Brittney Blume

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

Russell Investment Management LLC (RIM) is a SEC-registered mutual fund manager headquartered in Seattle, Washington. They are a holding firm of Russell Investments US Retail Holdco, Inc., ultimately owned by Russell Investments Group Ltd. The firm was founded in 1936 and was formerly known as Frank Russell Investment Co. RIM provides investment advisory services to affiliated pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit-sharing plans, government entities, insurance companies, foreign official institutions, financial intermediaries, and wrap-fee program clients of third-party financial intermediaries.

Washington Capital Management, Inc. (WaCap) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1977, WaCap provides both privately offered commingled pooled investment funds (including feeder funds) and separately managed accounts. The firm serves as an investment manager primarily for institutional investors and accounts, such as pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, charitable organizations, and governmental entities.

Advanced Bionics Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets bionic technologies for neurological conditions. Its neuromodulation technology includes neurostimulators, programmable drug pumps, and cochlear implants. The company was founded by Alfred Mann in 1993 and is headquartered in Sylmar, CA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

The Humane Society for Seattle/King County engages in promoting human-animal bond by saving and serving pets. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Frontage Laboratories, Inc. operates as a contract research organization which provides integrated, science-driven, product development services. It offers drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, safety and toxicology, bioanalytical, chemistry, manufacturing, and control, clinical, biometrics, and agrochemical services. The company was founded by Song Li and Jie Du in 2001 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Private Banking) (RWBCI) is the wealth management division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, asset management and private equity firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is a subsidiary of Baird Financial Corp., ultimately held by Baird Financial Group, Inc. RWBCI offers its investment management services to all types of current or prospective clients, which include, but not limited to: individuals, trusts, estates, Retirement Accounts, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations or other business entities.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Domainex Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company. Its services include drug target expression, structural biology, virtual hit screening, medicinal chemistry, computational chemistry, assay development, and fragment based screening. The firm offers combinatorial domain hunting technology, and leadbuilder virtual hit screening software. The company was founded by Laurence Harris Pearl, Renos Savva, Paul Driscoll and Chrisostosmos Prodromou in 2001 and is headquartered in Saffron Walden, the United Kingdom.

Prota Labs LLC (Prota Labs) is a venture capital firm co - founded in 2016 by Wilson Fong. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Real Escape from the Sex Trade offers charitable services. The firm provides services for women, girls for prevention, intervention and restoration and men for demand, relationships and resources. The company was founded in November 2009 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Code Fellows Holdings, Inc. develops software solutions for programming skills. It focuses by giving career education where students get hand-on experience by applying trainings and building applications specializes in full-stack JavaScript, Python, or ASP.NET development. The company was founded by Andy Sack, Ivan Storck, Brad Bouse, William Little and Brook Riggio in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Mainstay Medical Ltd. operates as a medical device company which develops neuro-stimulation therapies for people with debilitating chronic low back pain. It develops ReActiv8, an active implantable medical device designed to treat people with chronic low back pain. The company was founded by Danny Sachs in 2008 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

American Geophysical Union (AGU) is an international nonprofit scientific association with 60,000 members in 137 countries. The private company is based in Washington and welcomes visitors to the first net-zero renovated building in DC, which includes a state-of-the-art conference center. AGU promotes discovery in earth and space science for the benefit of humanity by providing career and educational resources, webinars, mentoring services, and support for students and professionals at all levels in earth and space science. AGU publishes award-winning books in topics of relevance to scientists in academia, government, and industry, as well as the larger earth and space science community. AGU also has a variety of honors that recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to earth and space science through scientific research, education, science communication, and outreach.

Part of Avery Dennison Corp., Avery Dennison (China) Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures and supplies self-adhesive label materials. The company is based in Shanghai, China.

Seedblink Crowd SA is an investment platform that specializes in sourcing, vetting, financing, and scaling European tech start-ups. The company is based in Bucharest, Romania, and has subsidiaries in the Netherlands. The platform has a community of over 10,700 investors from all over the world who have used Seedblink to back nearly 60 companies with a total of €53,4m. Seedblink's secondary market allows for early liquidity events, and investors can control their assets in a fully digital environment. The Romanian company was founded in 2019 by Ionut Patrahau and Andrei Dudoiu, and Carmen Sebe has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Victoriabank SA provides banking services. It offers loans, deposits, online banking, money transfer and securities and investment. The company was founded on December 22, 1989 and is headquartered in Chisinau, Moldova.

Frontida BioPharm, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The firm offers contract manufacturing, product development, analytical services. Its products include Duragran and Adaptdose. The company was founded by Song Li and Ronald Connolly and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.