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American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP provides legal services. The firm serves to banking and financial services, energy, food and beverage, government entities, health care, information and technology, life science and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Louis D. Brandeis and Samuel D. Warren in 1879 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Cohu, Inc., Optonics, Inc. develops integrated solutions used for emission-based optical diagnostics and failure analysis for advanced semiconductor products. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Israel Niv, Nader Pakdaman, James S. Vickers. Optonics was acquired by Credence Systems Corp. on January 22, 2003 for $17.52 million.

Part of Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., Design Analysis Group is a Canadian company that provides engineering software and services. The company is located in Canada. Design Analysis Group was acquired by Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. from HGE, Inc. on August 12, 1998 for $2 million.

Shopping.com, Inc. provides online shopping services. The company was founded by Dion Lim in 1998 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

BigFix, Inc. provides global information technology infrastructure services. The company was founded by David Donoho and David S. Hindawi in 1997 and is headquartered in Armonk, NY.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

MassVentures (MassVentures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1978 by Charles Hipwood. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Cooley LLP engages in the provision of legal services. It offers strategic litigation and business transaction services and is a representative of private and public companies, financial institutions, venture capital firms and nonprofit organizations. Its practices include commercial litigation; patent counseling and prosecution; employment and labor; asset recovery; and estate planning and personal representation. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

SkyLake Investment Co Ltd (SkyLake Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Daeje Chin. The firm is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Adero Partners LLC (Adero) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm was founded by Michael Edward Spector as Vista Wealth Management Group LLC. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Focus Operating LLC, ultimately held by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS). Adero offers financial planning, investment management, and tax services for families and individuals.

FEI EFA, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic semiconductors. The firm develops and sells circuit analysis and edit tool for wafer and package semiconductor products. It provides Meridian WaferScan for backside wafer-level analysis. The company was founded by Israel Niv in 2008 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Kokam Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture of polymer processing machineries and batteries. Its products include polyester film manufacturing and polarized film production systems, lithium polymer, batteries, battery packs and modules. It serves the industrial, medical, marine and electronic vehicle markets. The company was founded by Ji Jun Hong in 1989 and is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea.

The Capital Network, Inc. is a private company based in Wellesley, MA that provides founder-focused fundraising education programs. The company aims to create a more inclusive and accessible funding ecosystem to support female and other first-time founders of early stage startups. The company offers three programs: the Fellowship for Female Founders, Fundraising Readiness Workshops, and the Investment and Inclusion Series. The Fellowship for Female Founders is a six-month program that has helped over 90+ female founders raise over $85m in capital. The company also offers ongoing workshops for first-time startup founders and a series of honest conversations to bring about meaningful systemic change. The Capital Network has a network of 300+ investors and sponsors who help them make the fundraising ecosystem work for everybody. The company was founded by Ashkan Afkhami and Chula Reynolds.

SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

F7 Ventures LLC (F7 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Kelly Graziadei and Joanna Lee Shevelenko in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

Lee Financial Group Hawaii, Inc. (LFG) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. The firm was founded by Terrence K.H. Lee in 1988 as Lee Financial Group, Inc. LFG provides portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, high-net-worth individuals, corporations and other business entities, pension and profit-sharing accounts, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, governments/municipalities, and a registered investment company.

Parade Ventures Management LLC (Parade Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Shawn Merani. The firm is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

SCHRAMM Holding GmbH manufactures and supplies a range of technical and custom-tailored coating solutions. It supplies coatings to manufacturers of a range of goods such as complete interior coating solutions and functional coatings for metal components for the automotive market, as well as coatings for handsets and component manufacturers for the mobile handset market. The firm also offers coatings for home appliances and consumer electronics manufacturers. The company was founded in 1810 and is headquartered in Offenbach am Main, Germany.

Atlassian Corp. Plc is a holding company, which engages in the design, development, license, and maintenance of software and provision software hosting services. Its products include Jira software, Jira Align, Core, and Service Desk, Confluence, Trello, Bitbucket, Sourcetree, Bamboo, Opsgenie, and Statuspage. The company was founded by Michael Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar in 2002 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Evolution Advisors LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in New York.

Edible Ventures Group LLC (Edible Ventures Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Vista Venture Partners LLC (Vista Venture) is venture capital firm founded by Fern Mandelbaum in 2014. The firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

ACE Equity Partners Co. Ltd. (ACE Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Yeong-Man Koh. The firm is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.