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Thrive Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in early and later stage technology companies. Thrive is industry and sector agnostic and has separate funds dedicated for earlier and growth stage investments. Our capital is highly flexible. We can incubate businesses (such as Oscar, Cadre and Cedar), partner with entrepreneurs through early development (e.g. Glossier, Warby Parker, Compass), and can lead later stage investments in large, category-making companies such as Spotify, Instagram, Twitch and Stripe. Thrive Capital was founded by Josh Kushner in 2009.

Aspect ventures is an early stage venture capital firm based in the United States. We invest primarily at the Series A, and occasionally Seed, stage, and continue to back our entrepreneurs. We have deep investment expertise, having invested and worked alongside entrepreneurs across several market cycles and having backed founders who have created enduring companies and generated billions of dollars of returns. We believe in surrounding an entrepreneurial team with more than one set of insights, experiences, perspectives, and networks to maximize founder success. We are not limited by a particular check size or ownership percentage when we invest in a company. We are focused on getting the right team around the table for our entrepreneurs at every step of their company's growth - from seed to maturity.

Walden Venture Capital is a venture fund focused on early stage technology investments. Walden VC looks for companies at the 'sprout stage', which is defined as having demonstrated a breakthrough core technology, product or brand with mass market potential. This is broadly in line with Series A financings. In the case of core, game-changing technology, we can invest at the post prototype, pre-commercialisation stage, although we prefer the company to be more advanced. In the case of products or brands that are less about the technology, we look for companies with engaged users, even if that user base is small. Walden VC generally only takes meetings where we can trial the product, as this is core to our thesis. We are closer to angel investors in terms of our investment size, and we focus deeply on each investment. We especially like digital media and cloud services for consumer and enterprise, including infrastructure, services and content. This is our core skill set.

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Brooklyn that invests in companies based in New York at the seed or pre-seed stage. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures prefers to lead deals, but will also co-invest.

Romulus Capital is a Boston-based seed and early stage venture fund that invests in technology startups. Romulus focuses on company-building, rather than betting on companies. Rather than investing in dozens of startups, we go all-in on a few companies a year on capital, team recruitment, customer introductions, and GTM strategy. We frequently invest in first-time entrepreneurs affiliated with top universities and incubators. We bring the same level of grit and hustle as our founders. Romulus Capital was originally founded out of MIT in 2008.

Highland Capital Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1988, focusing on early-stage investments in technology and healthcare companies.

Wellington Management is a global investment management firm offering a broad range of investment solutions across public and private markets, including equity, fixed income, multi-asset, alternatives, and private investments.

KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit and hedge funds. The firm is a recognised global leader in private equity, with a long history of successful investments dating back to its founding in 1976. Although originally specialising in leveraged buy-out (control) transactions, KKR today participates in almost every asset class.

Fiera Capital is one of the largest independent investment management firms in Canada. We invest in equity, credit and fund of funds opportunities globally and use a number of partners with local expertise. Our core investment platforms are Fiera Properties (direct real estate investment primarily in North America), Fiera Infrastructure (mid-market and core infrastructure investments in OECD countries), Fiera Comox (direct Agriculture and Private equity investments globally) and Fiera Private lending (real estate and business lending). Fiera Capital offers a broad spectrum of investment strategies across asset classes, styles and capitalization ranges. We are one of only a handful of independent investment firms providing extensive expertise in Canadian active and structured fixed income, Canadian and foreign equity, asset allocation and non-traditional investment solutions through a broad range of strategies and services. Fiera Capital is a research-driven investment firm. We believe that disciplined, methodical analysis and the consistent application of a rigorous investment approach produce superior performance. Our active management model stresses teamwork and the free exchange of ideas among a group of highly experienced investment professionals. Fiera Capital was formed in 2003 through the acquisition of Elantis Investment Management from the Desjardins Group.

Advent International is a global private equity firm focusing on buyouts and growth equity investments across five core sectors: business and financial services, healthcare, industrial, technology, and retail/consumer.

Bain Credit, part of the Bain Capital group, provides flexible capital around the world across credit strategies including distressed, high yield, and special situations.

Adams Street Partners is a private-markets investment manager with primary and secondary fund investing, buyout and growth-equity co-investments, private credit, and direct venture growth.