Jason Makler

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

Paytronix Systems, Inc. provides reward program solutions to restaurants and retailers. Its solutions include gift programs, data insights, email marketing, and reward programs. The company was founded by Andrew Robbins and Matt d?Arbeloff in 2001 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

BrightBytes, Inc. engages in development of software as a service-based data analytics platform for education. It delivers tools and services that measure the impact of technology use on learning. It offers DataSense, a data integration service and Clarity, a data analytics setrvice. The company was founded in 2012 by Robert Stephen Mancabelli and Hisham Anwar and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Hapara, Inc. provides cloud platforms into a teaching and learning environment that helps students and teachers. It solutions empower educators to better guide and personalize instruction while giving students more ownership of their learning. The firm improve academic outcomes and support the development of college, career, and life-ready students. The company was founded by Tony Kong and Jan Zawadzki in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Figma, Inc. provides online tool for interface design. It designs and develops browser based photo editing software. The company was founded by Dylan Joseph Field and Evan Darrow Wallace in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

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.

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.

Catterton Management Co. LLC (L Catterton) is a private equity subsidiary of L Catterton Management Ltd. founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

El Paso Marketing LP (El Paso Merchant Energy) provides wholesale trading of natural gas, crude oil, electricity and other commodities. It also markets asset-based commodities. The firm also sells the unit's petroleum refining, coal mining, chemical production and LNG transportation operations. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Rockland Capital (Texas) LLC (Rockland Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Scott Harlan, Michael Del Giudice, Joseph Lambert and Dave Yeager. The firm is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

Vinson & Elkins LLP provides legal services. It maintains civil practice, covering areas such as litigation, public policy, transaction, and energy law. The firm serves the clients including companies from the aviation, energy, financial services, health care, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

LiveOak Management Services LLC (LiveOak Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Venu Shamapant, Krishna Srinivasan, and Ben Scott. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citibank NA (Jakarta Branch) is a company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The CEO of the Indonesian company is Khondoker Rashed Maqsood.

National BankCard Systems, Inc. provides credit processing and electronic payment services. The company offers payment processing, software and credit card acceptance services. The company was founded by Penny Baker in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Human Capital Investment Management LLC (Human Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Armaan Ibrahim Ali and Baris Akis. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

PeopleTech Partners (PeopleTech Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Cara Brennan Allamano. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Inkling Systems, Inc. provides cloud-based digital publishing platform. Its products include inkling knowledge and inkling collaboration. The firm also offers the following solutions: field reference, sales enablement, retail operations, training, and franchise operations. The company was founded by Matthew Charles MacInnis, Joshua Forman and Robert Cromwell in August 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Robert Harrell, Inc. (RHI) is an independent SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by Robert Harrell in 1991. RHI provides a full range of services for institutional clients, mostly in Texas.

Skylark Private Equity Partners LP (Skylark Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by Hunter Peterson and Amy Porter. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Lawpay LLC is a payment solution provider for the legal industry, offering a variety of payment options such as pay later, echeck, and surcharging. Lawpay is based in Austin, TX and was founded by Amy M. Porter. With over 55,000 law firms using their services, Lawpay is recommended by all 50 state bars, 60+ local and specialty bars, and the American Bar Association as a vetted and approved payment solution. The private company is also the exclusive VIP partner for payment processing for the Association of Legal Administrators. The CEO is Tom West.

AffiniPay LLC provides payment processing services. It offers credit card and online payment processing services for attorneys that safeguards lawyers' funds in compliance with tax laws. The company was founded by Amy M. Porter in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP provides legal services. Its practice areas include labor and employment, litigation, tax, and transactions. The firm serves high-tech companies in the areas of legal advice related to software licensing, intellectual property, and venture capital investments. The company was founded by Henry William O'Melveny in 1885 and is headquartered in Los Angeles. CA.

Part of PowerSchool Holdings, Inc., Nordex International, Inc. provides master scheduling products and other school management software. The company is based in Hingham, MA. Nordex International was acquired by PowerSchool Group LLC, part of PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. from August 05, 2015 on October 10, 2000 for $4 million.

GES USA, Inc. provides construction services for the wind and solar industry. The company was founded on June 2, 2006 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA.

StoneWork Capital LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Matt Greenfield.

Careacademy.Co., Inc. provides online classes for in-home caregivers. It also provides assistance to meet state requirements and client-specific training. The company was founded by Helen Adeosun and Madhuri Reddy in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

NoRedInk Corp. provides an online learning platform to students for exercises and evaluation of grammar and writing skills. Its engine generates personalized curriculum from students' interests and adapts to their abilities with instant feedback, tutorials, and color-coded heat maps. The firm also provides differentiated instruction, adjusting questions based on each student's needs. The company was founded by Jeffrey Scheur in June 17, 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Chile Pepper Magazine publishes food magazines. The company is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

NGP Energy Capital Management LLC operates as a private equity firm in the natural resources industry. It considers investment in companies specializing in the oil and gas acquisitions and exploitation; oil and gas development drilling; midstream acquisitions and development opportunities; and oil and gas minerals and royalties. The company was founded by Kenneth Alfredo Hersh and David Russell Albin in 1988 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.