Ruben Rojas

Upstart Network, Inc. operates as an online lending platform. It allows clients to raise capital in exchange for a small portion of client’s future income. The company was founded by David Joseph Girouard, Anna Mongayt Counselman and Paul Gu in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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.

Financial Technology Ventures Management Co LLC (Financial Technology Ventures) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Jim Hale, Bob Huret and Richard Garman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Family Health International offers technical and research services. It offers capacity building, creative services, data analysis, emerging infectious diseases and pandemic response, monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance, research services, social and behavior change, social marketing and communication, and training and technical assistance. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Omidyar Network LLC (Omidyar Network) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Omidyar Network Commons LLC founded in 2004 by Pierre Omidyar and Pam Omidyar. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Bay Area Council Economic Institute operates an advocacy and research organization. The firm's services include infrastructure, trade, globalization, science and innovation, business development and governance. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

SEPPIC, Inc. designs and supplies specialty ingredients for health and beauty markets. It offers cosmetic excipients, including actives, emulsifiers, foaming and texturizing agents, and polymers, natural food ingredients, and active pharmaceutical ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients including mineral salts and trace minerals, and cellulose derivatives for coating, emulsion and gel, and manufacturing process aids. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Fairfield, NJ.

Blue Horizon Equity LLC (Blue Horizon Equity) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Scott Wu and Alan H. Nichols. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

FHI 360 operates non-profit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. It offers capacity building, creative services, data analysis, emerging infectious diseases and pandemic response, monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance, research services, social and behavior change, social marketing and communication, and training and technical assistance. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Heila Technologies, Inc. operates a platform that provides energy services. It specializes in micro grids. The company is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

StandardC, Inc. provides financial services for the licensed cannabis market. StandardC is based in San Mateo, CA. The company enables, facilitates, and supports banking, lending, payments, insurance, payroll, and armored transport in a compliant cannabis ecosystem. StandardC simplifies cannabis-related business development, initial and ongoing due diligence, transaction, and customer relation management for enterprise and the entire cannabis ecosystem. The company was founded by Richard A. Laiderman, Robert J. Mann, Pooya Sarabandi, and Robert J. Mann has been the CEO since incorporation.

Scepter, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, CA, founded by Philip Father who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company works with organizations to assess, understand, and improve their ESG performance, enabling financial gain through revenue enhancement, cost reduction, and new product development. Scepter provides necessary data and information to meet the needs of commercial entities seeking to enhance their revenue, lower costs, and improve strategic decision-making. The company's patented technology platform includes atmospheric monitoring in the total air column, data aggregation, normalization, and a data fusion process that intelligently merges various datasets within the same model and context so they can be accessed, analyzed, and ultimately visualized. Scepter assures data integrity, and the real-time data and information produced provides actionable solutions that are easy to use, understand, and employ for strategic decision-making purposes.

Table Rock Infrastructure Partners (TRIP) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Peter Luchetti. The firm is headquartered in Sausalito, California.