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TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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).

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provides nuclear testing services. The Laboratory's security needs include countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and strengthening homeland security against the terrorist use of such weapons. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

Western Asset Management Co. (Western Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. Western Asset provides discretionary investment management services to primarily institutional clients.

Platinum Equity Advisors LLC (Platinum Equity Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Tom Gores. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

AH Capital Management LLC (AH Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Lowell Andreessen and Ben A. Horowitz. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Arrowhead Mezzanine LLC (Arrowhead Mezzanine) is a private equity firm founded in 1996. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.

Capstan Medical, Inc. provides heart valve disease services. The company is based in Santa Cruz, CA. The company was founded in 2020 by Dan Wallace. The CEO is Margaret Marie Nixon.

Nucleus Radiopharma, Inc. is a full-service contract development and manufacturing organization that is dedicated to modernizing the clinical development, manufacturing, and supply chain of radiopharmaceuticals. The company is based in New York. The American company's mission is to ensure that cancer patients have access to potentially lifesaving treatment tools. The company specializes in building reliable clinical and commercial supply chains for targeted radiotherapies. The CEO of the company is Charles S. Conroy.

BrightInsight, Inc. provides digital health technologies. The firm offers biopharma, patient support, medtech and engineering services. The company was founded by Kal Patel, Benjamin Lee and Ferry Tamtoro in January 2019 and is headquartered San Jose, CA.

Syng, Inc. is an audio company that has created a new sound system called cell alpha, which is the world's first triphonic speaker. The company is based in Venice, CA. The company aims to transform the human relationship with sound. The company has also developed the Syng studio app for Mac, which can turn cell alpha into a reference system. The CEOs of the company are Christopher R. Stringer, Charles J. Huebner.

Cellares Corp. operates as a biotechnology company. It provides preclinical and clinical scientists as well as commercial cell therapy manufacturers. The company was founded by Omar Kurdi, Fabian Gerlinghaus and Alex Pesch in 2019 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

SafelyYou, Inc. is a seed-stage company which engages in the development of artificial intelligence tools in memory loss management. Its aims to provide patients, caregivers, and families with a safety system that could adequately identify falls and make daily living safer for those living in memory care. The company was founded by Pulkit Agrawal, Alexandre Bayen, Julien Jacquemot, and George Netscher and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Founded in 2007, Moelis & Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to corporations, institutions and governments. Moelis & Co. LLC provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Meaningful Partners LLC (Meaningful Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Jake Capps and Amin Maredia. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Aurrion, Inc. develops and manufactures silicon photonic integrated circuits. The firms platform enables all the elements of photonics systems, including active components such as lasers, modulators and amplifiers, to be fabricated on the wafer scale with the performance of traditional III-V materials and the control and cost-structure of silicon foundries. The company was founded by Alexander W. Fang and John E. Bowers in 2007 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Calabrese Consulting LLC, Albeck Financial Services, Inc. provides SEC financial reporting and advisory services. The company is based in Houston, TX. The company was founded by Christy Albeck. Christy Albeck has been the CEO since incorporation. Albeck Financial Services was acquired by Calabrese Consulting LLC on April 18, 2022.

Metropolitan West Asset Management LLC (MWAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 by Tad Rivelle, Laird Landmann and Stephen Kane. They are wholly-owned by TCW Asset Management Co. LLC, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The TCW Group, Inc. MWAM offers fixed income portfolio management services to institutional investors, as well as individual investors through the Metropolitan West Funds.

Entrada Ventures (Entrada Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

Krossover Intelligence, Inc. provides web based video indexing platform for sports teams. The firm sells the platform as Software-as-a-Service, allowing sports teams from around the world to purchase the product as well as indexing services. The company was founded by Vasudev Kulkarni and James M. Piette III on November 26, 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to a global client base.

City National Rochdale LLC (CNR) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of CNR Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY) in Canada. The firm was founded when Rochdale Investment Management LLC was combined with City National Asset Management, Inc. and City National Bank's investment management group, City National Asset Management. Headquartered in New York City, CNR provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individual investors as well as to registered investment companies and institutions.