Edward A. Lafferty

CheckFree Corp. provides financial electronic commerce services and products. The company works with the financial institutions, web portals and organizations that issue regular bills and statements to give consumers the ability to receive and pay bills online. It offers services such as core processing, electronic billing, risk management, payments, and wealth management. CheckFree was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA

HarbourVest Partners LLC (HarbourVest Partners) is a private equity & venture capital firm founded in 1982 by David Brooks Zug. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices around the world.

PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. (PAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1989 and is a subsidiary of PanAgora Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Power Corp. of Canada (TSE: POW) in Canada. PAM is the sponsor and investment manager for certain private unregistered investment pools, such as funds organized under US tax-qualified group trusts, domestic private funds organized as limited liability companies, and offshore private funds organized as Cayman Islands exempted companies. They also provide investment advisory services to institutional separate account clients.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

BV Investment Partners LLC (BV Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1983 by Roy F. Coppedge and Anthony J. Bolland. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Confer Technologies, Inc. operates as a cloud-based platform for prevention and detection of threats. The firm provides endpoint detection and response solutions to detect and prevent cyber security threats from targeted attacks. It offers a proactive security service that protects servers, laptops, and mobile devices from cyber attacks. The company was founded by Mark Quinlivan, Jeff Kraemer, and Paul Morville in 2013 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Zmags Corp. provides cloud-based digital catalog publishing software for the online content and shopping across web, tablet, mobile, and social channels for creative agencies, digital publishers, retailers, brands, and direct sellers worldwide. The company was founded by Jens Hansen Karstoft, Kim Knudsen and Andreas Graae in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Arthur D. Little, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in strategy and organization, operations management, technology and innovation management, corporate finance, and global carbon advisory serving corporations and organizations worldwide. The firm serves the automotive, healthcare, information, chemicals, consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, and transportation industries. The company was founded by Arthur Dehon Little and Roger Griffin in October 1886 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Think Through Learning, Inc. provides online tutoring services. Its programs provide one-student-to-one-teacher differentiated instruction through a tutoring technology and live, online certified teachers. The company was founded by Louis Piconi and Stephan Mueller in 2002 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

SureLogic, Inc. develops source code analysis tools for java developers. It provides source code diagnostics, refactoring, technology integration, developer training, and software supply chain consulting. The company was founded by William L. Scherlis in 2006 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Part of Ziff Davis, Inc., PC Magazine operates an online platform that provides lab-based comparative reviews of computing, consumer electronics, business technology, and internet products. The company is based in New York, NY.

National Futures Association is a self-regulatory organization for the derivatives industry. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company's focus is on providing innovative and effective regulatory programs. The company was founded by Leonid Adolfovich Melamed.

North Bridge Venture Partners (North Bridge Venture Partners) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Edward Thomas Anderson and Richard A. D'Amore. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

SpringCM, Inc. provides an enterprise-class document management and workflow solution designed for online collaboration. Its cloud platform manages contracts and all types of documents across desktop, mobile, and partner applications like Salesforce. The company was founded by Christine Mason, Greg T. Buchholz, and Jeffrey Piper in 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Chicago Board of Trade provides trade derivative facilities. It allows speculators throughout the world to interpret economic data, news, and other information. The company was founded on April 3, 1848 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Applied Technical Services Corp. manufactures electronic products for computer and electronics companies. Its services include design and engineering services, prototypes and new product introduction (NPI), supply chain management, and repair and refurbishment. The company was founded by George Hamilton in November 1984 and is headquartered in Everett, WA.

Anjuke Group, Inc. provides online marketing, real estate information and transaction services. It offers services to individual users such as property buyers, owners and tenants, as well as business users, including brokerage brands, agents and developers. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China .

Firm58 Inc. provides financial management software solutions. It offers revenue management & billing, CSA/Soft dollar program and compliance and surveillance. The company was founded in 2005 by Samuel Mele and James Mullen and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Awareness, Inc. provides on-demand social marketing management software solutions. It offers clients a unique blend of measurement, analysis and implementation technology that provides insight into consumer interaction and behavior online and streamlines content creation, dissemination and measurement across social media channels. The firm also helps social media channels to make buying decisions, find local services, research products and interact with brands. Awareness was founded by David Carter and Robin Hopper in 1998 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Paydiant, Inc. provides mobile payment services. Its services include mobile payments, offers, ATM cash access and related commerce services. The company was founded by Christopher Gardner, Kevin E. Laracey and Joseph Paratore in 2010 and is headquartered in Wellesley, MA.