Shima Rayej

Founded in 1972, Stonegate Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer located in Dallas, Texas. The firm specializes in raising capital and moving large blocks of stock for companies with market-caps of $25 million to $500 million. They focus particularly on high-quality, undervalued companies in high-growth industries that have low institutional ownership and little or no following among Wall Street analysts. Stonegate Securities seeks to connect small-cap companies with long-term, fundamental institutional investors. The firm is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Topping Capital LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. The firm was founded by Robert Topping to provide investment advice to high net-worth clients.

GlobeMed Ltd. provides healthcare services. The private company is based in Road Town, British Virgin Islands and has subsidiaries in United Arab Emirates.

Cumulus Funding, Inc. operates as a consumer finance company. It offers loans through an income share agreement that allows workers to receive funds in exchange for a percentage of the income. The company was founded by Nathan Popkins and Adam Ginsburgh in November 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.