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Freeman Spogli & Co Inc (Freeman Spogli) is a private equity firm founded in 1983 by Bradford M. Freeman and Ronald Paul Spogli. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and their offices in New York.

CenturyLink Investment Management Co. (CIM) is a pension fund management firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Qwest Services Corp., ultimately held by Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN). CIM provides its services to pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and employee welfare benefit plans.

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Swander Pace Capital LLC (SPC) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Andrews Richards and J.B. Handley. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Genstar Capital Management LLC is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Dennis H. Chookaszian. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco., California.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Kurt Salmon US LLC provides management consulting services. The firm’s services include CIO advisory, global financial services, health care, and retail and consumer products. It offers logistics, marketing and merchandising, and information technology services. The company was founded by Kurt Salmon in 1935 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harris Williams & Co. provides investment advisory services. It offers investment banking, sell-side mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, fairness opinion, and restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by H. Hiter Harris III and Christopher H. Williams in 1991 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

James Taylor LLC manufactures beauty products. The firm offers products for face, body, lip, and kids such as lotions, oils, hand cream, moisturizers, body butter. The company was founded by Holly E. Thaggard and Stephen Emery in 2007 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Tarte, Inc. manufactures and distributes cosmetic products. It offers lipsticks, powder brushes and tools, primers, and nail poishes. The company was founded by Maureen Kelly in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Atlantic Aqua Farms Ltd. operates as a mussel farming and processing company. The firm offers mussels in fresh and frozen, oxygen tray and oyster packs. The company was founded by Brian Fortune and Robert Fortune in 1989 and is headquartered in Vernon Bridge, Canada.

The Lek/Alcar Consulting Group, Inc. provides business strategy consulting services. It offers strategy, finance, marketing and sales, operations, and transaction services including business unit strategy, brand management, pricing, alliances and joint ventures, product development, corporate transformation, and operations design. It serves the defense, energy, health, building and construction, aerospace, media, retail, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Andrew Kutter in 1983 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

NeoCarta Ventures, Inc. (NeoCarta Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by D. Jarrett Collins and Tom W. Naughton. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Hum Nutrition, Inc. manufactures and wholesales vitamins and supplements for skin, hair, and body. It offers solutions for dry skin, anti-aging, blemishes and acne, and cleansing and detoxification. The company was founded by Walter Michael Faulstroh and Christopher Henry Coleridge in 2012 and is headquartered in West Hollywood, CA.

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners LLC (e2P Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Smashmallow LLC engages in provision of marshmallow made with organic cane sugar and natural ingredients. Its products are made of gluten free and non-genetically modified organism ingredients. The company is headquartered in Sonoma, CA.

Krave Pure Foods, Inc. produces jerkys that are gluten-free and devoid of nitrites, monosodium glutamate, and corn syrup. Its products include basil citrus turkey, garlic chili pepper beef, and black cherry barbecue pork. The company was founded by Jonathan Sebastiani in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Offspring Beauty Co. offers clean, cruelty-free, and vegan skincare products that are high performance and affordable. The company is based in West Hollywood, CA and was founded by Katherine Power. The company's products are backed by experts and provide personalized regimens for real results. The company offers a range of skincare products including cleansers, moisturizers, serums, masks, and treatments for under $25. Offspring Beauty is known for being the cleanest drugstore skincare brand, with a hyper-focus on providing effective products at affordable prices.

Dune Analytics AS provides data analytics services. The firm develops free analysis tool for decoding contract data. The company was founded by Mats Julian Olsen and Fredrik Haga in 2018 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Presidio Partners is a venture capital firm founded in the year 1989 by Thomas R. Baruch. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

TSG Consumer Partners LLC (TSG Consumer Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Charles Howard Esserman. The firm is headquartered in Larkspur, California.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

CircleUp Advisors LLC (CircleUp Advisors) is a venture capital subsidiary of Brightflow AI. Inc founded in 2011 by Ryan Caldbeck and Rory Eakin. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Leaders in Tech is an American company that organizes the CareerTu conference, which features talks from bright minds focused on sharing ideas.

3Box, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud storage services. It offers profile, messaging, storage, and hub API products. The company was founded by Joel Thorstensson , Michael Sena, and Danny Zuckerman and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Performance Pet Nutrition LLC manufactures dog and cat natural treats, chews, and healthcare products. Its products include mini bakes, hip action, power bones, super food organics and jerky naturals. Its products are marketed through a chain of independent pet stores. The company was founded by Patrick M. Meiering in 1995 and is headquartered in Durango, CO.

Philly's Famous Water Ice, Inc. produces ice creams and flavored ice pops. Its products include swrilstix, swirlcups, popperz, and fruitdips. The company was founded by Alex Plotkin and Max Lapin in 1992 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.