Eric Heydenberk

Tongal, Inc. provides social content development platform. It crowd sources video advertisements for global brands creating professional video content. The company was founded by Mark Burrell, Robert Salvatore, and James DeJulio and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Koupon Media, Inc. operates as a mobile coupon platform. Its platforms include offer management, targeting, distribution, and analytics. The company was founded by Scott Hutchinson and T. J. Person in 2011 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

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.

Kinetic Ventures LLC (Kinetic Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

TeleSoft Partners (Telesoft Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Arjun Gupta. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

OpenView Investments LLC (OpenView Investments) (OpenView Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Scott Maxwell. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Technology & Entrepreneurship Center of Houston operates as a non-profit organization created to accelerate the growth of Houston’s innovation ecosystem. It aligns ecosystem support around strategic initiatives that are connecting, attracting, and promoting startups, investors, corporations, government, and universities. The company was founded in October 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Indus Entrepreneurs is a non-profit organization. It provides mentoring, networking, education and funding to entrepreneurs. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Sneaky Games, Inc. designs and develops online games. The company was founded by David Godwin in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

SnapStream Media, Inc. offers a cloud-based video clipping product that records and transcribes live video. The product makes it easy to create and share important moments.

Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship is a nationally recognized initiative devoted to supporting technology commercialization, entrepreneurship education, and the launch of technology companies. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The company connects startups to capital, networks, and success. Rice Alliance has supported over 3,165 companies in its 20+ years of startup support, raising $23.60 billion in funding. The company hosts both large-scale and more intimate events to bring together investors, corporations, startups, and technology ventures for deal-flow, networking, and discussions. Rice Alliance has subsidiaries in the United States.

eSupply Systems LLC operates an e-procurement and spend management platform for the multi-family industry. It is a cloud-based procurement and spend management platform for the property management industry enhanced with Purchasing Intelligence tools. The company was founded by Mortimer Singer and Keu Zafar in 2008 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

TrendKite, Inc. provides software tools for business data and analytics. Its media monitoring tools provides a single comprehensive view of coverage across media types, including traditional news, blogs, print, broadcast, radio, and even premium paywall subscriptions. The company was founded by Matthew Allison, Anthony J. Bruno and Patrick Brannen in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

ATX Venture Partners (ATX Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Chris R. Shonk and Danielle Weiss Allen, Brad Bentz. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Infinite Composites Technologies innovates advanced fuel storage products for compressed natural gas applications. It designs, develops, and manufactures advanced gas storage systems. The company was founded by R. Matt Villarreal and Michael T. Tate on October 1, 2010 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

Generation Citizen, Inc. provides educational services. It aims to revolutionize civics education and build a new generation of youth activists and leaders equipped to create change. The company was founded by Scott Warren and Daniel Millenson in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Seismos, Inc. provides real-time subsurface fluid flow monitoring technology for oil and gas production. It offers oil recovery, carbon sequestration and frac stage evaluation solutions. The firm products include Seismos-FRAC, Seismos-CONNECT and Seismos-AI. The company was founded by Panos Adamopoulos in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

GoCo.io, Inc. engages in the development of a software solutions which helps businesses simplify their human resources systems. Its software offers payroll sync, compliance, human resource benefits, and security services. The company was founded by Nir Leibovich, Jason Wang, and Michael Gugel in March 2015 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Station Houston Ventures LLC (Station Houston Ventures), subsidiary of Capital Factory Management LLC, is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

RoverPass, Inc. operates as an online travel agency. The firm provides tourism and travel services. The company was founded by Ravi Parikh and Jay Manickam and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Localeur, Inc. offers Internet publishing and broadcasting services. It provides online platform of locals who share recommendations on their favorite places to eat, drink and play. The company was founded by Joah Spearman and Chase White in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Blissfully Tech, Inc. provides hands-on IT as a service and complementary software. Its products include pricing, SaaS Trends, Security,and SaaS Guides. The company was founded by Aaron White and Ariel Diaz in and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Houston Exponential, also known as hx, is an independent non-profit organization based in Houston, TX. Established in 2017, hx aims to accelerate the formation and growth of startups in the region. Acting as a convening organization, hx collaborates with various partners including startup development organizations, angel and venture capital firms, innovation-oriented corporations, and educational institutions. hx focuses on attracting talent, capital, and additional partnering organizations to Houston.

Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. develops and offers signal processing artificial intelligence. It develops computer vision based solutions to extract intelligence and insights from ultra high-volume satellite, aerial and drone imagery to optimize decision making for the department of defence and industries such as insurance, financial services and energy. The company was founded by Melanie Stricklan, Thomas Ashman and David Godwin in June 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

ZenBusiness, Inc. operates a mobile application enabled platform that continuously monitors the status of business and provides actions to resolve issues. Its services include formation plans, registered agent, worry free guarantee, EIN service, and operating agreement. The company was founded by Ross Buhrdorf, Shanaz Hemmati, James Glancy, Rafael Lopez and Art Floresin 2015 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Pensa Systems, Inc. operates as a stealth technology venture. It engages in building autonomous machine perception systems for inventory visibility. The company was founded by Sean D. Matthews and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Cougar Venture (Cougar Venture) is a venture capital division of C. T. Bauer College of Business founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Texas Medical Center (Venture Capital) (Texas Medical Center) is a venture capital subsidiary of Texas Medical Center founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

LIFT Aircraft, Inc. designs rotor flying aircrafts. The firm also develops an electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The company was founded by Matthew Chasen and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Stage 2 Capital Advisors LLC(Stage 2 Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jay Po and Mark Roberg. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Saltmine USA Inc. engages in the development of a cloud-based software platform that transforms enterprises design workspace. It focuses on real estate departments. The company was founded by Shagufta Anurag and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Gappify, Inc. engages in the provision of bots for accounting teams in mid-market and enterprise-sized companies. It offers collections management, confirmations, and vendor management solutions. The company was founded was founded by Jotham Ty in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Integr8d Capital engages in operation of a venture capital firm. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Visible Hands PBC (Visible Hands) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Yasmin Cruz Ferrine, Daniel Acheampong and Justin Kang. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Gradient Works, Inc. provides dynamic book management software for B2B sales teams. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company's BookBuilder software helps sales teams manage which accounts are being worked on and by whom. The company was founded by Hayes Davis and Jenn Deering Davis.

Thread Magic, Inc. operates as an online platform for thread products. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 2019 by Markel Alayev and Matthew Linn. Markel Alayev has been the CEO since 2019.

Fraser McCombs Capital Management LLC (FM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Chase Fraser. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.