Derek Beane

Massachusetts Financial Services Co., do-business-as MFS Investment Management (MFS), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1924 and is a subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (US) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Sun Life Financial, Inc. (TSE, NYSE: SLF) in Canada. The firm provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a range of institutional clients and pooled investment vehicles. MFS is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). The firm was founded in 1986 and previously known as Invesco Institutional NA, Inc. until April 2010 when Invesco Ltd. consolidated the businesses of their US investment advisors (Invesco AIM Advisors, Inc., Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc., Invesco AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. and Invesco Global Asset Management NA, Inc.) under the name Invesco Advisers, Inc. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, institutional and high net-worth clients through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and US registered investment companies and other Commingled Funds.

Foley & Lardner LLP engages in the provision of legal services. Its practice areas include employee benefits and executive compensation, environmental, estates and trusts, finance, international tax and transfer pricing, private equity and venture capital, real estate, securities, commodities and exchange regulation, taxation, and transactions. The company was founded by Asahel Finch and William Pitt Lynde on September 8, 1842 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Océ NV is a provider of document management and printing solutions for professionals. The company offers office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Océ also provides document management outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Venlo, the Netherlands.

Cirtemo LLC designs and manufactures patented optical filters called multi-variate optical elements which are encoded to detect complex chemical compounds. Its multivariate optical element platform enables optical systems to perform spectroscopic analysis to a wide range of industries; these include life science, pharmaceutical, chemical, medical device, agriculture, food and beverage, semiconductor, pet nutrition, environmental, plastics, and multiple clean-tech applications. The company was founded by Jason Williamson in 2012 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

Domino Data Lab, Inc. provides software services. Its platform makes data scientists more productive and facilitates collaborative, reproducible and reusable analysis. The firm helps data scientists develop better medicines, grow more productive crops, build better cars, or simply pick the best song to play next. The company was founded by Nick Elprin, Matthew W. Granade and Christopher E. Yang and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mack Truck, Inc. manufactures and sells duty trucks. The firm's products include dump trucks, cement mixers, refuse trucks, and conventional trucks for heavy hauling and highway applications. It also makes natural gas powered trucks, sleeper cabs, and axle carriers. The company was founded by John M. Mack and Gus Mack in 1900 and is headquartered in Greensboro, NC.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

TranS1, Inc. designs and develops surgical procedures and equipment for back pain. It is a medical device company focused on designing, developing and marketing products that implement its proprietary approach to treat degenerative conditions of the spine affecting the lower lumbar region. TranS1 currently markets the AxiaLIF family of products for single-level and two-level lumbar fusion and the Vectre and Avatar posterior fixation systems for lumbar fixation supplemental to AxiaLIF fusion. Its primary technology is AxiaLIF, a minimally invasive access and fusion system that enables lumbar fusion to be performed with complete preservation of the annulus and all paraspinal soft tissue structures. The company specializes in bringing innovative spine solutions to market, including AxiaLIF and AxiaLIF 2L+, technologies that allow surgeons to perform lower lumbar fusions that result in high fusion rates and low complication rates. The company is also developing a motion preservation platform to be delivered through this minimally invasive, trans-sacral approach. TranS1 was founded in May 2000 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

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.

Southern First Bank operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank. It provides cash management services, such as online banking; automated clearing house and wire transfers; business checking accounts; money market accounts; and certificates of deposit. The company was founded by Art Seaver in 2000 headquartered in Greenville, SC.

Cygnus Manufacturing Co. LLC manufactures precision machined components and fabrications. Its products used for non-invasive medical devices, transportation, scientific instrumentation, energy, aerospace and defense applications. The firm offers precision machining services, including custom fabrication, finished product assembly, prototyping, dfm and pilot. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Saxonburg, PA.

American Services, Inc. provides security, staffing, and janitorial services. It offers services to the industrial, corporate, healthcare and distribution industries. The company was founded in by Henry C. Harrison in 1975 and is headquartered in Greenville, SC.

Located 20 miles west of Boston in Southborough, Massachusetts, The New England Center for Children (NECC) is a private, nonprofit organization serving children with autism and other related disabilities Since its founding in 1975, The New England Center For Children has remained true to its original mission: providing state-of-the-art education and individualized treatment, with care and with respect, for children with autism and other related disabilities.

Upstate Carolina Angel Network LLC engages in the provision of support to the start-up businesses. It invests in early-stage and high-growth business in the Southeastern United States. The company was founded on February 7, 2008 and is headquartered in, Greenville, SC.

South State Advisory, Inc. (SSA) is a registered investment adviser headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of South State Bank, a national banking association and wholly-owned subsidiary of South State Corp. (NASDAQ: SSB). SSA provides investment advisory, financial planning, and retirement plan administration and consulting services to individual and institutional clients.

H-1 Auto Care LLC offers automotive automotive repair and maintenance services. It services include comprehensive vehicle inspection, factory recommended maintenance, tune up, undercar, under hood, check engine and transmission. The company was founded by Rissy Sutherland in 2003 and is headquartered in Glendale, AZ.

Greenville Distribution Center is an American company that manufactures and distributes home appliances.

Butterfly Effects LLC provides applied behavior analysis therapy to children on the autism spectrum. Its services include adult and elderly care, pediatric and adult rehabilitation, babysitting, professional development training and supervision. The firm also operates specialty clinics with focus on speech and language disorders, development delay, toileting and dyslexia therapy programs. The company was founded by Michael B. Penman in 2004 and is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, FL.

Platfora, Inc. develops and builds software for cleaning up and analyzing big data. The company was founded by Benjamin M. Werther and SriSatish Ambati in June 2011 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Angel Capital Association provides investment services. The CEO of the American company is Patrick Gouhin.

WibiData, Inc. operates as a software company that develops big data applications for enterprises to personalize their customer experiences. Its products include WibiRetail which is designed for retailers to deploy algorithmically-driven personalized shopping experiences and WibiEnterprise which is a flexible software platform for enterprises to develop and deliver real-time personalization applications. The company was founded by Christophe Bisciglia, Garrett Wu and Aaron Kimball in 2010 and is headquartered San Francisco, CA.

Amplify Management LLC (Amplify Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Sunil Dhaliwal. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Fetch Robotics, Inc. designs, develops and builds robots for light industrial users. The firm offers fetch cloud robotics platform, virtual conveyor for material transport, data server for data collection and platforms for robotics research services. The freight is a mobile base, and fetch is mobile manipulator, designed to work together and alongside humans for order fulfilment. The company was founded by Steve Hogan and Melonee Wise in August 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Venturesouth Capital LLC (Venturesouth Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by R.Matthew Dunbar, Charlie Banks and Paul Clark. The firm is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.

Drive Automotive Services LLC provides automotive services. The company is based in Atlanta, GA. Rissy Sutherland has been the CEO of the company since 2021.