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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.

Entrust, Inc. provides software security solutions. Its products include authentication and identity assurance, public key infrastructure and entrust cloud. The firm’s solutions include Mobile Security, Cloud Services, Strong Authentication, Physical and Logical Access, Certificate Management, Certificate Management, Secure Email and Citizen eID. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Katy, TX.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (CFS) is a financial services provider headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1945. They are a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. CFS offers an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. The firm provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.

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.

Cushing Asset Management LP is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Jerry Swank in 2003 and they are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swank Capital LLC. Cushing Asset Management provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to high net-worth individuals and institutional investors through Private Funds, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Closed-End Funds and Managed Accounts. They also offer discretionary investment management services as part of various wrap fee programs offered by investment advisers/broker-dealers.

7-Ventures LLC (7-Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of 7-Eleven Inc. founded in 2013 by Raja Doddala. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Freestone Partners LLC (Freestone Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Jim D. Briggs, George L. Clark, and Mark E. Leyerle. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Health Wildcatters LLC (Health Wildcatters) is an accelerator/incubator firm founded in 2013 by Clay Heighten, Carl Soderstrom and Hubert Zajicek. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Pine Brook Road Partners LLC (Pine Brook Partners) is a Private Equity firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Tally Energy Services, Inc. focuses on the economics of North America shale development. It also provides oil and gas drilling and artificial lift services. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

RedElephant Resources LLC is an upstream oil and gas exploration and American production company.

Evolve Capital LLC (Evolve Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Mike Crothers. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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.

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.

GranQuartz LP manufactures and distributes stone tools and supplies for the natural stone and title industries. The firm provides diamond abrasives such as anchoring products, silicon carbide grinding wheels, auto edge machines, and bridge saw blades. It also offers power tools, including accessories, anchoring machines, bridge saws, die grinders, drilling and dust control products, edge chiseling machines, flute grinding and polishing systems, grinders, handheld saws, jet sticks, planetary polishers and polishers, radial arm machines, routers, sanders, stone recycling equipment and water filtration systems. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

Sound Seal, Inc. manufactures commercial and architectural acoustic noise control products. Its business divisions include The Architectural Division which handles interiors, The Industrial Division which deals with outdoor and in-plant noise control, and the Impacta Flooring Division which deals with floor underlayment. The company was founded by Richard T. Mulcahy and Barry A. Lyons in 1978 and is headquartered in Agawam, MA.

Kele, Inc. supplies building automation products and services. The firm offers automated products for commercial input and output systems. Its products include transmitters, sensors, switches, gauges, transformers, actuators, relays, and transducers. The company was founded by Roger Johnson and Ronnie Randall in 1983 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Peak Rock Capital LLC (Peak Rock Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Carr's Hill Capital Partners Management LP (Carr's Hill Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by David de Laureal. The firm is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. operates as a lower middle-market private equity firm. It specializes on lower middle-market industrial technology and services. The company was founded by H. David de Laureal in 2019 and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

Languages LLC provides educational management services.

Part of Arcadis NV, CallisonRTKL, Inc. is a architecture, planning, and design practice based in Washington. The American company focuses on advancing positive outcomes in communities through a human-centric design approach that addresses resiliency, well-being, and technology in the built environment. Kim Heartwell has been the CEO of the company since 1984.

Trinity West Ventures LLC (Trinity West Ventures) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2011 by Bailey McGuire and Frank Sciuto. The firm is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Siguler Guff & Co. LP (Siguler Guff) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by George William Siguler, Andrew Joseph Guff and Donald Paul Spencer. The firm is headquartered in New York.with additional offices Boston, Houstan, London.

OFI Steelpath, Inc. is an investment management firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1959and formerly known as Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). OFI Steelpath provides investment advisory services on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to a wide variety of clients.

TPG Sixth Street Partners LLC (TPG Sixth Street Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Alan Samuel Waxman and Joshua William Easterly. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

PWC Corp. is a private company that wholesales steel water pipes and plumbing and heating equipment. The company is based in Santa Ana, CA.

Court Square Capital Partners LP (Court Square Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1968. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Windrose Health Investors LLC (Windrose) is a private equity subsidiary of MTS Health Partners LP founded in 2000 by Curtis Scott Lane. The firm is headquartered in New York City.

S2 Capital LLC (S2 Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Harold Bird and Scott Everett. The firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas.