Ryan Christopher Espiritu

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Fiera Capital Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1972 as Wilkinson O'Grady & Co, Inc. and they were acquired in 2013 by Fiera Capital Corp. (TSE: FSZ) in Canada through its wholly-owned subsidiary Fiera US Holding, Inc. Fiera Capital provides investment management services on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to separately managed accounts for predominantly US high net-worth individuals, such as affluent families and their foundations, and institutional clients which include pension plans, profit sharing plans and other charitable organizations.

Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP (SFG) is an institutional broker-dealer headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a direct subsidiary of SFG Holding LLC, which is owned by Bodel, Inc. SFG offers a full range of order execution and trading flow services, with a focus on delivering innovative trading strategies and execution services to institutional clients.

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.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Bloomberg LP engages in the provision of business data, news, and financial information services. Its product include Bloomberg terminal, execution and order management, content and data, financial data management, and integration and distribution. The company was founded by Michael Rubens Bloomberg, Charles M. Zegar, Thomas F. Secunda, and Duncan L. MacMillan in 1981 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

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.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

A-Level Capital Management LLC (A- Level Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Elizabeth Galbut and Demi Obayomi. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

CP Overture (CP Overture) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2022. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Orient Securities Asset Management Co., Ltd. (OSAM) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Orient Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600958) in China. Headquartered in Shanghai, OSAM was founded in 2010 and manages a diverse range of funds for individual and institutional clients.

Part of China Renaissance Holdings Ltd., CR Securities Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides securities brokerage services. The company is based in Shanghai, China. The company was founded in 2016. The CEO is Wei Xiang.

Astra Capital Management LLC (Astra Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Kevin Beebe, Todd Crick, Mark Johnson, William Kennard and Matt Murphy. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Telemet America, Inc. operates as an information and technology company that offers an integrated investment platform that combines real-time and historic financial information, investment research, portfolio analytics and great client service. Its services include base service, real-time services, and premium services. The company was founded by Frederick Parsons in 1979 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Grain Management LLC (Grain Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by David Grain. The firm is headquartered in Washington, Columbia.

Apifiny Asset Network, Inc. aims to create a single trading marketplace for digital assets, providing institutional-grade performance to digital asset traders through seamless connection with digital asset exchanges and infrastructure providers. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company empowers institutional traders with market data and the ability to achieve tighter spreads, higher fill rates, and improved capital utilization. Apifiny Hex is designed to provide institutional traders with the best of centralized and decentralized trading, including zero taker fees, price discovery, and deep liquidity from automated market making (AMM) and 25 centralized exchanges. The company allows institutions to trade directly on 25 leading exchanges through its website or a single set of APIs. Apifiny is headquartered in the area and is a regulated trading platform with institutional-grade security and compliance. The company was founded in 2018 by Hao Han Xu, who has been the CEO since 2018.

Part of Fresh2 Group Ltd., Roxe Holdings, Inc. is a blockchain infrastructure company that develops payment and digital commerce solutions. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Hao Han Xu. Roxe Holdings was acquired by Fresh2 Technology, Inc. on July 21, 2023 for $22.28 million.

SAIC Capital is a venture capital subsidiary of SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Bridge Growth Partners LLC (Bridge Growth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Joseph M. Tucci, Alok Singh and Sander M. Levy. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics engages in the provision of educational services. It offers courses under the following school and departments: business, accountancy, finance, international business administration, economics, public economics and administration, humanities, law, information management and engineering, statistics, foreign languages, mathematics, international cultural exchange, professional and international education and continuing education. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Oxford Seed Fund invests in companies founded by the students and alumni of the University of Oxford located in the UK. It invests in companies operating in the technology sector. The fund provides financing for pre-seed, seed and early stage capital requirements with an investment size up to GBP 50,000.

BDT Capital Partners LLC (BDT Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of BDT & MSD Partners LLC founded in 2009 by Bryan Trott. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Elm Street Technology LLC engages in the provision of real estate technology and marketing solutions. It offers Elevate, a platform which allows real estate professionals the ability to streamline and automate marketing and day-to-day business objectives. The company was founded by Prem Luthra in February 2016 and is headquartered in Greensboro, NC.

ClearCourse Partnership LLP operates as a partnership of technology companies providing membership software to groups, organizations, and small businesses. It offers capital, integrated payments, technology guidance, back office support, and cross company collaboration services. The company was founded by Gerard John Gualtieri on August 14, 2018 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

ABC Legal Services, Inc. provides legal services. It offers service of process, electronic filing, investigations, managing compliance risk and mobile app for process servers. The company was founded by Barbara Carrigan, Andy Carrigan in 1981 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (Aquiline Capital) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Jeffrey W. Greenberg. The firm is headquartered in New York City with an office in London.

Morningstar, Inc. (Research) is the investment research arm of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Joseph Mansueto in 1984 and provides independent portfolio information offering star ratings and analysis of managed funds. They also provide economic commentary and asset allocation information based on qualitative research.