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TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Management Co. (Western Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. Western Asset provides discretionary investment management services to primarily institutional clients.

AH Capital Management LLC (AH Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Lowell Andreessen and Ben A. Horowitz. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Ameriprise Financial Services LLC (AFS) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of AMPF Holding Corp., which is owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). AFS offers brokerage services that enable clients to invest in many different types of investments including mutual funds, stocks, bonds, exchange traded products, unit investment trusts, annuities and alternative investments.

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.

Elsewhere Partners LLC (Elsewhere Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2016 by Christopher A. Pacitti and John Douglas Thornton. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Part of Calabrese Consulting LLC, Albeck Financial Services, Inc. provides SEC financial reporting and advisory services. The company is based in Houston, TX. The company was founded by Christy Albeck. Christy Albeck has been the CEO since incorporation. Albeck Financial Services was acquired by Calabrese Consulting LLC on April 18, 2022.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Phase Scientific International Ltd. is a Chinese biotech company that was founded by a team of bioengineers from UCLA. The private company is based in an undisclosed location, but has research and development, manufacturing, and distribution in Hong Kong and China, as well as additional offices in mainland China. The company is focused on building tools that empower people by giving them better information about their health. The company provides novel diagnostic tools and services for cancer and infectious diseases, like COVID-19, with their proprietary technologies. The company was founded by Ricky Chiu and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

USRG Management Co LLC (US Renewables) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by McDermott James Alastair Campbell. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

MAK Financial Services LLC (MAK Financial) is a wealth management firm and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Sacramento, California. The firm was founded by Michael Genovese and Lon Burford in 1987 as Genovese Burford & Brothers Wealth and Retirement Plan Management LLC. They are wholly-owned by CapFinancial Partners LLC, ultimately owned by CapFinancial Holdings, Inc. MAK Financial provides wealth management services to high-net-worth individuals, business owners, families, and investment advisory services to fiduciaries of corporate retirement plans.

HSBC Alternative Investments Ltd. (HAIL) is the fund-of-hedge fund management subsidiary of HSBC Global Asset Management Ltd., ultimately held by HSBC Holdings Plc (LSE: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in London. HAIL offers a range of investment choices and services such as hedge fund, real estate and private equity solutions for both private and institutional clients. They specialize in alternative funds and funds of funds investments.

Birch Grove Capital LP (Birch Grove) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jonathan Berger in 2012 and is a subsidiary of AS Birch Grove, which is owned by Birch Grove Capital Holdings LP and American Securities LLC. Birch Grove provides investment advice to private pooled investment vehicles and separately managed accounts for institutional and other investors.

StepStone Group LP (StepStone) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Monte M. Brem, Tom Porter Keck and Jose A. Fernandez. The firm is headquartered in New York.

MKA Capital Group Advisors LLC provides real estate management and development services. The private company is based in Newport Beach, CA. Michael A. Klayko has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

Metropolitan West Asset Management LLC (MWAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 by Tad Rivelle, Laird Landmann and Stephen Kane. They are wholly-owned by TCW Asset Management Co. LLC, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The TCW Group, Inc. MWAM offers fixed income portfolio management services to institutional investors, as well as individual investors through the Metropolitan West Funds.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Spell, Inc. engages in the development of computer software related to artificial intelligence and machine learning. It offers a command-line tool for running code and experiments on remote hardware. The company was founded by Serkan Piantino in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Brightinsight Holdings, Inc. provides digital health platform for biopharma and medtech. Its products and services include brightinsight platform, starter assets, and standard and certifications. The company was founded by Kal Patel, Ferry Tamtoro and Benjamin Lee and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Cycuity provides silicon security solutions. Its products and services include hardware security assessments, secure boot and prospect security verification software. The company was founded by Jason Oberg, Jonathan Valamehr, Ryan Kastner and Tim Sherwood and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Rune Labs, Inc. develops a SaaS platform that integrates with neuromodulation therapies to manage data ingestion, labeling, and availability. The company was founded by Brian Marc Pepin in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

SafelyYou, Inc. is a seed-stage company which engages in the development of artificial intelligence tools in memory loss management. Its aims to provide patients, caregivers, and families with a safety system that could adequately identify falls and make daily living safer for those living in memory care. The company was founded by Pulkit Agrawal, Alexandre Bayen, Julien Jacquemot, and George Netscher and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Cellares Corp. operates as a biotechnology company. It provides preclinical and clinical scientists as well as commercial cell therapy manufacturers. The company was founded by Omar Kurdi, Fabian Gerlinghaus and Alex Pesch in 2019 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Syng, Inc. is an audio company that has created a new sound system called cell alpha, which is the world's first triphonic speaker. The company is based in Venice, CA. The company aims to transform the human relationship with sound. The company has also developed the Syng studio app for Mac, which can turn cell alpha into a reference system. The CEOs of the company are Christopher R. Stringer, Charles J. Huebner.

BrightInsight, Inc. provides digital health technologies. The firm offers biopharma, patient support, medtech and engineering services. The company was founded by Kal Patel, Benjamin Lee and Ferry Tamtoro in January 2019 and is headquartered San Jose, CA.