Mike Adhikari

Nuveen Investments, Inc. provides investment management and related services to retail and institutional investors. It offers investment management capabilities across a diversified set of asset classes and investment strategies through its investment management affiliates, including municipal bond, investment grade, global and high-yield bond, floating-rate bank loan, preferred securities, growth equity, value equity, global and international equity, equity income, core equity, equity index, quantitative and enhanced equity, asset allocation, balanced strategies, real asset and commodity. The company was founded by John Nuveen in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Merrill Lynch Capital Corp. provides various financing services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Merrill Lynch Ventures LLC is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a division of the Merrill Lynch Global Markets & Investment Banking Group and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC).

Bloomberg LP engages in the provision of business data, news, and financial information services. Its product include Bloomberg terminal, execution and order management, content and data, financial data management, and integration and distribution. The company was founded by Michael Rubens Bloomberg, Charles M. Zegar, Thomas F. Secunda, and Duncan L. MacMillan in 1981 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Synergy Law Group LLC provides legal services. The company was founded by Arthur E. Mertes and Bartly J. Loethen in May 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Argosy Private Equity (Argosy Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of Argosy Capital Group LLC (PA) founded in 1990 by Kirk B. Griswold and John P. Kirwin. The firm is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

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

Moorefield Construction, Inc. provides construction services for commercial and retail projects. Its services include Design and Planning, Value Engineering, Schedules, Budgeting, Plan Coordination and Bidding Subcontracting. The company was founded by Harold Moorefield in 1957 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Pharos Capital Group LLC (Pharos Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Bob Crants, Michael Devlin and Kneeland Youngblood. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Praesidian Capital Corp (Praesidian Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Jason Drattell. The firm is headquartered in Oklahoma City.

Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is a global organization founded in 1954 by Kenneth S. Berryman and David H. Brenner. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The company's mission is to drive middle-market growth and it serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. The company's core focus is on middle-market M&A, with more than 25 years of sell-side and buy-side advisory experience, closing more than 200 transactions with a combined value of more than $1 billion. The company also publishes Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth, which includes a print magazine, website, weekly e-newsletter, and daily newsfeed. The CEO of the company since 2019 is Brent A. Baxter.

Frazier & Deeter LLC provides accounting and advisory services. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Founders Capital Corp. is an American company that provides real estate services. The private company was founded by Michael A. Pechette and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Bridge Investments LLC (Bridge Investments) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Robert Goldberg and Daniel Goldberg. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Baker Tilly US LLP engages in the provision of accounting and financial advisory services. It offers assurance, consulting, and risk advisory services. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

NextPhase Medical Devices LLC manufactures electromechanical medical capital equipment. It offers pilot and full scale production, supply chain management, quality assurance, and after-market services. The company was founded by Milton Frank in 1999 and is headquartered in Waldwick, NJ.

Virtual Marketing, Inc. operates as a marketing agency offering social media, print, digital, mobile, and email marketing solutions. It engages in planning, designing, producing, implementing, and analyzing marketing initiatives that address specific business challenges. The company was founded by Matthew Murphy in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Cross Keys Capital LLC provides investment banking advisory services. Its services include sell-side and buy-side M&A, recapitalizations, restructurings, and capital raising. The company was founded by David Burns, William Britton and Richard Becker in 2002 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Barat Strategic Partners LLC provides investment advisory services. The private company is based in Highland Park, IL.

Praesidian Capital Bridge Fund LP invests in lower middle market companies located in North America and Europe, with revenues of $3 - $100 million, enterprise value $1 - $100 million and EBITDA of $0.25 - $20 million. The fund focuses on a broad range of sectors. It participates in equity and mezzanine financing for growth, acquisitions, MBOs, LBOs, recapitalizations, and refinancing requirements with a transaction size ranging from $0.25 to $100 million per transaction.

Calidant Capital, LLC (Calidant Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Borgman Capital LLC (Borgman Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Sequoya Borgman, Borgman Capital LLC is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Monroe Capital Income Plus Corp, a business development company invests in lower - middle market companies located in the US and Canada with EBITDA of USD 3 to 35 million. The fund focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for senior secured & junior secured, unsecured loans, notes, bonds, preferred equity, convertible debt, unitranche secured loans, asset-based loans & securities, small business loans & leases, structured debt & structured equity, syndicated loans, securitized debt & subordinated notes of collateralized loan obligations, acquisitions and capital investment transactions.

Live Oak Growth Capital is a private equity firm founded in 1900. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Page Publishing, Inc. operates as a publishing house. Its services include copy-editing, proofreading, typesetting, ebook conversion, marketing, publicity and distribution & royalty management. The company is headquartered in Conneaut Lake, PA.

Texas Standard LLC is a men's clothing brand that offers a range of clothing items such as sport shirts, polos, tees, guayaberas, and accessories. The private company is based in Austin, TX, and donates 10% of all profits to charities. The company's flagship product is The Standard Denim, which is made from the finest Cone denim and performance fibers for comfort. The company was founded by Bagot Drew, Drew N. Bagot, and Bagot Christine, and Drew N. Bagot and Bagot Drew have been the CEOs since incorporation.

Mueller Field Operations, Inc. / Management/ is a private group led by the management of Mueller Field Operations, Inc.

Serata Capital Partners LLC (Serata Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Drew N Bagot. The firm is headquartered in Texas.

Hillview Partners Network LLC provides consulting, coaching, and public speaking services. The private company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded in 2005 by John R. Dallas.

The Five Star Institute LLC operates as an association which organizes conferences, produces publications and maintains membership organizations for the mortgage industry. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.