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Fred Alger Management LLC (FAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm is wholly-owned by Alger Group Holdings LLC, which in turn is wholly-owned by Alger Associates, Inc. Founded in 1964, FAM provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to institutional investors through separate accounts, US and foreign registered and privately offered funds, as well as through a third-party sponsored bank collective investment trust; and to retail investors through wrap programs and US and foreign registered pooled investment vehicles.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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

PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

SymphonyAI Sensa LLC develops interactive analysis and visualization software. Its technology is used to discover new drug therapies, uncover the causes of diseases, root out financial fraud, accelerate energy exploration, discover customer segmentation and complement other Big Data solutions. The company was founded by Gurjeet Singh, Gunnar Carlson and Harlan Sexton in 2008 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Delphi Ventures Inc (Delphi Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1988 by James Bochnowski. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

LMCG Investments LLC (LMCG) is an independent employee-owned, SEC-registered investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was originally founded by Lee Munder in 2000 as Lee Munder Investments Ltd. and changed its name into LMCG Investments LLC at the end of 2014. LMCG offers a broad range of investment strategies and solutions to institutional and private clients, globally.

Part of Bank of America Corp., Banc of America Securities Asia Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides securities brokerage services. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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.

Innovation Endeavors LLC (Innovation Endeavors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Dror Berman and Eric E. Schmidt. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is a global investment banking firm, SEC-registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). MLPFS provide investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other types of business.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of PSQ Holdings, Inc., PublicSq., Inc. is a company that provides information technology services. The company is based in West Palm Beach, FL. The company was founded by Michael Seifert, who has been the CEO since incorporation. PublicSq. was acquired by Colombier Acquisition Corp. on July 19, 2023 for $206.77 million.

Gradescope, Inc. develops software that enables instructors to grade paper-based assignments and exams online and to provide feedback. It offers Gradescope, an application that helps instructors save time on grading. The company was founded by Sergey Karayev, Pieter Abbeel, Ibrahim Awwal, and Arjun Singh in 2014 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

The Thiel Foundation awards grants to groups that empower people to improve their lives, champions organizations and individuals who expose human rights abuses and authoritarianism. It programs include The Thiel Fellowship, Breakout Labs and Imitatio. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of LMCG Investments LLC, Serenitas Capital LP provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Andreas Eckner. Serenitas Capital was acquired by LMCG Investments LLC on May 01, 2015.

Silverware Software LLC develops mobile applications.

Part of X Holdings Corp., Ubalo, Inc. provides micro blogging services. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. Ubalo was acquired by X Corp. (United States) on May 09, 2013.

OrphAI Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm engages in matching drugs to diseases and identifying the care for individual patients using Guardian Angel Artificial Intelligence algorithm. The company was founded by Tian Xu, Jonathan M. Rothberg and Henri S. Lichenstein in 2013 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

The Mount Sinai Health System, Inc. provides health care system services. It is an integrated health care system providing exceptional medical care to our local and global communities. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tempus AI, Inc. is a healthcare technology company, which engages in bringing artificial intelligence and machine learning to healthcare. It focuses on building platforms for oncology, neuropsychiatry, cardiology, infectious disease, and radiology. The company was founded by Eric Paul Lefkofsky in August 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Bridgetown 3 Holdings Ltd. is a blank check company, which engages in effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on January 4, 2021, and is headquartered in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

NuMedii, Inc. discovers and de-risks effective new drugs by translating Life Sciences Big Data into therapies. Its Big Data technology, originally developed at Stanford University, utilizes large amounts of scientific data together with proprietary biological network-based algorithms to discover drug-disease connections and biomarkers that are predictive of efficacy. The firm translates these predictions into novel de-risked drug candidates and partners with pharmaceutical companies for development and commercialization. The company was founded by Gini Deshpande, Joel Dudley and Atul J. Butte in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Hoy Health LLC is a private company founded in 2017 that operates as a platform for online medications and healthcare professional consultation. The company is based in Morristown, NJ and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Concord Health Partners LLC (Concord Health Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Joseph Swedish and James Olsen. The firm headquartered in Summit, New Jersey.

The American company was founded by Nick Johnson, Cheng Zhang, and Marcel van der Brug, with Cheng Zhang serving as the CEO since incorporation. Character Biosciences is focused on developing therapies for ophthalmic and other progressive polygenic diseases. The company has developed a platform that integrates genomics with longitudinal clinical data to select drug targets and match therapies to the right patients. Currently, Character Biosciences is advancing two lead drug discovery programs through preclinical development for dry age-related macular degeneration.

Scientia Ventures LLC (Scientia Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Jonathan Finn. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Think Bioscience, Inc. is a company that is revolutionizing synthetic biology by utilizing living systems to create better medicines. The company is based in Boulder, CO and was founded by Jerome Fox, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company's approach to drug discovery involves a combination of applied microbiology, enzymology, and computational science to develop small-molecule therapeutics for difficult-to-treat conditions.

Factor[E] Ventures Ltd (Factor[E] Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Bryan Willson. The firm is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado with additional offices in Nairobi, Kenya and London, United Kingdom.