Lauren Silberstein

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.

Odyssey Investment Partners LLC (Odyssey Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded by Stephen Berger, Brian Kwait and William Hopkins in 1997. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC (GGHC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Richard Gilder in 1968. GGHC provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, LLC’s, partnerships, pension and profit-sharing plans, and investment clubs.

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.

Guggenheim Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Links Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Guggenheim Securities’ specializations include the sales and trading of fixed-income securities and sophisticated structured products. The firm offers in-depth analysis and expert execution of trading opportunities to large institutional investors and asset originators. They offer sales and trading services relating to a wide range of instruments.

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.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Samsung Venture Investment Corp. (SVIC) is a corporate venture capital investment firm based in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1999, they manage investment and investment-related activities for the Samsung Group. The parent firm, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Seoul, produces semiconductors, business communications systems, reciprocating and rotary compressors, optical and hard disc drives, LCD panels, set-top boxes, CC televisions, as well as fiber optics. In 2004, SVIC established Samsung Ventures America, their US-based venture capital arm.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Mamoura Diversified Global Holding PJSC operates as an investment and development firm. It develops and manages a diverse portfolio of commercial initiatives either independently or in partnership with international organizations. The company was founded on October 6, 2002 and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Fenwick & West LLP provides legal services to technology and life sciences clients. Its practice areas include antitrust and unfair competition, appellate, complex business litigation, copyright, corporate and securities, employment and labor, executive compensation and benefits, intellectual property, and IP litigation. The firm offers legal advisory services in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, patent prosecution, privacy and information security. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Surveyor Capital Ltd. is a hedge fund seeding platform headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Citadel LP, which is owned by GFH HFEVA LLC. Surveyor Capital manages capital exclusively for Citadel’s multi-strategy funds and its positions are consolidated in Form 13F filed by Citadel Advisors LLC.

Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners LLC (Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners) is a venture capital firm co-founded by Brian D. Barlow and Jonathan Winer in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

TTX Co. provides railcars and related freight car management services. The firm offers wreck repairs and car scrapping, car inspection, component reconditioning, light car repair, warrant repairs, air brake system testing and maintenance and multi-level auto rack conversions. The company was founded on November 9, 1955 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Balance Point Capital Advisors LLC (Balance Point Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Seth W. Alvord and John L. Ritter. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.

Trian Fund Management LP, dba Trian Partners (Trian), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 by Founding Partners, Nelson Peltz and Peter May. Trian provides discretionary investment advisory services to a variety of domestic and offshore private investment partnerships and other investment vehicles.

Providence Equity Partners LLC (Providence Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Glenn Creamer and Jonathan M. Nelson. The firm is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

Searchlight Capital Partners LP (Searchlight Capital Partners) is a private equity investment firm founded in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Erol Uzumeri, and Oliver Haarmann. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in London and Toronto.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Founded in 2002, Permira Advisers LLC is a private equity firm located in New York City with an additional office in Menlo Park, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Permira Advisers LLP, formerly known as Schroder Ventures, a London, England-based private equity firm that was founded in 1985

Cornell Venture Capital is an American company that offers project-based learning opportunities to students by working with leading venture capital firms and their portfolio companies. The private company provides market research and strategic advisory services to venture-backed companies and host prominent entrepreneurs and venture capitalists as guest lecturers on Cornell's campus. The company was founded by Siddhant Trivedi.