Katie Birge

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.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

GIC Pte Ltd. (Investment Management) (GIC-IM) is the investment management division of state-owned GIC Pte Ltd., a sovereign wealth fund headquartered in Singapore. The firm was founded in 1981 to manage Singapore’s foreign reserves. GIC-IM manages government funds and reports to their own Board of Directors. Under the Constitution of Singapore, the firm is designated as a Fifth Schedule company as they are responsible for managing government assets and the country’s reserves. They secure Singapore’s financial future by investing across a range of asset classes in the public and private markets.

Goelzer Investment Management, Inc. (Goelzer) is an independent and SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The firm was founded by Don Goelzer in 1969. Goelzer provides investment advisory services to private and institutional clients.

Fidus Investment Advisors LLC (Fidus Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois.

Plural Policy, Inc. develops computer software and applications. The firm offers legislative workflow tools. The company was founded by Damola Ogundipe, Yemi Adewunmi, Shawntera Hardy, and Ken Thompson in 2015 and is headquartered in Mounds View, MN.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Adams Street Partners LLC (Adams Street Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1972 by George H Spencer and Shahab Rashid. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, IL, with offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc. (Golden Gate Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by David C. Dominik and Jesse T. Rogers. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Fort Washington Capital Partners LLC (FW Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Sterling Fund Management LLC (Sterling Partners) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1983 by Eric Becker, Michael Bronfein, Shoshana M. Vernick, Jeff Elburn. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Shore Capital Partners LLC (Shore Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Justin Ishbia. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Apollo Therapeutics LLP is a British biopharmaceutical company that focuses on translating medical research into medicines. The company is based in Stevenage, UK. The company has a portfolio-model built around a centralized management team of experts in pharmaceutical R&D, manufacturing, commercial strategy, fundraising, and business development. The company's assets are housed in separate wholly-owned subsidiary companies, which incorporate best practices from big pharma and venture capital. The company has a scalable R&D platform for the discovery and development of new medicines, enabled by access to five of the world's leading universities and research institutes. The company was founded in 2015, and the CEO is Richard Mason.

Patient Square Capital is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded by Jim Momtazee and Maria Walker. Patient Square Capital is headquartered in Menlo Park.

Lincoln International LLC provides investment banking services. It specializes in strategic advisory services including sell-side mergers and acquisitions, buy-side mergers and acquisitions, debt advisory, growth equity, special situations, valuations and opinions and pensions advisory services. The firm offers capital raising, mergers and acquisitions support, and other corporate finance services. It provides their clients with industry knowledge and access to a comprehensive range of buyers, sellers, and investors. The company was founded in 1996 by Lawrence J. Lawson and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

SMC Infrastructure Partners (SMC Infrastructure Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by Aaron J. Richardson. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

LSCG Management Inc (LaSalle Capital) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1984 by Jeffery M. Walters and Rocco J. Martino. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Tarrant Capital IP LLC operates as a venture capital firm. It serves the consumer, retail, technology, internet, healthcare, energy, cleantech, digital media, real estate, renewables and transportation industries. The company was founded by David Bonderman and Jim Coulter in 1992 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Anvil, Inc. is a student-run space for makers, hackers, and disruptors at Purdue University. The American company offers access to a large network of individuals, including founders, VCs, specialists, and Purdue alums. The private company provides a variety of immersive activities, such as networking, ideation, pitching, competition, and sales, with new activities every month. The Anvil also offers flexible spaces and solutions for students and growing startups to move their ideas forward. The company's website provides information on upcoming events, new initiatives, and more.

Alkeme Health Co. is a digital health platform that aims to eliminate disparities within the healthcare system by building the leading black wellness community. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The company's mission is to educate and provide the culture with health & wellness tools needed to heal, empower, and thrive today, while creating generational health for tomorrow. The Alkeme network is a collection of brands, creators, and service providers focused on providing wellness tools & resources for black culture. The CEO of the company is Ryan Mundy.

Socio Labs, Inc. engages in the development of event mobile application. Its platform features include digital and personal agenda; speaker, sponsor, and exhibitor profiles; documents and videos; linking to websites, landing pages, and buying pages; interactive maps; push notifications and last minute changes; note taking and content export; and user groups. The company was founded in 2016 by Andrew Price, and Yarkin Sakucoglu and is headquartered in West Lafayette, IN.

ScriptDrop, Inc. engages in the provision of prescription delivery and medication reminder services. It offers medication delivery program that integrates directly into the pharmacists' workflow in an effort to reduce medication abandonment and improve patient outcomes. The company was founded by Larry Scott and Nicholas Potts in 2017 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Donaldson Capital Management LLC (DCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Evansville, Indiana and was founded in 1995 by Gregory Donaldson. DCM provides investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, foundations, corporations and other business entities.

Nationwide Marketing Group LLC provides marketing consulting services. It offers training, web, and digital content and high definition commercials. The company is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Esquire Deposition Solutions LLC provides court reporting and litigation solutions in all litigation practice areas, including bankruptcy, commercial finance, class action, construction defect, intellectual property, employment and securities fraud. Its services include global court reporting, legal video solutions and interpreting services. The firm also offers online scheduling, calendar management, nationwide facilities and state of the art video and conferencing services. It provides managed court reporting programs to corporations and insurance carriers. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.