Grant Shaffer

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Sands Capital Management LLC (Sands Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1992 by Frank Sands and is majority owned by Sands Capital Management LP. Sands Capital provides investment management services to both US and non-US clients who have different tax statuses, often depending on the jurisdiction.

The Fox Group, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of blue and ultraviolet light emitting diodes. The firm's products include Fox UV LEDs, EPI Wafers, Die and Packaged Products. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Warrenton, VA.

ColdLight Solutions LLC develops business intelligence technology products. The firm applies an automated machine learning science and a big data predictive analytics for large enterprise customers. Its technology is used on a range of business verticals including media, healthcare, financial services, personal data management, customer retention, and retail. The company was founded by Ryan T. Caplan in 2005 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

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.

NBC Meshtec, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of mesh products used in silkscreen printing materials, industrial materials, and chemical products. It operates through the following areas: Screen Printing Application Products, which provides materials for electronics, household appliances, automobiles, displays, and solar power generation; Industrial Application Products, that develops products for medical equipment, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, fisheries, household appliances, audio, food, apparel, beauty, and environment; and Plastic Moulding Products, which supplies plastic molded filters to the automotive and household appliance industries. Other products and services include metallic fiber mesh cloth and high-performance masks Cufitec. The company was founded on November 6, 1934 and is headquartered in Hino, Japan.

United Communications Group provides business-to-business information services. Its portfolio comprises vertical companies serving the information and software needs of decision makers in health care, tax, oil and energy, high technology, telecommunications, banking, finance and education. United Communications Group was founded by Bruce Levenson and Ed Peskowitz in 1977 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Aurora Management Partners LLC (Aurora Capital partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Gerald L. Parsky and Jeffrey S. Deutschman. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

The Beacon Group LLC operates as a merchant bank. The company was founded by Geoffrey T. Boisi on October 17, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Cable News Network, Inc. provides television and online news broadcasting services. It offers information on weather, business, sports, politics, law, technology, science and space, health, entertainment, travel and education. The firm also gives latest multimedia technologies based news like live video streaming, audio packages, searchable archives of news features and background information. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

CNBC LLC provides television programming services. It focuses on different sectors such as sports, automotive, technology, real estate, and energy. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

RAGE Frameworks, Inc. provides enterprise mission critical business process automation, cognitive intelligence, and big data solutions. The firm provides enterprise solutions in wealth management and business banking through information products and custom solutions. It offers RAGE LiveWealth, a wealth management service ranging from data aggregation to powerful big data analytics; and RAGE LiveCredit that enables near real time development of solutions for various financing products. The company was founded by Venkat Srinivasan in 2001 and is headquartered in Dedham, MA.

Volition Capital LLC (Volition Capital) is a venture capital & private equity firm founded in 2010 by Larry Cheng, Roger Hurwitz, Geraldine Alias, Sean Cantwell and Rob Ketterson. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Growth Private Equity) (Kayne Anderson Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Matrix Analytics, Inc. provides a powerful solution for identifying and managing cancer and incidental findings. The company is based in Glendale, CO. The company's EPM Pancreas solution tracks patients to aid in the early detection of pancreatic cancer by identifying incidental pancreatic cysts from radiology reports. Additionally, their software, EON, addresses the issue of less than 30% of incidental pulmonary nodules receiving follow-up care according to recommended guidelines. The company was founded in 2014 by Akrum Alzubaidi, who has been the CEO since 2014.

FaceFirst, Inc. creates facial recognition technology. It offers face and voice authentication, behavior analysis, and liveness detection. The company was founded by Joseph Ethan Rosenkrantz and is headquartered in Encino, CA.

Algomus, Inc. operates a data analytics platform. It provides machine learning and natural language processing to democratize online semantic data that currently only the tech giants have the infrastructure to support. The company was founded by Matt Michelsen, Aaron Rama, and Evon Onusic in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

ScalePad Software, Inc. is a Canadian Vancouver-based company that provides a SaaS platform for managed service providers (MSPs) to automate hardware, software, and warranty asset lifecycle management. ScalePad's innovative asset management and backup monitoring apps are used by over 60% of the MSP 501 to surface hidden risks and opportunities, delivering automated analysis and insights that improve service delivery. ScalePad has received recognition and awards in various categories, including SMB Best Revenue Model, SMB Channel Allstar, and three-time CRN Channel Chief. The company has subsidiaries in the United States and France. The company was founded in 2015 by Anthony Day and Chris Day, and the CEO is Dan Wensley.