Michele L. Kessler

ACI Capital Co. LLC (ACI Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Ingleside Investors LLC founded in 1995 by Kevin S. Penn. The firm is headquartered in New York.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Groundforce Capital Management, LLC (GroundForce Capital) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Mark Rampolla, Kevin Boylan and Thirumalaisamy K. Pillan. The firm is headquartered in Hermosa Beach, California with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Waterloo Sparkling Water Corp. engages in the production of fruit juices. It offers flavoured sparkling water including zesty grapefruit; grapefruit juice; sparkling water; and crisp and dry finish. The company was founded by Daniel Barne, Brandon Cason, and Sean Cusack in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

ZICO Beverages LLC manufactures and markets natural and flavored juices. The company offers packed coconut water juices. It markets its products under the Zico brand name. Zico was founded by Mark Rampolla in June, 2003 and is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Austin Eastciders LLC engages in growing apples and making and retailing ciders. It offers original dry sider, pineapple cider, hopped cider, Texas honey cider, blood orange cider, and ruby red grapefruit cider. The company was founded by Mark King and Ed Gibson in 2015 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

High Brew Coffee, Inc. manufactures and sells ready-to-drink cold brew coffee. The firm offers Black & Bold, Double Espresso, and Creamy Cappuccino +Protein. The company was founded by David Smith in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Just Business Management LLC (Just Business) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by David Batstone and Mark Wexler. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

WalnuKettle & Fire, Inc. engages in making and selling beef bone broth through online. It offers chicken bone broth and mushroom bone broth. The company was founded by Nicholas Mares, and Justin Mares in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

CAVU Venture Partners LLC (CAVU Consumer Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Rohan Oza and Brett Thomas. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Nulo, Inc. produces and markets pet food products for dogs and cats. It sells its products through retail stores in the U.S. The company was founded by Michael Landa in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Century Park Capital Partners, Inc. (Century Park Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Martin A. Sarafa and Charles W. Roellig. The firm is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

Joint Juice, Inc. develops orthopedic sports medicine. It offers blueberry acai and cranberry-pomegranate. The company was founded in 1999 by Kevin Robert Stone and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Premier Nutrition Corp. offers high-protein nutrition products. Its products include ready-to-drink shakes, bars, powders and cookies. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

TWL Corp. provides technology-enabled learning and certification solutions for corporations, organizations, and individuals primarily in the United States and also provides technology enabled learning and certification solutions for corporations, organizations and individuals in multiple global industries. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Carrollton, TX.

Global Leisure Partners LLP provides financial advisory services to the operators and investors in the leisure industry. It offers advisory services on mergers and acquisitions, financing and restructuring. The firm specializes in sector relationships, private equity focus, operating partners, and value added capital. The company was founded by Mark William Bruce Harms, Lindsay Anne Harms, Robert Louis Decker in 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom

Health-Ade LLC produces fermented tea that contains probiotics and healthy acids. It offers small batches, glass fermentation, cold pressed juice, real food and kombu. The company was founded by Justin Trout, Daina Slekys Trout and Vanessa Dew in 2012 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Vital Proteins LLC provides food-based collagen nutrition products. Its products include collagen creamers, collagen peptides, collagen waters, beauty boost capsules, and collagen bars. The company was founded by Kurt Seidensticker in 2013 and is headquartered in Franklin Park, IL.

Citigroup Capital Strategies, Inc. provides finance activities such as advisory, mergers and acquisitions. It is a member of Citigroup, is specialist in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures of private, middle-market companies. It also offers middle-market transactions. The company was founded in 1977 and is located in Laguna Hills, CA

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.

Sundance Holdings Group LLC engages in the operation of department stores. It offers apparel, jewelry, footwear, bags, furniture, and decor. The company was founded by Robert Redford Charles Jr. in 1969 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Marmot Mountain LLC designs and manufactures clothing and equipment for mountaineers, outdoor enthusiasts, and extreme alpinists. It offers packs and haulers, sleeping bags, tents, jackets, tops, bottoms, vests, and accessories. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Rohnert Park, CA.

Clif Bar & Co. produces and markets candy and other confectionery products. It offers products through direct and online retailers in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The firm's products include energy & nutrition bars for women and kids, as well as sweet & salty mix bars. The company was founded in 1992 by Kathleen Crawford and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA

Back to the Roots, Inc. operates as an organic food company. It offers organic cereals, mushroom farm, organic seeds, and indoor gardening kits. The company was founded by Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez in 2009 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Theo Chocolate, Inc. manufactures and markets chocolates. The company was founded by Joe Whinney and Debra Music in March 2006 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

OpenGate Capital Management LLC (OpenGate Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Andrew Nikou. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in Paris, France.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.