Rob C. Solomon

AdXpose, Inc. provided digital advertising analytics solutions. The company's SaaS technology provided advertisers and publishers with greater transparency and confidence in the quality, safety, and performance of their digital advertising campaigns. The actionable optimization metrics captured by AdXpose solutions help its customers realize increased ROI, more profitable margins, and measurable ad effectiveness. AdXpose was founded by Dave Cotter and Greogory harrison in 2005 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Yapta, Inc. develops and provides online travel management services. The firm specializes in airfare price tracking, hotel price tracking, dynamic price tracking technology, airfare and hotel rates and travel spend analytics. The company was founded by Brett Allsop, Thomas G. Romary, Ryan Allsop, Amy Terrell, Eric Anderson and Aaron Hill in 2006 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Groupon SA provides online marketing services. It includes negotiation of discounts from popular businesses, both nationally and on a city-by-city basis. The firm daily deals consist of restaurants, spas, massages, theaters, hotels, and a whole lot more, in dozens of cities across the country. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

HomeAway, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for the vacation rental industry. The firm offers vacation rentals are fully furnished, privately owned residential properties, including homes, condominiums, villas and cabins, that property owners and managers rent to the public on a nightly, weekly or monthly basis. Its marketplace brings travelers seeking vacation rentals online with the property owners and managers of vacation rental properties located around the world. The company was founded by Brian H. Sharples and Carl G. Shepherd in February 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

SideStep, Inc. provides web-based travel search engine services. The company has alliances with travel marketers such as JetBlue Airways, Continental Airlines, Hyatt Corp., Orbitz, Best Western, and the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group. SideStep was founded by Brian Barth & Nancy Ramamurthi in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Yahoo!, Inc. is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific. The company was founded by Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Groupon Japan, Inc. provides online coupon distribution services. It offers huge discount on travelling, cosmetic treatments, sports equipment, leisure events, fashion, spa massages, dining, and shopping. The company was founded on June 4, 2010 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Accel Partners LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by Jim Swartz and Arthur Patterson. The firm is headquartered in California, the US.

99designs, Inc. provides online graphic designs services. The firm’s design services include design contests, 1-to-1 projects, pricing, agencies, 99designs studio, 99designs select and API integrations. The company was founded by Patrick Llewellyn, Matt Mickiewicz, Leni Mayo, Andrew Walsh and Mark Harbottle in 2008 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

GoFundMe, Inc. provides online fundraising services. The company was founded by Brad Damphousse and Andy Ballester in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Kite develops cloud-powered copilot platform. It specializes in machine learning, developer tools, programming, developer productivity and python. The company was founded by Adam Smith and Ashton Braun and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.