Steve Brauer

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Capstone Partners LLC provides investment banking services. Its services include mergers & acquistions, corporate restructuring and private placements. The firm also offers transaction and financial advisory and strategic advisory services. The company was founded by Kirk Johnson, John D. Harkey, Jr., John Ferrara and Leonard A. Potter in 1996 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures novel small molecule medicines. It engages in developing novel medicines in the areas of hepatitis C and oncology. The firm develops ANA598, a direct-acting antiviral for the treatment of hepatitis C. The company was founded by Stelios B. Papadopoulos and Kleanthis G. Xanthopoulos in 1992 and is headquartered in Little Falls, NJ.

Panzura, Inc. engages in provision of cloud storage and application optimization products. It offers application cloud control, data protection, cloud integration and global file system management. The firm provides cloud-integrated local NAS capabilities to global enterprises, allowing storage capacity to be centrally located, managed, and protected. The company was founded by John Taylor and Randy Chou in July 2008 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Part of Hayden Hall, Inc., Expersoft Corp manufactures enterprise ORB software solutions for financial services and telecommunications. The company is based in San Diego, CA. Expersoft was acquired by Hayden Hall, Inc. on March 22, 1999 for $3 million.

Cisco Systems Canada Co. supplies networking equipment and network management for the Internet. It also provides equipment, software and support services that manage network traffic. The firm's products include routers & switches, internet protocol telephony, optical transport, storage networking, and wireless networking devices. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Gateway, Inc. is a private group led by Lap Shun Hui.

Globespan, Inc. develops DSL chipsets.

ParAccel, Inc. provides purpose-built database management system used for data warehousing, business intelligence (BI) and analytic processing. The company caters to financial services, healthcare, retail, government, and telecommunication sectors. It was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA

Established in 1979, TRC, Inc. (Toshokan Ryutsu Center) is engaged in the sales of books and other reading materials, the company is also involved in the operation of libraries. TRC is based in Tokyo, Japan and operates around the country through its local offices.

Interactive Fitness Holdings LLC engages in the provision of fitness services. Its products include Expresso and CyberCycle. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

SENTÉ, Inc. provides skin care products. The firm's products include Daily Repair Complex, Neck Firming and Redness Control Complex creams. It offers dermal repair cream for people of various age groups and skin types for enhancing the skin tone, texture, elasticity, and overall appearance. The company serves customers through dermatologists and physicians in the United States. Sente was founded by Kleanthis G. Xanthopoulos and Marios Fotiadis in 2007 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

SwitchCase Group is a technology investment firm that partners with skilled entrepreneurs to create and support a portfolio of technology ventures. The private company is based in San Diego, CA. The company's mission is to develop a specific business model that is designed for success in the 21st century.

InstantEncore, Inc. engages in the development and provision of mobile solutions to performing arts organizations. Its features include geofences, at-the-venue notes, push notifications, promo offers, event information, analytics, music downloads, and live streaming of vides. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

SagePoint Advisors LLC is based in Del Mar, CA. Part of Huntington Bancshares, Inc., SagePoint Advisors LLC is a company that provides merger, acquisition, and strategic advisory services. The company was founded by David P. Michaels. SagePoint Advisors was acquired by Capstone Partners LLC, part of Huntington Bancshares, Inc., from June 16, 2022, on July 11, 2012.

Varsity Management Co LP (Varsity Healthcare Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by David Alpern and Kenton Rosenberry. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Cerus Advisors DMCC (Cerus) is a private equity firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Dubai with additional offices in UAE and in La Jolla, California, United States.

Seaside Equity Partners LLC (Seaside Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Andrew Thompson. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Jazzware, Inc. engages in the provision of voice management and analytics solutions for the hospitality industry. It offers property management system integration, private branch exchange telemanagement, BroadWorks hospitality features, call accounting, telecom auditing, guest experience design studio, monitoring and alerting, and voicemail system management solutions. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Part of Vestian Global Workplace Services LLC, Juniper Solutions LLC is a company that dramatically simplifies network operations and drives super experiences for end users. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company's solutions deliver industry-leading insight, automation, security, and AI to drive real business results. The company was founded in 1996 by Pradeep S. Sindhu. Rami Rahim has been the CEO of the company since 1997. Juniper Solutions was acquired by Vestian Global Workplace Services LLC on June 17, 2021.

Shoreline Biosciences, Inc. engages in biotechnology business activities. The company is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Pinpoint Innovations Ltd. engages in the provision of Wi-Fi-based, cloud-hosted RTLS tracking solutions to healthcare organisations to manage and track patient flow. It offers Wi-Fi based patient flow management and Blueworx contact tracing and social distancing solution.The company was founded by Chris Kelly, Eoin O'Brien and Fionn Barron in 2016 and is headquartered in Limerick, Ireland.

SilverStream Capital LLC (SilverStream Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Wheeler David. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.