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Wise Connect, Inc. provides installation of telecommunications equipment, cable, and satellite services. Its services include outside plant, triple play installations, network deployment, wireless site, MDU site, and structured cabling services. The company was founded in January 2011 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Target Data, Inc. operates a cloud based marketing optimization platform. Its platform merges existing customer, prospect and transactional data with data from multiple third party sources to reveal media habits, demographics, psychographics, social profiles, geo-targeting, and life events of valuable households. The company was founded by Ross Shelleman and Andrew Hamilton in 2007 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Purchasing Platform,Inc. provides procurement processing tools. Its platform enables organizations to buy office supplies, paint, pool supplies, janitorial & cleaning supplies, electrical, plumbing and many more MRO products online. The company was founded by Peter Hepner in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Apex Venture Partners (Apex Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by James Johnson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

THINQUE systems develops mobile and wireless workforce automation applications for sales force automation (SFA) and field force automation (FFA) for Windows Ce/Pocket PC handheld computers.

Current Analysis, Inc. provides analytical business information services. It also provides market intelligence and advice for telecommunications, information technology , consumer electronics, and business applications. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Bostan, MA.

Mercer Management Consulting, Inc. provides management consulting services. The company offers business design innovation, brand strategy, operational excellence, transformation, and portfolio strategy services. The firm was founded in 1990 and is located in New York, NY.

ALI Solutions, Inc. provided contact center solutions and services. The company was founded by Daniel N. Duncan. Thomas J. Miller in 1992 and was headquartered in Austin, TX.

Advanced Equities Financial Corp. was founded in 1999 by independent business owners and securities industry executives Keith Daubenspeck and Dwight Badger, whose entrepreneurial spirit led them to defy old-line traditions and convention by starting a different kind of firm. Advanced Equities soon became the pioneer in providing qualified high-net-worth individuals access to late-stage private equity offerings-opportunities previously available only to institutional investors. AEFC has developed a reputation for being led by entrepreneurs who want to help other entrepreneurs. Blazing a new trail in the world of private equity was followed by a singular approach to retail brokerage through the acquisition of First Allied Securities, Inc., which helped AEFC reinvent the independent advisor model. The First Allied model focuses on meeting the requirements of entrepreneurs with a deep understanding of their need for choices, providing access to opportunities in an ecosystem where initiative and autonomy reign supreme. AEFC made its first of many acquisitions in 2003 and by 2006 was named as the nation's No. 1 fastest growing brokerage firm by Inc. magazine. Advanced Equities Financial Corp. is a leading provider of investment management, securities brokerage, and venture capital investment banking services through its subsidiaries: Advanced Equities, Inc.; First Allied Securities, Inc.; Advanced Equities Asset Management and Advanced Equities Wealth Management (Greenbook Financial Services, Inc.). Combined, AEFC represents one of the nation's top independent brokerage forces in the nation with approximately 900 financial advisors administering more than $30 billion in client assets. These advisors have been ranked as the industry's most productive and have access to an array of products, services and in-house expertise within the wealth management sectors that few firms can rival.

XperEx Corp. Provided digital marketing and self service network solutions. The company was founded in 2002 and was headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center provides business development advisory services. It helps clients by providing financing, sales and client development, mentoring, peer-to-peer exchange, grant and new ventures accelerating services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Powerreviews, Inc. delivers software and network products that allows brands and retailers to generate and display ratings, reviews, and answers to consumer questions. The firm’s services include moderation and product sampling. The company was founded by Matthew Moog in August 2006 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Sittercity, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for families and caregivers. It offers finding child care, babysitters, nannies, special needs care, and pet sitters. The company was founded by Genevieve Thiers in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Crafted Fun, Inc. develops social media applications. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

SpiderOak, Inc. engages in provision of cloud-based data management software. Its products include One, Groups, Enterprise, Semaphor and Encryptr. The company was founded by Alan Fairless and Ethan Oberman in 2007 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

Rippleshot, Inc. provides financial technology services. Its solutions enable card issuers, processors, and merchants to monitor suspicious activities and implement fraud risk management strategies when breaches occur. The firm offers Rippleshot Community, an offering for credit unions and banks to spot local and national breaches affecting communities; Rippleshot National, an additional tool for fraud analysts at banks to supplement current card re-issuing strategies; Rippleshot Merchant that enables store owners to detect and monitor data breaches by providing access to a portal to review breached locations color-coded by severity; and Rippleshot ISO, which enables acquirers to detect and monitor merchant data breach threat levels for their merchants on a daily basis. The company was founded by Canh Tran, Yueyu Fu and Randal Cox in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Music Audience Exchange, Inc. operates an online platform that brings both artists and brands together to tell their stories. It specializes in brand marketing, music marketing, advertising network, marketing technology, online advertising, social media marketing and content marketing. The company was founded by Justin Mink, George Howard, Carlos Diaz, Ryan Whisenhunt, Nathan Hanks and Sean Hozumi in 2014 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Method Capital LLC (Method Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

NexLP, Inc. develops cognitive computing platform. Its solutions enable the users to do data source agnostic, smart search, scalability, and interactive visualizations. The company was founded by Jay Leib, Dan Roth, Kit Mackie, and Ye Chen in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Adnoli LLC provides web-service application programming interface infrastructure to facilitate data accessibility and machine learning predictions. It offers Swift IQ, a cloud platform to unify data and enable real-time decisions for analytics and relevant marketing; Swift Access, a backend solution that enables users to import, unify, secure, access, and analyze data for digital experiences; and Swift Predictions, which allows users to apply adaptive, machine learning algorithms to extract deep insights. The company was founded by Jason Lobel, Massimo Ilario, Kevin Poulsen, Gabe Greenbaum and Alex Harvey in 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Attain Data provides financial services through mobile application. The company was founded by Brian S. Mandelbaum & Dominic Bennett and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

213 Management LLC (213 Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Bob Shapiro and Nick Rosa. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.