Elisabeth Carpenter

The Center Consortium is a collaboration between Coinbase and Circle that aims to establish governance and standards for the future digital financial ecosystem. The American company has developed a stablecoin called USD Coin (USDC) which is gaining support from various wallets, exchanges, platforms, app providers, and service providers. The company also offers developer resources and promote the use of decentralized identity protocols for crypto finance and web3 applications. It is important to note that USDC is a separate brand from other cryptocurrencies and should be visually represented in stable blue and dark gray. The company was founded in 2018 and is led by CEO David W. Puth.

General Catalyst LLC (General Catalyst) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Joel Cutler, David Fialkow, Bill Fitzgerald, David Orfao and John Simon. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Ping Identity Corp. engages in the provision of cloud-based identity security and management solutions. Its identity and access management platform gives enterprise customers and employees one-click access to any application from any device. The firm offers its services to the aerospace, automobile, banking, finance and communication sectors. The company was founded by Bryan Field-Elliot and Andre Durand in 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Circle Internet Financial, Inc. engages in the provision of peer-to-peer payments technology. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

SeedInvest LLC (SeedInvest) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Ryan Feit and James Han. The firm is headquartered in New York.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

FS Vector LLC is a strategic consulting firm for financial services clients that operates in a rapidly evolving industry and complex regulatory environment. FS Vector is based in Washington and was founded by John A. Beccia and Rajeev V. Date. The American company provides comprehensive education, tracking, and regulatory updates for fintech companies through its Headmaster™ regulatory compliance training platform. The platform is built specifically for fintechs and covers areas such as payments, lending, deposit accounts, cards, and more. John A. Beccia has been the CEO since incorporation.

Carlson Capital LP is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative asset management firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Clinton Carlson in 1993. Carlson Capital provides discretionary investment advisory services to privately-offered pooled investment vehicles and certain managed accounts.

Underdog Technologies, Inc. develops software which helps job seekers find meaningful work at technology companies. The company was founded by Kurtis Lin and Anish Basu and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Third Way is a center-left think tank that advocates for policies to combat climate change by promoting evidence-based solutions such as advanced nuclear and carbon capture technology, renewables, hydropower, existing nuclear, energy storage, and efficiency. The private company is based in Washington. The American company also specializes in public policy, including the economy, national security, social policy, and politics. Third Way uses public opinion research and original analysis to unite progressives around a broad path to power at all levels of government and debunk outdated electoral theories.

UBS Financial Services, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS Americas Inc., ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. Founded in 1969, UBS Financial Services provides investment advisory services to individuals, banks, thrift institutions, mutual funds and other investment companies, pension and employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charities, corporations and other business and government entities.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Royal Bank Financial Group provides financial services, including issuing money in various forms, receiving deposits of money, lending money and processing transactions and the creating of credit. The company is headquartered in Langley, Canada.

ThoughtWorks, Inc. provides systems integration and application development services. It offers system architecture, consulting, organizational transformation, software development, and implementation services. The firm serves energy, manufacturing, retail, and financial sectors. The company was founded by Neville Roy Singham in 1993 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

AppBus, Inc. develops workspace application aggregation platform, which securely integrates enterprise applications on consumer devices. The company by Andrew Melikov, Tony Pizi, Paul Kanevsky, Tyler Norman and Yuri Milshtein and is headquartered in Wenonah, NJ.

Fenway Summer LLC operates as a venture investment firm. The firm’s offers capital markets, legal and regulatory, credit and underwriting and financial services. The company was founded by Rajeev V. Date in 2013 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Orchestra Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a development stage company. It previously operated as an immuno-pharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat autoimmune diseases. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Tilia LLC provides an all-in-one payment solution that seamlessly integrates with online games, NFTs, and other digital economies. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company's suite of payment processing products can be easily integrated into virtual economies through a single API, helping businesses streamline their payment processes and grow their digital economy. Brad S. Oberwager has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Kensington Vanguard National Land Services provides title insurance agency services. The company offers commercial and residential title insurance, real property and cooperative lien searches, settlement, escrow, recording and exchange services. The company was founded by Brian M. Cooper and Jarett Fein in October 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Demos is a non-profit company based in New York, NY. The company pioneer bold progressive ideas, reinforce them with original research and analysis, and equip grassroots partner organizations to move them into practical reality.

Prosper Marketplace, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in operating a peer-to-peer online credit platform. The firm through its subsidiary Proper Funding operates an online marketplace that permits the lender members to bid on loan listings and purchases. It handles the funding and servicing of the loan on behalf of the matched borrowers and investors. The company was founded by Christian A. Larsen and John B. Witchel on March 22, 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

PollyEx, Inc. provides mortgage loans. Its products include mark-to-market best execution, process automation and turnkey integrations. The firm offers services to banks, mortgage companies, and credit unions. The company was founded by Adam Carmel in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

FS Card, Inc. offers financial services. It provides customers to meet their short-term liquidity needs through credit. The company was founded by Marla Blow in 2014 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

College Avenue Student Loans LLC provides student loan marketplace lender services. The company was founded by Joseph A. DePaulo and Timothy P. Staley in 2014 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Springcoin, Inc. develops software. It builds transparent and secure ecosystem to exchange credit and identity information using the block chain. The company was founded by Adam Navroz Jiwan, Anna Fridman and John Sun in 2017 and is headquartered in Marina Del Rey, CA.