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The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Threshold Ventures, Inc. (Threshold Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Draper Fisher Jurvetson International, Inc. founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Chartbeat, Inc. provides real-time data analytics and performance alerts. It partners with doers, editors, writers, marketers, developers, those who create and build the content that users see and interact with online to deliver the data they need, when they need it. The firm offers Chartbeat Publishing, a suite of audience building tools-built around an audience’s actual behavior for global publishers and media sites. It also provides real-time analytics starter kits to track number of visitors on a website, traffic sources that drive visitor, and social network traffic. The company was founded on April 2, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

TitanX Engine Cooling AB provides engine cooling solutions. The firm’s products include engine cooling, oil coolers, bus and genset cooling. It specializes in powertrain cooling solutions for commercial vehicles and genset cooling solutions. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Goteborg, Sweden.

Lumity, Inc. provides healthcare and benefits analysis platform. The company was founded by Tariq Hilaly and Senthil Nagarajan and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Databook Labs, Inc. operates as customer intelligence platform to improve enterprise sales performance. It specializes in intent dashboard, real-time insights and sales decks. The company was founded by Anand Shah and Alex Barrett in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Catamorphic Co. develops a feature management platform. It offers LaunchDarkly, a software that is designed to eliminate risk, and to enable development and operations team to control the whole feature life cycle. The company was founded in Edith Harbaugh and John Kodumal in 2014 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Talkdesk, Inc. engages in the provision of browser-based call center software solution for small businesses. Its products include intelligent routing, reporting and analytics, workforce management, outbound dialer, voice analytics, quality management, omni channel, and agent productivity. The company was founded by Tiago Paiva and Cristina Fonseca in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Society of Kauffman Fellows is a venture capital fellowship program that aims to foster innovative leaders. The non-profit company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The program lasts for two years and includes industry events, summits, and a venture capital fund. The CEOs of the company are Jeff Harbach, Costello Trish.

SugarCRM, Inc. provides customer relationship management software solutions. Its solutions include marketing automation, sales automation, customer service, on-premise CRM, revenue analytics, and artificial intelligence. The company was founded by Clint Oram, John Roberts, and Jacob Taylor in 2004 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

Selligy, Inc. develops and provides sales automation software solutions. It markets mobile applications that help sales teams to communicate, sale, and keep track of their activities. The company was founded by Nilay Patel and Usman Muzaffar in 2011 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

LendKey Technologies, Inc. helps connect lenders and borrowers to enter and succeed in online lending. It focuses on private student loans, student loan refinancing, and home improvement loans. The company was founded by Vince Passione and Mike Stallmeyer in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

IZEA is a world leader in social media sponsorships. Founded in 2006, they pioneered the cash sponsorship space and continue to deliver innovative platforms and campaigns for its clients. IZEA is a venture-backed company that has raised $10 million from leading investors. They are headquartered in Orlando, Florida and serve a diverse base of publishers and advertisers around the globe with its three core platforms. IZEA connects bloggers with advertisers. The company represents over 250,000 bloggers and 25,000 advertisers worldwide. Put simply, it helps advertisers identify people who will promote their products and services through their own social network and media properties. While it offer traditional display advertising and text links on blogs, it is best known for its sponsored conversation campaigns. It supports sponsored conversation campaigns through independent blogs, Twitter and Facebook Status updates. Its social media marketing campaigns are designed to drive traffic, create conversions and help increase social media search rankings for its advertisers.

Polaris Wireless, Inc. engages in the provision of software-based location systems to the wireless carrier market. It offers wireless location solutions to wireless operators, law enforcement, government agencies, and location-based application companies. The firm's products include omniLocate, a universal location platform that features standard interfaces for interconnection with other network elements and Altus, an intelligent surveillance application providing government agencies with the ability to identify, track targets and suspects. The company was founded Manlio Allegra in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Bengler AS develops digital products including social software and personal fabrication. The firm produces television programs, documentaries, museum exhibitions and public artworks. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.