Michael Smith

TrialPay, Inc. operates payment and promotions platform. It offers monetization and advertising solutions. The company was founded by Alastair Rampell, Terry Angelos, Mike Ghaffari and Eddie Lim in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, 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.

Yub, Inc. provides offline affiliate models to drive in-store purchases. Its network enables merchants, retailers and restaurants to track consumers from online clicks through to actual purchases to offline purchases in-store purchases on a massive scale. The company was founded by Alastair Rampell and Eddie Lim in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Buy.com, Inc. is an online marketplace, focused on providing its customers with a selection of retail goods. It offers products in a range of categories, including consumer electronics, computer hardware and software, cell phones, books, music, DVDs, games, toys, bags, fragrance, home and outdoor, baby, jewelry, shoes, apparel, household essentials, and sporting goods. The company was founded Scott A. Blum in June 1997 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Third Point LLC is a SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 by Daniel S. Loeb and is a subsidiary of Third Point LP. Third Point provides discretionary investment advisory services to a variety of domestic and offshore private investment vehicles, single private equity-style fund and a separately managed institutional account.

EOS Management LLC (EOS Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1993 by Steven Friedman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Solar Mosaic, Inc. develops and manufactures photovoltaic tiles. It offers a web-based platform which anyone can use to develop community-scale solar projects and finance them from their local community and online. The company was founded by Billy Parish and Dan Rosen in October 2010 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Clear Finance Technology Corp. provides financial services for self-employed freelancers, independent contractors and entrepreneurs. The company was founded by Andrew D'Souza, Michele Romanow, Pavel Melnichuk, Charlie Feng, and Benjamin Sanders in October 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Tacora Capital Management LP (Tacora Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Keri Findley. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Kilonova Capital LLC (Kilonova Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Mark Watt. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Eight Enterprises LLC (8VC) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joseph T. Lonsdale. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Karus, Inc. is based in San Francisco, CA. Karus, Inc. is an AI decisioning tool that empowers lending and private credit capital allocation in auto finance for all participants. Aaron Travis has been the CEO of the company since September 01, 2020.

Part of Architect Capital LLC, Architect Capital Payjoy SPV II LLC functions as an investment fund. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Steadman Philippon Research Institute conducts research in the fields of osteoarthritis, healing, surgery, and injury prevention and rehabilitation. The non-profit company is based in Vail, CO. Dan Drawbaugh has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Quantopian, Inc. develops online platform for building, developing and testing quantitative trading algorithms. It provides tools, infrastructure and a community for users to learn, test, and trade algorithmic strategies. The firm's users create and test algorithmic trading strategies in Python using an application programming interface and then can choose to trade with the strategies by connecting to a brokerage. The company was founded by John Fawcett and Jean Bredeche in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Rival Labs, Inc. engages in the development of ticketing platform for entertainment, sporting, and cultural events. The company was founded by Nathan Hubbard in 2018 and is headquartered in Pacific Palisades, CA.

Descript, Inc. engages in the development of audio editor for new media creators. It is also involved in transcription and video editing. The company was founded by Andrew D. Mason in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

CashStar, Inc. provides omni-channel digital gifting solutions. Its services include client success, solution delivery, risk management, customer care, technical and financial operations. The firm enables retailers and restaurants to drive omni-channel success through the use of prepaid commerce and digital gifting solutions: delivering engaging, intuitive and personalized experiences across channels and devices for both consumer and business purchasers. The company was founded by David Douglas Stone and Steven R. Boal in 2007 and is headquartered in Portland, ME.

AH Capital Management LLC (AH Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Lowell Andreessen and Ben A. Horowitz. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

TXN Solutions, Inc. develops web application for consumer spending analytics. The firm’s product TXN, is a web application for consumer spending analytics, competitive intelligence and surveys. The company was founded by Jonathan Wolf, Alastair Rampell and Pasha Bitz in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Affirm, Inc. provides online payment services. It offers reimagining financial services, from credit cards to deposit banking. The firm helps to improve sales conversions and boost basket sizes. It allows online shoppers to pay for purchases in multiple monthly installments with financing costs lower than credit card interest rates. The company was founded by Max R. Levchin, Jeffrey Kaditz, Alastair Rampell, and Nathan Dale Gettings in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Brightside Benefit, Inc. helps to reduce financial stress and increase net pay. The company was founded by Jacky Chiu, King Callum and Christine Tozzi in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Very Good Security, Inc. designs and develops security software platform for securing data and compliance services. It offers security solutions for card issuers, personal finance applications, identity verification, multiplexing, storing credentials, vacation rental platform, and securing API. The company was founded by Mahmoud Abdelkader and Marshall Jones in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Branch International, Inc. provides financial services through its mobile application. The company was founded by Matthew Flannery, Daniel Jung and Random Bares in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Divvy Homes, Inc. is an online real estate platform, which enables homeownership platform that allows renters to build credit as the client rent. The company was founded by Brian Ma, Adena Hefets, Alex Klarfeld, and Nicholas Clarck on July 17, 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

FlyHomes, Inc. develops and operates online homes price search and comparison platform. The company was founded by Tushar Garg and Stephen Lane in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Peer Street, Inc. operates as a crowdfunding platform that provides investors with easy access to high-yielding loans which are collateralized with real estate. The company was founded by Brewster Johnson, Brett Crosby and Alex Perelman in 2013 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Rally Network, Inc. delivers a custom video messages. It empower creators to build online businesses. The company was founded by Kevin S. Chou, Michael Li and Mahesh Vellanki and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Forte Labs, Inc. operates as a blockchain technology platform. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

SentiLink Corp. provides fraud visualization solutions. The firm's technology helps to detect and block synthetic identities, where the name, date of birth, and SSN don't correspond to a single real person. Its products and solutions include API and manual review. The company was founded by Naftali Harris and Max Blumenfeld in June 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Super Evil Mega Corp. develops core games for tablet, mobile and emerging platform. The company was founded by Robert Joseph Daly Jr., Tommy Krul, Stephan Sherman, Kristian Segerstrale and Qingshuo Wang in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.