Shawn D. Fanning

Intellisync Corp. provided mobile application software products and related services. The company was founded in 1993 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Audible, Inc. provides audio information and entertainment services on the internet. It offers digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines, television, and radio programs. The firm sells downloadable audio versions of books, speeches, and spoken word performances. The company was founded by Donald R. Katz in 1995 and is headquartered in Newark, NJ.

IGN Entertainment, Inc. provides internet and media services. It focuses on the video game and entertainment markets. It offers gaming and entertainment content for 18-34 year old men online; gaming technology services for online game developers; and iPhone UI Toolkit for iPhone developers. The firm also operates Direct2Drive, an online site that allows consumers to purchase and download PC games, comics, and anime titles directly from the Web to their desktops; FilePlanet, a video game download site that provides free game patches, mod files, game demos, and trailers; AskMen.com, a men's lifestyle Website; and UGO.com, a men's entertainment site. The company was founded by Mark A. Jung, Peer Schneider, Kenneth H. Keller and Christopher Anderson on September 29, 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bumble Bee Foods LLC operates as a shelf-stable seafood company, which offers salmons, sardines, canned, and pouched tunas. The firm provides shrimps, crabs, oysters, beach cliffs, tunas, clams and king oscars. Its brands include Snows, Brunswick, and Bumble Bee. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Proxy, Inc. develops mobile application for unlock doors. Its solution includes enterprise, commercial real estate, and small business. The company was founded by Simon Ratner and Denis Mars and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Plaxo, Inc. operates as a cloud-based online address book that synchronizes, updates and unifies the user's contacts across multiple sources. The company was founded by Cameron T. Ring, Sean N. Parker and Todd J. Masonis in 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Katango, Inc. provides social networking services. The company was founded by Yoav Shoham, Michael Munie and Thuc Vu in 2010 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Bridgepoint Advisers Ltd (Bridgepoint Advisers) is a private equity subsidiary of Bridgepoint Group Ltd. founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked university with a long tradition of dedicated teaching, small class sizes, practical experience and vibrant residential life. The breathtaking main campus in Stockton, California is home to seven schools and colleges, with more than 80 majors and programs of study. Pacific also has the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Total university enrollment is nearly 7,000, with 3,757 undergraduates in an average class size of 19 and a student/faculty ratio of 14:1. It is located in Stockton, California.

Part of Unity Software, Inc., Weta Digital Ltd. is a standard-bearer for creativity and innovation in visual effects and animation. The company is based in Miramar, New Zealand and is the largest single-site VFX studio in the world, drawing artists from over 40 countries. The New Zealander company attracts talent, partners, and clients who seek to push the boundaries of artistic vision. Weta Digital's proprietary pipeline provides artists with the necessary tools to create their best work. Weta Digital has earned numerous awards, including six Visual Effects Academy Awards, ten Academy Sci-Tech Awards, and six Visual Effects BAFTA Awards. Prem K. Akkaraju has been the CEO of the company since 2020. Weta Digital was acquired by Unity Software, Inc. on December 01, 2021 for $1,145.38 million.

Zazzle, Inc. provides online retail services. It offers customized t-shirts, business cards, invitations, souvenirs and gifts. The firm's proprietary technology enables individuals, professional artists and brands, including Disney and Hallmark to create and offer unique products. The company was founded by Bobby Beaver, Jeff Beaver and Robert Beaver in 1999 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

True Software Scandinavia AB develops mobile applications to search and find people. It offers Truecaller, a mobile application that enables users to identify the person or company calling, block unwanted calls or hidden numbers and make calls and see when their friends are available. The company was founded by Alan Kurdo Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam in 2009 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Tradesy, Inc. owns and operates an online marketplace for buying and selling designer fashion. The firm’s website connects sellers to like-minded buyers, provides packaging materials, recommends pricing and handles returns in the areas of clothing, bags, shoes and accessories. The company was founded by Tracy Rose DiNunzio, John Loy Hall and Sash Catanzarite in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

SeatMe, Inc. provides software system for restaurant management. It provides fast floor management, smart reservations, structured guestbook, modern guest interface and easy management. The company was founded by Alexander Kvamme and Jordan Mendelson in February 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

N3TWORK, Inc. develops mobile games. The company was founded by Steven B. Detwiler, Alan Yu, Neil Young, Robert Stevenson and Erik Lammerding in December 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

TheAudience, Inc. publishes social and digital contents. It offers social consulting, social publishing, and influencer activation. The company was founded by Oliver Luckett, Sean N. Parker, and Ariel Z. Emanuel in 2011 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Niantic, Inc. operates as an augmented reality (AR) and mobile real-world company. Its platform, Niantic Real World, manages shared state, communication, security, mapping, and AR functionality. It powers the AR games Pokemon GO, Ingress, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. The company was founded by John Hanke and Phil Keslin in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Uptake Technologies, Inc. develops predictive analytics platform. It serves agriculture, aviation, buildings, fleet, manufacturing, oil and gas, construction, energy and mining industries. The company was founded by Bradley A. Keywell and Eric Paul Lefkofsky in 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Tmunity Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel products that free the immunological potential of T cells to treat disease indications. It develops novel T Cell Receptor (TCR) engineered T cells, regulatory T cells (Treg), and universal engineered T cell platforms. The company was founded by Carl H. June, Anne Chew, Bruce Levine, Yangbing Zhao, James L. Riley and Bruce Blazar and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

G2VP LLC (G2 Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Ben Kortlang, Brook Porter, David Mount, and Daniel Oros. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California.

The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy is a research organization that aims to accelerate the development of breakthrough immune therapies to turn all cancers into curable diseases. The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy is based in San Francisco, CA. The private company conducts clinical trials to tackle the toughest cancers and answer the hardest questions in immunotherapy. The institute coordinates cancer research efforts between the best scientists, clinicians, and partners in the industry. The company has legal experts who help their researchers navigate the intellectual property process and turn their cancer immunotherapy discoveries into treatments. It was founded by Sean N. Parker, Adam Kolom, Michael Polansky.

BorderX Lab, Inc. has developed a personalization and logistics platform to create the cross-border shopping experience. Its technologies includes machine learning and artificial intelligence bots to make global commerce automatic and interactive. The company was founded by Xuehua Shen, Chengdu Huang, Jun Liu, and Jonathan Qiang Li in September 2014 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Baron App, Inc. a platform where users can request personalized video shoutouts from their favorite influencers, athletes, and celebrities. The company was founded by Steven Galanis, Devon Spinnler and Martin Blencowe and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

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.

Azarus, Inc. develops a game challenge network that allows gamers and streamers to interact. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Arsenal Biosciences, Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes curative immune cell therapies. It offers cell therapy, cloud computing, computational biology, genome engineering, machine learning, software engineering, and synthetic immunology. The company was founded by Ken E. Drazan, Bradley E. Bernstein, W. Nicholas Haining, Theo Roth, Kole T. Roybal, and E. John Wherry and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Stream Captain Inc develops computer games. The American company was founded by Bradley Ross and Eric Matsumura, with Bradley Ross serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Heypster SAS is a French startup that specializes in creating social media applications. The company is based in France, and it was founded in 1999 by Shawn D. Fanning, Sean N. Parker, Kevin Choleau. The French company's flagship product is heypster-gif, which is a platform for sharing GIFs on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and App iMessage.