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Old Second National Bank is a division of Old Second Bancorp., Inc. (NasdaqGS; OSBC). The bank is located in Aurora, Illinois.

The University of Chicago Endowment (UCE) manages the endowment of the University of Chicago, a private research university headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. They are responsible for overseeing the investment of the University's investment assets including the endowment, pensions, and other related assets. The University of Chicago’s endowment supports the fundamental mission of the institution—to produce a caliber of teaching and research that regularly leads to advances across the sciences, medicine, law, business, the arts, and humanistic inquiry. The endowment provides a permanent source of income to these endeavors by supplementing the operating budget of the University.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

5AM Venture Management LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2002 by Terry M. Graunke and Paul G. Yovovich. 5AM Venture Management LLC is headquartered in Chicago.

Balyasny Asset Management LP (BAM) is a multi-strategy hedge fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm’s predecessor, Balyasny Capital Management LLC (BCM), was founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley. In 2003, BCM converted from a limited liability company to a limited partnership. Then, in January 2004, their name was changed to Balyasny Asset Management LP. They are a subsidiary of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP. BAM provides investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients through privately offered pooled investment funds.

OneChicago LLC engages in providing electronic exchange services. It focuses on futures on individual stocks, narrow-based indexes, and ETFs. The firm offers single stock futures exchange services to invest and trade equity products for traders, brokers, and investors. It also provides market data, including quotes, list of market data vendors, market data vendor fees and licensing and various products. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Agrible, Inc. provides predictive analytics tools for farmers and growers. Its software provides field-level forecasts and data on yield predictions, nutrient availability, fieldwork timing, spraying conditions, hail events, potential pest problems, and weather. The company was founded by Bill Northcott, Christopher M. Harbourt, Eric Snodgrass, and Paul S. Miller in 2007 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

First Analysis Securities Corp. (FAS) is a research-driven investment organization headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and was founded in 1981. The firm is a subsidiary of First Analysis Corp. FAS serves emerging growth companies with private equity/venture capital investments, corporations with corporate finance and merger and acquisition services, and financial institutions with the public equity research and private equity limited partnerships.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

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.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

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

CREtech provides real estate services. The company was founded by Michael Beckerman and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Citi Ventures Inc. (Citi Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary founded in 2007 by Deborah C. Hopkins. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Morningstar, Inc. (Research) is the investment research arm of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), an American financial services firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Joseph Mansueto in 1984 and provides independent portfolio information offering star ratings and analysis of managed funds. They also provide economic commentary and asset allocation information based on qualitative research.

RCP Advisors LLC (RCP Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of P10 Holdings, Inc. founded in 2001 by William Souder, Jeff Patrick Gehl, Thomas Patrick Danis Jr., Charlie Keydel Huebner and Timothy Jerome Danis. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Maranon Capital LP (Maranon Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Tom Gregory and Ian Larkin. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.

Thoma Bravo LP(Thoma Bravo) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Carl Dee Thoma and Orlando Bravo. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Geneva Trading USA LLC is based in Chicago, IL. Geneva Trading USA LLC is a Principal Trading Group. The CEO of the company is Robert S. Creamer.

MicroVest Capital Management LLC (MicroVest Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of DAI Global LLC founded in 2003 by Gill Crawford and W. Bowman Cutter. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

RF Investment Partners LLC (RF Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Peter Fidler and Peter E. Rothschild. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Kroll LLC provides global advisory services. It offers valuation advisory; governance, risk, investigation, and disputes; kroll cyber risk, corporates finance, and compliance and regulatory consulting. The company was founded by William Duff and George Phelps in 1932 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Serra Ventures LLC (Serra Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Tim Hoerr. The firm is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Indigo Ag, Inc. provides microbial solutions. The company was founded by Noubar Afeyan, David A. Berry, and Geoffrey von Maltzahn in 2013 and is headquartered in Charlestown, MA.

Brandt Consolidated, Inc. engages in the manufacture of agricultural specialty products. Its products include aquatics; adjuvants; pest and disease control; plant growth regulator, and soil amendments. The company was founded by Glen Brandt and Evelyn Brandt Thomas in 1953 and is headquartered in Springfield, IL.

Los Alamos National Laboratory operates as a multidisciplinary institution. It offers services in science, engineering, earth science, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and space science. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Los Alamos, NM.