Rick Gustafson

The Ketera Network TM transforms business buying and selling by integrating an enterprise-class spend management solution and an active community of 250,000 business buyers and suppliers that have transacted over $4 billion in spend and actively collaborate to improve results. Using the Ketera Network, the procurement organization can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their entire source-to-pay process with its enterprise-class spend management capabilities that includes sourcing, contract management, procurement, invoicing and spend analytics. In addition, the Network's supplier discovery and marketing tools help suppliers grow their business and enable buying organizations find better suppliers. Finally, its network-level analytics enable buying organizations and suppliers to benchmark and improve their business strategies. By simultaneously delivering considerable cost savings for buyers and new business opportunities for suppliers, the Ketera Network represents the next generation of business applications that benefit from a strong community multiplier effect. Ketera is located in San Jose, CA. The company has blue chip investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Foundation Capital, Integral Capital Partners, Emergence Capital Partners, and American Express.

Leadrocket, Inc. develops social and digital marketing platforms. The firm's delivers sales and marketing solution including, email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring, website tracking, instant alerts and closed-loop reporting capabilities to manage and qualify sales leads, shorten sales cycles, drive revenues and prove marketing Return-On-Investments (ROI). The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Podbridge, Inc. provides podcast audience measurement and advertising network services. The company offers services such as audience profiles with demographics, listening habits and locations, dynamic ad insertion, rotation, measurement and consulting services and connections between podcast content provides and advertisers. Podbridge was founded in 2005 by Murgesh Navar and Andrey Yruski and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Coupa Software, Inc. develops an AI platform for procurement, payment, finance, and supply chain management. The company is based in Foster City, CA and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company was founded in 2006 by David Robert Stephens and Noah Eisner. Leagh E. Turner has been the CEO of the company since 2023. Coupa Software was acquired by Thoma Bravo LP.

VoloMedia is the leading provider of advertising and reporting solutions for portable media, extending the reach of video and audio from the PC to devices such as smartphones (e.g., BlackBerry, iPhone, Android), media players (e.g., iPod, Touch) and set-top boxes (e.g., AppleTV, Vudu) whether connected or offline. VoloMedia's products and technologies enable dynamic advertising insertion, targeting, measurement, reporting, and campaign management within RSS-based portable video and audio. In doing so, VoloMedia enables media companies to distribute, track and monetize episodic, premium content by reaching portable media users. VoloMedia also enables advertisers to target high-value consumers in this new media and track advertisements displayed online or offline. VoloMedia's products and services are utilized by some of the largest and most well known media companies, including ABC, Fox, G4tv (Comcast Entertainment Group), MSNBC, Public Radio International, and Washington Post/Newsweek International. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and is funded by Sutter Hill Ventures. VoloMedia is a founding member of the Association for Downloadable Media (ADM), and has received or filed for twelve patents related to its technology platform.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

ServiceMax, Inc. provides enterprise field service solutions. The firm?s products include mobile field service management, field service metrics, installed base, field service scheduling, parts and returns management, and reporting and dashboards. It serves the oil and gas, mining, power and utilities, building, construction equipment. life sciences and medical equipment. The company was founded by Athani Krishnaprasad, Sam Mukherjee and Hari Subramanian in 2007 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Nexa Equity LLC (Nexa Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2021 by Vlad Besprozvany. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.