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Merida Capital Holdings LLC (Merida Capital Holdings) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Mitchell Bryan Baruchowitz and Kevin Gibbs. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Family Office Networks LLC operates as a global community for families to share information and intelligence. It works with a select group of investment managers and sponsors who offer substantial families to access to stellar investment opportunities in areas such as real estate, venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds. The firm also offers personal introduction, alternative investment consulting, fund formation, concierge and family office service. The company was founded by Andrew P. Schneider and Steven Saltztein in 2012 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL.

The Araca Group provides retail stores that specializes in apparel, accessories, gifts and music. The company was founded by Matthew Rego, Michael Rego, and Hank Unger in 1997 and is headquartered in New Yrok, NY.

Founded in 1989, Kern, Suslow Securities, Inc. is a full-service SEC-registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm offers a variety of services including institutional equity sales and trading services, investment banking, research analysis, options trading, fixed-income trading, mutual funds and insurance products. Kern, Suslow Securities clears their business on a fully-disclosed basis through Penson Financial Services, Inc. They are a member of FINRA and the SIPC.

Blaylock Van LLC engages in the provision of investment banking and financial services. It includes debt and equity capital markets; research; sales and trading such as domestic equity, international equity, and taxable fixed income; and municipal finance. The company was founded by Eric Van Standifer in 1991 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 2002, Maxim Group LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides an array of financial services including: investment banking, equity research, private wealth management, structured products and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivative sales and trading to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. Maxim Group's niche is emerging-growth companies in a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, retail and others. They utilize a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investment recommendations. The firm combines rigorous financial analysis of specific companies and industries with due diligence that includes frequent consults with suppliers, customers, competitors and senior management. The firm focuses on under-covered, small- to-mid-cap companies where valuation levels may be out of sync with fundamental trends. Maxim's coverage universe often represents attractive niche industries where stocks tend to be inefficient. This research coverage fills a void created by the downsized research ranks and shrinking coverage of small- to mid-cap stocks by large investment banks. Maxim Group is a member of FINRA, the MSRB, the SIPC, the ISE, NASDAQ and NYSE Arca.