David J. Ezequelle

Alloy Ventures, Inc. is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1984 by Craig C. Taylor, John F. Shoch and Tony Di Bona. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Tap11, Inc. provides mobile instant media networking services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ziff Davis, Inc. operates as a technology, gaming, entertainment and men’s lifestyle firm. It delivers advertising, performance marketing and licensing solutions to clients. The firm’s brands include PGmag.com, IGN, askmen, OOKLA, PC, Salesify, Toolbox.com, and techbargains. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pictos Technologies, Inc. manufactures and markets digital imaging semiconductor products

Zest Labs, Inc. provides on-demand, data visibility solutions for the cold supply chain and asset management. Its XC3 Technology RFID products and ZEST Data Services platform provides solutions for monitoring the cold supply chain for retail grocers, fresh and frozen food providers and pharmaceutical companies as well as asset tracking, personnel monitoring and other applications. The company was founded by David I. Bostwick, Ashish Asthana, Larry Clopp and Naresh Batra in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

ViVOtech is a market leader in contactless/NFC payment software, over the air (OTA) card provisioning, promotion, and transaction management infrastructure software, NFC smart posters, and contactless readers/writers. These innovative solutions allow consumers to make contactless payments with radio frequency-enabled credit cards, debit cards, key fobs, and NFC-enabled mobile phones. The company's products are used by some of the most prominent retailers in the United States. The company's products are in use at movie theaters, fast food restaurants (QSR), casual dining establishments, convenience stores, gas stations, drug stores, grocery stores, buses, taxicabs and vending machine locations, enabling a wide variety of businesses to accept contactless/NFC payments. Founded in 2001, it is privately held and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. Other offices are located in Asia and in Europe. Investors include strategic partners Citigroup, First Data Corporation, Motorola, NCR and Nokia as well as the venture capital companies Draper Fisher Juvertson and Alloy Ventures.