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Bessemer Investment Management LLC (BIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bessemer Trust Co., NA (BTNA), a national banking association, which in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bessemer Group, Inc. (BGI). BIM provides advisory services to investment companies and banking institutions.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Vector Capital Management LP (Vector Capital Management) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1997 by Alexander R. Slusky. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

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.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

Aurelius Capital Management LP (Aurelius) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 by Mark Brodsky and Adam Stanislavsky. Aurelius provides investment management and certain administrative and managerial services to private investment funds.

Knewton, Inc. develops a platform to personalize educational content. It also offers courseware for higher education concentrated in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The company was founded by Jose Ferreira in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pixable, Inc. develops photo aggregation software products. The company was founded by Alberto Sheinfeld and Inaki Berenguer in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

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.

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.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Capital Management LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. provides trading and executions services to their clients.

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.

Peking University provides post-secondary education services. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses. It provides courses such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, sciences of medicine, management, and education. The company was founded by JiaNai Sun in 1898 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, Inc (LLCP) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1984 by Arthur E. Levine and Lauren Beth Leichtman. The firm is headquartered in Beverly Hills.

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.

NB Alternatives Advisers LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of NB Alternatives Holdings LLC founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Dallas.

The Knot Worldwide, Inc. provides a platform that assists in wedding and event planning services. It offers a suite of online planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, as well as information in the areas of vendors, forums, dresses, songs and travel. The company was founded by Timothy Chi, Lee Wang, Jeff Yeh, Srini Panguluri, Francesc Xavier Baldrich and Sonny Ganguly in 2006 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

Dooly Research Ltd. engages in updating customer relationship management solutions. It provides Dooly, an intelligent listening post and playbook builder for sales. The company was founded by Kriston Hartvigsen and Justin Vaillancourt and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Sightway Capital LP (Sightway Capital) is a subsidiary of Two Sigma Investments LP founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Co-ops (Co-ops) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

EF Education First Ltd. provides educational services. It offers language training, educational travel, academic degree programs and cultural exchange for students and professionals. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

HyperGuap LLC (HyperGuap) is a venture capital firm founded by Galileo Russel and Aidan Gold in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

HyperGuapXLightship LLC is a special purpose vehicle formed to make investments in Lightship Energy Inc.

Mereo Capital Partners LLC (Mereo Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by Leo Helmers, Richard Kurth and John O’Hare. The firm is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

CVC Capital Partners Advisory (US), Inc. manages capital on behalf of some 300 institutional, governmental and private investors worldwide. The capital of their investors is committed for ten years or more to closed-end funds that they manage on their client's behalf. In their private equity business, they use these funds to acquire controlling or significant minority interests in European, Asian and North American companies. They buy companies in partnership with their management teams and assist in developing plans to create sustainable long term value. In their private debt business, CVC Cordatus uses its funds to invest in debt instruments issued principally by companies that are owned by private equity funds. The company was established in 1981 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Antares Capital LP is a private debt financing solutions provider for middle-market, private equity-backed transactions. Antares has subsidiaries in the United States and the Cayman Islands. The company's responsible investment strategy incorporates material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to enhance returns. With over $55 billion of capital under management and administration, Antares has one of the largest and longest-tenured portfolios in the market, spanning a diverse range of industries. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. The CEO of Antares is Timothy G. Lyne.

LDR Capital Management LLC provides investment advice. The American company was founded in 2011 by Lawrence David Raiman. Lawrence David Raiman has been the CEO since 2011.

Avance Investment Management LLC (Avance) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by David Perez, Luis Zaldivar and Erik A. Scott. The firm is headquartered in New York, United States.

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI). Houlihan Lokey Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They also have the ability to serve as underwriter or bookrunner with respect to traditional debt and equity offerings, including leveraged loans and public offerings of debt, equity-linked, and equity securities.

SLR Capital Partners LLC (SLR Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in New York City and is formerly known as Solar Capital Partners LLC.