Jim N. Strawbridge

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (NSC) is a wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TSE: 8604; NYSE: NMR). Headquartered in Tokyo, the firm was founded in 1925. NSC places a strong emphasis on research, both fundamental and quantitative. In addition to stock and bond underwriting, their activities include IPO and M&A advisory, wealth management, separately managed accounts, fund wrap services, prime brokerage and structured equity finance. Their clients include institutions, hedge funds, private banks and private equity funds as well as corporate clients and retail investors.

Switchboard, Inc. provides on-line advertising solutions. The firm also offers Internet-based yellow pages, interconnecting consumers, merchants, and national advertisers. The company was founded in February 1996 and is headquartered in Westborough, MA.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

Visage Mobile, Inc. provides technology services for mobile virtual network platform. Its products include MobilityCentral, VisagePulse, International Travel Roaming Alerts (ITRA) and Concur Travel Integration. The company was founded by David Fraze and Matthew Johnson in 2001 and is headquartered in Larkspur, CA.

Purfresh, Inc. provides food and water clean technology and storage services. It offers real-time monitoring and ozone response solution for cargo requiring ethylene, humidity, oxygen, and carbon dioxide adherence, and post-voyage data; Intellipur, a cloud-based cargo monitoring software that provides real-time visibility into and control over the conditions of fresh food, flowers, and temperature-sensitive cargo shipped in refrigerated marine containers; Total Active Environment, a supply chain management solution that creates, controls, and monitors the optimal environment for transporting the fresh food to consumers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Innotas, Inc. provides cloud solutions for portfolio management. Its solutions include project portfolio management, application portfolio management, resource management, agile portfolio management, and the integration platform. The company also offers community support, implementation, consulting and education services. Innotas was founded by Sarb Takhar, Demian Entrekin, Caleb Entrekin and Charles E. Entrekin on January 1, 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

3PAR, Inc. provides utility storage solutions. It also provides platform for the delivery of enterprise IT as a utility service. The company was founded by Jeffrey Price and Ashok Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Carsala helps car shoppers around the country by doing the research and negotiation for them. It finds the right cars and negotiates great prices. Shoppers typically use Carsala when they don't enjoy or have time for the often tedious used car-buying experience. Its customers get their car in a matter of days whereas this process often takes months and causes many headaches without Carsala. Carsala is a service for people who are looking for a used car but hate the traditional buying process. The company uses the latest web technology in conjunction with its own professional negotiators to help its customers find the right used car without the negotiating hassle at a desirable price. The company was founded in 2008 by Tyler Elliston and Raif Barbaros.

Tablenow, Inc. develops location-based mobile apps and websites. It offers restaurant reservation booking system. The firm provides users with the opportunity to book last-minute reservations at restaurants that are otherwise fully booked. The company was founded by Pete Goettner, Santosh Jayaram, and Antonio Altamirano on January 1, 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Origami Logic, Inc. engages in the operation of a visual data analytics platform that offers self-service analytics specifically geared for marketers by applying visualization, big data analytics, and data science technologies. Its solutions include CMO dashboard, cross-channel measurement, social performance, and video performance measurement. The firm serves the banking, consumer packaged goods, and media sectors. The company was founded by Alon Amit, Ofer Shaked and Opher Kahane in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

Silicon Microstructures, Inc. manufactures low pressure silicon sensors for communications, video, and imaging markets. The firm’s products include digital, analog, digital & analog, compensated, uncompensated and minimally invasive sensors. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

IntruVert Networks, Inc. provides network-based intrusion protection technology products. The company was founded by Srikant Vissamsetti, Fengmin Gong, Keith Amidon, and Parveen Jain on September 27, 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Icon Ventures LLC (Icon Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of JAFCO Group Co Ltd founded in 2003 by Joseph Horowitz. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

FineGround Networks, Inc. designs enterprise application delivery suite. The firm offered products for automated performance optimization, end-to-end monitoring, and application security. It has offices in London, Hong Kong, and Toronto. The company was founded in 2000 and headquartered in Campbell, CA

Collation, Inc. provides mapping software for modern business applications. The company also develops application management software that enables automated top-down management of distributed n-tier applications. Its management solution maps all run-time application components, attributes, interdependencies, status and change history. Collation is located in Redwood City, CA.

Purisma, Inc. provides data management solutions. Its products include Purisma Data Hub, MyData for D&B, white papers & data sheets, webcasts, and industry articles. The firm's services include rapid implementation services, technical support, and training & education. The company was founded by Paul Friedman in 2003 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Part of Ernst & Young Global Ltd., Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides industry insights, case studies, and solutions to help businesses seize emerging opportunities and reframe their future. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company specializes in helping financial services companies grow and deliver value while managing risk and disruption. The company also offers integrated workforce mobility services to help move talent across the globe with minimum delay and inconvenience.

SDL Ventures LLC (SDL Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Don D. Scifres and Mike L. Foster. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Nsite LLC produces software and IT solutions for client. Its services include requirement and custom software development, mobile applications, cold fusion and SQL server and geographic information systems. The company is headquartered in Odenton, MD.

World Golf Tour, Inc. provides golf games through online. It offers digital entertainment services through an online golf simulation games as well as allows players to compete against one another, play tournaments and win prizes. The company was founded by Chad Nelson and YuChiang Cheng in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

TrustArc, Inc. provides online privacy management services. The firm's business products include EU GDPR privacy solutions, privacy consulting, privacy platform and tools, assessments and certifications. The company was founded by Maier Fran, Lori Fena, Charles Jennings, Nick Grouf and Timothy W. Dick in 1997 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MoPub, Inc. provides ad server for mobile application publishers. It offers optimization and experiences for mobile apps. The company was founded by Atwood Bryan, Jamal Nafis and Jim Payne on September 9, 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA

KargoCard (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. engages in the distribution and provision of smart card solution services. Its development, production, and sale of computer hardware and software; wholesale, leasing, and sale of electronic cash register system printing supplies, lines, scanning guns, communications equipment and shelves, intelligent magnetic stripe, chip, technology development, technical advice, and transfer of technological achievements. The company was founded by David Suzuki, Jimmy Cheung, and Ashmit Bhattacharya in 2008 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Duetto Research, Inc. provides software services. It develops a cloud-based application that provides revenue strategy solutions to hotels and casinos. The firm offers Duetto Edge that delivers insights on pricing and demand; Duetto Insight for forecasting demand and optimizing pricing for focused-service properties; and Duetto GameChanger, a cloud-based software-as-a-service solution that determines the value of each guest by prospective gaming and non-gaming revenue potential. The company was founded by Patrick Bosworth, Craig Weissman and Marco Benvenuti in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cloud Physics, Inc. designs and develops datacenter analytics and management software. The firm offers solutions for modeling and simulation, storage administration, customized reporting and health checks and troubleshooting. The company was founded by John Blumenthal, Irfan Ahmad, Jim Kleckner and Xiaojun Liu in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Tune, Inc. engages in the design, development, and operation of a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for building, managing, and growing partner programs for advertisers and networks. The firm offers TUNE Partner Marketing Platform. The company was founded by Lucas R. Brown and Lee E. Brown in 2009 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Sequoia Heritage (Sequoia Heritage) is a private equity subsidiary of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC founded in 2010 by Keith Johnson. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Exabeam, Inc. engages in provision of user and entity behavior analytics. The firm?s services include compliance, threat detection, cloud security, IoT monitoring and SOC automation. Its products include advanced analytics, cloud connectors, data lake, entity analytics, incident responder, threat hunter, and threat intelligence service. The company was founded was founded by Nir Polak, Gil Sylvain, and Domingo Mihovilovic in 2013 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Rylo, Inc. develops novel consumer electronics devices and software applications. The company was founded by Alex Karpenko and Chris Cunningham and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ripcord, Inc. operates robotic digitization company. Its solutions include compliance, finance, healthcare, legal, and infrastructure. The company was founded by Alex Fielding, Kevin Hall, and Kim Lembo and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Part of Cloud Software Group, Inc., TIBCO LogLogic, Inc. develops log and security management software for enterprises and cloud. The company is based in San Jose, CA.

Part of JAFCO Group Co., Ltd., Icon Flex SPV LLC functions as a venture capital fund. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA.

Button, Inc. operates and develops a mobile commerce partnerships platform. It offers solutions for publishers and brands. The company was founded by Mike Dudas, Siddhartha Dabral, Tanner Hackett, Michael Jaconi, Chris Maddern and Stephen Milbank in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.