Daniel Kennedy

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

The Yucaipa Cos. LLC is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Ronald Wayne Burkle. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Sabre Holdings Corp. provides tours and travel services. It also offers online reservations for airlines, hotels, cruises, car rental companies and vacation packages. The company is headquartered in Southlake, TX.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Oak Hill Advisors LP (OHA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Glenn August in 1991 and was acquired by T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW) from Oak Hill Advisors GenPar LP in 2021. OHA provides investment advisory services to various pooled funds, CLOs and single investor mandates and a publicly traded business development company (BDC).

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.

Forensic Logic LLC provides software-as-a-service information technology to local/state/federal government workers and private sector organizations interested in using the fullest possible breadth of relevant data to combat crime and reduce the human and economic losses resulting from criminal activity. It offers LEAP Search, an intuitive search function that provides law enforcement officers on the ground immediate access to data necessary to perform their jobs; and LEAP Analytics tools that allow users to not just assess past crimes, but predict where and when crimes will occur next. The company was founded by Robert L. Batty in 2003 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.

Quinn Foods LLC operates online snacks food stores. Its snacks include microwave and popped popcorn, pretzels, real butter tastes better and popping kernels. The company was founded by Kristy Lewis and Coulter Lewis and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Duke University Health System, Inc. engages in the provision of health care services. It offers cancer treatment, primary care, orthopedics, aesthetics, and fertility services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Implus Footcare LLC manufactures and distributes footwear. Its brands include SOF SOLE, Perfect, SOF COMFORT, airplus, ICEtrekkers, balega and FitDeck. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Industry Ventures LLC (Industry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Johan Douwe Swildens and Tom Litle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

Cogent Partners LP provides investment banking and financial advisory services to the private equity sector. It provides due diligence, fund and portfolio valuation, secondary sale structuring and execution, and private equity vehicles restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by Colin Sean McGrady and Brian P. Mooney in 2001 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

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.

BDT Capital Partners LLC (BDT Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of BDT & MSD Partners LLC founded in 2009 by Bryan Trott. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

S28 Capital LLC (S28 Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Ho Chow and Ho Kent Ching-Tak. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

ZitSticka, Inc. operates as an evidence-based skincare brand that focuses on acne treatment. It offers KILLA patch that provides acne-fighting ingredients. The company was founded by Robbie Miller and Robbie Miller and Daniel Kaplan on February 19, 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sunrise Strategic Partners LLC (Sunrise Strategic Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Stephen Hughes and Vincent Love. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Malk Organics LLC provides food and beverage services. Its products include maple pecan and unsweetened vanilla almond malk. The company was founded by August Vega in 2014 is headquartered in Houston, TX.

PayPal Ventures (PayPal Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of PayPal Holdings, Inc founded in 1900. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Herbivore Botanicals LLC provides cosmetics products. Its products include natural skin-care, body-care, and grooming. The company was founded by Julia Wills and Alexander Kummerow in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Helen of Troy Ltd., Recipe Products Ltd. is a haircare brand that offers complete regimes for all hair types, with a focus on textured and curly hair care. The company is based in London, UK. The brand began as an online community in 2018, offering haircare content on YouTube and Instagram, and has since grown to become synonymous with clean, curly haircare. The brand's premium product lines include moisture, scalp care, strength, and hair makeup recipes, with vegan and cruelty-free products. The essential moisture shampoo and conditioner are the latest addition to the Curlsmith family, with benefits such as increasing moisture by 87% and providing long-lasting frizz control. The products include food-inspired staple ingredients such as betaine, avocado, coconut, sunflower oil, and andiroba, shea butter, resurrection flower, and a blend of aloe, sage, rosemary, pepper, and basil extracts. The British company was founded in 2015 by Michal Mariusz Berski, who has been the CEO since then. Recipe Products was acquired by Helen of Troy Ltd. on April 25, 2022 for $192.64 million.

Orangewood Partners Management LLC (Orangewood Partners Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Alan S Goldfarb. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Boulder Food Group LLC (Boulder Food Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Tom Spier. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

O2 Partners LLC manufactures designs and engineers footwear insoles products. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Amherst, MA.

Dawn Anderson LLC retails home furnishings. It specializes in consumer packaged goods, whole food superfood bars, certified vegan, certified gluten free, nongmo, organic and natural healthy food production. The company was founded by Dawn Anderson in 2013 and is headquartered in Kihei, HI.

Draft Ventures LLC (Draft Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Artia Moghbel and David Rodriguez. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.