Ryan Elliott Hayashida

Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC (SHGA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm was founded in 1982 by Jane Williams. SHGA provides investment management and wealth management services to high net-worth individuals, families, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, and business entities.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC (LNW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Debra Lee Wetherby in 1990 and formerly known as Wetherby Asset Management, Inc. and Wetherby Asset Management LLC. They are owned by Laird Norton Wetherby Trust Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Laird Norton Enterprises, Inc. LNW provides investment and financial advisory services predominantly to wealthy individuals and families, as well as their trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, business entities, foundations and endowments.

White Oak Global Advisors LLC (White Oak Global Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Andre A. Hakkak. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Tree Line Capital Partners LLC (Tree Line Capital Partners) is a private credit asset management subsidiary of Trident Tree Line Management, Inc. founded in 2014 by Tom Quimby. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Avenue Capital Management II LP (Avenue US) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner in 2000. They are a subsidiary of Avenue Management Holdco LP, ultimately held by GL Management LLC. Avenue US provides investment advisory services to private investment funds.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Deloitte LLP (New York) engages in the provision of audit, consulting, tax, and advisory solutions. It offers services relating to tax, consulting, audit and assurance, Deloitte private company services, mergers and acquisitions, risk and financial advisory, analytics, and cloud. The company was founded by William Welch Deloitte, George A. Touche, Charles Waldo Haskins, and Elijah Watt Sells in 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Graham Partners, Inc (Graham Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of The Graham Group Inc founded in 1988 by Steve C. Graham. The firm is headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

SRE Investment Holding Ltd. investment holding company. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Accel-KKR LLC (Accel-KKR) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Thomas Barnds. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Part of SRE Group Ltd., Shanghai Shuo Cheng Real Estate Ltd. invests and develops real estate. The company is based in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Shuo Cheng Real Estate was acquired by Mayson Resources Ltd., a SUB of SRE Group Ltd. from Shanghai Qifang Enterprise Co. Ltd. on November 03, 2006 for $1.93 million.

True Ventures LLC (True Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by John Burke and Philip Black. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

California Science Center is a non-profit organization. It provides model for science learning by combining exhibits with an on-site Science Center School and Amgen Center for Science Learning as well as a teacher professional development program. The company was founded in February 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Business-Higher Education Forum is a non-profit membership organization that connects higher education institutions to business talent demand. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company helps corporate CEOs and university presidents to anticipate skills needs and improve pathways between higher education and workforce. The company identifies high-value emerging skills through yearly signature reports, ad hoc research, and timely quick takes. BHEF has a repeatable approach to accelerate pathway development between business and higher education, resulting in over 100 credentials.

Mainsail Management Co LLC (Mainsail Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Jason Payne and Gavin Turner. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Fujian Guoli Minsheng Technology Dev Co. Ltd. is a private company based in Fuzhou, China. and has subsidiaries in China.

Taylor Frigon Capital Management LLC (TFCM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Scottsdale, California. The firm was founded by Gerald (Gerry) Frigon and in 2006 and is owned by the Frigon Revocable Trust. The “Taylor” in the firm’s name honors Richard C. Taylor, Gerry Frigon’s father-in-law and mentor. TFCM provides active investment strategies and venture capital opportunities to a select group of individuals, RIAs and institutional investors. The firm also serves as the investment adviser of the Taylor Frigon Core Growth Fund, a registered mutual fund.

Cal Poly Foundation engages in the provision of philanthropic services. It generates private support in building and maintaining multidisciplinary Learn by Doing educational model. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Part of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., PwC Strategy& (UK) Ltd. was founded in 1981. The company is based in London, UK. PwC Strategy& (UK's Real estate team provides expertise to help owners, developers, occupiers, and investors unlock the full potential of their assets for the future. The British company also celebrates organizations leading the way in open, authentic, and accessible reporting and communications through their Building Public Trust Awards. PwC Strategy& (UK is committed to improving healthcare and solving important problems. The company believes that working capital is the cheapest source of finance and encourage companies to take their destiny into their own hands by managing it efficiently.

Howden BC Compressors SA designs, manufactures, and services custom designed compressors. Its products include fans, heaters, compressors, blowers, and steam turbines. The company is headquartered in Nogent-sur-Oise, France.

StartX, Inc. organizes and develops startup accelerator programs. It provides a network of mentors which is world class. The company benefits from having access to faculty and lecturers from the stanford community including the engineering, business, medical, and design schools. StartX was founded by Divya Nag and Cameron Teitelman in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Propel Venture Partners, LLC (Propel Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

My Warchest, Inc. (My Warchest) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Conner David Johnston and Joshua Adam Wolf. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Thiel Capital LLC (Thiel Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Peter Andreas Thiel. The firm is headquartered in West Hollywood, California.

1Flourish Capital LLC (1Flourish Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by David A. Lane, Reid Rutherford, Skip Vaccarello and Andrew Miller. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Feenix Venture Partners LLC (Feenix Ventures) is a private equity subsidiary of Feenix Payment Systems LLC founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Race Capital (Race capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Alfred Chuang. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Avenue Capital Group LLC engages in the provision of investing services. It specializes in distressed securities, bank debt, stressed high yield debt, event-driven situations, restructured and post re-organization equities, and trade claims. The company was founded by Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New York University Tandon School of Engineering engages in the provision of educational services focusing on science and technology. Its degrees and programs include bachelor of science, master of science, doctor of philosophy, advanced certificate programs, a bridge program to NYU Tandon, and industry partner programs. The company was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Speed of Light OPS, LLC provides a sales conversion platform that allows sales teams to customize dynamic proposals in just minutes. The company is based in Lehi, UT and was founded in 2018 by Jeremy Smith and Daniel Larkin. The company has over 3,000 clients from various industries who trust their accurate data and streamlined financing solutions. The platform also offers easy document management with an error-free rate of over 99%. Daniel Larkin has been the CEO since 2018.