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Inamed Corp. developed and manufactured breast implants, wrinkle prevention & obesity solutions. Its products were available through its two business divisions: INAMED Aesthetics, and INAMED Health. The company offered breast implants for augmentation, reconstruction surgeries, invasive surgeries for sustained weight loss and other dermal products to correct facial wrinkles. INAMED was headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Ladders, Inc. provides online and mobile job-matching services. It helps professionals find the jobs and meet the employers that are right for their career goals. The firm serves professionals in marketing and media, healthcare, technology, consumer goods, industrial, and service sector in the United States. The company was founded by Marc Cenedella, Andrew Koch and Alexandre Douzet in July 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Afraxis, Inc. operates as a contract research organization (CRO), specializes in preclinical efficacy evaluations (in vivo and in vitro), neurotoxicity evaluations, and structure-efficacy relationship (SER)-driven medicinal chemistry. It develops Afraxis ESP, an enhanced spine analysis platform that quantifies the morphology and maturity of synaptic dendritic spines, which are fundamental to information processing by neural synapses in the brain. The company was founded by Jay B. Lichter, Carmine Stengone, Susumu Tonegawa and Ben Vollrath in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Misfit Wearables Corp. manufactures and invents wearable computing products. Its product shine, an elegant personal activity tracker that you can instantly sync with customers smart phone by placing the device on the screen. The firm offers products and services in the consumer health and fitness space to develop healthy habits. The company was founded by Sridhar G. Iyengar, Sonny X. Vu and John Sculley III in 2011 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Prosper Funding LLC operates as a development stage company that operates a peer-to-peer lending platform. Its platform is an online marketplace that matches individuals who wish to obtain consumer loans with those who are willing to help fund those loans. The company was founded in February 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Western Asset Management Co. (Western Asset) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. Western Asset provides discretionary investment management services to primarily institutional clients.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

City National Rochdale LLC (CNR) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of CNR Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY) in Canada. The firm was founded when Rochdale Investment Management LLC was combined with City National Asset Management, Inc. and City National Bank's investment management group, City National Asset Management. Headquartered in New York City, CNR provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individual investors as well as to registered investment companies and institutions.

Platinum Equity Advisors LLC (Platinum Equity Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Tom Gores. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Prosper Marketplace, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in operating a peer-to-peer online credit platform. The firm through its subsidiary Proper Funding operates an online marketplace that permits the lender members to bid on loan listings and purchases. It handles the funding and servicing of the loan on behalf of the matched borrowers and investors. The company was founded by Christian A. Larsen and John B. Witchel on March 22, 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc. provides accounting and consulting services. The firm's focus areas encompass assurance, corporate tax, business consulting, and wealth management. Its services include audit and quarterly reviews, internal control, forensic accounting, tax planning, business valuation, cash flow management, tax compliance, charitable giving, stock option planning and financial and retirement planning. It serves clients in the agriculture, automotive, construction, financial, government, real estate, and non-profit sectors. The company was founded by Curtis A. Burr, Henry Pilger, and Steven T. Mayer in 1986 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Eclipse Ventures LLC (Eclipse Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Lior Susan. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Spell, Inc. engages in the development of computer software related to artificial intelligence and machine learning. It offers a command-line tool for running code and experiments on remote hardware. The company was founded by Serkan Piantino in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Brightinsight Holdings, Inc. provides digital health platform for biopharma and medtech. Its products and services include brightinsight platform, starter assets, and standard and certifications. The company was founded by Kal Patel, Ferry Tamtoro and Benjamin Lee and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Cycuity provides silicon security solutions. Its products and services include hardware security assessments, secure boot and prospect security verification software. The company was founded by Jason Oberg, Jonathan Valamehr, Ryan Kastner and Tim Sherwood and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

SafelyYou, Inc. is a seed-stage company which engages in the development of artificial intelligence tools in memory loss management. Its aims to provide patients, caregivers, and families with a safety system that could adequately identify falls and make daily living safer for those living in memory care. The company was founded by Pulkit Agrawal, Alexandre Bayen, Julien Jacquemot, and George Netscher and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Cellares Corp. operates as a biotechnology company. It provides preclinical and clinical scientists as well as commercial cell therapy manufacturers. The company was founded by Omar Kurdi, Fabian Gerlinghaus and Alex Pesch in 2019 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Syng, Inc. is an audio company that has created a new sound system called cell alpha, which is the world's first triphonic speaker. The company is based in Venice, CA. The company aims to transform the human relationship with sound. The company has also developed the Syng studio app for Mac, which can turn cell alpha into a reference system. The CEOs of the company are Christopher R. Stringer, Charles J. Huebner.

BrightInsight, Inc. provides digital health technologies. The firm offers biopharma, patient support, medtech and engineering services. The company was founded by Kal Patel, Benjamin Lee and Ferry Tamtoro in January 2019 and is headquartered San Jose, CA.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC provides real estate financing services. It offers fixed-rate, adjustable-rate, senior housing loans, credit facility transactions, and mortgage loan services. The firm was founded by Ivan Kaufman in 1983 and is headquartered in Uniondale, NY.

Hong Kong Airlines Ltd. engages in the provision of air transportation services. The firm offers special fares, holiday packages, car rental, hotel booking, travel insurance, and online ticket bookings. It also provides baggage, special needs, in-flight meal, in-flight entertainment, cabin, and digital services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Riskmetrics Group LLC provides financial risk management services. The firm provides financial analytics and wealth management solutions to different financial institutions, corporations and central banks. It consists of three primary business units–risk management, governance services and financial research. The company was founded by Ethan M. Berman in 1994 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New York Business Development Corp. provides loans to small businesses. The company is headquartered in Albany, NY.

Part of LKQ Corp., MGT, Inc. is a growing commercial vehicle sales and leasing company. The company is based in Monmouth Junction, NJ. MGT's primary customer base focuses on last mile segments, such as package delivery and retail, and vocations such as plumbing and electrical. The company provides commercial vehicle sales and leasing across all major OEM brands, with a focus on class 1-4 commercial vehicles. The company has expanded their education and technology solutions portfolio with various acquisitions. MGT's industry experts provide highly specialized solutions that improve outcomes and help organizations and communities thrive. Founded in 1975, MGT is a leading provider of social impact and performance improvement solutions for public agencies, philanthropic organizations, and Fortune 500 companies. MGT was acquired by Uni-Sélect, Inc., part of LKQ Corp. from August 01, 2023 on March 28, 2007.