Linda Shaffer

Pixar, Inc. produces digital animation motion pictures. The firms animation studios combine creative and technical artistry to create original stories in the medium of computer animation. Its computer animation studio creates a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products. The company was founded by Edwin E. Catmull on February 3, 1986 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Restoration Hardware, Inc. engages in the retail and provision of home furnishings. It offers furniture, lighting, textiles, rugs, bathware, decor, outdoor, baby, child, and teen products. The company was founded by Stephen Gordon in 1980 and is headquartered in Corte Madera, CA.

Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

SunGard Availability Services LP provides IT production and recovery services. It focuses on providing responsive and integrated disaster recovery, managed services, IT consulting and business continuity management software solutions, to help organizations keep people and information connected. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

ServiceChannel.Com, Inc. provides web-based solutions. Its solutions include explore by topic, explore by industry and ingear analytics. The firm evolved their products to the cloud, initially offering retail and restaurant chains online access to a comprehensive database of service information and performance metrics. The company has locations in Albertson, Brooklyn, London and New York. Servicechannel.Com was founded by Steven Gottfried and Serge Lubensky in 1999 and is headquartered in Albertson, NY.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

San Francisco Symphony provides symphony orchestra presentations. The firm enriches, serves, and shapes cultural life throughout the spectrum of bay area communities. It offers performer’s series, south bay, organ and chorus concerts, open rehearsals, chamber music, youth orchestra concerts, family-friendly concerts and special events. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Y Combinator LLC (Y Combinator) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Merus Capital Management Co. LLC (Merus Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Sean Dempsey, Salman Ullah and Peter Hsing. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Mozilla Corp. develops software applications. It offers Firefox for desktop, iOS, and Android. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MoPub, Inc. provides ad server for mobile application publishers. It offers optimization and experiences for mobile apps. The company was founded by Atwood Bryan, Jamal Nafis and Jim Payne on September 9, 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA

Deel, Inc. engages in the development and operation of software platform for payments. The company was founded by Shuo Wang and Alexandre Bouaziz in 2018 and is headquartered in San Fransisco, CA.

Segment.io, Inc. provides customer data hub. It develops data application which is related to men's fashion, book subscription, food delivery, music streaming, banking, and women's fashion. The company was founded by Ilya Volodarsky, Peter Reinhardt, Calvin French-Owen, and Taylor Ian Storm in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Salus Labs, Inc. provides technical recruiting applications. The company was founded by Harjeet Taggar, Ammon Bartram and Guillaume Luccisano and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Huddler, Inc. provides digital media platform. It enables communities to grow with tools including social groups, buy/sell/trade systems, integrated photo galleries, product reviews, social media, WordPress integration, hosted software solution, custom sponsorship pages, tagging and community edited articles. The firm offers solutions for advertisers to create sites for brands. The company was founded by Daniel Gill and Ted Gill in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

PeopleTech Partners (PeopleTech Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Cara Brennan Allamano. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Sightway Capital LP (Sightway Capital) is a subsidiary of Two Sigma Investments LP founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Asymmetric Capital LLC (Asymmetric Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Robert Duke Biederman. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Apttus Corp. engages in the provision of platform that allows enterprises to automate and optimize the most critical revenue and commercial relationship management processes. Its solutions include quote-to-cash, configure price quote, contract management, revenue management, e-commerce, artificial intelligence-mas, and x-author. The company was founded by Kirk Krappe and Neehar Giri in 2006 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Carta Ventures (Carta Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of eShares inc founded in 2020 by Manu Kumar and Henry Ward. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Circle Internet Services, Inc. offers hosted continuous integration and deployment services for web applications. It gives web developers powerful continuous integration and deployment with easy setup and maintenance. The firm?s technology automates development workflows and IT operations. The company was founded by Paul Biggar and Allen Rohner in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Middesk, Inc. provides infrastructure for businesses. It offers business verifications, legal and regulatory checks, and industry classification products for companies selling to business. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Argyle Systems, Inc. provides provides infrastructure for consumers to connect their workforce platforms to businesses. The firm?s products include admin tools, network and client API, and plugin. The company was founded by Audrius Zujus, Shmulik Fishman and Christopher Hansen and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Good Eggs, Inc. designs and develops online applications for local food producers. It helps connect users to networks of locally-owned farms, small food businesses, commercial kitchens, warehouses, grocers and other people involved that feed a single region. The company was founded by Robert J. Spiro, Greta Caruso, Robert Zoller, Randy Puro, Ali Pflaum and Alon Salant in August 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.