Michael Parks

FreedomPay, Inc. operates a commerce platform that helps merchants in solving complex payment environments. It offers various transaction solutions, including mobile payments, cashless solutions, virtual and remote terminals, payment processing, intelligent analysis, routing of promotions, incentives, and customer relationship management services. The firm also offers incentive management, product mapping, POS integration, analytic tools, and customer segmentation tools, payment Switch solution that streamlines processes and transactions, connects to POS systems and captures detailed data; integrating solutions, security solutions for electronic payments, mobile applications for payments, and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solution that includes EMV and NFC compliance. The company was founded by Thomas Durovsik in 2000 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.

Availink, Inc. develops chips for consumer electronics markets. It offers a variety of demodulators, system-on-a-chips, embedded software solutions to digital TV and multimedia customers throughout the world. The firm produces chips for satellite, terrestrial and cable TV, as well as for OTT applications. The company was founded in 2005 by Feng-Wen Sun and Yimin Jiang and is headquartered in Germantown, MD.

Teleflip, Inc. provided online messaging services. The company was founded in December 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Verve Group, Inc. provides location-based mobile marketing solutions. It specializes in customer advisory panels, online brand communities, market research, agile insight and online communities. The company was founded by Thomas C. Kenney and Arthur Howe in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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.

Part of Verizon Communications, Inc., MCI Communications Corp. is an American telecommunications company. The company is based in Washington. MCI Communications was acquired by MCI, Inc. on September 15, 1998 for $42,459.16 million.

BlueRun Ventures, formerly Nokia Venture Partners, is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by W. Pete Buhl, John Gardner and John A. Malloy. The headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Part of Capgemini SE, Cymbal Corp. is a company that provides consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing solutions. The company is based in Fremont, CA. The company was founded by Amitabh Nagpal, Surjeet Singh. Cymbal was acquired by iGATE Computer Systems Ltd. on November 04, 2004 for $68 million.

Greenspring Associates Inc is a venture capital subsidiary of StepStone Group, Inc. founded in 2000 by C. Ashton Newhall. The firm is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.

X PRIZE Foundation creates educational programming for students and space enthusiasts. It offers services in space and ocean exploration, life sciences, energy and environment, education, and global development areas. The company was founded by Peter Diamandis in 1995 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Amplifier Management LLC (Amplifier Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Jonathan Aberman. The firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Innofidei, Inc. engages in the provision of product development and operational services of cloud services and communications industry chain. It specializes in large data business, internet business, mobile application, and cloud business solutions. The company was founded on September 1, 2006 by Tom Zhang and Stanley Wang and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

TechStars Central LLC (TechStars) is an Independent Accelerator Incubator firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in the US..

Radius Intelligence, Inc. provides marketing software solutions. It offers data stewardship, outbound marketing and prospecting, lead-scoring, and account-based marketing. The company was founded by Adrian Druzgalski, T. Noah Hayes, and Darian Shirazi in October 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bullpen Management LLC (Bullpen Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Paul Martino, Duncan Davidson and Richard Melmon. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

LeadFormix is the leader in next-generation marketing automation software, known as Marketing Automation 2.0. LeadFormix delivers a game-changing real-time marketing automation solution for enterprises that converts anonymous online visits into qualified sales leads, determines website visitor interest and intent, and enables sales teams to reach decision-makers more effectively and close deals faster using patented business intelligence and data mining technology. LeadFormix provides significantly richer lead data than any other solution, enabling enterprise sales and marketing teams to uncover hidden opportunities, accurately identify decision-makers, and deliver powerful, targeted, real-time responses and offers to potential customers. Their company was founded in early 2008 by experienced software executives from Microsoft, Yodlee, Autonomy (Optimost / Interwoven), and Healtheon. Their goal at LeadFormix is to revolutionize the market by enterprise lead generation creating a collaborative ecosystem that rewards enterprise-focused publishers and delivers significant value to enterprise sales and marketing professionals. With key locations in Santa Clara, California, and Bangalore, India, their team of employees is dedicated to their customers’ success.

BlueSnap, Inc. provides e-commerce payment services, specializing in secure global payment processing and payment gateways for B2B and B2C businesses. It offers B2B invoicing, marketplaces, digital goods, SaaS, healthcare, logistics and freight, gaming, and education services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Punchh, Inc. provides mobile customer relationship management platform for restaurant industry. Its mobile application enables users to engage their consumers and increase same-store sales, repeat rates, online review, new customer referrals, and marketing campaign performance. The company was founded by Jitendra Gupta, Shyam Rao, Aditya Sanghi and Sastry Penumarthy in 2010 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Topia Ltd. provides an online mobility management platform for companies and employees. It offers global mobility management, relocation and assignment support, and talent mobility cloud. The company was founded by Brynne Kennedy Herbert and Steve Black in September 2011 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Vantiva SA, Technicolor Asia Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures residential telephones, internet screen phones, digital cable and ADSL modems. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

ClientSuccess, Inc. develops and provides customer success management tools. It offers services to SaaS companies to help them manage, retain, and grow their existing customer base. Its software tools include renewal management, customer engagement, life cycle management and usage analysis. The company was founded by David Blake in 2014 and is headquartered in American Fork, UT.

Zubhium, Inc. develops mobile applications, which allows beta distribute mobile applications and collect real-time crash reports. The company was founded by Koustubha Deshpande and Devendra Laulkar and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Leap Innovations Ventures Management Co LLC (Leap Global Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Roman Leal and Pablo Perez III. The firm is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Camera Iq, Inc. develops camera applications. The company was founded by Sonia Tsao and Allison E. Wood and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Technicolor Ventures (Technicolor Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Christian Gammill and Alejandro Guerrero. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

AiFi, Inc. designs and develops machine learning software. The company was founded by Steve Gu and Ying Zheng on February 4, 2016 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

High Alpha Innovation LLC is a venture builder that partners with leading organizations to drive innovation through startup creation. The private company is based in Indianapolis, IN. Its dedicated team of company builders, strategists, and designers apply a proven venture studio playbook to help partners achieve tangible innovation results through startup creation. High Alpha Innovation co-creates advantaged startups to solve compelling problems for corporations, universities, and world-class entrepreneurs.

First Resonance, Inc. develops software solutions to aerospace manufacturing. Its product, Testhub, is a hardware testing platform that allows companies to manage, execute, and analyze real-world hardware tests. The firm has created industry-specific solutions to replace old methods of tracking and shipping rocketship parts. The company was founded by Karan Talati in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Brilliant Ventures Capital LLC (Brilliant Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Kara Berklich Weber and Lizzie Francis. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Arkestro, Inc. engages in the development of business platform. Its product automates negotiations for enterprise procurement. The company was founded by Edmund Zagorin in 2017 and is headquartered in Laguna Niguel, CA.