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Heller Financial, Inc. provided mercantile financing. It was acquired by GE Capital Corp. The company was located in Chicago, IL

Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 due to Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Mason Street Advisors LLC (MSA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. MSA provides professional portfolio management services for institutional investors by providing continuous investment advice and management based upon the individual needs and objectives of each client.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a SEC-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, and to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

Harvard Management Co., Inc. (HMC) is the investment arm of President & Fellows of Harvard College, which is owned by Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. HMC manages Harvard’s endowment, a dedicated and permanent source of funding that maintains the teaching and research mission of the University. HMC invests these funds as a single entity, the revenue from which contributes more than one-third of the University's annual operating budget.

Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. (Thrivent) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund manager headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Thrivent Financial Holdings, Inc., itself a subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a faith-based, not-for-profit membership organization and financial services firm. Thrivent provides investment management and advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, non-profit organizations, corporations and other business entities.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans operates as a not-for-profit membership organization of Christians, which engages in the provision of investment advisory services. It offers life insurance, annuities and mutual funds, student and educational resources, charitable planning, and trust services. The company was founded in June 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Morgan Dempsey Capital Management LLC (Morgan Dempsey) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The firm was founded by R. Thomas Dempsey in 1994 and is wholly-owned by MDCM Holdings LLC, which is majority owned by MDCM Legacy LLC. Morgan Dempsey manages assets for institutions, individual investors, and Registered Investment Advisors.

Natixis Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1995, the firm is a subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LP, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Natixis Advisors provides advisory services to investment company clients and separately managed account clients as well as multi-asset portfolio solutions for a variety of funds and portfolios. A department of Natixis Advisors also provides portfolio analysis, consulting, and analytic services to investment professionals.

North Star Asset Management, Inc. (NSAM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1996 by Kenneth Brusda, Michael Flesch, Geoffry Penn, David Risgaard and Eric Richter. NSAM provides investment advice on a discretionary/non-discretionary basis to individual and institutional clients.

ARCH Venture Partners LLC is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Chicago with additional office in Dublin.

LS Investment Advisors LLC (LSIA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The firm was founded in 2008 as a spin-off from Natixis Global Asset Management (the parent company of Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP). LSIA provides portfolio management services to individuals, families and institutions.

Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is engaged in biotechnology services. The company is headquartered in Norwood, MA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.

Promega Corp. manufactures enzyme systems. Its products include cell biology, nucleic acid analysis, drug development, molecular diagnostics, and lab equipment and supplies. The company was founded by William Alderman Linton in 1978 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Part of The Cigna Group, Diversified Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a company that provides pharmacy benefit management services. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. The CEO of the company is Bradley E. Phillips. Diversified Pharmaceutical Services was acquired by Express Scripts, Inc., a subsidiary of The Cigna Group from Smithkline Beecham Plc on April 01, 1999 for $700 million.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod owns and operates churches and conducts religious activities. It also operates college seminaries and provides health services. The company was founded by C. F. W. Walther in 1847 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Intel Americas, Inc. engages in the manufacture of semiconductors. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Genus Plc, Sygen International Ltd. is a British company that provides business support services. The company is based in Basingstoke, UK. Sygen International was founded in 1996.

Part of Genus Plc, Pig Improvement Company UK Ltd. is a company founded in 1962 by six pig farmers with the goal of making their customers the most successful pig producers in the world. The company is based in Nantwich, UK and strives to enable customers to become the most successful pork producers in the world by delivering healthy genetic improvement. PIC is committed to their customers' success and provides high-quality genetics to pig producers worldwide.

Semiconductor Industry Association operates association for the semiconductor industry. The company was founded in 1977 by Wilfred Corrigan, Robert Norton Noyce, Jerry Sanders, Charles Sporck and John Welty and is headquartered in John Welty, DC.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. is a company that offers a range of innovative, high-quality products for protein biology research. The company is based in Rockford, IL. The company's products include Pierce antibodies, SuperSignal chemiluminescent substrates, Pierce BCA protein assays, and other research tools and reagents.

Thrivent Asset Management (Private Equity) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Thrivent Asset Management LLC. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Verseau Therapeutics, Inc. provides immuno-therapy services. The company was founded by Daniel Anderson, Robert Langer, Igor Feldman, and Tatiana Novobrantseva in 2017 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Vertex Ventures HC (Vertex Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Genus Plc, Pig Improvement Company Overseas Ltd. is an investment holding British company. The company is based in Basingstoke, UK. Pig Improvement Company Overseas was founded in 1981.

Chroma Medicine, Inc. is a biotechnology company that pioneers a new class of genomic medicines using epigenetics to deliver precise, programmable single-dose therapeutics while preserving genomic integrity. The company is based in Cambridge, MA and has subsidiaries in Italy. The company's modular platform enables the development of medicines that can address a wide range of complex diseases, whether they require silencing, activation, or targeting multiple genes at once. Chroma Medicine was founded by the world's foremost experts in genomic research and is led by a veteran team of industry leaders and scientists with deep experience in genomic medicine, drug discovery, and development. Catherine Stehman-Breen has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Part of Carrick Therapeutics Ltd., Carrick Therapeutics UK Ltd. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Oxford, UK. Carrick Therapeutics translates in-house and in-licensed assets to target the most aggressive and resistant forms of cancer, working in combination with existing oncology drugs to address unmet patient needs. The British company focuses on developing innovative therapies to improve patient outcomes in oncological therapy. The company's therapies have potential in advanced breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers, with further potential in pancreatic and Ewing's sarcoma. Timothy R. Pearson has been the CEO of the company since 2019.