Stephanie A. Shafer

Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (Voya IM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. Formerly known as ING Investment Management Co. LLC, the firm was founded in 1972 under the name of Aetna Capital Management, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Voya Investment Management LLC, ultimately held by Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA). Voya IM provides investment management services to a wide range of clients and investment vehicles.

L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP (LRP) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The firm was founded by L. Roy Papp in 1978. LRP provides comprehensive wealth management services to affluent individuals and families as well as to institutions.

Balyasny Asset Management LP (BAM) is a multi-strategy hedge fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm’s predecessor, Balyasny Capital Management LLC (BCM), was founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley. In 2003, BCM converted from a limited liability company to a limited partnership. Then, in January 2004, their name was changed to Balyasny Asset Management LP. They are a subsidiary of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP. BAM provides investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients through privately offered pooled investment funds.

Schneider Electric Ltd. manufactures and distributes electrical and automation control products and services. Its products include installation accessories, legacy controllers, medium voltage equipment, detection equipment, and interface and panel components. He firm offers products and services for panel builders, OEMs, contractors, specifiers, and the electrical supply industry for commercial and industrial applications. The company is headquartered in Telford, the United Kingdom.

SymphonyAI Sensa LLC develops interactive analysis and visualization software. Its technology is used to discover new drug therapies, uncover the causes of diseases, root out financial fraud, accelerate energy exploration, discover customer segmentation and complement other Big Data solutions. The company was founded by Gurjeet Singh, Gunnar Carlson and Harlan Sexton in 2008 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

ClearVoice, Inc. provides online media services. It offers marketing platform and freelancer marketplace. The company was founded by Jay Swansson and Joe Griffin in 2014 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to a global client base.

Peking University provides post-secondary education services. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses. It provides courses such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, sciences of medicine, management, and education. The company was founded by JiaNai Sun in 1898 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Brean Capital is an independent investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1973 and provides equity research, corporate finance and advisory investment banking, equity institutional sales and trading, and asset management to institutional investors and corporate clients. Their fixed income business provides sales, trading, research and banking services on a wide range of mortgage and asset-backed, US Treasury and government agency securities, structured products, corporate bonds, and municipal debt. The fixed income sales team employs a highly analytical approach to bond selection, trade execution, and overall bond portfolio management. Under the guidance of fixed income strategists, the fixed income team uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses to create custom investment portfolios and develop targeted, executable bond trading strategies to complement their clients? balance sheets.

Gradient Analytics LLC (Gradient) is an independent equity research firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. It was founded by Carr Bettis and Donn Vickrey in 1996 and formerly known as Camelback Research Alliance. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sabrient Systems LLC, which acquired the firm in August 2011. Gradient has particular expertise in financial analysis, forensic accounting and executive behavior. They publishes academically rigorous, unbiased, objective insights into the financial performance and equity valuation of liquid publicly traded companies globally for mutual fund managers, hedge fund managers, and other professional money managers.

TechStars Central LLC (TechStars) is an Independent Accelerator Incubator firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in the US..

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of the Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE: SCHW). They are members of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, NASDAQ and NYSE Arca, Inc. Charles Schwab & Co. is an exchange member engaged in exchange commission business other than floor activities. They also retail mutual funds and OTC corporate equity securities. In addition, the firm underwrites and/or sells corporate securities, underwrites and/or sponsors mutual funds, is a put and call broker/dealer and/or option writer and provides investment advisory services

Harmonic Discovery, Inc. is an American company that specializes in drug discovery and development services. The company was founded in 2021 by Rayees Rahman, Jason Lee, Marcel Patek. Rayees Rahman has been the CEO since 2021.

The American company was founded by Nick Johnson, Cheng Zhang, and Marcel van der Brug, with Cheng Zhang serving as the CEO since incorporation. Character Biosciences is focused on developing therapies for ophthalmic and other progressive polygenic diseases. The company has developed a platform that integrates genomics with longitudinal clinical data to select drug targets and match therapies to the right patients. Currently, Character Biosciences is advancing two lead drug discovery programs through preclinical development for dry age-related macular degeneration.

OrphAI Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm engages in matching drugs to diseases and identifying the care for individual patients using Guardian Angel Artificial Intelligence algorithm. The company was founded by Tian Xu, Jonathan M. Rothberg and Henri S. Lichenstein in 2013 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

The Mount Sinai Health System, Inc. provides health care system services. It is an integrated health care system providing exceptional medical care to our local and global communities. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tempus AI, Inc. is a healthcare technology company, which engages in bringing artificial intelligence and machine learning to healthcare. It focuses on building platforms for oncology, neuropsychiatry, cardiology, infectious disease, and radiology. The company was founded by Eric Paul Lefkofsky in August 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

iAcquire LLC is a content marketing agency that aims to connect consumers to information and social channels.

AlgoFace, Inc. is an American technology company that specializes in building AR and AI technology for facial recognition. The company is based in an undisclosed location and is composed of a diverse team of passionate innovators with deep-rooted knowledge in computer vision, augmented reality, and applied artificial intelligence applications. The company's technology tracks 209 facial landmarks to detect and recognize people more accurately, easily, and clearly. The company works with leading brands, agencies, and OEM partners to power face AI applications in various industries such as beauty, health, medical technology, building safety, and automotive. AlgoFace's core face AI enablement engine can be used to develop 2D and 3D face AI solutions across mobile, desktop, embedded systems, AR/VR, and the metaverse. The company was founded by Andrew Bart and Taleb Alashkar, with Andrew Bart serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Beijing Salion Foods Co., Ltd. prepares and exports natural plant extracts, compound seasonings, and food ingredients. The private company is based in Beijing, China. The Chinese company was founded in 2000. The CEO is Xu Bin Jiang.

The ExCapsa Group (The ExCapsa Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Wade Diebner. The firm is headquartered in San Ramon, California.

Salion Food Condiment Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture of compound condiment products in Northern China. It operates through the following geographical segments: Mainland China, Singapore, Korea, Russia, Europe, and Others. The company was founded on August 23, 2016 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Interpayments LLC operates as a software company that engages in the development of a payment platform. It focuses on surcharged payments. The company was founded by Robert Maynard and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

Startup Growth Advisors is an American company that provides incubator services. The private company was founded by Andrew Bart and he has been the CEO since incorporation.