Jason Gasdick

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

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

PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

ScanScout is a technology-driven video ad network that delivers precise audience targeting and superior brand results by capturing and synthesizing billions of content and user interaction data points to match the right ad to the right video, at the right time. Online video has established itself as a compelling opportunity in digital advertising but effectively harnessing the power of the medium still presents unique challenges. From finding ways to optimize content monetization to delivering engaging brand experiences, ScanScout is the video advertising solution that guarantees results. Founded in 2005, ScanScout is the world's largest in-stream video ad network. The company creates significant revenue for its network of publisher partners by generating the most value out of video content in a user-friendly manner. For advertisers, ScanScout matches content and audience, ensuring that brands meaningfully connect to its desired audience through engaging and innovative ad units. The company has offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

Xandr, Inc. develops a platform for real-time online advertising. The firm offers AppNexus programmable platform, AppNexus Adserver, AppNexus SSP, Yieldex Analytics, and Audience Extension. The company was founded by Michiel Nolet and Brian O'Kelley in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PresenceLearning, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of live online speech and occupational therapy services. It offers school districts with web-based access to a nationwide network of qualified speech language pathologists, counselors and occupational therapists via live video conferencing combined with practices and progress reporting. The company was founded by Jack Lynch and Clay Whitehead in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Alumni Ventures Group LLC (Alumni Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded by Michael Collins in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Blispay, Inc. provides mobile financial services. It delivers the financial products that customers deserve and merchants need. The company was founded by Gregory Wallace Lisiewski, Tonya Flickingerand, Michael Lyden, Brian Whalen and Christine Poulon and is headquartered in Forest Hill, MD.

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.

Exeter Venture Management Company LLC (Exeter Venture Management Company) is a venture capital subsidiary of International Data Group, Inc. founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

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

Carat Canada, Inc. operates as a marketing and advertising company. Its services include media buying, communications strategy and planning, consumer insight, content development, mobile media, search engine marketing, programmatic, social media, sponsorship and experiential, data management, direct marketing, and global media partnerships. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Seeds, Inc. provides a mobile game for micro lending. It offers Seeds, a social game that allows gamers to make microloans to entrepreneurs in East Africa. The firm’s Seeds enable players to use real currency to make in-app purchases in games (virtual goods or currency packages) and are rewarded with bonus coins or special access. The company was founded by Rachel Cook and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Currensee, Inc. provides forex social trading services. It also provides investors and financial institutions with access to emerging managers in a first-of-its-kind, transparent, convenient and trusted way. The company was founded by Avshalom Leventhal and Asaf Yigal in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Session M, Inc. provides mobile application software. The firm offers SessionM, a cloud-based marketing automation and loyalty platform that gathers customer behaviors across all channels, appends the data to each individual’s profile instantaneously, and triggers personalized responses through a real-time rules engine. The company was founded by Lars Albright, Mark E. Herrmann and Scott N. Weller in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of State Street Corp., State Street Advisors, Inc. provides investment advice. The company is based in Dallas, TX.

clypd, Inc. operates an advertising technology platform for the television industry. Its platform delivers workflow automation, data-enhanced decisioning and provides media partners with tools to manage their sales efforts. The company was founded by Joshua Summers and Doug Hurd in 2012 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

ViralGains, Inc. provides online advertising services. It specializes in creating video advertising. The company was founded by Jay Singh, Kate Willett, and Dan Levin in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Weathernews, Inc., Weathermob, Inc. provides weather forecasting services. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Weathermob was acquired by Weathernews, Inc. on May 20, 2015.

Folia Health, Inc. engages in healthcare services. It focuses on improving care in cystic fibrosis. The company was founded by Nell Meosky Luo and Daniel Toffling and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Droplette, Inc. develops transdermal delivery system for delivery of drugs. Its device delivers large molecules deep through skin by utilizing a fluid physics phenomenon. The company was founded by Madhavi Gavini and Rathi Srinivas in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Dentsu Group, Inc., Isobar, Inc. is a company that provides digital marketing services. The company is based in Chicago, IL.

Mable Wholesale, Inc. owns and operates a mobile and web-based B2B wholesale platform for retailers, brands, and distributors. Its platform connects retailers, distributors, and brands to enable product discovery, ordering, financing, and inventory management. The company was founded by Eric Carlstrom and Arik Keller in 2019 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Bithoop, Inc. provides intelligent work management solutions that help individuals and teams stay organized and work efficiently. The American company's platform allows users to work intelligently without the need for manual organization.

Mythical Labs, Inc. engages in the development if an online platform that provides a virtual workspace. It offers RemoteHQ that enables users to host team meetings, sales demos, support calls, and training sessions. The company was founded by Waikit Lau and Louis Sivillo is headquartered in Chestnut Hill, MA.

Resilient Coders is an organization that aims to provide equitable access to the tech economy by training people of color for high-growth careers as software engineers and connecting them with jobs. The American company believes in social justice through economic empowerment and meritocracy in tech. The private company's students spend 20 weeks learning object-oriented programming principles through the vehicle of full-stack JavaScript, including vanilla JS, React, Express, Node, and PostgreSQL. At the end of the program, each student builds a full-stack application they are passionate about sharing with the world. Resilient Coders' alumni are hired by companies like theirs, and their bootcamp is tuition-free, with no obligation for graduates to pay them back. The company pays a stipend of $500/bi-weekly during bootcamp so students can focus on learning.

BusRight, Inc. partners with educators, families, and transportation directors to ensure the safe and efficient transportation of children to and from school. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company offers a cloud-based school bus "control center" that includes routing software, real-time GPS, dynamic driver navigation, and a mobile bus tracking app. BusRight currently operates in five states and serves customers across the school bus transportation industry, including charter schools, in-house transportation, bus companies, electric school bus fleets, and special education transportation. The company was founded by Keith Corso and Chris Fischer, with Keith Corso serving as CEO since incorporation.

Nth Party Ltd. engages in the development of data privacy software. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Southern Connection Ventures LLC provides investment services.

Zingeroo, Inc. is a commission-free trading app that allows users to participate in fun and educational competitions with friends. The company is based in Duxbury, MA, and Zoë Barry has been the CEO since incorporation. Users can trade with their friends anytime and anywhere, build their trading team, and improve their trading knowledge. Founded by serial entrepreneur Zoë Barry, the app has attracted many users, including those who are new to investing.

Tremor Video, Inc. operates as a video advertising technology company. The private company is based in New York, NY.

N1N, Inc. provides investment management services. The British company was founded by Kelly McEttrick.

Atlantic Quantum Corp. develops scalable quantum computers. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Bharath Kannan has been the CEO of the company since 2022.