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Ovonic Battery Co., Inc. develops and distributes batteries. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.

BASF Corp. manufactures commercial and industrial chemicals. The firm serves the aerospace, agriculture, automotive, clean energy, nutrition, textiles, and building, and construction sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered Florham Park, NJ.

Lam Aviation, Inc. produces advanced wing control systems. Its product, Lam Aero System combines the high-lift and lateral control devices in a single and integrated package. The company was founded by Michael Lam and is headquartered in Los Altos Hills, CA.

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization, which works to forge practical solutions that help nature and people prosper sustainably. It launched the Smart Boat Initiative (SBI) which focuses on leveraging the technological advances and plummeting costs in sensors, artificial intelligence, broadband communication and data analytics to equip and surround fishing vessels of all sizes with digital tools and infrastructure that can increase sustainability, accountability, profitability and transparency in fishing. The company was founded by Arthur P. Cooley, Charles F. Wurster and Dennis Puleston in 1967 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Medley Partners Management LLC is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Mark W. Heising. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Bipartisan Policy Center is an American company that believes in the importance of bipartisanship. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company takes views from both parties and work together to find solutions. The company helps American businesses thrive and compete by driving policies that support workers and spark innovation. The company was founded by Howard H. Baker, Thomas Andrew Daschle, Bob Dole.

Renaissance Technologies LLC (Renaissance) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Renaissance Technologies Holdings Corp. Renaissance acts as general partner, managing member, and/or investment manager to US and non-US private investment funds and an institutional account that invests in a variety of securities, futures, and derivatives contracts.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory engages on research of environmental studies, nanoscience, and quantitative biology, physics and nuclear energy. The lab is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the University of California. It was founded in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

DaimlerChrysler Motors Corp. supplies a range of vehicles including passenger cars, SUVs, sports tourers, minivans, and pickups. The American company also manufactures commercial vehicles.

McLaren Group Ltd. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of luxury automotive sports cars and supercars, motorsport, and technology. The firm owns and operates McLaren Racing, McLaren Automotive, and McLaren Applied. The company is headquartered in Woking, the United Kingdom.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR) is a private equity subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc founded in 1976 by Henry Kravis, George Roberts and Jerome Kohlberg. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Spiers New Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, development, and operation of charging station infrastructures for hybrid and electric vehicles. The firm offers ALFRED, a PHP and MySQL web application which collects, manages, and processes battery and battery related information. The company was founded by Dirk Spiers in 2015 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

Part of American Resources Corp. (Indiana), ReElement Technologies LLC is a company that focuses on redefining how critical and rare earth elements are sourced and processed. The company is based in Fishers, IN. The company has developed its innovative and scalable "capture-process-purify" process chain in conjunction with its licensed intellectual property including 16 patents and technologies and sponsored research partnerships with three leading universities to support the domestic supply chains growing demand for magnet and battery metals. ReElement Technologies is committed to recycling end-of-life products such as rare earth permanent magnets and lithium-ion batteries, as well as coal-based waste streams and byproducts to create a low-cost and environmentally-safe, circular supply chain. The CEO of the company is Mark C. Jensen.

Anzu Partners LLC (Anzu Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David Michael and David Seldin. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Amperex Technology Ltd. designs, manufactures and sells lithium ion polymer battery cells and related battery packs and systems. Its lithium battery products uses in consumer electronics products like laptop computers, smart and cellular phone, digital media players, digital cameras and camcorders, cordless tools and in IT gadgets. The firm’s products are also used in electrical vehicles and electrical energy storage markets. The company was founded in October 1999 by Raymond Leung and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Ideastream owns and operates television and radio broadcasting stations. The non-profit company is based in Cleveland, OH and has subsidiaries in the United States.

hte AG the high throughput experimentation Co. provides technology, experimentation, and research and development solutions. The company’s solution areas cover hardware and software systems, project development, and research implementation activities. The firm specializes in catalyst testing, process optimization, laboratory automation, workflow management, training, and technical support. The company was founded by Wolfram Stichert in 1999 and is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is a global organization founded in 1954 by Kenneth S. Berryman and David H. Brenner. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The company's mission is to drive middle-market growth and it serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. The company's core focus is on middle-market M&A, with more than 25 years of sell-side and buy-side advisory experience, closing more than 200 transactions with a combined value of more than $1 billion. The company also publishes Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth, which includes a print magazine, website, weekly e-newsletter, and daily newsfeed. The CEO of the company since 2019 is Brent A. Baxter.