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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Leonard Green & Partners LP (Leonard Green & Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Leonard I. Green. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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.

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.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

GKM Management LLC is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of First Western Financial, Inc. founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Buffalo's Franchise Concepts, Inc. owns and operates a chain of restaurants. It offers southwestern style menu, including burritos, fajitas & quesadillas, along with burgers, steaks and Buffalo-style chicken wings. Buffalo's Franchise Concepts was founded in 1985 by David Hyde & Ralph Perrella and is headquartered in Marietta, GA.

Trilantic Capital Management LP is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2009 . Trilantic Capital Management LP is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Hercules Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Scott Harvey, Manuel Henriquez, and Roy Liu. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Corp. is a company based in New York, NY.

Part of Equitable Holdings, Inc., AllianceBernstein Corp. is a company that provides investment management services. The company is based in Nashville, TN. Seth Perry Bernstein has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Spitfire Capital LLC (Spitfire) is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Mill Valley, California. The firm was founded by Julian Allen in 2007 as a spin-out from Cannell Capital, a San Francisco-based hedge fund. Spitfire provides investment advice and management services to private investment funds.

Founded in 2002, GKM Newport is a private equity firm located in Los Angeles. The firm is a subsidiary of GKM Advisers, Inc. a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor also located in Los Angeles. Their ultimate parent is First Western Financial, Inc

City National Rochdale LLC (CNR) is the SEC-registered investment management subsidiary of CNR Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY) in Canada. The firm was founded when Rochdale Investment Management LLC was combined with City National Asset Management, Inc. and City National Bank's investment management group, City National Asset Management. Headquartered in New York City, CNR provides portfolio management services to high net-worth individual investors as well as to registered investment companies and institutions.

Crescent Capital Group (Private Equity) is a private equity arm of Crescent Capital Group LP founded in 1991 by Jean-Marc Chapus. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Kairos Society PBC, Inc. operates as an entrepreneurial community that develops entrepreneurs from universities around the world. It brings together young entrepreneurs solving significant problems with corporations, influencers, and strategic investors. The company was founded by Ankur Jain, Jake Medwell, David Wyler, Alex Fiance, and Alexander Debelov in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Solé Bicycles LLC is a bicycle company based in Venice, CA. All of their bicycles are designed in Venice Beach, CA. Solé Bicycles specializes in selling custom single speed/fixed gear bicycles, city bicycles, Dutch bicycles, 3-speed bicycles, and beach cruisers. The company was founded in 2009 by Jake Medwell and Jonathan Shriftman, and Jimmy Standley has been the CEO of the company since 2011.

Part of FAT Brands, Inc., Fatburger North America, Inc. is a company that operates and franchises hamburger stores. The company is based in Santa Monica, CA. The company was founded by Lovie Yancey. Andrew A. Wiederhorn has been the CEO of the company since 2006.

Blackrock Direct Lending Corp. operates as an investment fund. The private company is based in Santa Monica, CA. The company was founded in 2020. The CEO is Nik Singhal.

Hesperos, Inc. manufactures drugs and medicines. It is a global contract research organization (CRO) providing compound safety and efficacy testing services using its human-on-a-chip platform the multi-organ micro physiological systems available today. The company was founded by Michael L. Shuler & James J. Hickman in 2015 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Sole Source Capital LLC (Sole Source Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by David Fredston. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Tennenbaum Capital Partners (Private Equity) (Tennenbaum Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Tennenbaum Capital Partners LLC founded in 1996 by Michael Ernest Tennenbaum, Mark Keith Holdsworth and Howard Marshall Levkowitz. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Enhance Fitness LLC develops a personal fitness training application. The company is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Emirati company was founded in 2018 by Tarek Mounir, who has been the CEO since 2018.

Gradient Ventures (Gradient Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2017 by Zach Bratun Glennon. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.