Renee DiResta

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Palm, Inc. manufactures handheld computing device products. It provides mobile products that help people to stay connected with their family, friends and colleagues, access and share information. The firm sells their products through Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels and at Palm online stores. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Platform Partners LLC (Platform Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Frederick W. Brazelton, Frederick R. Lummis, and Brad L. Morgan. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Mobile Complete, Inc. provides mobile application development and testing services. The company was founded by Faraz A. Syed and David J. Marsyla in April 2003 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Endurance Cos. LLC (Endurance) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Angelo Fu. The firm is headquartered in New Hampshire.

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.

Bain Capital LP engages in provision of investment consulting services. It specializes in private equity, credit, public equity, venture, real estate, double impact, life sciences, and partnership strategies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Zen Research Plc designs, develops, and licenses technologies for companies that create and market components found in CD-Rom and DVD players.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Kirusa, Inc. provides mobile social media and value added services. It offers voice messaging, instavoice, social media, infotainment, delivery model and enterprise solutions. The company was founded by Louis C. Golm, Barinderpal Singh Mumick and Inderpal Singh Mumick in 2001 and is headquartered in New Providence, NJ.

Part of American Greetings Corp., Storycatcher.com, Inc. operates an Internet site providing next-generation digital scrapbook and creating interactive story albums. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Eric Klein. Storycatcher.com was acquired by Photoworks, Inc. on May 08, 2001.

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

Schox PLC builds patent portfolios that enable startups to attract funding and avoid patent infringement. It serves the medical device, clean technology, and software industries. The company was founded by Jeffrey Schox in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Xtime, Inc. provides retention solutions for the retail automotive industry. Its solution is a cloud-based solution that integrates all customer service touch points. The firm's products include Vehicle Specific Maintenance Menus, Bi-Directional DMS Integration, Customizable Dealer Menusb and OEM Integrations. The company was founded by Adam Galper in 1999 is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

AZPB LP operates a professional baseball team. The company is a member of the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The firm also markets sports merchandise, tickets, and collectable baseball game items. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Founded in 1988, Innovacom is the venture capital subsidiary of France Tlcom SA (NYSE: FTE). They are located in San Francisco with additional offices in Stockholm and Paris

Y Combinator LLC (Y Combinator) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Klein Venture Partners LLC (Klein Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Eric Klein. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

TomorrowVentures LLC (TomorrowVentures) is a venture capital subsidiary of SCHMIDT ERIC E founded in 2009 by Eric E. Schmidt. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

PointClickCare Corp. engages in the operation of healthcare technology platform enabling meaningful collaboration and access to real-time insights at every stage of the patient healthcare journey. The company was founded by Michael Wessinger and David Wessinger on August 23, 1995 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Apple International, Inc. sells and services used helicopters. The private company is based in Bristol, TN.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPF&S) is a global investment banking firm, SEC-registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). MLPF&S provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other types of business.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Trucks Venture Management LLC (Trucks VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Sourcery Technologies, Inc. develops a payments and commerce platform that focuses on the wholesale foodservice industry. Its features include invoice storage, analytics, online bill pay and high touch services. The company was founded by Na’ama Moran and Peretz Partensky in July 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ImmuneBridge, Inc. is a biotech company that is developing the next generation of allogeneic cellular medicines to make curative cancer therapies accessible to everyone. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded in 2018 by Jesse Cotari and Peretz Partensky. The company is starting with NK cell-based immunotherapies. The company's proprietary expansion technology amplifies cord blood-derived immune stem cells while maintaining full immune multipotency to create a consistent and abundant cellular source for immunotherapies. ImmuneBridge's scientific approach harnesses this expansion technology along with the unique benefits of umbilical cord blood to enable robust screening and selection for the most potent cancer-fighting cells. Peretz Partensky has been the CEO since 2018.