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Angelo, Gordon & Co. LP (Angelo Gordon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Michael L. Gordon in 1988. They were acquired by TPG, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPG) in 2023. Angelo Gordon invests on behalf of pension funds, corporations, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and individuals.

Kearney, Inc. provides management consulting services.

Ares Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative investment manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 by Merritt Hooper, John Kissick and Antony Ressler. They are a subsidiary of Ares Management Holdings LP and their ultimate parent is Ares Management Corp. (NYSE: ARES). Ares Management provides investment advice to various pooled investment vehicles, other separately managed accounts and other institutional clients.

Aurelius Capital Management LP (Aurelius) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 by Mark Brodsky and Adam Stanislavsky. Aurelius provides investment management and certain administrative and managerial services to private investment funds.

WineDirect Inc. provides solutions for the development and expansion of online wine marketplaces. It offers fulfillment solutions, such as shipping, inventory management, facilities, processing, 3-tier network, special handling, green practices, and export services. It also provides an ecommerce platform that offers shopping cart, content management system, CRM and marketing, integrations, wine club, allocations, performance, and direct-to-trade solutions, sales and marketing tools, and compliance services, including upfront services and monitoring tools, in-transaction compliance, and post-transaction compliance. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Napa, CA.

H.I.G. Whitehorse Advisers LLC (HIG Whitehorse) is a private equity arm of Bayside Capital Inc founded in 2004 by Anthony A. Tamer and Sami W. Mnaymneh. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

SnapMD, Inc. provides cloud software telemedicine services. Its services include telehealth consulting services, continuum care strategy, and marketing and advertising. The company was founded by George Tierney, David Skibinski, Doug Campbell, and Rustin Morse in 2013 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.

Avenue Capital Management II LP (Avenue US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner in 2000. They are a subsidiary of Avenue Management Holdco LP, ultimately held by GL Management LLC. Avenue US provides investment advisory services to private investment funds.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate, and Les Arps in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Credit) (Carlyle Group), subsidiary of The Carlyle Group Inc. is a private equity firm founded in 1987 by William E. Conway Jr., Daniel A. D'Aniello and David M. Rubenstein. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Guggenheim Partners LLC provides financial services. It offers investments, securities, and insurance services. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

DFJ Growth Management LLC (DFJ Growth) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Threshold Ventures, Inc. founded in 2006 by Barry Schuler, Randy Glein, John H. Fisher, and Mark Bailey. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Tri Counties Bank provides financial and banking services. It offers private and commercial banking, and investment services. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Chico, CA.

Compound Advisor LLC (Compound) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Lewis Gersh, David Hirsch and Marc Michel. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Smaato, Inc. provides mobile advertising solutions. It offers real-time bidding, ad exchange, and supply side platforms. The firm operates a publisher portal, which enables clients to create and manage ad spaces for their application or mobile site, download software development kit for different platforms and view additional documentation. It offers its advertising platform to mobile publishers, developers, ad networks, and operators. The company was founded by Ragnar Kruse, Harald Neidhardt, and Petra Vorsteher in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MerchEngines provides search marketing solutions to ad agencies, traditional media companies, online publishers, and local aggregators. It offers traffic generation solutions such as conversion technologies, call tracking & recording and lead capture & management. The company is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.

Part of Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Capital Markets, Inc. provides investment advice. The company is based in Albany, NY.

Founded in 1992, BC Partners, Inc. is a private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BC Partners Ltd., a London-based private equity firm.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPF&S) 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). MLPF&S provides 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.

CV Crypto Holding Co. LLC provides banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dorm Room Fund makes investments in college-bound startups in Philadelphia, focusing primarily on Penn and Drexel. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of technology services. It provides financing for seed stage capital requirements.

Archean Capital Partners (Archean) is a private equity firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

PathogenDX, Inc. develops and provides genetic level test kits for microbial contamination testing of cannabis, food, and agricultural products. It offers PDx-C for the cannabis testing market. The company was founded by Milan Patel, Michael Hogan, and Eric Lachance and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Coventure Holding Co. LLC other banking and financial services industry group. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Alpha Foods manufactures and distributes seasoning blends and recipes. The company was founded by Loren Wallis and Cole Orobetz in 2015 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.

Arrow Digital LLC operates as digital agency that offers design, software consulting, brand development and marketing strategy. It offers application development, systems integration, networking, web development, internet marketing, server application, data management, and system engineering services. The company was founded by Ryan Morgan in 2005 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL.

rmdy Wellness Co. operates online store for health supplements. The company was founded by Kate Kim and Ryan Morgan and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Part of Rothschild Concordia SAS, Rothschild & Co. engages in banking and private equity businesses. The company is based in Santiago, Chile.

The Capsule Group, Inc. manufactures capsule filling machines and capsule shells. It products includes RoboLQ Series Smart Liquid Capsule filling machines. The RoboLQ is the ideal all-in-one system for formulating and customizing capsule products. The firm specializes in Empty Capsule Manufacturing, Capsule Customization, Formulation Assistance, Full Installation & Staff Training, Clinical Trials, Flavored Capsules, Capsule Stability Troubleshooting, Technical Support and Brand Development services. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.