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Blum Capital Partners LP (Blum Capital) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Richard C. Blum in 1975. Blum Capital provides investment management services to various private, pooled investment funds. Investors in the funds include corporate and state/local pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations and estates, corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, banks and thrift institutions, and high net-worth individuals.

Brighthouse Investment Advisers LLC (BIA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1994 as MetLife Advisers LLC and changed their name into Brighthouse Investment Advisers LLC in 2017. They are a subsidiary of Brighthouse Holdings LLC, which is owned by Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: BHF). BIA serves as the investment adviser to participants in the asset allocation program made available exclusively under Marquis Portfolios variable annuity contracts by the issuing insurance companies. In this capacity, their clients are holders of Marquis Portfolios variable annuity contracts. As noted above, the firm also serves as investment adviser to certain investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Founded in 1991 by Philip Paul, Paul Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm located in San Francisco with additional offices in New York City, Hong Kong, London, Paris and São Paulo.

Part of Top Tier Capital Partners LLC, Top Tier Venture Velocity Growth Fund LP functions as an investment fund. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

NEPC LLC is an independent investment consultant, private wealth advisor, and OCIO provider that serves over 400 retainer clients and manages $1.60 trillion in total assets. NEPC is based in Boston, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The private company has a proprietary research team that focuses on long-term challenges facing investors and uses a client-centric model to build forward-looking investment portfolios for institutional investors and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

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.

Part of Vista Equity Partners Management LLC, this company functions as a venture capital firm. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded in 2000 by Robert Frederick Smith. Robert Frederick Smith has been the CEO since 2000.

Part of Mc Partners Gp LLC, MC Credit Partners LP is a manager of funds which provide capital to middle market companies across industries. The company is based in Stamford, CT. MC Credit Partners offers creative capital solutions and has invested in various companies across industries, including specialty communications, software, facility services, grocer, media, healthcare, insurance, air purification, e-commerce, manufacturing, commercial services, dermatology, specialty pharmacy, environmental services, wireless broadband, financial services, engineered parts manufacturing, specialty retail, professional services, defense software & cybersecurity, telecommunications, packaging, commercial aviation, and specialty paper companies. The company was founded by Michael J. Zimmerman, Ashok Nayyar.

Buffalo Filter LLC manufactures and supplies surgical smoke evacuation equipment. Its products are used for evacuation and filtration of hazardous surgical smoke plume created during surgical procedures. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Lancaster, NY.

Cooley LLP engages in the provision of legal services. It offers strategic litigation and business transaction services and is a representative of private and public companies, financial institutions, venture capital firms and nonprofit organizations. Its practices include commercial litigation; patent counseling and prosecution; employment and labor; asset recovery; and estate planning and personal representation. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goodwin & Goodwin LLP is a law firm that prides itself on being the smallest big firm. The private company is based in Charleston, WV. The company has been in operation since 1970 and are known for handling complex legal battles.

Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. is an investment banking company, which engages in the provision of investment banking, brokerage, equity research, and asset management services. Its services include brokerage services, tax and estate planning strategies, investment management consulting, alternate investments, and corporate client services. The company was founded by Thomas W. Weisel in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Entanglement, Inc. is an early-stage deep technology advanced and quantum computing private company that provides commercial access to diverse advanced computing systems for a broad range of customers. The company is based in Newport, RI. Entanglement is dedicated to accelerating the development of quantum information science (qis) and artificial intelligence (ai) by aligning its world-class team to an environment that enables customers to rapidly innovate without enormous up-front capital investments. The CEO of the company is Jason Turner.

Audax Group LLC engages in the provision of capital investment services. It specializes in private equity and debt. The company was founded by Geoffrey S. Rehnert and Marc B. Wolpow in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

NSV II Management Co. LLC provides investment management services. It is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investing in growth capital, growth and expansion stage, recapitalization, mid stage, late stage, mezzanine, control buyouts, mergers and acquisitions and management buyouts in middle market companies. The company was founded by Michael A. DiPiano and Marc R. Lederman in 1999 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.

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.

Groundforce Capital Management, LLC (GroundForce Capital) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Mark Rampolla, Kevin Boylan and Thirumalaisamy K. Pillan. The firm is headquartered in Hermosa Beach, California with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Blackstone Credit /Private Equity/ (Blackstone Credit) is a private equity subsidiary of Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Alpine Investors is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Graham Weaver. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.