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L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP (LRP) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The firm was founded by L. Roy Papp in 1978. LRP provides comprehensive wealth management services to affluent individuals and families as well as to institutions.

EnCap Investments LP (EnCap Investments) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Gary Peterson and Robert Zorich and The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Trinity Capital Investment LLC ("Trinity") is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2008 by Steven L. Brown. The firm is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Sterling Investment Management LLC (Sterling) is an independent wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. The firm was founded by John H. Payne in 1995 as Sterling Investment Management LLC and became a limited liability company in 2022. Sterling provides sophisticated portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals, endowments, foundations, and corporations located throughout the US.

NumberFire, Inc. operates as a sports analytics platform. It platform applies quantitative analysis and statistical reasoning to the world of fantasy football. The firm enables users to browse around for players, read the forums for advice and take the daily poll. The company was founded by Nik Bonaddio in September 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

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.

The General Hospital Corp. provides healthcare services. It offers diagnostic and therapeutic are in every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. The firm's care center provides cancer, digestive disorders, heart disease, transplantation and vascular medicine services. The company was founded in 1811 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.

SVB Capital Management LLC (SVB Capital Management) is a venture capital arm of SVB Financial Group founded in 2000 by Aaron Gershenberg and Gregory Becker. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, 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.

SVN International Corp. engages in the provision of commercial real estate services. It offers brokerage, consultation, asset management, property management, leasing, accelerated marketing, and auction services. The company was founded by R. Rand Sperry and Mark E. Van Ness in 1987 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Compass Lexecon LLC provides legal services. It offers legal services to corporations and government clients. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Orion Mine Finance LLP (Orion Mine Finance) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Oskar Lewnowski. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Sweetwater Royalties LLC is a privately held company established by Orion Mine Finance. The company is based in Lakewood, CO and has subsidiaries in the United States. Sweetwater Royalties is a base metals and industrial minerals royalty company with more than four million mineral acres and one million fee surface acres in the land grant. The company provides its partners with the opportunity for development of the natural resources on the land grant assets, access to grazing, and entry to the renewable energy sector. By utilizing an agile business strategy that enables collaboration with local partners on the ground, Sweetwater unlocks the value of its natural resources, including the largest known trona deposit. The company was founded in 2020, and the CEO is Damon Barber.

Bromma Asset Management, Inc. (Bromma) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded by Lukas Lundin and Jason Chen in 2016. Bromma offers both the Bromma Resource Fund and Bromma Gold Fund.

Nimble Partners LLC (Nimble Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Passport Capital founded in 2015 by John Howard Burbank. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Arrowroot Capital Management LLC (Arrowroot capital) is a private equity firm founded by Matthew j. Safaii in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California.

SportsGrid, Inc. provides sports services. It offers audio and video sports wagering network. The company was founded by Jeremy Stein and Louis M. Maione and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regulates and supervises all nationally chartered commercial banks in the United States. It covers bank management, bank operations, and international banking. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Oregon Bioscience Association is a non-profit membership association that advocates for and promotes the growth and quality of the bioscience industry in the region. The association is based in Portland, OR. The non-profit company seeks to create opportunities for their members through advocacy, cultivation, education, and group purchasing discounts. The association is affiliated with several other organizations, including the Biotechnology Innovation Organization and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association. The bioscience industry in the region has experienced significant growth, with a bio footprint of $10.70 billion and 47,238 jobs created.

Armored Things, Inc. operates as startup company that keeps people safe with a predictive incident and emergency response platform that bridges physical and cyber security. The company was founded by Julie E. Johnson and Charles C. Curran III and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Oaktree Capital Management LP (Oaktree) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh, and Sheldon Stone in 1995 as an LLC and was reorganized as an LP in 2007. They are a subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Management GP LLC, ultimately held by Brookfield Corp. (NYSE, TSX: BN) in Canada. Oaktree provides advisory services to clients with separately managed accounts and to private limited partnerships and other pooled investment vehicles for which either Oaktree or an affiliate acts as general partner and/or investment manager. The firm is a socially responsible investor and a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

GV Management Co. LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2009. GV Management Co. LLC is headquartered in Los Angeles with additional offices in Sydney, Seocho-gu and London.