Rob McDonald

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Amalgamated Gadget LP (does business as Q Investments) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. The firm was founded by Geoffrey Raynor in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Acme Widget LP. They provide investment advice on a discretionary basis to private investment vehicles that are part of the Q Investments family of funds.

Part of Cabot Corp., AP Materials, Inc. is a company that manufactures high purity nanopowders. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. AP Materials was acquired by Cabot Corp. on August 15, 2007 for $4 million.

Anchorage Capital Group LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Kevin Ulrich in 2003 as Anchorage Advisors LLC. They are a subsidiary of Anchorage Advisors Management LLC. Anchorage Capital Group provides investment advisory services to private investment funds and structured credit vehicles.

Forensic Logic LLC provides software-as-a-service information technology to local/state/federal government workers and private sector organizations interested in using the fullest possible breadth of relevant data to combat crime and reduce the human and economic losses resulting from criminal activity. It offers LEAP Search, an intuitive search function that provides law enforcement officers on the ground immediate access to data necessary to perform their jobs; and LEAP Analytics tools that allow users to not just assess past crimes, but predict where and when crimes will occur next. The company was founded by Robert L. Batty in 2003 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

Duke University Health System, Inc. engages in the provision of health care services. It offers cancer treatment, primary care, orthopedics, aesthetics, and fertility services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

New Mountain Capital LLC (New Mountain Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Steven Klinsky. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ares Secondaries Group (Ares Secondaries) is a private equity subsidiary of Ares Holdings LP founded in 1989 by Brent R.Nicklas. The firm is headquartered in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP provides legal services. It offers services in education, aviation, communications, consumer and retails, corporate and securities, hospital and intellectual property. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Trinsum Group, Inc. provides management consulting services. It provides services in the areas of strategy, execution, organic growth, growth through acquisition, productivity and risk management. The company was founded by James M. McTaggart in 1978 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

TechnoServe, Inc. provides business and market based solutions that can break the cycle of poverty in developing countries. It focuses on developing entrepreneurs, building businesses and industries and improving the business environment. The company was founded by Edward P. Bullard in 1968 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Cogent Partners LP provides investment banking and financial advisory services to the private equity sector. It provides due diligence, fund and portfolio valuation, secondary sale structuring and execution, and private equity vehicles restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by Colin Sean McGrady and Brian P. Mooney in 2001 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

PNC Capital Advisors LLC (PCA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of PNC Bank, NA, which is wholly-owned by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC), a financial holding company. The firm was founded in 2009 from the business combination of PNC Capital Advisors, Inc. and Allegiant Asset Management Co. following the acquisition of National City Corp., the parent of Allegiant, by PNC. PCA provides taxable fixed income discretionary investment advisory services to institutional accounts.

The Research Centre of Excellence in Mechanobiology conducts research and development in the field of life and biological sciences. The private company is based in Singapore, Singapore. The Singaporean company was founded in [year] by Paul Matsudaira and Michael Sheetz.

Greycroft LLC is a private equity & venture capital firm founded by Alan J. Patricof, Dana R. Settle and Ian Sigalow. The firm is headquartered in New York. They also have an office in Los Angeles, California.

Caption Management LLC is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The firm was co-founded by Jason Strasser and William Cooper in 2012. Caption Management provides discretionary investment advice to private funds (either through fund vehicles or separately managed accounts). Investors in such private funds are generally high net worth individuals, fund of funds, institutional investors, family offices, endowments and foundations.

Skillz Platform, Inc. owns and operates mobile eSports platform. It enables users to host streaming video game tournaments. It hosts billions of casual esports tournaments. Its marketplace helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in its games. The company was founded by Andrew C. Paradise and Casey Chafkin in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Side, Inc. engages in the provision of brokerage solutions. It develops technology that improves agent productivity, legal compliance, marketing programs, and customer experience. The company was founded by Guy Gal, Edward Wu, and Hilary Hedemark in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.