Michael R. Starkenburg

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.

21st Century Fox America, Inc. publishes newspapers, magazines and books. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. (FEG), a unit of News Corp., is an entertainment company that is principally engaged in the development, production and worldwide distribution of feature films and television programs, television broadcasting and cable network programming. The company's studios, production facilities and film and television library provide creative content, while its broadcasting and cable networks provide distribution platforms for its programs. Fox Entertainment Group was established in 1998. Its headquarters are located in Los Angeles, CA.

ATI Technologies, Inc. designs, makes and, sells graphics accelerators and multimedia solutions. It offers visual and graphics processors for displaying images on personal computer monitors. It also supplies graphics, video and, multimedia products for desktop, workstation & notebook personal computers, digital televisions, cell phones, and game consoles. The company sells its products through personal computer original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, add-in board manufacturers, retail stores & consumer electronics manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The firm was founded by Kwok Yuen Ho in 1985 and is located in Markham, Canada.

Umbria, Inc. provides artificial intelligence technologies services. The firm collects the unsolicited opinions and perceptions of the online community and market research about the companies, products, people and topics of interest. The company was founded by Howard Kaushansky and David B. Howlett in March 2004 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Ruby Newco LLC provides financial information. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

News Corp. UK & Ireland Ltd. publishes newspapers and magazines. Its magazines include The Sun, The Times, News of the World, and The Sunday Times. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. produces movies and television shows. Its global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. The company is headquartered in Culver City, CA.

Part of Clipscom, Inc., Ithought.com is an American company that operates a consumer rating Web site for service businesses. The company is based in TX. The company was founded by Christopher Scoggins, Paige Dawson. Ithought.com was acquired by Clipscom, Inc. on June 02, 2000.

STAR Group Ltd. provides television broadcasting services. It offers sports, movies, music, filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, terrestrial tv broadcasting, wireless and digital services. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Fox Cable Network, Inc. provides television and cable broadcasting services. It offers games and video-on-demand television services. The firm focuses production and licensing of programs that are distributed through cable television systems and direct broadcast satellite operators. The company was founded in April 2001 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

New Leaf Venture Partners LLC (New Leaf Ventures) is an independent Venture Capital firm founded by Jeani Delagardelle, Philippe Chambon, Vijay Lathi, Ron Hunt, James Niedel, and Kathy LaPorte. The firm is headquartered in New York. It spun out from Sprout Group.

Part of Cabot Energy Ltd., ATI Oil Plc drills for oil and gas onshore and off. The company is based in London, UK. Per Gunnar Løge has been the CEO of the British company since 2008. ATI Oil was acquired by Cabot Energy Ltd. on June 24, 2009 for $16.58 million.

Yieldex, Inc. provides online advertising analytics for forecasting and optimization of premium inventory. It develops decision support services to publishers for sales and operations applications, as well as presents a view of available inventory and revenue forecasting for sellable products and combinations and offer dashboards, analytic reports, and scenario planning services that enable publishers to manage business, as well as to enable publisher departments to manage day-to-day activities, and determine the optimal inventory and order allocation. The company was founded by Thomas A. Shields and Douglas C. Cosman in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) is a nonpartisan organization that aims to create women leaders who transform the cable media industry. The non-profit company is based in Chantilly, VA. The company achieves this by providing professional development programs, commissioning original gender research, and supporting a B2B network that helps advance women. WICT has partnered with media and technology companies for over 40 years to build a more robust pipeline of women leaders. The company was founded in 1979 by Patricia L. McCaskill. Maria E. Brennan has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Novartis Pharma AG engages in the research in as well as the production and distribution of pharmaceutical, chemical, medical, and biotechnological products. It also provides related services. The company was founded on October 25, 1989 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Factual, Inc. operates as a platform that enriches mobile location signals with definitive global data. It enables mobile applications developers to create personalized mobile experience. The firm's products include marketing, location and consumer data so;utions. The company was founded by Gil Elbaz in 2008 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Samba TV, Inc. provides Omni screen advertising, data and analytics services. It engages in the business of transforming internet CTVs into a platform for its customers, which are comprised of brands, agencies, content programmers, publishers and measurement, and advertising vendors, to build attentive, engaged audiences. Its products include Audience and Data. The company was founded by Ashwin Navin, David Harrison, Alvir Navin, Omar Zennadi, David Kurtz and Todd Johnson in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Elliptic Enterprises Ltd. operates as a bitcoin storage company. It provides Elliptic Vault, a storage service for bitcoins; and engages in digital currency lobbying, education, and advocacy for users and businesses. The company was founded by James Sullivan Smith, Thomas Robinson, and Adam Joyce in October 2013 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Health Gorilla, Inc. operates an online healthcare marketplace that connects doctors, vendors, and consumers. It enable physicians to access patient health history at the point of care, automate laboratory orders, referrals and test results online. The company was founded by Steven Yaskin, Alexander Minkin and Andrei Zudin on December 6, 2011 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Accept, Inc. is a technology-enabled lender that empowers buyers who qualify for a mortgage to submit all-cash offers on homes. The non-profit company is based in Chatham, MA. The company ensures that agents, buyers, and sellers equally benefit in the transaction, all in the service of accelerating access to homeownership. Accept sets itself apart with a frictionless customer experience and an innovative platform available to any agent and mortgage-qualifying buyer, with zero added costs or fees.

zeotap GmbH offers a solution for telecom operators. It provides a technology platform that transmits data securely and in a privacy-compliant way for businesses and consumers. The company was founded by Daniel Heer, Stephan Schwebe and Projjol Banerjea and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Ovation Life Sciences LLC develops next-generation scientific data-layer-as-a-service platforms. Its main products are a lab service for the tracking of samples, workflows, and processes, and a research service for facilitating collaboration and data sharing between separate teams. The company was founded by Barry Wark and Winston Brasor in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Apex Holdings Ltd. provides management services. The private company is based in Guernsey, UK. The British company was founded by Christopher Scoggins.

VidCrunch LLC builds technology that creates bespoke content for websites and apps. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded by Oded Pelled. The company's content advertising technology helps sites keep audiences engaged and consuming more of the site's content, driving user engagement, retention, and increasing revenues for digital publishers across various verticals. The US-based ad-tech company is a leading video monetization platform used by hundreds of sites globally, commonly used by top content publishers to expose their audience to new, relevant, high-quality content. VidCrunch is financed by Silicon Valley Bank.

PayZen, Inc. operates as a healthcare fintech company. It provides a digital platform that pays hospitals upfront for patient invoices and offers patients zero-interest, fee-free payment plans. The company was founded by Itzik Cohen and Tobias Mezger and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Strivacity, Inc. offers a unified customer identity and access management (CIAM) solution that allows brands to add secure log-in and identity management capabilities to their customer-facing applications without the need for developers or consultants. The company is based in Herndon, VA. The company's solution helps organizations manage registrations, enhance customer experience, and create seamless sign-in experiences while staying compliant with privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA. The company was founded in 2014 by Stephen Cox and Keith Graham, with Keith Graham serving as the CEO since then.

CodaMetrix, Inc. develops an AI-platform that translates clinical information into accurate sets of medical codes for patient care and revenue cycle processes. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company was founded in 2019. The CEO is Hamid Tabatabaie.