Jonathon Ilett

Vitria Technology, Inc. develops software platforms for real time e-business. It offers VIA IoT analytics platform, IoT analytics paaS, operational intelligence and businessware as products. It provides enterprise application integration software that works to integrate dissimilar software platforms and computer hardware with the Internet. The company was founded by JoMei Chang and Dale Skeen in 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Invesco Canada Ltd. is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1981 and formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd. and as AIM Funds Management, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) in the US. Invesco Canada primarily provides investment advice to the Canadian Funds. In addition, the firm provides investment advice to investment companies, charitable organizations, pension plans, endowments, charities and corporations, banks, pooled investment vehicles, provincial or municipal government entities and insurance companies.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Canada) (BMO Capital Markets-Canada) is the Canadian brokerage arm of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service financial services provider in the US. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a subsidiary of BMO Asset Management, Inc., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, BMO Capital Markets-Canada provides full-service, institutional brokerage services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the world.

Stylitics, Inc. operates an insights and analytics platform that provides a live, interactive view into the full cycle of clothing choices by consumers. Its platform provides outfit technology, customer insights, chatbots, and closet space application. The company was founded by Rohan Deuskar and Zach Davis in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Digital Arbitrage, Inc. develops enterprise scale cloud and subscription based internet applications for the hospitality industry. The company was founded by Richard Castle, Adam Harris and Phillip Kopp in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd. (Sprucegrove) is an independent, Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1993 by three individuals (Peter Clark, Ian Fyfe and John Watson), who had worked together for 15 years in investment operations at Confederation Life Insurance Co. (Confed). Sprucegrove provides discretionary advisory services to private investment funds and to separately managed accounts, which includes in the capacity as sub-adviser to third party funds.

CIBC World Markets, Inc. is a full-service Canadian brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1961 and is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE, NYSE: CM). CIBC World Markets provides alternative investment managers with premier prime brokerage that brings together trade execution, reporting, research and capital introduction with a view to enhancing efficiencies and profitability.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (Broker) (NBF-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of National Bank Financial, Inc., a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF-Broker provides retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties. The firm has a substantial presence in all regions of Canada, as well as operations in the US and Europe.

TD Securities, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE, TSE: TD). TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients. Their services also include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The firm’s equity group provides research coverage of various sectors. Their fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, US and European debt issuers and investors.

Part of Infor, Inc., Confer Software, Inc. provides eBusiness process management (eBPM) software infrastructure, tools and applications. The company is based in San Carlos, CA. Confer Software was acquired by Xcare.Net, Inc. on June 20, 2001 for $6.39 million.

Pender Private Equity Fund Management Inc (Pender Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of PenderFund Capital Management Ltd founded in 1994 by John Kelly Edmison. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with an office in Ontario.

Greycroft LLC is a private equity & venture capital firm founded by Alan J. Patricof, Dana R. Settle and Ian Sigalow. The firm is headquartered in New York. They also have an office in Los Angeles, California.

Canoe Financial LP (Canoe) is an independent, Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The firm was founded by Michael Chernoff in 2008. Canoe offers a variety of mutual fund and closed-end investment products that are designed to build wealth for Canadian investors.

Evolv, Inc. operates as a predictive analytics software company. The firm specializes in big data predictive analytics and machine learning to optimize the performance of global hourly workforces. Its SaaS-based analytics platform delivers actionable decision support throughout the employee lifecycle. The company was founded in 2006 by Jim Meyerle and Max Simkoff and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MindTouch, Inc. engages in provision of commercial, mobile-ready, and cloud-delivered web platform for knowledge collaboration and multi-channel delivery of customer support documentation. Its solutions include content marketing, customer success, knowledge management, product documentation, sales enablement, self-service, and user experience solutions. The company was founded by Steve Bjorg and Aaron Roe Fulkerson in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Optimizely, Inc. operates as a web optimization platform. Its solutions include marketing, engineering, retail, travel, and finance. The company was founded by Peter Koomen and Dan Siroker in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, 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.

PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. (Pender) is an independent, value-based mutual fund firm headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The firm was founded by J. Kelly Edmison in 2003. Pender manages a range of funds for various types of clients.

Zingle, Inc. provides a messaging platform that helps businesses communicate with customers. The company was founded by Ford Blakely in 2009 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

PeakSpan Capital Management LLC (PeakSpan Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Philip R. Dur, Brian Mulvey, and Matt Melymuka. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Cyara, Inc. provides customer experience solutions. The firms products include accelerator, cruncher, pulse, and velocity. It offers academy, consulting and support services. The company was founded by Alok Kulkarni, Bonny Malik and Luan Tran and is headquartered in Hawthorn, Australia.

JRNI Ltd. engages in the development of software for online booking services. Its services include applications for appointment scheduling, events management, queue management, call center, and insights with scheduling engine. The company was founded by Glenn Shoosmith and Gregory Bockenstette in 2008 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Lead Forensics, Inc. provides business to business software for turbo-charged lead generation. The company was founded by Paul Thomas in 2009 and is headquartered in Atlanta GA.

Rallyware, Inc. develops workforce engagement platform. It offers Rallyware for Direct Selling that enables direct selling companies to onboard, train, and motivate their independent distributors in the field and Rallyware for Human Resources. The company was founded by George Elfond, Mykhaylo Kostandov and Eugene Feldman and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cordial Experiences, Inc. engages in providing platform to help marketers observe and analyze customer behaviors and messaging in real-time across any channel and device. It captures brand interaction and automatically generate individual messaging. The company was founded by David Baker, Adam Gillespie, Chris McGreal and Jeremy Swift and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Luma Health, Inc. helps healthcare providers match patients to unfilled appointments. The company was founded by Tashfeen Ekram, Adnan R. Iqbal and Aditya Bansod and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Salonkee SA engages in providing online beauty-appointment bookings platform. The company was founded by Tom Michels, Andre Stehle and Alexandre Claro in 2016 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc. (Stifel Canada) is a Canadian broker-dealer subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) in the US. Headquartered in Toronto, Stifel Canada provides institutional sales and trading to corporate clients and institutional investors. The firm also offers a much broader suite of products and services, while remaining the same group of dedicated professionals serving Canadian capital markets.

GoAnimate, Inc. is a company that provides video animation software called Vyond. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. The software allows businesses to create videos for various purposes such as training and brand storytelling. GoAnimate was founded in 2007 by Alvin Hung and the CEO is Gary Lipkowitz.

Oaky B V operates as a commission-free upselling platform which helps hotels maximize profit and enhance the guest experience. The company was founded by Toko Paddenburg, Erik Tengen and Lars Jonker and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherland.

Konnecto Top Tech Ltd. operates as an consumer intelligence platform. It offers automotive, CPG, financial, and insurance services. The company is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.