Mark Yackanich

Blue Chip Venture Co. (Blue Chip Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 1990 by Jack H. Wyant. The firm is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

South Winston LLC engages in investment holding company and incubator for technology, media and other exciting companies. The company was founded by Richard Smullen in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

HMD Global Oy manufactures mobile devices under the Nokia brand. Its products include phones, smartphones and tablets. The company was founded by Florian Seiche, Jean-Francois Baril and Samuel W.L. Chin in 2016 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Part of Nokia Oyj, Nokia Italia SpA is an Italian company that manufactures and supplies mobile communication equipment. The company is based in Milan, Italy. The CEO of the company is Stefano Grieco.

Fifth partners LLC (Fifth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in the year 2015 by Jeff Brownlow and Joe Drysdale. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Roots Management Group LLC acquires, improves, and manages manufactured housing communities. The company is based in Addison, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States. The CEO of the company is Matthew Mathison.

Arch Energy Partners LLC (Arch Energy Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, United States.

Siprocal, Inc. is a next-generation gaming distribution and engagement platform that offers solutions for the distribution, monetization, and engagement of games and applications. The company is located in the US. The American company was formed in 2023 from the merger of Digitalreef, a premium media ecosystem that operates on mobile and CTV across the Americas, and Gamers Club, the largest gaming community hub. Siprocal leverages premier, direct audience access and insights from first-party data to promote new connections and conversions.

Pypestream, Inc. develops software application that enables brands, businesses and organizations to connect with audiences. The firm offers Pypestream, a messaging application that consolidates communication with businesses, brands and organizations into one location. It serves airlines, automotive, cable, financial services and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Richard Smullen in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

X Plus One Solutions, Inc. offers integrated and open software for data-driven digital marketing. Its products include origin data management platform, which centralizes audience creation, computer learning, tag management, callouts, and triggers. The company was founded by Ted Shergalis in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Linkable Networks, Inc. operates as a shopper marketing and loyalty platform. The firm’s technology allows consumers to link store-level and item-level offers directly to their credit or debit card of choice with no point-of-sale integration, no mail-in rebates, no paper coupons, and the discounts appear directly on the consumer's bank statement. The company was founded by Thomas J. Burgess, Douglas M. Spear, Jr. and Chip Correra in September 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Adelphic, Inc. provides mobile and cross-channel programmatic advertising platform. The firm's campaign management, launch and optimize campaigns and algorithmic learning system for real-time bidding and optimization. The company was founded by Changfeng Wang and Jennifer Elizabeth Lum in 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Bidtellect, Inc. provides domain name brokerage services. The firm?s expertise includes all aspects of online marketing such as paid search, search engine optimization, display, video, representation of high valued domains, stealth acquisitions, social media handle acquisitions, website sales, domain portfolio management, domain auction, and domain name valuations. The company was founded by John Ferber, Chad Folkening, and Erik Simons in 1996 and is headquartered in Delray Beach, FL.

Verance Corp. develops technologies and solutions that protect, manage and enhance the use of premium entertainment content. Its solutions include Cinavia, a solution that identifies and protects against motion picture and home video piracy threats; and Verance Copy Management System for Audio, a watermark technology for copy protection within DVD-audio, SD-audio and SDMI portable device consumer product formats for music applications. The company was founded by David Leibowitz and Joseph M. Winograd in April 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Purch Group, Inc., Space.Com is a company that provides multimedia content and e-commerce services. The company is based in New York, NY.

IXI Corp. provides customer segmentation and market targeting solutions. Its solutions and services include customer targeting and scoring, customer segmentation, market tracking–size and share, consultative solutions, custom analytics, data and integration services, online targeting, small business targeting, and client decision platforms; and economic insights, which include economic analysis, forecasting, and predictive analytics. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Mercato Management LLC (Mercato Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Mercato Partners Acquisition Corp. founded by Greg Warnock and Alan Hall in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.