high-margin freight. the company was founded by Ashok Seetharam and Ilya Preston in October 2018 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

NGEN Partners LLC (NGEN Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Peter Grubstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.

ThruWave, Inc. provides millimeter wave imaging technology product for ecommerce and logistics applications. It offers inventory verification and stock-out prevention, incoming shipment verification, wasteful packaging detection, and return fraud protection. The company was founded by Andreas Pedroß-Engel, Claire M. Watts, and Matthew S. Reynolds and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Beck Mack & Oliver LLC (BM&O) is an independent wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1931 by T. Edmund Beck and Lewis Mack, who were joined later that year by R. Grant Oliver. BM&O provides asset management services to individual and institutional clients primarily through separately managed accounts. The firm also acts as investment adviser to the Beck, Mack & Oliver Partners Fund.

Part of Applied Intuition, Inc., Caliber Data Labs, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides streamablesets for multi-worker batched loading of data from any remote storage to feed pytorch jobs. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. Streamablesets is a drop-in replacement for dataloader objects in pytorch scripts, seamlessly integrating with pre-existing training pipelines. When combined with their responsive webapp, streamablesets becomes a powerful tool for users. The company was founded by Yaser Khalighi, who has been the CEO since incorporation. Caliber Data Labs was acquired by Applied Intuition, Inc. on March 21, 2023.

Resemble AI engages in the creation of custom voices that can be consumed through web or application programming interface (API). It offers voice cloning solutions and fictitious voices that are used for games, animation films, and marketing content. The company was founded by Zohaib Ahmed and Saqib Muhammad and is headquartered in Brampton, Canada.

Koop Technologies, Inc. is an insurance technology company that focuses on the robotics ecosystem. The company is based in Pittsburgh, PA. The company has developed an underwriting platform that uses alternative data to evaluate risks for various robotics use cases, including autonomous vehicles. Koop is licensed in over 30 states through its insurance subsidiary and has partnered with leading insurance carriers. The company has raised $7 million in venture funding from various investors, including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation. Koop has developed the Singularity Platform™, a toolset for autonomous vehicle data sharing, underwriting, and claims handling.

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.

Part of Ubiquity Ventures Management LLC, Ubiquity Loft Orbital B SPV LLC functions as a venture capital fund. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA.

Ubiquity Ventures Management LLC (Ubiquity Ventures Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Sunil Nagaraj. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.