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UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Part of The Capital Group Cos., Inc., American Funds Distributors, Inc. provides investment advice. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Novo Holding A/S provides financial investments and manages the Novo Nordisk Foundation?s assets. It offers seed and venture capital to development stage companies and takes ownership positions in companies within life science and biotechnology. The company was founded on September 8, 1999 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

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.

Latham & Watkins LLP operates as a full-service law firm or legal matters. It offers services in the areas of finance, litigation, accounting, banking, life sciences, private equity, real estate, government relations, employment law, and outsourcing. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (Craig-Hallum) is an employee-owned, idea-driven research, trading and investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Bradley Baker and Kevin Harris in 1997. Craig-Hallum provides research, institutional sales and trading and investment banking services to institutional investors and growth companies.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

The Association of Corporate Counsel is a bar association that promotes the common professional and business interests of in-house counsel through information, education, networking, and advocacy. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. Joining ACC provides access to valuable, supportive resources for every stage of your career. Veta T. Richardson has been the CEO of the American company since 2011.

EPS NASS TopCo, Inc. is an electrical power solutions company that provides testing, transformer installation and repair, engineering, maintenance, grid equipment, and cyber security services. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in San Francisco, CA. The company is committed to creating a sustainable future by partnering with clients to modernize the electrical grid and reduce carbon emissions. The company is guided by an unwavering commitment to anticipate current and surfacing power grid needs while doing their part to create a better world. The company is a proud supporter of service members and directly contributes to over 23 foundations, scholarships, and organizations across the country.

Caerus Consulting AS engages in the research and development in biotechnology. It develops antibiotics for life threatening bacterial diseases. Its technological core is chemistry on complex molecules. The company was founded by Torgeir Vaage on March 31, 2009 and is headquartered in Hovik, Norway.

Avilex Pharma ApS develops and produces drugs to treat brain damage with the uses of dimeric ligands. It also develops novel inhibitors to target a range of unmet medical needs. The firm uses dimeric ligands that targets intracellular with unprecedented potency. The company was founded by Kristian Strømgaard and Anders Bach on December 27, 2012 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

LEO Pharma A/S develops, manufactures and markets drugs within the area of dermatology and critical care medicine. It supplies medicines to patients suffering from skin infections and diseases such as psoriasis and eczema, thrombosis, kidney disease and cancer. The company was founded by August Kongsted and Anton Antons in 1908 and is headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark.

Novo Seeds (Novo Seeds) is a venture capital operating division of Novo Nordisk Fonden. The firm was established in 2007, and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.

Touchstone Innovations Investment Management Ltd. is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Touchstone Innovations Ltd. founded in 1986. Touchstone Innovations Investment Management Ltd. is headquartered in London.

Acesion Pharma ApS develops drugs for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia. The firm's technology blocks ion channel with a selective drug molecule constitutes a target for developing treatment of AF. The company was founded by Ulrik Svane S?rensen and Morten Grunnet in 2011 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

RTP Capital Associates, Inc. is a venture capital fund that provides advisory services to and invests in technology-driven companies. The company is headquartered in Durham, NC.

BEKHealth Corp. is a privately held, venture-backed business that operates an AI-powered patient-matching software platform serving the clinical trial industry. The company is based in Kent, CT. The platform allows life sciences and healthcare organizations to speed up site selection and patient recruitment by extracting data from electronic medical records (EMRs), which includes structured and unstructured clinical data that captures three times more trial criteria. BEKHealth's AI-driven data platform uses a proprietary ontology that has been built from 400+ medical libraries aligned against 70,000 protocols to standardize patient data to its interoperable clinical data model. Founded by Jason Baumgartner, who has been the CEO since incorporation, BEKHealth combines a proprietary AI-powered EMR data-processing engine with easy-to-use and impactful workflow solutions to provide sites and CROs the ability to achieve "the last mile" to recruit the right patients more rapidly.

Excelerate Health Venture LLC (Excelerate Health Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Gary Abrahams and Bobby Bahram. The firm is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

First Flight Venture Center operates as a non-profit organization that provides business support services to start-up and early stage companies. It offers programs for technology companies that help them in fields such as concept testing, prototyping, research, business strategies, and product development. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

First Flight Ventures (First Flight Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of First Flight Venture Center, Inc founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.