Ed Mikolay

The Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) of Michigan is a State-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Lansing, Michigan. The firm was founded by the Michigan Legislature in 1945, and by 1996, they were granted independence from the state. MERS administers the retirement plans for Michigan's local units of government on a not-for-profit basis.

SPV-NA1 LLC produces FeedKind protein, a traceable nutritional ingredient for fish, livestock and pets. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

S&P Ingredient Development LLC develops and produces low sodium salt. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Calysta, Inc. provides sustainable industrial products for food and energy security. The firm develops new Biological Gas-to-Liquids and Biological Gas-to-Chemicals technologies using methane, the primary component of natural gas. It’s technology allows conversion of a plentiful energy resource into high value chemicals and transportation fuels. The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Silverman and Alan Shaw and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Heitman Capital Management LLC (Heitman Capital Management) is a real estate private equity firm a subsidiary of Heitman LLC founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.