Peter Barris

Megisto Systems, Inc. developed and marketed Mobile Services Delivery System, Megisto’s MSDS provided the network intelligence, stateful resiliency and scale required to deliver profitable and personalized services to mobile data subscribers. The firm was located in Germantown, MD.

Pharmion Corp. engages in the development and commercialization of products for the treatment of hematology and oncology patients. It has operations in Switzerland, Israel, and Philippines. The company was founded by Patrick J. Mahaffy in 1999 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Part of DigitalBridge Group, Inc., Boingo Wireless, Inc. is a private company that simplifies complex wireless challenges to connect people, operations, and things. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. Boingo provides custom, neutral host connectivity solutions for various sectors, including the Department of Defense (DoD), servicing military bases and branches such as the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Boingo's network solutions meet DoD risk management requirements and security policies. Additionally, Boingo designs, builds, and manages converged, neutral host public and private networks at major venues worldwide, including airports, transit stations, stadiums, hospitals, and commercial properties. The company was founded in 2001 by Sky Dylan Dayton, and Michael Finley has been the CEO since 2013. Boingo was acquired by Digital Colony Management LLC on June 02, 2021, for $626.51 million.

Inteliquent, Inc. engages in the provision of voice telecommunication services. It offers these services using an all-IP network, which enables the delivery of global connectivity for media, including voice, data, and video. The company was founded by James P. Hynes, David Russell Wojcik, Christopher Swenson, and Ronald W. Gavillet on April 19, 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Vonage Holdings Corp. engages in the provision of communication services through cloud-connected devices. It operates through the Business and Consumer segments. The Business segment provides cloud-based Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) solutions, which consist of integrated voice, text, video, data, collaboration, and mobile applications over its scalable Session Initiation Protocol based Voice over Internet Protocol network. The Consumer segment offers UCaaS services and features, via a single identity. The company was founded by Jeffrey Adam Citron on May 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Holmdel, NJ.

ProtoStar Ltd. provides satellite broadcasting services. It was formed to acquire, launch and operate high-power geostationary satellites to lease capacity to Asian DTH and broadband service providers. The company was founded by Philip Father, Charlie Sweeney, Reid Stephenson, Raghu Das, Craig Gavin and Sophie Grinevald in 2001 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Jobfox, Inc. provides staffing services through their website. The company is an online network that connects employers with qualified job candidates in virtually every industry. The company was founded by Robert J. Mcgovern in 2005 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Cyren Call Communications Corp. provides advisory and support services for the development of wireless broadband networks that carry priority public safety communications. The company was founded by Thomas J. Sidman, Keith W. Kaczmarek, Morgan Edward O'Brien in 2006 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. engages in the provision of technology enabled transportation and supply chain management services. It offers truckload, small parcel, intermodal, domestic air and expedited services, and international transportation solutions. The company was founded by Bradley A. Keywell and Eric P. Lefkofsky in January 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Cleversafe, Inc. provides object storage system solutions. It offers dispersed storage network or dsNet, a system that provides comprehensive operation and maintenance functions. The firm also offers accesser appliance services data requests from applications and performs the IDA calculations as needed, storing and retrieving the slices for each data item to and from the slicestor storage nodes. The company was founded by Chris Gladwin in November 2004 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Growth Equity Opportunities Fund III LLC provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Timonium, MD.

ZeroFOX, Inc. is a social risk management company, which engages in the provision of security technology that enables organizations to detect and prevent social media-based cyber threats. Its solutions include enterprise protection, brand protection, executive protection, domain protection, threat protection, and dark web monitoring. The company was founded by Christopher B. Cullison, Hillary Herlehy, James C. Foster, Evan Blair, Robert Francis, and Neil Smith in January 2013 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

ThreatQuotient, Inc. operates as a cyber security software and consulting company. The firm specializes in enhancing adversarial detection and blocking through automation of cyber threat intelligence. The firm?s platform enables and disables open source intelligence feeds, allows taking action on indicators, reports, and historical info from existing intelligence providers, supports custom and industry specific intelligence integrations, improves reliability of alerts and gain historical context of indicators in the environment, updates detection sensors, ensures each system scan contains important indicators and provides analysis of historical context, standard tools, and situational awareness. The company was founded by Wayne Chiang and Ryan Trost in March 2013 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

Part of Open Text Corp., General Electric Information Services is a diversified manufacturer of high-tech products. The private company is based in Fairfield, CT.

The Brookings Institution provides research and policy solutions. The firm's activities are carried out through four research programs: economic studies, foreign policy studies, governance studies, and metropolitan policy. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Mainstream Data, Inc. provides communication services and solutions. Its solutions include digital asset management, cross-channel publishing, video asset management, multimedia ingest, and tagging. The firm’s products include Mediashowroom video licensing platform, Mediasphere multimedia acquisition software, and MediasFTP secure file transfer. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

SALIX Technologies develops SALIX ETX5000, the first true carrier-class switch to integrate all of the service functions of voice and data into a single device. The SALIX ETX5000 is the first product in the SALIX Enhanced Telephony Xchange Family of class independent telephony switches, a new paradigm in telecommunications that will enable service providers to offer their customers high-quality next-generation telephony services and facilitate the deployment of Virtual Private Network (VPN) services.

Tripod, Inc. provides online advertising. The company is based in Waltham, MA. The company was founded by William Bo S. Peabody. Tripod was acquired by Lycos, Inc., part of Brightcom Group Ltd. from August 16, 2010 on February 03, 1998 for $63.98 million.

Amisys Synertech, Inc. was providing information management software products, business process outsourcing and technology services. It was headquartered in Rockville, MD

New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Eziba, Inc. used to operates as online retailer of handcrafted products. The company was located in North Adams, MA

Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. engages in the supply of software, components, and intellectual property to enable the intelligent use of sensors in consumer electronics, robotics, and IoT devices. Its products include FSP200; BNO080/085; FSM300; FSM-9; FSP200 Development Suite; BNO080 Development Kit; and MotionEngine. The company was founded by Daniel S. Simpkins and Peter S. Jackson in 2001 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

InnerWorkings, Inc. engages in the provision of marketing execution solutions. It includes procurement of marketing materials, branded merchandise, product packaging, and retail displays. It operates through the following segment: North America, EMEA and LATAM. The North America segment includes operations in the United States, and Canada. The EMEA segment comprises of operations in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The LATAM segment focuses its operations in Mexico, Central America and South America. The Other segment consists of intersegment eliminations, shared service activities, and unallocated corporate expenses. The company was founded by Scott A. Frisoni, Richard A. Heise, Jr., John McIntyre and Eric Paul Lefkofsky in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Venture Philanthropy Partners, Inc. operates as a philanthropic organization which invests in high-performing non-profits. The company was founded by Mark Robert Warner, Raul J. Fernandez and Mario M. Morino in 2000 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Mid-Atlantic Venture Association represents private equity and venture capital companies. The private company is based in Timonium, MD. The company was founded by Charles W. Newhall.

MediaBank, LLC is a leading provider of integrated procurement technology and advanced analytics to the advertising industry. The cornerstone of MediaBank's solution is the MediaBank O/X platform, offering buying, financial, and workflow tools across all media types.

SnagFilms, Inc. offers non-fiction and independent films. It provides TV show episodes, eye-opening documentaries and exclusive original comedy short films, full-length movies on mobile phone, tablet, desktop and television. The company was founded by Theodore J. Leonsis and C. Richard Allen in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ProtoStar Satellite Systems, Inc. provides satellite broadcasting services. The firm acquires and operates geostationary satellites to Asian DTH and broadband service providers. It also provides direct-to-home satellite television, broadband Internet, and GSM cellular backhaul services. The company was founded in March 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Watermelon Express, Inc. engages in the development of digital learning programs. It offers admissions test prep; certification prep; continuing education; self-assessments and question bank; lifelong learning; corporate training; and blended and live online training. The company was founded by Ashish Rangnekar and Ujjwal Gupta in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group (UVA LVG) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Mediaocean LLC engages in the development and provision of advertising software and computing services. It offers planning and reporting, digital media buying, traditional media buying, ad sales and operations, time and cost, block chain for media, API platform, and local television media management. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

In-Q-Tel, Inc. operates as alternative investment company. It offers services which include investing side-by-side with venture firms, help develop sustainable solutions and use off-the-shelf products to start-ups developing innovation technologies. The company was founded in February 1999 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Goji Food Solutions, Inc. manufactured cooking ovens. The firm served the food, water, energy, and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Keith E. Pascal and was headquartered in Des Plaines, IL.

NextNav LLC provides location services for indoor and urban environments. It offers positioning technology to allow mobile phones and other devices to reliably determine their location in indoor and urban environments where GPS signals can’t be received. The firm's technology combines accurate horizontal positioning with floor-level height precision. The company was founded by Ganesh Pattabiraman, Subbu Meiyappan and Arun Raghupathy in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

NextNav Holdings LLC operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Upskill, Inc. develops enterprise software for smart glasses. The firm serves to aerospace, field services, inspection and audit, manufacturing, retail and grocery industries. The company was founded by Brian Ballard, Jeff Jenkins, Chris Hoyt and Alexander Watson in 2010 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Tamr, Inc. engages in the development of a platform for data management and analytics. It offers data mastering, agile customer mastering, procurement analytics, CDISC conversion, Tamr for government, media analytics and solution catalog. The company was founded by Andrew Hunt Palmer, Michael R. Stonebraker, Ihab Ilyas, George Beskales, Daniel Bruckner, and Alex Pagan in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Catalytic, Inc. develops an online platform. The firm offers finance and accounting, human resources, information technology, operating, procurement, and sourcing solutions. It serves the advertising, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, staffing, and technology industries. The company was founded in July 2015 by Sean Y. Chou and Ravi Singh and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Tempus Labs, Inc. enagegs in the development of a platform that analyzes clinical and molecular data points focusing on cancer research. It connects physicians treatment options and relevant insights for patients based on their unique molecular profile and analytics and machine-learning algorithms. The firm offers genomic sequencing, clinical data structuring, image recognition, biological modeling, and time trial program. The company was founded by Bradley A. Keywell and Eric P. Lefkofsky in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Berkshire Grey Operating Co., Inc. develops robotic systems. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Berkshire Grey, Inc. is an Intelligent Enterprise Robotics company, which engages in pioneering and delivering transformative artificial intelligence enabled robotic solutions that automate filling ecommerce orders for consumers or businesses, filling orders to resupply retail stores and groceries, and handling packages. It transforms supply chain operations solutions. It operates through the North America and Japan geographical segments. The company was founded on October 3, 2013 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

ViewLift, Inc. is an end-to-end OTT video streaming service provider company that offers a comprehensive OTT solution to distribute and monetize content. The company is based in New York, NY. ViewLift's platform provides extensive features to scale and retain subscribers, and offers customer case studies in sports, entertainment, and broadcasting. The company was founded in 2007 by Manik Bambha, Ted J. Leonsis, and Rick Allen has been the CEO of the company since 2007.