Bill McNichols

Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ (Cercano Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Cercano Management LLC founded in 1986 by Paul Gardner Allen. The firm is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

Broadpoint.Gleacher Asset Management provides investment banking and asset management services. The firm provides strategic advisory services to corporations around the world, principally related to mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, strategic alliances and financings. Broadpoint.Gleacher was founded in 1990 by Eric Gleacher and is headquartered in New York City with an additional office in Greenwich, Connecticut. They are a subsidiary of BroadPoint Securities Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPSG) and their ultimate parent is MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC.

Rose City Radio Corp. owns and operates radio stations. It operates Radio Northwest Network which airs programming on KXL-FM to affiliates. The company is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Goldfinch Partners LLC (Goldfinch Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Bill McNichols and Sean Collins. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Goldfinch Partners Pty Ltd. is a private equity firm that invests in software and technology-enabled services businesses with a focus on digital transformation across industry verticals. The private company is based in Mt. Goldfinch Partners has approximately $1 billion of committed equity invested and investment professionals in multiple locations. Pleasant, AU. The Australian company was founded in 2018 by Bill McNichols and Sean Collins, who have decades of experience investing and serving in senior operating roles at leading companies.

Convera USA LLC is based in Denver, CO. Patrick Gauthier has been the CEO of the private company since 2021. Convera helps over 30,000 businesses manage FX risk and streamline cross-border payments—securing more value in every transaction.

Vesta Corp. provides electronic payment solutions. It processes secure payments for goods and services through various channels, including Internet, mobile phones, retail point of sale, and mobile commerce applications. The firm also offers mobile payment platform for mobile operators that support various products, such as prepaid top up, bill payments, mobile broadband payments, content payments, connected devices, and mobile commerce. It serves the telecommunications, financial services, technology, and e-commerce industries. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, OR.

Catalant Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of an online platform for MBA graduates and businesses to offer and get projects. The firm’s services include strategic business planning, mergers and acquisitions strategy, data analytics and business analytics, finance and accounting, market research, technology and digital, operational and process improvement. The company was founded by Patrick Petitti, Robert Biederman, Peter Maglathlin, David Connolly and Joseph Miller in 2013 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

23 5 Degrees Topco Ltd. operates Starbucks franchise coffee shops. Its franchising brands include Burger King, Wimpey and KFC. The company was founded by Anil Patil in February 2013 and is headquartered in Southampton, the United Kingdom.