Chris Smith

Trident Capital, Inc. (Trident Capital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Donald Dixon and John Moragne. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

CheckFree Corp. provides financial electronic commerce services and products. The company works with the financial institutions, web portals and organizations that issue regular bills and statements to give consumers the ability to receive and pay bills online. It offers services such as core processing, electronic billing, risk management, payments, and wealth management. CheckFree was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA

Corillian Corp. provides online financial solutions. The firm also provides scalable and secure Internet banking applications for the online banking users in the US. Its services include ACH and wire transfers, real-time transactions, lockboxes, electronic statements, secure single sign-on, and controlled authorization. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, OR.

Novak Biddle Venture Partners (Novak Biddle Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Biddle III A. G. W. and Novak Jr E Rogers. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

PayScale, Inc. engages in the provision of online compensation and benefit information software. It offers access to accurate compensation data for both employees and employers. The firm?s software allows users to obtain an unparalleled level of compensation information, providing a precise snapshot of current market pay. The company was founded by Joe Giordano and Douglas Tarr in January 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Netcordia, Inc. provides network configuration and change management solutions. The firm’s NetMRI software solutions enable users to automate network change, manage network configurations, and meet compliance, as well as audit multi-vendor infrastructures and identify anomalies. The company was founded by Terry Slattery in 2000 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.

LifeShield LLC provides wireless digital home security systems and monitoring services for homes, restaurants, businesses, renters, apartments, vacation homes, elder parent homes, mobile homes, and even young adults living dorms. Its products include home security kits, consoles, security and environmental sensors, grid extenders, smoke and fire safety sensors, wireless security cameras, keychain remotes, and other security accessories. The firm also offers security services for alarm monitoring, installation, interactive monitoring, and customer support for wireless home security systems. The company was founded by Louis A. Stilp on September 22, 2004 and is headquartered in Yardley, PA.

Webs, Inc. operates an online marketing platform. The firm offers templates and website builders allow users to build their own professional websites for small businesses, personal blogs, and hubs. The company was founded by Haroon Mokhtarzada and Zeki Mokhtarzada in 2001 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

AddThis, Inc. provides social sharing and analytics solutions. It focuses on providing easy-to-use consumer engagement tools and services for advertisers, publishers and brands looking to inform paid, owned and earned media strategies with web-wide search, site, social, and sales data. The firm's platform enables users to see how the content is shared to social networks. The company was founded by Hooman Radfar, Dominique Vonarburg, J. Sanford Miller, and John Austin Fath in 2004 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

D3 Technology, Inc. develops and publishes software tools for the banking and finance sectors. It specializes in tools for digital banking, bills payment, money movement, and accounts transfer services. The firm's products include D3 Consumer Banking, D3 Small Business Banking and D3 Wealth Management for financial institutions. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Quad Learning, Inc. develops a two-year program of advanced college coursework. Its services include course design, faculty support, student recruitment, selective admissions and resources. Its program enables students to prepare for and transfer to junior-and senior-level coursework at top-tier colleges and universities in the country. The company was founded by Philip L. Bronner and Christopher Romer in 2012 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

AnswerLogic, Inc. develops communication software. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

N.E.W. Customer Service Cos., Inc. provides buyer protection and product support services. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Sterling, VA.

Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc. offers technology-based products and services for community financial institutions in the United States. Its products and services include data processing, item processing and check imaging, ACH origination and processing, remote check capture and deposit processing, teller automation systems and accounts receivable financing solutions. In addition, the company offers turnkey leasing solutions for financial institutions and small businesses; website design and secure hosting for financial institutions; and retail inventory management services. Goldleaf Financial Solutions formerly known as Private Business, Inc., was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

Jam City, Inc. designs, develops, and publishes social and mobile games. The firm offers games such as fluff friends rescue, jewels of the amazon, bubble atlantis, skies of glory, fast, mindJolt and lil flippers. The company was founded by Chris DeWolfe, Josh Yguado, Haroon Mokhtarzada, T. J. Murphy, Shervin K. Pishevar, Haroon Mokhtarzada and Aber Whitcomb in 2007 and is headquartered in Culver, CA.

Clear Standards, Inc. develops and provides Web-based enterprise carbon management and sustainability software solutions. The company was founded by Anirban Chakrabarti, Richard Mendis, and Rakesh Rao and is headquartered in Sterling, VA.

Intuitive Web Solutions LLC provides web-based software products. It offers advisement, education, application support, custom development, and implementation services. The company was founded by Chris Reynolds and Philip Reynolds in 2009 and is headquartered in Springfield, MO.

Avangate BV provides software solutions. It enables software companies to sell their products online as well as to manage a distribution network in a way that is efficient, customizable and locally relevant. The company was founded by Radu Georgescu and Cristian Badea in 2006 and is headquartered in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.

Fidelis Education, Inc. provides digital learning solutions. It offers training, mentoring, community engagement, assessing, course authoring, tutoring and recruiting services. The company was founded by Erik Gunnar Counselman and Anoop Jayadevan in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

UNOW, Inc. provides competency-based learning platform. It operates online and self-paced universities that offer associate's, bachelor's, and master's degree programs. The company was founded by David Meyer and Eugene V. Wade Jr. in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Minerva Institute for Research & Scholarship engages in facilitating the administration of grant-funded research, and advocating for broad reform in higher education. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ForgePoint Capital Management LLC (ForgePoint Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Donald R. Dixon, William Lin and Juan Alberto Yépez. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Avangate, Inc. offers digital commerce solutions. The firm's solutions include an eCommerce platform, a partner management system and a worldwide affiliate network. It enables software companies to sell their products online as well as to manage and customize its distribution network. The company was founded by Radu Georgescu in 2006 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Mustang Ventures is a venture capital firm that operates to provide funding for startups and early-stage companies. The private company is based in Santa Clara, CA.

The Reserve Trust Co. develops and delivers application programming interface for financial industries. The firm offers independent custody and trust management services. The company was founded by Geoffrey Rempel, Dennis Gingold and Justin Guilder is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.

Amplifier is an American ecommerce fulfillment company that provides services to hundreds of leading brands. The private company offers instant signup and shipping to over 200 countries, making personalized and branded order fulfillment easy for their clients.

Ardent Venture Partners LLC (Ardent Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Phil L. Bronner and Philip Richard Herget. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Scale Venture Capital Management Group LLC (Scale Venture Capital) is a accelerator/incubator firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri.

Converge Insurance LLC provides cyber insurance claims and risk management solutions. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 2021 by Anthony Dagostino, Steven Petrevski. Anthony Dagostino has been the CEO since 2021.

Devstride Corp. provides SaaS-based strategic project and portfolio management solutions. The company is based in Kansas City, MO. The company was founded by Philip Reynolds, Kujtim Hoxha, Aaron Saloff, Chastin Reynolds. Philip Reynolds has been the CEO since incorporation.