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Curi RMB Capital LLC (Curi RMB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Richard M. Burridge and Frederic Paulman in 2005 as RMB Capital Management LLC. They were acquired by Curi Capital LLC in 2024. Curi RMB delivers specialized financial advice and innovative investment solutions that are designed to preserve and grow assets for individuals, families, institutions, and employers.

Country Trust Bank (Investment Management) (Country Trust Bank-IM) is the fund management division of Country Trust Bank, which is headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois. Founded in 2008, Country Trust Bank-IM serves as the Adviser to the Funds of COUNTRY Mutual Funds Trust.

Adams Street Partners LLC (Adams Street Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1972 by George H Spencer and Shahab Rashid. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, IL, with offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

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.

Envestnet Asset Management, Inc. (dba Envestnet PMC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1999 by Judson Bergman, James Lumberg, Brandon Thomas, and Bill Crager. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV). Envestnet PMC provides investment management and investment advisory services through independent investment advisor firms (Advisors) for use with Advisors’ clients. The firm also serves institutional clients such as pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporations and provides advisory and research services directly to Advisors.

AssetMark, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Concord, California. The firm was founded in 1985 as Genworth Financial Asset Management. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Huatai International Investment Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong. AssetMark provides various investment supervisory services to registered investment companies and a variety of clients, which include but not limited to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, partnerships, trusts, insurance companies and other investment managers.

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC (GPIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Mark Walter in 2005 and is a direct subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by Guggenheim Partners LLC. GPIM provides investment advisory and supervisory services to a variety of institutional clients through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and registered and unregistered pooled investment vehicles.

Strategic Resources, Inc. (Virginia) provides management consulting services. Its services include management consulting, engineering and logistics, telecommunication, information technology and healthcare services. The company was founded in 1988 by Rose A. McElrath-Slade and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

PAG Capital Partners LLC (PAG Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Doug Blanchard and Alex Fridman. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Madison Street Capital LLC is an international investment banking firm that provides corporate financial advisory services, merger and acquisition expertise, financial opinions, and valuation services to publicly and privately held businesses. The private company is based in Austin, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States and India. The company's services position their clients to succeed in the marketplace, ranging from financial advisory and successful capital raises to M&A transactions to transfers of ownership. Madison Street Capital views emerging markets as the core component driving the growth of their clients and will continue to focus significant assets on these markets. The firm has earned the trust of clients around the world through their unwavering dedication to the highest levels of professional standards. Madison Street Capital was founded in 2010 by Charles O. Botchway and Anthony Marsala, and Charles O. Botchway has been the CEO since 2010.

Champion Capital Research, Inc. (CCR) is an employee-owned, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Dr. Mary Kathryn Campion in 2003. CCR provides research and investment advisory services and fiduciary assessments to pension plans, profit-sharing plans, high net-worth individuals, trusts and trust departments, foundations, and other registered investment advisory companies.

Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC (IECM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2016 by Mark Coe and is a direct subsidiary of Mark D. Coe 2012 Irrevocable Trust DTD Sept. 20, 2012. IECM provides discretionary investment advisory services to the Intrinsic Edge Funds which are private hedge funds that are offered to qualified investors.

Alerje, Inc. develops allergy management platform for life threatening food allergies. The company was founded by Javier Evelyn on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in Sterling Heights, MI.

Tech Transfer University of Michigan / Venture Capital/(University of Michigan) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Mike Psarouthakis. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, US.