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Connecticut Innovations, Inc (CI) is venture capital firm founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

Citibank NA engages in the provision of banking services. It offers retail and commercial banking; credit cards; banking, capital markets, and advisory; markets and securities services; private banking; and treasury and trade solutions. The company was founded on June 16, 1812 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

TA Associates Management LP(TA Associates) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is founded in 1968 by Peter Brooke a subsidiary of TA Associates Management Holding LP.

Wellspring Capital Management LLC (Wellspring Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Greg Feldman and Martin Davis. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Vector Capital Management LP (Vector Capital Management) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1997 by Alexander R. Slusky. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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.

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.

Harvest Partners LP (Harvest Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1981 by Harvey Wertheim and Harvey Mallement. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (Aquiline Capital) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Jeffrey W. Greenberg. The firm is headquartered in New York City with an office in London.

Marshall Wace North America LP (MWNA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of MWAM NA Ltd., ultimately held by MW Group LP in Great Britain. MWNA provides advisory services to private collective investment vehicles and separately managed accounts.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Achievement First operates as a public charter school in New Haven. It serves in five cities across Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island. The company was founded by Doug McCurry and Dacia Toll in 2003 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Hellman & Friedman LLC (Hellman & Friedman) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

OCM Distressed Debt Group (OCM) is an private equity firm founded in 1995 by Bruce Allen Karsh and Sheldon Michael Stone. The firm is an operating division of Oaktree Capital Management LP. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. provides membership network for learning and expertise. The firm promotes knowledge exchange through conversations, small group convenings, mentorships, surveys, and other interactions with its network of experts. The company was founded by Alexander Saint-Amand, Thomas D. Lehrman, and Mark Gerson in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Oberland Capital Management LLC (Oberland Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Jean-Pierre Naegeli and Andrew Rubinstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

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.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a private equity firm founded in 1979 by Patrick Welsh, Russ Carson and Bruce Anderson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Quad-C Management Inc (Quad- C Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Long Ridge Equity Partners LLC (Long Ridge Equity Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2007 by James D. Brown. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Gravis Capital Partners LLP (Gravis Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded In 2008 by Nick Parker, Nigel Taee, Rollo Wright, Ronan Kierans, Stephen Ellis, Stephen West and Tom Ward. The firm is headquartered in London.

Sprints Capital Management Ltd (Sprints Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Per Henrik Persson. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Founded in 2009, WR Securities LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Wolfe Holdco LLC. They provide securities dealer services, as well as merger and acquisition advisory services. WR Securities also participates as an underwriter or selling group member in public offerings. The firm provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. WR Securities in a member of FINRA.

Point72 Europe (London) LLP (P72) is a hedge fund manager headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 2015 and is a subsidiary of Point72 Asset Management LP, ultimately owned by Point72 Capital Holdings LP in the US. P72 is a sub-investment manager to certain affiliated investment management entities based outside the UK.

Insight Venture Management LLC (Insight Venture Partners) is a private equity/ venture capital subsidiary of Insight Holdings Group LLC founded in 1995 by Jeffrey L. Horing and Jerry Fred Murdock. The firm is headquartered in New York.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Clearview Healthcare Partners LLC is a consulting firm serving the life science sector. Its services includes pharma, biotech, medtech, diagnostics, advanced analytics, pricing and market access. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sentinel Capital Partners LLC (Sentinel Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by David Lobel, John McCormack, and Frank Richardson. The firm is headquartered in New York.