William B. Binch

Marketo, Inc. engages in the provision of digital marketing platform. Its products include marketing automation, account-based marketing, email, mobile, social, digital ads, web, marketing analytics, content, and market sales engage. It also offers lead management, email marketing, consumer marketing, customer base marketing, and mobile marketing solutions. The company was founded by Phillip M. Fernandez, Jonathan Miller, and David Morandi on January 20, 2006 and is headquartered in Sa n Mateo, CA.

Avolent, Inc. provides application software services. The company's software is used for bill presentment, online reprint, member reconciliation, backend system synchronization, consolidation, and batch print. It offers services to the healthcare, leasing, financial, insurance, distribution, manufacturing, and communications industries. Its clients include AT&T, Delta Dental of California, EDS, MasterCard, Health Alliance, Highmark, and Office Depot. Avolent was founded by Kevin Han in 1995 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

PeopleSoft, Inc. provides enterprise software that ties together back-office applications and databases. Its software addresses such tasks as accounting, human resources management and supply chain management. PeopleSoft has expanded its product lines to include vertical applications for manufacturing firms and government agencies. In late 2003 Oracle launched a hostile attempt to purchase PeopleSoft, which ultimately agreed to be purchased for $10.3 billion in December 2004. Oracle completed the acquisition of the company in January 2005. PeopleSoft is located in Redwood Shores, CA.

BEA Systems, Inc. provides business software solutions. The firm provides transaction processing systems, telecommunication billing applications, and enterprise financial systems. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Qvidian Corp. provides cloud-based Request for Proposal (RFP) and proposal automation applications. Its services are used for sales proposals, security questionnaires, presentations, due diligence questionnaires, and sales playbooks. It offers advisory services, content services, managed services, technical services, and education and training. The company is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.