Andres Fontao

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Motion Ventures is a venture capital subsidiary of Rainmaking Innovation Ltd, founded in 2021 by Michael Pomerleau and Nicklas Viby Fursund. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

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.

Innoleaps B.V. is a Dutch company that empowers FMCG & CPG corporations to innovate beyond their traditional core business to identify and create long term, sustainable growth. The company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and has subsidiaries in the Netherlands. The company provides access to the latest corporate innovation news, blogs, and upcoming events. The company specializes in R & D (Research & Development) accelerator, which is a form of horizon 2 innovation that looks to renew the core business within a company by delivering new product formats or applications. The company takes a systematic approach to innovation to ensure each innovation is set up for success from the very beginning with the support of the c-level leaders. Innoleaps was founded by Ruud Hendriks, Patrick Peterus Johannes Cornelis de Zeeuw, and Patrick Peterus Johannes Cornelis de Zeeuw has been the CEO since incorporation.

GSAM Stable Value LLC (GSAM SV) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Burlington, Vermont. The firm was founded in 1983 as Dwight Asset Management Co. LLC. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP, ultimately held by Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GSAM SV offers strategies focused on fixed income investment management services for institutional clients.

A-ccelerator Italy Srl is an Italian company that offers a 3-month accelerator program for startups in the fashion market. The company is based in Milan, Italy. The program provides collaboration with over 150 mentors, partners, and investors to build world-class products, services, and businesses. At the end of the program, startups pitch their innovative ideas in front of hundreds of investors, partners, and mentors on the grand finale\: demo day. The company was founded in 2010 by Nazzareno Mengoni. Alceo Rapagna has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

TruArc Partners LP (TruArc Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Ian K. Snow. The firm is headquartered in New York.

New Directions Aromatics, Inc. supplies unadulterated, therapeutic-grade essential oils and raw materials. Its products include soaps, cosmetic bases, candle waxes, fragrant oils, vegetable oils, butters, botanical extracts, clays, muds, and mineral salts. The company was founded by Alex Thomas in 1999 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

FiberVisions LP manufactures and markets polyolefin staple fibers. The firm develops, manufactures and markets polyolefin fibers for nonwoven, textile and industrial applications. The company headquartered in Duluth, GA.

Part of Hyster-Yale, Inc., Cascade is an American company that provides an end-to-end middleware development platform for web3. The company is located in the US and was founded by Carl J. Bonta. The company offers a chain and language agnostic developer environment, enabling enterprises to manage all their smart contracts and custom workflows across different blockchains in a single environment. Cascade is compliant with enterprise best practices and helps companies accelerate development and time-to-market with reusable "modules" and smart contract templates.

LTI Boyd, Inc. (dba Boyd Corp.) manufactures precision-engineered products. It manufactures and supplies custom engineered components for large, multinational OEMs across various end markets, including the heavy truck, recreational vehicle, enterprise electronics, agriculture and construction equipment, aerospace and consumer electronics industries. The firm offers transportation products that include gaskets and seals, custom extrusions and moldings, hoses, metal stamping and fabrication, window and baffle assemblies, aviation insulation and bonding systems. The company was founded in July 2011 and is headquartered in Modesto, CA.

Boyd Corp. GmbH specializes in advanced sealing, thermal management, and protection solutions. The firm?s products include bonding and adhesive systems, custom extrusions, custom hoses, custom moldings, gaskets and seals, heat exchangers, heat sinks, liquid cooling, thermal interface materials, two phase cooling, surface protection, aircraft insulation, display components, electrical insulation, and stamped dampers. It offers Aavid Genie, Aavid SmartCFD, design engineering, manufacturing capabilities, prototyping, as well as testing and validation services. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Syke, Germany.

PROTOTEK Holdings LLC engages in the manufacture of precision sheet metal fabrication products. It offers cutting and engraving, plastic and composite fabrication, machining, quality assurance, assembly, and finishing services. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Contoocook, NH.

Excel Mining Systems LLC manufactures and distributes roof bolts and roof support control products. It offers mechanical bolts, double lok, HyTec, and tension rebar bolts, cable bolts and truss, friction rock anchors, eclipse bolts, and standing support products. The company was founded by Bruce A. Cassidy Sr. in 1991 and is headquartered in Bowerston, OH.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

HCTec Corp. provides employment and staffing services. It offers health information technology and revenue cycle management resources and solutions. The company was founded by William Bartholomew in 2010 and is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

Ideal Tridon Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of clamp and fitting products. The company was founded on October 12, 2011 and is headquartered in DE.

Blackhawk Industrial Distribution, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of industrial products and equipment. The firm also offers custom tool fabrication, tool reconditioning, inventory management, procurement, packaging services, product sourcing, and technical innovation services. The company was founded by William Scheller in 2010 and is headquartered in Broken Arrow, OK.

Brook & Whittle Ltd. provides printing and packing products. It engages in the design and manufacture of packaging solutions for the food and beverage, household, and personal care products industries. The firm’s capabilities include flexography, rotogravure, shrink labeling, and digital printing. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

Cowboy Parent LLC is a company that engages in manufacturing activities. The company is based in New York, NY.

Winchester Interconnect Corp. designs and manufactures electronic connector products. Its provides connectors, hermetics, cables, fiber components, microwave absorber material, sensors, and trainline junction boxes. The company was founded on May 22, 2006 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Trademark Cosmetics, Inc. is a company that specializes in custom formulations for cosmetics. The company is based in Riverside, CA and was founded in 1994 by David Ryngler. The company offers laboratory services, filling machines, warehouse storage, and shipping. Kristopher L. Dover has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Ideal Clamp Products, Inc. designs and manufactures stainless steel worm gear clamp products. It offers hevay duty, spring clamps, no-hub couplings, and merchandising packaging and accessories. The firm serves automotive, marine, plumbing, government and military, truck and engine, heavy equipment, and telecommunications markets. The company was founded by Philip Rauch in 1913 and is headquartered in Smyrna, TN.

EnviroFinance Group LLC operates as a land development company that acquires, remediates and repositions environmentally impaired real estate. It combines capital resources, regulatory and technical know-how, risk management, land planning and development expertise to promote socially responsible, sustainable land reuse. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Farallon Capital Management LLC (Farallon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Farallon Capital Management LP. Farallon provides administrative services and discretionary investment management services to private investment funds, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement basis; and to separately managed accounts for institutions such as endowments, foundations, charitable organizations and state and municipal government entities.

Molded Devices, Inc. manufactures dip molded, dip coated and injection molded parts. Its process offerings include plastic dip molding, dip coating, rubber dip molding, custom plastic injection molding, powder coating, rapid prototyping and value added services including decorating and assembly. The firm offers proprietary products including protective, masking, and sealing devices such as caps, plugs, grips, bus bar boots and covers and also offer several dip molded medical devices, such as medical balloons. The company was founded by Brian Patrick Anderson in August 1963 and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

SG Americas Securities LLC (SGAS) is the securities broker/dealer subsidiary of SG Americas Securities Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by Société Générale SA (EPA: GLE) in France. Headquartered in New York City, SGAS offers capital markets and securities services for retail and institutional clients.

Credit Agricole Securities (USA), Inc. (Credit Agricole Securities USA) is a full service broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and formerly known as Calyon Securities USA, Inc. and Credit Lyonnais Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Global Partners, Inc., which is owned by Rue la Boétie SAS’s Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA) in France. Credit Agricole Securities USA provides investors’ customized solutions to ensure they achieve their execution objectives in the tradition of service excellence and product innovation.

Virtus Event Opportunities Trust operates as an open-end management investment company that provides risk-adjusted returns with relative volatility in virtually all market environments. The fund invests in event-driven stocks of companies involved in publicly announced mergers, takeovers and other corporate reorganizations, asset sales or other divestitures, restructurings, re-financings, recapitalizations, reorganizations and other special situations. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Valhalla, NY.

Founded in 1980 by William Green, Westchester Capital Management, Inc. is located in Valhalla, New York. The firm is also known as Green & Smith Investment Management LLC. In December 2010 the firm's investment portfolio was taken over by their successor firm, Westchester Capital Management LLC.

Westchester Capital Management LLC (Westchester) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Valhalla, New York. The firm was founded by Roy Behren and Michael Shannon in 2010 as the successor to Westchester Capital Management, Inc., a hedge fund manager that was originally formed in 1980 by William Green. In 2021, the firm was acquired by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS). Westchester provides investment advice to registered investment companies. Their flagship fund is The Merger Fund®, which was launched in 1989.

Pocket Social is a British company that provides social media and digital marketing services. The private company was founded by Lee Pickrell, Raj Ramanandi.

NowBetNow Ltd. develops software for the gaming industry. The company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded by Stewart Vassie, Lee Pickrell. Stewart Vassie has been the CEO since incorporation.

Digital Prophets Ltd (#1seed) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Raj Ramanandi and Lee Pickrell in 2011. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Oak Hill Capital Management LLC (Oak Hill Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of OHCM Management LLC founded in 1986 by Robert M. Bass. The firm is headquartered in New York.