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Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Quantum Capital Group LLC (Quantum Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Wil VanLoh, Toby R. Neugebauer and A. V. Jones. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Platform Partners LLC (Platform Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Frederick W. Brazelton, Frederick R. Lummis, and Brad L. Morgan. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Trilantic Capital Management LP (Trilantic Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Danny James. The firm is headquartered in New York.

International Accelerator, Inc. provides access to seed funding and related services. It helps non-US founders raise capital and expand startup in the US. The company was founded by Angelos Angelou and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

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.

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.

SunTx Capital Partners LP (SunTx Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of SunTx Capital Management Corp founded in 2000 by Ned N. Fleming, Craig J. Jennings and Mark R. Matteson. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Thunder Associates LLC operates radio stations. The private company is based in Fisher, WV and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Thundiyil Tomas.

PBK Management Co Inc (PBK Management Co) is a venture capital subsidiary of PBK Management founded in 1999 by Randall Kaplan. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

The San Antonio Fire & Police Pension Fund provides comprehensive retirement, death and disability benefits for the City of San Antonio's over 5,000 police officers, fire fighters, retirees and their beneficiaries. They are located in San Antonio, Texas.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

EIV Capital LLC (EIV Capital) is a private equity firm co-founded by Anthony Annunziato and Patricia B. Melcher in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Part of Chesswood Group Ltd., Waypoint Investment Partners, Inc. is a Toronto-based investment manager that services high net worth individuals, family offices, investment advisors, foundations and institutional clients. Waypoint Investment Partners was acquired by Chesswood Capital Management, Inc. on May 25, 2022 for $2.83 million. With a team of 12 experienced industry professionals, Waypoint delivers proprietary products and services. Waypoint is a member of the Portfolio Management Association of Canada and is registered as an investment fund manager, portfolio manager and exempt market dealer in several Canadian provinces. The Canadian company was founded in 2017 by Michael Tait. Christopher Maxwell Torokvei has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPF&S) is a global investment banking firm, SEC-registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). MLPF&S provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other types of business.

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities LLC (TPH) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 2007 by Robert Tudor III. They are a subsidiary of Perella Weinberg Partners Group LP, which is ultimately owned by Perella Weinberg Partners (NASDAQ: PWP). TPH provides a full array of trading and execution services for their institutional and corporate clients in the energy sector. They focus on the upstream, midstream and oilfield service sectors.

Main Street Capital Partners LLC(Main Street Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990 by Vincent Foster. The firm is headquartered at Houston, Texas.

Renovo Capital LLC (Renovo Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Mark Barbeau, Donald W. Jungerman and Scott Lavie. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Ibtikar Fund (Ibtikar Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Ramallah, Palestine.

Alamo Angels (Alamo Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Amit Mehta and Michael Girdley. The firm is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Sheets Smith Investment Management LLC (SSIM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded in 2015 by Sheets Smith Wealth Management and Z. Cornell Bowden. SSIM specializes in multi-strategy equity and dynamic asset allocation balanced portfolio management. The firm offers a suite of Balanced Portfolio strategies to accommodate various risk tolerances and time horizons of individual clients.

CR Group LP (CRG) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Charles Tate. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Palistar Capital LP (Palistar Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Omar Jeffrey. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Fetii, Inc is a SaaS mobility company that provides on-demand group transportation services using a network of 15-passenger vehicles. The company is based in Coppell, TX and was founded in 2020 by Justin Rath and Matthew Iommi. The company aims to create the world's first group-focused rideshare service that relieves congestion while offering a state-of-the-art user experience. Fetii services two segments: groups and businesses. The Fetii Group app connects vehicles with groups who need transportation, while Fetii Business connects vehicles with businesses and organizations that need transportation services for employees, clients, and customers. The company also offers customized airport shuttling solutions for customers at airports worldwide and for employees at corporations or small businesses. Matthew Iommi has been the CEO since 2020.

Pyro Equity (Pyro Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2018 by Justin Rath and Matthew Iommi. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California.

EZTutor LLC operates as a tutoring platform. The company is based in Plano, TX. The company was founded by Justin Rath, Matthew Iommi.

City Side Ventures LLC (City Side Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Birmingham, Michigan.

Energy Innovation Capital Management LLC (Energy Innovation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jeffrey Clark. The firm is headquartered in Orinda, California.

Pellucere Technologies, Inc. manufactures advanced optical coatings for energy and industry. Its products in development and testing include architectural-grade window coatings, military-grade dirt rejection shield, polycarbonate anti-soiling shield, high definition AR coating and lens AR coatings. The firm specializes in solar, optical coatings, anti-reflective and anti-soiling. The company was founded by Chih Hung (Alex) Chang in 2010 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Five Elms Capital Management LLC (Five Elms Capital) is a private equity firm founded by Fred Coulson in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Kansas.

VetIQ Staffing, Inc. provides staffing services. The company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Elise Burns. Elise Burns has been the CEO since incorporation.

July Business Services, Inc. provides national retirement plan recordkeeping and administration services. The firm supports financial advisors and third-party administrators to deliver successful retirement plan strategies through its fully independent, open architecture retirement plan platform. The company was founded by Jim Hudson and John M. Humphrey in July 1994 and is headquartered in Waco, TX.