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3com Megahertz Corp. provides voice and data networking products and services. The company was founded by Robert M. Metcalfe, Howard S. Charney and John P. Marshall in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

The Black & Decker Corp. manufactures power tools, electric lawn and garden tools, hardware and home improvement products. The firm has been setting the standard for innovation and design of power tools, accessories, outdoor yard care equipment, home cleaning products, automotive and lighting products, hardware and other home improvement products. The company was founded by S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker Sr. in 1910 and is headquartered in Towson, MD.

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.

The Sheridan Group, Inc. provides printing and publishing services. Its printing services include transferring content onto printing plates in pre-press, printing the content on press, binding the printed pages into the finished product and distributing the finished product to either the customer or the ultimate end user. The firm specializes in web, offset, digital printing and publishing technologies, eBook conversion and distribution, composition and editorial services for journal publishers, mobile content solutions, journal, magazine, catalog and book printing. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD.

JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC (JonesTrading) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California. The firm was founded in 1975 and is owned by Jones & Associates, Inc. JonesTrading provides equity block trading services to institutional money managers and hedge funds in North America. They proactively source the liquidity required to execute outsized blocks in domestic and global equities and option listed derivatives, at advantageous prices. The firm offers robust access to both developed and emerging market trading.

Founded in 2003, FIG Partners LLC is a broker/dealer specializing in mid- and small-cap bank and thrift stocks. They strive to generate superior returns for institutions and high net-worth individuals through integrated trading, sales and research. They are employee-owned. FIG Partners is a member of the NASD and the SIPC. They are located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 1987, Johnson Rice & Co. LLC is an institutional research and brokerage firm located in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1991, the firm began offering investment banking services. Johnson Rice & Co. focuses primarily on the energy and specialty retail sectors

Pella Corp. engages in the manufacture of innovative windows and doors products. It includes patio doors, front entry doors, storm doors, and garage doors. It also offers a range of window styles such as awning, casement, double-hung, sing-hung, sliding, custom, bay or bow, special shape, and specialty using wood, fiberglass, and vinyl frame materials. The company was founded by Pete Kuyper and Lucille Kuyper in 1925 and is headquartered in Pella, IA.

S&P Global Ratings provides independent credit risk research. It offers issuer credit ratings that provide an opinion on the overall capacity of an entity to meet its financial commitments, issue credit ratings that provide an opinion of the creditworthiness of an obligor with respect to a specific financial obligation(s) or specific financial program and loan ratings. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Culligan International Co. provides water treatment products and services. The firm specializes in water softener & filter, commercial filtration, reverse osmosis, bottled water delivery and water technology. The company was founded by Emmett Joseph Culligan in 1936 and is headquartered in Rosemont, IL.

Founded in 1999 by the late Thomas Watson, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (JMS) is a full-service financial services firm and registered broker/dealer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of Independence Square Properties LLC, itself a subsidiary of Penn Mutual Insurance Co. Their ultimate parent is Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. JMS is a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm provides comprehensive financial advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional investors. Their primary coverage verticals include the consumer, technology, financials and infrastructure sectors.

Simply The Best Technology Solutions Inc. provides temporary, long-term, onsite and offshore information technology staffing and consulting services. It specializes in enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, business intelligence, web and application development, mobile applications, e-commerce and retail development, project management and business analysis, quality assurance suite, infrastructure and system administration, cloud development and architecture services, vendor management services, and information technology residency program design and maintenance. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Dedham, MA.

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.

Third Bridge (US), Inc. is a independent financial research company. It provides private equity firms, hedge funds, and strategy consultants. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dividend Assets Capital LLC (DAC) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Formerly known as Dividend Growth Advisors LLC, the firm was founded by C. Troy Shaver, Jr. in 2003 and is a subsidiary of Dividend Assets Capital Holdings, Inc. DAC provides portfolio management services to individuals and families that seeks customized portfolios to meet their wealth management needs such as retirement planning, legacy planning and philanthropic initiatives.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta provides financing, community development grants and other banking services. It offers credit products, including advances, such as adjustable rate credit, fixed rate credit, and daily rate credit advances, as well as callable, hybrid, convertible, capped and floored, and expander advances; and irrevocable standby letters of credit. The company also provides community investment services, such as Affordable Housing Program, which provides direct subsidy funds or subsidized advances to members to support the financing of rental and for-sale housing for very low and moderate-income individuals and families. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

New Fare Partners Management LLC (New Fare Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Hallie Bonnar and Elly Truesdell. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Almanac Management LLC (Almanac Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by David Barber. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Nacho Eats Corp. is a company that specializes in crafting cat food with flavor-packed meals that support the health needs of felines everywhere. The company is based in the USA and uses the finest locally sourced ingredients to ensure that every recipe delivers great taste and total cat-specific nutrition. The company is based in New York, NY. The company's recipes are backed by a team of cat lovers, including a parent, chef, expert veterinarian, and leading nutritionists. The company offers a variety of flavor combinations and promise to serve a nutritional purpose. Nacho Eats also offers catnip that brings a little spice to your cat's day and helps indoor cats release their energy. The company was founded in 2019 by Bobby Flay, Nacho Flay, and Elly Truesdell. Tom Morton has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Orchard App, Inc. provides investment advice. The firm provides products and services to investors that enable to understand, access, and execute online lending investments, including market data and reporting and analytics. The company was founded by Matt Burton, Jonathan Kelfer, David Snitkof and Angela Ceresnie in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tandem Investment Advisors, Inc. (Tandem) is an independent, employee-owned investment management firm headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. The firm was founded by John B. Carew in 1990. Tandem provides portfolio management services on a discretionary basis to individuals, retirement plans, trusts, estates, corporations, investment companies, other investment advisors, banks, endowments and foundations.

SNH Management Company LLC (SNH Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Jevin Sackett. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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.

500 Startups Management Co LLC (500 Startups) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Dave McClure and Christine Tsai. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Tides Commodity Trading Group, Inc. operates as a food trading company that buys and sells food products. Its products include concentrates, purees, juice blends, flavors, fruit essences, oils, natural colors, dried fruits, nuts, and seeds. The firm imports and supplies conventional and organic industrial food ingredients. It also engages in ingredient processing, blending, re-packaging, flavor matching and custom formulations to the food and beverage industry. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Charleston, SC.

GWP International LLC operates as a computer case manufacturer. It specializes in OEM products for Dell, HP and Bose. The firm offers its products range to PDA, camera, MP3, notebook, projector, printer, speaker, back pack, game and trolley cases. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Museum of Science operates as a museum. The company was founded in 1830 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Eaglepoint Advisors LLC engages in advisory firm. It offers turnaround, restructuring and crisis management firm focuses on middle-market consumer goods and retail companies. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

RADIA International provides staffing services. Its core businesses consist of technical staffing, including information technology, recruitment process outsourcing, manufacturing process outsourcing, engineering staffing, manufacturing staffing, administrative/clerical and financial specialists. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Dedham, MA.

EmployBridge LLC engages in the provision of staffing and workforce management services. Its services include recruiting and screening, payroll, time and attendance management, on-site supervision, proactive safety programs, and specialty staffing solutions. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.