Peter Rogers

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

RS Investment Management Co. LLC (also known as RS Investments) is an investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1986, the firm was acquired by Victory Capital Management, Inc. from The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America in July 2016. They operate as an independent franchise within Victory Capital's multi-boutique model. Each of the teams within the RS franchise continues to operate autonomously. RS Investments provides investment advisory services to mutual funds, institutions, private pooled investment vehicles, and high net-worth individuals.

Lucid Design Group, Inc. provides a platform for tracking energy, water, and gas consumption. Its product BuildingOS aggregates data from building automation systems, sub-meters, lighting and plug load controls, on-site generation systems, demand response providers, and electric and gas utilities to provide a comprehensive picture of buildings' performance. The firm's solutions include resource optimization, compliance reporting, occupant engagement, finance and planning and portfolio management. The company was founded by John Edmund Petersen, Michael Edward Murray, Gavin Matthew Platt and Vladislav Kantchev Shunturov in 2004 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Founded in 1990, Pacific Crest Securities LLC is an independent investment bank and SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The firm is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). Pacific Crest Securities participates in the following types of business: (1) making inter-dealer markets in corporate securities over-the-counter (2) retailing corporate equity securities over-the-counter (3) underwriting and selling group participant securities (4) retailing mutual funds (5) dealing in U.S. government securities (6) trading securities for their own account and (7) private placements of securities. The firm does not engage in transactions involving commodities, commodity futures or commodity options. Their investment banking activities include providing advisory services related to M&A transactions. Pacific Crest Securities focuses exclusively on the technology sector. They seek to identify emerging trends and provide insight and solutions to institutional investors, venture capitalists and technology companies in North America and Europe. Pacific Crest Securities provides equity research, institutional sales and trading, merger and acquisition advisory services, public company financings, private company financings and corporate services. Within the technology sector, Pacific Crest Securities targets a variety of industries including: (1) government policy regulation (2) clean technology (3) Internet and digital media (4) software and systems (5) communications technologies and (6) semiconductor technologies.

Founded in 1998 by William R. Hambrecht, WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They provide research that focuses on the (1) Asia-Pacific, biotechnology, business applications and services sectors (2) the China Internet and technology sector (3) consumer (4) enterprise software and Internet (5) gaming technology (6) Internet (7) medical technology (8) nanotechnology (9) networking and data infrastructure (10) semiconductors and devices and (11) specialty pharmaceuticals.

Dry Creek Ventures LLC (Dry Creek Ventures) is a venture capital firm Founded in 2007 by Peter Rogers and David Smith. The firm is headquartered in Healdsburg, California.

The Sonoma Land Trust provides environmental services. The non-profit company is based in Santa Rosa, CA.