Andrew Stern

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners (MSVP) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Merchant Banking, which is ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) founded in 1986.The firm is headquartered in New York.

Tarari, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company. Its products include silicon chips, boards, and software acceleration components. The company was founded by Randy Smerik, David Finlay, Rick Johnson, and Jeff Carmichael in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

iRise, Inc. develops application software. The company was founded by Emmet B. Keeffe, III and Maurice Martin in 1996 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Core Security Technologies, Inc. provides information technology security solutions. It offers core security attack intelligence platform, an attack intelligence platform that helps customers to identify the vulnerable areas of their IT environments to improve the effectiveness of remediation efforts and secure the business. The firm services include comprehensive penetration tests, application penetration tests, web services assessments, source code audits and wireless penetration tests. The company was founded by Emiliano Kargieman, Ariel Futoransky, Jonatan Altszul and Ivan Arce in 1996 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Socialware, Inc. provides industry-leading software and services. It offers software and services to enable every professional within regulated industries including banking, financial services and insurance to use social media to build relationships and grow business on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. The firm also offers marketing, financial professional, information technology, compliance and content recommendation products. The company was founded by Cameron Blair Cooper and Christopher Lee Richter in 2008 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

VBrick Systems, Inc. provides enterprise video platforms. The firm offers codex, video encoding and editing. Its solutions include HR and training, marketing, sales, and information technology. The company was founded by Richard Mavrogeanes in 1997 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

CallFire, Inc. provides intuitive voice and text connectivity products. It is a cloud telephony company that provides enterprise-level telecommunication services on a pay-as-you-go basis for clients. The firm?s customers include small business owners, nonprofits, political groups, insurance agents and marketers. The company was founded by Komnieve Singh, TJ Thinakaran, Vijesh Mehta, Punit Shah and Dinesh Ravishanker in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

OpsRamp, Inc. develops information technology management cloud platform. The company was founded by Varma Kunaparaju and Raju Chekuri and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital (Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Merchant Banking founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.