John L. Welde

VerityStream, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise-class solutions that are transforming credentialing, enrollment, privileging, and evaluations for healthcare organizations. It serves outpatient facilities including ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care facilities, clinics, and medical groups. The company was founded by Micheal Kenneth Cation, Clifford A. Reid, and Michael S. Pliner in April 1988 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, WA.

Part of Open Text Corp., Open Environment Corp. is a company that develops and markets software. The company is based in Scotts Valley, CA. The company was founded by Adam Honig, Swapnil Shah. Open Environment was acquired by Borland Software Corp., part of Open Text Corp. from July 27, 2009 on November 18, 1996 for $37.90 million.

PowerReviews, Inc. provides customer reviews and social commerce solutions. The firm’s solutions include ratings and reviews, visual and social, questions and answers, influencer and sampling, and intelligence suite. The company was founded by Andrew Chen and Robert Chea in 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Nile Project, Inc. provides online travel planning services. It offers tools which enable travelers to discover destinations and find local attractions and events, as well as build a customized itinerary. It provides traveling information such as restaurants, hotels, shops, nightlife ideas, insider tips and expert suggestions, destination reviews, ratings, and awards. The company was founded by Josh Steinitz and John Monson in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Wyng, Inc. engages in the provision of a digital marketing platform. It specializes in mar-tech, ad-tech, CX, UX, data, and core mobile and web technologies. The company was founded by Wendell Lansford, Prakash Mishra, Mark Cooper, and Allen Bonde and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Booker Software, Inc. provides software for management, booking and marketing services. It enables businesses to provide online services through website and a network of partner sites and apps. The company was founded by Joshua McCarter and Daniel Lizio-Katzen in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sprout Group (Sprout) is venture capital subsidiary of Credit Suisse Private Equity LLC founded in 1969. The firm headquartered in New York.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Ridge Ventures is an independent venture capital firm, a subsidiary of International Data Group, Inc founded in 1997 by Alex Rosen. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

KnitMedia, Inc. provides entertainment services. Its operations include venue ownership and management, festivals and events, touring, artist management and recorded music production and distribution. The company was founded by Michael Dorf in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tenaya Capital Inc (Tenaya Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Brian Melton, Stewart Gollmer, Ben Boyer and Brian Paul. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

ClickTale Ltd. provides solutions to maximize digital customer experiences. Its services include heat maps, session replays, conversion analytics, advanced insights and management tools. The firm also offers ClickTale Touch, a Web analytics solution for smartphones and tablets. The company was founded by Tal Schwartz and Arik Yavilevich in June 2006 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Minted LLC operates an online marketplace for independent design and art. The firm offers invitations, postcards, menu cards, place cards, thank you cards, slip-in envelope liners and enclosure cards. It also provides crowd-sources design and art from a global community of independent designers and then sells their best designs as fine products such as stationery, wall art, and décor for the home, holidays, and occasions. The company was founded by Mariam Naficy and Melissa Kim in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Emma, Inc. provides email marketing software and services for businesses, non-profits, organizations, and agencies around the world. It helps small and midsize businesses, nonprofits, and agencies create, send, and track stylish e-mail newsletters, surveys, and campaigns through a do-it-yourself web-based interface. The firm’s services include mobile-ready design templates, email automation, audience segmenting and dynamic content, plus integration with top CRM solutions, ecommerce platforms and social networks. The company was founded in 2003 by Clinton Smith and William Weaver and headquartered in Nashville, TN.

inovia LLC offers foreign patent filing. It provides educational content on international patenting process. Its services include patient cooperation treaty (PCT) national stage entry, direct filing, European validation, patent translations, and trademark search and registration. The company was founded by Simpson Justin in April 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

UpLift Inc. provides an online payment marketing platform. It offers its service to electronic commerce, travel and non-profit organizations. The company was founded by Brian Barth and Stewart Alan Kelly and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Super Basic LLC operates as a photo based social network site. It offers users to post image-based collections of images and search for specific images. The company was founded by Bruno Zanchet and Fabio Giolito in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Krux Digital LLC operates a platform for digital publishers to manage, safeguard, and make responsible use of audience data. The firm offers cloud-based solutions for capturing, protecting, connecting, and monetizing data signatures across devices, sources, and formats for consumers, advertisers, and web publishers. The company was founded by Tom Chavez and Vivek S. Vaidya in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Relativity ODA LLC develops system software. It offers web-based e-discovery applications to manage large volumes of electronic evidence from litigation or investigation. The company was founded by Andrew Sieja in February 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

MindMeld, Inc. develops technology to power intelligent conversational interfaces. It offers MindMeld, understands conversations in real-time to find and share related information as users talk. The company was founded by Timothy D. Tuttle and Moninder Jheeta in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Safegraph, Inc. builds and maintains data sets to help accelerate machine learning and AI. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cheetah Digital, Inc. operates as a independent enterprise cross-channel marketing technology company. It offers enterprise data management, cross-channel campaigns, loyalty management, and offer management. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Kazoo, Inc. provides employee management services. The frim offers employee engagement, performance management, recognition and rewards, employee surveying, feedback services. Its products include recognition and rewards, performance management, engagement surveys, pricing, integrations and security. The company was founded by Kenny Tomlin and Autumn Manning and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Eskalera, Inc. operates as a career building platform. The company was founded by Tom Chavez, Roopak Gupta, Dane Holmes and Debra Kadner, Tolonda M. Tolbert and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.