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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.

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ares Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative investment manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 by Merritt Hooper, John Kissick and Antony Ressler. They are a subsidiary of Ares Management Holdings LP and their ultimate parent is Ares Management Corp. (NYSE: ARES). Ares Management provides investment advice to various pooled investment vehicles, other separately managed accounts and other institutional clients.

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.

Pollen, Inc. provides financial services. It provides C2FO market, working capital exchange that allows companies to optimize their working capital positions in a live, bid/ask environment. The firm serves buyers and suppliers who use the market to increase profit and accelerate cash flow between themselves. The company was founded by Alexander C. Kemper and Pete Thomas in May 2010 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

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.

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.

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.

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.

H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

Catterton Management Co. LLC (L Catterton) is a private equity subsidiary of L Catterton Management Ltd. founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Harvest Partners LP (Harvest Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1981 by Harvey Wertheim and Harvey Mallement. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

Loft Quality Process Delivery Center India Pvt Ltd. provides data science, product development and offshoring solutions for internet and tech businesses. The company was founded by Iain Martin Shovlin and is headquartered in Pune, India.

SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. founded in 2016 by Masayoshi Son. SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. is headquartered in London, UK.

Schweizerische Nationalbank (Investment Portfolio) (SNB-IP) is the investment portfolio division of Schweizerische Nationalbank (SW: SNBN) in Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Zurich. SNB-IP manages the assets of the Swiss National Bank, consisting of foreign currency, gold and Swiss francs, as determined by the established monetary order and the requirements of monetary policy.

The Blackstone Group, Inc. provides marketing research services. It provides custom market research services for clients in industries as consumer packaged goods, financial services, healthcare and technology. The firm's clients include eBay, Harris Bank and Pfizer. The company was founded by Ashref A. Hashim in 1987 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Angeles Equity Partners LLC (Angeles Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Jordan W. Katz and Timothy P. Meyer. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Argyle Search Partners LLC provides recruiting and talent development services. The American company was founded by Iain Martin Shovlin.

Zürcher Kantonalbank (Broker) (ZKB-Broker) is the brokerage business unit of Zürcher Kantonalbank, a state-owned full-service bank founded in 1870, which is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. They conduct all investment activities in-house including financial advisory services, research, trading, and asset management. ZKB-Broker is an active trader in securities, foreign currencies, banknotes, precious metals, commodity contracts and financial derivatives on their own account and on behalf of third-party customers. The bank provides underwriting services in domestic debt and equity markets, sales and trading of listed domestic warrants and structured derivatives, and Swiss Franc foreign exchange trading. The firm offers round-the-clock market-making in credit default swaps from Swiss issuers. Their research covers a broad international investment universe and maintains a successful equity, bonds and sustainability research capability, together with independent investment fund research.

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Ltd. (FMR Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese investment management subsidiary of Fidelity Management & Research Co., ultimately held by FMR LLC in the US. Headquartered in Tokyo, FMR Japan provides investment advisory and discretionary investment management services to investment companies in the Fidelity family of mutual funds and to clients of other affiliated and unaffiliated advisers.

Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. (GSJCL) is the Japan-based broker-dealer subsidiary of Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd., ultimately held by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) in the US. The firm originated in 1974 and was formally founded in 1983. Headquartered in Tokyo, GSJCL offers Internet-based transaction services covering equity, debt, commodities and derivatives to a substantial and diversified client base, which includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals.

Afiniti, Inc. provides call center routing technology solutions. It uses intelligent data analytics and pattern recognition technology in real time to pair callers with agents, delivering contact center interactions that improve revenue and collections, enhance customer experience, and lower business costs. The company was founded by Zia Chishti in 2006 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Deepcore, Inc. (Deepcore) is a venture capital subsidiary of publicly traded company SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9884) founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Tractable Ltd. develops a software for accident and disaster recovery. It uses its computer vision to analyze the damage and compare it against visuals of an undamaged vehicle. The company was founded by Alex Dalyac, Razvn Ranca, and Adrien Cohen on November 18, 2014 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Behavox Ltd., engages in the provision of employee surveillance solutions. Its data operating platform products include compliance, conduct, insider threat, and customer relationship management. The company was founded by Alex Glasman, Erkin Adylov, Kiryl Trembovolski, and Roman Zelov in 2014 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Hyde Park Capital Partners LLC provides investment banking services. The firm offers clients execution of mergers and acquisitions and private capital raising engagements. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

TL Capital LLC (TL Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Corbel Management LLC (Corbel Capital Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2013 by Jeff B. Schwartz. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

AAH Topco LLC develops a platform that offers veterinary practices. The company was founded by Jake Sloane, Frank Zhang and Matt Sussman in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. /Kyoto Branch/ provides banking services. The company is based in Kyoto, Japan.

Softbank Vision Fund II-2 LP engages in investments in technology enabled companies. The company is headquartered in London, The United Kingdom.

Part of SoftBank Corp., SB Telecom America Corp. helps transform businesses through the introduction of pioneering technologies. SB Telecom America is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company shares innovation through its investment initiatives and partnerships.