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Kickoff Africa Ltd (Kickoff Africa) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Fola Olatunji-David. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

MAI Capital Management LLC (MAI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of MAI Capital Management Intermediate LLC. The firm was founded in 2007 as MAI Wealth Advisors LLC and became MAI Capital Management LLC in 2014. MAI provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management to individuals, high-net worth individuals and families, and institutions. The firm also manages accounts in wrap-fee programs sponsored by other financial services firms.

NG Clearing Ltd. provides clearing and settlement services. The company is based in Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian company was founded in 2016. The CEO is Tapas Das.

SeamlessHR Ltd. provides end to end human resource software for hiring, training and managing top talent in Nigeria. covers payroll, leave, performance, and onboarding. The company was founded by Emmanuel Okeleji and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Consonance Investment Managers Ltd (Consonance Investment) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Mobolaji Adeoye. The firm is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded in 1987 and is directly owned by Eaton Vance Acquisitions LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). Parametric provides various portfolio management services and investment strategies directly to institutional investors and indirectly to individual investors through financial intermediaries.

Founded in 1987 by Steven Wishnia and Paul Berz, Highland Capital Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Memphis, Tennessee. The firm was formerly known as formerly Highland Capital Management Corp. and as First Tennessee Investment Management, Inc. Until 2011, they were a subsidiary of First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN), the holding company for First Tennessee Bank NA. First Horizon sold Highland Capital Management to Steve Wishnia in 2011. In 2013, the firm was acquired by Argent Financial Group Inc. Highland Capital Management firm specializes in managing domestic equity and fixed-income portfolios for individuals, pension plans, profit sharing plans and endowments.

Novastar Ventures Ltd (Novastar Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Steve Beck and Andrew Bruce Carruthers. The firm is headquartered in London, UK.

Potential VC (Potential VC) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Potential Co founded in the 2015 by Scott Doug, NG YC and Humphreys Paul. The firm is headquartered in United Kingdom.

Kuramo Capital Management LLC (Kuramo Capital) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Adewalé “Walé” Adeosun in 2010. Kuramo Capital provides investment advisory services to privately offered pooled investment vehicles which are primarily funds of funds and investment vehicles that invest parallel to the funds of funds (Kuramo Funds).

Pezesha Africa Ltd. operates a peer to peer micro-lending platform. It provides lending, financial education, and debt counselling to borrowers, plus a proprietary credit scoring system to vet micro-small and medium enterprises. The company was founded by Hilda Moraa and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

Asset & Resource Management Co. Ltd. (ARM) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. The firm was founded by Deji Alli in 1994. ARM offers traditional asset management and alternative investment services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, high-net worth individuals, and small savers.

Podfund, Inc. engages in the provision of funding for podcasters. The company is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

TechNexus LLC (TechNexus) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Fred Hoch and Terry Howerton. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

AFEX Commodities Exchange Ltd. operates as a warehouse receipt system that provides secured storage for grains. It specializes in commodity trading and investing, sustainable agriculture, food security, development, financial services, technology, and rural development. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria.

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.

Apis Partners LLP is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2014 by Matteo Stefanel and Udayan Goyal. The firm is headquartered in London, UK with offices in Singapore, Dubai and Giza.

Drive Capital LLC (Drive Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Mark Kvamme and Chris Olsen. The firm is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

MPLX GP LLC owns, operates, develops and acquires pipelines for petroleum and energy industries. The company is headquartered in Findlay, OH.

The National Association of Manufacturers is an organization that works for the success of over 12.9 million people who are involved in manufacturing. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company's work is based on four core values that drive the industry. The company commissioned a study in August 2015, which found that the EPA's proposed ozone rule could reduce GDP by $140 billion. The CEO of the company is Jay Timmons.

Marathon Oil Co. engages in exploring, transporting and markets crude oil and natural gas properties. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.