David B. Heller

RetailNext, Inc. provides in-store analytics solutions. Its products include people counting and conversion, staffing optimization, shopper activity maps, display and window effectiveness, mobile in-store analytics, video management, guest WI-FI and personalization. The firm’s technology delivers comprehensive, real-time analytics that empowers worldwide retailers, shopping centers and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize in-store data. The company was founded in 2007 by Alexei Agratchev, Marlie Liu and Arun Nair and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

WellAware Holdings, Inc. operates as an industrial internet of things (IOT) data company that engages in the provision of end-to-end solutions for oilfield data collection, storage, visualization, and decision analysis. It offers remote production and genset remote monitoring, chemical injection automation, preventive maintenance, internal corrosion treatment, operator chemical insights, methanol injection automation, and underground injection control solutions. It serves the communications, oil and gas, and industrial markets. The company was founded by Matt Harrison and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

NewStore, Inc. provides software services. The firm provides mobile retail platform that boosts conversion, promotes engagement, unifies online and offline, and modernizes fulfillment. Its solutions include conversion, omni channel, fulfillment, and loyalty. The company was founded by Stephan Schambach in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.

Serent Capital Management Co. LLC (Serent Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by David Kennedy and Kevin Frick. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Hybris GmbH provides multi-channel commerce and communications software solutions. The firm's product communication platform includes the PIM suite solution that permanently stores product data for various integrated e-commerce applications and print channels, and e-commerce suite and print suite solutions, which generate various sales channels. It has operations in United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden. The company was founded by Carsten Thoma, Guenther Lamperstorfer and Moritz Zimmermann in 1997 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Activant Capital Group LLC (Activant Capital) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Steve Sarracino. The firm is headquartered in the Greenwich, Connecticut.

Celect, Inc. develops predictive analytics platform for retail merchandise planning and product assortment optimization. Its solutions include predictive peronalization and markdown optimization. The company was founded by Vivek Farias and Devavrat Shah in 2013 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Bolt Financial, Inc. engages in the development of checkout experience platform. Its product, Bolt, optimizes conversions and manages hundreds of integrations and the rising risk of fraud. The company was founded by Eric Feldman and Ryan Breslow in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Zethos, Inc. provides human resource tools that automatically respond to lenders, landlords, and others who need to verify employment. The company was founded by Ryan Sandler, Victor Kabdebon and Ethan Winchell and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The New Stand, Inc. develops software application for articles, stories, and music releases. The firm also operates Union Square Station, Brookfield Place, and Columbus Circle. The company was founded by David Carson, George Alan, Lex Kendall, and Andrew Deitchman in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Wayve Technologies Ltd. engages in conducting research in natural sciences. The company was founded by Amar Shah and Alexander Guy Kendall in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Deliverr, Inc. operates as an online marketplace. It offers walmart and eBay solutions. The company was founded by Michael Krakaris on August 11, 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Better Home & Finance Holding Co., Better Mortgage is a company based in New York, NY. Better Mortgage offers a seamless online mortgage experience with superior customer support. For more information about licensing and disclosure, visit better.com/about-us/licensing-disclosure. The company was founded in 2014 by Vishal Garg, who has been the CEO since 2014.

Gilgamesh Ventures LLC (Gilgamesh Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Miguel Armaza, Andrew Endicott and Sue Choe. The firm is headquartered in New York.