Joe Cannon

Enservio, Inc. provides an insurance and claims management software. Its solutions include contents platform, claim services, fraud detection, analytics and claim payments. The company was founded by James Fini in 2004 and is headquartered in Needham, MA.

Acosta, Inc. engages in the provision of sales, marketing, and retail merchandising services. Its services include business intelligence, headquarter sales, retail services, consumer marketing, Acosta solutions, and e-commerce. . The company was founded by Louis Acosta in 1927 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

Valassis, Inc. provides commercial printing services. The private company is based in Wichita, KS.

Solidus LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Atlanta, GA.

Through its leading merchant-funded rewards programs and patent-protected technology, Vesdia offers a full array of loyalty solutions to financial institutions, affinity groups and merchants enabling customers to earn more meaningful rewards faster. Vesdia Corporation is a privately-held company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Initially founded in June of 2000 as BabyMint, Inc., the company’s technology helped families save towards their children’s education. The company quickly emerged as a dominant player in the loyalty marketing space and in 2003 changed its name to Vesdia Corporation to reinforce its corporate identity as a parent company of both micro investing programs and a provider of private-label, CRM loyalty solutions. Vesdia’s pioneering efforts in the loyalty marketing technology and services industry include the launch of groundbreaking programs that dramatically increase loyalty for their clients. In addition to multichannel merchant-funded reward solutions, Vesdia services also enable meaningful reward redemption options for consumers through their everyday shopping, including deposits into college savings or investment accounts, donations to a charity or virtually any other traditional redemption option. Today, Vesdia is widely recognized as a global leader in the field of loyalty marketing technology and services. Merchants attract new customers, increase sales and improve market share by participating in their network of leading global merchants. More than a dozen financial institutions, affinity groups, airlines and others in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico license their technology to achieve dramatic increases in customer acquisition and participation - enhancing profitability and decreasing attrition. Aspects of Vesdia's loyalty programs are covered by one or more of the following patents: U.S. Patent No. 6,631,358; U.S. Patent No. 6,345,261; U.S. Patent No. 4,941,090; U.S. Patent No. 5,117,355; U.S. Patent No. 5,202,826; and U.S. Patent No. 5,287,268.

Founded in 2004, Guidewire Group, Inc. provides startups, their supporters, and those who do business with them with the tools, data, networks and programs they need to discover, monitor, benchmark, compare, and promote early-stage companies. Steeped in thousands of conversations with innovative startup companies and backed by the National Science Foundation, they are working to deliver at scale the highest-quality services to drive innovation and entrepreneurship in the 21st Century. At the center of Guidewire Group's practice is the discipline of measurement and benchmarking startup performance. Their proprietary G/SCORE ™ assessment methodology identifies key opportunities for business optimization, and their Studio G mentorship programs connect entrepreneurs with the resources they need to drive value into their businesses. Their global perspective means entrepreneurs can leverage expertise across an international network of entrepreneurs, mentors, partners, customers, and service professionals, while growing strong businesses in their local communities. This integrated and global approach to measure, benchmark, mentor, and connect entrepreneurs is the leverage that is missing in today's startup ecosystem.