Ian Walker

Renaissance Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for kinder to grade 12 schools. Its products include Star 360, myIGDIs, Accelerated Reader, Math and myON. The firm's software solutions offers assessments, early literacy, individualized and balanced instruction, and response to intervention. The company was founded by Judith Ames Paul and Terrance D. Paul in 1986 and is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, WI.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Moogsoft (Herd), Inc. engages in the provision of business and technical solutions. It offers digital experience, navigate disruption, cloud migration, and hybrid cloud. The company was founded by Philip Tee and Charles Michael Silvey in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Brookings Institution provides research and policy solutions. The firm's activities are carried out through four research programs: economic studies, foreign policy studies, governance studies, and metropolitan policy. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

SVB Capital Management LLC (SVB Capital Management) is a venture capital arm of SVB Financial Group founded in 2000 by Aaron Gershenberg and Gregory Becker. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

T-Systems North America, Inc. provides systems integration and networking services. It implements advanced systems for corporate data and voice communications, as well as Internet Protocol (IP) networking systems. The company also offers managed network services to telecommunicatios carriers and Internet service providers, and they provide desktop computing services, technology assessments, and other cinsulting services. T-Systems International is a division of global telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom. T-Systems North America is headquartered in Rochester, MI.

Capital Partnership /Venture Capital/ (Capital Partnership) is a private equity/venture capital arm of The Capital partnership group, founded in 1998 by Ali A. Ojjeh and Ahmed Ben. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

The Capital Partnership Group Ltd. provides investment solutions. It offers public securities funds and portfolios, private equity, venture capital, real estate, portfolio aggregation and advisory, and wealth advisory services. The company was founded by Ahmed Ben Halim and Ali Ojjeh in 1998 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Top Tier Capital Partners LLC (TTCP) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Philip Paul and David York. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional office in London.

The Four Rivers Group LLC (Four Rivers Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Farouk Ladha. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Usermind, Inc. engages in the provision of customer engagement hub platform. Its products include journey analytics, journey orchestration, and journey experimentation and optimization. It also offers solutions such as customer acquisition, customer onboarding, cross-sell and upsell, problem resolution, supply chain, and partner and channel. The company was founded by Michel Feaster and Przemek Pardyak in June 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Diamanti, Inc. provides data infrastructure solutions. It offers container network and storage, elastic devops pipeline, data infrastructure, and private container cloud. The company was founded by Jeff Chou, Gopal Sharma and Amitava Guha and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Pacific Management Partners LLC (Pacific Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Craig Hanson. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

StreetLight Data, Inc. delivers next-generation geospatial business intelligence for the in-store retail ecosystem. It repurposes and recombines data from traffic and transportation management systems, such as traffic jam alerts and navigation to help retailers understand the context in which their stores operate. The company was founded by Rich Miller, Paul Friedman and Laura Schewel in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

NewAer, Inc. provides mobile phone application services. The firm brings the Android and iPhone awareness through their open platform. It develops lightweight mobile software that runs user's smartphone. The company was founded by David K. Mathews in January 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Pagemill Partners serves the global technology market, with as many as 1/3 of their transactions in a given year occurring on a cross-border basis. The company's strategic relationships built through years of active dialog have resulted in more than 160 closed transactions since 2005. Pagemill Partners is among the most active investment banks in the market. Pagemill Partners is a premier investment bank located in the heart of Silicon Valley, with a solid track record of completing successful transactions for technology and media companies. Specializing in merger and acquisition advisory, they have closed more than 160 transactions since 2005. The Pagemill Partners team works in close partnership with its clients to consistently achieve extraordinary outcomes through a combination of transaction experience, domain expertise, and personal commitment to the success and objectives of their clients and their shareholders. The company's bankers are highly experienced in Enterprise, infrastructure and application software, Semiconductors, Internet and media, Communications, Storage, Security, Technology-enabled services And many other technology sub-segments. The Pagemill Partners team is composed of a distinguished set of individuals and deal makers who have demonstrated excellence and leadership throughout their professional careers. The number and quality of their completed transactions speaks volumes about our experience, excellence and expertise.

Detecon, Inc. provides technology management and consulting services. It serves enterprises, service providers, and government entities in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Africa. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Saints Ventures LLC (Saints Ventures) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Ken Sawyer and David Quinlivan. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

BBVA Bancomer SA Institution de Banca Multiple engages in the provision of banking and financial services. The firm offers retail, corporate, commercial, private, and investment banking services, as well as personal and corporate financial products. Its service portfolio includes savings and deposit accounts, credit cards, mortgages, vehicle loans, leasing, corporate financing, and insurance. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

Part of Deutsche Telekom AG, Deutsche Telekom, Inc. provides telecommunication services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Multiples Alternate Asset Management Pvt Ltd (Multiples Alternate Asset) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Mumbai.

Open X Innovations LLC (Open X Innovations) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Hosein Khajeh Hosseiny. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.