David M. Coit

North Atlantic Capital Corp. (North Atlantic Capital) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded by David Coit in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Maine.

Invoke Solutions, Inc. develops real-time collaborative research technologies. It is a custom market research provider that combines professional expertise with proprietary research technologies enabling innovative companies throughout the world to gain insight into their brand, product, communication and customer strategies. The firm focuses on every research engagement on driving specific business results by measuring, diagnosing, and prescribing all at the same time. The company was founded by Aharon Ronen Mizrahi and Amir Meir Weisenstern in 1999 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is a non-profit organization which focuses on the microbial life and biogeochemical dynamics of the world’s ocean, advancing society’s understanding of the interactions between ocean ecosystems, global processes, and the environment. It offers seawater suite, Bigelow analytical services, high performance computing cluster, and industrial collaboration laboratory. The company was founded by Charles S. Yentsch and Clarice Yentsch in July 1974 and is headquartered in East Boothbay, UT.

Academic Management Systems, Inc. develops a course evaluation software product. Its platform enables universities and schools to evaluate courses and faculty online. The company was founded by John Eisner on January 17, 2001 and is headquartered in Amherst, NY.

Springbot, Inc. develops an ecommerce marketing platform to small and medium businesses. It specializes in data, analytics, automation, email, and social media marketing. The company was founded by Brooks A. Robinson, Dave Armento, Allen Nance, and Joe Reger, Jr. in 2011 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Zignal Labs, Inc. delivers data-driven insights. It provides an online platform that monitors the online media space in real-time and delivers data-driven insights. The firm?s platform combines media monitoring and business intelligence to drive insights in various industries from corporate communications to politics and financial analysis. The company was founded by Josh Ginsberg, Adam Beaugh and James J. Hornthal in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

FitLinxx Inc. provides wellness applications, wireless activity monitors and health tracking devices. Its applications and devices motivates people to live active and healthy lifestyles. The firm focuses on developing wireless activity and health devices, software and integrated data services that make people to track and measure their daily activity levels, weight and blood pressure. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Shelton, CT.

The Small Business Investor Alliance is an association of senior investment professionals focused on the lower middle market. The non-profit company is based in Washington and was founded by Jonathan F. Wilson. The American company's public policy goals are focused on maintaining access to growth capital for small businesses to support economic growth and job creation. The company recommends policies to unleash more capital for job creation and economic growth, including encouraging investment in rural business investment companies and venture and growth capital.