Marisa Lindeman

First Reserve Management LP (First Reserve) is a private equity firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Luther King Capital Management Corp. (LKCM) is the investment advisory firm headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas and has additional offices in Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas. The firm was founded in 1979 by J. Luther King, Jr. and is a subsidiary of Southwest JLK Corp. LKCM provides investment management services to high-net-worth individuals, foundations, endowments, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts and estates, among other organizations.

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

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.

Raine Ventures LLC (Raine Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of The Raine Group LLC founded in 2010 by Brandon Gardner, Deborah Mei, Joseph Ravitch, John Salter, and Jeff Sine. The firm is headquartered in New York.

High Brew Coffee, Inc. manufactures and sells ready-to-drink cold brew coffee. The firm offers Black & Bold, Double Espresso, and Creamy Cappuccino +Protein. The company was founded by David Smith in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Bares Capital Management, Inc. (BCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by Brian T. Bares in 2000. The firm provides investment management services predominantly for institutional, pooled investment vehicle, and family office clients, and a small subset of high net-worth individuals and trust programs.

Sterling Investment Partners Advisers LLC (Sterling Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by William Lester Selden, Morris William Macey, Douglas Lorie Newhouse, and Charles William Santoro. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.

Duke Energy Commercial Enterprises, Inc. provides energy distribution and project development services. The company was established in 1992 and is headquartered in Plainfield, IN.

Part of Kirkbi A/S, Zowie Intertainment, Inc. designs technology based entertainment products. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. The company was founded by Amy Francetic.

Deloitte Consulting LLP provides business consulting services. It offers services related to public finance, public sector management, health and social protection, information technology, financial sector, and trade and investment. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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

Blue Sage Service LP (Blue Sage Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Peter Huff and Jim McBride. The firm is headquartered in Austin. Texas.

El Paso Marketing LP (El Paso Merchant Energy) provides wholesale trading of natural gas, crude oil, electricity and other commodities. It also markets asset-based commodities. The firm also sells the unit's petroleum refining, coal mining, chemical production and LNG transportation operations. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

ENGIE North America, Inc. engages in electricity generation and cogeneration activities through wind, hydro, solar, biomass and biogas, coal, and natural gas facilities. It offers natural gas pipeline systems to government power generation sites. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

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).

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Contractbook ApS provides platform for end-to-end contract management. It offers tools for client-portal for legal professionals and contract drafters that generate contract automatically based on customer questionnaires. The company was founded by Niels Martin Nielsen-Brøchner, Jaroslaw Mikolaj Owczarek, and Viktor Heide in 2015 and is headquartered in Nordhavn, Denmark.

RedBird Capital Partners Management LLC (RedBird Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Gerry Cardinale. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Braemont Capital Management LLC (Braemont Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2021 by Robert Covington. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

RedTeam Software LLC engages in the provision of project management and construction accounting solutions for commercial contractors. The firm also offers on boarding services. Its products include submittals and RFI's. The company was founded by Michael T. Wright in 2006 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Temerity Capital Partners LLC (Temerity Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Gradient Ventures (Gradient Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2017 by Zach Bratun Glennon. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Trive Capital LLC (Trive Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Conner Searcy and Chris Zugaro. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Sapphire Ventures LLC (Sapphire Ventures) is a private equity and venture capital firm, subsidiary of SAP Ventures Investment GmbH founded in 1996 by R. Douglas Higgins and Andreas Markus Weiskam. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.