Chris Lyon

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Icertis, Inc. develops enterprise contract management platform. It provides solutions to energy and utilities, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and transportation. The company was founded by Samir Bodas, Unmesh Bhathija, and Monish Barda in 2009 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Tegile Systems, Inc. provides flash-driven storage arrays for databases, virtualized server and virtual desktop environments. Its products include IntelliFlash, IntelliCare, Hybrid Array and All-Flash Array. The firm offers server virtualization, desktop virtualization and database solutions. The company was founded by Rohit Kshetrapal, Rajesh Nair, Alok Agrawal and Justin Cheen in 2010 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Force10 Networks, Inc. is a technology company, which engages in the provision of infrastructure solutions to build and secure intelligent services networks. The company was founded by Prabhat K. Dubey, Steve Sinclair, and Bruce Miller on September 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Tensilica, Inc. is dedicated to helping its customers successfully to use its processor cores in its SOC designs. Its processor cores are often used in places engineering teams haven't considered using processors before - as a matter of fact, the company specialized in the hardest data-intensive applications. There are so many applications for Tensilica's processors that its customers have helped to become the fastest growing semiconductor IP supplier in 2008, according to the Gartner Group. The company makes some of the fastest, lowest power 32-bit RISC microprocessor cores on the market. Its Diamond Standard family of controllers uses its core technology to excel at control plane tasks. Tensilica is the recognized leader in customizable dataplane processors. Dataplane Processor Units (DPUs) consist of performance intensive DSP (audio, video, imaging, and baseband signal processing) and embedded RISC processing functions (security, networking, and deeply embedded control). The automated design tools behind all of Tensilica's application-specific processor cores enable rapid customization to meet specific data-plane performance targets. Tensilica's processors power top tier semiconductor companies, innovative start-ups, and system OEMs for high-volume products including mobile phones, consumer electronics devices (including portable media players, digital TV, and broadband set top boxes), computers, and storage, networking and communications equipment.

DealerSocket, Inc. creates and delivers a technology platform to the automotive industry. Its products include marketing, sales, service, customer experience, data mining and dealer fire. The company was founded by Jonathan E. Ord and Brad Perry in 2001 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Openlane, Inc. is engaged in the operation of automotive online auctions. It offers remarketing solutions to automotive manufacturers, captive finance companies, lease and daily rental companies, financial institutions and wholesale automotive auctions. The company was founded by Michael Leon Stein and Gary Edelstein in 2006 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.

DataStax, Inc. designs and develops database management software. Its products include DataStax enterprise, built on Cassandra which provides the massive scalability, continuous availability and enhanced data security big data applications demand, DataStax opscenter is a simplified management for DataStax enterprise and Apache Cassandra database clusters and DataStax sandbox is a packaged and personal virtual machine image that contains everything customer need to get started with DataStax software. The firm also offers training, consulting and support services. The company was founded by Jonathan Ellis and Matt Pfeil in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

School Loop, Inc. provides software solutions for public school districts. It offers a learning management system for K-12 professional learning communities supporting vulnerable youth and at-risk populations. The company was founded by Mark Gross, Thomas Burns and Dede Tisone in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Homestead Technologies, Inc. provides website and online marketing solutions for small businesses. Its services encompass website creation software and eCommerce solutions. The company was founded by Justin Kitch in 1996 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Meritech Capital Partners (Meritech Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Mike Gorden, Paul Madera and Rob Ward. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

The Data Tribe III LLC seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the US. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of cyber security and data science. It provides financing for early stage requirements.

Filevine, Inc. provides project management solutions. The firm offers legal case management and corporate legal software. The company was founded by Jonathan E. Ord, Ryan Anderson, James Blake and Nathan Morris in 2014 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Rubrik, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud data management solutions. Its solutions include backup and recovery, VM backup, Microsoft 365, ransom ware recovery, database backup, cloud solutions, and Polaris sonar. Rubrik products include data protection, data threat analytics, data security posture and cyber recovery. The company was founded by Bipul Sinha, Arvind Jain, Soham Mazumdar, and Arvind Nithrakashyap in December 2013 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Seismic Software, Inc. engages in the provision of platform to manage data such as graphics, proposals, sales deck, and reports. It offers asset management, banking, business services, consulting, insurance, and wealth management solutions. The company was founded by John Douglas Winter, Marc Romano, Nasser S. Barghouti, Fred Xie, and Calnan Edward Thomas Jr. in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Nuvias Group Ltd. provides information technology distribution services. It also provides a common proposition and delivery across EMEA, allowing channel and vendor communities to deliver exceptional business value to customers and enabling new standards of channel success. The company is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

FireEye, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Reston, VA. FireEye specializes in living security that learns and adapts using machine learning and AI to help secops teams stay ahead of potential attacks. The CEO of the company is Bryan Palma.

Expel, Inc. provides cyber security services. The firm specializes in transparent managed security, resilience recommendations, investigate and respond, snark, security operations, remediation guidance, advanced threat detection, security device monitoring, weekly lunch, incident validation and notification. The company was founded by Yanek Korff, David Merkel and Justin Bajko in 2016 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Theta Lake, Inc. operates as a entrepreneurs and enterprise technology builders. It offers integrated capture, digital content analysis, compliance coverage, advanced artificial intelligence workflow, and compliant archiving. It also provides call recording, video conferencing,and video marketing. The company was founded by Devin Redmond and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

CrowdStrike, Inc. provides security technology services. The firm’s solutions include endpoint protection, threat intelligence, next-gen antivirus, incident response, ransomware, endpoint detection & response. It offers products for endpoint security, security operations and falcon for data centers. The company was founded by Dmitri Alperovitch, George P. Kurtz, Jr. and Gregg Marston in 2011 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Forcepoint LLC provides unified web, email, and data security solutions. It offers data security consulting, security intelligence consulting, cyber security intelligence, training and technical certification, implementation packages, and government certification services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

SurfControl Ltd. provides website filtering, e-mail filtering and desktop security software. The company provides website filtering, e-mail filtering and desktop security software for both enterprise and home users. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Berkshire, the United Kingdom.

ThreatConnect, Inc. engages in the development of a cybersecurity software. Its products inlcude SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response), TIP (Threat Intelligence Platform), and RQ (Risk Quantifier). The company was founded by Richard Barger, Adam Vincent, Andrew Pendergast, and Leigh Reichel in 2011 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

ACM Advisors LLC (ACM Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Bob Ackerman, Robert Ackerman, and Howard Lee. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.