Jim Firstbrook

Yapta, Inc. develops and provides online travel management services. The firm specializes in airfare price tracking, hotel price tracking, dynamic price tracking technology, airfare and hotel rates and travel spend analytics. The company was founded by Brett Allsop, Thomas G. Romary, Ryan Allsop, Amy Terrell, Eric Anderson and Aaron Hill in 2006 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Jyte, Inc. owns and operates a website which allows people to make claims and vote on other people's claims. The firm provides Aboutus.com. The company was founded by Raymond King, Paul A. Stahura, and Jay Westerdal in 2005 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, OR.

Zymeworks BC, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of biotherapeutics. Its product, ZW25 and ZW49, are a bispecific antibody that cans two non-overlapping epitopes. The company was founded by Anthony Fejes, J. Haig deB Farris, Nick Bedford, Ali Tehrani and Andrew S. Wright on September 8, 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Shiftboard, Inc. provides online employee scheduling software services. Its software platform manages diverse people, communications, and contracts across multiple locations, all within a chaotic, often critical healthcare staffing environment. The firm integrates social recruiting, targeted communications, document management, and mobility. The company was founded by Bryan Lhuillier in 2002 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Kardium, Inc. develops groundbreaking medical devices. It offers treatment for atrial fibrillation. The company was founded by Dan Gelbart in 2007 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

Shadow Networks, Inc. provides security solutions for enterprise and government networks. The company was founded by Chad O. Hughes, Steve Silva, Dave Camarata, Michael G. Lyons, Bryan McMillan and Eric Winsborrow in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Kaggle, Inc. provides a platform for data prediction competitions. It offers a product that helps companies, governments, and organizations to turn data sets into information. The company was founded by Anthony Goldbloom, Jeremy Howard, Nicholas Gruen, and Ben Hamner in April 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, 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.

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.

Yaletown Venture Partners, Inc (Yaletown Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Mike Satterfield and Hans Knapp. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

CIBC Capital Partners Venture Group (CIBC Capital Partners) is a private equity & venture capital arm of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices across the globe.

Varicent Software Inc. is a provider of incentive compensation and sales performance management solutions. The company was founded by Dan Shimmerman and Marc Altshuller in 2003 and is headquartered in Ontario, CA.

Verafin, Inc. develops software solutions for fraud detection and anti-money laundering. Its solutions encompass watch list scanning, investigation and reporting, and vendor risk management. The company product, Verafin, is a consolidated financial crime detection and compliance automation solution that detects various financial crimes. The company was founded by Jamie King, Raymond Pretty, and Brendan Brothers in 2003 and is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.

SaaS Capital, Inc. provides financial debt to software companies. It offers loan packages specifically designed for the SaaS market, allowing companies to tap into their predictable revenue streams to fund operations. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

IGLOO, Inc. develops and sells enterprise software solutions. It offers Intranet applications for social Intranets, corporate communications, marketing asset management, sales enablement, and project team collaborations; corporate Intranet, marketing portals, extranet applications, and social extranets; and applications for project teams. The company was founded by Dan Latendre in 2003 and is headquartered in Kitchener, Canada.

Moneta Energy Services Ltd. develops energy management solutions. Its solutions include price risk management, storage, transportation, physical logistics and financial options. The company was founded by Rex H. Kary and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Real Imaging Holdings Ltd. provides cellular phone based short messaging services. The firm develops and markets mobile content and value added services. The company was founded by Boaz Arnon on June 3, 2002 and is headquartered in Airport City, Israel.

The Venture Capital Association of Alberta operates as an industry association for venture capital, private equity, angel investors and others. The firm invests capital and specializes in the following sectors: information and communications technology, clean and energy technologies, and agriculture and bio and life sciences. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Chaordix, Inc. provides crowdsourcing technology solutions. It focuses on developing those companies which emerged from crowdsourced discoveries. The firm portfolio includes Gwabs, FilmRiot and the Chaordix crowdsourcing platform. The company was founded by Michael J. Sikorsky and Shelley Kuipers in 2006 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Distress Centres of Toronto is a non profit organization that provides social and mental health services. Its support program include individualized support for survivors, bereaved family and friends, and suicide and homicide loss; follow-up series of group support sessions; maintains suicide resource centre; and consultation and support to community and caregivers. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Lighter Capital, Inc. provides investment services. It specializes in business lending, revenue based financing, growth capital, startup funding and financing. The company was founded by Andy Sack in 2012 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Real Imaging Ltd. develops imaging solution for breast cancer detection. It offers RUTH, a game-changing device for the detection of breast cancer; and Realimager3R, a non-invasive means for viewing and recording heat patterns generated by the human body. The company was founded in 2006 by Boaz Arnon and is headquartered in Lod, Israel.

Zipwhip, Inc. provides text messaging platform for existing landline, voice over internet protocol, or toll free phone number to help businesses connect with customers. The firm serves insurance, staffing, medical, radio, finance, dealerships, veterinary, legal, sports, and fitness industries. The company was founded by Anthony Riemma, Michael Smyers, John Lauer, and John Larson in 2007 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Cambrian House, Inc. provides managed crowdsourcing communities. It offers a software platform, an enterprise-class crowdsourcing engine that enables users to configure a crowdsourcing site to address crowdsourcing needs in organizations. The company was founded by Shelley Kuipers in 2006 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Nomi Technologies, Inc. provides in-store analytics solutions. The company was founded by Corey Capasso, Wesley Barrow, Marc Ferrentino and Peter J. Quintas in August 2012 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

The Upside Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization that enables founders of early-stage, high-growth Canadian companies to build social responsibility into their business by pledging equity to the charity of their choice. The foundation is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The foundation was co-founded by Robert Antoniades, Mark Skapinker, and Janie Goldstein. The equity donation is incorporated into the cap table early on, and its value grows alongside the Canadian company's. The foundation has a community of like-minded entrepreneurs from top companies like Wealthsimple, Hubba, and Hopper. The foundation has many generous members in a range of stages and industries who have pledged to share their upside to charity upon experiencing a liquidity event.

Rowan TELS Corp. provides patent system solutions. Its automated invention protection has created an automated patent creation and analytic system which is used to produce patent documents and monitor patent quality throughout the prosecution process. The firm offers products for law firms and corporations which includes SmartShell, RoboReview and patent preparation. The company was founded by Charles Mirho and James Billmaier in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle. WA.

IKOMED Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of medical technology and devices. It offers radiation from medical imaging, fluoroscopy radiation risk, x-ray radiation reduction solution, and technology for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company was founded by Dan Gelbart, Sam Lichtenstein, and Lindsay Machan and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Part of Amazon.com, Inc., Elemental Technologies Ltd. is a British company that provides business and domestic software development services. The company is based in London, UK. Elemental Technologies was founded in 2011.

Spark Change Group Ltd. engages in the development of technology platform which structures and issues green financial products. The company was founded on April 13, 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Information Venture Partners Inc (Information Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Robert Antoniades and David Unsworth. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.