Matthew Walker

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Foley & Lardner LLP engages in the provision of legal services. Its practice areas include employee benefits and executive compensation, environmental, estates and trusts, finance, international tax and transfer pricing, private equity and venture capital, real estate, securities, commodities and exchange regulation, taxation, and transactions. The company was founded by Asahel Finch and William Pitt Lynde on September 8, 1842 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. engages in provision of debt collection and management services. It offers purchasing and collecting charged-off accounts receivable portfolios from consumer credit originators. It provides credit originators such as credit card issuers, consumer finance companies, retail merchants, utilities and others an efficient alternative in recovering defaulted consumer debt. The company was founded by Rufus H. Reitzel, Jr. in 1962 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

Curi RMB Capital LLC (Curi RMB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Richard M. Burridge and Frederic Paulman in 2005 as RMB Capital Management LLC. They were acquired by Curi Capital LLC in 2024. Curi RMB delivers specialized financial advice and innovative investment solutions that are designed to preserve and grow assets for individuals, families, institutions, and employers.

Empowered Funds LLC (do-business-as ETF Architect) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Havertown, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Wesley R. Gray in 2013 and is owned by Alpha Architect LLC, which is a subsidiary of Empirical Finance LLC. ETF Architect offers investment management services through Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs).

Alpha Architect ETF Trust is an open-end management investment company consisting of multiple investment series. Alpha Architect was founded on October 11, 2013 and is headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.

2020, Inc. offers eye care services. It also offers delivers on-site eye care and eye exams to businesses and their employees via a mobile eye clinic. The company was founded by Howard Bornstein in 2013 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Pinteon Therapeutics, Inc. develops cancer and CNS therapeutics. It focuses on the discovery and development of therapeutics targeting Pin1. The firm specializes in aberrant disease processes and improves patient outcomes in medical need indications. The company is headquartered in Newton Centre, MA.

Cancer Targeting Systems, Inc. offers cancer care. The firm focuses on delivering cancer theranostic products combining imaging with therapy. The company was founded by Martin Pomper and Will West and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

SG Holdings LLC offers services to the agriculture industry. The company is headquartered in Harrisonburg, VA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Frontenac Co. LLC (Frontenac) is a private equity firm founded in 1971. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Soli Organic, Inc. produces herbs and spices. Its products include basil, arugula, dill, chives, parsley, oregano, sage, cilantro edible flowers and mint. The company was founded by Mike Sarco, Philip Karp and Ken Koehn in 1989 and is headquartered in Rockingham, VA.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

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

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

The Organic Trade Association is an organization that monitors and certifies every step of the organic chain in accordance with NOP guidelines. The association is based in Brattleboro, VT. Laura Batcha has been the CEO of the private company since 2014. The association's board of directors consists of fifteen people, each serving a term of three years. The USDA organic standards allow most natural substances in organic farming while prohibiting most synthetic substances.

Ataraxis Biosciences, Inc. manufactures and distributes food testing devices. The company was founded on April 9, 2015 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Empirical Finance LLC, also known as alpha architect, is an asset management firm that specializes in high-conviction value and momentum factor exposures. The private company is based in Havertown, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company aims to avoid "closet-index" factor exposures. The company was founded in 2010 by Wesley Robert Gray, who has been the CEO since 2010.

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.

Driscoll's, Inc. distributes fresh berries. Its products include strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and organic berries. The firm offers exclusive berry recipes, including healthy berry recipes. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Watsonville, CA.

CFA Society of Chicago is an investment analysts society that brings together nearly 4,200 top professionals involved in investment analysis. The society is based in Chicago, IL and is the oldest of its kind. The CFA designation is recognized by the society as a recognition of knowledge, skills, and abilities in security analysis and portfolio management. Christopher Thomas Vincent has been the CEO of the non-profit company since 2020.

ENYO Pharma SA operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm's research and development is focused on human infecting viruses, with the first two programs being dedicated to the treatment of severe and seasonal flu and chronic hepatitis B. The company was founded by Jacky Vonderscher, Jean-Jacques Garaud, Benoît de Chassey, Laurène Meyniel-Schicklin, Patrice André and Vincent Lotteau January 2014 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.

Apic Bio, Inc. engages in the development of treatment for neurological and liver diseases. It offers THRIVE, a platform that silences a mutant gene product and replaces a normal gene product in a single dual function vector. The company was founded by Robert H. Brown, Jr., John Reilly, and Christian Mueller in 2017 and is headquartered in North Cambridge, MA.

Alms Therapeutics SAS provides research and development in the treatment of diabetes. The company was founded by Jason Robert Dinges on July 4, 2017 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

CellCentric Ltd. develops and commercializes small molecule inhibitors for cancer. Its active programs include inhibitors to histone methyltransferases, histone demethylases and epigenetic enzymes that act via ubiquitin. The company was founded by Alun Huw Jones, Catherine Denise Prescott, Azim Surani and William Henry Lewarne West in May 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

NatureSweet Ltd. produces and markets tomatoes. Its brands include Jubilees, Eclipses, Cherubs, SunBurts, Glorys and Constellation. The company is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.