Patrick Driscoll

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.

Washington Analysis LLC is an institutional research firm headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded in 1973 and is a subsidiary of Accounting Research & Analytics LLC, which is owned by MSCI, Inc. (NYSE: MSCI). Washington Analysis focuses on anticipating and analyzing changes in public policy that will impact the financial markets. Their expertise lies in assessing investment risks and opportunities arising from legislative, judicial and regulatory developments across the sectors most impacted by policy developments including financial services and housing, healthcare, energy (including utilities/FERC, oil & gas, pipelines and renewables), defense, tax, trade and TMT (tech, media and telecommunications).

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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.

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.

Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ISS) is an investment research firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. The firm was founded in 1985 and is owned by Viss Intermediate LLC, which is ultimately held by Deutsche Börse AG (ETR: DB1) in Germany. ISS provides corporate governance and responsible investment solutions globally to other investment advisers, including investment advisers to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, broker-dealers, asset owners, asset managers, banks or thrift institutions, hedge funds, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and other institutional investors, as well as law firms, and universities. The firm also provides data to third parties for use in thematic based indices. Their solutions include objective governance research and recommendations; responsible investment data, analytics, and research; end-to-end proxy voting and distribution solutions; turnkey securities class-action claims management provided by Securities Class Action Services, LLC (ISS SCAS); reliable global governance data and modeling tools; asset management intelligence, portfolio execution and monitoring, fund services, and media.

Holland & Hart LLP provides legal services. It delivers integrated legal solutions to regional, national, and international clients of all sizes. The company was founded by Stephen H. Hart and Joe Holland on July 1, 1947 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP provides legal services. It offers corporate and alternative entities law, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, structured finance, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, intellectual property and labor and employment, among others. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker P.A. provides legal services. Its service areas expertise include alcoholic beverage and liquor Licensing, antitrust and trade regulation, appellate law, bankruptcy and creditors rights, biotechnology law, business and financial services, business planning, closing cost calculator, commercial finance, lending and litigation, cybersecutiry and data privacy, employment and labor law. The company founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Potomac, MD.

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

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

The National Foundation for Cancer Research is a non-profit organization that provides funding to scientists for cancer research. The non-profit company is based in Bethesda, MD. The company's mission is to support life-saving discoveries for cancer patients.

Dreamit Ventures LLC (Dreamit Ventures) is a venture capital and accelerator firm founded in 2008 by David Bookspan, Michael Levinson and Steve D. Welch. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA with an office in New York, NY.

Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories, Inc. manufactures laser and amplified systems and fiber lasers. Its products include extreme ultraviolet sources, vacuum ultraviolet source, integrated systems, ultrafast TI:s laser, fiber lasers and measurement products. The company was founded by Henry C. Kapteyn and Margaret M. Murnane in November 1994 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital & Technologies provides business acceleration and support services. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Smashburger Franchising LLC engages in the operation of fast-food burger chains. It also franchises fast-food burger chains. The company was founded by Thomas Ryan and Richard Schaden on March 5, 2008 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

C5 Capital Ltd. (C5 capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Andre Pienaar and Nazo Moosa. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Washington and Luxembourg.

The Deming Center Venture Fund(Venture Capital) (DCVF) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

University of Maryland Ventures(University of Maryland Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of University of Maryland founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Vestar/Colorado Impact LLC (CIF) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Vestar Capital Partners, Inc. founded in 2014 by James P. Kelley. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Baceline Investments LLC (Baceline Investments) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Douglas Arnold, Craig Zoellner and David Puchi. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Mach37 LLC (Mach 37) is a venture capital subsidiary of Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation founded in 2013 by Jason Chen. The firm is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.