Kent Keating

Panasas, Inc. develops storage solutions for technical applications and data workloads. The firm serves the bioscience, energy, finance, government, manufacturing, media, and university markets. The company was founded by Garth Gibson, Frederic Roy Carlson and William Courtright in 1999 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Ingenio LLC provides innovative community-based tools, proprietary web, voice, and mobile technologies. The firm offers a marketplace where advisors can conveniently communicate through mobile, online text chat, email about personal and career advice, health and wellness, education and training. The company was founded by Sean Van der Linden, Karl Jacob and Karl Jacob in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

eScreen, Inc. develops employment screening technology and web-based applications. It offers drugs-of-abuse screening and automated hiring program solution. The company was founded by Dr. Murray Lappe in 1998 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Penske Media Corp. engages in provision of digital media and information services. It offers digital media, publishing, and information services. It operates under the brand name of Veriety, WWD, Robb Report, BGR, IndieWire, RollingStone, BEAUTYINC, TVLine, and OMNYLYTICS. The company was founded by Jay C. Penske and Michael Ausiello in 2003 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Buffalo Angels LLC invests in companies located in the US, with the focus on Buffalo/Upstate New York and Southern Ontario. The fund focuses on companies operating across a wide range of sectors. It provides financing for seed stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging between $0.10 million and $0.25 million. It makes follow-on investments ranging from $0.10 million to $0.25 million and also makes co-investments.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

PROXIM is a firm specializing in occupational health and safety. The private company is based in Boucherville, Canada. The Canadian company's experienced advisers are recognized in business circles for the effectiveness of their interventions. The company provides services such as management of pricing, claims management, management of work accident prevention, management of prevention mutuals, and partner training. The company helps clients put in place the means that will allow them to prevent accidents, reduce their number, and lower the costs related to their management and settlement. and has subsidiaries in Canada.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with ten colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. It was founded in 1829 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

National Football League, Inc. operates as a professional American football league. It offers news, videos, teams, players, scores, schedules, stats, and standings for football. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ascentis Corp. engages in provision of human resources software, online payroll services, and human capital management solutions. It automates critical human resource and payroll processes such as full-scale benefits management, compliance, online open enrollment, time and attendance, real-time payroll processing, tax filing, applicant tracking, employee and manager self-service and reporting. The company was founded by David Snodgrass, Jody Snodgrass, and Dwight R. Matheny in 1994 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

WI Harper Group, Inc. (WI Harper) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Peter Liu. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in Beijing and Taipei.

Fortra LLC provides systems management, security, and business intelligence solutions. Its solutions include automation, monitoring, compliance, business intelligence, cybersecurity, and document management. The company was founded by Richard Jacobson in 1982 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Trintech, Inc. provides transaction reconciliation and payment infrastructure software solutions. Its portfolio of financial solutions include Cadency, Trintech Disclosure Management, ReconNET and T-Recs. The firm offers its solutions under the categories of account reconciliation, intercompany reconciliation, journal entry, close, compliance, disclosure & financial reporting and unclaimed property compliance. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Addison, TX.

Syndigo LLC engages in the development of a platform that provides product content, nutrition information, and digital media for brands, distributors, and retailers. It offers management, syndication, category management, guided selling experiences, shelf merchandising, and store design solutions. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.

Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA) is the largest pan-technology association in the world. The private company is based in Menlo Park, CA and has subsidiaries in China. The company builds a bridge for technology and entrepreneurship in Asia and America.

Rochester Angel Network, Inc. operates as a private investment group with an interest in investing in seed and early stage startup companies. It provides an accessible and efficient forum by which entrepreneurs can find potential investors, and investors can find deals of interest. The company was founded by Christine B. Whitman in 2005 and is headquartered in West Henrietta, NY.

Movidius, Inc. provides multimedia applications for mobile phones and other electronics. It designs compact, high-performance, ultralow power, multi-core, computational image-processor chips, software and development tools and reference designs, to revolutionize computational imaging and computer vision on mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and electronic eyewear. The company was founded by Paul Joseph Costigan, Sean Patrick Mitchell, David Macdara Moloney, and Valentin Muresan in 2005 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Insyte Consulting, Inc. provides business and management consulting services. Its services include technology road mapping, innovation engineering, new product development, entrepreneur assistance, small business innovation research funding, sales & marketing, export assistance, strategic planning, lean, six sigma, quality management systems, safety, information technology, energy and sustainability, and workforce development. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

WestSummit Capital Management Ltd (WestSummit Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with an additional office in Beijing.

Pulse 360, Inc. is engaged in providing advertising and publishing services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Healthline Media, Inc. engages in provision of online health information services. It provides topics about cancer, cold and flu, heart disease, menopause, pregnancy, and rheumatoid. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Perforce Holdings, Inc. operates in the technology industry. The company is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

Launch New York Inc (Launch New York) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.

Wolverine Topco, Inc. provides investing services. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Paragon Offshore Ltd. engages in the provision of offshore drilling services. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Markapital LLC provides investment services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY. The company was founded by Mark G. Barberio.