Chris W. Hegele

Micro Focus (US), Inc. develops implements and supports proprietary, mixed source and open source software. Its solutions include visual cobol, terminal emulation, borland, corba and mainframe solutions. The firm helps to organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Provo, UT.

Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops inhibitors of validated metalloenzymes. The firm's clinical portfolio includes novel agents to treat both chronic and life threatening fungal infections. It also leverage our metalloenzyme expertise in other therapeutic areas including oncology and orphan diseases. The company was founded by Thomas V. O’Halloran and Holden H. Thorp on August 18, 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Clarabridge, Inc. provides intelligent customer experience management solutions. It enables businesses to intelligently listen to, analyze, operationalie, and measure multi-source customer feedback through intelligent sentiment and text analytics. The company enables organizations to create a universal understanding of its customers, partners, and employees; make actionable business decisions with measurable ROI; and collaborate on those decisions both internally with stakeholders and externally with customers. Its products include CX Analytics, CX Social and CX Survey. The company was founded by Siddhartha Banerjee, Nithi Vivatrat, Gene S. Sohn and Justin Langseth in 2005 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Zenoss, Inc. provides information technology monitoring and management solutions. It offers cloud, server, virtualization, application, storage, converged infrastructure, unified communications and network monitoring. The firm serves federal, financial, technology, and services provider industries. The company was founded by William G. Karpovich and Erik Dahl in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

LivingSocial, Inc. operates an online local marketplace platform. The firm’s products and programs include local, escapes, shop, events, coupons, and at home. It provides fun and leisure, kids activities, sightseeing and tours, sports and outdoors, tickets and events, beauty products and spas, and food and drinks. The company was founded by Aaron Batalion, Valeriy Aleksenko, Edward Pyle Frederick, and Timothy J. O'Shaughnessy in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

HelloWallet LLC provides online financial guidance services. The firm is an independent financial management and guidance website which helps its members to take control of finances. The company was founded by Matt Fellowes in 2009 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

WiserTogether, Inc. offers a shared decision support platform. It provides treatment decisions on musculoskeletal, pregnancy, cardiovascular, mental health, diabetes, and respiratory issues. The firm sells online and mobile health-decision-support platform to consumers, employers, health plans, payers, and providers. The company was founded by Shub Debgupta, Robert Proctor and Praveen V. Mooganur in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Booker Software, Inc. provides software for management, booking and marketing services. It enables businesses to provide online services through website and a network of partner sites and apps. The company was founded by Joshua McCarter and Daniel Lizio-Katzen in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Royalty Exchange, Inc. operates an online platform for the valuation and sale of music royalties. It provides a platform where all types of royalty assets, such as music, television and film or patents, intellectual property, and mineral rights, can be bought or sold in an effort to bring value to both the investor and seller. The company was founded in 2011 by Sean C. Peace, Reggie Calloway and Wilson Owens and is headquartered in Lakewood, CO.

Payzer Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of Information Technology services. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Adwerx, Inc. provides advertising services for real estate. The firm offers digital marketing tools for real estate, mortgage and insurance. The company was founded by Jed Carlson in 2006 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Part of Delfin Midstream, Inc., Attitude Network Ltd. is a company that publishes entertainment Web sites. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by David B. Aronoff. Attitude Network was acquired by theglobe.com, Inc., part of Delfin Midstream, Inc. from December 31, 2017 on April 12, 1999 for $55.18 million.

Grotech Management Co (Grotech Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984 by Frank A. Adams. The firm is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Mesa Capital Partners LLC/NM/ (Mesa Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Workspace.com, Inc. provides online project workspace services. Its services include collaboration, reporting, dashboards, custom fields, security, user management, and search. The company was founded by Chris Childers, Greg Heard, Paul Martin, Jeff Mason, and Mark J. Wesker in 2001 and is headquartered in Owings Mills, MD.

Part of Gen Digital Inc., Da Vinci Systems Corp. is a software development company. The company is based in Raleigh, NC. The company was founded by William Charles Nussey. Da Vinci Systems was acquired by On Technology Corp. on June 06, 1994.

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

Northern Virginia Technology Council operates as a membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia. It serves businesses from all sectors of the technology industry, service providers, universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and government agencies. The company is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Mid-Atlantic Venture Association represents private equity and venture capital companies. The private company is based in Timonium, MD. The company was founded by Charles W. Newhall.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Bright Hub, Inc. provides business infra structure to software developers. Its focus areas include computing, education, mobile, science, environment, electronics, multimedia, Internet, business, finances and engineering. The company was founded by Robert Smith, Joshua Andeson McWilliam and William P. Phelan in 2006 and is headquartered in Troy, NY.

Syngenta Ventures is a venture capital firm in Switzerland. The firm was founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Switzerland.

Personal, Inc. develops web and mobile platform that helps people take control of and benefit from their data. The firm is available through subscription and companies and organizations that provide vaults to their customers and members, frequently pre-populated with information that is instantly useful and able to be shared privately. The company was founded by R. Shane Green, Edin Saracevic, Tarik Kurspahic, Douglas B. Wheeler, Jennifer Devereux and Jennifer O'Keefe in 2009 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Contactually, Inc. develops Web-based customer relationship management software and contact management solutions. Its solutions provide teams with insights and analytics from the team dashboard and summary of a team's activity, connect personal buckets to team buckets so that contact records are up-to-date, facilitate to assign contacts to team members and allow to create shared team buckets and link personal ones. The firm's solutions also allow individuals to focus on right contacts, follow up consistently, find business opportunities in their network and work across their team. The company was founded by Zvi Band, Tony Cappaert and Jeff Carbonella in October 2011 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Passport Labs, Inc. provides cloud-based parking management solutions. The firms products include parking, transit, permits, enforcement, and gateway. It serves government, transit agencies, campuses, private operators, and business program. The company was founded by Charlie G. Youakim and Robert Youakim in 2010 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Intellinote, Inc. provides multi-platform software applications. Its products include video conferencing, real time messaging, task management, file sharing, note tasking, mobile, desktop apps, notifications and platform. The company was founded by Anthony Lopresti, William L. Welch and Gene S. Sohn in January 2013 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Payzer LLC operates a mobile and cloud based financial technology platform. Its product allows clients to accept payments, provide instant credit, make payments, control information securely, and control purchases by giving employees visa debit purchasing cards rather than a company credit card. The company was founded by Joseph A. Giordano and Douglas Little in 2012 and is headquartered in Waxhaw, NC.

ICX Media, Inc. develops a digital media software platform which provides comprehensive insights into how videos are performing. It specializes in media, content creators, online video, video, insights, data science and brand content. The company was founded by Michael B. Avon, Steven McCord, Joey McCord and Thomas MacIsaac and is headquartered in Washington, WA.

Ceterus, Inc. provides accounting and book keeping services. It offers Ceterus edge and tax solutions. The company was founded by Levi Morehouse in 2008 and is headquartered in Charleston, SC.

Rent Ready Holdings, Inc. is a real estate firm. It delivers an end-to-end make-ready service for apartment communities. The company was founded by William P. Brugh, Jr., Ryan C. McMillan, and Jonathan E. Kite and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Carolinas Fintech Management LLC (CFV Ventures) is a venture capital arm of RevTech Labs LLC founded in 2017 by Daniel J. Roselli and Nathaniel Clarkson. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Pet Screening, Inc. provides end-to-end pet screening solution to apartment and rental industry. The company was founded by John R. Bradford III and is headquartered in Cornelius, NC.

Part of Dispatch Technologies, Inc., Youreka Labs, Inc. is a company that offers the Youreka product, which allows enterprises to create and complete forms at scale, run analytics and workflow, all without leaving the comfort and security of their Salesforce environment. The company is based in Baltimore, MD. The Youreka product is trusted by leading enterprises worldwide and is built for enterprises who run on Salesforce. It offers guided safety checklists, real-time verification processes, health, safety, and environmental compliance forms, and allows users to put organizational knowledge to work even without wifi. The company was founded in 2008 by Thomas Boosinger and Dan Bergner, and the CEO is Bill Karpovich. Youreka Labs was acquired by Dispatch Technologies, Inc. on April 26, 2022.

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (Virginia Innovation Partnership) is a private equity/venture capital non-profit operating division of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.