Connie Lee Schiefer

Catalina Marketing Corp. provides consumer-driven marketing solutions to brand manufacturers, retailers and health providers. It offers in-store, mobile, and digital brand building solutions that enable consumer and retail brands to build its online, social media, and loyalty programs to acquire consumers for new and established brands. The company was founded by Tom Mindrum, Michael O'Brien, George W. Off, Mike Scroggie and Brian Yeatman in 1983 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

The Ketera Network TM transforms business buying and selling by integrating an enterprise-class spend management solution and an active community of 250,000 business buyers and suppliers that have transacted over $4 billion in spend and actively collaborate to improve results. Using the Ketera Network, the procurement organization can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their entire source-to-pay process with its enterprise-class spend management capabilities that includes sourcing, contract management, procurement, invoicing and spend analytics. In addition, the Network's supplier discovery and marketing tools help suppliers grow their business and enable buying organizations find better suppliers. Finally, its network-level analytics enable buying organizations and suppliers to benchmark and improve their business strategies. By simultaneously delivering considerable cost savings for buyers and new business opportunities for suppliers, the Ketera Network represents the next generation of business applications that benefit from a strong community multiplier effect. Ketera is located in San Jose, CA. The company has blue chip investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Foundation Capital, Integral Capital Partners, Emergence Capital Partners, and American Express.

Edge Dynamics, Inc. provides channel commerce management solutions to the life sciences industry. It also provides strategic consulting, software deployment, and follow-on services. The company was founded by Henry Olson, John McGrory and Gregg Kasten in 2002 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Bella Pictures, Inc. provides photography services. Its services include wedding photography, video, albums, photos, and packages. The company was founded by Tom Kramer, John Kringas, George A. White and Jennifer Lefcourt in 2003 and is headquartered in Huntington Valley, PA.

DreamBox Learning, Inc. develops online learning products. It offers a groundbreaking combination of intelligent adaptive learning, rigorous elementary mathematics curriculum, and motivating learning environment. The firm's adaptive learning platform enables classroom teachers, schools, and districts to differentiate instruction for a range of learners by engaging students in independent instruction and practice. It has offices in North Carolina and Washington. The company was founded by Benjamin W. Slivka and Lou Gray in February 2006 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

SRI International provides contract research and development services. It is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of Nestlé SA, Nestle Beverage Co. makes chocolate and confectionery products. The company is based in Jacksonville, IL.

Conformia Software, Inc. provides product conformance management software solutions for life sciences and beverage alcohol processing industries. The company was founded by Anjali R. Kataria and Neil Kataria in July 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

InsideView Technologies, Inc. provides customer relationship management solutions for sales, marketing, and accounting management. Its solutions deliver company and contact information such as business insights and professional connections to increase sales and marketing productivity. The firm also offers InsideView API, a platform that direct access to the InsideView Open Platform connecting applications to data and insights. The company was founded by Umberto Milleti in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

CalStar Products, Inc. develops and manufactures building products. It offers products that are designed to reduce the energy and carbon dioxide footprint of its clients projects and incorporate recycled materials. The company was founded by Marc U. Porat in 2006 and is headquartered in Racine, WI.

Skycure Ltd. develops firewalls software for mobile devices. Its solutions include mobile threat defense, Skycure for AirWatch, MobileIron and Citrix. The firm's solution is built from the ground up to accommodate the new characteristics of the mobile era, enabling seamless, system-wide and cross-platform protection for all mobile devices-wherever they are, whatever they do. The company was founded by Adi Sharabani and Yair Amit in May 2012 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

PeerSpace, Inc. operates as a online marketplace that connects professionals and businesses. Its activities include film & photo shoots, offsite meeting, product launches and charity events. The company was founded by Matt Bendett and Raymond Chammas in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mya Systems, Inc. operates an employment portal online. It specialises in online and college recruiting, and candidate and job search. The company was founded by Eyal Grayevsky and James Maddox in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Respond Software, Inc. develops enterprise-scale security software. The firm offers Respond Analyst, a self-driving security operations center SOC that automatically diagnoses and escalates incidents in the areas of an expert system. The company was founded by Mike Armistead, Chris Calvert and Robert Hipps in 2016 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Convivialité Ventures LLC (Convivialité Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Pernod Ricard SA founded in 2017 by Stephane Longuet and Brandon Yahn. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Mach49 LLC operates as a growth incubator. It focuses on accelerating and development of venture workforce inside large corporations. The company was founded by Linda Yates and Maxim Ermilov is headquartered in Portola Valley, CA.