Shannon Emley

Bausch & Lomb, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets eye health products. It offers over-the-counter supplements, eye care products, ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, contact lenses, lens care, ophthalmic surgical devices, and instruments. The company was founded by John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb in 1853 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Sterling Group LP (The Sterling Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1982 by Frank J. Hevrdejs. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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.

Celtic Bank Corp. operates as a State chartered commercial bank. It specializes in small business finance, helping business owners with working capital, expansion, acquisition, construction, equipment financing, renewable energy finance, real estate purchases and refinances. The company was founded by Reese S. Howell Jr. in 2001 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Molten Ventures (Private Equity) (Molten Ventures) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Molten Ventures Plc founded in 1998 by Simon Christopher Cook and Stuart Malcolm Chapman. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Nashville Technology Council is a non-profit organization, with interest on growth and influence in middle Tennessee’s tech industry. It focuses on the need in Nashville for better paying jobs and improved capital investment in technology start-ups. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

IonQ Quantum, Inc. develops and manufactures quantum computers. The firm specializes in quantum computing and quantum information processing. The company was founded by Christopher Monroe and Jungsang Kim in 2015 and is headquartered in College Park, MD.

Vynn Capital (Vynn Capita) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Veryan Medical Ltd. develops and commercializes novel vascular stent technology. The firm's products are designed to clinical performance and bio-mechanical performance of stented vessels. The company was founded by Colin G. Caro, Charles Richard Taylor and Paul Burke Gilson in 2003 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Tennessee Technology Development Corp. provides support to high-growth companies. It focuses on entrepreneurship, commercialization, capital, corporate engagement, and outreach. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Puridify Ltd. develops bioprocessing technologies. It develops a platform purification technology that will improve processing opportunities and reduce costs. The company was founded by Oliver Hardick, Iwan Thomas Roberts and Thomas Edward Haywood in 2013 and is headquartered in Stevenage, the United Kingdom.

Ieso Digital Health Ltd. provides Internet enabled mental health services to health providers, private individuals and businesses. The firm engages in delivering cognitive behavioral therapy. It offers anxiety, bereavement, child and family, depression, drug and alcohol misuse, eating disorder, managing anger, managing pain, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic, phobia, post traumatic stress, relationship, sexual difficulty, sports psychology, stress management, and terminal illness therapy services. The company was founded by Barnaby Perks, Sue Wright and Nadine Field in 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Touchstone Innovations Investment Management Ltd. is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Touchstone Innovations Ltd. founded in 1986. Touchstone Innovations Investment Management Ltd. is headquartered in London.

Inivata Ltd. develops new clinical applications for ctDNA analysis. It is a clinical cancer genomics company harnessing the potential of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) analysis to improve cancer testing and treatment. The firm is focused on developing clinical applications of ctDNA through collaborations with clinical oncologists at prominent academic institutions, leading community treatment centres and innovative biopharmaceutical companies. The company was founded by James Brenton, Tim Forshew, Rosenfeld Nitzan and Davina Gale on July 23, 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

ApcinteX Ltd. develops and markets anticoagulant APC pathway to treat haemophilia. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Oxular Ltd. engages in research and experimental development on biotechnology. The firm develops retinal treatments to access specific small spaces in the eye and to provide drug distribution to tissues involved in retinal diseases. The company was founded by Tom Cavanagh and Ronald K. Yamamoto in 2014 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Cartica Management LLC (Cartica) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded in 2009 by Teresa Barger, Steven Quamme and Farida Khambata. Cartica provides investment supervisory services to private investment funds which are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors and may also provide investment supervisory services for separately managed accounts for sophisticated institutional and high net-worth investors.