Bart Schachter

VeriFone, Inc. designs and manufactures transaction automation systems. The company was founded by William Melton on April 14, 1981 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to several affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants.

Astoria Software, Inc. develops software solutions. The firm's solutions include Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), customer engagement, and content management. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Platform Solutions, Inc. develops mainframe computers. It offers plug-compatible manufacturing servers for mainframe applications. The company was founded in 1999 by Ronald N. Hilton and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

SpectraSensors, Inc. manufactures optically based gas sensors for the industrial process. It offers approval drawings, analyzer racks and cabinets, thermal-modeling of sample streams, sample probes, heated sample transport bundles, stream switching hardware and controls, programmable logic controllers, lighting, as-built design documentation, analyzer startup and commissioning, on-site training for analyzer operations, remote technical support, spare parts recommendation and ordering and field and factory repair. The company was founded by George M. Balogh, John J. Kelly, Siamak Forouhar and Randy May in 1999 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Greenhouse Capital Management LLC (Greenhouse Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Pete D. Henig. The firm is headquartered in Sausalito, California.

4-Tell, Inc. provides product recommendation software. It provides an integrated suite of products that allows merchants to deliver individually personalized product recommendations to shoppers across all channels like web, email, mobile, CRM and in store. The firm products are RECS4 WEB, RECS4 MOBILE, RECS4 EMAIL and RECS4 ADS. The company was founded by Ken Levy and Neil Lofgren in 2009 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Redleaf Group Inc (Redleaf Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by John Kohler. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Intel Capital Corp (Intel Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Intel Corp founded in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. The firm is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Saban Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) (Saban Capital Group) is a private equity division of Saban Capital Group Inc founded in 2001. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

In-Q-Tel is a Venture Capital firm is founded in 1999 by Gilman Louie. The firm is headquartered in Arlington with additional office in London, United Kingdom.

EDV Management Co (El Dorado Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1986 by Gary Kalbach. The firm is headquartered in in Menlo Park, California.

Rustic Canyon Partners(Rustic Canyon Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Tom Unterman and John Babcock in 1999.The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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.

ONPATH Technologies, Inc. provides scalable connectivity and monitoring solutions for high-performance networks. It specializes in physical layer switching, line monitoring, matrix switching, network TAPs and test lab automation. The company was founded by Larry Cantwell and Peter Dougherty in 2007 and is headquartered in Marlton, NJ.

Benson Acquisition LLC organizes and conducts educational programs. It conducts seminars, lectures, online classes, and workshops throughout North America. The company was founded by William I. Zanker in 1980 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Oregon Public Broadcasting is a non-profit organization that provides broadcasting services. The company broadcasts radio and television programs. The company accessibility services include closed captioning, described video information and accessing the SAP channel. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Bridge City Ventures (Bridge City Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Angela Jackson and Jim Huston. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Boundless Spatial, Inc. develops software for enterprise spatial information and technology applications. Its products include boundless server enterprise, exchange, offline tile server, anywhere and desktop. The firm also offers training, support, education and consulting services. The company was founded by Chris Holmes in 2002 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

SignalFire Management Services LLC (Signalfire) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Christopher W. Farmer and Ilya Kirnos. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Onboard Dynamics, Inc. develops natural gas compressor technology for automotive engines. The firm develops a compressed natural gas system that integrates into automotive engines and enables natural gas vehicles to be refueled with gasoline gallon equivalent natural gas from a low-pressure source, such as a home or business gas line. It offers its products for private and public fleets of trucks. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Bend, OR.

xCures, Inc. engages in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) based precision oncology platform. It offers patients and physicians an individualized treatment options and facilitates access via reimbursement, clinical trials, and access support. The company was founded by Jeff Shrager and Jay Marty Tenenbaum in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Vertuelab /VC/ (Vertuelab) is a venture capital division of Oregon BEST founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Vertuelab Climate Impact Fund I LLC seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the field of climate technology. It provides financing for pre-seed, seed, and early stage capital requirements. It also takes a seat on the board of directors.