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Hall Capital Partners LLC (HCP) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Kathryn Hall in 1994. HCP advises on and manages multi-asset class portfolios for families, endowments, foundations, and other clients.

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.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Banneker Partners LLC (Banneker Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by James Stephen Davis. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Percheron Investment Management LP (Percheron Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by Chris Collins and Chris Lawler. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Airbrake Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of error tracking applications. It offers products and services to streaming entertainment services, digital home security monitoring, and customer service and engagement platforms. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Harvey & Co. LLC is a private company that provides investment services to manufacturing, industrial & business services, healthcare, value-added distribution, energy, consumer and financial services sectors. The company was founded in 1998 and it is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Founded in 2005 by Tony Brenner and Raj Moorthy, Pivot Point Capital Partners LLC is a private equity firm located in San Francisco.

Birch Grove Software, Inc. engages in the development of cloud-based employee monitoring software through its application, ActivTrak. It provides user behavior analytics, productivity monitoring, user activity monitoring, and insider threat detection software. The company was founded by Herb Axilrod and Anton Seidler and is headquartered Austin, TX.

BQE Software, Inc. provides billing software services. The firm specializes time billing software, business management software, hr management software, time tracking software and project management software. The company was founded by Shafat Qazi in 1995 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Bain Capital Private Equity LP (Bain Capital Private Equity) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Bain Capital LP founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Access Layers, also known as Portnox, provides network access control, security, and visibility solutions that are simple to deploy, operate, and maintain. The company has offices in the US and Israel. The company is based in Walnut, CA. The company's software can be deployed on-premises, as a cloud-delivered service, or in hybrid mode. The company is vendor-agnostic, allowing organizations to maximize their existing network and cybersecurity investments. Portnox has been recognized for its innovations by several awards. Portnox's cloud-delivered network access control (NAC) solution has been designed with simplicity, multi-tenancy, and geo-availability top-of-mind. The company was founded in 2007 by Nir Aran, Ofer Amitai, Idan Kuperman. The CEO is Denny LeCompte.

SVB Wealth LLC (SVBW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2006 as BP Wealth Management LLC and changed their name to Boston Private Wealth LLC in 2015 and SVB Wealth LLC in 2022. In 2023, they became a wholly owned, non-bank subsidiary of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co., which in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA). SVBW offers a comprehensive and customized set of wealth management and investment management services to high net-worth individuals, families, trusts and organizations, including foundations and endowments.

FFL Partners LLC (FFL) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Tully Friedman, Spencer Fleischer, David Lowe, and Christopher Masto. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Rocketship Education operates public charter schools. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded by John W. Danner.

Xytech Systems Corp. provides a Media Operations Platform that streamlines the media operations process for production and producers. The company is based in Chatsworth, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The platform offers a facility management system that helps clients manage operations, control costs, and stay ahead of the technical curve. Xytech Systems was founded in 1988 by Richard Gallagher, and Keith Buckley has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

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.

Ems Linq, Inc. provides administrative software solution for K-12 schools. Its products include accounting, finance, nutrition, payments, and registration. The company is headquartered in Walmington, NC.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

HighBar Management LLC (Highbar Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Andreas Bechtolsheim, Roy Thiele-Sardiña and John H. Kim. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.