Nick Smith

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.

HealthCor Holdings, Inc. provides comprehensive home health care services. The private company is based in Dallas, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Avondale Partners LLC is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded by Robert Shepherd and Philip Krebs in 2001. Avondale Partners provides financial advisory services as well as equity and fixed income underwriting and private placement services to public and private companies throughout the US, Canada and Europe. They focus on middle-market companies in the healthcare sector.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Symbiosis Capital Management LLC (SymBiosis) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Micronoma, Inc. is a cancer-detection company that uses signals from circulating microbial nucleic acids in blood to diagnose cancer at an early stage with microbiome-driven liquid biopsy technology. Micronoma is headquartered in San Diego, CA. The company aims to revolutionize and advance the practice of early cancer diagnostics and personalized treatment through sensitive microbiome techniques, ensuring that patients' needs are identified and addressed by their clinicians at the earliest stage for a better chance to live longer, healthier lives. The company was founded in 2019 by Sandrine Miller-Montgomery, Greg Poore, Rob Knight, and Magda Marquet. Sandrine Miller-Montgomery has been the CEO since 2019.

Siolta Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutic microbial consortia to prevent and treat inflammatory diseases. Its pipeline includes STMC-103H, STMC-144M, and STMC-123R. The company was founded by Susan V. Lynch and Nikole E. Kimes in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

River Road Asset Management LLC (River Road) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The firm was founded in 2005 by R. Andrew Beck, Henry W. Sanders III, and James C. Shircliff. They are a subsidiary of RRAM Acquisition LLC, ultimately owned by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). River Road provides institutional separate account and investment sub-advisory services to a broad range of domestic and international clients.

2nd Generation Capital is a private equity firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Perella Weinberg Partners LP (PWP) is the registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Perella Weinberg Partners Group LP. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 2005 by Joe Perella, Peter Weinberg and Tarek Abdel-Meguid. PWP offers full spectrum of brokerage services to retail clients.

Summit Materials LLC manufactures construction materials. It uses its materials internally to produce ready-mixed concrete and asphalt paving mix. The firm operates through the following segments: West, East, and Cement. The company was founded by Thomas W. Hill in 2009 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Altitude Ventures (Altitude Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Landfund Partners (Landfund Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by John R. Farris. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

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.

Truxton Trust Co. is a wealth management firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. They are a subsidiary of Truston Corp. (OTCMKTS: TRUX). The firm was founded by Donald Thurmond in 2003 as Nashville Bank & Trust Co. Truxton Trust provides private banking, wealth management, trust, and family office services for wealthy individuals, their families and business interests.

Hunting Hill Global Capital LLC (Hunting Hill) is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Adam Guren and Chidozie Ugwumba in 2010. Hunting Hill serves as investment manager to pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts. Investors in the Hunting Hill Funds are financially sophisticated individuals and institutional investors.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Violet Defense Group LLC develops germicidal technology. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Celebration, FL.

Assurance Capital LLC (Assurance Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Seth D. Ellis, David Ellis, and Anthony Yanni. The firm is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

CTx Operations, Inc. operates as a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company. It develops novel cellular therapeutics. The company was founded by Saar Gill and Michael Klichinsky in 2017 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Clene Nanomedicine, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which develops therapeutic candidates for neurodegenerative diseases. It focuses on the development of therapeutic nanocatalyst, CNM-Au8, for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases with a Phase 3 study underway in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and concurrent Phase 2 clinical programs ongoing for the neuroreparative treatment of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and ALS. The company was founded by Reed N. Wilcox and Mark G. Mortenson in 2013 and and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Partners Group Inc. (United States) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Partners Group (Private Equity) founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Houston.

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

Stellular Bio, Inc. develops technology to produce independent human platelets from human induced pluripotent stem cells. The company was founded by Jonathan Thon, Joseph Italiano and Sven Karlsson in 2014 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.