Michael Plunkett

Firm58 Inc. provides financial management software solutions. It offers revenue management & billing, CSA/Soft dollar program and compliance and surveillance. The company was founded in 2005 by Samuel Mele and James Mullen and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Instinet LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is the equities execution services arm of the Nomura Group. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Instinet Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Instinet offers the institutional investment community a suite of tailorable solutions, which includes market insights and commentary, full-service trading desks, advanced algorithmic trading strategies, access to unique and specialized liquidity via their array of crossing pools, and a set of workflow solutions.

StarMine Corp. developed web based analytics and equity research management tools for investment firms and investment banks. The firm provided equity data and research service for portfolio managers and analysts were access to the financial statements of various companies. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA.