Abigail Besdin

oDesk Corp. develops and manages an online job marketplace. It offers recruitment and job placement services for website developers, software programmers, graphic designers, writers, customer service representatives, and virtual assistants. The firm offers enterprise solutions, payroll services, and health benefits. The company was founded by Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis in 2002 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

goTenna, Inc. develops a communications device that enables users to use smartphones to send and receive messages and share GPS location with others even there?s no central connectivity. It offers goTenna, a cognitive digital radio combined with an app that generates its own signal and automatically coordinates with other units within range. The company was founded by Daniela Perdomo and Jorge Perdomo and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Bain Capital Ventures LP (Bain Capital Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in New York and California. The firm is wholly owned by Bain Capital LP.

News Media Alliance provides newspapers and non-daily newspapers. It focuses on ensuring the future of new media through communication, research, advocacy and innovation. The company was founded on June 1, 1992 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The Associated Press provides news media services. It offers global news network, delivering news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. The firm supplies a stream of news around the clock to its domestic members, international subscribers and commercial customers. The company was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Orchard Technologies, Inc. simplifies the process of buying a new home with their Move First and Offer Boost real estate services. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded by Courtland B. Cunningham, Phil DeGisi, and Court Cunningham, with Courtland B. Cunningham, Courtland B. Cunningham, and Court Cunningham serving as CEOs since incorporation. These services allow customers to purchase a new home with cash offers before selling their old ones, making the process simple and stress-free.

Feast on This, Inc. provides catering services. It also provides event management and planning services. The company was founded by Matthew Baker and Michael Karnjanaprakorn in June 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA

Francisco Partners Management LP (Francisco Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Benjamin Ball, Dipanjan Deb, Neil Garfinkel, Sanford Robertson and David Stanton. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco and London.

Gannett Satellite Information Network LLC provides newspaper publishing services. The firm's newspaper offers information on sports, crime, political, financial, and movies. It also offers weekend supplement and a sports publication (USA TODAY Sports Weekly). The company was founded on September 15, 1982 by Allen H. Neuharth and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Crosslink Capital, Inc. (Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Crosslink Capital, Inc. founded in 1989 by Sy F. Kaufman and Michael Joseph Stark. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

Accretive LLC (Accretive) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Michael Cline. The firm is headquartered in New York.

KKR Group Co., Inc. engages in the provision of investment and private equity asset management services. The firm manages investments across multiple asset classes including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and hedge funds. It operates through the Asset Management and Insurance segments. The Asset Management segment includes investment management and other services to funds, vehicles, collateral loan obligations, managed accounts and portfolio companies, and transaction-specific income from capital markets transactions. The Insurance segment offers retirement and life insurance services which provide a suite of protection, legacy and savings products to customers and reinsurance solutions to clients across individual and institutional markets. The company was founded by Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts in 1976 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 2009 by Ed Bosek and Noam Ohana, BeaconLight Capital LLC is a hedge fund manager located in New York City.

Thrive Capital Management, LLC (Thrive Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Joshua Kushner. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Collaborative Fund (Collaborative Fund) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2010 by Craig Shapiro. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Wattpad Corp. offers stories over an internet website. The firm serves the people to read written works by creating a social networking and digital entertainment platform for readers and writers to discover, share and connect. Its app available on mobile devices including Google Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, Nokia and Samsung. The company was founded by Lau Allen and Yuen Ivan in 2006 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

Tophatmonocle Corp. provides a web-based clicker and online homework tool. Its web-based tool allows students to use laptops, phone, and tablets to provide instant feedback to teachers through polls, quizzes, and open-ended questions. The company was founded by Michael Silagadze and Mohsen Shahini on March 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Code Climate, Inc. provides single and real-time report that gives the information to identify hotspots, evaluate new approaches, and improve code quality. Its products include browser extension and engines. The company was founded by Noah Davis and Bryan Helmkamp in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Publishing Point LLC publishes serialized books in digital form. The company was founded by Susan Danziger And Albert Wenger in 2006 and is headquartered in Mamaroneck, NY.

Sift Science, Inc. provides fraud and risk analytics services to online retailers. It specializes in account takeover, payment fraud, content abuse, promo abuse, account abuse, and device fingerprinting. The company was founded by Jason Tan and Brandon Ballinger in June 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Knight Foundation Venture Capital (Knight Foundation Venture) is a venture capital investment arm of the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Popout, Inc. owns and operates an eCommerce store. It offers a platform that helps aggregate shipping volumes and giving customers access to cheaper shipping providers. The company was founded by Laura Behrens-Wu, Simon Kreuz, and Max M. Diez in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Noho Health, Inc. sells vitamins and supplements for health and diet through online. It offers vitamin supplements related to the brain, energy, eyes, stress, heart and immunity, joints, skin, prenatal and bones. The company was founded by D. Craig Elbert and Akash Shah in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

JXP MGMT LLC (Juxtapose) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jed Cairo and Patrick Chun. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Naked Poppy Holdings, Inc. engages in the retail and distribution of cosmetic products through online. It offers lipstick, foundation, baked blush, brush, mascara, and other accessories. The company was founded by Jaleh Bisharat and Kimberly Shenk and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Otis Wealth, Inc. operates as a marketplace that invests in exclusive alternative assets. The company was founded by Michael Karnjanaprakorn and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dayforward, Inc. operates as an investment holding company. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Noho Dental, Inc. provides dental care services. It offers checkup, braces, veneers, implants, whitening and preventative, restorative, and cosmetic services. The company was founded by Andrew Grover, Larson Douglas Hudson and Michael Stenclik in 2018and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Hiro Systems PBC operates as a passcard identity company which builds access control on the block chain. The company was founded by Muneeb Ali and Ryan Shea in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

SimScale GmbH develops a web-based engineering simulation platform that simplifies the access to numerical simulation. It supports numerous simulation types including structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, acoustics, and particle phenomena. The firm?s offers community, professional, and enterprise plans which can be customized to meet the needs of any user. The company was founded by Vincenz D?lle, Johannes Probst, Alexander Fischer, Anatol Dammer and David Heiny in 2012 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Stacks Open Internet Foundation, Inc. operates online community of internet owners. The company is headquartered in Anaheim, CA.

Viam, Inc. is a company that provides a platform to support every step of the robotics journey, from paper to prototype to production to scale. The company is based in New York, NY. The platform offers intuitive APIs to operate any robot, with an integrated cloud service to orchestrate deployments at scale. The company was founded in 2020 by Eliot Horowitz, the co-founder and former CTO of MongoDB. Eliot Horowitz has been the CEO since incorporation.

Modern Age is an American healthcare company that aims to help people live longer and healthier lives by providing them with the necessary tools to take control of their aging journey. The company is building a trusted longevity platform that focuses on aging well. Modern Age is the first healthcare company designed to slow down aging and is on a mission to add millions of years of healthy life expectancy to the world. The company offers skincare treatments, prescriptions, and products to help people feel younger and combat fatigue caused by hormone imbalances. Additionally, the company offers gift cards that can be redeemed for products and services. The CEO of the company is Melissa Eamer.