Ian Peter Ellis

Avondale Partners LLC is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded by Robert Shepherd and Philip Krebs in 2001. Avondale Partners provides financial advisory services as well as equity and fixed income underwriting and private placement services to public and private companies throughout the US, Canada and Europe. They focus on middle-market companies in the healthcare sector.

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.

Dunlap Equity Management LLC (DEM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Oakland, California. The firm was founded by Carter Dunlap in 1990. DEM provides investment advice to an investment limited partnership and individually managed accounts, which may include high-net-worth individuals, institutions, trusts, endowments and pension plans.

SJF Management LLC (SJF Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Rick J. Defleux and Dave Kirkpatrick. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Learn Capital LLC (Learn Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Greg Mauro. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

IP Light Ltd. provides optical networking devices for optical transport and high capacity datacom systems. It enables the design of multi-function, high-density, low power, high-speed optical communications systems for enterprise and carrier networks. The company was founded by Ruben Markus, Israel Vitelson and Yossi Moshe in 2008 and is headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel.

Adit Ventures Management LLC (Adit Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Daniel Francis McCooey and Eric Lawrence Munson. The firm is headquartered in New York.