Ariel Katz

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. provides digital television entertainment services. It operates as a digital broadcast satellite service company. The firm transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in several countries. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. designs, manufactures and launches rockets and spacecrafts. It develops the partially reusable launch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9. The company was founded by Elon Reeve Musk in 2002 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, CA.

Kajeet, Inc. engages in the provision of filtered connectivity and device management solutions to help students safely explore the digital world. It offers Kajeet Sentinel, a platform that centrally manages and enables safe, online connectivity, device management, and visibility into learning. The company was founded by Daniel J. Neal, Matthew D. Baker, and Ben Weintraub in 2003 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Lighthouse 360, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based marketing automation solutions for local businesses. Its platform includes a comprehensive desktop, mobile, web and social presence, reviews and offer management, and email campaign automation. The company was founded by Ben Rubenstein, John Berkowitz, Nathaniel V. Stevens, and Kartik Hosanagar in March 2005 and is headquartered in Sugar Hill, NY.

MapBox, Inc. develops data platform for mobile and web applications. It offers maps, search, navigation, studio, store locator, asset tracking, on-demand logistics, and data visualization. The company was founded by Eric Gundersen in 2011 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Intellinex LLC provides e-Learning solutions for workers, companies, government and educational institutions. It offers learning solutions to achieve targeted business results such as sales force optimization, accelerating strategy implementation, reducing training costs and improving employee development. The firm serves Cisco Systems, Canon USA, Johnson & Johnson, Pharmacia and Turner Construction Company. The company was founded on October 10, 2000 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

iExplore, Inc. provides on-line travel information and services. It operates travel website that offers guides, private tours, and group trips to its users. The firm's travel guides, activity guides, and experiences offer content to give its users the information they need for their trips. The company was founded by Ashim Mehra and George Deeb in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of Cisco Systems, Inc., CLASS Data Systems is an Israeli software company that develops solutions for Internet protocol networks. The company is based in Raanana, Israel. The company was founded by Itzik Parnafes, Arad Naveh. CLASS Data Systems was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on June 18, 1998 for $50 million.

Performics Inc. provides online marketing and technology services. Its customers include retailers and other direct marketers including affiliate marketing, search marketing and e-mail marketing. The company was founded by James A. Crouthamel in 1998 and its headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Decru, Inc. develops and manufactures data storage security systems. The company's solutions include intellectual property protection, regulatory compliance, privacy, and internal controls. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

cVidya Networks Ltd. provides revenue analytics solutions to communications and digital service providers. It also offers managed and consulting services, SaaS and Cloud, education center, and cVidyaCare customer support. The company was founded by Alon Aginsky in September 2000 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Fonality, Inc. provides cloud-based business phone and unified communications solutions for small to medium sized businesses. It offers employee presence, drag and drop calls, voicemail to email or text, mobility, chat, click-to-email, screen share, and HD video collaboration solutions for internal communication; and contact center solutions for automatic call distribution, skills-based routing, real-time metrics, unlimited queues, and on-demand call recording, as well as barge, monitor, and whisper. The firm also provides HD video collaboration and screen sharing solutions for video conferencing and online meetings; VoIP, voicemail to email transcription, and paperless fax services; business phone system equipment, including IP phones and servers; and support services. The company was founded by Samy Kamkar, Adrian Otto, Marc Smookler, and Chris Lyman in 2004 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

DFJ Growth Management LLC (DFJ Growth) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Threshold Ventures, Inc. founded in 2006 by Barry Schuler, Randy Glein, John H. Fisher, and Mark Bailey. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Stata Ventures is the Israeli subsidiary of Stata Venture Manager, Inc. in the U.S. which was founded by Ray Stata. Located in Herzeliya Pituach, Stata is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage business opportunities around the world.

Panaya, Inc. develops automation tools. The company was founded by Yossi Cohen and Mati Cohen in 2005 and is headquartered in Roseland, NJ.

BrightSource Energy, Inc. designs, develops and deploys concentrating solar thermal technology to produce steam for electric power, petroleum and industrial-process markets worldwide. It combines breakthrough technology with solar power plant design capabilities to generate clean energy reliably and responsibly. The company was founded in 2006 by Arnold J. Goldman and Israel Kroizer and is headquartered in Jerusalem, IL.

XtremIO Ltd. provides data storage systems. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Herzelyia, Israel.

Palo Alto Networks (Israel Analytics) Ltd. provides behavioral attack detection solutions. Its products include Magna Detector, Magna Probe, Magna Master, Magna Pathfinder, and Magna Cloud Expert System. The firm's LightCyber Magna platform, a security product to integrate user, network and endpoint context to provide security visibility into a range of attack activity. The company was founded by Giora Engel and Michael Mumcuoglu in 2011 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Panaya Ltd. develops upgrade automation tools. It offers end-to-end testing; application lifecycle management; and impact analysis and risk mitigation. The company was founded by Mati Cohen and Yossi Cohen in 2006 and is headquartered in Raanana, Israel.

Sportority Ltd. engages in the operation of fan-generated media platform for online football. Its brands include 90min, 12up, The Big Lead, DBLTAP, and Mental Floss. The company was founded by Asaf Peled, Yuval Larom, and Gili Beiman in 2011 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Elastifile, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-native enterprise file storage solutions. It offers products and services focusing on media & entertainment, manufacturing, life sciences, and financial services. The company was founded by Amir Aharoni, Shahar Frank, and Roni Luxenburg in 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Sisense Ltd. provides business intelligence and analytics software services. It offers services to the enterprise, government, healthcare, supply chain, manufacturing, retail, and software. The company was founded by Aviad Harell and Guy Boyangu and is headquartered Ramat Gan, Israel.

Plexistor Ltd. provides software defined memory architecture solutions. It offers storage at near memory speed for in memory applications and middleware. It supports applications, such as relational databases, in-memory databases, NoSQL, Big Data analytics, and complex event processing and storage resources. The company was founded by Sharon Azulai in 2013 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Cohesity, Inc. provides data solution and services. It offers dataplatform, dataprotect and hyperconverged nodes. The firm?s services include data protection, cloud integration, file services, object storage, HP enterprise, pure storage integration, test/Dev, and analytics. The company was founded by Mohit Aron in June 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

LimitScreen, Inc. provides home automation device that allows parents to set healthy limits on all electronic devices. The company was founded by Tali Orad, Gonen Bronshtein and Amir Orad in 2014 and is headquartered in Scarsdale, NY.

Armis, Inc. develops internet of thing security services. It offers services to the entrprise, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, retail, and smart cities industries. The company was founded by Yevgeny Dibrov, Nadir Izrael and Tomer Schwartz in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.