Maher Hakim

United Industries Corp. manufactures and markets chemicals for the consumer lawn and garden care and insect control markets. Its operations are divided into three business segments: Lawn and Garden, Household and Contract. The Company's lawn and garden brands include Spectracide, Garden Safe, Real-Kill and No-Pest in the controls category as well as Sta-Green, Vigoro, Schultz and Bandini brands in the lawn and garden fertilizer and growing media categories. The firm household brands include Hot Shot, Cutter and Repel. United Industries is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Illinois National Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company. The company is headquartered in Springfield, IL.

American Type Culture Collection operates as a global biological materials resource and standards organization offering a collection of products and services. Its services include production and characterization, testing, biorepository, and deposit. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

INB, NA operates as a local bank. It offers personal and business loans, investments, mortgages, bonds, and digital banking. The company was founded in June 1999 and is headquartered in Springfield, IL.

QatarEnergy Corp. provides oil and gas drilling, exploration, refining, and distribution services. It offers cover exploration, drilling and production operations, transport, storage, marketing, and sale of crude oil natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, gas to liquids, refined products, petrochemicals and fertilizers, and helicopter and financials services. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Doha, Qatar.

OCA Venture Partners LLC (OCA Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jim A. Dugan, John J. Dugan and Peter A. Ianello. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Abingworth Management, Inc. invests in life sciences and biomedical companies. The firm's investment in enables technologies, devices and instrumentation as well as companies developing products in therapeutic areas. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Brandt Consolidated, Inc. engages in the manufacture of agricultural specialty products. Its products include aquatics; adjuvants; pest and disease control; plant growth regulator, and soil amendments. The company was founded by Glen Brandt and Evelyn Brandt Thomas in 1953 and is headquartered in Springfield, IL.

Illinois Ventures LLC (Illinois Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Accelerator Services Corp (Accelerator Services) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Carl Weissman and Rodney F. Burgar. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Is Private Equity Investment Trust is the private equity subsidiary of Is Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi AS (IS: ISGSY) in Turkey. The firm was established in 2000 to support high-growth Turkish SMEs with capital and management expertise. The firm is headquartered in Istanbul, Is Private Equity provides their investee companies with access to their collective knowledge, experience and network.

GCG Financial LLC engages in the provision of financial services. It offers wealth management, insurance, employee benefits, and retirement services. The company was founded by Bob Levitz in 1974 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Qatar Petrochemical Co. (QAPCO) is a petrochemical company based in Doha, Qatar. QAPCO operates the Qatofin derivative plant, which produces linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) for export. QAPCO also owns Vinyl Company (QVC), which produces caustic soda, ethylene dichloride (EDC), and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). Additionally, QAPCO owns Plastic and Wooden Products Co. (QPWPC), which manufactures flexible packaging using polyethylene resins. Finally, QAPCO owns a majority stake in Ras Laffan Olefins Company Ltd. (RLOC), which produces ethylene for QAPCO's derivative plants. Mohamed Yousef Al-Mulla has been the CEO of the Qatari company since 1988.

Solvoyo Co. provides software as a service supply chain planning and optimization solutions. The firm's solutions include sales-driven replenishment planning, sales and operations planning, transportation planning and supply chain agility planning. It enables organizations to perform strategic, tactical, and operational planning on one singular platform, including demand planning, inventory optimization, fulfillment planning, supply planning, replenishment and allocation, multi-modal routing and scheduling. The company was founded by Koray Dogan in 2005 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

PayQwick, Inc. operates as an electronic payment hub. It offers e-commerce solution, online bill pay, armored car cash pick-ups and electronic invoices. The company was founded in Kenneth Berke and Keith Marks in 2014 and is headquartered in Calabasas, CA.

Axial Therapeutics, Inc. provides biopharmaceuticals. It is harnessing the link between the human get microbiome and the central nervous system to develop a new class of biotherapeutics to improve the quality of life for people with neurological diseases and disorders. The company was founded by Sarkis Mazmanian and David H. Donabedian and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Panther Capital LLC (Illinois) (Panther Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of The Panther Group, Inc. founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Illinois, Chicago.

Parca Deposu Teknolojik Destek Hizmetleri AS develops an online marketplace for automobiles. It provides all types of spare parts and services. The company was founded in 2009 by Bertan Ozdemir and Burcak Sayinsoy and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.

Volta Energy Technologies LLC (Volta Energy) is a venture capital subsidiary of Exelon Corp founded in 2017 by Jeff Chamberlain. The firm is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois.

VividGro LLC manufactures and markets LED lights. Its products include GroBar, FlowerMax, GroNet, and LED grow lighting. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in West Warwick, RI.

Casters Holdings, Inc. engages in the development of a cannabis marketing platform. It offers custom insights, audience targeting, campaign planning, campaign management, measurement and reporting, and advisory services. The company was founded by Erik Shani, Aristotle Loumis, Michael Chock, Brant Skoda, and Chad Bronstein in 2019 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Trishula Therapeutics, Inc. is a company solely dedicated to developing TTX-030, a first-in-class anti-CD39 antibody aimed at improving outcomes for people with cancer. Trishula Therapeutics is based in South San Francisco, CA. The company's leadership, board of directors, scientific advisory board, investors, and partners are all committed to this goal. Anil Singhal has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Gen 1 Capital Management LLC (Gen 1 Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Julian Cheng. The firm is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

CFO Worldwide, Inc. provides accounting, cash flow management, financial planning and analysis services. The private company is based in Chicago, IL.

Talent Highway Corp is an American company that provides tools and resources for professionals, employers, and businesses in the cannabis industry. The private company's Seed Talent Platform offers training, marketing, sales, operations, research, and career advancement opportunities. The company aims to educate emerging industries and centralize employee enablement by aggregating training content from top providers in the areas of federal and state compliance, cannabis foundations, and product/partner training. The company was founded by Kurt Kaufmann and Rona Borre, who recognized the need for a solution to better educate emerging industries.