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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).

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Savant Capital LLC, do-business-as Savant Wealth Management (Savant), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Rockford, Illinois. The firm was founded by Thomas Muldowney in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Savant Capital Holdings LLC, owned by SCMI, Inc. (formerly known as Savant Capital Management, Inc.). Savant offers investment management, financial planning, retirement planning, and family office services to financially established individuals, families, and businesses.

Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. operates a construction industry trade association. The firm is involved in government representation, legal advocacy, education, workforce development, communications, technology, recognition through national and chapter awards programs, employee benefits, information on best practices and business development through an online contractor search directory. It is construction industry's voice with the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the federal government and with state and local governments. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

R.W. Murray Co. provides construction management services for developers, brokers and companies. Its services include due diligence, site consultation, feasibility studies, preliminary design studies, maintenance & repair facilities, floor coverings and lobby renovations. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Citibank NA engages in the provision of banking services. It offers retail and commercial banking; credit cards; banking, capital markets, and advisory; markets and securities services; private banking; and treasury and trade solutions. The company was founded on June 16, 1812 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

English Construction Co., Inc. provides contracting and design services. It offers design and build, pre-construction, construction management, and general contracting services. The company was founded by William Benjamin English in 1909 and is headquartered in Lynchburg, VA.

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.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Whatnot, Inc. is a livestream shopping platform that connects buyers and sellers in real-time across various categories, including collectibles, fashion, and sneakers. The company is based in Marina del Rey, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. Whatnot's top sellers earn up to eight figures annually using the platform. The platform was founded by collectors and provides rigorous seller vetting and unmatched buyer protection to create a trusted and welcoming space for people to share their passions with others. The company was founded in 2019 by Logan Head and Grant LaFontaine, with Grant LaFontaine serving as the CEO since 2019.

Revenuecat, Inc. provides home based healthcare services. It offers nursing services, infusion pharmacy, and home medical equipment. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Snapdocs, Inc. designs and develops a mobile notary software. The firm offers Snapdocs platform. The company was founded by Aaron King in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Y Combinator LLC (Y Combinator) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Billionbrains Garage Ventures Pvt Ltd. engages in the provision of investment and advisory services. The company was founded by Ishan Bansal, Neeraj Singh, Harsh Jain, and Lalit Keshre and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Vouch, Inc. develops financial and insurance technology. The company was founded by Sam H. Hodges and Travis Hedgei is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Convoy, Inc. engages in provision of trucking and shipments services. The company was founded by Lewis Dan and Grant Goodale in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Venture Highway LLP is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2015 by Samir Sood and Neeraj Arora. The firm is headquartered in India.

eShop Ventures SL operates as an e-commerce company. It engages in designing and implementing all kinds of e-commerce initiatives in open telecommunications networks. The company was founded by Rafael Garrido Rodrigo and Alfonso Maria Merry del Val on November 15, 2012 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Pacific Architects & Engineers, Inc. provides integrated services to support missions. It offers defense support services specializing in aviation and ground vehicle maintenance at various levels, including aerospace ground equipment and precision measurement equipment, exercise/event planning, staging and life support. The company was founded by Edward A. Shay in 1955 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Tresmares Private Equity SGEIC SA (Tresmares Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of Tresmares Capital Corporate SL founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with an additional offices in the United Kingdom & Portugal.

Formas y Envases SA is a Spanish company founded in 1995 that specializes in providing customized packaging solutions for the food industry using plastic thermoformed containers. The company is based in Reocín, Spain. The company manufactures and market containers, films, and sheets for the food industry, utilizing modern technological advancements with state-of-the-art machinery.

Qualitas Equity Partners SGEIC SA (Qualitas Equity Partners) is a private equity arm of Qualitas Equity Funds SGEIC SA founded in 2002 by Eric Halverson, Sergio Perez and Borja Jesus Perez Arauna. The firm is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

MFV Manufacturing SL designs, manufactures, and installs solar power plants. Its products and services includes photovoltaic power plants fixed structures, tracker, roofing, green-house, and anchors. The company was founded on October 22, 1999 and is headquartered in Llíria, Spain.

Golden Spring Internet of Things, Inc. engages in the provision of solutions for radio frequency identification (RFID) products and applications. Its products include manufacturing high-end intelligent equipment; RFID reader and related production; materials such as contactless smart card raw materials, raw materials for electronic tags, and dual interface smart card raw materials; and robot and vision automation machine. The company was founded by Xiao Dong Zhang and Hong Wu on January 14, 2004 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Olympic Gold Quest is an Indian company that provides training for sports and games. The private company was founded in 1998. The company is based in Mumbai, India.

Rappi SAS is an online grocery platform that operates in an undisclosed location. The Colombian company was founded in 2014 by Simon Borrero, Felipe Villamarin, Juan Pablo Ortega, Guillermo Plaza Roche, Andres Bilbao, and Sebastian Mejia. Simon Borrero has been the CEO since 2014.