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Private Management Group, Inc. (PMG) is an independent SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Irvine, California. The firm was founded by Dennis Reiland in 1986. PMG provides advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans and other ERISA accounts, trusts, estates, business entities, and other similar parties.

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.

A.K. Peters Ltd. publishes books and journals. It publishes journals of graphics tools, experimental and internet mathematics. The firm offers textbooks, advanced professional publications, trade titles, etc. The company was founded by Alice Peters and Klaus Peters in November 1992 and is headquartered in Wellesley, MA.

Credit Karma, Inc. engages in the provision of credit score rewards and monitoring services. It offers personalized savings and account management programs for credit cards, student, automobile, and business loans. The company was founded by Kenneth Lin, Nichole Mustard, and Ryan Graciano in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Datalogix Holdings, Inc. provides database marketing and digital media solutions. It offers core infrastructure for data-driven marketing by connecting digital advertising to offline sales. The firm serves the retail, automotive, consumer packaged goods, and financial sectors. The company was founded by Robert W. Gierkink and Tim Wright in 2002 and is headquartered in Westminster, CO.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. They offer institutional sales and trading services. Their broad institutional coverage includes investors in North America, Canada, UK, Europe and other international territories.

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.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Fenwick & West LLP provides legal services to technology and life sciences clients. Its practice areas include antitrust and unfair competition, appellate, complex business litigation, copyright, corporate and securities, employment and labor, executive compensation and benefits, intellectual property, and IP litigation. The firm offers legal advisory services in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, patent prosecution, privacy and information security. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Veritas Capital Fund Management LLC (Veritas Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Robert McKeon and Ramzi Musallam. The firm is headquartered in New York.

New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC (Asset Management) (ROTH AM) is the investment management division of ROTH Capital Partners LLC, a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1984, the firm is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings LLC. ROTH AM is a full-service investment banking firm that provides financing and advisory services to emerging growth companies worldwide.

Tech Coast Angels, Inc. (Tech Coast Angels) is an angel firm founded in 1997 by Luis Villalobos. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

R42 Group LLC (R42 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Ronjon Nag. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Expa Capital (Expa Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Garrett Camp. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in New York, Los Angeles, and London.

Regeneration VC LLC (Regeneration.VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, 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.

Vance Street Management LLC (Vance Street) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Richard R. Crowell and Richard K. Roeder. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Ponvalley is an American company that empowers entrepreneurs to address the challenges of the day and build great companies of tomorrow. The private company is named after the location of this home, where great artists mingled with educators, futurists, civic and business leaders. The company has a deep-rooted family history in entrepreneurship and architecture, and believes that anything is possible with the right vision and hard work. Ponvalley started in 1944 when an inner city history teacher had a dream to build and live in a Frank Lloyd Wright home. Maria Llambias has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

SavingStar Inc. provides digital grocery eCoupon rewards services. Its eCoupons are linked to supermarket and drugstore loyalty cards and automatically adds the value of each eCoupon redeemed into users' SavingStar accounts, enabling them to pick their pay out from cash to gift cards to charity donations. The company was founded by David Rochon and Michael Libenson in April 2011 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

AT Consulting LLC provides information technology services. It offers IT applications implementation, development, support and maintenance consulting services; operation and strategy business consulting services. The firm offers consulting services for telecommunications, finance, state bodies, and other sectors. The company was founded by Sergey Shilov in 2001 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Minerva Institute for Research & Scholarship engages in facilitating the administration of grant-funded research, and advocating for broad reform in higher education. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Applied Real Intelligence LLC is a venture capital firm. The company is based in Beverly Hills, CA. The company was founded in 2018 by Zack Ellison.

Inspirit Ai, Inc. provides artificial intelligence intensive programming for high school students. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company offers online mentorship to students who want to learn from the best. The company was founded by Artem Trotsyuk.

BTIG LLC is an institutional brokerage and fund services firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 through the merger of Baypoint Trading LLC and Bass Trading LLC. They are a subsidiary of Condor Trading LP. BTIG offers institutional and corporate clients with personalized multi-asset class execution, expertise and insights worldwide across equities, equity derivatives, ETFs, fixed income, futures, commodities, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, and convertible and preferred securities. The firm’s core capabilities include global sales, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more.

Bank of America, NA (Private Banking) (Bank of America-PB) is the private banking arm of Bank of America, NA, which is a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1947 and is also known as US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Bank of America-PB serves the needs of high net-worth and ultra-high net-worth individuals and families by providing comprehensive wealth management products and services that focuses on wealth structuring (wealth planning, trusts and estates, philanthropy, custody services), investment management (portfolio consulting, asset management, capital markets, specialty asset management) and credit and banking (financial management tools, liquidity services, custom credit, real estate finance).

Magnet Venture is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Georgia Lu. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Convivialité Ventures LLC (Convivialité Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Pernod Ricard SA founded in 2017 by Stephane Longuet and Brandon Yahn. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Eurasia Group Ltd. is a private global political risk research and consulting firm headquartered in New York. The firm was founded by Ian Bremmer in 1998. Eurasia Group provides advisory and consulting services for business decision-makers and investors. They offer unique and integrated products and services that combine best-in-class political risk advisory with the tools required for success in today's politically charged global economy.