Graham Forman

Kickboard, Inc. provides web-based school analytics platform for educators and school leaders. The firm helps establish performance-driven culture by enabling teachers to capture and share the mission-critical data that matter most to their school. It also facilitates communication and collaboration between teachers, administrators, and parents through its reporting tools. The company was founded by Jennifer Schnidman Medbery in July 2009 and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

The Ferguson Group LLC operates as a government relations consulting firm specializing in securing federal funding, authorizations, policy and regulatory changes for public sector, private sector and not-for profit clients. Its services include services advocacy, consulting, federal funding, grants, legislative and regulatory. The company was founded by William Ferguson Jr. in 1982 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

NMGF Management LLC (New Markets Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Mark Anthony Grovic and Robb Tyler Doub. The firm is headquartered in Fulton, Maryland.

Leeds Equity Partners LLC (Leeds Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1993 by Jeffrey T. Leeds and Bernstein Robert. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Leeds Illuminate Advisors Ltd (Leeds Illuminate) is a private equity firm founded by Susan E. Cates and Elizabeth Wills Chou. The firm is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. provides tools for application developers and database professionals. Its products include application development software, RAD studio, delphi, C++builder and interbase. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Data Systems International, Inc. develops software and provides technology consulting services. Its Mobile Platform includes DSI Cloud Platform, Data Collection, IoT & M2M, Integrations, Print Solutions and Hardware. The company was founded by Mike McGraw in July 1979 and is headquartered in Kansas City, KS.

SE2 LLC provides insurance as a service platform. It offers direct-to-consumer life products, life policy sales and service, cost structure, and operating costs of open blocks. The firm provides life and annuity carriers everything from insurance business process as a service (BPaaS) to complete third-party administrator services. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

UMB Bank, NA engages in provision of banking and financial services. It offers private wealth management, commercial, personal and business banking services. Its services include credit cards, overdraft enrollment, mortgages, loan calculator, investment tools, podcasts, and health savings accounts. The company was founded on August 28, 1902 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

The Gladstone Cos., Inc. operates as an alternative asset manager and provider of other administrative and financial services. Its funds invest in a diverse range of alternative strategies, including private debt, private equity, real estate and natural resource real assets. The company was founded by David Gladstone and Terry Lee Brubaker on December 7, 2009 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Oust Labs, Inc. provides educational information services. Its platform helps students excel in examinations. The company was founded by Shrikant Latkar and Prabhakar Kulkarni in January 2015 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

Pragya Systems Corp. provides educational services. It offers uniform ways for information to travel to students struggling to feel connected, relevant and moving toward employment and careers. The firm also provides higher education, individuals manage banking, travel, shopping, news, communications and social interactions through user-focused web-based data-rich solutions. The company was founded by Ramji Raghavan and Ajay Sharda and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Illuminate Management LLC (Illuminate Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Cindy B. Padnos. The firm is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Learning Equality is a non-profit ed-tech organization that aims to provide quality education to every individual in the world. The American company supports the creation, adaptation, and distribution of open educational resources and develop free tools for innovative pedagogy.

The Concord Consortium, Inc. provides on-line information and Web hosting services to the education industry. The company was founded by Bob Tinker in 1994 and is headquartered in Concord, MA.

Cisco Air Systems, Inc. provides industrial air compressor sales, service and support. Its products include new and used air compressors, air treatment, parts and accessories, air and electric tools. The firm offers services that include engineering services, financing, fluid handling, installations, lifting and materials handling services. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

Charter School Growth Fund offers educational options for under-served students. It provides financing, business planning support, coaching and other resources that portfolio members require to build networks of high-performing schools. The firm invests philanthropic capital in the nation's highest performing charter school operators to dramatically expand their impact on underserved students. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Broomfield, CO.

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.

NewSchools Venture Fund provides funds to other non-profit organization that improves public education. It provides education through powerful ideas and passionate entrepreneurs so that all children especially those in underserved communities have the opportunity to succeed. It supports education entrepreneurs, a special breed of innovators who create new nonprofit and for-profit organizations that redefine the sense of what is possible in public education. The company was founded by Brook H. Byers, Kim Smith and Louis John Doerr in and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

TeachFX, Inc. operates a tool that gives teachers feedback on the dialogue that?s happening in the classrooms. The company was founded by Jamie Poskin and Berk Coker in 2017 and is headquartered in Dover, DE.

Brilliant Worldwide, Inc. provides online software that connects students to discuss and solve mathematics and physics problems. The company was founded by Sam Solomon, Silas Hundt and Suyeon Khim in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Tales2go, Inc. provides audio books for early childhood programs and primary schools. Its products can be installed in laptops and mobile devices issued and available to both students and teachers. The company was founded by William Weil and Tracey Weil in 2009 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Ellevation, Inc. operates as a software company. The firm focuses on the needs of english language learners and the professionals that serve them. It offers ESLReps, an administrative and data management software tool that helps ELL coordinators and teachers capture a range of data specifically related to English language learners and enables the generation of reports that enhance communication among ELL and classroom teachers. The company was founded by Jordan Meranus and Teddy Rice in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Holberton, Inc. provides project-based and peer learning services for computer science and software engineering students. It offers a two-year higher education program which includes training, internship, and onsite or remote study in a specialization of chosen field. The company was founded by Julien Barbier and Sylvain Kalache in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.