Russ Whitman

TelASIC Communications, Inc. designs and distributes analog and mixed signal integrated circuit products. Its products are used in wireless communication radios and other industrial applications. The company was founded by Eric D. Alterman and Eric Chin in 2004 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Scripted, Inc. operates an online marketplace platform for freelance writers. It provides custom content on demand product. The firm allows businesses to secure writers for content needs such as blog posts, social media posts, newsletters, articles and copywriting. The company was founded by Ryan Buckley, Freer Zachary and Sunil Rajaraman in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Hired, Inc. provides recruiting services. It operates a marketplace that enables tech companies to recruit engineers, data scientists, designers, and product managers. The company was founded by Mehul Patel, Matt Mickiewicz, Douglas Feirstein and Allan Grant in April 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Highland Capital Partners LLC (Highland Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm is founded in 1987 by Paul A. Maeder and Bob F. Higgins. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, US.

Bay Partners LLC (Bay Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by John Freidenrich. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Crosslink Capital, Inc. (Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Crosslink Capital, Inc. founded in 1989 by Sy F. Kaufman and Michael Joseph Stark. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

Artiman Management LLC (Artiman Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Amit Dilip Shah. The firm is headquartered in East Palo Alto, California.

InterAct911 Corp. provides safety and security software solutions. It offers InterAct NG9-1-1 solutions that ensure reliable and predictable emergency call routing and location validation. It also offers computer aided dispatch solutions, which include InterAct CAD NG that provides tools for situation response for large and small dispatch centers; and InterAct WebCAD that provides access to CAD data from a command post or remote field location with an Internet connection. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

DataStax, Inc. designs and develops database management software. Its products include DataStax enterprise, built on Cassandra which provides the massive scalability, continuous availability and enhanced data security big data applications demand, DataStax opscenter is a simplified management for DataStax enterprise and Apache Cassandra database clusters and DataStax sandbox is a packaged and personal virtual machine image that contains everything customer need to get started with DataStax software. The firm also offers training, consulting and support services. The company was founded by Jonathan Ellis and Matt Pfeil in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

TakeLessons, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for finding qualified and vetted music instructors. It teaches guitar, piano, singing, violin, drum, accordion, banjo, cello, flute, opera, saxophone and other instrumental lessons. The firm also offers music programs for schools and community centers, as well as at-work lessons and programs for corporate clients and their employees. The company was founded by Michael Steven Cox, Chris Waldron, and Chuck Smith in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Feedback Loop. engages in the operation of end-to-end customer development platform which offers product teams with test patterns, asset designs, target users and insights. The company was founded by Michael Bamberger, Nis Frome, and Eythor Ernstsson in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.