Christopher Best

Chain, Inc. provides block-chain application program interface to developers. It enables secure transfer of digital assets directly between parties using open protocols. The firms platform offers transaction security, transaction privacy, block chain data and product development services. The company was founded by Adam Ludwin and Devon Gundry in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cleartrip Pvt Ltd. provides online travel agency and related services. It offers hotels, flights and train booking services. The firm offers QPX, which is a management system for airfare pricing and shopping. The company was founded by Stuart Crighton and Hrush Bhatt on May 12, 2005 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Byte, Inc. engages in developing applications. The company was founded by Rockman Ha and Dom Hoffman and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pogo Financial, Inc. provide mobile payment services for international travellers. The company is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Lightyear Corp. operates as a global Software as a Service (SaaS) business. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Interstellar, Inc. operates online platform, which connects banks, payments system and people. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Draft Ventures LLC (Draft Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Artia Moghbel and David Rodriguez. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Albumatic, Inc. provides photo sharing services. The firm creates photo albums that shares with friends and also start adding photos of friends to view. The company was founded by Adam Ludwin and Devon Gundry in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Rigetti & Co., Inc. develops and delivers integrated quantum and classical computing capabilities. The firm's flagship product, Quantum Cloud Services provides dedicated access to quantum hardware and a development environment tailored for practical applications. The company was founded by Chad T. Rigetti in 2013 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Moda Operandi, Inc. operates as an online retailer. The firm produces virtual trunk shows featuring ready-to-wear styles, shoes, handbags, jewelry, and accessories. It runs online designer trunkshows for customers to preorder products. The company was founded by Aslaug Magnufdottir and Lauren Santo Domingo in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

RRE Advisors LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1994 by Stuart Jay Ellman, James D. Robinson and Jim D. Robinson. RRE Advisors LLC is headquartered in New York.

Rincon Venture Management LLC (Rincon Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Jim Andelman. The firm is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

Omnicom Media Group, Inc. provides services in media billing, search engine marketing, branded content production and print media. Its service media network includes OMD, PHD and Prometheus, as well as media communications companies. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

AH Capital Management LLC (AH Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Lowell Andreessen and Ben A. Horowitz. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Accuen, Inc. develops and operates a digital media acquisition platform. The private company is based in Chicago, IL.

Rothschild & Co. Asset Management SCS (Rothschild & Co. AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Rothschild et CIE Banque SC, ultimately held by Rothschild & Co. SCA (EPA: ROTH) in France. Headquartered in Paris, Rothschild & Co. AM offers a range of asset management services which includes equities, fixed-income, convertible bonds and flexible diversified funds to institutional clients, external distributors and independent financial advisors.

Evolem SAS (Evolem) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Bruno Rousset SAS founded in 1996 by Bruno Rousset. The firm is headquartered in France.

Trailrunner International LLC is a strategic communications firm based in Truckee, CA. Trailrunner International provides crisis communications, financial communications, and ongoing corporate communications support to top enterprises, institutions, and individuals. The firm takes a team approach across diverse disciplines including media, law, finance, and regulatory affairs to address opportunities and challenges that no longer fit neatly into traditional categories. The private company was founded in 2016 by Lulu Cheng Meservey, James Richard Wilkinson, and Jimmy Hughes has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Reforge, Inc. is a company that offers advanced growth strategy programs for experienced tech professionals in product, marketing, data, design, and engineering. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and provides a systemic approach to iteration and idea validation to realize the goal of getting to product market fit. The programs offered by Reforge focus on building sophisticated systems of compounding growth, developing effective engineering leaders, and becoming fully data-driven with strategic experimentation skills. Additionally, Reforge teaches frameworks for building, communicating, and executing a product strategy, scaling high-quality product execution across product and engineering teams, defining a technical strategy, optimizing it based on company context, and assessing strategic tradeoffs more effectively. The company also offers programs on developing monetization strategies, managing a marketing team, driving scalable and cost-effective acquisition, and leveraging data to make smart product decisions. The company was founded by Brian K. Balfour and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Garvest BV provides investment services. The private company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands and it has subsidiaries in Poland.

Better Bite Management Ltd (Better Bite Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Simon Newstead and Michal Klar. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Not Just Snacks, Inc. operates as a food application platform which makes ordering food more convenient, affordable and social. The company was founded by Kevin Tan, Jamie Marshall and Jonathan Cameron in 2017 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Hipcamp, Inc. operates as a consumer oriented online travel company. The firm specializes in camping, outdoors, reservations, discovery and land sharing. The company was founded by Alyssa Ravasio and Eric Bach and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Envoy, Inc. engages in the development of visitor management software for the modern lobby. It focuses on the security, touchless sign-in, meet compliance requirements, and access control. The company was founded by Larry Gadea in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Stealth Startup Solutions LLC engages in provision of consulting services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Right Media, Inc. operates a digital advertising exchange platform. It provide services to the digital advertising companies including ad networks, direct advertisers, data providers, technology innovators and global agencies. The company was founded by Michael Walrath in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Invoca, Inc. provides call performance marketing solutions. Its products include call intelligence suite, integration partners and cloud infrastructure. The firm offers solutions to agencies, consumers, business-to-business, search and performance marketers. Invoca was founded by Colin D. Kelley and Jason S. Spievak in 2008 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Penguin Computing, Inc. provides computer, cluster management software and technical services. It offers an end-to-end portfolio of products that range from Linux servers and workstations to integrated, turn-key HPC clusters and cluster management software. The company was founded by Sam Ockman in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Petzila, Inc. develops petziconnect wireless camera and treat disher that connects pets and pet owners. It specializes in internet of thing (IoT) pet solutions. The company was founded by Simon Milner and David P. Clark in 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.