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Columbia Capital LLC (Columbia Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Dave P. Mixer. The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Weston Presidio Service Co. LLC (Weston Presidio) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Michael Cronin and Michael Lazarus. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Water Island Capital LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Orrico in 2000 and is owned by Water Island Capital Partners LP. They provide investment advisory services for both institutional and retail clients through registered investment companies (including mutual funds and an ETF), other pooled investment vehicles (hedge funds or private funds), and separately managed accounts.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Tighitco, Inc. engages in the design, fabrication, and assembly of engineered components for aerospace and industrial applications. It operates through the following business units: Aerostructures, Insulation Products Group, and Overhaul and Repair. Its products include composite assemblies, fire shield blankets, metal bonding, metal encapsulated insulation, molded products, phenolic and polyimide insulation systems, sewn insulation blankets, and sheet metal fabrication and assemblies. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Sorenson Capital (Sorenson Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Fraser Bullock and Mika Ronald. The firm is headquartered in Lehi, Utah.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Kaman Aerospace Corp. produces aircraft structures and components for commercial and military aircraft markets. Its products include electro-optic devices, fuzes and safety systems, aircraft components, rugged memory systems, aerospace bearings and non-contact position measuring systems. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Bloomfield, CT.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

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.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Prospect Mold & Die Co. designes and manufactures complex molds, tooling and production parts for a variety of industries, including defense aerospace, commercial aerospace, automotive, and commercial. The company was founded by William P. Wright, William Dalcher and Walter Nagel in 1945 and is headquartered in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.

Graham Partners, Inc (Graham Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of The Graham Group Inc founded in 1988 by Steve C. Graham. The firm is headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Cultivation Capital LLC (Cultivation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Brian Matthews, Cliff Holekamp, Jim McKelvey, Kyle Welborn, and Peter Esparrago. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Spire Capital Partners LLC (Spire Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Andrew J. Armstrong Jr., Bruce M. Hernandez and Richard H. Patterson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Twain Financial Partners LLC operates as an investment management firm. It engages in financial services, robust accounting, reporting, and compliance. The company was founded by Marc Hirshman, Matt Badler, and Keith Willy in 2013 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Hammond Kennedy Whitney & Co., Inc. (HKW) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1903. The firm is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Moment Ventures LLC (Moment Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Ammar Hanafi, Clint Chao, and Rajiv Khemani. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Victor Capital Group LLC (Victor Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Douglas Korn. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ames Watson LLC is a privately held holding company that was founded in 2018 by Lawrence S. Berger and Tom H. Ripley. The company is based in Columbia, MD. Ames Watson purchases, invests in, transforms, and partners with companies to create long term value. The company brings know-how, problem solving, deep resources, and experience to grow companies and move them past "inflection points." The company takes great pride in its partnership approach, working closely with management teams to create value.

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC (Schonfeld) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2015, Schonfeld provides discretionary advisory services to private investment funds, trading vehicles and certain affiliates.

Auvik Networks, Inc. manages an enterprise network automation platform. The firm's cloud managed network automation platform dramatically simplifies the way Information Technology configures, monitors and manages its network. The company was founded by Marc G. Morin, David Yach, and Alex Hoff in November 2011 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.