Ryan Trost

Sourcefire LLC engages in the provision of intelligent cyber security solutions for information technology, environments of commercial enterprises, including healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, energy, education, retail and telecommunications companies, and federal, state and local government organizations. The company was founded by Martin F. Roesch in January 2001 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Growth Equity Opportunities Fund III LLC provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Timonium, MD.

ZeroFOX, Inc. is a social risk management company, which engages in the provision of security technology that enables organizations to detect and prevent social media-based cyber threats. Its solutions include enterprise protection, brand protection, executive protection, domain protection, threat protection, and dark web monitoring. The company was founded by Christopher B. Cullison, Hillary Herlehy, James C. Foster, Evan Blair, Robert Francis, and Neil Smith in January 2013 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Part of Open Text Corp., General Electric Information Services is a diversified manufacturer of high-tech products. The company is based in Fairfield, CT.

The Brookings Institution provides research and policy solutions. The firm's activities are carried out through four research programs: economic studies, foreign policy studies, governance studies, and metropolitan policy. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Mainstream Data, Inc. provides communication services and solutions. Its solutions include digital asset management, cross-channel publishing, video asset management, multimedia ingest, and tagging. The firm’s products include Mediashowroom video licensing platform, Mediasphere multimedia acquisition software, and MediasFTP secure file transfer. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Venture Philanthropy Partners, Inc. operates as a philanthropic organization which invests in high-performing non-profits. The company was founded by Mark Robert Warner, Raul J. Fernandez and Mario M. Morino in 2000 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Mid-Atlantic Venture Association represents private equity and venture capital companies. The private company is based in Timonium, MD. The company was founded by Charles W. Newhall.

University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group (UVA LVG) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.

In-Q-Tel, Inc. operates as alternative investment company. It offers services which include investing side-by-side with venture firms, help develop sustainable solutions and use off-the-shelf products to start-ups developing innovation technologies. The company was founded in February 1999 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

NextNav Holdings LLC operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Upskill, Inc. develops enterprise software for smart glasses. The firm serves to aerospace, field services, inspection and audit, manufacturing, retail and grocery industries. The company was founded by Brian Ballard, Jeff Jenkins, Chris Hoyt and Alexander Watson in 2010 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Tamr, Inc. engages in the development of a platform for data management and analytics. It offers data mastering, agile customer mastering, procurement analytics, CDISC conversion, Tamr for government, media analytics and solution catalog. The company was founded by Andrew Hunt Palmer, Michael R. Stonebraker, Ihab Ilyas, George Beskales, Daniel Bruckner, and Alex Pagan in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

DATUM LLC provides data management software solutions. It offers information value management product that integrates data governance, data stewardship, metadata management and discovery capabilities. The firm also provides information governance services. The company was founded by Will Crump, Marie Klok Crump, Jim Heuvelman and David B. Woods in 2009 and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

Mach37 LLC (Mach 37) is a venture capital subsidiary of Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation founded in 2013 by Jason Chen. The firm is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

Catalytic, Inc. develops an online platform. The firm offers finance and accounting, human resources, information technology, operating, procurement, and sourcing solutions. It serves the advertising, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, staffing, and technology industries. The company was founded in July 2015 by Sean Y. Chou and Ravi Singh and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Tempus AI, Inc. is a healthcare technology company, which engages in bringing artificial intelligence and machine learning to healthcare. It focuses on building platforms for oncology, neuropsychiatry, cardiology, infectious disease, and radiology. The company was founded by Eric Paul Lefkofsky in August 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Berkshire Grey Operating Co., Inc. develops robotic systems. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Netography, Inc. operates as a network security platform. The company is headquartered by Barrett Lyon and Dan Murphy and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Decibel Partners LLC (Decibel Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jon Skoda. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

HyperQube Technologies, Inc. provides a service that enables enterprises to build an exact copy of any information technology infrastructure. Its products include HyperQube ZTX and Boost. The company was founded by Craig Stevenson in 2017 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Oort, Inc. provides a turnkey solution for securing digital supply chain: the complex ecosystem of vendors, suppliers, partners, and third parties on which users business depends. The company was founded by Matt Caulfield and is headquartered in Lowell, MA.

Parameter Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in New York City, New York.

ViewLift, Inc. is an end-to-end OTT video streaming service provider company that offers a comprehensive OTT solution to distribute and monetize content. The company is based in New York, NY. ViewLift's platform provides extensive features to scale and retain subscribers, and offers customer case studies in sports, entertainment, and broadcasting. The company was founded in 2007 by Manik Bambha, Ted J. Leonsis, and Rick Allen has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (Virginia Innovation Partnership) is a private equity/venture capital non-profit operating division of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.