Per Bjorkman

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Provident Group is a boutique investment banking and advisory firm founded in 1998 by Wall Street veterans, dedicated to servicing the middle markets within the Americas and other select emerging markets through the structuring and private placement of client transactions. Provident Group has a highly articulated global network of relationships with institutional investors with which it places its transaction flow, consisting primarily of large macro and emerging market hedge funds, private equity funds, pension funds and insurance companies. Provident Group's most valuable asset is it professional team, drawn from top buy and sell side Wall Street firms including Lehman Brothers, Salomon Brothers, Bear Stearns, JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank Capital Partners.

Founded in 1999, Bulltick Capital Markets LP is a broker/dealer located in Miami, Florida. The firm offers financial products including sales, trading and investment banking services. Their client-base is comprised of the main financial institutions and qualified investors in Latin America as well as in the international financial community with investment interests in the region

Business News Americas Ltda. provides online business news services. It offers daily business information and intelligence on Latin America. Its services include the publication of analytical reports, news, statistical data, project, and company profiles covering 10 industrial sectors – mining and metals, electric power, oil and gas, infrastructure, water and waste, petrochemicals, ICT, banking, insurance, and privatization. The company was founded by Greg Barton in 1996 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

Part of Unilever Plc, Unilever Brasil Ltda is a Brazilian company that provides everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene, and personal care through various brands that aim to help people feel good, look good, and get more out of life. The company also has a focus on accessibility, as seen in their efforts to teach girls about self-esteem through their Dove brand.

Intrinsic Capital Partners is a private equity/venture capital firm founded by Gerald Stahlecker, Cornelius Merlini, and Howard Goodwin. The firm is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Courier Plus LLC designs, develops, and operates an e-Commerce platform for cannabis pickup and delivery. The firm offers dutchie platform. The company was founded by Evan Ross Lipson, Zach Lipson, and Sam Ellis in 2017 and is headquartered in Bend, OR.

Alternate36, Inc. engages in the operation of a cannabis dispensary. It enables consumers purchase cannabis products in-store and online. The company was founded by Kenneth Ramirez and Lauren Murphy and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

iDuGuud, Inc. is a technology platform that allows loyalty point holders of participating loyalty point providers to convert their loyalty points into cash that can then be converted into charitable donations. The website provides users with access to information related to charities, works of authorship, and other content, as well as to a variety of services, including the ability to search and select charities through the pointworthy website. The American company charges a processing fee of 10% from the donation to cover the costs of processing and disbursement. The website also provides the option to use loyalty points to purchase an e-gift card, which can be redeemed for charitable donations to any of the organizations listed on the website.