Sean Foster

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (Dimensional) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by David Booth in 1981 and is a subsidiary of Dimensional Holdings LLC, which is wholly-owned by Dimensional Holdings, Inc. Dimensional primarily manages securities and other assets for institutional investors. They also manage securities and other assets for high-net-worth individuals and clients of independent financial advisors. The firm is the investment adviser to various SEC-registered investment companies which represent separate funds in aggregate, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Formerly known as Kaim Non Traditional LP, the firm was founded in 1984 by Richard Kayne and John Anderson. They are owned by Richard Kayne through his majority ownership of Kayne Anderson Investment Management, Inc. Kayne Anderson provides investment supervisory services through privately offered pooled investment vehicles, and to a lesser extent, through separate accounts and mutual funds.

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.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. designs, manufactures and launches rockets and spacecrafts. It develops the partially reusable launch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9. The company was founded by Elon Reeve Musk in 2002 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, CA.

Cognia, Inc. operates molecular information centers. It engages in the development and distribution of information solutions for pharmaceutical, scientific research, and biotechnology communities in the United States. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Earth Partners LP provides land restoration services to rebuild soils, water resources, habitat, carbon and other critical ecosystem functions. The company operates in two divisions: Mitigation Capital and Bioeconomy Capital. The Mitigation Capital Division is a quick expanding real assets division of the company that acquires and develops land for conservation and mitigation. The Bioeconomy Capital Division is focused on sustainably produced wood and native grass derived products for markets like bio-heating, animal bedding, absorbents, packaging, and soil amendments. The company is headquartered in Brodhead, WI.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Ardent Health Services LLC engages in the operation and management of acute-care hospitals and other medical facilities. Its hospitals provide medical and surgical, psychiatric, and substance abuse services to patients ranging from children to adults. The company was founded by Charles A. Elcan in 1993 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Part of LoyaltyPoint, Inc., Synergy Solutions, Inc. develops commercial applications software for Palm computing devices. The company is based in New York, NY. Synergy Solutions was acquired by LoyaltyPoint, Inc. on November 15, 1999.

Peking University provides post-secondary education services. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses. It provides courses such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, sciences of medicine, management, and education. The company was founded by JiaNai Sun in 1898 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc. provides research & contributions to clinical trials, prevention and cancer control. The firm operates as National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center. The company was founded by Lee H. Moffitt in 1981 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

NetSeer, Inc. provides contextual advertisement targeting solutions for advertisers and publishers. It offers NetSeer BRAND, a solution that creates custom programmatic channel for campaigns and NetSeer RESPONSE, provides audience-targeting insight, optimization, and amplification to elicit response. The company was founded by Behnam Attaran Rezaei and Vwani Roychowdhury in March 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Sapphire Ventures LLC (Sapphire Ventures) is a private equity and venture capital firm, subsidiary of SAP Ventures Investment GmbH founded in 1996 by R. Douglas Higgins and Andreas Markus Weiskam. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Necessary Ventures LLC (Necessary Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Neil Devani. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta Platforms Technologies LLC develops video calling display applications. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA.

Citadel Securities LLC is a registered market maker headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Kenneth Griffin in 2001 and is a subsidiary of GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Securities provides execution services to meet the liquidity needs of asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies, and public pension programs. They offer services across a broad array of fixed income and equity products.

M2Gen Corp. provides informatics-based solutions to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of personalized medicine. Its solutions include Total Cancer Care Protocol and ORIEN Avatar. The company was founded by William S. Dalton in 2006 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Electric Hydrogen Co. manufactures and delivers powerful electrolyzers for critical industries to produce low-cost green hydrogen. The company is based in Los Altos, CA. The company's complete 100MW solution includes all system components required to turn water and electricity into green hydrogen. The company's advanced PEM technology helps critical industries achieve their climate objectives by making green hydrogen an economic inevitability. Electric Hydrogen has a team of nearly 300 people with offices in undisclosed locations. The company was founded in 2020 by David J. Eaglesham, Raffi Garabedian, and Paula Doran. Raffi Garabedian has been the CEO since incorporation.

Thesis Couture, Inc. designs women's footwear. It specializes in advanced technology, fashion, and fashion-tech. The company was founded by Dolly Singh and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Beijing iHandy Mobile, Inc. engages in the research, development, and operation of mobile applications. It offers system tools, life gadgets, and content entertainment products. Its system tool products include max cleaner, max security, and color flash launcher. Its life gadgets products involve super-bright light emitting diode flashlights. Its content entertainment products consist of daily horoscope plus, and cartoon avatars and emoticons. It uses software development kit to provide advertising services to third party advertising platforms in the form of banner, interstitial, and native ads. The company was founded on August 7, 2008 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

UCAR Technology, Inc. is a holding company that engages in the operation of online taxi services through internet and mobile platforms. Its business includes software technology development, technical services, computer technology training, technology transfer, and technical advisory. The company was founded on June 27, 2002 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Prime Movers Lab LLC (Prime Movers Lab) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Dakin Sloss. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

Launcher, Inc. engages in development of rockets which delivers small satelites to orbits. The company was founded by Max Haot and is headquartered in Hawthorne, CA.

Twelve develops a device that recycles carbon dioxide into chemicals and fuels. The company was founded by Kendra Kuhl, Nicholas Flanders, and Etosha Cave and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.