Gil Penchina

San Francisco-based PurePlay is the first and largest legal play-for-cash online poker destination. Through a patented business model, PurePlay enables players to compete for cash without ever putting their own money at risk. The company was founded in November 2004 by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs with venture capital financial backing. The poker site, which launched in November 2005, has awarded over $4 million and today is the fastest growing legal online cash poker destination with over 1.5 million players.

San Francisco Opera Association owns and operates opera theater. It offers an array of training programs and performance opportunities for young artists under the support of the San Francisco Opera Center and the Merola Opera Program. The company was founded by Gaetano Merola in 1923 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Fandom, Inc. engages in the operation of an entertainment social media platform for fans that offers games, movies, television shows, other videos, and a community portal. The company was founded by Jimmy Donal Wales and Angela Beesley Starling on October 18, 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Vouch Financial, Inc. operates a social network for credit. It helps borrowers proactively build creditworthiness to get better rates on loans, larger loans, or both. The firm also helps to lend loans at a lower rate as they grow personal vouch network. The company was founded by Hugh Olliphant, Yee Lee and Sue Korn in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

UXPin Sp zoo engages in the provision of professional tools for UX designers. It offers rapid prototyping notepads, browser-shaped notepads, UXPin notepads for web projects, mobile UX kits that offer touch-driven prototyping and online wire framing and documenting applications. The company was founded by Marcin Treder, Kamil Jan Zieba, Marcin Tomasz Kowalski, Piotr Marek Duszynski and Wiktor Waldemar Mazur in 2010 and is headquartered in Gdynia, Poland.

Uprising Capital LLC (Uprising Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Gil Penchina, Shawn Merani and Alec Hsu. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.