John Backus

H Three, Inc. provides executive search services. The company holds the patent for facilitating and tracking personal referrals made via electronic networks. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

DigitalSports, Inc. distributes web-based multi media and sports contents. The firm publishes local high school and youth sports and activities through the Internet and local community events using video and audio entertainment technology. The company was founded by Carlos Escaffi, James J. Martell, Jr., Edward Kelley III and Rich Toland in 2002 and is headquartered in New Hope, PA.

DivX LLC operates as a global digital media company. It offers digital video technologies from content preparation, protected delivery, and multi-screen playback of video across consumer electronics devices and mobile platforms. The company was founded by R. Jordan Greenhall, Edward J. Bezdek, Darrius N. Thompson and Tay Nguyen in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

TVU Networks Corp. provides wireless electronic newsgathering and internet broadcasting solutions. Its products includes TVU one and pack, TVU grid, TVU anywhere and TVU booking service. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Turnsmith LLC develops software as a service applications. It offers curator, a Web-based software solution that allows users to view, confirm, and ship an order, as well as allows suppliers to see and prepare for upcoming demand spikes and signum, a demand driven supply chain automated solution for reducing inventory levels delivered over the Internet. The company was founded by Matthew Marotta and Justin Diana in December 2004 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

MindBites, Inc. publishes and sells videos of tutorial content. It enables everyone from individuals to content sites and publishing companies to publish sell and distribute video tutorials and how-to lessons in the MindBites marketplace, on their own site, and across the web. The company was founded by Jason Reneau in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

mBeat Media, Inc. is a service provider in the emerging digital media industry. It operates as a social networking community, a ring tone distributor, and a record label, which allows its users to download ring tones and wallpapers from Website to mobile phones, make friends, listen to new artists, and post upcoming events. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

LoopFuse, Inc. operates as a business to business marketing automation platform. It provides reports on online customer behavior in merchants’ websites. The company was founded by Sean Dwyer, Roy Russo and Thomas M. Elrod in 2007 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Inventables, Inc. offers 3d carving software, machines and related raw materials. It develops Easel, a 3D platform which allows users to pair with 3D carving machine and X-carve and produce their first project in short time. The company was founded by Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Valencell, Inc. develops performance biometric sensor technology. The firm licenses its technology to consumer electronics manufacturers, mobile device and accessory makers, sports and fitness brands and gaming companies for integration into their products. The company was founded by Michael Aumer, Jesse Tucker and Steven LeBoeuf in 2006 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Moda Operandi, Inc. operates as an online retailer. The firm produces virtual trunk shows featuring ready-to-wear styles, shoes, handbags, jewelry, and accessories. It runs online designer trunkshows for customers to preorder products. The company was founded by Aslaug Magnufdottir and Lauren Santo Domingo in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Spree Commerce, Inc. provides an open-source ecommerce platform for stores. The firm's platform provides performance, flexibility, and migration solutions, as well as localization, search engine optimization, Javascript, and Google analytics solutions. Its platform supports ruby on rails, as well as monitors developments in the rails community and provide support for various rails releases. The firm offers its solution to be integrated with an existing application to provide the ecommerce functionality. The company was founded by Sean Schofield and Brian D. Quinn in 2008 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Quad Learning, Inc. develops a two-year program of advanced college coursework. Its services include course design, faculty support, student recruitment, selective admissions and resources. Its program enables students to prepare for and transfer to junior-and senior-level coursework at top-tier colleges and universities in the country. The company was founded by Philip L. Bronner and Christopher Romer in 2012 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Always Prepped, Inc. provides online tools that help to manage student and classroom data. The company was founded by Fahad Hassan in 2010 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Socrative, Inc. develops student response system for mobile devices. It offers a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops and tablets. The company was founded by Amit Maimon, Benjamin Berte and Michael West in 2010 and is headquartered in Edmonton, AB.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Calvert Capital Management Co. (Calvert Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

GlobalLogic, Inc. provides software solutions and development services. It operates as a digital product engineering firm. Its services include experience design, product engineering, digital services, labs, and content engineering. The firm operates design studios and engineering centers that specializes in offering customers in the communications, automotive, healthcare, technology, media and entertainment, manufacturing, and semiconductor industries. The company was founded by Sanjay Singh, Manoj Agarwala, Rajul Garg, and Tarun Upadhyay in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Blacksmith Capital (Blacksmith Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

True Ventures LLC (True Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by John Burke and Philip Black. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

NAV Management LLC (NAV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by John Backus, Thanasis Delistathis, Todd Hixon and Scott Johnson. The firm is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Corp. is a company based in New York, NY.

Spectrum Bridge, Inc. provides cloud based software and wireless service and equipment manufacturers. Its platform solutions enables wireless networks to access and use all types of spectrum at any place or time through a database driven cognitive network architecture. The firm products are embedded in subscriber's devices and network equipment to allocate bandwidth throughout the entire wireless network. The company was founded by Joseph Hamilla, Richard Licursi, Richard Rotondo and Peter Stanforth in 2007 and is headquartered in Lake Mary, FL.

B-Stock Solutions, Inc. provides inventory liquidation sales management solutions to retailers and manufacturers. It offers solutions to retailers and manufacturers that increase their recovery on the sale of their customer returns and other excess inventory. The firm builds, hosts and manages private-label online auction sites and provides a suite of services to optimize results according to its clients requirements. The company was founded by Howard Rosenberg and William Cornell in 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

410 Labs, Inc. provides communication services. It produces a suite of socially productive tools that improve communication. The firm also provide easier access to information. The company was founded by Dave Troy and Matthew Koll in 2010 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

SC1 Zip BP LLC operates as an early stage company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

PROOF Management LLC (proof vc) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by John C. Backus, John F. Burke and Thanasis Delistathis. The firm is headquartered in Reston,Virginia.

Nav Invincea I LLC operates as pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

OurCrowd Digital Health LP operates as an investment fund with primary objective to generate favorable returns for its partners, principally through long-term capital appreciation. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.

Part of EdgeConneX, Inc., Edgeconnex Chicago Holdings, LLC is an investment holding company. The company is based in Herndon, VA.

Fvc1 P, LLC provides investment services. The private company is based in Reston, VA.

Riverbend Capital LLC (Riverbend Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Mark E. Dumas. The firm is headquartered in Great Falls, Virginia.

Think PROOF TB LLC provides pooled investment fund services. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Adelos, Inc. develops fiber-optic sensors. It offers Phosonic™ electro-optical system components. The company was founded by Alex Philp in 2006 and is headquartered in Polson, MT.