John Colton

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Getty Images, Inc. creates and distributes visual and digital media contents through online. Its products include Getty images API, media manager, image.net, iStock and Photos.com. The firm offers rights and clearances, image collections, plugins and extensions, premium access and custom solutions. The company was founded by Mark Harris Getty and Jonathan David Klein in March 1995 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

AKQA, Inc. operates as a design and innovation agency. The firm specializes in interactive and digital marketing. It offers content creation and distribution, interface design, media, search and interactive, and customer relationship management. The company was founded by Dan Norris Jones, Matthew Treagus, Thomas Bedecarre, James Hilton and Aijaz Ahmed Zaidi in 1994 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Vox Media, Inc. operates as a digital media company. It focuses in the field of journalism and entertainment, technology, sports, and lifestyle. The company was founded by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, Tyler Bleszinski, James Philip Bankoff and Jerome Armstrong in 2003 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Knewton, Inc. develops a platform to personalize educational content. It also offers courseware for higher education concentrated in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The company was founded by Jose Ferreira in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Veriff OU, Veriff, Inc. is an Estonian company that provides an online information platform. The company is based in Tallinn, Estonia. The CEO of the company is Kaarel Kotkas.

Mavenoid AB builds troubleshooting software. The company was founded by Gintautas Miliauskas and Shahan Lilja and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Forteil GmbH develops an application tool that enables customers to benefit from their credit scoring and financial data and help customers optimize their financial situation. The company was founded by Gamal Moukabary, Andreas Bermig, Josef Korte and Jan Ortmann in 2015 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Nexar, Inc. develops mobile road safety app. It operates a network of human drivers and machine sensors that predict, prevent and protect the cars on the road. The company was founded by Eran Shir and Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fotolia LLC operates as an online stock photography company. It allows individuals and professionals to legally buy and share digital stock images and illustrations. The firm allows users to buy and sell images to illustrate professional and commercial brochures, advertisements, magazines, and websites. The company was founded by Oleg Tscheltzoff and Thibaud Elziere in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

ResearchGate Corp. operates a social network for scientists and researchers to collaborate, share and network. The company was founded by Ijad Madisch and Sören Hofmayer and Horst Fickenscher in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

AppCard, Inc. provides customer retention and loyalty platform services. The company was founded by Yair Goldfinger and Amichay Oren in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Yahoo!, Inc. is a private group led by Silver Lake Partners, Microsoft Corp and Andreessen Horowitz LLC.

MyHeritage Ltd. operates a family-oriented social network service and genealogy website. The firm also provides family pages, which are personalized websites to enable families to stay in touch, celebrate birthdays, share photos, explore and preserve family history. Its solution, family tree builder, is a tool to set up a family tree and genealogy research that enables user to search for ancestors on the Internet. The company was founded by Gilad Japhet in 2003 and is headquartered in Or Yehuda, Israel.

Mosaic Ventures(Mosaic Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Simon Levene, Mike Chalfen and Toby Coppel. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Arts Alliance Ltd. is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Thomas C. Høegh. The firm is headquartered in London.

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

Shipamax Ltd. operates as fleet and deal management firm. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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.

Cambridge West Ventures (Cambridge West Ventures) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Ellen Salisbury. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Prezi, Inc. provides software solutions that use motion, zoom and spatial relationships. Its platform utilizes a zoom able user interface to give a distinctly different presentation experience; users can create presentations online in the browser or use an off-line editor for editing. The company was founded by Peter Arvai, Adam Somlai-Fischer, and P?ter Hal?csy in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

lynda.com, Inc. is a holding company that provides digital media training and educational products. Its product offerings encompass individual memberships; business, educational, and government solutions; mobile access; and gift subscriptions. The company was founded by Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman in 1995 and is headquartered in Carpinteria, CA.

MyFitnessPal, Inc. engages in the provision of calorie-and-exercise-tracking site and applications. The company was founded by Michael Lee and Albert Lee in 2005 and is headquartered in DE.

ITCapital Serviaos de Tecnologia SA is a holding company with interests in the information technology industry. It owns and operates a social media site which serves as a city guide. It allows users to discover and share opinions on restaurants, hotels, bars, activities, and other experiences in their areas. The platform is also available as a mobile application for phones and tablets. The company was founded by Fernando Okumura, Bruno Yoshimura, and Allan Kajimoto on April 11, 2009, and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

99designs, Inc. provides online graphic designs services. The firm’s design services include design contests, 1-to-1 projects, pricing, agencies, 99designs studio, 99designs select and API integrations. The company was founded by Patrick Llewellyn, Matt Mickiewicz, Leni Mayo, Andrew Walsh and Mark Harbottle in 2008 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Openx Software Ltd. provides software solutions for web-based advertising. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Jet.com, Inc. operates an e-commerce marketplace. Its products include household products, beauty and health, grocery, baby, pet supplies, electronics, home and furniture, appliances, patiao and garden, and toys and video games. The company was founded by Marc Lore, Nathan Faust, and Mike Hanrahan in 2014 and is headquartered in Hoboken, NJ.

Voltari Operating Corp. is engaged in the provision of mobile data solutions serving mobile operators, consumer brands and enterprises, and advertising agencies. The company was founded on March 17, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Accel Partners Management LLP provides investment advisory services. The company was founded by Jim Swartz and Arthur Patterson in 1983 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

OpenX Ltd. designs ad server software for web publishers. It provides a software as a service product that combines as ad server, ad exchange, and yield optimizer to maximize results. The company was founded by Tobias Ratschiller, Amith Shah, Scott Switzer, Jason Fairchild, and Damon Andrew Reeve in 2007 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

SportScheck GmbH operates sports stores and an online shop. Its product portfolio includes sports and fitness equipment, accessories, shoes, as well as women’s, men’s, and children’s sports clothing. The company was founded by Otto Scheck in 1946 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.