Patsy O'Brien

Pictela is a global platform for distributing definition brand content. The platform reaches over 120 million consumers worldwide and supports 1 billion impressions per day. With Pictela, brands can deliver high definition video, photos, text and more. Since launching in 2009 with Disney and American Idol, Pictela has experienced rapid growth with clients across retail, CPG, automotive and entertainment categories. Pictela technology has been certified by Time Inc., The Wall Street Journal, Scripps Networks, Glam Media, Hearst, Rodale, Undertone and Thomson Reuters, among others. Pictela is based in the Flatiron District of New York City, the heart of the New York tech sector. The company is led by senior media and technology executives and backed by prominent venture capital investors.

Getabl, Inc. provides consumer-to-business texting services. It is a service that replaces the phone conversation with a universal chat utility that allows consumers to send text messages to businesses and the business to reply by text message in real-time. The company was founded by Milenko Beslic, Bryan Lennett and Mark Slater in May 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Maine Technology Institute offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance. It is an industry-led, publicly-funded, nonprofit corporation that offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance in the form of competitive grants, loans and equity investment for the research, development and application of technologies that create new products, processes and services, generating jobs across Maine. The company was founded 1999 and is headquartered in Brunswick, ME.

Redbooth, Inc. provides platform to share tasks, discussions, files, group chat and high definition video conferencing. It provides Teambox, a work management solution for freelancers, self-employed, small business owners, and large teams that allows individuals within and outside of an organization to work together in a social setting. The company was founded by Pablo Villalba Villar in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Joy Life, Inc. provides wedding website and application. Its website and applications enable users to add photos, choose wedding colours and fonts, invite guests, send and store RSVP information and send messages. The company was founded by Michael Dorian Bach, Vishal Joshi and Kaiwalya Kher in 2014 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Talla, Inc. provides artificial intelligence powered service desk to human resources, information technology and other internal service teams. The company was founded by Rob May in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Backupify, Inc. provides online backup solutions. Its products include google apps backup, office 365 backup, salesforce and social media backup, pricing and cloud to cloud backup. The company was founded by Vikram Chadha, Robert May and Dharmesh Shah in November 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Maine Venture Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Newport, Maine.

Avalon Ventures Management LLC (Avalon Ventures Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Kevin J. Kinsella. The firm is headquartered in La Jolla, California.

CAI Software LLC engages in the delivery of on-demand enterprise resource planning and management systems, software, network integration and business consulting services to market companies in the building materials, food processing, precious metals and discrete manufacturing distribution industries. The company was founded by James H. McCooey in 1978 and is headquartered in Smithfield, RI.

Centric Software, Inc. provides product lifecycle management software for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies. It focuses on the needs of consumer goods companies. The firm's software Centric 8 PLM incorporates line planning, global sourcing, calendar management, materials management, quality management, collection management, and product specification and mobile applications for product lifecycle management in one platform. The company was founded in 1989 by Steve Lakowske and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Signiant, Inc. provides intelligent file movement software for content creation and distribution for the media and entertainment industry. Its products include Media Shuttle, Flight, Manager+Agents. Its software suite optimizes existing enterprise network infrastructure and media technologies to ensure secure digital media exchanges and workflow efficiency. The company was founded by Robert Browne in 2000 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

CEI Community Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm located in Portland, Maine. They manage the CEI Community Ventures Fund. The firm is a subsidiary of Coastal Enterprises, Inc

RightHand Robotics, Inc. provides piece-picking solutions. The firm offers ReFlex SF, a system that comprises a 3D-printed palm filled with dynamixel servos, a palm, three compliant fingers, an interface circuit board and a basic software driver to publish motor commands and read sensor values. The company was founded by Leif Jentoft, Lael Odhner and Yaroslav Tenzer in 2014 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

Cambridge Semantics, Inc. provides analytic and data management solutions. Its products include Anzo smart data analytics, Anzo enterprise, Anzo smart data lake, Anzo unstructured, Anzo smart data management, Anzo smart data manager and Anzo graph query engine. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Axellio Inc. engages in the development and provision of data storage solutions. It offers server virtualization, cloud infrastructure, data warehousing, business intelligence, and predictive analytics. The company was founded by Lawrence C. Aszmann, John P. Guider and Philip E. Soran in 1995 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO.

ProcessUnity, Inc. provides on-demand risk management software solutions to small, medium, and large enterprises in various industries. The firm solutions include Service Delivery Risk Management that captures and standardizes product catalogs, and optimizes client service delivery; financial close process management and policy and procedure management, a cloud-based solution for administering policy lifecycles, certifying communications, assessing performance, and managing exceptions and issues. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Lecorpio LLC provides software solutions. The company offers invention diclousure, patent, trademark, annuity and spend management. It provides inventors, paralegals, inside counsel and chief IP counsel solutions. The company was founded by Deepak Gagneja in 2006 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Full Circle Insights, Inc. delivers marketing performance management solutions. It offers lead and response lifecycle systems, marketing performance management, analytics, metrics and automation, demand generation waterfall, funnel metrics, campaign influence and attribution. The company was founded by Dan Appleman, Andrea Wildt and Bonnie Crater in 2011 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Cloud Technology Partners, Inc. provides cloud computing consulting services for migrating, developing and managing cloud applications and infrastructures. Its solutions include cloud strategy and economics, cloud security and governance, application portfolio assessment, application migration, cloud native development, application modernization, big data and analytics, and tools and technologies. The company was founded by Christopher H. Greendale. Erik W. Sebesta, Jonathan L. Rounds, and James Lampert in 2010 and is headquartered Boston, MA.

AEP Networks, Inc. engages in the development of security software applications. It provides a full range of secure networking and application access products. The company was founded on October 6, 2000 and is headquartered in Somerset, NJ.

SBE Vision, Inc. provides standards-based engineering solutions. Its solutions help in product-related intellectual property to add value in both engineer-to-order and new product development environments. The company was founded in 2000 by David W. Vredenburgh and Gian R. Picone and is headquartered in Wenham, MA.

Mojix, Inc. develops and markets signal processing products for wireless applications. The firms products include RFID trackers, phased array receivers, and eNodes transmitters. It serves the retail, consumer, packaged goods, supply chain, transportation, and media sectors. The company was founded by Ramin Sadr in 2004 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Liquid Machines, Inc. provides enterprise rights management solutions. The company was founded by James Schoonmaker and Mike D. Smith in 2001 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Business Financial Services, Inc. provides business cash advances to small business owners and funding process services. It provides Business Cash Advances throughout the United States to its customers through accounts receivable financing, utilizing a merchant's cash stream from credit card sales as a means of automated repayment. The company was founded by Cathy Bass and Marc Glazer in 2002 and is headquartered in Coral Springs, FL.

Citi Prepaid Services provides corporate prepaid solutions. It provides a platform to replace traditional payments such as paychecks, coupons and rebate programs with paperless electronic ones. The firm's offers special-purpose debit cards and virtual accounts. The company was founded by Matthew J. Gillin and Paul Raden in 1997 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA.

Dream Local Digital LLC engages in the provision of digital marketing services. It offers marketing strategy, social media services, online banner and display ads, email marketing, content marketing, reputation management, video, mobile, contests, and website management services. The company was founded by Shannon Kinney in 2009 and is headquartered in Rockland, ME.

CVP Management, Inc (Converge Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Nilanjana Bhowmik and Maia Heymann. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Tizor Systems, Inc. provides data auditing and protection solutions. The company was founded by Pratyush Moghe in 2002 and is headquartered in Stow, MA.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. engages in the provision of management and technology consulting services. Its services include consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, cyber security, and product. The company was founded by Edwin G. Booz in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Scanbuy, Inc. provides cloud-based mobile connection solutions. Its Mobile Engagement Platform helps companies to generate, manage and measure intelligent barcode campaigns. The firm’s other products include mVision Insights, mPromo Coupons, mTargeting for Advertisers and mPackaging. It operates through its locations in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Israel, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. The company was founded by Didier Paul Frantz, Olivier Attia and Avi Chai Outmezguine in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Avesta Housing Development Corp. operates as a non-for-profit organization that provides housing development and property management services. It focuses in advocacy, development, property management, and home ownership. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Portland, ME.

Foneshow, Inc. operates as a telephony-based distribution platform for audio contents. It enables users to subscribe access, publish, share, and consume short form audio programming immediately from any cell phone. The company was founded on October 16, 2007 and is headquartered in Portland, ME.

Bitpipe, Inc. provides software solutions and services which enable information technology marketers to syndicate their white papers, product information, web casts, case studies and analyst reports through its network of information technology and business-related partner sites including Bitpipe.com. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.