Joanna Gassoso

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

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.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

PNC Investments LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 2003 and is a subsidiary of PNC Bank, NA, ultimately owned by PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC). PNC Investments provides investment advisory services to individuals and high-net worth individuals.

Ameriprise Financial Services LLC (AFS) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a subsidiary of AMPF Holding Corp., which is owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). AFS offers brokerage services that enable clients to invest in many different types of investments including mutual funds, stocks, bonds, exchange traded products, unit investment trusts, annuities and alternative investments.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Bloomberg LP engages in the provision of business data, news, and financial information services. Its product include Bloomberg terminal, execution and order management, content and data, financial data management, and integration and distribution. The company was founded by Michael Rubens Bloomberg, Charles M. Zegar, Thomas F. Secunda, and Duncan L. MacMillan in 1981 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. provides financial services the focuses on municipal bonds and international infrastructure financing. It offers public finance, global infrastructure, global structured finance, and reinsurance. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pereg Ventures LLC (Pereg Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Itzhak Fisher and Ziv Ben-Barouch. The firm is headquartered in New York.

AmeriGas Propane, Inc. supplies propane. It offers payment programs, service and installations, propane refill, and Amerigas airborne. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

Part of Crowd Diligence, Inc., CrowdLustro, Inc. is an American company that operates an aggregation and crowd sourced diligence platform for the equity crowd funding market. The company is based in DE.

Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. provides property and casualty reinsurance services. The firm's treaty and facultative reinsurance solutions include auto and general liability, agricultural, inland and ocean marine, professional liability, and worker’s compensation. It also offers insurance services for manufactured homes, dwellings, boats, motorcycles, collector cars, and recreational vehicles. The firm also provides risk sharing and risk management, risk transfer, inspection, and engineering consulting services. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Covenant Review LLC focuses on bond and loan covenants in order to provide institutional investors with perspectives on their rights as bondholders. Its broad and deep coverage includes new issue high yield, issue loans, new issue investment grade, event-driven coverage for risk management and alpha generation, indentures, credit agreements, other source documents, and data and analytical tools. The firm’s customer use services as risk management tools, sources of investment ideas, benchmarking tools to compare deal structures and investment process and workflow management solutions. The company was founded by Adam B. Cohen in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Foxhill Capital Partners LLC (Foxhill) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by Neil A. Weiner in 2005. Foxhill manages their flagship fund, the Foxhill Opportunity Fund LP.

SIB Development & Consulting, Inc. provides financial consulting services. It offers waste removal, maintenance contracts, shipping, utilities, treasury, and telecoms. The company was founded by Dan Schneider in 2008 and is headquartered in Charleston, SC.

Gold Ridge Asset Management LLC (Gold Ridge Asset Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Michael Knox. The firm is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

Magnolia Neurosciences Corp. operates as a drug discovery and development company. The firm focuses on the creation of a novel class of neuroprotective medicines. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Silicon Harbor Ventures (Silicon Harbor Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Mike Knox. The firm is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

Xtract Research LLC provides a technologically advanced platform for analyzing covenants, tracking events, and spotting trends in credit agreements and facility agreements. The company is based in Westport, CT and was founded by Manish Aggarwal. The company's reports have revolutionized how lenders analyze loans. Xtract Research also tracks and provides commentary on the latest covenant trends.

Trex Bio, Inc. manufactures immunotherapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

TaxChina International Holding Co., Ltd. engages in the provision of finance, tax advisory, and professional training services. The company was founded on September 4, 2019 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Pfizer Ventures Investments LLC (Pfizer Ventures Investments) is a venture capital subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Imcheck Therapeutics SAS operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops immunotherapeutic anti-cancer strategies for research. The company was founded by Olive Daniel in 2015 and is headquartered in Marseille, France.

ImmunOs Therapeutics AG is a company based in Schlieren, Switzerland that pioneers HLA-based therapeutics to create transformational medicines for cancer and inflammation. The Swiss company has identified specific HLA molecules that activate the immune system and is utilizing these molecules as the backbone of novel therapies capable of stimulating both the innate and adaptive immune systems of cancer patients to eliminate tumor cells. ImmunOs' lead program is a multi-functional fusion protein that blocks specific LILRB and KIR receptors and activates anti-tumor responses. The company is also using HLA molecules to develop novel therapies to treat inflammatory diseases. ImmunOs is supported by leading international investors, including Samsara BioCapital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Gimv, Pfizer Ventures, Biomed Partners, Schroder Adveq, Mission BioCapital, GL Capital, Peak6, Fiscus, and Redalpine. The company was founded by Osiris Marroquin Belaunzaran and Christoph Renner, and the CEO is Sean R. Smith.