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Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Formerly known as Kaim Non Traditional LP, the firm was founded in 1984 by Richard Kayne and John Anderson. They are owned by Richard Kayne through his majority ownership of Kayne Anderson Investment Management, Inc. Kayne Anderson provides investment supervisory services through privately offered pooled investment vehicles, and to a lesser extent, through separate accounts and mutual funds.

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

John G. Ullman & Associates, Inc. (JGUA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Horseheads, New York. The firm was founded by John G. Ullman in 1978. JGUA provides portfolio management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable institutions, foundations, endowments, trusts and US corporations.

Walt Disney Studios provides film production services. The firm produces and distributes through the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone and Hollywood banners. It also runs Walt Disney Feature Animation. The company was founded in 1939 and is located in Burbank, CA.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

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.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Intel Capital Corp (Intel Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Intel Corp founded in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. The firm is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. provides marketing services for consumer electronics, information systems and home appliance products. It delivers digital consumer electronics, mobile products and wearables, wireless infrastructure, information technoogy and home appliance products. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ.

The UCLA Foundation collects and manages funds for social purposes. It receives contributions made by alumni, friends, private foundations and corporations on behalf of UCLA’s many schools, units and departments, disburses the contributions according to the expressed wishes of the donor and actively promotes philanthropy across the campus. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

ORIX Growth Capital LLC (ORIX Growth Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of ORIX USA Corp founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

Wolfe Research LLC is a FINRA-registered sell-side research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Edward Wolfe in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Wolfe Holdco LLC. Wolfe Research provides bespoke research of various stocks in every major GIC sector for institutional clients. The firm has established a reputation for macro research underpinning coverage in Industrials, Utilities/Energy, Consumer/Retail, Financials/REITS, Healthcare and TMT.

Gideon Hixon Fund LP invests in companies located in the United States. The fund focuses on a broad range of sectors. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from USD 0.1 - 1.5 million.

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures LLC (SAEV) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Oil Co. founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

ClearSky Power & Technology Partners LLC (ClearSky) is a private equity/venture capital firm co-founded in 2012 by James Huff and Jay Leek. The firm is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida with offices in New York and San Francisco.

Alpine Global Management LLC (Alpine Global) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Charles M. Kim in 2008 as Alpine Partners VI LLC and changes their name to Alpine Global Management LLC in 2016. Alpine Global provides investment advisory and management services to various clients.

Longevity Funds LLC (Longevity Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Laura Deming. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Touchdown Ventures, Inc. (Touchdown Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David B. Horowitz, Scott Lenet and Rich M. Grant. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Safer Made LLC (Safer Made) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Marty Mulvihill. The firm is headquartered in North Branford, Connecticut.

Forteil GmbH develops an application tool that enables customers to benefit from their credit scoring and financial data and help customers optimize their financial situation. The company was founded by Gamal Moukabary, Andreas Bermig, Josef Korte and Jan Ortmann in 2015 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

SiteTracker, Inc. develops enterprise project management software for site based projects. It serves to telecommunications, utilities, smart cities, and alternative energy industries. The company was founded by Timothy May and Brett Cupta in 2013 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Ericsson Ventures (Ericsson Ventures) is a venture capital division of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson founded in 1900. The firm is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India (Vertex Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Zaige Waste Management Holding Group (Aus) Ltd. engages in the business of recycling scrap materials and plastic wastes for the production of finished products, through its subsidiary Zaige Business. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Handan, China.

Securing SAM Ltd. engages in the development of cybersecurity technology platform. It protects the connected home by securing threats at the source. The company was founded by Eilon Lotem, Shmuel Schafets, Sivan Rauscher and Nati Hazut in 2016 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Capitalise.Com Platform Ltd. engages in the operations of online lending platform. Its solutions include asset, invoice, trade, and property finance, working capital, and merchant cash advance. It specializes in agriculture, automotive, business services, construction, courier, distribution, fashion, and manufacturing sectors. The company was founded by Paul Surtees and Oliver Antony Maitland in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Pensando Systems, Inc. operates as an edge computing startup firm. It develops enterprise and cloud computing software. The company was founded by Mario Mazzola, Prem Chand Jain, Luca Cafiero and Soni Jiandani in 2017 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Part of Senlin Investments Co. Ltd., Cl Securities Taiwan Co. Ltd. is a leading Asian capital markets and investment group based in Taipei, Taiwan. The Taiwanese company offers equities, corporate finance & capital markets, asset management, research, corporate access, and investor forums services to connect institutional investors to ideas and companies to capital. Cl Securities Taiwan Co. is consistently ranked in polls for its award-winning research, corporate access, and commitment to the highest levels of client service. The company is known for providing institutional investors and leading corporations unrivaled insights, superior execution, and access to capital. The CEO of the company is Ming Kai Cheng.

Weaveworks Ltd. develops weave network technology services. It offers tool for developers to connect, observe and control Docker containers. The company was founded by Alexis Richardson and Matthis Radestock in 2014 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.