Kim Davis-King

Merrill Lynch Capital Corp. provides various financing services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Leasing Technologies International, Inc. provides equipment financing and leasing services. It offers venture leasing and lending services; provides vendor leasing programs that include short-term rentals, operating leases, and fixed or fair market value end-of-lease buyouts; and specializes in funding middle market companies requiring structured finance, including reorganizations, small public companies, leveraged and management buyouts, debtors-in-possession, and partnerships. The firm acquires and leases business equipment essentials, such as security devices, computers and servers, laboratory and test equipment, furniture, communications equipment, manufacturing and production equipment, and office automation equipment. The company was founded by F. Jared Sprole, George A. Parker and Arnold J. Hoegler in 1983 and is headquartered in Wilton, CT.

HiveLive, Inc. provides enterprise social software platform services. It manages and shares information such as blog posts, address books, recipes or vacation plans. The company was founded by Geoff Kembel in 2006 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Sleep Science Partners, Inc. provides health care services. The company offers sleep technology and marketing techniques to educate, diagnose and treat people who suffer from sleep-related health issues. The company was founded by Noel Lindsay in 2005 and is headquartered in Larkspur, CA.

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.

SVB Asset Management is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co., which in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA). SVB Asset Management provides discretionary investment management services for corporate clients in the innovation economy, specifically in the technology and life science/healthcare industries.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

ORIX USA Corp. provides investment banking and financial advisory services. Its services include asset management, corporate finance, equipment leasing and asset-based lending, investment, loan originations, merchant banking, real estate finance, and venture finance. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

eTime Capital, Inc. provides a real-time system that integrates information across the seller, buyer, transportation services provider, and financial institution using the internet. The private company is based in Sunnyvale, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Mat Glauninger.

Part of Microsoft Corp., Intrinsa Corp. is a company that develops defection testing tools for software makers. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Jon Pincus, Mat Glauninger, Michael Niles Schuh. Intrinsa was acquired by Microsoft Corp. on July 27, 1999 for $58.91 million.

Financial Technology Ventures Management Co LLC (Financial Technology Ventures) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Jim Hale, Bob Huret and Richard Garman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., CIBC Wood Gundy Corp. is a Canadian company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Capital One Financial Corp., GE Life Science & Technology Finance provides financing services to the healthcare industry. The company is based in Chicago, IL.

Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC (HTFM) is a privately owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2003 by Robert Pomeroy, Gerard Michaud and John Bombara. HTFM provides investment advice to investment companies, private equity or hedge funds and other institutional clients.

San Diego Athena operates as a not-for-profit organization. It supports and develops women. The company was founded by Barbara Bry in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Entangled Ventures LLC (Entangled Ventures) is an venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Paul Freedman and Jason Sanders. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Credit Suisse (Singapore) Ltd. (Credit Suisse-Singapore) is the Singapore-based subsidiary of Credit Suisse AG, itself a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (VX: CSGN; ADR: CS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1971, the firm provides investment banking, private banking and asset management services to a range of corporate and institutional clients and high-net worth individuals. Credit Suisse-Singapore is headquartered in Singapore City.