Brian Lofton

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.

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.

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.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

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.

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.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Marquette Associates, Inc. (MAI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1986, MAI provides investment consulting services to institutions, individuals, families, trusts, and charitable organizations or other business entities.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

GoEuro Corp. engages in the development of booking platform for travel by train, bus, or flight. The company was founded by Naren Shaam in 2013 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Cambridge Associates LLC is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1973 by James Bailey and Henry Lewis. Cambridge Associates provides investment management and advisory services to colleges and universities, foundations and other non-profit institutions. They also act as an investment adviser to private clients, family offices, corporations, healthcare institutions, insurance groups, pension plans and ERISA pools and public and government-related groups.

Casafari LLC is a Portuguese real estate company that aims to solve the problem of chaotic and fragmented information available in the real estate market. The company is based in Lisbon, Portugal. Casafari leverages a proprietary tool with complete market data and a network of 20,000+ brokers to build portfolios of fragmented assets powered by machines and managed by industry experts. The company offers market analytics to help clients understand price changes, market stock, and more. Additionally, Casafari provides property sourcing and an online property valuation tool to help clients find the ideal place and suggest an appropriate asking price. The company was founded in 2018 by Mitya Moskalchuk, Mila Suhareva, and Nils-Holger Henning, with Mila Suhareva and Nils-Holger Henning serving as CEOs since then.

Borealis Strategic Capital Partners LP is an investment firm with over 25 years of experience in sourcing, vetting, and underwriting early-stage managers. The private company target specialized, structural alpha strategies to create business durability. The firm takes a strategic, consultative approach to de-risking early-stage businesses and offers hands-on, strategic partnerships to maximize value for all stakeholders. Borealis has a six-member team headquartered in Chicago, IL, and representative investments in long/short equity sector specialist, litigation-centric, event-driven strategy, and small-cap life sciences companies.

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.

Taulia, Inc. provides cloud-based invoice, payment and dynamic discounting management solutions. It products include supplier self services, dynamic discounting, elnvoicing, epayments, supplier info management and offers support, supplier enablement, reporting and analytics services. The firm has offices in Austin, D?sseldorf, London, Park City, San Francisco and Sofia. The company was founded by Bertram Meyer, Markus Ament, Martin Quensel and Philip Stehlik in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Blue Horizon Corporation AG (Blue Horizon) is a venture capital subsidiary of Blue Horizon Management AG founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Lakestar Advisors GmbH (Lakestar Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Klaus Hommels. The firm is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Algomi Ltd. operates as a software company. It provides technology to bond market participants, to improve workflow and liquidity by data aggregation, pre-trade information analysis, and execution facilitation.The company was founded by Stu Taylor, Usman Khan, Robert Howes and Michael Schmidt in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

British Patient Capital Ltd (British Patient Capital) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of British Business Bank PLC founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Code Fellows Holdings, Inc. develops software solutions for programming skills. It focuses by giving career education where students get hand-on experience by applying trainings and building applications specializes in full-stack JavaScript, Python, or ASP.NET development. The company was founded by Andy Sack, Ivan Storck, Brad Bouse, William Little and Brook Riggio in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Madison Dearborn Partners LLC (Madison Dearborn Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by John A. Canning Jr., Paul J. Finnegan, Samuel M. Mencoff, Robin P. Selati, James N. Perry Jr. and Timothy P. Sullivan. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Evans Delivery Co., Inc. provides transportation services. It offers intermodal transportation and domestic transportation services. Its intermodal transportation services include ocean container drayage-local and long distance, temperature controlled equipment handled, rail trailer drayage-local and long distance, flatbed transportation, containers yard operations, container freight station operations, electronic data interchange and electronic document management. The company was founded by Albert L. Evans Sr. in 1939 and is headquartered in Schuylkill Haven, PA.

Data Axle, Inc. provides business data and marketing solutions. It offers analytics and marketing services. The firm specializes in digital and traditional marketing channels. The company was founded by Vinod Gupta in 1972 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Court Square Capital Partners LP (Court Square Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1968. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Resilience Capital Partners LLC (Resilience Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Bassem A. Mansour and Steven H. Rosen. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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.

Prota Labs LLC (Prota Labs) is a venture capital firm co - founded in 2016 by Wilson Fong. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Real Escape from the Sex Trade offers charitable services. The firm provides services for women, girls for prevention, intervention and restoration and men for demand, relationships and resources. The company was founded in November 2009 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Valônia Serviços de Intermediação e Participações SA provides online discount coupons. The company was founded by Marcelo Macedo and Klaus Hommels on February 19, 2010 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

PAAMCO Prisma LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund of hedge funds manager headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2000 as Pacific Alternative Asset Management Co. LLC. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of PAAMCO Prisma Holdings LLC, a holding company owned by Pholdings LLC. PAAMCO Prisma provides investment management and advisory services to clients that are generally organized as Funds and to separately managed accounts established for institutional investors. With limited exception, interests in client vehicles are generally only available to institutional investors and certain high net-worth investors.