Richard Pierson

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama Law Firm is a legal firm based in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. The firm specializes in providing legal services for corporate legal affairs, intellectual property law, business rehabilitation, and bankruptcy law, both domestically and overseas.

ChinaRock Capital Management Ltd (ChinaRock Capital) is a venture capital founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Douyin operates as a holding company for content platforms apps. Its platform applications include TikTok, Toutiao, Ixigua, Helo, Lark and Babe. The company was founded by Yi Ming Zhang and Ru Bo Liang on March 9, 2012 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Nara Logics, Inc. operates as a synaptic intelligence company. It builds a synaptic network of connections to create an intelligence layer on top of chaotic, siloed enterprise data for real-time, context relevant recommendations. The company was founded by Thomas Copeman and Nathan Wilson in June 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Renoveru, Inc. engages in housing design and renovation business. It constructs stores, offices and commercial facilities. The company was founded by Tomohiro Yamashita and Shohei Omori in April 2010 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Headspace, Inc. develops a digital health platform that provides guided meditation and mindfulness training sessions. It offers meditation related books, online resources, mobile application services, and gift subscriptions. The company was founded by Richard Marsh Pierson and Andy Puddicombe in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Akatsuki, Inc. (Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital arm of Akatsuki, Inc founded by Genki Shiota. Akatsuki, Inc. (Venture Capital) is headquartered in Tokyo.

Blueshift Asset Management LLC (Blueshift) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey. The firm was founded by Mani Mahjouri in 2017 and is a subsidiary of Blueshift Holdings LP. Blueshift provides investment advisory services to Blueshift Funds intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors, as well as potential separately managed accounts.

Dapper Labs, Inc. is a technology company, which engages in making blockchain-based collectible cats. The company was founded by Benny Giang on February 2, 2018 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Part of Paramount Global, VidCon LLC is a company that offers a variety of services. The company is based in Missoula, MT. Therefore, it is impossible to provide a summary of their services.

9 Count, Inc. engages in developing applications. The company was founded by Justin Spraggins and Alex Hofmann and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

TikTok Pte Ltd. provides application to create short-form mobile video. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

Nomadic Capital provides investment services. The private company is located in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian company was founded by Thomas Copeman.

Reforge, Inc. is a company that offers advanced growth strategy programs for experienced tech professionals in product, marketing, data, design, and engineering. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and provides a systemic approach to iteration and idea validation to realize the goal of getting to product market fit. The programs offered by Reforge focus on building sophisticated systems of compounding growth, developing effective engineering leaders, and becoming fully data-driven with strategic experimentation skills. Additionally, Reforge teaches frameworks for building, communicating, and executing a product strategy, scaling high-quality product execution across product and engineering teams, defining a technical strategy, optimizing it based on company context, and assessing strategic tradeoffs more effectively. The company also offers programs on developing monetization strategies, managing a marketing team, driving scalable and cost-effective acquisition, and leveraging data to make smart product decisions. The company was founded by Brian K. Balfour and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

OkCo, Inc. provides computer application software for searching, locating, scheduling, sharing. The company was founded by JJ Aguhob, Chris Ovitz, Colleen Russo Johnson, Ken Chung and Travis Chen and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Part of Cards Parents LP, Goldin Auctions LLC is a leading marketplace for trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other collectibles. The company is based in Runnemede, NJ, and is dedicated to offering collectors the best collectible treasures through their auction platform. Goldin Auctions sets records for the most expensive trading cards and memorabilia ever sold and is trusted by lifelong collectors and new hobbyists due to its professional authentication process. The company is the official auction partner of prestigious organizations such as the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum. The company, founded in 2012 by Ken Goldin, has sold over $1 billion in memorabilia from renowned figures in sports, history, and pop culture. The CEO of Goldin Auctions is Ross Hoffman. Goldin Auctions was acquired by Cards Parents LP on April 23, 2021.

TCG Growth Opportunities Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Peter Chernin, Jesse Jacobs, Mike Kerns on November 30, 2020 and is headquartered in Playa Vista, CA.

AirAngels Management LLC (AirAngels) is an angel firm founded in 2020 by Dan Rumennik. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Stonks, Inc. provides a crowd-funding platform for startups and small businesses. The company is based in McLeansville, NC.

Part of Collectors Universe, Inc., Collectors Holdings, Inc. is a marketplace for the collection of coins. The company is based in Santa Ana, CA and has subsidiaries in China, Canada, the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong. The company was founded in 1986. Nat Turner has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Kreation Verse Inc develops a software platform for gaming and cyber fashion. The company is based in West Hollywood, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Tomoya Ogawa, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Technicolor Ventures (Technicolor Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Christian Gammill and Alejandro Guerrero. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.