Ryan Peddycord

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Mercury Capital Advisors LLC operates as a institutional capital raising and investment advisory enterprise. It offers fundraising, secondaries, co-investments, joint ventures, direct placements, investment advisory, and closed transactions. The company was founded by Enrique Cuan, Michael G. Ricciardi, and Alan A. Pardee and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in San Mateo, California. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Advisers provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to US and non-US, registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts.

Morrison & Foerster LLP is a law firm that provides legal services on various industries, which include: litigation, financial services, intellectual property and technology, and transactional work, such as corporate, capital markets and real estate finance representations. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

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

First Bight Ventures (First Bight) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Veronica B Wu. The firm is headquartered in Houstan, Texas.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFA manages assets for US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, multi-asset and index strategies.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. (MSA) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 1987 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSA provides institutional securities such as equities, fixed income, derivatives and research.

Moss Adams LLP engages in the provision of assurance, tax, consulting, risk management, transaction, and wealth services. It focuses on serving public, private, and not-for-profit enterprises. The company was founded by John G. Mcintosh in 1913 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Harbin Ship & Ocean Intelligent Equipment Co. engages in the manufacturing and trading of naval architecture and ocean engineering intelligent equipment. It designs, researches, develops, and produces unmanned underwater vehicles and ship dynamic positioning systems and provides after-sales services. It also offers related technical services and technical consultation services. The company was founded on March 30, 2016 and is headquartered in Harbin, China.

Bogan Associates LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Boston, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 2004 by Thomas Rockwood Bogan and Andrew Allerton Bogan.

EQT Partners, Inc. is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of EQT Partners AB founded in 1994. EQT Partners, Inc. is headquartered in New York.

Creative Planning, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and holding firm headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The firm was founded in 1983 and provides investment advice to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or business entities other than those listed above, foundations, endowments and other institutions.

IDbyDNA, Inc. operates as a precision medicine company that focuses on metagenomic approaches for infectious disease identification. It develops technologies to enable universal microorganism detection. The firm help doctors and scientists to detect any pathogen in any sample, thereby removing barriers for the adoption of metagenomics in clinical settings, ultimately leading to faster public health responses during infectious disease outbreaks. The company was founded by Martin G. Reese, Guochun Liao, Mark Yandell, and Robert Schlaberg in Noveber 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

MegaRobo Technologies Co., Ltd. develops TV internal visual inspection equipment for LED TV assembly production processes. The equipment can be widely used in mobile phones, car displays, and large-size TV panel production lines. The company is based in Beijing, China. The equipment detects various defects such as missing screws, misplaced adhesive tape, loose terminals, and incorrect positioning of magnetic rings and wires. It provides automatic detection and alarm, and can upload production information to MES systems for easy traceability. The Chinese company was founded in 2016 by Yu Qing Huang, Zhi Xin Qiao, Yan Zhang. Yu Qing Huang has been the CEO since 2016.

X.commerce, Inc. provides open-source eCommerce solutions. Its products include magento commerce, order management, business intelligence pro, shippings, extensions marketplace, open source, and adobe experience cloud. The company was founded by Roy Rubin and Yoav Kutner in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.