Sarah Seo Cherian

Columbia Capital LLC (Columbia Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Dave P. Mixer. The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

Investure LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia. The firm was founded by Alice Handy and Charles Cooke in 2003 to serve as the outsourced investment office to a select group of endowments and private foundations.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

LLR Management, LP is a private equity firm founded in the year 1999 by Howard Ross, Ira Mark Lubert and Seth Lehr. The firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) (JPMC-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm. Headquartered in New York City, JPMC-IM provides asset management services for corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, governments, healthcare organizations, educational institutions and affluent individuals.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Ares Secondaries Group (Ares Secondaries) is a private equity subsidiary of Ares Holdings LP founded in 1989 by Brent R.Nicklas. The firm is headquartered in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Sentinel Capital Partners LLC (Sentinel Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by David Lobel, John McCormack, and Frank Richardson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI). Houlihan Lokey Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They also have the ability to serve as underwriter or bookrunner with respect to traditional debt and equity offerings, including leveraged loans and public offerings of debt, equity-linked, and equity securities.

Multiplier Capital LLC (Multiplier Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Ray C. Boone, Ezra M. Friedberg and Kevin P. Sheehan. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

HMC Virginia Inc (HMC Virginia) is a venture capital subsidiary of Harbert Management Corp founded in 1993 by Wayne L. Hunter & William W. Brooke. The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

The company's solutions allow customers to manage connectivity for moving things, providing unparalleled visibility and control over their connectivity service and users' quality of experience. The company is based in Miramar, FL. Espace Networks' software platform is used by leading cruise lines and airlines to measure and optimize their passenger quality of experience and orchestrate connectivity service across multiple providers using data and AI. The company offers a cloud-based digital network platform for seamless procurement and operations of multi-orbit, multi-band, multi-operator, multi-provider satcom. Espace's platform-as-a-service caters to maritime, aviation, oil & gas, and land mobility markets. The company was founded by Shadrach Benny Retnamony, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

AlpInvest Partners, Inc. (AlpInvest) is the New York City private equity subsidiary of Netherlands-based AlpInvest Partners BV, ultimately held by The Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG). Established in 1999 as NIB Capital Private Equity, the firm became AlpInvest Partners in 2004. They were the first exclusive private equity manager for a public pension fund and invest worldwide across primary funds, secondaries, and direct investment (co-investment) channels, covering the entire private equity spectrum. In addition to the New York office, AlpInvest has offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong and London. They are a socially responsible investor which works to promote sustainability and governance as an important factor in investment choices. They are a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investments and exclude direct investments in companies that are directly involved in the manufacturing or distribution of products that clearly violate Dutch and relevant international conventions. They also explore sustainability-themed investments.

NearForm Ltd. is an enterprise software development company based in Waterford, Ireland. NearForm specializes in application modernization using leading technologies, development practices, and delivery processes to create future-ready enterprise solutions. The Irish company offers a range of software services including digital product development, DevOps & platform engineering, data engineering & analytics. The company's blog provides insights and perspectives on design, software development, business, and technology. NearForm's client stories and case studies showcase their expertise in digital transformations, capability building, software development, and modernization. The company is known for providing enterprise software development and capability building for top development teams. NearForm creates software solutions that accelerate enterprise success and contribute to the development of their open-source community. The company was founded by Cian Ó Maidín and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Slate Path Capital LP (Slate Path) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by David Greenspan in 2012. Slate Path provides investment advice on a discretionary basis to onshore and offshore funds that are offered to high net-worth, financially sophisticated, individual and institutional investors that may include investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, governmental plans, trusts, estates or other business entities.

Mesh Ai Ltd. is a transformation consultancy that specializes in using data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to accelerate business outcomes for enterprises. Mesh Ai is based in London, UK. The British company focuses on transforming organizations through people, process, and technology, making them data-rich and ready to unlock AI at scale. The company uses cutting-edge data transformation approaches, including data mesh, AI, and ML, to deliver speed, access, and scalability across products and services.

Gradient Ventures (Gradient Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2017 by Zach Bratun Glennon. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.