Mihir Pershad

Franklin Street Advisors, Inc. (FSA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The firm was founded by Robert (Bob) Eubanks Jr. in 1991 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Third Acquisition Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB). FSA delivers high touch investment management services to high net worth individuals and institutional investors.

Viking Global Investors LP (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by O. Andreas Halvorsen and David Ott in 1999. VGI provides investment advice to various private investment funds. Investors in the funds include charitable foundations, endowments, pension plans, sovereign entities, funds-of-funds, investment companies, trusts and individuals.

Cortec Group Management Services LLC (Cortec Group) is private equity firm founded in 1984 by Richard Scott Schafler. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

Council Capital (Council Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Dennis Bottorff and Katie Gambill. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Arkema, Inc. manufactures vinyl products. Its products include industrial chemicals and performance products such as acrylics, hydrogen peroxide, fluorochemicals, additives, agrochemicals, organic peroxides, and technical polymers. The company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

Piedmont Healthcare provides primary care services for patients with access to comprehensive medical care, x-ray, CT scan, ultrasound, and other in-house laboratories. The company was founded by Floyd W. McRae and Ludwig Amster in 1905 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Part of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Health Care Council operates as an association of health care industry leaders. The company is based in Nashville, TN. The company was founded by Philip M. Hertik.

DRW Trading Group operates as a trading organization. The firm offers trading technology and real estate services. The company was founded by Donald Ray Wilson and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Level Equity Management LLC (Level Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Benjamin Levin, George W. McCulloch and Sarah Sommer. The firm is headquartered in New York.

EIG Global Energy Partners LLC (EIG Global Energy Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

K1 Investment Management LLC (K1 Investment Management) is a venture capital firm founded by R. Neil Malik in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California.

PlanetRisk, Inc. provides security intelligence solutions. It offers asset intelligence, business continuity, cyber and identity intelligence, regulatory and legislative risk, security operation, site selection, situational awareness and risk management, travel and weather intelligence. The company was founded by Mark Dumas in 2014 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Hatch Accelerator Holding Ltd. (Hatch Accelerator) is an Accelerator/Incubator firm founded in 2017 by Carsten Krome, Wayne Murphy & Georg Baunach. The firm is headquartered in Cork, Ireland.

Minnowtech LLC provides software imaging platform services for shrimp farmers. The company was founded in 2018 by Suzan Shahrestani, Ken Malone, and Kelli Booth and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Anb Sensors Ltd. provides a sensor platform for the oceanographic and source water markets. The company is based in Cambridge, UK. The British company was founded in 2015 and the CEO is Nathan Lawrence.

Part of Raptor Technologies LLC, SchoolPass, Inc. is a K-12 platform that helps schools manage attendance, campus movement, and campus wellness in the cloud. The company is based in Gaithersburg, MD. The company partners with student information system (SIS) platforms such as PowerSchool, Blackbaud, Veracross, Senior Systems, and many others to seamlessly sync parent, student, and attendance data. The company was founded by Mark Ruiters, who has been the CEO since incorporation. SchoolPass, Inc. (Maryland) was acquired by Raptor Technologies LLC on April 25, 2023.

Frontline Healthcare Partners LLC (Frontline Healthcare) is a private equity firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

Tarsier Optics, Inc. provides high-resolution long-range image services through their image processing technique.