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Avondale Partners LLC is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded by Robert Shepherd and Philip Krebs in 2001. Avondale Partners provides financial advisory services as well as equity and fixed income underwriting and private placement services to public and private companies throughout the US, Canada and Europe. They focus on middle-market companies in the healthcare sector.

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.

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. (WTIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The firm was founded as MTB Investment Advisors, Inc. in 1995 as the result of a merger between Allied Investment Advisors and M&T Asset Management. In 2012, their name was changed to WTIA. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. (M&T Bank), which is owned by M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB). WTIA principally provides investment management services to institutional clients. The firm also serves as sub-advisor to the Wilmington Funds, a family of mutual funds.

Triangle Venture Capital Group Management GmbH (TVC) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1997 and headquartered in Sankt Leon-Rot near Heidelberg in southwestern Germany, with an office in nearby Bensheim. TVC manages a series of venture capital funds. Their clients are German family offices and high-net worth individuals, institutions and funds of funds. The firm does not manage public funds.

AARP, Inc. (District of Columbia) provides general, legal information and products and facilities to aged citizens. It offers discounts, insurance, financial, health products, travel benefits to its members. The company was founded by Ethel Percy Andrus in 1958 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Maryland State Retirement & Pension System (SRPS) is the state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1982, the firm administers death, disability and retirement benefits on behalf of their members. These include active and former State employees, teachers, State police, judges, law enforcement. SRPS provides important coverage both during a member’s working career and after they retire.

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

Boku Network Services AG provides payment solutions for online merchants. Its solution areas include payment processing, mobile marketing campaigns, and customer relationship management. The firm design mobile applications that cover content management, web-based reporting, and short message service dialogues. The company was founded by Ingo Lippert, Christian Hinrichs and Armin Barbalata on March 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

VR Equitypartner GmbH (VREP) is a private equity subsidiary of DZ Bank AG founded in 1970. The firm is headquartered in Bavaria, Germany.

KHS GmbH manufactures filling and packaging equipment for the beverage, food, and non-food sectors. Its products include blocked machines, processing systems, ECO pet line, aseptic filling, keg systems, labeling, thermal container treatment, pouching and palletizers. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.

Partners Group (Private Equity) (Partners Group-PE) is the private equity division of Partners Group AG, itself a subsidiary of Partners Group Holding AG (SW: PGHN), founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Baar, Switzerland. The firm seeks opportunities to create value through working with investee management teams to expand their businesses and attain leadership positions in their markets. Partners Group-PE aligns interests by investing alongside clients.

Part of Sinon Invest Holding GmbH, mobile messaging solutions (mms) GmbH provides mobile messaging solutions. The company is based in Vienna, Austria. mobile messaging solutions (mms was acquired by Sinon Invest Holding GmbH from VeriSign, Inc. on February 05, 2009.

Part of GEA Group AG, GEA Farm Technologies GmbH is a German company that manufactures milking equipment. The company is based in Boenen, Germany. The CEOs are Hanno Kussmann, Thomas Mader. The company was founded in 2005.

Goldpac Ltd. engages in the production and sale of magnetic stripe cards. It also offers integrated circuit cards, smart cards, laser cards, password envelopes, bank office paper supplies, and card terminals. The company was founded on June 21, 1995 and is headquartered in Zhuhai, China.

Sichuan Zhongruan Technology Co., Ltd. develops software applications. It provides city intelligent project construction, smart city core platform as a service (PAAS), city information system and intelligent operation integrated solutions, and software and platform development solutions. The company was founded on January 10, 2011 and is headquartered in Chengdu, China.

Honey Science Corp. provides browser extension that automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout for different online shopping websites. The company was founded by George Ruan and Ryan Hudson in 2012 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Quake Capital Partners (Quake Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Glenn L. Argenbright. The firm is headquartered in Austin.

Scripovest AG is a German company that specializes in historical securities. The private company is based in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. The company is one of the largest retailers of historical securities in the world and also offer investment opportunities in tangible assets. It was founded in 2013 and the CEO is Volker Malik.

WF World Fund Management GmbH (WF World Fund Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.