Nick Martino

Koppers, Inc. produces carbon compounds, chemicals, and treated wood products. The firm offers naphthalene, petroleum pitch, phthalic anhydride, refined tar, specialty pitch, coal tar distillates, carbon pitch, pressure-treated wood, tie pre plating, track panels, and rail joints and track components. It also provides carbon pitch testing, engineering support, logistics, and railroad structures services. The company was founded in December 1988 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacturing of energy efficient lighting materials and finished products. It offers lighting solutions to the global movement to decrease energy consumption. The company was founded by Wayne Hellman in 1995 and is headquartered in Glenwillow, OH.

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Saratoga Management Co LLC (Saratoga Management) is a private equity subsidiary of Saratoga Partners Group founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.

Watermark Advisors LLC provides financial advisory services. It also provides valuation, strategic and financial modeling, industry research and analysis, merger and acquisition advisory and private debt and equity financial services. The company is headquartered in Greenville, SC.

Founded in 1985, NatWest Markets Securities, Inc. is a financial services and brokerage firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm is a subsidiary of RBS Holdings USA, Inc. and their ultimate parent is the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (LSE: RBS). The firm was formerly known as RBS Securities, Inc., RBS Greenwich Capital, and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. NatWest is an institutional fixed-income firm that provides a full range of debt capital markets services to both those seeking to raise capital and those seeking to invest it. The firm is an industry leader in the U.S. Treasury, agency and MBS markets and in providing real estate and asset-backed financing to their clients. NatWest also provides futures brokerage services and trade strategies to select clients.

MF Global Holdings Ltd. provides execution and clearing services for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative products. It offers customized solutions in global cash and derivatives markets. The firm also provides research and market commentary to help clients make trading decisions, as well as providing client financing and securities lending services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Standard Investments LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by David S. Winter and David J. Millstone in 2009. They were formerly known as 40 North Management LLC and changed its name to Standard Investments LLC in October 2021. The firm is a subsidiary of Standard Industries, Inc., ultimately held by G Holdings, Inc. Standard Investments provides discretionary investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles (Discretionary Funds). The investors of the discretionary funds include the general partners of the discretionary funds, the principals, certain high-net-worth individuals, and certain Family Entities.

Harvest Exchange Corp. engages in the operation and development of online investment publishing platform. Its product – Harvest, is a financial discovery platform that enables asset managers to reach its targeted, investment focused audience — and use behavioral data for client relationships. The company was founded by Peter Hans and Mike Perrone and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

STC Wireless Resources, Inc. engages in the provision of engineering and technical support services for the wireless industry. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Fontana, CA.

Euroconsult, Inc. is a premier middle-market advisory firm that specializes in generating highly compelling valuations for middle market life sciences and industrial technology transactions. The private company is based in the United States and has subsidiaries in different countries. Since 1992, the American company has developed strong relationships with many of the most innovative companies in biopharma technologies, life sciences, medical devices, industrial technologies, and digital solutions. Euroconsult offers seamless client coverage and senior-level attention across their offices in various locations.

Triaxx Asset Management LLC (TAM) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Thomas C. Priore in 2004 as ICP Asset Management LLC. In 2015, Triaxx Holdco LLC acquired 100% of the limited liability company interests of the firm. TAM offers investment advisory services to Structured Product Vehicles and Unregistered Funds.

Bloom Tree Partners LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2008 by Alok Agrawal as Apos Capital Management LLC. Bloom Tree Partners provides discretionary investment management services to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, government entities, and institutional investors through privately offered pooled investment vehicles. They also provide discretionary investment management services to family offices and endowments as separately managed accounts.

Global Credit Advisers LLC (GCA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. GCA was founded in 2008 to manage long/short corporate credit investment strategies.

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.

Burke Mountain Academy, Inc. is a world-class ski racing boarding school located in East Burke, VT. The academy seeks athletes with high aspirations who thrive in a rigorous, focused environment. The community is built on trust and driven by a love of skiing. The academy offers an innovative academic approach that develops lifelong learners. Burke Mountain Academy has been at the forefront of ski racing innovation for decades, providing passionate ski racers the opportunity to pursue their limitless academic and athletic potential for more than 50 years. Founded in 1970, the academy provides college preparatory academics designed to support the development of world-class ski racers.

Koneksa Health, Inc. develops software to health assessment services. The firm helps researchers incorporate emerging technologies into clinical studies. The company was founded by Chris Benko and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Arca U.S. Treasury Fund is a continuously offered, diversified, closed-end management investment company that intends to operate as an interval fund. It offers ArCoins as a digital securities. The company was founded on November 2, 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Data Return LLC provides information technology services. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The CEO of the company is Manuel D. Medina.

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).

Arca Holdings (Arca) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jeffrey Dorman, Philip Liu, and Rayne Steinberg. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Preem, Inc. operates an online site that connects with cycling friends. The company is based in Denver, CO. The company was founded by David Norris. David Norris has been the CEO since incorporation.

EverWash Car Club LLC provides a monthly unlimited car wash plan through its membership program. The company is based in Philadelphia, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company partners with car wash businesses to increase revenue and customer satisfaction by offering a smarter and more convenient car wash experience. EverWash also offers branding solutions to create a unique and memorable brand identity for its partners. The company was founded in 2013 by Scott Caplan and John Cassady, with John Cassady serving as the CEO since then.