Kevin McCalley

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Lattice Engines, Inc. provides predictive marketing and sales applications. It offers salesPRISM, a sales intelligence software; playmaker, a marketing software; and visiDB, a software for data integration and data management. The firm also provides fundPRISM, a software solution that makes ongoing recommendations to wholesalers in asset management companies on which advisors to contact, at what frequency, and with what messaging. The company was founded by Kent McCormick, Michael McCarroll and Shashi Upadhyay in 2006 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP provides legal services. The firm serves to banking and financial services, energy, food and beverage, government entities, health care, information and technology, life science and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Louis D. Brandeis and Samuel D. Warren in 1879 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Cohu, Inc., Optonics, Inc. develops integrated solutions used for emission-based optical diagnostics and failure analysis for advanced semiconductor products. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Israel Niv, Nader Pakdaman, James S. Vickers. Optonics was acquired by Credence Systems Corp. on January 22, 2003 for $17.52 million.

Part of Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., Design Analysis Group is a Canadian company that provides engineering software and services. The company is located in Canada. Design Analysis Group was acquired by Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. from HGE, Inc. on August 12, 1998 for $2 million.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

BigFix, Inc. provides global information technology infrastructure services. The company was founded by David Donoho and David S. Hindawi in 1997 and is headquartered in Armonk, NY.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

MassVentures (MassVentures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1978 by Charles Hipwood. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Marlin Management Co LLC (Marlin Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by David McGovern. The firm is headquartered in Hermosa Beach, California.

Cooley LLP engages in the provision of legal services. It offers strategic litigation and business transaction services and is a representative of private and public companies, financial institutions, venture capital firms and nonprofit organizations. Its practices include commercial litigation; patent counseling and prosecution; employment and labor; asset recovery; and estate planning and personal representation. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

F7 Ventures LLC (F7 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Kelly Graziadei and Joanna Lee Shevelenko in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

FEI EFA, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic semiconductors. The firm develops and sells circuit analysis and edit tool for wafer and package semiconductor products. It provides Meridian WaferScan for backside wafer-level analysis. The company was founded by Israel Niv in 2008 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Parade Ventures Management LLC (Parade Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Shawn Merani. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Atlassian Corp. Plc is a holding company, which engages in the design, development, license, and maintenance of software and provision software hosting services. Its products include Jira software, Jira Align, Core, and Service Desk, Confluence, Trello, Bitbucket, Sourcetree, Bamboo, Opsgenie, and Statuspage. The company was founded by Michael Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar in 2002 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

SkyLake Investment Co Ltd (SkyLake Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Daeje Chin. The firm is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Kokam Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture of polymer processing machineries and batteries. Its products include polyester film manufacturing and polarized film production systems, lithium polymer, batteries, battery packs and modules. It serves the industrial, medical, marine and electronic vehicle markets. The company was founded by Ji Jun Hong in 1989 and is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea.

SCHRAMM Holding GmbH manufactures and supplies a range of technical and custom-tailored coating solutions. It supplies coatings to manufacturers of a range of goods such as complete interior coating solutions and functional coatings for metal components for the automotive market, as well as coatings for handsets and component manufacturers for the mobile handset market. The firm also offers coatings for home appliances and consumer electronics manufacturers. The company was founded in 1810 and is headquartered in Offenbach am Main, Germany.

The Capital Network, Inc. is a private company based in Wellesley, MA that provides founder-focused fundraising education programs. The company aims to create a more inclusive and accessible funding ecosystem to support female and other first-time founders of early stage startups. The company offers three programs: the Fellowship for Female Founders, Fundraising Readiness Workshops, and the Investment and Inclusion Series. The Fellowship for Female Founders is a six-month program that has helped over 90+ female founders raise over $85m in capital. The company also offers ongoing workshops for first-time startup founders and a series of honest conversations to bring about meaningful systemic change. The Capital Network has a network of 300+ investors and sponsors who help them make the fundraising ecosystem work for everybody. The company was founded by Ashkan Afkhami and Chula Reynolds.