Akshay Bhargava

Crosslink Capital, Inc. (Crosslink) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm was founded in 1999 as Omega Venture Partners, Inc. Crosslink provides investment advisory services to investment funds.

TelASIC Communications, Inc. designs and distributes analog and mixed signal integrated circuit products. Its products are used in wireless communication radios and other industrial applications. The company was founded by Eric D. Alterman and Eric Chin in 2004 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

MeshNetworks, Inc. manufactures wireless communications equipment. It offers cellular radio telephones, data processing, mobile broadband PC cards, and infrastructure products to its customers. The company was founded in January 2000 by Eric Alterman, Richard Licrusi, and Peter Stanforth and is headquartered in Maitland, FL.

Nanosys, Inc. develops and manufactures inorganic nanostructures and other related products. It offers Ultra HD television. The company was founded by Paul A. Alivisatos, Stephen Empedocles, Peidong Yang, Robert M. Metcalfe, Jim Heath, Paul McEuen, Christoph H. Westphal, Moungi Bawendi, Lawrence A. Bock, Calvin Y. H. Chow, Chunming Niu, Karen Vergura, Hongkun Park, George Pontis and Charles M. Lieber in 2001 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Neohapsis LLC provides mobile and cloud security services. It offers cloud security, compliance services, information technology and security strategy, application and mobile security, network and endpoint security services. The company serves the financial services, insurance, healthcare, science and technology, retail, energy and transportation, government, education and nonprofit organizations. The company was founded by Greg Shipley in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Coghead, Inc. provides web-based applications. It empowers tech-savvy business people and information technology professionals to develop applications that automate business operations. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Hired, Inc. provides recruiting services. It operates a marketplace that enables tech companies to recruit engineers, data scientists, designers, and product managers. The company was founded by Mehul Patel, Matt Mickiewicz, Douglas Feirstein and Allan Grant in April 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Paladin Capital Group (Paladin Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Penn Ave Investments LLC founded by Mark Maloney and Michael Steed in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley, London and Luxembourg.

Milcom Tech, Inc seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of communications & information technology, power & energy, environmental and industrial technologies sectors. It provides financing for seed stage capital requirements and also makes co-investments.

Samsung Venture Investment Corp. (SVIC) is a corporate venture capital investment firm based in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1999, they manage investment and investment-related activities for the Samsung Group. The parent firm, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Seoul, produces semiconductors, business communications systems, reciprocating and rotary compressors, optical and hard disc drives, LCD panels, set-top boxes, CC televisions, as well as fiber optics. In 2004, SVIC established Samsung Ventures America, their US-based venture capital arm.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

American Capital Asset Management LLC (American Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Malon Wilkus. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Narus, Inc. provides cyber security data analytics solutions for enterprises and governments. The company was founded by Khirman Stas and Ori Cohen in November 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Artiman Management LLC (Artiman Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Amit Dilip Shah. The firm is headquartered in East Palo Alto, California.

InterAct911 Corp. provides safety and security software solutions. It offers InterAct NG9-1-1 solutions that ensure reliable and predictable emergency call routing and location validation. It also offers computer aided dispatch solutions, which include InterAct CAD NG that provides tools for situation response for large and small dispatch centers; and InterAct WebCAD that provides access to CAD data from a command post or remote field location with an Internet connection. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

DataStax, Inc. designs and develops database management software. Its products include DataStax enterprise, built on Cassandra which provides the massive scalability, continuous availability and enhanced data security big data applications demand, DataStax opscenter is a simplified management for DataStax enterprise and Apache Cassandra database clusters and DataStax sandbox is a packaged and personal virtual machine image that contains everything customer need to get started with DataStax software. The firm also offers training, consulting and support services. The company was founded by Jonathan Ellis and Matt Pfeil in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

TakeLessons, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for finding qualified and vetted music instructors. It teaches guitar, piano, singing, violin, drum, accordion, banjo, cello, flute, opera, saxophone and other instrumental lessons. The firm also offers music programs for schools and community centers, as well as at-work lessons and programs for corporate clients and their employees. The company was founded by Michael Steven Cox, Chris Waldron, and Chuck Smith in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

NodeSource, Inc. operates software company created to build a robust product ecosystem. It is a technology company that delivers enterprise-grade software products in support of a sustainable ecosystem for the open source Node project. The firm offers Node.js and NSolid platforms. The company was founded by Dan Shaw and Joseph Isaac McCann in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Verodin, Inc. engages in the provision of security infrastructure management and monitoring solutions. It develops a platform to test weaknesses in company cybersecurity networks. The company was founded by Christopher Key and Ben Cianciaruso in 2014 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Feedback Loop. engages in the operation of end-to-end customer development platform which offers product teams with test patterns, asset designs, target users and insights. The company was founded by Michael Bamberger, Nis Frome, and Eythor Ernstsson in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Zeronorth, Inc. develops and operates continuous application security platform. The CYBRIC platform integrates security into the development process and delivers frictionless security assurance from code commit to application delivery. The company was founded by Ernesto DiGiambattista, Andrew Gilman, Mike Kail, and Sean B. Walter in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Task Force X Capital Management LLC (Task Force X Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Brandon Shelton. The firm is headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

YotaScale, Inc. operates as an enterprise-grade systems management platform for cloud computing. The firm provides autonomous cloud systems management. The company was founded by Asim Razzaq, Imran Moin, Michael Babiak and Abbas Yousafzai in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Digital Cognition Technologies, Inc. develops detect presymptomatic cognitive impairment and aid in tracking cognitive devices. The company was founded by Randall S. Davis, Dana L. Penney and Phil A. Cooper in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Expedi, Inc. engages in provision of procurement solutions to drilling operations. It products includes mud pumps, handling tools, centrifugal pumps, shale shakers, gauges and valves, rope, soap, dope, tools, and accessories. The company was founded by Lawrence Patrick Neal and Timothy Neal in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Medchart, Inc. operates as an online medical record sharing platform that connects law firms, insurance agencies, hospitals and clinics. It offers legal, healthcare, patients and research products. The company was founded by Derrick Chow and James Bateman in 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Honor Foundation is a career transition program for special operations forces that helps them transition to the private sector and become corporate and community leaders. The private company is based in San Diego, CA and has campuses in various locations across the United States, including Camp Lejeune, Fort Liberty, Eglin, Tampa, JBLM, Fort Campbell, and a virtual program (THFV). The program is three months long and includes tailored executive education, one-on-one coaching, and access to a nationwide professional network. The Navy SEAL Foundation is a founding partner of The Honor Foundation. The company was founded by Joe Musselman and the CEO is Matt Stevens.

Bolster, Inc. provides zero hour phishing detection & brand protection. Itzero-day phishing detection API and brand monitoring & protection. The company was founded by Shashi Prakash and Abhishek Dubey in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Britive, Inc. develops cloud access protection software. The company was founded by Alex Gudanis and Artyom Poghosyan in 2018 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.

Revelstoke, Inc. is a company that provides a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) solution to empower CISOs and security analysts. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company's platform allows for the automation of analysis, optimization of workflows, and scaling of processes without the need for software development. Additionally, their solution prevents vendor lock and offers no-code automation and low-code customization. Revelstoke was founded by Josh McCarthy and Bob Kruse, with Bob Kruse serving as CEO since incorporation.

Picnic Corp. provides a cybersecurity platform that offers access to historical information about external data footprints to detect and respond to threats, protect privileged users, and mitigate social engineering risks. The company is based in Chevy Chase, MD and was founded by Matt Polak, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The platform also reduces the OSINT exposure of VIPs, employees, and contractors, monitors data breaches, and provides data broker visibility and remediation. Additionally, it offers social media operational security and privacy, and continuous monitoring of breach data to prevent credential compromise and credential stuffing attacks.