Wendy Phillips

Ridge Ventures is an independent venture capital firm, a subsidiary of International Data Group, Inc founded in 1997 by Alex Rosen. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

Trulab, Inc. provides clinical trial sample management and biospecimen tracking software for sponsors, central labs, clinical sites, and CROs. The private company is based in Durham, NC. The American company's end-to-end tracking solution helps optimize clinical trials by avoiding data loss, running trials efficiently, and knowing where samples are at all times. Trulab also offers remote site accessioning, allowing for real-time spotting of potential problems and tracking of samples from residences to repositories.

inKind, Inc. engages in the development of customized messenger for campaigns and fundraisers. It focuses on helping nonprofits increase Facebook donations, emails, and retention. The company was founded by Jeremy Berman and Nick Black and is headquartered in Charleston, SC.

Certain, Inc. delivers enterprise event automation platform to personalize event experiences. The firm's solutions to meeting and event professionals covers event lifecycle: planning, promotion, execution, and optimization. It also provides marketing automation, lead scoring, customized reporting, branding control, and session management. The company was founded by Douglas E. Goldman in 1994 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Twin Particle LLC provides meeting and event planning software. It specializes in mobile app software, event software, conference mobile apps, meeting mobile apps, event mobile apps and live polling. The company was founded in 2009 by Jon Phillips and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.