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Connecticut Innovations, Inc (CI) is venture capital firm founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. engages in long-term savings and retirement products. It develops and sells individual annuities, private and public sector group retirement plans, other investment products sold to institutions. It also provides life insurance and investment advisory services. The company was founded in November 1996 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

The Vanguard Group, Inc. (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1975 by John Bogle. In 1976, they introduced the first indexed mutual fund, the First Index Investment Trust (now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund), to individual investors. VGI provides investment advisory services to Vanguard family of funds and Vanguard's non-US clients, which are comprised of funds established as trusts under the laws of the Province of Ontario in Canada and separate account clients of Vanguard's international subsidiaries.

Steadfast Income REIT, Inc. engages in investment and management of portfolio of real estate. Its objective is to reserve, protect, and return stockholders’ invested capital, pay attractive and stable distributions to stockholders, and realize capital appreciation in the value of the investment over the long term. The company was founded by Rodney F. Emery on May 4, 2009 and is headquartered is Irvine, CA.

Predex is a closed-end management investment company. It engages in a continuous offering of shares and operates as an interval fund that offers to make quarterly repurchases of shares at net asset value. Its investment objective is to seek consistent current income while secondarily seeking long-term capital appreciation with moderate volatility. The company was founded on February 5, 2013 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Grotech Management Co (Grotech Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984 by Frank A. Adams. The firm is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Worthington, Moore & Jacobs, Inc. provides accounts receivables management, commercial credit, and collection services. The firm provides asset and liability investigation, asset liquidation, and credit reporting services. It offers consultation and training seminars on receivables management, business reorganizations, and commercial bankruptcy. The company was founded by David Caprario in 1995 and is headquartered in Ellicott City, MD.

Part of MGM Healthcare Pvt Ltd., APPU Hotels Ltd. operates hotels and resorts. The company is based in Chennai, India. APPU Hotels was acquired by MGM Healthcare Pvt Ltd. on July 18, 2021 for $56.73 million.

American Orthodontics Corp. manufactures orthodontics appliances. Its products include metal twin, self ligating and cosmetic brackets, digital orthodontics, tubes, brands and attachments, wire, elastomerics, fixed and functional, instruments, adhesives, mini implant TADs, curing lights, lingual attachments, stops and hooks, and extraoral. The company was founded by Dan Merkel in 1968 and is headquartered in Sheboygan, WI.

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. is an American company that provides an array of industry data prepared by NAREIT staff and other outside sources. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The company specializes in REITs, or real estate investment trusts, which are companies that own or finance income-producing real estate across a range of property sectors. Most REITs trade on major stock exchanges, and they offer a number of benefits to investors. Steven A. Wechsler has been the CEO of the company since 1997.

Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) is a non-profit trade association based in Hartford, CT, for the institutional real estate investment industry. The company's members include public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and investment advisory firms. PREA provides its members with materials to keep up to date on trends and issues in real estate investment decisions, including sustainability and other ESG considerations. The company also offers access to the MSCI/PREA U.S. Property Fund Index, which allows for detailed analysis of the performance of open-end property funds and their underlying investments.

The American Economic Association operates as a learned society in the field of economics. The private company is based in Nashville, TN.

OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets orthodontic devices. The firm engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of products to enhance dental care and orthodontic treatment. It develops and sells AcceleDent, a FDA-cleared clinical approach to safely accelerate orthodontic tooth movement by applying gentle micropulses, SoftPulse Technology, as a complement to existing orthodontic treatment. The company was founded by Mark Kwatia, Kirk A. Purcell, Lawrence W. Swol, Colin I. James and Anna Lisa Somera in 2007 and is headquartered in Bellaire, TX.

AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp. provides financial services. It specializes in investments and development of U.S. residential, hospitality, commercial, retail, Eastern European commercial markets, and Asian mixed-use projects. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Eastern Economic Association, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization. The company is headquartered in New Rochelle, NY.

ADCOR Industries, Inc. manufactures industrial and commercial machinery products. The firm provides machining services to industries including aerospace, telecommunications, defense and other industrial enterprises. The company was founded by Demetrios Stavrakis in 1990 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Marlin Steel Wire Products LLC specializes in the creation of custom metal forms including stainless steel parts washing baskets, racks, S-hooks, and sheet metal material handling containers. It manufactures precision engineered wire basket and sheet metal fabrications for medical, aerospace, military, industrial, and telecommunications clients. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Part of 3M Co., 3M Unitek Corp. is a company that manufactures and distributes orthodontic products. The company is based in Monrovia, CA.

The Southern India Chamber of Commerce & Industry is a chamber of commerce based in Chennai, India.

PGP International, Inc. manufactures and wholesales flours, rice, and extruded and specialty ingredients. Its products include pre-gelatinized rice flour, extruded crisps, rice flours, glutinous rice and rice bran, and gluten free breaders. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Woodland, CA.

PREDEX Capital Management LLC (PCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in El Segundo, California. The firm was founded in 2013 and was acquired in 2023 by Union Square Capital Partners LLC, a subsidiary of USQ Holding Co. LLC. PCM serves as an investment advisor to the PREDEX Fund, an interval fund designed to provide an institutional-quality real estate investment to investors.