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Spectrum Equity Management LP (Spectrum Equity) is an independent Private Equity firm founded in 1993 by Bill Peter Collatos and Brion Blackwell Applegate. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with an additional office in California.

Tudor Investment Corp. (TIC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1980 by Paul T. Jones, II. TIC provides discretionary investment advisory services to various hedge funds, private equity funds and managed accounts. Investors in these funds generally include high-net worth individuals and related entities, sovereign entities, pension funds, non-financial corporates, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, fund-of-fund vehicles and proprietary capital from current and former personnel.

Digital Island, Inc. provides network services for e-business applications. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Crossbeam Systems, Inc. provides security devices and solutions. The company was founded by Moisey Akerman, Stephen D. Justus and Throop M. Wilder in 1999 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Farallon Capital Asia Pte Ltd. (Farallon Asia) is an alternative investment management firm headquartered in Singapore. The firm was formerly known as Noonday Asset Management (Asia) Pte Ltd. They are a subsidiary of Farallon Capital Management LLC, which is owned by Farallon Capital Management LP in the US. Farallon Asia provides administrative services and discretionary investment management services to private investment funds, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement basis, and to managed accounts.

SmarterHQ, Inc. operates a customer intelligence driven cross-channel marketing platform. It enables retailers to leverage customer insights and experiences to create and execute the industries profitable cross channel marketing programs. The company was founded by Angel Morales and Dean W. Abbott in 2010 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.

Verrillon, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets fiber optic components. It offers optical fibers for harsh environments, such as temperature and pressure monitoring systems, gyroscopes, fiber lasers and communication components and modules. The firm also provides fibers that are encapsulated in a variety of metallic tubes; avionic cabled fibers for intra avionic platform communications; harsh environment optical fibers for extreme well conditions and custom fiber optic solutions. The company was founded in 2000 by Abdel Soufiane and is headquartered in Duncan, SC.

Ares Secondaries Group (Ares Secondaries) is a private equity subsidiary of Ares Holdings LP founded in 1989 by Brent R.Nicklas. The firm is headquartered in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.

Allegro Development Corp. provides software services. The firm offers ETRM software, allegro analytics, position visibility, risk management, controls and regulatory compliance solutions. It serves oil and gas production, petroleum refining, agriculture and forestry, mining, chemicals, metals, food, transportation, commercial and utility sectors. The company was founded by Eldon A. Klaassen in 1984 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Edison Venture Partners LLC (Edison Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by John H. Martinson in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Astadia, Inc. provides business consulting, marketing and technology services. Its services include cloud services, adoption and development services, managed information technology (IT), solutions and field engineering, workplace solutions, remote monitoring and management (RMM) solutions, legacy modernization, application portfolio management, and legacy application migration and data service. The company was founded by Blake A. Wolff, Jerry Huskins and Brent Mellow in 2002 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

Maine Technology Institute offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance. It is an industry-led, publicly-funded, nonprofit corporation that offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance in the form of competitive grants, loans and equity investment for the research, development and application of technologies that create new products, processes and services, generating jobs across Maine. The company was founded 1999 and is headquartered in Brunswick, ME.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute is a research institute founded in 1994 that provides collaborative solutions to ocean challenges. The non-profit company is based in Portland, ME.

Cliffwater LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in Marina del Rey, California. The firm was founded by Stephen L. Nesbitt in 2004 and serves as the investment adviser to corporate and public pension plans, endowments and foundations, financial institutions, investment advisers, other business entities, trusts, family offices, high net worth individuals and pooled investment vehicles.

Part of Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Capital Markets, Inc. provides investment advice. The company is based in Albany, NY.

Spring Lake Equity Management LLC (Spring Lake Equity Partners) is an private equity firm. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Expert Institute Group LLC develops and operates technology platform for transforming the way law firms across all practice areas access expertise. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Five Pine Partners was founded in 2016 by Richard J. Ganong. The American company advises and finances companies and entrepreneurs to make a lasting impact on their industries. The private company leverages their operational expertise, investment experience, and deep network to help their partners build meaningful businesses.