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Fisher Asset Management LLC, dba Fisher Investments (FI), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Plano, Texas. The firm was founded in 1979 by Ken Fisher and is a subsidiary of Fisher Investments, Inc. FI manages the assets of a diverse global client base which includes corporations, public and multi-employer pension funds, foundations and endowments, insurance companies, health-care organizations, governments and high net worth families.

VerityStream, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise-class solutions that are transforming credentialing, enrollment, privileging, and evaluations for healthcare organizations. It serves outpatient facilities including ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care facilities, clinics, and medical groups. The company was founded by Micheal Kenneth Cation, Clifford A. Reid, and Michael S. Pliner in April 1988 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, WA.

TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC (TCIM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC, ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. TCIM provides investment management and certain administrative services necessary for the operation of the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), a diversified open-end registered investment management company that consists of eight accounts, that issues individual, group and tax-deferred variable annuity contracts.

Abmaxis Inc. develops pharmaceutical drugs. The company discovers and optimizes monoclonal antibody (mAb) products for human therapeutics and diagnostics. It has developed antibody engineering technology platform, Abmaxis in-silico Immunization (AISIM TM), which they are used for building an internal product pipeline and collaboration with global biotech and pharmaceutical partners. The company was founded in 2000 and is located in Santa Clara, CA.

Glass, Lewis & Co. LLC (Glass Lewis) is an independent investment research firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2003 by Kevin J. Cameron & Gregory P. Taxin. Glass Lewis provides investment research and advice on proxy votes to institutional investor and?publicly listed?companies. Their clients include pension plans, mutual funds, and asset managers.

Sauce Labs, Inc. provides mobile and web application testing tools for developers. The firm's products include Sauce OnDemand, Sauce Scout, Sauce Builder, and Selenium. It delivers instant cloud infrastructure that enables developers to release software faster across increasingly diverse browsers for the desktop and mobile web. The company was founded by Steven Hazel, Jason R. Huggins and John Dunham in July 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of C.M. Capital Corp., C.M. Capital Advisors LLC is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA.

Founded in 2008, Northcoast Research Partners LLC is an independent, full-service, institutional equity research firm located in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm is a subsidiary of Northcoast Research Holdings LLC. Their research coverage include: business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial/basic materials and accounting/tax policy.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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.

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.

Abbott Capital Management LLC (Abbott Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Raymond L. Held and Stanley Edward Pratt. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

Part of The Stronach Group, Inc., Golden Gate Fields is an American company that owns and operates a thoroughbred horse racetrack. Golden Gate Fields was acquired by Magna Entertainment Corp. from Hilton Hotels Corp. on November 08, 1999 for $77 million.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Indus Capital Partners LLC (Indus) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 by David Kowitz, Sheldon Kasowitz and Byron Gill. Indus provides investment supervisory and management services on a discretionary basis primarily to commingled private investments funds and institutional clients.

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

One Planet VC LLC (One Planet VC) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of One Planet Group Inc founded in 2015 by Payam Zamani. The firm is headquartered in Walnut creek, California.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Gratitude Management LLC (Gratitude Railroad) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Howard Fischer and Eric Jacobsen. The firm is headquartered in Park City, Utah.

Silicon Valley Bank provides commercial banking services. It offers banking services to the hardware and infrastructure, software and internet, life science and healthcare, energy and resource innovation, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

SV Angel LLC (SV Angel) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Ron C. Conway and David Lee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

City National Rochdale LLC (CNR) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of CNR Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY) in Canada. The firm was founded when Rochdale Investment Management LLC was combined with City National Asset Management, Inc. and City National Bank's investment management group, City National Asset Management. Headquartered in New York City, CNR provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individual investors as well as to registered investment companies and institutions.

Wells Fargo Bank, NA (Private Banking) (Wells Fargo Bank-PB) is the private banking division of Wells Fargo Bank, NA, a national bank headquartered in San Francisco, California. They are ultimately held by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a diversified financial services company. The firm was founded in 1998 as the result of the merger with Minneapolis-based Norwest Corp. Wells Fargo Bank-PB provides personalized wealth management solutions for individuals, multi-generational families, family offices, and institutional investors.

Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities represents the 28 Jesuit institutions of higher education located in the United States. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

3leaf Systems, Inc. offers server virtualization solutions to the enterprise data centers. It provides virtualization architecture that enables mainframe-class capabilities for commodity servers. The company was founded by Isam Akkawi, Bob Quinn and Scott Linda in June 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Jasper Ridge Partners LP /Private Equity/ is the private equity arm of Jasper Ridge Partners LP headquartered in the US, California. It was founded in 2013 by Mark Alan Wolfson.

Charles Schwab Investment Advisory, Inc. (CSIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Schwab Holdings, Inc., which is owned by The Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE: SCHW). CSIA provides portfolio management services for the Schwab Intelligent Portfolios (SIP) program. Clients of the SIP Program primarily include individuals, revocable living trusts, and individual retirement accounts.