Robert H. Finley

Micro Focus (US), Inc. develops implements and supports proprietary, mixed source and open source software. Its solutions include visual cobol, terminal emulation, borland, corba and mainframe solutions. The firm helps to organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Provo, UT.

D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to several affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants.

Voltage Security, Inc. operates as a data protection provider which delivers data-centric encryption, tokenization, and key management solutions. The company was founded by Matt Pauker, Rishi Kacker, Dan Boneh and Guido Appenzeller in 2002 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

Right90 is a market leader in sales forecasting solutions. Right90 delivers a powerful suite of SaaS-based applications that enable companies to quickly and accurately generate a trusted sales forecast. By integrating with leading CRM and ERP systems, Right90 applications help companies optimize overall revenue performance. Right90 applications capture and consolidate enterprise-wide sales forecasts and provide robust analytics that expose trends and suggest targeted actions that enable business leaders to have confidence and trust in the forecast. Customers use Right90 applications to achieve higher revenue, greater margins and increased sales performance. Customers of Right90 range from innovators such as Mellanox to industry leaders such as Sharp Microelectronics. Sales forecasting is a mission critical business process that is key in the overall revenue generation process. Organizations relying on subjective and untrustworthy sales forecasts suffer from excess inventory, unshipped backlog, poor revenue execution, and financial performance.

Nortel Networks, Inc. provides digital network solutions and services. It offers end-to-end broadband, voice over Internet Protocol, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband technology solutions. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Voleon Capital Management LP, do-business as The Voleon Group (Voleon), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Berkeley, California. The firm was co-founded in 2007 by Michael Kharitonov and Jon McAuliffe. Voleon provides advisory services on a discretionary basis to pooled investment vehicles, which are private investment funds.

Nominum, Inc. provides web hosting services. It provides network-based solutions and applications powered by DNS and DHCP core engines. The company was founded by Paul Vixie, David R. Conrad and Paul V. Mockapetris in 1999 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Evernote Corp. develops applications for notes management. It offers mobile productivity apps, iPhone productivity apps, note taking apps, and personal task management apps. The company was founded by Stepan Alexandrovich Pachikov, Phil Libin and David Engberg in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Morgenthaler Management Corp (Morgenthaler Management) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1968 by David Morgenthaler. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California.

Functionize, Inc. engages in the development and operation of a complete test-automation solution. It offers a machine learning and artificial intelligence platform for software testing. Its products include test creation and execution, self-healing test maintenance, and performance and analytics. The company was founded by Tamas Cser and Raymond Grieselhuber in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Siperian, Inc. provides master data management software platforms. It helps companies unify critical data about customers, products and organizations that is fragmented across systems to deliver reliable, complete views of this data within existing business processes. The firm specializes in master data management enterprise software provider. The company was founded by Ken Hoang in 2000 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

AllBusiness.com, Inc. provides information for small businesses through the Internet. The firm offers resources including business forms, contracts and agreements, advice, blogs, business news, business directory listings, product comparisons, business guides, and small business association. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

Socrata, Inc. provides cloud solutions for open data and data-driven governments. Its products include capital projects explorer, citizen connect, insights dashboard, open finance, performance, perspectives and publica open data. The firm also offers financial insights, open data and citizen management, performance improvement and accountability solutions, blueprint and socrata support site services. The company was founded by Kevin Merritt in 2007 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Tigerconnect, Inc. provides secure mobile messaging services. It offers secure, real-time mobile messaging for the enterprise, empowering organizations to work more securely. The company serves healthcare, enterprise, personal and developers. The company was founded by Jeffrey Albert Evans, Andrew A. Brooks and Brad Brooks in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Heavybit LLC (Heavybit) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by James Lindenbaum and Thomas Drummond. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) was founded in 1983 and is based in London, UK. The BVCA is the voice of private capital in the UK and supports its members to help companies grow and achieve their long-term ambitions, creating value for the country both economically and socially. The BVCA provides information on private equity and venture capital, institutional investors, ESG and responsible investment, diversity and inclusion, and policy. The BVCA also conducts research, publishes reports, and hosts events. The BVCA's mission is to promote diversity and inclusion within the industry and support firms to build inclusive environments in which everyone can thrive.