Peter Speranza

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Pine River Capital Management LP (Pine River) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund management firm headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 2002 by Brian Taylor and they are a subsidiary of Pine River Holdings LP. Pine River provides investment solutions to qualified clients through commingled hedge funds and bespoke solutions.

Rouxbe Global Food Group, Inc. operates as a online cooking school for home cooks, culinary students, and culinary professionals. It offers instructional cooking video lessons, practice video recipes, culinary chef exercises, progress reporting, cooking quizzes, cooking exercises, culinary quizzes, and personal chef support. The company was founded by Dawn Thomas and Joe Girard in 2005 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Emil Capital Partners LLC (Emil Capital Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Tengelmann Twenty-One KG founded in 2011 by Christian Wilhem Erich Haub. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

TriplePulse, Inc. engages in the online retail of sports nutrition products for athletes. The firm offers a package that include a full month supply of elevated multivitamins, electrolyte crystals, glutamine recovery complex, amino acid complex, time release amino patches and free samples. The company was founded by Christopher Thompson and Constantine Anastasakis in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Biena LLC manufactures roasted snack products and sells through retail stores and online. Its products include sea salt, rockin ranch, habanero, honey roasted, barbeque and cinnamon crunch, variety pack, milk chocolate and dark chocolate. The company was founded by Poorvi Patodia in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Epoch Partners, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs & Co., is a technology-enabled investment bank focused on high-growth companies and electronically connected institutional and individual investors. The firm offers a full array of investment services. Their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS).

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Financial Concepts, Inc. is an insurance brokerage and consulting private company based in Lexington, KY. The company provides a range of insurance services to its clients.

Wolfe Research LLC is a FINRA-registered sell-side research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Edward Wolfe in 2008 and is a subsidiary of Wolfe Holdco LLC. Wolfe Research provides bespoke research of various stocks in every major GIC sector for institutional clients. The firm has established a reputation for macro research underpinning coverage in Industrials, Utilities/Energy, Consumer/Retail, Financials/REITS, Healthcare and TMT.

The One Hundred Club operates as an event venue. It specializes in seacoast wedding receptions and rehearsals, conference centre, meeting space, private events and dining. The company was founded by William McCloskey in May 2002 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH.

Watch-Us, Inc. operates as a clothing accessories store. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Fairfield, OH.

BaltCap AIFP SIA provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Riga, Latvia.

Accredited Investors, Inc., dba Accredited Investors Wealth Management (AIWM), is an independent. SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Edina, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Ross Levin and Willis T. Heupel in 1987. AIWM provides advisory services to individuals and families, trusts, foundations and endowments, charitable organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans (other than plan participants), and corporations or other businesses.

CMA CGM Asia Shipping Pte Ltd. provides ocean shipping and container transportation services. It offers electronic data interchange of business information for data integrity of shipment transactions. The firm also operates terminals in the United States west coast and Asia. The company was founded by Adam Goldston and Ryan Goldston in 1856 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Sycamore Ventures LLC provides business development services. The private company is based in Ogden, UT.

Austin Eastciders LLC engages in growing apples and making and retailing ciders. It offers original dry sider, pineapple cider, hopped cider, Texas honey cider, blood orange cider, and ruby red grapefruit cider. The company was founded by Mark King and Ed Gibson in 2015 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Blueberry Ventures Management LLC (Blueberry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Arif Fazal in 2015. The firm is headquartered in California.

Revive Brands operates a brewery that produces kombucha drinks in California. It offers its products in still organic, still vegan, still raw, caffeine-free, and ultra-low sugar flavors. The firm also provides bottle exchange programs. It sells its products through retailers. The company was founded in 2010 by Rebekah Lovett, lya B. Nykin, Bentley Hall and Sean J. Lovett and is headquartered in Sonoma County, CA.

Vive Organic, Inc. produces cold-pressed organic juices. The company was founded by Wyatt Taubman, Kyle Withycombe and JR Simich and is headquartered in Venice, CA.

Evidity Capital LLC (Evidity Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Paul Enever and Alejandro Sanchez. The firm is headquartered in New York.

GREAT NORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (Great North Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ryan J Weber, Robert J Weber and James DonFrancesco. The firm is headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Gathered Foods Corp. provides frozen sea food. It offers fish-free tuna, crab-free cakes, fish free sliders and fish-free burgers. The company was founded by Chad Sarno, Derek Sarno, Chris Kerr, Marci Zaroff and Eric Schnell in 2016 and is headquartered in New Town, PA.

Seminal Capital Holdings LLC (Seminal Capital Holdings) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Buck Buckley and Cyrus Vandrevala. The firm is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Atland Fund Manager LLC (Atland Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Sourish Ghosh, Harshil Chahal, David Brown and Samuel Bagley. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Related & Co. LLC was founded by Thompson Temilade Aderinkomi. The American company offers a Standard Relevancy Framework that helps organizations, teams, and leaders stay relevant and meet expectations in the new disruptive era.

Fermented Sciences, Inc. produces alcoholic beverages. It offers organic hard kombucha with live probiotics and botanical adaptogens. The company was founded by William D. Moses in 2016 and is headquartered in Ojai, CA.

Part of Wicked Foods, Inc., Good Catch is a plant-based seafood brand that offers a range of products including plant-based tuna, fish burgers, crab cakes, fish sticks, and salmon burgers. The company is based in Newtown, PA. Good Catch was named PETA's 2021 Company of the Year. The company's products provide the taste, texture, and eating experience of seafood without harming the environment. Good Catch's products are available in retailers and food service partners across 22 countries and 3 continents, with wider distribution planned. Stay tuned for more retail and food service news, plus more exciting product launches soon! The company was founded by William Christopher Kerr, Chad Sarno, and Derek Sarno. Good Catch was acquired by Wicked Foods, Inc. from Gathered Foods Corp.

Minnesota Eligibility Technology System provides online IT system services.