John S. Karol

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Founded in 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (CSAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), a publicly owned foreign bank holding company based in Switzerland.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

NB Alternatives Advisers LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of NB Alternatives Holdings LLC founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Dallas.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Trinity Hunt Partners (Trinity Hunt Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Peter J. Stein and Daniel S. Dross. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

H20 Capital Innovation (H20 Capital Innovation) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Lloreda Daniel and Porras Mauricio. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Energize Ventures LLC (Energize Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Michael polsky. The firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

NexPoint Asset Management LP (NexPoint AM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1993 as Pyxis Capital LP and changed its name from Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors LP to NexPoint Asset Management LP in 2022. They are a subsidiary of Highland Capital Management Services, Inc., which is owned by Highland Capital Healthcare Advisors GP LLC. NexPoint AM manages a suite of registered investment vehicles that provide access to alternative investments for both institutional and retail investors.

Yellowstone Capital Partners LLC (Yellowstone Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

IBC Management LLC(IBC Management)is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2000 by Barry B. Conrad. The firm is headquartered in Dallas.

Rosewood Private Investments Inc (Rosewood Private Investments) is a private equity subsidiary of The Rosewood Corp founded in 1935. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Hackman Capital Partners LLC is a privately-held real estate investment and operating company founded in the year of 1986 by Michael Hackman. The firm is headquartered in Culver, California.

Wind Point Advisors LLC (Wind Point Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Rich Kracum and Bob Cummings. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.

Silver Hill Energy Partners LLC (Silver Hill Energy Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of RSP Permian, Inc founded in 2011 by Kyle D. Miller. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Arctaris Capital Partners LLC (Arctaris Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded by Jonathan Tower in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Priorbank JSC engages in the provision of banking services. It offer services for private individual, premium, and business platform. For private individual, it offers cards, loans, savings, digital banking, and other services, such as opening account, bank safes, transfers, currency change, and premium banking and direct. For business platform, it provides investment banking, digital banking, loans to small and medium enterprises, raiffeisen leasing factoring, documentary business, digital banking,opening of accounts, detail correspondent banks, currency change, and custody services. The company was founded on January 20, 1989 and is headquartered in Minsk, Belarus.

Shore Capital Partners LLC (Shore Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Justin Ishbia. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Kaufman Rossin Fund Services LLC provides specialized administration services to the global financial community. It also offers tax compliance, financial statements, regulatory and compliance consulting, manager, general partner solutions, middle and back office solutions. The firm serves hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, managed accounts, family offices, energy funds, real estate funds and venture capital funds. The company was founded by Jorge R. de Cardenas, Robert A. Kaufman and Keith S. Sharkey in 1994 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

ALPS Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company which through its business units provides investment products and servicing solutions to the financial services industry. The firm's business units include ALPS Advisors, ALPS Fund Services and ALPS Distributors. It delivers asset management and asset servicing solutions through offices in Boston, Golden, New York, Seattle and Toronto. The company was founded in June 1985 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Intelis Capital LLC (Intelis Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (AllianzGI US) is an investment advisory firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2001 as Allianz Global Investors Capital LLC. In 2022, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC, which is ultimately owned by Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), acquired the firm from Allianz SE (ETR: ALV). AllianzGI US provides portfolio management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients as well as certain Wrap Fee Programs.

Trivest Partners LP (Trivest Partners) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Trivest Partners Inc. founded in 1981 by Earl W. Powell. The firm is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.

NFJ Investment Group LLC (NFJ) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 2020 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virtus Partners, Inc., which is wholly-owned by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS). NFJ provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management or sub-advisory services to institutional clients and non-institutional clients principally through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and a variety of commingled funds and SEC registered closed-end investment companies.

Connor Group provides real estate services. The company was founded by Larry Connor and is headquartered in Centerville, OH.