Caroline Novak

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in San Mateo, California. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Advisers provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to US and non-US, registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Morrison & Foerster LLP is a law firm that provides legal services on various industries, which include: litigation, financial services, intellectual property and technology, and transactional work, such as corporate, capital markets and real estate finance representations. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFA manages assets for US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, multi-asset and index strategies.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Corp. is a company based in New York, NY.

BlackRock Investment Management LLC (BIM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Trident Merger LLC, ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BIM manages assets for institutional and high net worth clients, separate accounts, pooled investment vehicles and US registered investment companies. They also sponsor an SMA (wrap fee) program.

First Bight Ventures (First Bight) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Veronica B Wu. The firm is headquartered in Houstan, Texas.

Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. (MSA) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 1987 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSA provides institutional securities such as equities, fixed income, derivatives and research.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

Zerimar Ventures LLC (Zerimar Ventures) is founded by Ivan Ramirez and Angela Ramirez in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Lehi, Utah.

Ensemble VC (Ensemble VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Collin R. West, Conrad Shang and Gopinath Sundaramurthy. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Persephone Biosciences, Inc. engages in developing nutritional products to support the human gut microbiome. The company was founded by Stephanie Culler and is headquartered in Dan Diego, CA.

Hone Capital LLC (Hone Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Capital Securities Corp. founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Codecombat, Inc. engages in the provision of multiplayer programming game for learning how to code. It operates as a community project, with players volunteering to create levels, contributes code to add features, fix bugs, playtest, and translate the game into different languages. Its coding programs include CodeCombat and Ozaria. The company was founded by Nicholas Winter, Matt Lott, George Saines, and Scott Erickson in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Tesla Motors Ltd. engages in the sale of premium electric powered vehicles through its own stores. The company was founded on February 28, 2002 and is headquartered in West Drayton, the United Kingdom.

Part of CLS Group Holdings AG, CLS Bank International is a company that provides innovative settlement, processing, and data solutions to reduce risk and increase efficiency. The company is based in New York, NY and offers CLSSettlement to their customers, allowing settlement members to generate revenues and strengthen customer relationships while mitigating FX settlement risk and improving operational efficiencies. The company's datasets include data based on over 1 billion trades dating back to 2002, making them the largest single source of FX-executed data available to the market.

The Chartered Management Institute provides management and leadership development training, qualifications, membership, and research skill services. The non-profit company is based in Corby, UK. The CEO of the British company is Ann Francke.

WM Motor Technology Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets electric motor cars. The company was founded by Shen Hui and Li Gang Du in December 2015 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Sociedad de Inversiones Norte Sur SA operates as an investment holding company. It engages in capital investments in movable and immovable, tangible and intangible assets and securities, in securities and shares, in licenses and concessions of any nature. The company was founded on October 9, 1989 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

MegaRobo Technologies Co., Ltd. develops TV internal visual inspection equipment for LED TV assembly production processes. The equipment can be widely used in mobile phones, car displays, and large-size TV panel production lines. The company is based in Beijing, China. The equipment detects various defects such as missing screws, misplaced adhesive tape, loose terminals, and incorrect positioning of magnetic rings and wires. It provides automatic detection and alarm, and can upload production information to MES systems for easy traceability. The Chinese company was founded in 2016 by Yu Qing Huang, Zhi Xin Qiao, Yan Zhang. Yu Qing Huang has been the CEO since 2016.

BOCOM International (Asia) Ltd. (BOCOM International-Asia) is the wholly-owned investment banking subsidiary of BOCOM International Holdings Co. Ltd., itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (PK: BCMXY) in China. The firm was created in 2007 when BCOM Securities Co. Ltd., restructured and became BOCOM International Holdings Co., Ltd., establishing BOCOM International-Asia, BOCOM International Securities Ltd., and BOCOM International Asset Management Ltd. as wholly-owned subsidiaries, each specifically designed to focus on their unique businesses. Based in Hong Kong, BOCOM International-Asia is Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.'s capital market flagship, providing corporate financing as well as underwriting and M&A for corporate clients. In 2008, a representative office was established in Beijing.

NuProbe USA, Inc. engages in the development of ultra-sensitive and multiplexed platform with reagents for non-invasive nucleic acid profiling and diagnostics. The firm offers VarTrace EGFR Assay, VarTrace BFAR Assay, and VarTrace AML multi-gene panel. The company was founded by Peng Yin, David Yu Zhang, and Victor Chenyang Shi in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Centrillion Technology Holdings Ltd. provides genomics solutions. Its products and services can isolate, manipulate, visualize and analyze intact kilobase and megabase fragments of DNA. The company was founded by Wei Zhou in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.