Brad Hefferon

BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. develops search engine optimization solutions. It transforms online content into tangible business results such as traffic, revenue and engagement. The firm offers BrightEdge, a cloud-based on-demand platform that provides an integrated view into a company's SEO performance, and BrightEdge S3 platform that provides enterprise-grade infrastructure to support digital marketing efforts. The company was founded by Jim Yu and Lemuel Park in 2007 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

iNovia Capital, Inc., formerly MSBi Capital, is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Shawn Abbott. The firm is headquarters in Montreal Canada.

Pyze, Inc. engages in the design, development and production of prepackaged software. The company was founded by Dickey Singh, Prabhjot Sing and John Chisholm and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Arkestro, Inc. engages in the development of business platform. Its product automates negotiations for enterprise procurement. The company was founded by Edmund Zagorin in 2017 and is headquartered in Laguna Niguel, CA.

Nexopia.com, Inc. operates a social networking site for youth in Canada. The company’s site enables the youth to connect and express themselves on the web. Nexopia.com was founded by Timo Ewalds in 2003 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

BASIS Science, Inc. develops health tracking products. It offers a wrist-based health tracker and online personal dashboard to help users easily incorporate healthy habits into their daily routine. The company was founded by Nadeem Kassam and Bharat Vasan in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mitre Media Corp. operates as a web publisher of financial content and tools. It publishes tools for net worth investors, financial advisors and decision makers. The firm's analytical resources create opportunities for financial advertisers to promote products to relevant audiences who visit properties. The company was founded in 2012 by Tom Hendrickson and George Minett and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

ACL Services Ltd. develops software solutions for banking and lending, education, local and federal governments, and state and provincial governments. Its products include HighBond, RiskBond, AuditBond, Rsam ThirPartyBond, Rsam IncidentBond, ComplianeBond, FraudBond, RsamContinuity Bond, Rsam CyberBond, ControlsBond, Rsam ITGRCBond, Rsam PolicyBond, and ACL Robotics. The company was founded by Harald Will in 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Boast Capital, Inc. helps organizations accelerate innovation using government R&D tax credits and R&D intelligence. Boast has operations across the US and Canada, and more than 1,000 innovative companies have leveraged their software to get more money, faster, and with less risk. Boast Capital is based in San Francisco, CA, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The company's software integrates financial, engineering, and project tracking data to increase the speed, accuracy, and size of eligible R&D tax credits. The company was founded by Lloyed Lobo, Dan-Alexandru Popa, and Alok Tyagi has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

The Vancouver Board of Trade is an organization that hosts over 100 events a year for its members. The non-profit company is based in Vancouver, Canada. These events provide opportunities to hear from elected officials and industry stakeholders. Bridgitte Anderson has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2019.

Part of UserTesting, Inc., UserZoom, Inc. is a company that develops a software platform. The company is based in Los Gatos, CA. The company was founded by Xavier Mestres Montia, Alfonso de la Nuez Magarzo. UserZoom was acquired by UserTesting, Inc. on 2023-04-03.

Business Objects, Inc. develops business intelligence software. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

The51 Ventures, Inc. (The51 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Judy Fairburn, Shelly Kuipers, and Alice Reimer. The firm is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

Vistara Capital Partners Ltd. (Vistara Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Randy Garg and Fabio M. Banducci. The firm is headquarters located in Vancouver, Canada.

Dress for Success Cleaners provides garment care services. Its services include clean, crisply pressed laundered dress shirts with missing buttons replaced at no charge, professional dry cleaning, expertly spotted and presse, uniforms including police, fire, band, military and airline, household items such as comforters, duvets, drapes, linens, sleeping bags, wedding gowns expertly cleaned and preserved, leather and suede and minor alterations. The company was founded by Greg Buckingham in 1991 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

BVP Forge is a private equity subsidiary of Deer Management Co. LLC founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Redwood city, California.

SAGE Canada develops accounting software.

ChannelEyes Corp. operates enterprise mobile platform connecting vendors and their channel partners. The firm’s solution drives new engagement and sales enablement of agents, dealers, resellers and extended sales teams. It delivers a robust set of mobile tools for leading global companies such as HP, Verizon, CA Technologies and Palo Alto Networks to manage their increasingly channel organizations. The company was founded by Robert Godgart, Jay McBain, Dave Geoghegan and Shari Godgart in 2011 and is headquartered in Troy, NY.

Telus Communications, Inc. is engaged in the provision of telecommunications products and services. The firm operates as a subsidiary of Telus Communications Co. It specializes in data solutions, internet protocol, voice, and wireless services. The company was founded on September 1, 2001 and is headquartered in Vancouver, CA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of accounting, tax preparation, and advisory services. It also offers auditing, internal audit, regulatory and compliance, corporate recovery, and forensic accounting, and risk management services. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Riskalyze, Inc. develops platform to capture a quantitative measurement of client risk tolerance for investment advisors. Its products include autopilot and compliance cloud. The company was founded by Matt Pistone, Aaron Klein, Michael McDaniel and Kathleen Callender in 2011 and is headquartered in Auburn, CA.

UserZoom Technologies, Inc. develops and provides customer experience analytics software. It offers usability testing, UX measurement, information architecture testing, user feedback monitoring, and mobile testing solutions. The company was founded by Alfonso de la Nuez Magarzo, Xavier Mestres Montia, and Javier Darriba-Fernández in 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Galvanize, Inc. provides full-time and part-time immersive online boot camps and corporate trainings. The firm offers software engineering immersive, remote software engineering immersive, data science immersive, remote data science immersive, python fundamentals, and NY data analyst training accelerator. The company was founded by Lawrence Mandes, James Deters, and Chris Onan in November 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Altos Ventures Management Inc (Altos Ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1996 by Brendon S. Kim, Han J. Kim and Ho Nam. Headquartered in Menlo Park, US.

CaféX Communications, Inc. provides software solutions. It offers CaféX Fusion, a software platform that embeds real-time collaboration capabilities within business applications across mobile and fixed endpoints, such as smartphone, tablet, desktop and other digital channels. The company was founded by David Jodoin and Rami Musallam in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Hooked Media Group, Inc. develops online gaming solutions. It offers Yoo-Mee which shifts players' game experiences from solitary to interactive and social. The firm helps developers distribute, enhance, and monetize its games and apps on the web, mobile devices, and tablets. The company was founded by Prita Uppal in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

TechSoup Global operates as a non-profit international network of non-governmental organizations that provides technical support and technological tools to other non-profits. The firm offers help desk, tech implementation, managed IT, website and development, digital marketing and techSoup courses services. The company was founded by Daniel Ben-Horin in 1987 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The National Association of Investment Cos. is a trade association and the largest network of diverse- and women-owned alternative investment firms. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company has been advocating for more than 52 years and has 194 diverse-owned alternative investment firms as members. These firms collectively manage over $389 billion in assets under management and invest with over 3,100 portfolio companies. The company consistently generates superior returns that help fuel the growth of the retirement and asset management industries. Robert L. Greene has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Evolve Capital LLC (Evolve Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Mike Crothers. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

CrownPeak Technology, Inc. provides website management services. Its services include content authoring and layout, omni-channel deployment, digital asset management, localized marketing, content delivery and management, and multi-site management. The company was founded by Jim C. Howard, Sean Lally, and Carl Sutter in 2001 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Xignite, Inc. provides cloud-based market data cloud solutions. Its products include XigniteGlobalMaster, XigniteBondMaster, XigniteSuperQuotes, XigniteAnalysts, XigniteEstimates and XigniteGlobalOptions. The firm offers on-demand financial market data and on-demand data distribution solutions. It provides real-time, historical, and reference data for global equities, commodities, currencies, options, fixed income, mutual funds, derivatives, and OTC instruments. The company was founded in 2000 by Stephane Dubois and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

NetBase Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of social analytics platform. It processes social media and other data sources daily for actionable business insights for marketing, research, customer service, sales, press releases, and product innovation. It offers its solutions to different industries such as agency, beauty and fashion, financial services, food and beverage, luxury, media and entertainments, restaurant and dining, retail, and travel and hospitality. The company was founded by Jonathan Spier and Michael Jacob Osofsky in March 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Demandbase, Inc. operates as a platform for business to business marketers. The firm provides business to business marketing cloud services, advertisement, measurement, personalization, conversion, and consulting services. The company was founded by Christopher J. Golec in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.