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Tropos Networks, Inc. is providing the most reliable and flexible wireless communications networks for utilities to build and control the smart grid. The company has customers around the world in different countries. Tropos was founded in 2000 and got its start selling its standards-based, secure wireless networks to cities as a foundation for multiple municipal services including public safety, intelligent transportation systems, mobile worker automation, and utilities (water, power, gas). Over the past few years, with the emergence of the smart grid, Tropos discovered the value its solutions could bring towards the development of this mission-critical infrastructure with its field-proven products and services. Tropos' GridCom network architecture for smart grids blends high performance network technologies with unified network management providing utilities with the most economical and completes communications for deploying a wide range of mission-critical applications.

Purple Wave, Inc. operates online assets auction services. The company specializes in sales of agriculture, construction, industrial and government assets. Purple Wave was founded by Aaron McKee and Suzy McKee in October 2000 and is headquartered in Manhattan, KS.

SA Ignite, Inc. develops and delivers software solutions that streamlines, automates and tracks. It offers MU Assistant, an enterprise platform for the automation of MU monitoring, management, reporting and attestation. The firm serves large medical groups, health systems, academic medical centers, care organizations, and EHR consultancies. The company’s MU Assistant helps medical groups to accelerate MU compliance and reduce staff burden and meaningful use audit risk by automating the meaningful use reporting and attestation process. SA Ignite was founded by Tom S. Lee in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Truedata Solutions, Inc. develops mobile data platform for app publishers to publish advertisements. It provides publishers with the infrastructure to safely generate an incremental revenue stream while delivering mobile marketers the mobile data available. The firm also provides big data, mobile advertising, and data management platforms. The company was founded by Elliott Easterling in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Voyager Capital LLC (Voyager Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Enrique Godreau, William H. McAleer and Tony Audino. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Pomona College offers curriculum in the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. It was founded in 1887 and it is headquartered in Claremont, CA

Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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

The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco provides and organizes educational, social and fitness programs. The company was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Quatrex Capital LLC provides investment advisory services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County provides youth mentoring services. The non-profit company is based in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Brightpoint Security, Inc. operates as a threat intelligence command platform. It delivers predictive insight and prescriptive response to protect businesses from cyber threats. The firm also enables secure community-based threat intelligence sharing to achieve the visibility and awareness of current and emerging threats across digital ecosystems and infrastructures. The company was founded by Joseph Eandi and Andreas Haugsnes in May 17, 2011 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Full Circle Insights, Inc. delivers marketing performance management solutions. It offers lead and response lifecycle systems, marketing performance management, analytics, metrics and automation, demand generation waterfall, funnel metrics, campaign influence and attribution. The company was founded by Dan Appleman, Andrea Wildt and Bonnie Crater in 2011 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Aligned Partners Venture Services LLC (Aligned Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Jodi Sherman Jahic and Susan Mason. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Cloudlex, Inc. develops and operates applications to understands litigation and the needs of trial lawyers. It offers proactive matter management, firm level calendaring, document management and storage, and management reports and dashboard. The company was founded by Devendra Shrotri and Sudhir Shrotri in March 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Boardspan, Inc. specializes in board searches, providing expertise at a lower cost than traditional search firms. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company's digital and advisory solutions offer analytics, insights, and governance knowledge to ensure board success. The company also offers custom solutions for boards, serving as advisors to help solve unique problems and understand specific regulations.

Puloli provides Network as a Service (NaaS) for wide area wireless connectivity and enables non-Telco players to directly reach end-consumers bypassing legacy. The company was founded by Kethees Ketheeesan and Kevin Koehler and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Zero Point Five Therapeutics, Inc. is a drug development company that focuses on neglected tropical diseases and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. The company is based in Baltimore, MD. The company was founded by Helen S. Pentikis, Joseph L. Amprey. Joseph L. Amprey has been the CEO since incorporation.