Matthew R. Masucci

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Farallon Capital Management LLC (Farallon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Farallon Capital Management LP. Farallon provides administrative services and discretionary investment management services to private investment funds, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement basis; and to separately managed accounts for institutions such as endowments, foundations, charitable organizations and state and municipal government entities.

Massachusetts Financial Services Co., do-business-as MFS Investment Management (MFS), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1924 and is a subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (US) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Sun Life Financial, Inc. (TSE, NYSE: SLF) in Canada. The firm provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a range of institutional clients and pooled investment vehicles. MFS is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

Spectrum Equity Management LP (Spectrum Equity) is an independent Private Equity firm founded in 1993 by Bill Peter Collatos and Brion Blackwell Applegate. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with an additional office in California.

Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC (Charlesbank Capital Partners) is a private equity firm co-founded in 1997 by Michael Eisenson, Kim Davis, Tim Palmer, Michael Thonis, Mark Rosen and Brandon White. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

Acadian Asset Management LLC (Acadian) is an asset management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1986 by Gary Bergstrom and Churchill Franklin. The firm is a subsidiary of BrightSphere Affiliate Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by BrightSphere Investment Group, Inc. (NYSE: BSIG). Acadian provides portfolio management services for institutional clients.

Causeway Capital Management LLC (Causeway) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Harry Hartford and Sarah Ketterer in 2001 as HWI Capital Management LLC. They are a subsidiary of Causeway Capital Holdings LLC. Causeway provides international, global, and emerging markets equity investment management services to institutional clients such as corporations, pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, superannuation funds, public retirement plans, Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments and foundations, mutual funds and other collective investment vehicles, charities, private trusts and funds, wrap fee programs, and other institutions.

Arrowstreet Capital LP is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Arrowstreet Capital Holding LLC. They provide investment advisory services to a global institutional client base. Arrowstreet Capital is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Deccan Value Investors LP (Deccan) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Vinit Bodas in 2010. Deccan provides investment management and advisory services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients through privately offered pooled investment vehicles.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to a global client base.

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.

Berkshire Partners LLC (Berkshire Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Berkshire Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1986 by Christopher Clifford, Carl Ferenbach, Russel L. Epker, Brad Bloom and Richard Lubin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Harvest Partners LP (Harvest Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1981 by Harvey Wertheim and Harvey Mallement. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Capital Management LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. provides trading and executions services to their clients.

Graham Partners, Inc (Graham Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of The Graham Group Inc founded in 1988 by Steve C. Graham. The firm is headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Strategic Value Partners LLC (SVP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Victor Khosla in 2001 and they are a subsidiary of Midwood LP. SVP provides investment advice to pooled investment vehicles, which include an open-ended hedge fund style structure and a closed-ended private equity style fund structure, as well as managed accounts and funds-of-one.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Holocene Advisors LP (Holocene) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by J. Brandon Haley in 2016. Holocene serves as the investment manager to several private investment funds.

Point Nine Management GmbH (Point Nine) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Christoph Janz, Kolja Hebenstreit, Pawel Chudzinski and Lukasz Gadowski. The firm is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Playfair Capital LLP (Playfair Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Federico Pirzio-Biroli. The firm is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Gillson Capital LP is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2015 and is a subsidiary of Gilson Capital (GP) LLC. Gilson Capital provides investment advice to private funds; both its own sponsored private Funds and other third-party investment advisers’ private funds.

Naturally Chicago, Inc. operates programs, events, sponsorship, and membership organizations. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded by Jim Slama, Tony Olson, Brandon K. Barnholt, Bill Weiland.

Bluestein Ventures Management LLC (Bluestein Ventures Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Bram Bluestein and Andrew Bluestein. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

The Engine Accelerator, Inc. (The Engine) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Osmoses, Inc. is an industrial separations company based in Somerville, MA. Osmoses has a breakthrough polymer platform that purifies gases with unprecedented performance and efficiency. The company's mission is to eliminate energy waste with efficient membrane technology, reducing production costs for customers and CO2 emissions for the environment. The company's target applications include hydrogen, carbon capture, and renewable natural gas. The company was founded in 2021 and spun out of MIT. Francesco M. Benedetti, Holden Lai, Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez, and Zachary P. Smith founded the company, and Francesco M. Benedetti has been the CEO since incorporation.

VEIR, Inc. provides energy services. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Mantel Capture, Inc. develops cost-effective carbon capture technology. The American company was founded by Cameron Halliday, Danielle Colson, and Sean Robertson, with Cameron Halliday serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Copernic Catalysts, Inc. designs novel catalysts for zero-carbon chemicals and e-fuels. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded by Jacob E. Grose, Aruna Ramkrishnan. Jacob E. Grose has been the CEO since incorporation.

Mainsail Management Co LLC (Mainsail Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Jason Payne and Gavin Turner. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Impala Asset Management LLC (Impala) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Palm Beach, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Robert Bishop in 2004. Impala provides investment advice to private investment funds consisting of partnerships and foreign companies. It also provide investment management services to clients through separately managed accounts and other investment vehicles.