Kevin Ferguson

Dell, Inc. engages in the manufacture of electronic devices. Its products include laptops, desktops, tablets, thin clients, printers, monitors, software, workstations and accessories. The company was founded by Michael Saul Dell on February 1, 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.

Wells Fargo Financial LLC provides financial services. It offers real estate-secured lending, automobile financing, consumer and private-label credit cards and commercial services to consumers and businesses. The firm serves industries and government entities through different stores in the U.S. and Canada. The company was founded by Jacob Levitt in 1897 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

Connected Corp. provides storage software solutions. Its solutions help to protect and centrally manage data from PCs, windows servers, email systems, while eliminating costs burdens associated with capturing and recovering distributed data. The company was founded in October, 1995 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Discover Bank provides commercial banking services. The firm provides deposit, money market, and individual retirement accounts. It also offers home and personal loans. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in New Castle, DE.

PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

SAP Fieldglass provides human capital management software technology and services. It offers SaaS platform to procure and manage contingent workers, services such as Statement of Work projects, independent contractors, and specialized talent pools. The company was founded by Jai Shekhawat in November 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

MessageOne, Inc. provides disaster recovery and crisis communication solutions. Its email management service provides comprehensive email archiving, storage management and e-discovery with the total continuity and recovery only available from a managed service. The company was founded by Adam R. Dell and Satin H. Mirchandani in 1998 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Transactis, Inc. provides electronic bill presentment and payment solutions. It offers BillerIQ and DocumentIQ solutions. The firm transforms traditional paper billing and payment processing by enabling businesses of all sizes to replace paper bills, statements, invoices, payments and documents with digital alternatives. The company was founded by Thomas L. Kohn, Joseph Proto, and Jeffrey Greenberg in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc. (GCIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Rye, New York. The firm was founded in 1985 and was formerly known as Gabelli Securities, Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: AC), ultimately held by GAMCO Investors, Inc. GCIA acts as an investment adviser, either directly or on a sub-advisory basis, to private investment partnerships, offshore pooled investment vehicles, and separately managed accounts (SMAs).

Credant Technologies, Inc. engages in the software development products. It provides comprehensive data protection platform that control, manage and protect laptops, desktops, removable media, smartphones, self encrypting drives and BitLocker. The company was founded by Robert Heard, Christopher D. Burchett and Andrew Kahl in 2001 and is headquartered in Addison, TX.

Switchfly LLC operates an ecommerce platform that provides a one-stop travel solutions for airlines, financial services companies, hotels, and other travel brands. It offers Switchfly packaging and Switchfly loyalty products to help firms grow revenue and increase customer loyalty. The company was founded by Heidi Vavul and Tina Fitch in 1997 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Veracode, Inc. engages in the provision of software security solutions. The firm offers greenlight, static analysis, software composition analysis, dynamic analysis, application security platform, developer training, and vendor application security testing. Its services include application security consulting, technical support, manual penetration testing, developer training, security program management, third-party security, and veracode services packages. The company was founded by Christopher Wysopal, Jeffrey Lyle Fagnan, Matthew P. Moynahan, Christien Rioux and Michael Pittenger in 2006 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Bill Me Later, Inc. provides online-payment services. It's a platform designed for purchasing on the web or over the phone using an open-end credit account. The company was founded by Gary Marino in 2000 and is headquartered in Timonium, Maryland.

PrecisionDemand provides on-demand business intelligence and marketing solutions. The firm is a marketing platform that leverages big data to provide insights and drive compelling efficiencies for its clients. It has taken television (TV) advertising from an unaccountable mass medium to a precise marketing channel that drives demand with predictive analytics. The company was founded by Jeremy Hyra, Keith Pool, Roberts Tyson in 2005 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

RetailNext, Inc. provides in-store analytics solutions. Its products include people counting and conversion, staffing optimization, shopper activity maps, display and window effectiveness, mobile in-store analytics, video management, guest WI-FI and personalization. The firm’s technology delivers comprehensive, real-time analytics that empowers worldwide retailers, shopping centers and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize in-store data. The company was founded in 2007 by Alexei Agratchev, Marlie Liu and Arun Nair and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

GlobeSet, Inc. supplies secure ePayment infrastructure services and products for buyers, sellers, and financial service providers. The company was founded by William Archibald in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Authoria, Inc. develops human capital management software solutions. Its products specific targets are recruiting, performance, incentives, salary, succession and communications. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

ComparisonMarket, Inc. provides on-line automobile insurance services. The company was founded by Louis Geremia and David Roush in 2000 and is headquartered in Solon, OH.

StarVest Partners LP invests in companies located in the United States with a revenues of USD 3 - 15 million. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of information technology, business services, and e-commerce. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements with an average initial investment size of USD 3 - 7 million. It acts as a lead investor, makes follow-on investments and also makes co-investments.

Newgistics, Inc. provides e-commerce services to retailers. It offers end-to-end e-commerce solutions that integrate every step in the order life cycle from customer acquisition through fulfilment, delivery and returns. The firm offers technology-enabled parcel logistics and related services to the rapidly growing e-commerce and direct-to-consumer retail industry. The company was founded in 1999 by Philip S. Siegel and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Dell Financial Services LLC provides financing solutions. It facilitates customer financing of products and services sold by Dell through consumer and small business revolving loans and fixed-term business loan and lease financing in North America and Europe. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

iCrossing, Inc. offers planning services. The company blends digital marketing services- including paid search, search engine optimization, Web development, social media, mobile, research and analytics - to create integrated digital marketing programs that engage consumers and drive ROI. It was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

AVP Management Services, Inc. (AVP Management Services) is a private equity/venture capital firm firm founded in 1979 by Joseph Charles Aragona, Ken Paul DeAngelis and Jeff C. Garvey. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Ceros, Inc. designs and markets interactive content experience. It operates as a cloud-based platform to create and manage marketing communications. The company was founded by Simon Berg, Brian Alvey, Craig Wood, Dominic Duffy, C.K. Sample III, Paul Fifield and Ryan Scheuermann in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New York Academy of Sciences is an independent, not-for-profit organization, which engages in the advancement of scientific research, education, and policy. The company was founded in 1817 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New York Angels, Inc (New York Angel) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Howard Morgan and David Rose. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Persado, Inc. provides digital marketing software services. It provides marketing software through a managed SaaS platform to enterprise and Internet consumer marketers in the telecom, financial services, retail, and gaming sectors. The firm develops and sells marketing persuasion technology, which uses data and software to determine the most effective marketing messages for multi-channel digital marketing strategies. The company was founded by Alex Vratskides, Assaf Baciu and Guy Krief in December 2012 and is headquartered in New York.

ideeli, Inc. provides online shopping services. It offers women's fashion apparel, beauty products, and accessories, as well as products for men and home. The company was founded by Mark Uhrmacher and Paul Hurley in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas connects high-impact companies in Central Texas with high-impact causes around the world. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.