John A. Dessouki

Vantage Consulting Group, Inc. (Vantage) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Founded in 1985, Vantage provides advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, other pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, trust and estates, corporations, state or municipal government entities, private investment funds, investment companies, and ETFs.

Scientia Ventures LLC (Scientia Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Jonathan Finn. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Founded in 1994, Hovde Private Equity Advisors LLC is a private equity firm located in Washington, DC. The firm is a subsidiary of Hovde Group

Vantage Consulting Group, Inc. (Vantage) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Founded in 1985, Vantage provides advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, other pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, trust and estates, corporations, state or municipal government entities, private investment funds, investment companies, and ETFs.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

Standard & Poor's Financial Services provides financial market intelligence services. It offers credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data to the financial decision-makers. The company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Route 66 Ventures LLC (Route 66 Ventures) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2012 by L. Michael Myers and Ryan Katz. The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.