Benjamin Joers

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

General Atlantic LLC (General Atlantic) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charles F. Feeney. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Kobalt Music Group Ltd. provides music publication services. Its services include music publishing, neighboring rights and label services. The company was founded by Willard Ahdritz and Johan Ekelund in 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice) is a private equity subsidiary of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Holdings LP founded in 1978 by Joseph L. Rice. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Palladium Equity Partners Advisor LLC is a Private Equity firm founded in 1997 by Marcos A. Rodriguez and Robert J. Lanigan. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

Dessange International SASU owns and operates hair salons and beauty institutes. It offers hair styling and care products. The firm also sells cosmetics, makeup products, and accessories. The company was founded by Jacques Dessange in 1954 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Deer Management Co. LLC (Bessemer Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1911. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Veritas Capital Fund Management LLC (Veritas Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Robert McKeon and Ramzi Musallam. The firm is headquartered in New York.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

National Seating & Mobility, Inc. provides wheelchairs and adaptive seating systems. It specializes in providing custom seating and mobility systems for teens, adults and seniors who are challenged with severe trauma, disease, and skeletal disorders. The firm offers services for individuals with permanent or long-term loss of mobility. The company was founded by William Michael Ballard in 1992 and is headquartered in Franklin, TN.

MidOcean US Advisor LP (MidOcean Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by James Edward Virtue. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Arcline Investment Management LP (Arcline Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Rajeev Joseph Amara. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Waybury Capital Management LLC (Waybury Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Nick Seshadri and Brandon Avrutin. The firm is headquartered in Carpinteria, California.

Thoma Bravo LP(Thoma Bravo) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Carl Dee Thoma and Orlando Bravo. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Madison Dearborn Partners LLC (Madison Dearborn Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by John A. Canning Jr., Paul J. Finnegan, Samuel M. Mencoff, Robin P. Selati, James N. Perry Jr. and Timothy P. Sullivan. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Water Street Healthcare Partners LLC (Water Street Healthcare Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

CBAM Partners LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2016, the firm was acquired in 2022 by The Carlyle Group, Inc. from Eldridge Industries LLC. CBAM Partners offers investment advisory services to a variety of institutional clients on a discretionary basis that are primarily focused on credit and, to a lesser extent, equities and other value-oriented investments through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and private funds (Funds including CLOs).

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

J.P. Morgan International Finance Ltd. provides financial services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

SIRIS Capital Group LLC (SIRIS Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Frank Baker, Peter Berger and Jeffrey Hendren. The firm is headquartered in New York, the United States.

Incline Management Corp.(Incline Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded by Jack Glover, Wali C. Bacdayan and Justin Bertram. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Lightview Capital LLC (Lightview Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Conor Mullett and Rich Erickson. The firm is headquartered in Summit, New Jersey.

ITE Management LP (ITE Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Jason Koenig, David Smilow and James Unger. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Redbud Brands LLC is an operating holding company that creates, incubates, and accelerates "better-for-you" consumer packaged goods and digital consumer brands in various sectors such as food and beverage, health and wellness, beauty, and pet. The company is based in Austin, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States. Redbud's founder, Brian Goldberg, has an impressive track record as a founder, c-level executive, investor, and advisor to more than 30 companies in the consumer products sector.

CAVU Venture Partners LLC (CAVU Consumer Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Rohan Oza and Brett Thomas. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Prysm Capital LLC (Prysm Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Jay Park, Muhammad Mian and Matt Roberts. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey with additional offices in San Francisco, California and New York.

Sycamore Partners Management LP (Sycamore Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Intrepid Investment Management LLC (Intrepid Investment) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Intrepid Financial Partners LLC founded in 2015 by Hugh McGee III and Christopher F. Winchenbaugh. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Dynamk Capital LLC (Dynamk Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Daniella Kranjac and Mario Kranjac. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

500 Startups Management Co LLC (500 Startups) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Dave McClure and Christine Tsai. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Spencer Stuart, Inc. provides leadership consulting and executive search services. The firm’s serves industries under the categories of technology, media & telecommunications, consumer, financial services, education, nonprofit & government, healthcare and industrial. It also offers corporate governance and board member recruitment services. The company was founded by Spencer R. Stuart in 1956 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Initiative For Global Development is a non-profit organization that works towards sustainable development and inclusive growth by engaging and utilizing the power of the private sector. The CEO of the American company is Leila Ndiaye.