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Mackenzie Financial Corp. (dba Mackenzie Investments) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a direct subsidiary of Mackenzie, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW). Mackenzie Investments provides discretionary investment advisory services to Canadian mutual funds, such as exchange-traded funds, Separately Managed Accounts, and one closed-end fund listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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.

Sentinel Trust Co. is an independent wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 1997 by the Flowers and Fruehauf families by combining their complementary strengths—real estate, oil and gas, and public and private equities for the Flowers family; hedge funds and private equity for the Fruehauf family—and administration of complex wealth planning structures by both families, they would be able to attract top professionals to serve them as well as other similarly situated families. Sentinel Trust provides individualized investment management and trust administration services to very high net-worth families.

Part of U.S. Capital Advisors LLC, USCA Securities LLC is a financial services boutique based in Houston, TX. USCA Securities offers securities, investment advisory, and municipal advisory services through its subsidiaries. The primary business lines of the company are wealth management and capital markets. The company has a team of wealth management advisors and advisor teams in Houston, Austin, and Dallas, and also offers institutional sales and trading, investment banking, merchant banking, public finance, and asset management services. The company was founded in 1999 by Patrick Michael Mendenhall, who has been the CEO since then.

Natural Gas Partners LLC (NGP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC founded in 1988 by David Russell Albin and Kenneth Alfredo Hersh. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

RR Advisors LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Robert Raymond in 2004. RR Advisors provides discretionary investment advisory services to certain private investment funds and separately managed accounts and those that invest in them.

Highland Capital Funds Distributor, Inc. provides brokerage services. The private company is based in Dallas, TX.

Quintana Energy Services LLC engages in the provision of completion, production and drilling services in the US onshore oilfield services industry. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

ACM Ltd (ACM) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Pentti Karkkainen and Jeffrey van Steenbergen. The firm is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. manufactures flight control and utility actuation components and subsystems for aircraft. It offers various products, including video displays and graphics, data recorders, integrated systems, secondary flight controls, fluid controls, joystick controllers, studio faders, position sensors, and solenoids and utility, door, and ordinance actuation systems. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Raleigh, VA.

Blue Sage Service LP (Blue Sage Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Peter Huff and Jim McBride. The firm is headquartered in Austin. Texas.

Alamo Angels (Alamo Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Amit Mehta and Michael Girdley. The firm is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

CenterOak Partners LLC (CenterOak) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Randall Fojtasek. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

EIV Capital LLC (EIV Capital) is a private equity firm co-founded by Anthony Annunziato and Patricia B. Melcher in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Pharos Capital Group LLC (Pharos Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Bob Crants, Michael Devlin and Kneeland Youngblood. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Quintana Capital Group (Quintana Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Callisto Media Inc. provides platform to raise funding for charities and sports clubs. The company was founded by Benjamin Wayne and Matt Oesterle in 2011 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Aker Kvaerner Oil & Gas US, Inc. provides engineering and professional services. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

Kairos Power LLC is a nuclear energy technology and American engineering company that aims to enable the world's transition to clean energy while improving people's quality of life and protecting the environment. The private company is focused on commercializing the fluoride salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR) that can provide carbon-free energy at an affordable cost with robust safety. Kairos Power applies a rapid iterative development approach and vertical integration strategy to bring advanced reactor technology to the market. The company's construction permit application for the Hermes low-power demonstration reactor is currently under formal review after extensive pre-application engagement with the nuclear regulatory commission.

Rock Hill Capital Group, LLC (Rock Hill Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Randall B Hale. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Morgan Stanley Energy Partners is a private equity subsidiary of Morgan Stanley founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Bayou City Energy Management LLC (Bayou City Energy) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by William M. McMullen. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Sycamore Tree Capital Partners LP is an investment firm that specializes in alternative credit. The private company is based in Dallas, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States. The firm has deep experience across economic and market cycles, and its investment expertise includes bank loans, high yield bonds, structured credit, and special situations. The company was founded in 2019 by Jack Yang, Mark Kiyoshi Okada, and Trey B. Parker, with Mark Kiyoshi Okada serving as the CEO since then.

Rondo Energy, Inc. specializes in the development of the Rondo Heat Battery, a breakthrough energy technology that provides low-cost, zero-emission heat for industrial use. Rondo Energy is based in Oakland, CA, and the CEO of the company is John Setel O'Donnell. The company's focus is on the innovative design and potential implications of this game-changing technology for the future of sustainable heat and power.

Rice Investment Group (Rice Investment Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Daniel Joseph Rice. The firm is headquartered in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.