Walter S. Ciciora

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Nantero, Inc. develops and manufactures semiconductor devices. It develops a new generation of memory called NRAM (non-volatile random access memory) that can enable a variety of exciting new features and products in both consumer and enterprise electronics. The company was founded by Thomas Rueckes and Greg Schmergel in March 2001 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Institutional Venture Partners (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1980 by Reid Dennis. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Charles River Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm founded in 1970. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

National Society of Professional Engineers operates as a national organization committed to addressing the professional concerns of licensed PEs across all disciplines. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Illinois Ventures LLC (Illinois Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

PCT International, Inc. provides broadband services. The American company was founded in 1997 by Steve Youtsey. Steve Youtsey has been the CEO since 1997.

Maxthon USA, Inc. engages in the provision of Internet browser software. It offers Maxthon Cloud, a suite of cloud-powered web browsers that work in concert and removes artificial limits of device type or operating system, moving and putting all that is important to users into one or all of their web-connected devices. The company was founded by Jeff Chen in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Scribd, Inc. operates a digital documents library. It allows users to publish, discover and discuss original writings and documents in various languages. The firm offers premier subscription book service. The company was founded by John R. Adler III, Jared Friedman and Tikhon Bernstam in March 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Veebeam Corp. develops wireless technology and products. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Miselu, Inc. develops music interfaces and instruments to enrich the experience of creating music with the iPad. It provides voice sharing and archiving application services that allow the customers to create comments, leave thoughts, comment on photos, and more. The company was founded by Yoshinari Yoshikawa on June 13, 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides research and development services. Its research and development activities focus on long-term technology development as well as system prototyping and demonstration. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

TRUX, Inc. engages in the development of an all-in-one app to track and find dump trucks and material producers. It serves truckers, contractors, and material producer sectors. The company was founded by Richard Saccone and Michael Saccone in February 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Bitfury Group Ltd. is a British technology company that specializes in unlocking the full value chain of bitcoin and other digital assets. The company is based in London, UK, and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company offers solutions such as the Crystal blockchain advanced analytics platform, LiquidStack immersion cooling business, and Axelera AI. Bitfury Group's mission is to make the world more secure by innovating at every level of technology. The company was founded in 2011 by Valery Vavilov, who has been the CEO since then.

Omni Design Technologies, Inc. develops disruptive, ultra-low power semiconductor embedded circuits. Its products include data converters, sensors and loT. The company was founded by Kush Gulati, Hyun Boo, Drew Peck, Siddharth Dutta and Hae-Seung Lee in 2015 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Carbide Ventures Management, LLC (Carbide Ventures Management) is a venture capital firm founded in founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in California, United States.

Treasure Data, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based analytics services. It offers solutions including automotive, retail and consumer packaged goods, internet of things, and entertainment. Its product is enterprise customer data platforms that allows to view various data across different channels. The company was founded by Hironobu Yoshikawa, Kazuki Ohta and Sadayuki Furuhashi in June 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.