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Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Ares Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative investment manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 by Merritt Hooper, John Kissick and Antony Ressler. They are a subsidiary of Ares Management Holdings LP and their ultimate parent is Ares Management Corp. (NYSE: ARES). Ares Management provides investment advice to various pooled investment vehicles, other separately managed accounts and other institutional clients.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Smithsonian Institution operates museums and art galleries. It organizes exhibitions on art, music, television and film, science, and history. The firm also preserves and maintains cultural centers, national zoo, and research facilities. The company was founded on August 10, 1846 by James K. Polk and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Fuqin Fintech Ltd. engages in the development of online lending marketplace platform providing information intermediary service connecting borrowers and lenders. It focuses on facilitating loans secured by the borrowers’ automobiles where the borrowers pledge the security interests in their cars as collaterals to the loans. The company was founded by Huai Shan Cao on June 23, 2017 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Standard (Chan's) Holdings Ltd. engages in the provision of printing and visual display solutions. Its services include project consultation, project management, graphic production, printing, production and assembling of visual displays, logistics, and installation services. The company was founded by Nai Huen Chan and Kwong Siu Mun Chan on September 15, 2015 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Part of Sandvik Aktiebolag, Medtronic, Inc. (Tennessee) is a company that manufactures instruments for spinal surgery. The company is based in Memphis, TN. Medtronic, Inc. (Tennessee was acquired by Sandvik Materials Technology AB on December 21, 2007.

Quest Partners LLC (Quest) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Nigol Koulajian and Paul Czkwianianc in 2001. Quest manages a global macro fund using a systematic long/short strategy.

Tower Cleaners provides laundry and garment cleaning services. The private company is based in Emeryville, CA.

Part of Meruelo Enterprises, Inc., Meruelo Investment Partners LLC provides investment advice. The company is based in Downey, CA.

Barings LLC (Barings) is a private equity firm a subsidiary of Barings LLC founded in 1992. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Growth Private Equity) (Kayne Anderson Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Propel Bio Partners LLC (Propel Bio Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Leen Kawas and Richard Alan Kayne. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Propel Bio Management LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company was founded in 2022. Leen Kawas has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Kepuni Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in providing nautical communication electrical systems. It offers services through its subsidiaries. The company was founded on January 08, 2020 and is headquartered in Taizhou, China.

Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC (Beacon Pointe) is the asset management subsidiary of Beacon Pointe Advisors Holdings LLC, headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2002 by Matthew Cooper, Shannon Eusey, Mollie Rosing, Douglas Allison, Felix Lin, and Garth Flint, and is ultimately held by KKR North America XIII (Polyphony) Blocker LLC. Beacon Pointe offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment and non-investment-related consulting services and investment advisory services to institutional and individual clients.

The National Science Foundation supports fundamental science and engineering researches. It offers services to people in all scientific and engineering disciplines. The firm focuses on the promotion and progress of science to advance the national health, prosperity and welfare. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Purdue Research Foundation manages and licenses intellectual property, administers trusts, acquires property, negotiates research contracts and performs other services. The organization was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in West Lafayette, IN.

BioCrossroads (BioCrossroads) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.