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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.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of securities underwriting and investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC (MNA) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Fairport, New York. The firm was formed in 2011 as the successor to Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc., which was founded as a partnership in 1970. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manning & Napier Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Callodine Midco, Inc. MNA provides investment advice to individuals and institutional clients. The firm also acts as the sub-advisor to affiliated and unaffiliated advisors and to certain registered and unregistered commingled investment vehicles.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Webscale Networks, Inc. provides cloud-based web and application performance software. Its products include CloudMaestro, a complete, fully scalable Software-as-a-Service application delivery network, improves the speed, availability and reliability of web and mobile applications for small and medium businesses and; CloudMaestro with Application Scaling. The firm's solution delivers intelligent traffic optimization, predictive right-sizing, self-healing, web content acceleration and security in a single unified application delivery fabric, which provides faster site speed indexes while nearly eliminating downtime. It offers professional support and professional services for cloud-based applications. The company was founded in 2012 by James T. Smith II, Vladimir V. Shestak and Robert L. Shires and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Hill River Capital, Inc. (Hill River Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The Rockies Venture Club, Inc. provides non-profit networking services for entrepreneurs, service professionals, investors, venture capitalists and funding sources. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Frontier Asset Management LLC (Frontier) is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Sheridan, Wyoming. The firm was founded in 2000 by Gary Miller and Robert Miller. Frontier manages taxable and non-taxable accounts for affluent individuals and retirement accounts such as 401(k) and profit-sharing plans. They also provide investment management and consulting services to financial advisors and institutional clients, including endowments, foundations, corporations and other investment advisory organizations.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

Colorado State University Ventures, Inc. provides intellectual property, licensing, partnership-building and entrepreneurship services. It offers business technology transfer and commercialization services. The firm provides its services to the corporate, private and government sectors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, CO.

Colorado Clean Energy Cluster provides clean energy education and empowerment initiative programmes. The private company is based in Colorado.

Catalyze Holdings LLC engages in the provision of renewable energy solutions for commercial real estate. The company was founded by Steve Atherton and James Geshwiller and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Aspero Medical, Inc. develops an endoscopic device that can be used by doctors treating patients with gastrointestinal diseases. The firm's medical device utilizes a patent-pending technology that creates a micro-textured balloon for balloon endoscopies. The company is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Island Water Technologies, Inc. offers packaged and solar powered wastewater treatment solutions. Its products include regen, sentry and clear pod. The company was founded by Patrick Kiely in 2013 and is headquartered Charlottetown, Canada.

Factor[E] Ventures Ltd (Factor[E] Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Bryan Willson. The firm is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Newfound Research LLC (Newfound) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. The firm was co-founded by Thomas Rosedale and Corey Hoffstein in 2008. Newfound creates and manages rule-based, quantitative investment strategies. They serve as the adviser to a mutual fund and sub-adviser and model manager for other investment strategies and indices. Their clients include an open-end mutual fund, registered investment advisers, broker-dealers and other asset management firms and financial intermediaries.