Sydney Shepherd

Knology, Inc. provides interactive communications and entertainment services. It provides video, voice, data and advanced communications services to residential and business customers. The firm offers analog and digital cable television, local and long-distance telephone, high-speed internet access and broadband carrier services. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in West Point, GA.

Arxan Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of application security and protection solutions. It offers threat analytics, key and data protection, and application management. The company was founded by J. Eric Davis, John T. Korb, Hoi Chang, John Rice, Richard P. Earley, and Mikhail Atallah in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Alereon, Inc. designs and develops semiconductor ultra wideband wireless chipsets. It offers UWB ICs and modules, certified wireless USB reference designs, after market/embedded radio solutions, and development kits for use in personal computers and laptops; and portable products, such as digital cameras, mp3 players, mobile handsets, and smart phones. The firm sells its products through online retailers. The company was founded by Eric Broockman in April 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

AnyPresence, Inc. operates as an enterprise mobile backend-as-a-service and multi-platform mobile app builder. It offers employee engagement, millennial workforce, and mobile productivity solutions, mobile platform and self-service solutions for utilities serving residential and commercial buildings and a mobile platform for healthcare providers to build and deploy mobile apps for patient and physician engagement. The company was founded by Anirban Chakrabarti, Richard Mendis and Rakesh Rao in 2011 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Koupon Media, Inc. operates as a mobile coupon platform. Its platforms include offer management, targeting, distribution, and analytics. The company was founded by Scott Hutchinson and T. J. Person in 2011 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

La Lumiere LLC provides skin care device products. The company was founded by David Shuter and Jay P. Tapper on October 16, 2013 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Launchpad Central, Inc. develops management software. It offers enterprise, education and accelerator solutions. The company was founded by Steve Blank and James J. Hornthal in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

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.

Foodbuy LLC provides group purchasing and data management services. It offers opportunity analytics, procurement, program portfolio and culinary solutions. The company was founded by Edward Kuklenski and Scott Maclellan in 1999 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. is a global leadership community of over 30,000 chief executives from 142 countries. The non-profit company is based in Irving, TX and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company's mission is to help its members become better leaders and better people. The company was founded in 1950 by Ray Hickok, Khalid Mohamed Jassem Kanoo. Thayer Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

The Indus Entrepreneurs is a non-profit organization. It provides mentoring, networking, education and funding to entrepreneurs. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA provides commercial banking services. It offers investment banking, merchant services, and institutional asset management services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. handles, protects and licenses technologies developed by the faculty, staff and students. It facilitates the licensing of technology to companies, encourages new faculty startup ventures, works with publishers and distributors of software, and supports the transfer of research and knowledge to other universities, research institutes and companies. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

Revolution Growth Management Co Inc (Revolution Growth Management) is a private equity/venture capital division of Revolution LLC founded in 2005 by Steve Case. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship is a nationally recognized initiative devoted to supporting technology commercialization, entrepreneurship education, and the launch of technology companies. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The company connects startups to capital, networks, and success. Rice Alliance has supported over 3,165 companies in its 20+ years of startup support, raising $23.60 billion in funding. The company hosts both large-scale and more intimate events to bring together investors, corporations, startups, and technology ventures for deal-flow, networking, and discussions. Rice Alliance has subsidiaries in the United States.

LeaseTerm Insurance Group LLC engages in the provision of lease insurance products and risk management solutions. It develops LTI, a commercial leaseterm residential insurance product to provide multi family housing property owners and managers and lenders with a lease default risk management solution. The company was founded by Roger Hilterbrandt, M. Derek Thomas and Sean Woodward in 2011 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Point Broadband LLC offers internet service to residential and business customers. The firm offers TV, broadband, phone and business services. It provides broadband solutions for municipalities and public areas. The company was founded by Emmanuel Lelekis in 2016 and is headquartered in West Point, GA.

ITC Broadband Operating LLC provides high-speed internet and reliable voice services to unserved and underserved areas of the country. The company is based in Plymouth, MI and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers an app that allows users to view and connect devices, control their home network, set parental controls, and complete a speed test. Highline, the company's brand, is known for its unique values, commitment to the communities it serves, and leadership team. The CEO of the company is Jerry V. Elliott.

TemperPack Technologies, Inc. manufactures packaging solutions for temperature sensitive goods. It specializes in sustainable packaging, cold chain shipping, e-commerce food, and life sciences shipping. The company was founded by Brian Powers, Charles-Alexandre Vincent, and James McGoff in 2015 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Swan & Legend Venture Partners LLC (Swan & Legend Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Fred Schaufeld, Clifford White and Anthony Nader. The firm is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Fraser McCombs Capital Management LLC (FM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Chase Fraser. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

eSupply Systems LLC operates an e-procurement and spend management platform for the multi-family industry. It is a cloud-based procurement and spend management platform for the property management industry enhanced with Purchasing Intelligence tools. The company was founded by Mortimer Singer and Keu Zafar in 2008 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Station Houston Ventures LLC (Station Houston Ventures), subsidiary of Capital Factory Management LLC, is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Cougar Venture (Cougar Venture) is a venture capital division of C. T. Bauer College of Business founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.