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Insight Venture Management LLC (Insight Venture Partners) is a private equity/ venture capital subsidiary of Insight Holdings Group LLC founded in 1995 by Jeffrey L. Horing and Jerry Fred Murdock. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Blackboard, Inc. provides software applications and related services to the education industry. The firm offers recruitment, student success, and consulting services. Its services are utilized by academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, and universities. The company was founded by Michael L. Chasen, Daniel E. Cane, Stephen Gilfus and Matthew L. Pittinsky in 1997 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Healthcaresource HR, Inc. develops talent management software for the healthcare industry. Its software tools help healthcare organizations acquire, develop and retain the best workforce possible in order to improve the patient and resident experience. The firm's cloud-based talent management solutions include applicant tracking, behavioral assessments, reference checking, employee performance, compensation, competency and learning management, and eLearning courseware. The company was founded by Stephen F. Ludwig in 1989 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Booknook, Inc. operates an educational platform, which combines texts and standards-based curriculum to support fact-to-face learning. It offers multi screen in person experience, support for tablets and chromebooks, adaptative, algorithm driven learning plans and realtime reporting at the student, classroom and school. The company was founded by Michael Lombardo in 2016 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Desmos, Inc. develops a platform for building and sharing educational content. It offers graphing calculator, a browser based math software which is used by students, teachers, researchers, and general math enthusiasts. The firm provides other software that runs in any browser, offering virtual whiteboard capability for remote, real time collaboration, teaching and tutoring and software that permits tutoring companies to manage their resources and client interactions. The company was founded in 2007 by Eli Luberoff and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Prevalent, Inc. provides software services. Its products include vendor risk manager, vendor threat monitor and vendor assess. The firm offers services such as security, IT compliance and 3rd party risk management. The company was founded by Norman W. Menz, III and Jonathan Dambrot in January 2004 and is headquartered in Warren, NJ.

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.

Relay Ventures (Relay Ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1996 by Kevin Talbot and John L. Albright. The firm is headquartered in Toronto with additional office in Menlo Park.

PeopleGrove, Inc. develops platform for students to discover and connect with alumni and professionals. Its platform provides solutions to connect with mentors, adviser, and network including visual directory and networking, formal and speed monitoring, recommendation algorithm, multiple matching methods, built-in video chat, calendar integration, and adviser appointments and tracking. The company was founded by Adam Saven and Reilly Davis on June 3, 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Seesaw Learning, Inc. provides educational services. The company was founded by Carl Philip Sjogreen, Charles Lin, and Adrian Graham in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Outschool, Inc. operates an online platform that enables users to find and book in-person learning activities for kids. It is a community marketplace of classes for kids. The company was founded by Amir Nathoo, Nick Grandy and Mikhail Seregine in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Stellic, Inc. provides short term educational courses for students to plan their semesters. The company was founded by Sabih Bin Wasi, Rukhsar Neyaz, and Jiyda Moussa and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

FairMarkIT, Inc. develops a platform that accelerates the bid-to-buy process through streamlined sourcing, vendor identification, and automated quoting. The company was founded by Kevin Frechette, Tarek Alaruri, and Victor Kushch in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Derivita, Inc. builds computer algebra system for education. It specializes in math, higher education, assessment testing, javascript, java, and google closure compiler. The company was founded by Devlin Daley and Ryan Brown in 2017 and is headquartered in Sandy, UT.

WriteLab, Inc. operates as an online writing tool company. It offers objective, and constructive responses to any writer's prose. The company was founded by Frank D. Yeary, Matthew Ramirez and Donald A. McQuade in 2013 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

New Schools Capital LLC (New Schools Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Shauntel Poulson and Jennifer Carolan. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

FreshGrade Education, Inc. provides free web and mobile based applications. It collaborates between parents, teachers, and students through digital portfolios. The company was founded in 2011 by Steve Wandler, Lane Merrifield and Mark Payne and is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada.

Tricentis Americas, Inc. develops and provides testing management solutions to the software publishing sector. Its qTest platform streamlines software testing in agile and DevOps environments and centralizes testing efforts across the enterprise. The company was founded by Josh Lieberman and Vu Lam in 2010 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Keeper Security, Inc. develops password management and digital vault software. It protects protect businesses and consumers from cyber theft. The company was founded by Darren Guccione, Harper Reed, and Craig Lurey and is headquartered in Chiacgo, IL.

KF Parent, Inc. functions as an investment holding private company. The company is based in New York, NY.

Coreview, Inc. operates as a Microsoft 365 management platform that helps IT teams maximize the value of Microsoft 365. The private company is based in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2014 by David Mascarella and Ivan Fioravanti. Shawn Lankton has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

ClassTag, Inc. provides mobile application that helps teachers to communicate and coordinate with parents. The firm's application enable automatic translation and automatic conversion to email or text based on preference. The company was founded by Vlada Lotkina and Jason G. Olim in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Starlight Ventures Management LLC (Starlight Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Patricia Halfen Wexler and Matias Mosse. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Tricentis USA Corp. operates as a provider of software testing services. Its products include Tricentis qtest, osca, livecompare, analytics and flood. The firm offers solutions for enterprise apps and integrations. It also provides consultancy and support services. The company was founded by Wolfgang Platz and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

RF Parent, Inc. provides technology services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

CloudBolt Software, Inc. develops software and provides information technology services. The firm specializes in cloud management platform, hybrid cloud, end-user server management, public cloud, virtualization, automation, speed IT deployments and end user self-service IT. The company was founded by Alexandre Augusto da Rocha, Bernard Sanders, Williams E. Schell and John Menkart in September 2012 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Tricentis GmbH engages in the provision of enterprise software testing solutions. Its products include Tricents qTest, Tricentis Tosca, tricentis Flood, and Tricentis LiveCompare. The company was founded by Wolfgang Platz and Franz Fuchsberger in 1997 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Armis, Inc. develops internet of thing security services. It offers services to the entrprise, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, retail, and smart cities industries. The company was founded by Yevgeny Dibrov, Nadir Izrael and Tomer Schwartz in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Part of Akamai Technologies, Inc., Noname Gate, Inc. is a privately held company that specializes in API security. The company is based in San Jose, CA. Noname Gate takes a proactive approach to API security, covering the entire API security scope across four pillars: discovery, posture management, runtime security, and API security testing. The company works with 20% of the Fortune 500 and aim to eliminate the challenges of API sprawl and the threat of API security attacks. Noname Gate offers a powerful and easy-to-use API platform that helps enterprises deploy APIs at the speed of business while protecting them in real-time and detecting vulnerabilities and misconfigurations before they are exploited. The company was founded in 2020 by Oz Golan and Shay Levi. Oz Golan has been the CEO since 2020. Noname Gate was acquired by Akamai Technologies, Inc. on June 25, 2024 for $450 million.

Callpod, Inc. designs and sells consumer electronic products and software solutions. Its products include mobile headsets, phones, electronics chargers and adapters through brands Chargepod, Dragon and Phoenix. The company was founded in 2001 by Darren S. Guccione and Craig Lurey and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Perimeter 81 Ltd. engages in the provision of cloud-based network and remote access services. Its products include Zero Trust Application Access, Zero Trust Network Access, Software-Defined Perimeter, and Business VPN Alternative. The company was founded by Amit Bareket and Sagi Gidali on March 11, 2013 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Keyfactor, Inc. provides information security consulting services. Its solutions include business solutions, Internet of things (IoT) security, infrastructure optimization, workforce agility, outage prevention, and data security policy and governance. The company was founded by Kevin von Keyserling and Ted Shorter in 2001 and is headquartered in Independence, OH.

EdSurge, Inc. operates website for educators, entrepreneurs and investors involved in education technology. The company was founded by Elizabeth Corcoranin, Nick Punt, Bowman Matt and Agustin Vilaseca in 2011 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Education Elements, Inc. provides educational services. The firm helps schools design the learning solutions for them and works side by side with leaders and teachers to embed online content and data into daily instruction. The company was founded by Anthony Kim in 2010 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Socrative, Inc. develops student response system for mobile devices. It offers a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops and tablets. The company was founded by Amit Maimon, Benjamin Berte and Michael West in 2010 and is headquartered in Edmonton, AB.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.