Greg Sands

Merced Systems, Inc. developed sales performance and service performance management software. The company was founded by Mark Selcow and Matthew Glickman in 2001 and was headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Nexxo Financial Corp. provided money transfer solutions for consumers. The firm focused on payments from the U.S. to Latin America. It offered a turn-key, multi-product and omni-channel solution for the delivery of alternative financial services (money transfers, cheque cashing, money orders, bill payment, prepaid card servicing and reloads, and mobile top-ups,). The company was founded by David R. Alvarez and Mitchell A. Shapiro in 2003 and was headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

New Aurora Corp. provides communication software solutions. The company was founded on April 11, 1994 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Authentic Response, Inc. provides sampling, survey programming and data reporting services to market research and consulting firms. It offers a complete spectrum of data collection tools ranging from sample sources, survey programming and fielding, to report automation and data dashboards. The firm operates through its offices located in Los Angeles, Munich, New Delhi, New York, Perrysburg, Warwick and Westport. The company was founded in 1998 by Christopher M. Goglia and is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Connection Engine, Inc. used to provide new digital marketing solutions. It developed digital marketing technologies to help companies understand and reach their most valuable customers. The company was founded by Eric Kirby in March 2010 and was headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Guardian Analytics Inc.e ngages in the provision of behavior-based fraud prevention solutions for financial institutions. It offers enterprises banks and brokerage, community banks and credit unions, friction-right digital banking solutions. The company was founded by Tom Miltonberger and Craig Priess in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Inflection.com, Inc. owns and operates a family history website and a people search engine. Its website aggregates records, including birth records, obituaries, census records, and immigration and passenger lists, as well as makes them available to users through brands. The firm’s search engine aggregates contact information, public records, and social networking profiles in a way that respects privacy. The company was founded by Matthew Monahan and Brian Monahan in 2006 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Demandbase, Inc. operates as a platform for business to business marketers. The firm provides business to business marketing cloud services, advertisement, measurement, personalization, conversion, and consulting services. The company was founded by Christopher J. Golec in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

VictorOps, Inc. develops and operates a platform for developers to manage their software systems. The firm offers an incident management software that aligns log management, monitoring, chat tools, and more, for a single-pane of glass into system health. The company was founded by Todd H. Vernon, Bryce L. Ambraziunas, and Dan Jones in 2012 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

LinkSmart, Inc. provided software solutions for publishers. The firm provided an online marektplace for publishers to trade links that refer and drive audience traffic between them. The company was founded by Peter A. Sheinbaum in 2009 and was headquartered in Boulder, CO.

VoloMedia is the leading provider of advertising and reporting solutions for portable media, extending the reach of video and audio from the PC to devices such as smartphones (e.g., BlackBerry, iPhone, Android), media players (e.g., iPod, Touch) and set-top boxes (e.g., AppleTV, Vudu) whether connected or offline. VoloMedia's products and technologies enable dynamic advertising insertion, targeting, measurement, reporting, and campaign management within RSS-based portable video and audio. In doing so, VoloMedia enables media companies to distribute, track and monetize episodic, premium content by reaching portable media users. VoloMedia also enables advertisers to target high-value consumers in this new media and track advertisements displayed online or offline. VoloMedia's products and services are utilized by some of the largest and most well known media companies, including ABC, Fox, G4tv (Comcast Entertainment Group), MSNBC, Public Radio International, and Washington Post/Newsweek International. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and is funded by Sutter Hill Ventures. VoloMedia is a founding member of the Association for Downloadable Media (ADM), and has received or filed for twelve patents related to its technology platform.

StackHawk, Inc. engages in the development of security software for DevOps teams. It focuses on enabling engineers to find and remediate security problems in development and production through scanning, documentation, and remediation. The company was founded by Scott Gerlach, Ryan Severns, and Joni Klippert in July 2019 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Aquabyte, Inc.develops computer vision and machine learning software for fish farming. The company was founded by Bryton Shang in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Alation, Inc. engages in the development of an enterprise data accessibility platform. It offers collaborative analytics, data search and discovery, and data governance solutions. The company was founded by Satyen Sangani, Venkatesh Ganti, Feng Niu, and Aaron Kalb in 2012 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Quizlet, Inc. provides educational services. It develops and builds learning tools for students and teachers worldwide. The firm's tools are uses by various students from grade school to graduate school and language learners to vocational students allowing them to improve their performance at any level. It also provides tools for teachers to engage their students with their flashcards, tests, quizzes, and study games. The company was founded by Andrew Sutherland in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bugcrowd, Inc. provides crowdsourced security for mobile applications. It offers security testing solutions for Web applications, APIs and Webservices, SaaS applications, various types of Websites, and customer premise products; mobile apps, such as iOS, Android, and more; and charities and not-for-profits. The firm provides security testing solutions through a Crowdcontrol system. The company was founded by Casey Ellis, Sergei Belokamen and Chris Raethke in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

Highnote Platform, Inc. is a financial technology company that provides a modern card issuer processor and program management platform. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded in 2020 by John MacIlwaine and Kin Kee. The platform streamlines the entire card issuance process, from building integration to operating at scale, and offers a white-label solution to build a unique brand experience. Highnote's GraphQL API and capabilities such as notifications and SDKs enable teams to bring a card product to market quickly. John MacIlwaine has been the CEO since 2020.

Roadster, Inc. is a holding company which operates an online car shopping website. It allows users to search, save, and compare, and purchase brand-new cars. It also offers delivery services to its customers. The company was founded by Andrew Moss, Rudi Thun, Christopher Gross, Mike Lenz, Vincent Lo, Trey Matteson, Elsa Kawai, Mika Kozma, and Kevin Whitley in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Inflection Risk Solutions LLC delivers screening products to empower companies. Its solutions include goodhire and safedecision application programming interface. It specializes in identity protection, employment screening and identity verification. The company was founded by Brian Monahan in 2006 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Kenna Security, Inc. provides vulnerability threat management platform. The firm’s products include Kenna.VM, Kenna.AppSec and Kenna.VI. It specializes in vulnerability management, vulnerability intelligence, threat management and information security. The company was founded by Jeffrey P. Heuer and Edward T. Bellis in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Focal Systems, Inc. builds computer vision applications for retail and consumer packaged goods companies. The company was founded by Francois Chaubard, Adriano Quiroga and Michael Cantalino and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Stitch Labs, Inc. engages in the provision of software products and services. It provides trainings, 3PL integration service, accelerator consulting service, and migration services. The company was founded by Obrien Willo, Brandon Levey, Jake Gasaway, and Michelle Laham in January 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Kepler Communications, Inc. operates as a satellite communications company. It establishes an in-space telecommunications network for space-borne assets. The firm offers global data services such as augment existing systems, backwards compatible, and pole-to-pole coverage. The company was founded by Mina Mitry, Mark Michael, Wen Cheng Chong, Samer Bishay and Jeffrey R. Osborne in 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, CA.

Directly, Inc. provides customer support services. It integrates with helpdesk & community software including desk, Jive, Lithium, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Zendesk. The firm makes on-demand business apps. Directly was founded by Antony Brydon, Jeff Patterson and Jean Tessier in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Aserto, Inc. provides cloud-native authorization as a service for developers. The company is based in Redmond, WA and was founded by Gert Drapers and Omri Gazitt, with Omri Gazitt serving as CEO since incorporation. The company's service allows for the addition of fine-grained RBAC, ABAC, or ACL to applications in under a day. Aserto enables centralized management of access control logic across microservices and APIs, allowing for control of access to applications based on dynamic user attributes, resource attributes, and environmental attributes.

SGNL.AI, Inc. is a company that specializes in access management for cloud applications and on-prem systems. SGNL is based in Palo Alto, CA and is backed by top security technology investors. The company's unique authorization technology eliminates standing access to critical systems, reducing the potential impact of a breach. Enterprises and mid-market companies are turning to SGNL to reduce their identity attack surfaces. The company was founded in 2021 by Gustavson Erik and Scott Kriz, with Scott Kriz serving as the CEO.