Michael Mack

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Gradient Analytics LLC (Gradient) is an independent equity research firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. It was founded by Carr Bettis and Donn Vickrey in 1996 and formerly known as Camelback Research Alliance. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sabrient Systems LLC, which acquired the firm in August 2011. Gradient has particular expertise in financial analysis, forensic accounting and executive behavior. They publishes academically rigorous, unbiased, objective insights into the financial performance and equity valuation of liquid publicly traded companies globally for mutual fund managers, hedge fund managers, and other professional money managers.

RESQ Investment Partners LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. The firm was founded in 1998 and offers RESQ Fund range to institutional and individual investors.

Wolfe Research LLC is a FINRA-registered sell-side research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Edward Wolfe in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Wolfe Holdco LLC. Wolfe Research provides bespoke research of various stocks in every major GIC sector for institutional clients. The firm has established a reputation for macro research underpinning coverage in Industrials, Utilities/Energy, Consumer/Retail, Financials/REITS, Healthcare and TMT.

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

Shanghai Electric Corp. manufactures electrical and mechanical products. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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.

Higher Ground Labs Management LLC (Higher Ground Labs) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Shomik Dutta and Andrew Mclaughlin. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Catalist LLC develops voter's databases for the organizations. It maintains and constantly updates a complete national database of voting age persons. The firm provides web based analytics tools and voter database of all voting-age individuals in the United States to progressive organizations and campaigns. The company was founded by Laura Quinn in 2006 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Corsair Capital LLC (Corsair Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Maximillian Management LLC founded in 2015 by Nicholas B. Paumgarten. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Amulet Capital Partners LP (Amulet Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Ramsey A Frank and Jay B Rose. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

No Borders, Inc. engages in the business of deploying marketing, consulting, e-commerce, technology development, and products in verticals whose existing market participants are behind the curve of technological adoption, creating outsized disruption, and profitability opportunities. It also focuses on the human and pet wellness cannabinoid market, and medical and dental equipment and supplies vertical. The company was founded on May 28, 1999 and is headquartered in Mesa, AZ.

Paxos Trust Co. LLC operates as a global exchange marketplace for virtual currencies trading. It flagship products is Bankchain, a distributed network that expedites and secures the clearing and settling of assets. The firm also offers bitcoin exchange and OTC trading services. The company was founded by Richmond Teo and Charles G. Cascarilla in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Pearson Plc, US Congress Handbook, Inc. is a company that provides political information over the Internet. US Congress Handbook, Inc. is located in the US. US Congress Handbook was acquired by English Language Learning & Instruction System, Inc. from Maxus Technology Corp. on July 26, 2000.

SVB Capital Management LLC (SVB Capital Management) is a venture capital arm of SVB Financial Group founded in 2000 by Aaron Gershenberg and Gregory Becker. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Trinity Capital Investment LLC ("Trinity") is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2008 by Steven L. Brown. The firm is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

World Wide Wheat LLC provides plant breeding services. The firm produces durum wheat, hard red spring and winter wheat, hard white spring and winter wheat, soft white spring and winter wheat, low input (drought tolerant) wheat, barley, malting and food, and oats. The company was founded by Sheldon E. Richardson in 1996 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Tryke Cos. LLC manufactures and sells cannabis. Its products include Tryke Black Label, Tryke Gold Label, Tryke Platinum, Tryke Diamond, Khalifa Kush and Tryke Concentrates. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Justice Cannabis Co. is a private company that develops cannabis products and experiences. The company is based in Aurora, OR. The company's mission is to make people feel good and they pride themselves on expert curation, honest connection, and a commitment to quality. The company was founded in 2014 and the CEO is Darin Carpenter.

Nature's Miracle, Inc. is an agriculture technology company that provides services to growers in the controlled environment agriculture industry, including vertical farming. The company is based in Upland, CA. The company offers integrated solutions that include hardware and software to design, build, and operate various indoor growing settings such as greenhouses and indoor-growing spaces. Nature's Miracle has established its first manufacturing footprint in the United States with its grow-light assembly plant and is expected to set up additional manufacturing/assembly facilities. The company was founded by Tie Li, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Chardan Capital Markets LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Kerry Propper and Steve Urbach in 2003. The firm offers a range of services which include capital raising, merger and acquisition advisory, strategic advisory, equity research, corporate access and institutional trading to institutional clients.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Deloitte LLP (New York) engages in the provision of audit, consulting, tax, and advisory solutions. It offers services relating to tax, consulting, audit and assurance, Deloitte private company services, mergers and acquisitions, risk and financial advisory, analytics, and cloud. The company was founded by William Welch Deloitte, George A. Touche, Charles Waldo Haskins, and Elijah Watt Sells in 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

RF Code, Inc. develops information technology solutions for environmental monitoring and asset management. It offers data-driven software, integrated applications, dashboards and reporting, asset management, monitoring, and professional solutions. Its products include asset tags, sensors, readers and real-time location systems (RTLS) devices, software, and distributed network closets. The company was founded by Robert P. Ufford, Mitchell Medford, and Roc A. Lastinger in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.