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Kapor Capital Management Co LLC (Kapor Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Freada Kapor Klein and Mitchell David Kapor. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

MK Kapor Center for Social Impact engages in the provision of social services which helps in technology ecosystem and entrepreneurship. The company was founded by Mitchell Kapor in 1997 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

MK Level Playing Field Institute provides STEM education programs. The non-profit company is based in Oakland, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Freada Kapor Klein.

Smash Academy, Inc. is a non-profit company that is committed to supporting and serving youth from underrepresented communities. The company is based in Oakland, CA. The company works to eliminate the lack of equal access in STEM faced by their scholars. Since 2004, they have provided over 1,300 motivated high school scholars from underrepresented communities with the opportunity to enhance their education. The company was founded in 2004 by Freada Kapor Klein. The CEO is Johnathan Durfield.

Linden Research, Inc. engages in the development and operation of virtual world platform Second Life. It also involves in registered money services business under the Tilia platform. The company was founded by Philip Rosedale in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Village Global Management LLC (Village Global Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Walnut,California.

XYZ Venture Capital LLC (XYZ Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ross Fubini. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Beneficial State Bank provides banking products and services. It offers personal loans, checking accounts, business loans and line of credit. The company was founded Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor in 2007 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Piazza Technologies, Inc. provides an online collaboration platform for students and teachers to communicate about complex problems in real time. The company was founded by Pooja Nath Sankar in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

WibiData, Inc. operates as a software company that develops big data applications for enterprises to personalize their customer experiences. Its products include WibiRetail which is designed for retailers to deploy algorithmically-driven personalized shopping experiences and WibiEnterprise which is a flexible software platform for enterprises to develop and deliver real-time personalization applications. The company was founded by Christophe Bisciglia, Garrett Wu and Aaron Kimball in 2010 and is headquartered San Francisco, CA.

New Aurora Corp. provides communication software solutions. The company was founded on April 11, 1994 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Canaan Management, Inc. (Canaan Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by Eric A. Young. The firm is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Tellme Networks, Inc. provides voice application network and communication services. It develops specialized telecommunications systems that use voice recognition to help companies manage customer service calls. The company was founded by Michael S. McCue and Angus Davis in 1999 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sardineai Corp. operates as an agency retail partner. The company is founded by Soups Ranjan, Zahid Shaikh, and Aditya Goel in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Symantec, Inc. provides computer security services. The private company is based in Burlington, MA.

CubeTree, Inc. provides social business online software internet services. The company was founded by Carlin Wiegner in 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Avance Investment Management LLC (Avance) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by David Perez, Luis Zaldivar and Erik A. Scott. The firm is headquartered in New York, United States.

Save The Children Federation, Inc. operates as a nonprofit children's relief and development organization. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Fairfield, CT.

Licensing International, Inc. is a leading trade organization for the brand licensing industry, with over 1,500 member companies in more than 40 countries. In 2020, the Licensing International Foundation was established to continue the association's charitable initiatives and support the education of future licensing leaders through the Licensing International Scholarship Program, which awards grants to deserving individuals interested in a career in brand licensing. The organization was founded in 1985 and aims to foster the growth and expansion of licensing worldwide, raise the level of professionalism for licensing practitioners, and create greater awareness of the benefits of licensing to the business community.

Whalar Ltd. develops, operates software platform for branding and provides IT consultancy services. The company was founded by Neil Waller and James Street and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

I.D.E.A. Initiative LLC is a membership organization, which focuses on empower, and connect senior-level and C-Suite executives of color across the technology, entertainment, advertising & marketing, and media industries. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Encantos Media Studios PBC produces cartoon and animation videos. It offers bilingual books, digital apps, and sing-along videos featuring an adorable cast of animal characters. The company was founded by Susie Jaramillo, Nuria Santamar?a Wolfe, Steven Wolfe Pereira and Carlos Hoyos and is headquartered in Corte Madera, CA.

Reciprocal Labs Corp. develops a mobile platform for respiratory health management. It helps reduce the cost of care while delivering better quality of life for individuals with chronic respiratory disease. The firm uses a combination of smartphone applications and snap-on inhaler sensors that track when and how often patients use their inhaled medications. The company was founded by Greg Tracy, Mark A. Gehring and David Van Sickle in 2010 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Legion Technologies, Inc. develops intelligent workforce engagement platform. It offers forecasting, scheduling and matching, mobile engagement, workforce analytics, compliance and integrations products. The company was founded by Sanish Mondkar in 2016 and is headquarters in Menlo Park, CA.

Beckon, Inc. offers omnichannel analytics software. Its software-as-a-service platform integrates messy marketing data and delivers dashboards and scorecards for cross-channel marketing intelligence. The company was founded by Jennifer Zeszut and Jochen Frey in 2011 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Sierra Club is a membership organization that focuses on spreading awareness on environmental issues. The firm operates stores for books, calendars, note cards, holiday cards, men’s and women’s apparel, bags and packs, and coffee and tea. The company was founded by John Muir in 1892 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

People For the American Way Foundation conducts research, legal, education, and advocacy services. It also offers pluralism, individuality, freedom of thought, and reduce social tension. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Curve Health, Inc. operates as an information exchange and telemedicine platform. The firm specializes in medical practice, palliative care, emergency medicine and clinical academics. The company was founded by Timothy C. Peck and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pigeonly, Inc. develops and provides a platform that identifies and organizes data on the incarcerated. It offers inmate phone calls, commissary, visitation, correctional facility information, corrections department, and inmate care packages. The company was founded by Sabaina Bukhari, CJ Keeney, Damien Drakes, Frederick Huston and Alfonzo Brooks in 2013 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization, which works to forge practical solutions that help nature and people prosper sustainably. It launched the Smart Boat Initiative (SBI) which focuses on leveraging the technological advances and plummeting costs in sensors, artificial intelligence, broadband communication and data analytics to equip and surround fishing vessels of all sizes with digital tools and infrastructure that can increase sustainability, accountability, profitability and transparency in fishing. The company was founded by Arthur P. Cooley, Charles F. Wurster and Dennis Puleston in 1967 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People provides civil rights protection services. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors. The company was founded by Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villiard and William English Walling in February 12, 1909 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Trident Management LLC (Trident Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Nicholas Wood and Eric Taylor. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology operates as a social enterprise that aims to recruit, retain, and advance women in technology. It offers awards for individuals, community voices, events for organizations, career toolbox, and scholarships for GHC. The company was founded by Anita Borg and Telle Whitney in 1997 and is headquartered in Belmont, CA.

Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies is a non-profit organization. The firm focuses on the future of work, the future of entrepreneurship, and the use of technology for the African-American community. It offers solutions-based strategies that help develop a local workforce with the skills to mitigate challenges and seize new opportunities. The company was founded by Kenneth B. Clark and Louis E. Martin in 1970 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

SMaSh, Inc. provides mobile application services. It offers menu-driven choices, integration with web-based systems, session management, and transactions. The company was founded by Chanakya Damarla and Eric Boduch in 2007 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Bureau, Inc. provides identification verification services. The American company was founded in 2020 by Ranjan Reddy. Ranjan Reddy has been the CEO since 2020.

Pebble Health, Inc. provides intelligent health coverage for startups. The company is based in Seattle, WA. The company aims to modernize health coverage and bring it out of the dark ages. The CEO of the company is Manoj Pinna.

Auxilius, Inc. aligns clinical operations and financial stakeholders with a solution designed for biotech clinical trial financial management. The company is based in Sacramento, CA. The company offers financial planning and analysis technology solutions for clinical trial finance across biotech and biopharma. Auxilius resources serve biotech and biopharma leaders on topics related to clinical trial finance and planning. The company was founded by Adam Weisman. Adam Weisman has been the CEO since incorporation.

Oro Labs, Inc. is a company that aims to simplify procurement processes for businesses. The company is based in Redwood City, CO. Oro Labs was founded by Lalitha Rajagopalan, Sudhir Bhojwani, and Yuan Tung, with Sudhir Bhojwani serving as CEO since incorporation. The company's automation platform helps manage enterprise spend and supplier relationships. The company offers a supplier management tool that can adapt to changing business needs, simplifies audits, and mitigates bank fraud. Oro's smart workflow uses AI, data, and human input to streamline supplier bank authentication and fraud prevention processes.

Saltbox, Inc. provides office spaces, warehouse suites and docks. It offers loading dock access, a self-service packing center, warehouse equipment for use and a photography stage. The company was founded by Maxwell Bonnie, Tyler Scriven, Chetan Sharma and Paul Darrigo in April 2019 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.