Giorgia Scelzo

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.

Silicon Valley Bank provides commercial banking services. It offers banking services to the hardware and infrastructure, software and internet, life science and healthcare, energy and resource innovation, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

SVB Capital Management LLC (SVB Capital Management) is a venture capital arm of SVB Financial Group founded in 2000 by Aaron Gershenberg and Gregory Becker. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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.

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.

EC Management Services LLC (Escalate Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Ross J. Cockrell and Jim Ellison. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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.

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.

Manhattan Venture Partners LLC (Manhattan Venture Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Manhattan Venture Holdings LLC founded in 2014 by Jared Carmel and Evan Haymes. The firm is headquartered in New York City.

SemperVirens Ventures LLC (SemperVirens Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Robby Peter. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

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.

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.

U Life Services Group Co. Ltd. operates as an investment holding company. It operates through the following segments: Property Management Services and Commercial Operational Services. The Property Management Services segment provides property management services to property owners, property owners’ associations and non-property owners. The Commercial Operational Services segment manages and operates a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, including shopping centers, office buildings and shopping streets. The company was founded on August 17, 2020 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

KQED, Inc. operates television and radio broadcasting stations. The firm provides non-commercial programming to San Francisco audiences through Public Television 9, Digital Television 30, Public Radio 88.5FM & 89.3FM, KQED Education Network & dot org. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Main Street Capital Partners LLC(Main Street Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990 by Vincent Foster. The firm is headquartered at Houston, Texas.

Sos Information Technology Co., Ltd. engages in research and development of big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoTs), blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). It offers medical rescue service and service card, vehicle rescue service and service card, financial and life rescue service and service card, air rescue service, telecommunications call service, insurance call service, and bank call service. The company was founded on March 2, 2016 and is headquartered in Shandong, China.

Demandbase, Inc. operates as a platform for business to business marketers. The firm provides business to business marketing cloud services, advertisement, measurement, personalization, conversion, and consulting services. The company was founded by Christopher J. Golec in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Unruly Group LLC provides mobile video advertising services. It offers video ad units, tablet ad units, display ad units, rich media ads and interactivity options. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

PeopleTech Partners (PeopleTech Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Cara Brennan Allamano. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Sequoia Consulting Group is a life science consulting firm that specializes in scaling life science organizations to deliver high-quality therapeutics, diagnostics, and medical devices. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. The company has over a decade of experience in scaling commercial manufacturing operations and fostering cultures centered on operational excellence. Sequoia has worked with over 200 life science partners and delivered more than 5,000 client projects. The company was founded in 2001 by Gregory Scott Golub, who has been the CEO since then.

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.

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. provides health care services. It offers mental health and wellness and community health services. The company was founded by Sidney Garfield and Henry J. Kaiser on July 21, 1945 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

World Travel & Tourism Council Ltd. is an organization that serves as the authority on the economic and social contribution of travel and tourism. The private company is based in London, UK. The British company promotes sustainable growth for the sector by working with governments and international institutions to create jobs, drive exports, and generate prosperity. According to their research, the travel and tourism industry made a 5.5% contribution to GDP and was responsible for 272 million jobs in 2020. The organization represents the travel and tourism sector and has over 200 members, including CEOs, chairpersons, and presidents of leading travel and tourism companies worldwide. The company works to raise awareness of the industry as one of the world's largest economic sectors, supporting one in 10 jobs worldwide and generating 10.4% of GDP. The company was founded in 1990 by Tommaso Zanzotto, Robert Henry Burns. Julia Elizabeth Simpson has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Wx, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in New York, NY that promotes the advancement of women in the real estate industry. The organization enhances the public perception of the role of women within the industry and promotes the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and integrity in the field. Wx offers various programs, including the Scholars Program, which encourages and supports bright and talented young women seeking a career in commercial real estate, and the Mentoring Program, which promotes the advancement of scholars in the commercial real estate profession. The organization also partners with various philanthropic organizations, including those supporting women's careers in real estate, to make targeted charitable donations and provide opportunities for members and scholars to volunteer their time to these and other community service organizations.

Orient Express provides transportation services. The private company is based in Paris, France. Gilda Perez-Alvarado has been the CEO of the French company since 2024. Orient Express was acquired by Accor SA from SNCF EPIC on October 04, 2017.

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc. owns and operates community hospitals. It provides or arranges hospital services and sponsors charitable, educational, and research activities. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.