Mark Pietras

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Sungevity, Inc. provides technology-driven solutions. Its asset-light business model focuses on value-added in-house services for software platform development, project management, and customer experience. The company was founded by Andrew Birch Lu, Daniel Ian Kennedy, and Alexander Guettel in 2007 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Myriad Women's Health, Inc. provides pre-pregnancy genetic testing services. It operates as a medical technology company that gives people access to vital information about their bodies, including DNA analysis for family preparation, and inherited cancers. The firm offers genetic counseling over the phone and gives client direct access to a professional genetics expert who can interpret their report. The company was founded by Ramji Srinivasan, Eric A. Evans, Rishi Kacker and Balaji S. Srinivasan on October 24, 2007 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Voleon Capital Management LP, do-business as The Voleon Group (Voleon), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Berkeley, California. The firm was co-founded in 2007 by Michael Kharitonov and Jon McAuliffe. Voleon provides advisory services on a discretionary basis to pooled investment vehicles, which are private investment funds.

Part of Nokia Oyj, Aravox Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets network security systems that protect the infrastructure used to deploy new generation services. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. Aravox Technologies was acquired by Alcatel SA on December 20, 2002.

Wind Energy America, Inc. is a wind energy company focused on the renewable resource of wind energy. It holds interest in the wind power segment of the renewable energy industry. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Bridgescale LLC (Bridgescale Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Robert Chaplinsky and Matthew Cowan. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Avenet LLC provides web site creation and content management solutions. It develops web solutions to meet the needs of targeted markets, including government, health care, education and nonprofit organizations. The company was founded in 1999 by Paul Rexford Thatcher Sr., Michael A. Norton and Eric A. Johnson, Andrew F. Nelson and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Rapid Diagnostek, Inc. develops sensor appropriate for detecting bacteria, viruses, spores and disease biomarkers. Its products include test cartridge, instrument and assays. The company was founded in 1986 by Richard A. Van Deusen and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Catholic Community Foundation operates as a community foundation that stewards the financial resources of Catholic individuals, families, parishes and institutions. The firm supports and facilitates passion for giving to the organizations that serve community of faith. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

CB Information Services, Inc. operates technology insights platform. It offers custom content solutions including reports and white papers, webinars, blog posts, infographics, and podcasts. The company was founded by Anand Sanwal and Jonathan Sherry in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CASA of San Mateo County offers several ways to join in improving the lives of abused and neglected children. It pairs children in the foster care and juvenile justice systems with community volunteers, who provide one-on-one support, mentoring, and advocacy in the courtroom and beyond. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Highland Bancshares, Inc. operates as a bank holding company. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Bizzabo, Inc. operates as a networking platform that integrates social media to build interactive event communities for event organizers and attendees. It offers registration, ticketing, agenda management, event marketing tools, networking, event app and contact management products. The company was founded by Ezra Hoch, Boaz Katz, Liran Mayost, Danny Albocher, Eran Ben-Shushan and Alon Alroy in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PanAfrican Investment Co. LLC provides software solutions. It offers applications that leverage data and analytics to find patterns and predict outcomes in order to optimize performance. The firm also provides data integrity and professional services to enable improved use of customers organization's data assets. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of CTO Realty Growth, Inc., Bluebird Capital Circle LLC is a company that provides real estate services. The company is based in Daytona Beach, FL. The company was founded by John J. DeLoche.

Pilot Growth Management LLC (Pilot Growth) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Rob Walker, Neil Callahan and William Lee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Allbound, Inc. offers a cloud-based channel sales and marketing platform that allows organizations to give real-time access to sales enablement, marketing tools, and resources in a mobile-friendly place. It offers Allbound, a cloud-based partner sales acceleration solution that simplifies and accelerates a business?s ability to recruit, onboard, train, measure, and grow indirect sales partners. The firms software enables collaboration among channel vendors and their partners to improve the performance of their indirect sales channels by automating the delivery of marketing content, sales tools, and training at each stage of the pipeline. The company was founded by Scott Salkin and Kyle Burnett in 2014 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Velocidi LLC provides marketing intelligence SaaS platform. It offers data unification, visual analytics, and insight collaboration. The company was founded by David Dunne, Jon Rygh, and Dina Khoury and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Boost Payment Solutions, Inc. engages in electronic payments to eliminate the pain points associated with commercial card acceptance. It offers payment services such as boost intercept, buyer-initiated payments, supplier initiated virtual cards, and optimized interchange rates to healthcare, telecommunications, supply chain, insurance, transportation, real estate, manufacturing, utilities, media and advertising, retail, government, and corporate industries. The company was founded by Dean Leavitt in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

GroupSense, Inc. provides cyber security services. It alerts clients to attacks, fraud and breaches. The company was founded by Kurtis Minder in 2014 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Solar Spectrum LLC engages in the provision of technology-driven solar energy solutions to residential and commercial customers. Its asset-light business model focuses on value-added in-house services for software platform development, project management and customer experience. The company is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

The Parent Teacher Association Within Upton-by-Chester School operates as a school. The non-profit company is based in Chester, UK.

Serenova LLC engages in the provision of cloud-based contact center solutions. THe firm's SaaS software suite enables captive and outsourced customer service organizations to manage and optimize their inbound and outbound customer communication strategy across video, voice, email, chat, social and mobile channels. It also offers workforce optimization, video collaboration, unified architecture and AWS global infrastructure products. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

IT Central Station, Inc. owns and operates a product review site for enterprise technologies. It develops a crowdsourced knowledge platform for topics such as cloud, database, DevOps, network, project management, security, social, and vritualization. The company was founded by Russel Rothstein and Naftali Marcus and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Axiad IDS, Inc. provides passwordless orchestration for enterprise and public sector organizations to secure people, machines, and interactions. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company's flagship product, Axaid Cloud, is a comprehensive, secure, and integrated authentication platform that allows customers to move to a passwordless future without the friction and risk of fragmented solutions. Axaid offers unified credential management for all employees' authentication needs, including certificates, mobile MFA, TPM, hardware tokens, smart cards, and biometrics. The company was founded in 2010 by Yves Audebert and Bassam Al-Khalidi, and they have been the CEOs since 2010.

Cypher Learning, Inc. is a company that provides learning platforms to organizations worldwide. The company is based in Plano, TX, and has offices worldwide. The company has three products: Matrix LMS for businesses, NEO LMS for schools and universities, and INDIE LMS for entrepreneurs. The products are used by over 20,000 organizations, support 40+ languages, and have won several awards. Cypher Learning is currently the only company that offers platforms in all major e-learning sectors: academic, corporate, and entrepreneurship. The company's mission and vision are to make online education better through their learning platforms, which empower schools, businesses, and entrepreneurs worldwide to reimagine online education and deliver the best learning experiences. Cypher Learning was founded in 2015 by Graham Glass, who has been the CEO since then.

Invictus Growth Management LLC (Invictus Growth) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by John J. DeLoche and William B. Nettles. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Binary Defense Systems, Inc. provides advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect businesses from cyber threats. The company is based in Stow, OH. The company's services include Managed Detection and Response, Security Information and Event Management, and Counterintelligence. The CEOs are Robert Meindl and Bob Meindl. Binary Defense Systems was founded in 2014 by Dave Kennedy, David Kennedy, Mike Valentine, and Mike Valentine.

Invictus Axiad LP is a special purpose vehicle formed to invest in Axiad IDS, Inc.