Jérôme Lacombe

CIBC Asset Management, Inc. (CIBC AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1972 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE, TSE: CM), a publicly traded Canadian chartered bank. CIBC AM manages assets on behalf of institutional, high-net-worth clients and underlying investors in their retail sponsored products.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Fondaction Le Fonds De Développement De La Csn Pour La Co(Fondaction) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1996.The firm is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

The Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec engages in the provision of investment and financial services. It offers cards, loans and credit, savings and investment, insurance, wealth management, accounts and cash management, capital markets, trusts services, and financing and credit. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Levis, Canada.

Desjardins Capital de risque, Inc. is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec founded in 1974. Desjardins Capital de risque, Inc. is headquartered in Montréal.

Optimum Asset Management, Inc. (OAM) is a Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of Optimum Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Gampoti, Inc. OAM provides portfolio management services to pension funds, corporations, insurance companies, foundations, religious orders, professional associations and private clients. They also manage the Optimum family of mutual funds. OAM is a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

Desjardins Securities, Inc. is the broker/dealer arm of the Desjardins Holding Financier, Inc., ultimately held by Le Mouvement des caisses Desjardins in Canada. Founded in 1991, the firm is headquartered in Montréal and has an additional office in Toronto. Desjardins Securities offers businesses and institutions with a complete range of securities brokerage products and services through its investment advisors and its Disnat Online Brokerage division. The firm is an approved participant on the Montreal Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, as well as a participating member of the TSX Venture Exchange. In addition, Desjardins Securities is a member of both the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF).

StrategicNova, Inc. provides mutual fund and investment management services. The firm offers a wide range of mutual funds and alternative investment products that are fully diversified by asset class, geographic region, style, cap size, investment advisor, and tax type. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

BDC Venture Capital (BDC Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1975. The firm is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Addenda Capital, Inc. is an investment management firm headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. The firm was founded in 1996 and is a subsidiary of Co-operators Financial Services Ltd., which is owned by The Co-Operators Group Ltd. Addenda Capital provides solutions to its institutional and private high net worth clients.

The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal provides advice, training, events, business plans, financing, and more to help businesses start and grow. The non-profit company is based in Montreal, Canada. The Canadian company also organizes events, conferences, and training, and have pillar sponsors who contribute to the prosperity of businesses and the city. The organization also offers a program to encourage women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The CEO of the company is Michel Leblanc.

Univalor, Inc. engages in the provision of research and development services. The company was founded on April 27, 2001 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Community IT Innovators, Inc. provides business consulting services. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Claret Asset Management Corp. (Claret) is an independent Canadian portfolio management firm headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded by Alain Chung and William “Bill” Kovalchuk in 1996. Claret manages private portfolios mainly for clients in North America.

Finance Montréal is a financial services company based in Montréal, Canada. The Canadian company provides financial services. Mario Albert has been the CEO of the private company since 2015.

Founded in 1969, CIBC World Markets Corp. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The firm provides a range of credit and capital market products, investment banking and merchant banking services in North America and worldwide. They offer a range of advisory services, as well as underwrite debt, credit and equity products for corporate, government and institutional clients. CIBC world Markets Corp. also provides equity products and services, fixed-income services, foreign exchange products and solutions, securitization and credit structuring services, as well as trades and distributes short-term debt instruments. In addition, the firm originates financial solutions including credit products for medium-sized businesses in Canada. They also provide private equity, mezzanine and bridge financing to companies in North America, Europe and Australia. The company is based in New York City

TransferTech Sherbrooke manages research intellectual property. It provides protection, exploitation and valorization of research results. The firm also applies valuation strategies to commercialize technologies, either as licenses or spin-off businesses. The company was founded in January 2007 and is headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Part of Enterprise Facile SAS, Evol Global Services SARL provides externalized information technology services. The company is based in Brignais, France. Evol Global Services was acquired by Enterprise Facile SAS on July 22, 2015.

Consortium Québécois sur la Découverte du Médicament (CQDM) is a not-for-profit biopharmaceutical research consortium based in Montréal, Canada. CQDM's mission is to support and facilitate multi-stakeholder collaborative R&D aimed at accelerating the translation of innovative technologies into solutions that address unmet medical needs, while generating significant benefits for the Quebec and Canadian economy. CQDM funds the development of innovative tools and technologies that accelerate the discovery and development of safer and more effective drugs. The company's Quantum Leap pharma-led funding program for drug discovery research helps SMEs or Canadian universities achieve innovative translational biopharmaceutical research projects. CQDM's SynergiQC-International program is designed to promote university-based industrial research in the biopharmaceutical field with collaborators outside, that will generate economic benefits. The non-profit company was founded by Max Fehlmann.

Sectoral Asset Management Inc (Private Equity) (Sectoral Asset Management) is a private equity subsidiary of Sectoral Asset Management, Inc. founded in 2008 by Michael Sjöström. The firm is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec.

Federation des Caisses Desjardins du Quebec (Research), do-business-as Desjardins Economics Studies, is the investment research division of Federation des Caisses Desjardins du Quebec in Canada. Headquartered in Lévis, the firm focuses on: (1) analyzing the impact of economic environments and financial markets and produces forecasts (2) promoting the economic expertise and reputation of Desjardins Group and (3) evaluating Desjardins' activities and results on savings and credit markets.

La Financière Constance, Inc. (LFC) is a Canadian investment management and advisory headquartered in Montréal, Québec. The firm was founded by Olivier Armangau in 2015 and is a subsidiary of Validus Risk Management Ltd. in Great Britain. LFC offers niche absolute return investment strategies to individual and institutional investors.

Immune Biosolutions, Inc. develops polyclonal, recombinant chicken antibodies, diagnostic tools, nutraceuticals and antibody based drugs to explore and resolve health issues. The firm’s products include light speed, sunrise, sunshine-in-a-box, eclipse blocking reagents and aurora detection reagents. The company was founded by Frédéric Leduc, Simon Gaudreau and Jean-François Larrivée in 2012 and is headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Entreprises Nolk, Inc. develops a data and analytics platform for e-Commerce brands. The Canadian company's focus is on providing insights and tools to help e-Commerce businesses make data-driven decisions.

Nolk Enterprises, Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in data analysis and providing performance metrics and analytical insights for e-commerce websites. Nolk is based in Montréal, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada and the United States. The company works with direct-to-consumer businesses to help them scale and achieve greater success. Nolk prides itself on being honest, human, and collaborative, offering tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of each business. The company was founded in 2018 by Alexandre Renaud, François Arbour, and Josh Felker, with Alexandre Renaud serving as the CEO since then.

Part of iA Financial Corp., Inc., iA Global Asset Management, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Quebec, Canada.