Emilio E. Mercado

Mediamorph, Inc. provides cloud-based platform and data management services. Its Content Value Management (CVM) platform orchestrates the 360° process that brings content value from provider to distributor to the connected consumer. The firm’s platforms include content financial control, content contracts, content ecosystem and supply chain, and performance tracking. The company was founded by Michael Sid and Shahid Khan on April 10, 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of iHeartMedia, Inc., Unified Enterprises Corp. sells and leases soft frozen dessert equipment. The company is based in Kaneohe, HI.

Ginger.io, Inc. operates as a behavior analytics company using big data. It offers tailored technological platform for effective workflow integration. The firms continuous data collection approach detects symptom flares more precisely than regular clinic visits. The company was founded by Karan Singh, Anmol Madan and Alex Pentland in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Sway Ventures Management LLC (Sway Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Brian Tyler Nugent. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Swat Equity Partners Investments LLC (SWAT Equity Partners ) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in New York.

PebblePost, Inc. operates a direct mail marketing platform. Its platform integrates segmentation, campaign management, production, analytics, and optimization. The company was founded by Lewis Gersh, Tom Gibbons and Robert Victor in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Affinity, Inc. provides information technology services and solutions. Its focus areas are enterprise systems, enterprise portfolio, program and project management, lean information technology and information security. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Morning Consult Holdings, Inc. provides data intelligence and market research services. Its products include brand, economic, and research intelligence. The company was founded by Michael Ramlet, Kyle Dropp and Alex Dulin in 2014 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Alto Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of alternative asset investing solutions. It serves the investors, wealth managers and registered investment advisors, entrepreneurs, and real estate owners. The company was founded by Eric Satz and Robertson Tanner in 2016 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Above Average Productions, Inc. produces and distributes comedic videos and written content over the Internet. The company was founded by Jennifer Danielson and David Birnbaum and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Headspace, Inc. develops a digital health platform that provides guided meditation and mindfulness training sessions. It offers meditation related books, online resources, mobile application services, and gift subscriptions. The company was founded by Richard Marsh Pierson and Andy Puddicombe in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Autoleap, Inc. provides cloud-based auto repair management software for shop owners to manage and grow their business. The company is based in Toronto, Canada and was founded by Rameez Ansari and Steve Lau, who have been the CEOs since incorporation. The software includes features such as scheduling appointments, managing technicians, generating invoices, and marketing tools to boost brand image and attract new customers. Autoleap's founding team are repeat entrepreneurs who previously launched, scaled, and successfully exited FieldEdge.

Grove Collaborative, Inc. engages in the provision of auto-shipment services. The firm delivers all-natural home, beauty, and personal care products. The company was founded by Christopher Clark, Stuart Landesberg, and Jordan Savage in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The San Francisco Foundation addresses community needs by supporting ideas and strengthening existing nonprofit organizations that lack sufficient resources or infrastructure. As a regional community foundation serving San Francisco, Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo Counties, it focus on the areas of arts and culture, community development, community health, education, and the environment. The company was founded in 1948 by Daniel Koshland and headquartered in San Francisco, 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.

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. operates online collaborative wiki projects. The firm is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual, educational content, and to providing the content of wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. Its projects include Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, Wikimedia Incubator, and Meta-Wiki. The company was founded by Jimmy Donal Wales in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

City Year, Inc. offers school-based service and leadership programs. It support students by focusing on attendance, behavior, and course performance through in-class tutoring, mentoring, and after school programs that keep kids in school and on track to graduate. The company was founded by Miuchael Brown, Alan Khazei, Jennifer Eplett Reilly and in 1988 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Nativo, Inc. provides advertising solution for publishers. Its platform enables users to activate, deploy, and manage content-based native placements across media properties. The company was founded by Justin Choi in 2010 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Advance Venture Partners LLC (Advance Venture Partners) is an evergreen venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David ibnAle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Francisco Partners Management LP (Francisco Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Benjamin Ball, Dipanjan Deb, Neil Garfinkel, Sanford Robertson and David Stanton. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco and London.

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. provides laser and imaging bar code scanners including linear and omni-directional laser scanners, fixed position and in-counter scanners, area imagers and rugged mobile computers. The company was founded by C. Harry Knowles in 1968 and is headquartered in Blackwood, NJ.

Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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.

Part of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Goldman Sachs Commodities Fund LLC provides investment services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Universal Instruments Corp. designs and manufactures advanced automation and assembly equipment solutions for the electronics manufacturing industry. It offers surface mount, automation, hot bar bonding, though-hole, and software. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Conklin, NY.

ITW EAE BV manufactures automated soldering systems. It specializes in the design and manufacturing of mass soldering equipment for the global circuit board assembly market. The firm’s products are grouped under reflow soldering equipment, wave soldering equipment and selective soldering equipment. It was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Oosterhout, the Netherlands.

Electrical Components International, Inc. manufactures and distributes wire harnesses. The firm offers products for electronic and electro-mechanical applications, including home appliances, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) products, transportation equipment, construction and agricultural equipment, and vending and industrial machines. Its manufacturing process includes cutting and termination, splicing, sealing and heat shrink, molding, assembly, and testing. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Meteor Holding Corp. manufactures optical and bar code scanning devices. It also offers other computer related equipment. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

PowerPlan, Inc. engages in the provision of accounting, tax, and capital budgeting optimization solutions for capital asset-intensive businesses. It offers solutions in utilities, oil and gas, public sector, telecom, transportation, resources, support and maintenance, income tax, property tax, fixed assets, and lease accounting. The company was founded by Mark E. Heinemann and Patricia G. Pelling in 1994 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Ultra Clean Technology Systems & Service, Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures gas delivery systems for semiconductor process equipment manufactures and device makers. It offers laser and waterjet cutting and harware insertion, as well as provides modules, subassemblies, gas and liquid delivery, and catalytic steam generation systems. The company is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

TPG Growth LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of TPG Capital Advisors LLC founded in 2000 by William E. McGlashan and Michael Guthrie. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, United States with additional office in London, United Kingdom.

American Conservatory Theater provides both classical and contemporary theater productions. It nurtures the art of live theater through dynamic productions, intensive actor training in its conservatory, and an ongoing dialogue with its audience and community. The company was founded by William Ball in 1965 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Artel Communications Corp. specializes in design, fabrication, installation and documentation of custom communications systems designs and develops high-performance communications systems for the inter-networking and video distribution markets. The company was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Plainview, NY.

Augusta Columbia Capital Group LLC (Augusta Columbia Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Paul Carl(Chip) Schorr IV and Jeffery J Clarke. The firm is headquartered in New York.

HyTrust, Inc. provides cloud security automation solutions. It offers HyTrust CloudControl, a control point that adds critical authentication, authorization and auditing for administrators of virtual infrastructure. The firm’s solution simplifies compliance and provides control and visibility into private clouds. It also offers HyTrust DataControl, a solution that provides strong encryption for virtual machines in any public or hybrid cloud, along with easy to deploy key management. The firm offers compliance, private cloud controls, virtual machine encryption and HyTrust boundary controls. The company was founded by Renata Budko, Eric Chiu, Boris Strongin and Boris Belov in 2007 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

The Thiel Foundation awards grants to groups that empower people to improve their lives, champions organizations and individuals who expose human rights abuses and authoritarianism. It programs include The Thiel Fellowship, Breakout Labs and Imitatio. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.