Kristin H. Walsh

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Vector Capital Management LP (Vector Capital Management) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1997 by Alexander R. Slusky. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

Guggenheim Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Links Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Guggenheim Securities’ specializations include the sales and trading of fixed-income securities and sophisticated structured products. The firm offers in-depth analysis and expert execution of trading opportunities to large institutional investors and asset originators. They offer sales and trading services relating to a wide range of instruments.

K2 Software, Inc. engages in the design and development of a software platform for automation processes. It offers consulting, remote, and managed services. The company was founded by Adriaan van Wyk, Lenz le Roux, and Olaf Wagner in 2000 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Founded in 2004, TD Securities (USA) LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc. and their ultimate parent is Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). TD Securities (USA) provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients in five areas of finance including: investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional equities, foreign exchange and money markets. Their services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The equity group provides research coverage of media and communications, technology, financial services, oil and gas, mining and metals, industrial products, forest products, technology, utilities and power, real estate, biotechnology, consumer products and merchandising and quantitative analysis strategy. The fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, U.S. and European debt issuers and investors.

HgCapital LLP (HgCapital) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Craig M. Donaldson. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Munich, Paris, New York and San Francisco.

HS Winddown, Inc. engages in provision of clean water technology, that provides solutions to the growing issue of water stress. It focuses on providing cleaner, clearer, safer water using its proprietary platforms of N-halamine polymers to purify drinking water, killing bacteria and viruses that may cause diseases. The company was founded on March 18, 1997 and is headquartered in Mukilteo, WA.

Astrobotic Technology, Inc. operates as a space robotics company. It develops and provides space robotics capabilities such as terrain relative navigation, mobile robotics for lunar surface operations, and computing systems for mission-critical applications. The company was founded by William Whittaker in 2007 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh. PA.

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

Perkins Coie LLP provides corporate, commercial litigation, and intellectual property legal services. Its practice areas include business law, environment and natural resources, estate planning and trust services, finance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, product liability, real estate and land use, regulatory and government affairs, and taxation. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Mckinstry Co. LLC designs, builds, operates, and maintains buildings. It offers construction, consulting, energy, and facility services. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP engages in the provision of legal services. Its practices include: antitrust and competition; banking and finance; capital markets; copyright, trademark and false advertising; cyber, privacy and data innovation; employment law and litigation; energy; financial services litigation; global compliance and regulatory, infrastructure; intellectual property; patents; public finance; real estate; securities litigation; supreme court and appellate; tax advocacy; technology transactions; trials; and white collar, investigations, securities litigation and compliance. The company was founded by John R. Garboe in 1863 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd (Mirae Asset) is an independent South Korean emerging markets specialist asset management firm which was founded in 1997. Headquartered in Seoul, Mirae Asset provides investment services to individual and institutional investors. They are a socially responsible investor which supports social welfare initiatives and scholarship programs through the Mirae Asset Park Hyeon Joo Foundation. Employees are invited to contribute to specific campaigns run by the Mirae Asset Park Hyeon Joo Foundation and the Mirae Asset matching grant program matches 100% of each donor contribution.

Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with ten colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. It was founded in 1829 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Weldon Owen, Inc. publishes and markets reference, lifestyle, education and children's books. The firm engages in creation, development, and production of premium-quality illustrated reference, lifestyle, and education books. Its brands include Williams-Sonoma, Gymboree, The Body Shop, Popular Photography, and Outdoor Life. The company was founded by John Owen in 1984 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Taiwan Corp. is a Taiwanese company that offers a range of Microsoft products and services for both home and business use. The company is based in Taipei, Taiwan. The company's offerings include Surface, Microsoft 365, Xbox, Windows, Azure, and more.

Vietnam Holding Asset Management Ltd. (VNHAM) is an independent fund management firm headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The firm was founded in 2006 and acts as an investment advisor to Vogt Asset Management Ltd (VAM), the asset manager of Lumen Vietnam Fund – a UCITS compliant Vietnam equity fund domiciled in Liechtenstein. VNHAM is a signatory to the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Investment.

Perkins Coie Ventures (Perkins Coie Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Perkins Coie LLP founded in 1996. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Amazon.com.ca, Inc. provides online retail shopping services. The private company is based in Seattle, WA and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Auth0, Inc. engages in the provision of universal authentication and authorization platform for web, mobile, and legacy applications. It serves the financial, healthcare, media, retail, and real estate industries. The company was founded by Matias Woloski and Eugenio Pace in 2013 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Satellite Applications Catapult Ltd. is engaged in providing technical services for satellite applications and space data. It serves to the agriculture, technology, health and wellbeing, and transport industries. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Didcot, the United Kingdom.

Gordian Compliance Solutions LLC provides compliance business consulting services. The firm specializes in regulatory compliance services for investment advisers, broker-dealers, private fund managers, and futures professionals. Its services include investment adviser compliance and broker-dealer compliance. The company was founded by Niel Armstrong and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Skywatch Space Applications, Inc. operates an online portal which allows users to access satellite data. The company was founded by Roland Sing, Dexter Jagula and James Slifierz in 2014 and is headquartered in Waterloo, ON.

HyperGrowth Partners (HyperGrowth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by Guillaume Cabane, Martin Gontovnikas. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Speqtral Pte Ltd. develops space-based quantum communication systems. It offers satellite QKD and secure communication. The company was founded by Chune Yang Lum and Robert Bedington and is headquartered in Singapore.

Krucial is a British company that offers end-to-end data services to areas lacking traditional communications infrastructure. The company is based in Glasgow, UK. The company utilizes a combination of satellite communications technology and IoT to provide unique data services. Krucial was founded in 2018 by Allan Cannon and Kevin Quillien, with Allan Cannon serving as the CEO since then.