Ashley Brasier

Tropos Networks, Inc. is providing the most reliable and flexible wireless communications networks for utilities to build and control the smart grid. The company has customers around the world in different countries. Tropos was founded in 2000 and got its start selling its standards-based, secure wireless networks to cities as a foundation for multiple municipal services including public safety, intelligent transportation systems, mobile worker automation, and utilities (water, power, gas). Over the past few years, with the emergence of the smart grid, Tropos discovered the value its solutions could bring towards the development of this mission-critical infrastructure with its field-proven products and services. Tropos' GridCom network architecture for smart grids blends high performance network technologies with unified network management providing utilities with the most economical and completes communications for deploying a wide range of mission-critical applications.

ExtraHop Networks, Inc. designs and develops cloud-native network detection and response platform for the hybrid enterprise. The firm offers ExtraHop Reveal(x), Reveal(x) Cloud, ExtraHop for application and network performance, threat detection and response, customer experience monitoring, and SDN and virtualization. The company was founded by Raja Mukerji and Jesse Rothstein in 2007 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

LivingSocial, Inc. operates an online local marketplace platform. The firm’s products and programs include local, escapes, shop, events, coupons, and at home. It provides fun and leisure, kids activities, sightseeing and tours, sports and outdoors, tickets and events, beauty products and spas, and food and drinks. The company was founded by Aaron Batalion, Valeriy Aleksenko, Edward Pyle Frederick, and Timothy J. O'Shaughnessy in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Singly, Inc. operates as an open source data locker. It aggregates and stores customer's personal data from around the web. The firm's platform also allows developers to create applications on top of this data. The company was founded by Simon Murtha Smith, Jeremie Miller and Jason Cavnar in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, 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.

Insight Venture Management LLC (Insight Venture Partners) is a private equity/ venture capital subsidiary of Insight Holdings Group LLC founded in 1995 by Jeffrey L. Horing and Jerry Fred Murdock. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital arm of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, founded in 1972 by Don Valentine. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Cyveillance, Inc. engages in the provision of cyber intelligence services. Its solutions include data, tools, threat analysis, cyber investigation, response services, phishing detections, and brand protection. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Menlo Ventures Management LP (Menlo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by DuBose Montgomery. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Band of Angels LLC (Band of Angels) is an angel investment firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in California.

Novantas, Inc. engages in the provision of analytic advisory services and technology solutions for financial institutions. Its services include treasury and risk, pricing and products, sales management, marketing and distribution. The company was founded by David G. Kaytes and is headquartered in New York, NY.

DAVE Networks, Inc. provides integrated video distribution and social community services. The firm's products and services include syndication manager, rights manager, upload manager, and mobile upload. The company was founded in 2003 by Kenneth O. Lipscomb and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a global organization that partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis and drive sustainable growth. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY and operates subsidiaries in Israel, United States, and Ukraine. With over 20,000 employees worldwide, UNDP operates in more than 170 countries and territories, offering local insight to empower lives and build resilient nations. As the leading United Nations organization fighting to end poverty, inequality, and climate change, UNDP works collaboratively with countries to address national development challenges and build integrated, lasting solutions for people and the planet.

ezCater, Inc. provides online catering ordering solutions for small start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Its solutions enable users to order food online for meetings. The company was founded by Stephania Nappi Mallet and Edward Bbriscoe Rodgers in August 2007 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Avi Networks, Inc. provides cloud application delivery platform. It delivers automated application services including load balancing, application analytics, predictive autoscaling, and security for on-premises or public cloud applications. The company was founded by Umesh Mahajan, Murali Basavaiah and Ranga Rajagopalan in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

BIS Global, Inc. provides integrated cloud hosting services and business applications. It offer services to business applications such as CROM, e-commerce and social network marketing. The firm serves both nonprofits and for-profit customers using two different platforms. The company was founded by Philip Schmitz in 1999 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Clark, Inc. develops virtual assistant software for independent educators, technologists and advocates. The company was founded by Megan O’Connor and Sam Gimbel and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ShieldX Networks, Inc. offers cloud security and micro-segmentation software. The company was founded by Ratinder Paul Singh Ahuja, Harjinder Singh, Manuel Nedbal and Lovely Kaur in 2015 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Reliable Robotics Corp. operates as a stealth technology company. The company was founded by Robert Wistar Rose, John Paul Couluris and Juerg Frefel and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Arrcus, Inc. provides software-powered network transformation services. It offers ArcOS, a fully programmable, modular, extensible software that enables organizations to cost-effectively build scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud network environments while delivering security and deployment flexibility. The company was founded by Devesh Garg Nandan, Keyur Patel and Derek Yeung in 2016 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

FTX Trading Ltd. engages in the provision of cryptocurrency trading services. It offers derivatives, options, volatility products and leveraged tokens. The company was founded by Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Noname Gate, Inc. is a privately held, remote-first company that provides API security solutions. The company is based in San Jose, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States and Amsterdam. Noname Gate works with 20% of the Fortune 500 companies and offers a complete, proactive approach to API security, covering discovery, posture management, runtime security, and API security testing. The company's mission is to eliminate the challenges of API sprawl and the threat of API security attacks. Noname Gate was founded in 2020 by Oz Golan and Shay Levi, with Oz Golan serving as the CEO since then.

Part of Diabsolut, Inc., Foundry52 is a consulting firm that specializes in billing and revenue implementations on the Salesforce platform. The company is based in Campbell, CA. The company was founded in 2006. The CEO is Mark F. Anderson. Foundry52 was acquired by Diabsolut, Inc. on February 01, 2021.

Liquidity Labs Holdings Ltd. is a Kittian and Nevisian blockchain company that allows users to buy, trade, and invest in various tokens from a single layer 2 wallet. The company is based in Saint Thomas Middle Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis and was founded in 2019 by Will Harborne, Dan Yanev, and Ross Middleton. The company offers a decentralized exchange that enables users to trade in different yield opportunities and participate in token launches without gas fees. Liquidity Labs Holdings also provides a smart contract audit report to secure customer funds on the Ethereum blockchain. Will Harborne has been the CEO since 2019.

PT Pintu Kemana Saja is a company based in Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia. Pintu is an application for buying, selling, and investing in Bitcoin and digital assets at a final price, without commission, and with affordable Rupiah withdrawal. It is registered and secure under BAPPEBTI. The Indonesian company was founded in 2020 by Jeth Soetoyo and he has been the CEO since 2020.

Parallel Finance, Inc. offers margin staking, auction loans, staking derivatives, and an AMM curve that enables significantly higher capital efficiency for DOT and KSM holders. The company is based in Austin, TX. Additionally, Parallel Finance provides real-time Polkadot network analytics and boasts the highest capital efficiency in the Polkadot ecosystem. The company was founded by Yubo Ruan, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Neosec, Inc. is a company that is revolutionizing application security by providing a platform that unifies security and development teams to protect modern applications from threats. The company is based in Milpitas, CA, with R&D in an undisclosed location. The company's SaaS platform is built on data and analytics to manage security at scale and prevent threats from abusing the complex network of APIs that connect today's businesses. Neosec has pioneered the use of behavioral analytics to understand normal versus abnormal API usage and delivers powerful threat hunting capabilities together with a team of expert threat hunters. Neosec was founded by Giora Engel and Ziv Sivan, and Giora Engel has been the CEO since incorporation.

Faraway, Inc. develops gaming software. The company is based in Miami, FL. The company was founded by Dennis Zdonov and Alex Paley. The CEO is Alex Paley.

Panobi, Inc. is a growth platform for product and marketing teams. Panobi was built by Slack's first growth team and is based in San Francisco, CA. The company helps growth teams increase their velocity, deliver results, and amplify customer insights across the company. The CEO of the company is Merci Victoria Grace.