Michelle Dejean Schechner

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

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

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) (JPMC-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm. Headquartered in New York City, JPMC-IM provides asset management services for corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, governments, healthcare organizations, educational institutions and affluent individuals.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Fiduciary Trust Co. International is an investment and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirectly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Templeton Investments is a global investment management organization offering investment services under the a global investment management organization offering investment services under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Bissett, Fiduciary Trust, Darby, Balanced Equity Management and K2 brand names. Franklin Templeton Investments, through current and predecessor subsidiaries, has been engaged in the investment management and related services business since 1947. Fiduciary Trust was founded in 1931 and provides personalized investment solutions to high net-worth individuals, families, endowments, foundations and institutions.

DWM Asset Management LLC (DWM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Peter Johnson in 1994 and is a subsidiary of DWM Holding LLC. DWM provides institutional investors with risk-tailored debt and equity strategies designed to combine competitive returns with social and environmental impact.

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.

Levelten Energy, Inc. develops a renewable energy transaction platform. It offers market place, performance monitoring and RFP automation platforms. The company was founded by Smith Bryce and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Oportun, Inc. provides consumer financial services. The firm focuses on offering unsecured credit to under-banked Hispanic families that lack FICO scores, credit histories, and traditional banking relationships. It provides loans without collateral to clients who lack credit history by using its sophisticated risk-scoring system that emphasizes a client's true capacity to afford a loan and engages with customers in their neighborhoods, in their language and with familiar faces from the community to build relationships of trust that lead to a lifetime of growth and prosperity. The company was founded by James Gutierrez and Gabriel Manjarrez in 2005 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

MachineMetrics, Inc. provides monitoring software for manufacturing companies. The firm products include data driven manufacturing, downtime and quality reporting, shop floor reports, machine reports, machine reports, data collection and job scheduling. The company was founded by William M. Bither II, Jacob Lauzier and Eric Fogg in 2014 and is headquartered in Northampton, MA.

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

iSee, Inc. develops an artificial intelligence software designed to automate vehicle systems. The firm also provides applications that help machines to understand human intentions. The company was founded by Debbie Yu, Yibiao Zhao and Chris L. Baker and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Dexai Robotics, Inc. is engaged in artificial intelligence services. The firm offers robotic services in kitchen. Its product Alfred offers food service. The company was founded by David M.S. Johnson and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

Modulate, Inc. develops voice modulate technology. It provides machine learning to make voice completely customizable. The company was founded by Mike Pappas and Carter Huffman in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Elucidata Corp. operates as a data science to transform decision-making processes in R&D labs in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Its services includes data processing, data modeling and analysis and data visualisation. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Soft Robotics, Inc. designs and builds soft robotic automation systems that can grasp and manipulate items of varying size, shape and weight with a single device. It also offers an ecosystem of robots, control systems, data and machine learning to enable the workplace of the future. The company was founded by Carmichael S. Roberts, Jr., Mitchell R. Zakin and George M. Whitesides in 2013 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Tive, Inc. provides multiple electronic sensors for monitoring of shipments. It offers software, tracker, and solutions. The company was founded by Krenar Komoni and Rob Stevens in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Vesper Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures piezoelectric MEMS microphones. It offers Piezoelectric MEMS Microphone VM1000 brand which is used in smartphones and smart home devices. The company was founded by Bobby Littrell and Karl Grosh in September 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Neurolaunch is an American company that emphasizes the importance of reading and its impact on cognitive abilities, including creativity. The private company explores how reading stimulates creativity and how self-expression is a fundamental aspect of human nature. The company also discuss the effects of nicotine on the brain and the promising results of neuroplasticity exercises in managing tinnitus symptoms. The company was founded by Christopher W. Klaus.

Boston New Technology, Inc. is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes the growing tech startup community. The American company was founded by Vivjan Myrto.

Butlr Technologies, Inc. is a company that uses actual usage data to create a better workplace. The company was founded by Honghao Deng and is based in Burlingame, CA. The company offers cutting-edge technology to provide a smarter way of looking at space and predictive insights based on resident movement. The company's platform is the world's only 100% wireless, anonymous people counting and occupancy detection system. Deng has been the CEO since incorporation.

Centure Applications Ltd. engages in the development of artificial intelligence technology to disrupt the agricultural pest control process. It uses cameras to identify and spray only weeds using a proprietary data set of weeds in the world. The company was founded by Nadav Bocher, Itzhak Khait, and Alon Klien Orbach in March 2016 and is headquartered in Canada.

First Chicago Bancorp provides commercial banking services in the United States. Its services include real estate, and construction and commercial loans to individuals, and small and medium-sized businesses. The company also provides mortgage services and alternative investment products. First Chicago Bancorp was founded in 1905 and is located in Chicago, IL

Citibank AG provides banking services. Its products include banking, financing, and insurance services. Citibank is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Citibank (Switzerland) AG (Citi Switzerland) is the Swiss private banking subsidiary of Citicorp Banking Corp., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. Founded in 1963, the firm is headquartered in Zurich and provides a range of wealth management and advisory services to corporations, institutions and ultra-high-net-worth private clients. Citi Switzerland is a socially responsible investor which seeks to advance environmental and social progress and conduct business in a way that creates value for clients, customers, communities and employees.