Kenneth Higgins

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Verax Biomedical, Inc. develops rapid tests for detecting bacterial contaminants in blood cells and tissues. The firm's first target application for its technology is to test for the presence of bacterial contaminants in platelets and bacterial contaminants in platelets and red blood cells represent the greatest lethal infectious risks in transfusion medicine today and no rapid, simple methods are presently available to effectively address this threat. Verax Biomedical was founded by Joe R. Sanders and Joe L. Straight in 1999 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Suros Surgical Systems, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. Its products include consoles, hand pieces, MRI, and biopsy markers. The company was founded by Joseph L. Mark, Michael E. Miller, and Timothy Goedde in 2000 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

VasoNova, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices. The company was founded by Sorin Grunwald and Bradley B. Hill in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

SetPoint Medical Corp. operates as a biomedical technology company, which engages in the development of therapies for patients with inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn?s disease. The company was founded by Kevin J. Tracey, Shaw H. Warren, and James W. Broderick in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clarita, CA.

ClearFlow, Inc. develops surgical and medical devices. Its products are based on proprietary tube clearance technologies to resolve catheter clogging in other medical market segments, including urinary catheters, gastrointestinal catheters, and wound drainage. The company was founded by Andrew D. Firlik, Marc A. Gillinov and Edward M. Boyle Jr. in 2006 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Catheter Connections, Inc. develops vascular access products. Its flagship product DualCap, designed to protect patients from acquiring infections during intravenous infusion therapy. It disinfects both IV tubing end connectors and needle-free valves. The company was founded by Michael W. Howlett, James Mercer, Vicki Farrar, and Robert Hitchcock in 2008 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Part of Philip Morris International, Inc., Kraft General Foods Corp. manufactures cigarettes, food, and brewing. The company is based in New York, NY.

Vesey Street Capital Partners LLC is an Private Equity firm founded in 2014 by Adam Todd Feinstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Gatorade Co. distributes beverages. It provides carbohydrate energy to enhance athletic performance. Gatorade is the official sports drink of professionals, amateur athletes, and sports teams. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

InterVene, Inc. develops non-implantable, catheter-based vein valve creation therapy. Its BlueLeaf endovenous valve formation system allows physicians to create new vein valves for patients who are unable to efficiently pump blood out of their legs and back to their heart. The company was founded by Fletcher Wilson in 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Ernst & Young US LLP was engaged in providing accounting services. The company was headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Aphelion Capital LLC (Aphelion Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Ned Scheetz and Rodney Altman. The firm is headquartered in Mill Valley, California.

OrthoScan, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the development and manufacture of orthopedic surgery equipment. It provides Orthicon-HD Mini C-Arm, which is used for fluoroscopic imaging of the extremities in orthopedic surgery and digital diagnostic imaging. The company was founded by Larry Grossman and in 2002 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Curant, Inc. develops medical devices for urinary incontinence. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mercator MedSystems, Inc. develops medical injection devices. The firm focuses on the treatment of peripheral artery disease using its catheter-guided, micro-infusion systems for site-specific, non-systemic delivery of therapeutic agents directly across any blood vessel. It offers bullfrog micro-infusion device and blowfish trans-bronchial micro-infusion device. The company was founded by Kirk Patrick Seward, Michael Vestel, and Albert P. Pisano in 2000 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Bremer Bank NA (St. Paul Minnesota Investment Management) (Bremer Bank MN-IM) is the investment management division of Bremer Bank NA (St. Paul Minnesota), a subsidiary of Bremer Financial Corp. They are ultimately owned by Otto Bremer Trust. The firm offers banking, mortgage, investment, wealth management, trust and insurance services to various clients. Bremer Bank MN-IM is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.

3x5 Partners LLC (3x5 Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Tony Arnerich and Nicholas Walrod. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

Arch Oncology, Inc. develops drugs for life-threatening disorders. Its products include anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody, CD47 antisense oligonucleotide, and a small molecule CD47 inhibitor. The company was founded by William A. Frazier and Jeffrey S. Isenberg in 2006 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.