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University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Tech Coast Angels, Inc. (Tech Coast Angels) is an angel firm founded in 1997 by Luis Villalobos. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Verisae, Inc. provides asset and process management software and solutions. It offers facility management, maintenance, mobile workforce, remote asset and energy management and field services. The company was founded by Daniel T. Johnson in 1999 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Chartbeat, Inc. provides real-time data analytics and performance alerts. It partners with doers, editors, writers, marketers, developers, those who create and build the content that users see and interact with online to deliver the data they need, when they need it. The firm offers Chartbeat Publishing, a suite of audience building tools-built around an audience’s actual behavior for global publishers and media sites. It also provides real-time analytics starter kits to track number of visitors on a website, traffic sources that drive visitor, and social network traffic. The company was founded on April 2, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

InfoDesk, Inc. provides information management and sharing solutions portal. The firm products are content tools, newsletter, alerts, portals, federated search, archives, widgets, analytics, and pharmaceutical intelligence. It provides editorial, content, publisher, and other services. The company was founded by Sterling Stites in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvington, NY.

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to global client base. The firm is a socially responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) which integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into their investment process.

H.I.G. Capital LLC operates as s a private equity and alternative assets investment firm. Its portfolio focuses in private equity, growth equity, real estate, debt or credit, lending, and bio health. The company was founded by Sami W. Mnaymneh and Anthony Tamer in 1993 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

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).

CriticalPoint Capital LLC (CPC) is a private equity subsidiary of CriticalPoint Partners LLC founded in 2012 by Matt Young. The firm is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte Services LP is a professional services network that provides audit & assurance, consulting, risk and financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. The company is based in Washington and offers industry-leading services to many of the world's most admired brands, including 80 percent of the Fortune 500. As a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, they are proud to be part of the largest professional services network, serving clients in the markets that are most important to them.

Wells Fargo Financial LLC provides financial services. It offers real estate-secured lending, automobile financing, consumer and private-label credit cards and commercial services to consumers and businesses. The firm serves industries and government entities through different stores in the U.S. and Canada. The company was founded by Jacob Levitt in 1897 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

Nex Cubed Investment Management LLC (Nex Cubed) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Kelsey Morgan Pasqualichio, Kip D. Quackenbush and William M. Malloy. The firm is headquartered in La Jolla, California.

KB Capital Management LLC provides investment, financial planning, and insurance services. The company was founded on December 30, 2008 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

FanAI, Inc. engages in the development of an artificial intelligence driven audience monetization platform. It builds a product that will revolutionize the way different brands, agencies, and entertainment organizations approach the idea of sponsorship and connecting with the fans. The company was founded by Johannes Waldstein, Dieter Neujahr, Victor Genin, Chris Dowell, and Greg Tutton in 2016 and is headquartered in Arcadia, CA.

Casa Verde Capital LLC (Casa Verde Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Calvin Cordozar Broadus. The firm is headquartered in West Hollywood, California.

Startup Mavericks (Startup Mavericks) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Garrett Gilbertson. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Berri Pro, Inc. provides fitness sports drinks. Its products include organic dragon fruit, lemon lime, mango, and ACAI. The company was founded by Jerome Tse and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

SPO Partners & Co. is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Mill Valley, California. The firm was co-founded in 1991 by John Scully, William “Bill” Oberndorf and William Patterson. SPO Partners offers investment advisory services only to a small number of investment entities.

Whittier Trust Co. is an independent private trust firm headquartered in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded as a family office for the Whittier family in 1935. They provide unrivaled investment, wealth management, fiduciary and philanthropic services for high net-worth families, individuals and foundations across the US.

Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. (Thornburg) is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The firm was founded by H. Garrett Thornburg in 1982. Thornburg provides discretionary portfolio management and investment services to a number of client types, including: Thornburg Investment Trust, registered investment companies as to which Thornburg is a sub-adviser, separate accounts for institutional clients and private clients, wrap fee accounts of sponsored program accounts, unified managed account programs, private investment funds and other non-SEC registered investment vehicles.

Peak Technology Partners LLC is a private company that has helped hundreds of technology companies achieve successful outcomes. The company is based in Conshohocken, PA. The company has executed over $100 billion in cumulative transaction value.

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. provides membership network for learning and expertise. The firm promotes knowledge exchange through conversations, small group convenings, mentorships, surveys, and other interactions with its network of experts. The company was founded by Alexander Saint-Amand, Thomas D. Lehrman, and Mark Gerson in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. provides investment related services. It operates as technology development company that typically invests in new technology platforms in life sciences, healthcare technology, biomedical, preclinical and clinical-stage therapeutics, devices, drugs, and diagnostics, medical devices, and biotech tools for gene expression and protein production with medical devices. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.

North Sky Capital LLC (North Sky Capital) is a private equity firm. The firm is headquartered in Wayzata, Minnesota.

Archer Venture Capital LLC (Archer venture capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Greg Martin. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.