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Founded in 1998 by William R. Hambrecht, WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They provide research that focuses on the (1) Asia-Pacific, biotechnology, business applications and services sectors (2) the China Internet and technology sector (3) consumer (4) enterprise software and Internet (5) gaming technology (6) Internet (7) medical technology (8) nanotechnology (9) networking and data infrastructure (10) semiconductors and devices and (11) specialty pharmaceuticals.

VSS Fund Management LLC (Veronis Suhler Stevenson) is a subsidiary of Veronis Suhler Stevenson LLC, a private equity firm founded in the year 1981 by John J. Veronis and John S Suhler. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Asiacontent.com Ltd. provides an integrated platform for media publishing, on-line advertising sales, and e-commerce. The company was founded by Elizabeth Boyer Hambrecht is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Hambrecht Partners Holding LLC (Hambrecht Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC founded in 1999 by William Robert Hambrecht and Igor M. Sill. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

WR Hambrecht & Co. Ventures (WR Hambrecht & Co) is a venture capital subsidiary of WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC founded in 1999 by William Robert Hambrecht and Igor M. Sill. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Perkin Industries LLC is an American company that focuses on acquiring and managing cash-producing businesses in the United States. The private company is based in an undisclosed location, and Nicolas R. Perkin has been the CEO since 2013. The company specializes in converting sole proprietorships to enterprise companies and have operations in multiple locations.

Enterprise Center of Johnson County/Venture Capital/ is a subsidiary of Enterprise Center of Johnson County founded in 1994. The firm headquartered in Fairway, Kansas.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center is a medical research center affiliated with Louisiana State University. The center is located in state-of-the-art research facilities on a 222-acre campus. The non-profit company is based in Baton Rouge, LA. The center conducts basic, clinical, and population research to understand the triggers of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and dementia. With over 500 employees, the research enterprise includes a network of 40 clinics, research laboratories, and 13 highly specialized core service facilities.

Information Management Associates, Inc. is a proven multi-disciplinary strategy which applies sound management principles to the life cycle of an organization's information resources. The information life cycle includes creation, evaluation, acquisition, organization, representation, control, dissemination, use, protection, and ultimate disposition of information-whatever the format or medium and whether of internal or external origins. It is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut

Balanced Insight, Inc. provides balanced insight consensus products. Its products include consensus, agile balance insights delivery tool, ConsensusNow, and business glossary. The firm also offers professional and educational services. The company was founded by Tom Hammergren in 2003 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Kansas Bioscience Authority LLC operates as a venture investor. It invests its own funds, attracts co-investors, manages its portfolio companies, and calls on its network of partners and experts to generate a return on and of invested capital. The firm focuses on agribusiness, animal health, human health, and life sciences technology sectors. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Olathe, KS.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

MyDocOnline, Inc. provides health information on-line. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

The Order of the Coif provides legal educational services. The non-profit company is based in Chapel Hill, NC.

Peel Therapeutics, Inc. engages as pre-clinical stage biotech that is strategically positioned at the intersection of nature and technology. The company is founded by Joshua Schiffman and Avi Schroeder in 2015 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Cierant Corp. develops Web-based, cross-media marketing applications. Its product line includes Web-based applications for the customization and delivery of print and e-mail communications, online surveys and e-commerce, as well as tools for automating the development of sales proposals and price quotations. The company was founded in 1987 is headquartered in Danbury, CT.

Cognos ULC provides business intelligence software solutions. It offers application development software and services such as product support, consulting, and training. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Intelligent Markets, Inc. is a holding company, which provides order management software and services to broker dealers. Its ALTA software platform, provides sell-side convertible bond trading desks with the reliable support needed to manage the special regulatory requirements of handling convertible bond transactions and record-keeping. The company was founded by Jason Topaz and Carl Huttenlocher in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Stifel Financial Corp., DLJ Canada, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides investment advice and equity financing services. The company is located in Canada. DLJ Canada was acquired by Westwind Partners, Inc. from Credit Suisse Group AG on September 24, 2002.

Part of Global Information Corp, EJV Partners is an American company that provides fixed-income financial data. The company is based in NY. EJV Partners was acquired by Global Information Corp on August 16, 1995.

BoardEx LLC provides relationship capital management services. It operates as a business intelligence service used as a new business development tool and as a source for academic research concerning corporate governance and boardroom processes. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Vista Capital Advisors LLC operates as a financial product innovative company. It offers eBonds, a form of corporate bond. The company was founded by Richard K. MacAilliams and John Andrew McQuown and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Trusted Provider Network LLC is a platform exclusively for licensed behavioral health clinicians and professionals. The company is based in New Orleans, LA. The company provides benefits such as free continuing education and access to a national network of providers. The platform was founded by clinicians for clinicians. The company was founded in 2018 by Christopher O'Shea, Trevor Lindsay Colhoun. Trevor Lindsay Colhoun has been the CEO since 2018.