Marc M. Snover

Stratifund, Inc. provides online crowd funding research and education platform. It provides independent, unbiased and centralizes source of information. The company was founded by Marc Snover, Alex Thaler, Jeff Julkowski, Jeff Yurecko, Dean Banks and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Part of Peoples Bancorp, Inc. (Ohio), Vantage Financial LLC is a national lessor of equipment to middle market companies in a variety of industries. The company is based in Excelsior, MN, with regional offices located around the country. The company provides value-added technology leasing solutions based on long-term client and partner relationships. Vantage Financial offers flexible solutions for the utilization of technology equipment. The company was founded in 2011 by William Ryan Foudray, who has been the CEO since 2011. Vantage Financial was acquired by Peoples Bancorp, Inc. (Ohio) on March 07, 2022, for $54 million.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.