Degelis E. Tufts

Investure LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia. The firm was founded by Alice Handy and Charles Cooke in 2003 to serve as the outsourced investment office to a select group of endowments and private foundations.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Berkshire Partners LLC (Berkshire Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Berkshire Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1986 by Christopher Clifford, Carl Ferenbach, Russel L. Epker, Brad Bloom and Richard Lubin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

New Mountain Capital LLC (New Mountain Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Steven Klinsky. The firm is headquartered in New York.

TSG Consumer Partners LLC (TSG Consumer Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Charles Howard Esserman. The firm is headquartered in Larkspur, California.

Updata Management LLC (Updata Partners) is a venture capital/private equity firm founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Washington, Columbia.

The University of Virginia Investment Management Co. is a University of Virginia-related foundation that provides investment management services to the University, independent foundations and other affiliated entities. They are located in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The First National Bank operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank. It offers personal and business banking, loans and mortgages and investment services. The company is headquartered in Altavista, VA.

Prospect Capital Management LLC(Prospect Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Newstone Capital Partners LLC (Newstone Capital Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2006 by Timothy P. Costello and John C. Rocchio. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Gladstone Management Corp (Gladstone management) is a private equity subsidiary of Gladstone Holding Corp founded in 2001 by David J. The firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. is an independent organization that focuses on restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers. It was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

Lumicell, Inc. develops and markets image-guided cancer surgery solutions. It offers Lumicell System, designed to enable surgeons to see residual cancer cells in the cavity walls in real-time during surgery. The company was founded by Linda G. Griffith, David G. Kirsch, Jorge M. Ferrer, Ralph Weissleder, W. David Lee, Andrey J. Zarur, and Moungi G. Bawendi in 2008 and is headquartered in Wellesley, MA.

SV Angel LLC (SV Angel) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Ron C. Conway and David Lee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Purely Maple, Inc. produces and distributes beverages including maple water. The firm offers maple water under its Happy Tree brand. Its products include lemon, ginger and cold brew coffee. The company was founded by Ari Tolwin and Chaim Tolwin in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Blue Collective LLC (Blue Collective) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2010 by JJ Kasper and Brian K. Stafford. The firm is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Neurana Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in a biotechnology industry. It focused on the development of drugs to treat neuromuscular disorders. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

KaNDy Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the provision of a treatment of chronic debilitating female sex-hormone related conditions. Its product is NT-814 a non-hormonal therapy to treat moderate to severe post-menopausal vasomotor symptoms. The company was founded by Dr. Mike Trower and Mary Kerr in 2017 and is headquartered in Stevenage, the United Kingdom.

Part of ACT Commodities Group BV, Green Project Technologies, Inc. is a SaaS climate and ESG data management platform. The company is based in New York, NY. Green Project Technologies offers three primary market segments: helping private equity firms track the emissions of their portfolio companies, enabling companies to track the emissions of their vendors and supply chain, and allowing eco-minded organizations to align their sustainability values with rigorous data reporting efforts. The company's mission is to decarbonize the private markets. Green Project Technologies was founded in 2020 by Samuel Stark, who has been the CEO since 2020. Green Project Technologies was acquired by ACT Commodities Group BV on April 17, 2023.

Part of McKinsey & Co., Inc., McKinsey & Company Holdings Ltd. is a consulting firm that partners with leaders on strategy, innovating to net zero, leading with tech, and building capabilities for a sustainable, inclusive, growing future. The company is based in London, UK. The British company specializes in Consumer Packaged Goods and has conducted research, articles, and reports on the changes that matter most for the challenges and opportunities ahead. The company was founded in 2011 by Brian K. Stafford.

Sass Labs, Inc. engages in developing an artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting platform. Its platform AllyO utilizes deeply conversational AI to fully automate an end-to-end recruiting workflow by engaging via texting over mobile and web. The company was founded by Sahil Sahni and Ankit Somani in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

FarmTogether, Inc. invests in farmland. The company was founded by Artem Milinchuk and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ScriptCo Inc. is a membership-based pharmacy that aims to make prescription medications more affordable for everyone. The company is based in Woodway, TX. The company does not accept any form of insurance and supplies the same generic medications. To become a member, one needs to fill out the forms on their website. Prescribers can send in new prescriptions to ScriptCo Pharmacy through E-Scribe or other means. The company was founded by Mark McCormick and Zach Zeller, and Mark McCormick has been the CEO since incorporation.

Nested Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, MA. The company focuses on discovering and developing novel, targeted, small molecule precision medicine therapies for cancer patients. The company uses mutation clusters to identify druggable pockets and have a platform that utilizes insights from genomics, computational chemistry, proteomics, and AI. Nested Therapeutics aims to advance precision oncology medicine by finding new driver mutations to reach a broader group of patients. The company was founded by Arvin Dar and Klaus Hoeflich. The CEO is Darrin Miles.