Kurt Arvidson

Mercantile Bank of Michigan provides financial products and services. The firm offers checking, savings, and student accounts. Its lending portfolio includes mortgage loan products; consumer loans, such as home equity, automobile, recreational vehicle, personal, and overdraft protection loans; and business loans comprising small business administration financing options. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.

TalentGuard Holdings, Inc. develops talent management software. Its talent management technology transforms the way employees seek and discover personalized advice and recommendations about their career. The firm?s products include career pathing, certification tracking, competency management, development planning and performance management. The company was founded by Linda M. Ginac and Frank Ginac in 2009 and is headquartered in West Lake Hills, TX.

Macquarie Securities (Thailand) Ltd. provides brokerage services. The joint venture company is based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Vickers Venture Partners (Hong Kong) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Mizuho Securities Asia Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based brokerage subsidiary of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd., ultimately owned by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411), a banking holding company headquartered in Japan. Founded in 1999, Mizuho Securities Asia provides sales, trading and execution in equity, equity-linked and convertible products across Asia, Japan and US markets for corporate, fund and institutional investors. The firm also provides a full range of fixed income products including sales and trading of investment grade and high-yield credit; government bonds; and securitization and structured products covering the full range of investors and issuers, such as asset managers, central banks, financial institutions, corporates and alternative managers.

The Halo Group LLC offers staffing and recruiting services. It engages in intelligence and data warehousing, information technology consulting, agile project lifecycle, cross-platform development and cloud engineering. The company was founded by George Moilanen and Bradley F. Waite in April 2004 and is headquartered in Novi, MI.

Vickers Venture Partners (S) Pte Ltd. (Vickers Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Dr. Finian Tan Seng Chin, Drs. Khalil Binebine, Jeffrey Chi, Damian Tan, and Ms. Linda Li. The firm is headquartered in Singapore with offices in New York, Silicon Valley, London and Shanghai.

Highlands Ventures LLC (Highlands Ventures) is a private equity subsidiary of ManpowerGroup, Inc founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Hinsdale, Illinois.

Calibre One, Inc. provides executive search management services. It offers leadership assessment, diligence interviews, identification of investment opportunities, and pre-deal build out. The company was founded by James Brocket and Tom Barnes in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Visibly, Inc. develops a platform to perform an online eye exam. It operates as a healthcare technology firm that offers the convenient and affordable way to get a prescription for glasses and contacts. The firm’s technology provides valid glasses and contact lens prescriptions online from the convenience of home. The company was founded by Aaron Dallek and Steven Lee in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Blackford Capital LLC (Blackford Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Martin W. Stein. The firm is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan with an office in Hong Kong.

Bellwether Investment Group LLC (Bellwether) is an independent SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in Hixson, Tennessee. The firm was founded in 2008 by John Lindsey, Connie West, and Martin Summitt. Bellwether provides investment advice to individuals, businesses, trusts, and estates.

Part of WPP Plc, Ogilvy Commonhealth Worldwide LLC is a healthcare communications network serving. The company is based in Parsippany, NJ.

The Lockwood Group LLC provides medical communications solutions. The firm offers medical expert engagement, publication services, and meeting management. It serves the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Tech Transfer University of Michigan / Venture Capital/(University of Michigan) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Mike Psarouthakis. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, US.

Biosciences Research & Commercialization Center (BRCC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Western Michigan University founded in 2020 by Cindy Bi. The firm is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Balihoo, Inc. provides marketing automation software technology and services for national brands with local advertising needs. It offers solutions like direct mail to local digital tactics, including local websites, paid search, email, AD builder and co-op campaigns. The company enables enterprise-class marketing at the local level and gives national brands full visibility into all local marketing activities and results. Balihoo was founded by Pete Gombert in 2004 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

RDV Corp. operates as a private investment and financial management company. Its services include investment management, tax, personal services, estate planning, and foundation administration services. The company is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.

EquaTerra, Inc. provides advisory services in information technology (IT) and business process transformation. It offers advisory services in the areas of finance and accounting, human resources, information technology, real estate services and facilities management, supply chain, procurement, business processes and shared services. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Xerox Corp. engages in the integration of paper and digital products. The firm offers home, office, office laser, multifunction and all in one printer, digital sheet-fed printing presses and scanner. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

CareerBuilder LLC provides end-to-end human capital solutions. The firm specializes in human resources software-as-a-service to help companies with the recruitment process from acquire to hire. It offers job distribution, sourcing, workflow, customer relationship management, data and analytics in one pre-hire platform. The company was founded by Robert J. McGovern in 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Peters Papers (Pty) Ltd. distributes paper products. It offers beermat, camelot cartridge, cascade, enduro, eska board, and fold kraft. The company was founded by Ronnie Peters in 1963 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Semper Capital Management LP (Semper) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Utendahl and Tom Mandel in 1992 and was formerly known as UCM Partners LP and as Utendahl Capital Management LP. Semper offers institutional and high-net-worth individuals multiple securitized debt-centric investment platforms that range from private absolute return and index-based strategies to registered mutual funds and custom managed accounts.

CSIT Consulting, Inc. provides accounting, auditing, bookkeeping, and engineering services. The private company is based in Saskatoon, Canada.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.