John Freidenrich

NCM Services, Inc. provides software design and engineering services to the mobile and handheld device industry. It develops operating systems, related applications and wireless server technology. It provides full software lifecycle development and support, including design specification, software development, project management and quality assurance. The company has worked on a variety of operating systems and environments, including Symbian, WinCE, Palm, RIM, Linux, Unix and Java. In addition, it has an understanding of wireless data technologies, including GSM, GPRS, CDMA and 1XRTT. NCM Services changed its name from Geoworks Corp. in May 2010. The company was founded by Brian P. Dougherty in 1997 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Lumension Security, Inc. develops, integrates, and markets security software solutions that help businesses protect vital information and manage critical risk across network and endpoint assets. It offers risk evaluations, data protection devices, managed services, technical support, and employee training. The company was founded in 1991 by Kevin Moshir and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Akros Silicon, Inc. provides power management integrated circuits. The company was founded by J. Francois Crepin, Sajol C. Ghoshal and John R. Camagna in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Driven, Inc. operates as an enterprise data application platform company. The company’s products include driven cloud, driven enterprise, and cascading project. Its services include cascading, scalding and driven training schedule, commercial support, consulting, and partner services. The company was founded by Chris K. Wensel in May 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Hired, Inc. provides recruiting services. It operates a marketplace that enables tech companies to recruit engineers, data scientists, designers, and product managers. The company was founded by Mehul Patel, Matt Mickiewicz, Douglas Feirstein and Allan Grant in April 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Hazelcast, Inc. develops, distributes and supports open source in-memory data grid. It provides commercially licensed hazelcast enterprise, management center and professional open source training, development support, and deployment support services. The company was founded by Talip Ozturk, Enes Akar and Fuad Malikov in 2008 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

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.

Bain Capital Ventures LP (Bain Capital Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in New York and California. The firm is wholly owned by Bain Capital LP.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc., Malleable Technologies, Inc. designs high performance semiconductor systems. The company is based in San Jose, CA. Malleable Technologies was acquired by Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. on June 27, 2000 for $235.07 million.

Boardvantage, Inc. provides a paperless process for board and leadership communication. It offers online board book creation and distribution with workflows and one-click support of updates and notifications, purpose-built tools for approving initiatives, e-signing agreements, participating in meetings remotely, and secure messaging and annotation sharing for one-on-one communication. The company was founded by A. K. Pradeep in 2000 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

ParAccel, Inc. provides purpose-built database management system used for data warehousing, business intelligence (BI) and analytic processing. The company caters to financial services, healthcare, retail, government, and telecommunication sectors. It was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA

RS LiveMedia Pvt Ltd. provides advertising network with liquid crystal display screens. It serves to the restaurants, corporate offices, and business processing outsourcing, gyms, salons and hospitals. The firm's liquid crystal display screens show entertainment and information oriented content. The company was founded by Rajan Mehta in July 2006 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

YapStone Holdings, Inc. provides electronic payment solutions. It processes transactions for the property management and non-profit sectors, including rents, dues, storage fees, and donations. It specializes in online and mobile payments solutions for apartment and vacation rental and marketplace payments. The company was founded by Scott Michael Honour, Thomas J. Villante, Kirk Honour and Matthew Golis in 1999 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.

InterAct911 Corp. provides safety and security software solutions. It offers InterAct NG9-1-1 solutions that ensure reliable and predictable emergency call routing and location validation. It also offers computer aided dispatch solutions, which include InterAct CAD NG that provides tools for situation response for large and small dispatch centers; and InterAct WebCAD that provides access to CAD data from a command post or remote field location with an Internet connection. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 due to Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

TakeLessons, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for finding qualified and vetted music instructors. It teaches guitar, piano, singing, violin, drum, accordion, banjo, cello, flute, opera, saxophone and other instrumental lessons. The firm also offers music programs for schools and community centers, as well as at-work lessons and programs for corporate clients and their employees. The company was founded by Michael Steven Cox, Chris Waldron, and Chuck Smith in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Redis, Inc. provides in-memory and operational databases and database-as-a-service. It offers redis enterprise, modules, deployment and visualization. The firm provides solutions for financial services, technology, retail, gaming, media and entertainment industries. The company was founded by Yiftach Shoolman and Ofer Bengal in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Signifyd, Inc. operates as an eCommerce fraud prevention company. The firm helps online businesses to control fraud and abuse. It offers an investigation tool and API to control fraud and abuse at industrial scale that arise from access, automation and anonymity. The firm also offers training on best practices for reviewing suspicious user behavior, fundamental verification principles and reviewing card-not-present payments and making live accept and decline on eCommerce transactions. It serves eCommerce, collaborative consumption and online gaming businesses. The company was founded by Rajesh Ramanand and Michael Liberty in June 2011 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

ServiceRocket, Inc. provides training, utilization and support services for software companies. Its products include Learndot, Trusted Advisor, and Atlassian add-ons. The firm also offers training, utilization, support and Atlassian services and training. The company was founded by Robert Castaneda in 2001 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Sysdig, Inc. develops network and application software solutions. It offers application, infrastructure, and container technologies. The company was founded by Loris Degioanni and Massimo Sgrelli in 2013 and is headquartered in Davis, CA.

NodeSource, Inc. operates software company created to build a robust product ecosystem. It is a technology company that delivers enterprise-grade software products in support of a sustainable ecosystem for the open source Node project. The firm offers Node.js and NSolid platforms. The company was founded by Dan Shaw and Joseph Isaac McCann in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Feedback Loop. engages in the operation of end-to-end customer development platform which offers product teams with test patterns, asset designs, target users and insights. The company was founded by Michael Bamberger, Nis Frome, and Eythor Ernstsson in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Gradle, Inc. provides software services. It offers services include training, consulting and support. The company was founded by Hans Dockter and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Uncorrelated Advisors LLC (Uncorrelated Advisors) is a venture capital firm. The firm is headquartered in Harrisonville, Missouri.

Aria Systems, Inc. provides enterprise cloud-based subscription billing solutions. It provides subscription businesses/divisions with an integrated platform for billing management, revenue recognition and associated business intelligence. The firm offers invoicing engine that supports a range of billing scenarios on the market and includes various components, including calculation, usage rating, taxation, invoice presentation, account management solutions, marketing tools, reporting and analytics to improve billing and customer management processes, manages and automates subscription management and billing solutions. The company was founded by Edward J. Sullivan and Brendan O'Brien in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.