Brent Fellows

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Pervasive Software, Inc. provides embedded database software and cloud-based services. Its products include Pervasive PSQL, Pervasive DataExchange, Pervasive Data Integrator, Pervasive DataRush and Pervasive DataSolutions. Pervasive PSQL database provides embeddable data management. Pervasive DataExchange provides solution to eliminate data loss and down time due to system crashes or site disasters. Pervasive Data Integrator provides cost-effective extraction, transformation and flow of nearly any kind of data between sources throughout the organization. Pervasive DataRush is a software development platform. Pervasive DataSolutions gives customers affordable, subscription based integration delivered as configurable services on the Pervasive DataCloud. The company was founded by Nancy Woodward in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Talari Networks, Inc. provides software defined wide area network solutions. The firm's products include appliances, management and network controller including Talari failsafe SD WAN solutions, physical appliances, on-board appliance and performance management. Its solutions include software defined WAN, hybrid WAN, and internet as WAN, cloud connect and WAN optimization solutions. It serves to financial services, credit unions, and banking, and public sector, legal and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by John E. Dickey and Andrew J. Gottlieb in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

JPMorgan Private Wealth Advisors LLC (JPMPWA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. Formerly known as First Republic Investment Management, Inc., the firm was previously a wholly owned subsidiary of First Republic Bank (OTCMKTS: FRCB) (FRB). In May 2023, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) (JPM) acquired the substantial majority of assets and assumed the deposits and certain other liabilities of FRB. Following the acquisition, the firm became a wholly owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of JPM. JPMPWA provides full-service personalized wealth management solutions for individuals, trusts, families, foundations, endowments, pensions, defined contribution plans, profit-sharing plans, banks, for-profit and not-for-profit institutions and other business entities.

Inquisitive Minds, Inc. develops educational applications and learning platform. The company was founded on December 4, 2008 and Bellevue, WA.

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.

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.

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.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Insight Venture Management LLC (Insight Venture Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Insight Holdings Group LLC founded in 1995 by Jeffrey L. Horing and Jerry Fred Murdock. The firm is headquartered in New York.

BDO USA LLP operates as an accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping firm. It offers advisory; audit and assurance; digital; and tax services. The company was founded by Maximillian L. Seidman in 1910 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. engages in the provision of management and technology consulting services. Its services include consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, cyber security, and product. The company was founded by Edwin G. Booz in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Lightspeed Management Co. LLC (Lightspeed Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1971. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It was formerly known as Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners.

Part of Intel Corp., NetBoost Corp. develops hardware and software solutions that provide a programmable platform for deploying complex policy applications. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded in 1997 by Leonard Rand, Jerry Hall, Kevin R. Fall. NetBoost was acquired by Intel Corp. on September 01, 1999.

Band of Angels LLC (Band of Angels) is an angel investment firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in California.

Main Management LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by four founding partners in 2002. Main Management offers a variety of investment advisory services to various clients.

Novantas, Inc. engages in the provision of analytic advisory services and technology solutions for financial institutions. Its services include treasury and risk, pricing and products, sales management, marketing and distribution. The company was founded by David G. Kaytes and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BTIG LLC is an institutional brokerage and fund services firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 through the merger of Baypoint Trading LLC and Bass Trading LLC. They are a subsidiary of Condor Trading LP. BTIG offers institutional and corporate clients with personalized multi-asset class execution, expertise and insights worldwide across equities, equity derivatives, ETFs, fixed income, futures, commodities, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit, and convertible and preferred securities. The firm’s core capabilities include global sales, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more.

Brighton Jones LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was founded by Charles Brighton and Jon Jones in 1999. The firm provides investment management services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, business entities, and trusts.

Menlo Special Opportunities Fund III LP seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of consumer and enterprise technology such as marketplaces, smart cloud infrastructure, SaaS, fintech and cybersecurity. It provides financing for early-growth stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging more than USD 30 million.

PernixData, Inc. develops flash storage virtualization. It provides an enterprise-class software platform for application acceleration. The company develops a software-defined Flash Virtualization Platform that virtualizes server-side flash into a scale-out data tier for enterprise data centers. PernixData was founded in February 2012 by Poojan Kumar and Satyam Vaghani and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Oak9, Inc. is a cloud-native security company that specializes in finding, analyzing, and remediating cloud infrastructure security and compliance issues in real-time. The company has won several awards, including the Chicago Inno Fire Award and was named a top 15 tech company. The company's proprietary security as code (SAC) blueprints secure cloud-native applications and support over 20 compliance standards out-of-the-box. Oak9 is headquartered in Chicago, IL, and is a startup to watch growing across the United States. Oak9 partners with HashiCorp, AWS, and Microsoft, and actively supports the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), and Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Oak9 automates security into cloud infrastructure across the entire software development lifecycle for fast, secure DevOps. The company was founded in 2022 by Aakash Shah and Om Vyas, and the CEO is Raj Datta.

Vareto, Inc. is a strategic finance platform that provides enterprise and growth stage companies with a secure platform for planning, reporting, and operational decision-making. The company is based in Mountain View, CA and was founded by Lalit Singh and Ekaterina Orekhova. The platform is designed to be user-friendly and offers powerful reports and models. Vareto is backed by GV, Menlo Ventures, and 40 angel investors, including CFOs from leading technology companies. The platform streamlines collaboration with stakeholders, provides a holistic view of business spending, and integrates with 50+ ERP, HRIS, CRM, and other business-critical systems. Vareto's mission is to help companies operate better by bringing elegant design and data intelligence into FP&A processes. Ekaterina Orekhova has been the CEO since incorporation.

Proserpine Capital Partners Pty Ltd (Proserpine Capital Partners) is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Hawthorn.

Mistico Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank company. Its objective is effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination. The company was founded on March 1, 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Brigantine Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on March 1, 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Tule Technologies, Inc. develops and installs sensors for the agriculture market. The firm installs evapotranspiration sensor in the middle of an agriculture field to measure the amount of water that evaporates from an area and provides optimal irrigation recommendations for farmers. The company was founded by Thomas Michael Shapland and Jeff LaBarge in 2014 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a global organization that partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis and drive sustainable growth. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY and operates subsidiaries in Israel, United States, and Ukraine. With over 20,000 employees worldwide, UNDP operates in more than 170 countries and territories, offering local insight to empower lives and build resilient nations. As the leading United Nations organization fighting to end poverty, inequality, and climate change, UNDP works collaboratively with countries to address national development challenges and build integrated, lasting solutions for people and the planet.

Flock Group, Inc. develops wireless license plate reading security camera systems. Its products include read license plates, install everywhere, fast access, capture evidence, discreet design, and automatic updates. The company was founded by Garrett Langley and Matt Feury in 2017 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Clear Labs, Inc. provides services related to food quality. The firm offers clear view platform, GMO test and WGS test products. The company was founded by Sasan Amini and Mahni Ghorashi in 2014 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.