John David Hughes

International Development Research Centre funds research in developing countries. The firm provides developing-country researchers with financial resources, advice, and training to find solutions to local problems and fosters new talent by offering fellowships and awards. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research engages in the provision of global research networks. Its research programs include Azrieli program in brain, mind and consciousness, bio-inspired solar energy, child and brain development, cosmology and gravity, genetic networks, humans and the microbiome, institutions, organization and growth, microbial biodiversity, learning in machines and brains, quantum information science, quantum materials, and social interactions, identity and well being. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Talisman Global Asset Management Ltd. (TGAM) is the alternative asset management subsidiary of family-owned William Pears Group of Cos. Ltd. in Great Britain. In 1998, the Group founded the firm to invest in international equities and venture capital markets. Headquartered in London, TGAM analyzes and manages investor funds across a range of high performing hedge fund managers, private equity fund managers and venture capital companies.