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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.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SPARX) is the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of SPARX Group Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8739) in Japan. The firm was founded by Shuhei Abe in 2006. Headquartered in Tokyo, SPARX provides portfolio management services and manages client accounts and funds.

Advantage Partners Inc /JP/ (AP) is an independent Japan-based private equity firm which was founded in 1992 by Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard Folsom. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo. AP invests directly in private equity and manages the MBI private equity funds for a range of domestic and foreign institutions including insurance companies, banks and corporations. The firm has close business ties with wholesale trader Marubeni Corp. (TSE: 8002). AP pioneered private equity investment in Japan and retains a leadership position in the private equity community.

Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area founded in 1986. Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is headquartered in New York.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co., Ltd. (MUCAP) is a venture capital subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (TSE: 8306; NYSE: MTU), founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo with additional offices in Nagoya and Osaka.

Nissay Capital Co., Ltd. (Nissay Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Nippon Life Insurance Co. founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Global Brain Corp. (Global Brain) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Yasuhiko Yurimoto. Global Brain Corp. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

MBK Partners KK (MBK Partners) is the Tokyo-based subsidiary of MBK Partners, Ltd., in Korea. Established in 2005 by six founding members who worked together at a global private equity organization, MBK Partners is one of the largest private equity firms in the Asia-Pacific region. With additional investment teams in Seoul (MBK Partners Ltd.) and Shanghai (MBK Management, Inc.), the firm's investors include government agencies, public and corporate pension funds, financial institutions, funds of funds and university endowments from Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, North America, Western Europe, and the Middle East.

Virgo Investment Group LLC (Virgo Investment Group) is a private equity firm founded by Jesse Watson and Barry Jay Uphoff in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Oh My Glasses, Inc. is a holding company that provides planning, development and sale of eyeglasses and sunglasses. It markets its own brands TYPE and Oh My Glasses TOKYO through its managed stores and online shops. The company was founded by Tadayasu Kiyokawa and Ikuma Mutobe on July 15, 2011 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

McRock Capital Corp. is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 2012 by Scott I. MacDonald and Whitney Rockley. McRock Capital Corp. is headquartered in Toronto.

Saika Co. Ltd. develops analytical applications and provides application consulting services. Its services include XICA adelie, XICA Magellan, XICA rockhopper and XICA academy. The company was founded in Frebuary 2012 by Yoshiaki Hirao and is headquartered in Yubinbango, Japan.

Spiber, Inc. provides research, development, and production of synthetic spider silk. It specializes in the production of artificial spider silk using synthesized genes which persuade bacteria to produce fibroin, a structural protein found in spider silk. The firm analyzes the mechanism of the bimolecular structure of spider silk protein using bioinformatics. The company was founded on September 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Tsuruoka, Japan.

Every, Inc engages in the business of animation media, talent management and advertising. Its services include Delish Kitchen, Kalos, MamaDays, Timeline, and Check. The company was founded by Taisei Yoshida and Chiharu Sugawara on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

D4V Godokaisha (D4V) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2016 by Tom Kelley, Takano Makoto, Ito Kengo, Taniya Mamoru, Davide Agnelli and Kenichi Nonomura.

Genesia Ventures Inc (Genesia Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Tajima Soichi. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Zephyrus Aviation Capital is an aircraft leasing company that specializes in in-production aircraft in the mid to mature stage of their lifecycle. The company is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Led by a team of aviation industry veterans, the company utilizes industry relationships and innovative strategies to create value for all stakeholders.

Aerial Partners KK engages in the development of software application for tax. It also develops software for automatic calculation of virtual currency gains. The company was founded by Kento Numasawa on December 27, 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Shinsei Capital Partners Ltd. (Shinsei Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was established in 2018, and is wholly owned by the publicly traded company Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8303).

Synspective, Inc. provides solutions services with satellite data. It also develops and operates small Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites. The company was founded by Seiko Shirasaka and Motoyuki Arai on February 22, 2018 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Synplogen Co., Ltd. is a synthetic biology startup that provides DNA synthesis and DNA library construction services using their proprietary DNA synthesis technologies OGAB™ and Combinatorial-OGAB. The company was founded in 2017 by Akihiko Kondo and Kenji Tsuge and is based in Kobe, Japan. The Japanese company also offers design, development, and analysis services for gene therapy products such as viral vectors through their Gene Therapy Biofoundry™ service.

Part of KKR & Co., Inc., Marelli Holdings Co., Ltd. functions as an investment holding Japanese company. The company is based in Saitama, Japan. David J. The company was founded in 2016. Slump has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Pegasus Tech Ventures, Inc.(Pegasus Tech Ventures) is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2011 by Anis Uzzaman and Vitaliy Arbuzov. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California with additional offices around the world.