Mark Atkinson

Moodlerooms, Inc. provides online teaching solutions to institutions worldwide. The firm offers Joule, a cloud-based enterprise learning management system that allows users to create and access courses; collaborate with peers, students, and instructors through forums, chats, blogs, and web conferencing; track student participation; connect to campus staff, students, and other systems; and provides distance learning services. The company was founded by Sheila Gatling, Thomas J. Murdock and Gina Russell Stevens in 2005 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

StraighterLine, Inc. provides online general education courses to postsecondary students. It offers online higher education courses that are equivalent to general courses required for a bachelor's degree. The company was founded by Burck Smith in 2009 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Pairin, Inc. allows schools to meet the real world achievement needs of every student, accelerate college and career readiness, and increase graduation rates. Its survey is based on decades of scientific research and is the only longitudinal, non-cognitive measurement available on the market. The company was founded by Michael L. Simpson and Ron C. Young in 2011 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Nepris, Inc. operates as a cloud-based technology platform, which connects teachers with experts and working professionals for online live interactions with students. It offers teachers the ability to see archived sessions for free, to sign-up for a license to request sessions of their own, or to participate in industry offered sessions at Nepris.com. The company was founded by Sabari Raja and Binu Thayamkery in 2013 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Signal Vine, Inc. develops an enterprise text messaging platform. The firm’s platform includes features for targeted messaging, intuitive interface, case management, hybrid messaging, and reporting and analytics. It also offers customer support services. The company was founded by Ralph Joseph Passarella and Brian Kathman in 2013 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

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.

BridgePath LLC operates an Internet platform allowing for staffing and human capital management services. The company was founded on January 28, 1997 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Leeds Equity Partners LLC (Leeds Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1993 by Jeffrey T. Leeds and Bernstein Robert. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

Schoolnet, Inc. engages in the provision of an online assessment and reporting system. Learners can see their progress in real time, and know where they need to improve. Teachers and administrators can create online tests, analyze data and better plan instruction. The company was founded by Jonathan D. Harber and Denis P. Doyle in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NMGF Management LLC (New Markets Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Mark Anthony Grovic and Robb Tyler Doub. The firm is headquartered in Fulton, Maryland.

Kaplan & Co. provides accounting, auditing and tax services. Its services include tax planning, tax return preparation, payroll compliance auditing, and business advisory. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Vernon Hills, IL.

Virtually Better, Inc. is a private company that has been improving lives through innovative technology applied to behavioral health interventions for over 20 years. The company is based in Decatur, GA. The company is a thought leader in virtual reality and immersive technologies and partner with research teams to bring creative technological solutions to clinical practice. The company's products are developed by clinicians for clinicians and they sell empirically validated solutions to licensed care providers.

DecisionDesk, Inc. provides a cloud-based platform for university application management. The firm specializes in enrollment management, application and review workflow management, and admission and enrollment software. The company was founded by Eric Neuman, Marc Plotkin, and John Knific in 2008 and is headquartered Lakewood, OH.

Best Associates LLC provides capital to growth-oriented businesses. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Randolph Best.

Vilcap Advisory LLC (Vilcap Advisory) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Vilcap Inc founded in 2009 by Victoria Elouise Fram and Ross E Baird. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Motimatic LLC operates an online advertising platform. It's messages support specific users in achieving goals, while creating economic value for client organizations in various markets that range from healthcare to financial services, insurance and education. The company was founded by Alan Harvey Tripp and Greg Gibson in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Climb Credit, Inc. engages in the provision of educational loans to school students. The company was founded by Vishal Garg, Zander Rafael, Amit Sinha and Raza Munir in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CreatorUp, Inc. provides e-learning platform. It develops a series available publicly on YouTubu?s creator academy channel which includes script development, casting & pre-shoot planning, production and editing and media management and publishing. The company was founded by Sara Akhteh, Michael Tringe, Xiaoyu Hugh Hou and Jain Priyesh and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Eruditus Education Pvt Ltd. engages in delivering executive education programs to corporations and participants across the globe. Its programs focuses on the development of leaders in various business scenarios. The company was founded by Chaitanya Kalipatnapu and Ashwin Damera in 2010 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Limbix Health, Inc. develops treatment tools for therapists. The firm?s platform allows therapists to manage their patient exposure levels within VR scenes providing personalized treatment. The company was founded by Benjamin Lewis and Tony Hsieh in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Ellipsis Health, Inc. develops scalable analytics solutions that combine patient speech and clinical data to predict patient health and well-being. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Sixense Enterprises, Inc. provides enterprise solutions. Its platform enables immersive experiences that transform enterprise applications. Its solutions include healthcare, training, and entertainment. The company was founded by Amir Rubin and is headquartered in Encino, CA.

Propel Capital Network LLC (Propel Capital Network) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Jeremy Hendrik Mindich. The firm is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Credential Me, Inc. provides mastery of skills and knowledge by taking competency-based tests and earning credentials, certifications and badges. It offers credit-by-examination, online courses for college credit, credit for internships and work experience, and certifications. The company was founded by Saad Alam and Jason Palmer and is headquartered in College Park, MD.

CLIMB.JOBS. engages in the management of a job search website. The company was founded by Jason Palmer and Saad Alam and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Cognitive Leap Solutions, Inc. provides digital solutions for mental health. The private company is based in Monrovia, CA.

Verto Education, Inc. engages in the provision of educational services. The company was founded by Mitch Gordon, Ben Welbourn, and Mallory Meiser in 2018 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Take-Pause, Inc. is an American stress reduction company that offers a clinically vetted app designed to reduce stress in high-stress moments. The app is being used in pediatric and adult patient care, as well as employee wellness programs, and has been shown to provide tangible results in just three minutes of use. The private company's app is based on published clinical evidence and is designed for both teens and adults. It combines mindfulness research with the benefits of virtual reality to create a peer-reviewed evidence-based system with significant stress reduction immediate impact. The user puts on a headset, chooses a world and character, and then breathes to the movement of the character in the world.

Product School, Inc. provides product management training to professionals worldwide. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. It is the leader in product management training with a community of over one million product professionals. Its certificates are the most industry-recognized credentials by employers hiring product managers. The company has over 10,000 alumni, 20 campuses worldwide, and a live online campus. The training is taught by top working product managers at and beyond. The company was founded in 2014 by Carlos González de Villaumbrosia and Sofia Garcia, and Carlos González de Villaumbrosia has been the CEO since 2014.

Leeds Illuminate Advisors Ltd (Leeds Illuminate) is a private equity firm founded by Susan E. Cates and Elizabeth Wills Chou. The firm is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute is based in Washington and is home to over 2,100 animals from almost 400 different species. The Health Program operates under the pillars of capacity building and training, emerging infectious disease research, and wildlife health, with the aim of improving public health and the health and conservation of wildlife species worldwide. The institute is known for its lions, which are the world's most social felines, and can be watched live on the Lion Cam.