Dean Neese

Shape Security, Inc. engages in the provision of website security solutions. The firm offers Shape Defense, Shape Enterprise Defense, BlackFish, API defense, and manual-attack defense. The company was founded by Derek Smith, Justin Call, and Sumit Agarwal in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Triple Reach, Inc., Various, Inc. (Japan) designs and produces educational DVDs and software. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. Various, Inc. (Japan was acquired by Triple Reach, Inc. on September 14, 2004 for $8.14 million.

Trinsum Group, Inc. provides management consulting services. It provides services in the areas of strategy, execution, organic growth, growth through acquisition, productivity and risk management. The company was founded by James M. McTaggart in 1978 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

At Smarterville, they believe that every child loves to learn, so they focus on nurturing that thirst for knowledge with products that are fun, effective, and easy to use. They respond to a child's natural curiosity and support families and teachers as they help children improve reading, math, and study skills. They celebrate every success so learning becomes a positive cycle that kids will love to repeat again and again. They meet all children at their level, engage their imaginations, and help them climb to the next level step by step. Every achievement ends in a celebration of success, an elevation of confidence, and an increase in self-esteem. As children master reading and math skills, they also lay the foundation for a lifetime of learning. It's their goal to make a difference in children's lives by making learning fun and easy. That's why they have brought together a dedicated team of parents, leading educators, interactive designers, writers, and artists. By collaboration, research, and testing, they continually develop innovative products and systems that teach children not only to learn but also to love learning. Smarterville is backed by Sterling Partners, a leading private equity firm with over 25 years of experience partnering with companies to build market-leading businesses and generate superior returns. With approximately $4 billion of assets under management, Sterling invests growth capital in industries with positive, long-term trends and provides ongoing support to management through a dedicated team of industry veterans, operators, strategy experts and human capital professionals. Sterling Partners is a leader in education, healthcare and business services and is co-headquartered in Chicago and Baltimore.

Qubole, Inc. develops a cloud-based data platform for analyzing and processing data sets. It offers technical support, education and training, and product and documentation. The company was founded by Ashish Thusoo and Joydeep Sen Sarma in 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Kinetica DB, Inc. develops solutions that tracks and analyze terrorist and other national security threats in real time. Its product, GPU database, provides a range of methods such as write queries in SQL, use with popular BI tools, full text search, user defined functions, geospatial operations, and visualization pipeline to perform analytics with large datasets on a single converged platform. The company was founded by Amit Vij and Nima Negahban in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Filevine, Inc. provides project management solutions. The firm offers legal case management and corporate legal software. The company was founded by Jonathan E. Ord, Ryan Anderson, James Blake and Nathan Morris in 2014 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.