Chirayu V. Patel

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

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.

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.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

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.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

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.

Necessary Ventures LLC (Necessary Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Neil Devani. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Evercore Group LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Evercore BD Investco LLC, which is owned by Evercore, Inc. (NYSE: EVR). Evercore Group delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors.

RAM Energy LLC operates as an independent oil and natural gas producer. It engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of both conventional and non-conventional oil and gas assets. The company was founded on April 25, 2012 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

PennantPark Investment Advisers LLC (PennantPark) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Art Penn. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with additional offices in New York, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles.

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

Omidyar Network LLC (Omidyar Network) is a venture capital, a subsidiary of Omidyar Network Commons LLC founded in 2004 by Pierre Omidyar and Pam Omidyar. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Kairos Venture Investments LLC (Kairos Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jim Demetriades. The firm is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (Investment Management) (BNY Mellon) is the asset management arm of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), an American investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as the result of the merger between The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and Mellon Financial Corporation in 2007. BNY Mellon is the umbrella organization for BNY Mellon's affiliated investment management firms and global distribution companies. They provide investment management services to financial institutions, corporations, government entities, endowments/foundations and high-net-worth individuals.

Actuate Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in developing therapeutics which target cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. It offers treatment for cancer and inflammatory diseases. It focuses on developing elraglusib. The company was founded by Andrew P. Mazar on January 16, 2015 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Levine School of Music specializes in private and group music lessons and classes to people of all ages. The company was founded by Ruth P. Cogen, Diana R. Engel and Jaclin L. Marlin in 1976 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Voxer, Inc. provides a walkie talkie application for smart phones. Its platform enables users to send instant audio, text, photo and location messages to one or a group of their friends. The company was founded by Tom Katis in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 1992 by Joseph Besecker, Emerald Research is a research firm located in Leola, Pennsylvania. The firm is the investment research arm of Emerald Asset Management, Inc. and is affiliated with registered investment advisor Emerald Advisors, Inc. They focus on providing in-depth, on-site fundamental research of primarily small- to mid-cap public companies in the consumer, financial services, life sciences and technology sectors. Emerald's intense fundamental research process results in over 2000 company visits per year. The firm seeks to identify early investment opportunities that are included in a variety of growth-oriented separate account and mutual fund equity portfolios. Their parent firm, Emerald Asset Management, also offers short, mid and long-term fixed-income separate account strategies which utilize a combination of proprietary quantitative models and fundamental analysis to create portfolios of high quality liquid securities.

Upsolve, Inc. is a tech nonprofit whose software helps and make legal aid bankruptcy practices more efficient. The company was founded by Jonathan Petts and Rohan Pavuluri and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.