Richard Ni

Lookout, Inc. provides mobile security software solutions for individuals and enterprises. It delivers protection from physical threats like phone loss and theft, malicious software, and backs up highly personal data. The firm provides people the ability to locate, lock, and wipe a missing phone. Lookout mobile threat network scans applications worldwide that allows users to find and stop threats. The company was founded by John Hering, James Burgess, and Kevin Mahaffey in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Foodily, Inc. operates as a social recipe network. It provides shared, online source of facts, and information about food recipe. The company was founded by Andrea Cutright, Venu Javarappa, and Hillary Mickell on December 23, 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc. owns and operates a chain of specialty coffee shops. It operates coffee shops in San Francisco and New York. The firm also sells coffee products online. The company was founded by W. James Freeman and Bryan Meehan in August 2002 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Québec Bar Association is a professional organization that oversees the practice of over 29,000 lawyers in all areas of law. The organization is based in Montréal, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The mission of the association is to ensure the protection of the public, contribute to accessible and quality justice, and defend the rule of law.

The Institute for Governance of Private & Public Organizations operates a center for excellence focused on the governance of public and private organizations. The private company is based in Montréal, Canada. The Canadian company was founded in 2005 by Stephen Arnold Jarislowsky. François Dauphin has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

GroupSpaces Ltd. provides platform for managing membership groups. It helps group leaders and committees to organize member records, send email newsletters, host forum, email discussions, organize events, sell tickets and collect membership fees. The company was founded by Andrew Young, Ajmal Asver and David Langer in 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal provides advice, training, events, business plans, financing, and more to help businesses start and grow. The non-profit company is based in Montreal, Canada. The Canadian company also organizes events, conferences, and training, and have pillar sponsors who contribute to the prosperity of businesses and the city. The organization also offers a program to encourage women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The CEO of the company is Michel Leblanc.

Soundcloud Global Ltd. & Co. KG operates an online audio content upload and sharing platform. It specializes in the design and management of a social platform that lets anyone instantly create, record, and upload sounds and music content. The company was founded in 2007 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss and is headquartered Berlin, Germany.

Wealthfront Corp. provides investment advisory services. The company was founded by Andrew Samuel Rachleff and Daniel Joseph Carroll in 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Optimizely, Inc. operates as a web optimization platform. Its solutions include marketing, engineering, retail, travel, and finance. The company was founded by Peter Koomen and Dan Siroker in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Thrive Capital Management, LLC (Thrive Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Joshua Kushner. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Founded in 2011, Index Venture Management (US), Inc. is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Index Venture Management SA

Scuba Analytics, Inc. operates as a continuous intelligence platform to unify customer experience management. The firm?s solutions include customer experience, product intelligence, operational analytics and marketing. It allows users to analyze and explore the key business metrics that matter in a data-driven world such as growth, retention, conversion and engagement. The company was founded by Lior Abraham, Ann Stimmler Johnson and Bobby Johnson in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Y Combinator Management LLC provides investment advice. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Daniel Levine.

Skyport Systems, Inc. develops hyper-secured infrastructure that ensures the security of mission-critical IT and corporate assets with integration of compute, security, virtualization and policy management. Its products include SkySecure Compartments, SkySecure Systems, and SkySecure Center. The company was founded by Michael Beesley, William N. Eatherton and Rob Rodgers in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Readme.Io Co. specializes in application programming interface (API) and documentation solutions. It allows users to set up a developer hub and offers custom JavaScript, hypertext markup language (HTML), user management, two-factor authentication, documentation migration, custom feature development, consultation, themes and layout solutions. The company was founded by Gregory Koberger and Gabriel Dillon in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Xenon Ventures LLC (Xenon Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Jonathan Siegel. The firm is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Functional Software, Inc. develops real time crash reporting software. The company was founded by David Cramer and Chris Jennings in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mux, Inc. offers real-time performance monitoring and analytics for video streaming. It allows publishers to leverages data to improve on-demand and live video performance. The company was founded by Jonathan Dahl, Steve Heffernan, Matthew McClure, and Adam Brown in 2015 and is headquartered San Francisco, CA.

Elasticsearch, Inc. provides open source search and analytics engine services. The firm’s products include Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash, X-Pack, and Elastic cloud. Its services include support, consulting, and training services. The company was founded by Shay Banon, Uri Boness, Steven Schuurman, and Simon Willnauer in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Aurora Innovation, Inc. manufactures self driven cars. The firm develops a full package of software, hardware, and data to sell to automakers who want to build their own autonomous cars. The company was founded by Christopher Urmson, Sterling Anderson and James Andrew Bagnell in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Clumio, Inc. develops authentic SaaS for enterprise backup. It is a secure, backup as a service for the enterprise that eliminates the complexity of infrastructure management with authentic SaaS. The company was founded by Poojan Kumar, Kaustubah Patil and Woon Jung in 2017 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Ubiquity6, Inc. operates a multimedia company which focuses on the intersection of cloud-based cross platform applications synchronized across screens for enhancing the digital lifestyle. The company was founded by Anjney Midha and Ankit Kumar in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Gem Software, Inc. operates as an online recruiting platform. It allows users to build lists of people to reach out to, find email, and automate follow ups. The company was founded by Steven Bartel and Nicolas Andrij Bushak in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Newfront Insurance, Inc. provides retail brokerage services. The firm provides services to commercial coverages across all industries. The company was founded by Gordon Wintrob, Forrest Wittenmeier and Spike Lipkin in July 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Vercel, Inc. provides cloud computing services. The company was founded by Guillermo Rauch in November 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Starburst Data, Inc. provides distribution and support of Presto. The company was founded by Phillips David, Wojciech Biela, Martin Traverso, Matt Fuller, Dain Sundstrom, Justin Borgman, Kamil Bajda-Pawlikowski and Piotr Findeisen in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Whimsical, Inc. is an online platform that provides a mind mapping tool to help users organize their ideas visually. The company is based in Denver, CO. The tool can be used by starting from a mind map template or creating one from scratch. The company also offers an all-in-one collaboration hub that combines whiteboards and docs. Whimsical has plans for personal use or team collaboration. The company was founded in 2017 by Kaspars Dancis, who has been the CEO since 2017.