Nikolay Abkairov

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

PlaceWare, Inc. provides web conferencing services. Its services include real-time, interactive presentations, and meetings. The company was founded by Pavel Curtis, David Nichols and Mike Dixon in 1996 and is located in Redmond, WA.

Tele-Communication, Inc. provides audio and visual communications solutions. Its products include meeting room devices, unified communications, headsets, networking equipment, and phones and speakerphones. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Skype SARL provides communication services via the Internet. Its software-based communications platform offers tools for consumers and businesses to communicate and collaborate globally through voice, video and text conversations. The company was founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis in August 2003 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Alan AI, Inc. engaes in building voice experiences in apps and IoT devices. The company was founded in 2017 by Ramu Sunkara, and Andrey Ryabov and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Opensky Project, Inc. operates an online home furnishings shop. It sells modern and industrial furniture, mid-century modern chairs and furniture, Bohemian, Scandinavian, shabby chic, and rustic farmhouse furniture. The company was founded by Anthony Soohoo, Jonah Schwartz, and Erik Hikade in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

SuperSecret, Inc. provides online social games. It offers supersecret.com, which engages in social games where kids make friends, play games and explore new places with other players. The company was founded by Ted Barnett and Tony Espinoza in 2006 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Metacafe LLC develops and operates an online video entertainment sharing platform. The firm distributes short-form video clips featuring television movies, video games, sports, and music. It also operates a video games hub, which features trailers, reviews, news, interviews, and walkthroughs for video game releases in various gaming platforms. The company was founded by Eyal Hertzog, Ofer Adler, Arik Czerniak, and Amit Avrahami on March 9, 2015 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Defy Partners Management LLC (Defy Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassallo. The firm is headquartered in Woodside, California.

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.

Workato, Inc. develops cloud automation and integration platform. It offers sales, marketing, support, business operations and finance services. The company was founded by Gautham Viswanathan, Harish Shetty, Dimitris Kogias and Vijay Tella and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.