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Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

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.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. (WTIA) is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The firm was founded as MTB Investment Advisors, Inc. in 1995 as the result of a merger between Allied Investment Advisors and M&T Asset Management. In 2012, their name was changed to WTIA. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. (M&T Bank), which is owned by M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB). WTIA principally provides investment management services to institutional clients. They also serve as sub-advisor to the Wilmington Funds, a family of mutual funds.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC (MNA) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Fairport, New York. The firm was formed in 2011 as the successor to Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc., which was founded as a partnership in 1970. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manning & Napier Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Callodine Midco, Inc. MNA provides investment advice to individuals and institutional clients. The firm also acts as the sub-advisor to affiliated and unaffiliated advisors and to certain registered and unregistered commingled investment vehicles.

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.

Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with ten colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. It was founded in 1829 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC (TCIM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC, ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. TCIM provides investment management and certain administrative services necessary for the operation of the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), a diversified open-end registered investment management company that consists of eight accounts, that issues individual, group and tax-deferred variable annuity contracts.

9.9 Group Pvt Ltd. was founded in 2007 and engages in creating communities of targeted consumers and professionals by engaging them through interactive digital and face-to-face multimedia platforms. The private company is based in Noida, India.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

Narrative Science, Inc. provides automated narrative generation for the enterprise. It serves the financial services, government, manufacturing, retail, and healthcare sectors. The company was founded by Stuart B. Frankel, Lawrence A. Birnbaum and Kristian Hammond in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Act! LLC provides customer relationship management software solutions. Its products include Act! and Switpage emarketing. The company was founded by Robert H. Ogdon, Frank E. Johnson, Matthew Showalter and Lanae Fehr in August 2001 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. SWIB was founded in 1951 and is responsible for managing the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State Investment Fund (SIF) and other state trust funds. The WRS includes the Core Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Core Fund) and the Variable Retirement Investment Trust Fund (Variable Fund).

Pixability, Inc. provides video advertising services. It offers cloud-base big data programmatic advertising software solutions. The firm helps marketers discover and connect with audiences through machine learning software platform. The company was founded by Bettina Hein in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. was founded in 1920. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company provides investment research.

Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster, Inc. operates as a non profit organization that promotes the area's photonics, optics, and imaging industry. It offers design and fabrication of optical components; optical assemblies; integrated systems; testing; and metrology for applications such as biotechnology, communications, lighting, imaging, and defense. The company is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

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.

Canon U.S.A., Inc. offers professional businesses, consumer imaging equipment, and information systems. Its products include colored, black, and white copiers, printers, image filing systems, facsimile machines, cameras and lenses, camcorders, semiconductor, and optical equipment. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Melville, NY.

Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. manufactures nucleic acid products. It specializes in DNA synthesis, gene construction, antisense oligos, molecular beacons, and a variety of molecular biology products. The company was founded by Joseph A. Walder in 1987 and is headquartered in Skokie, IL.

Bank Leumi USA engages in the provision of commercial and international banking services to large and midsized corporations. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Capria Ventures LLC (Capria Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Dave Richards and Will Poole. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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

Peepul Capital LLC (Peepul Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Nadigadda Sandeep Reddy and Srinivasa Raju. The firm is headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius.

Jump Capital LLC (Jump Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Mike B. McMahon and Sach Chitnis. The firm is headquartered in Chicago.

TeleDNA Communications Pvt Ltd. provides mobile value added services. It offers location and broadcast intelligence, messaging, SMS security, personalization engine, SMS broadcaster service, multi channel delivery, VAS manages services, fault and performance management products and services. The company was founded by Praveen Nallapothula in June 2001 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.