Phil Bronner

Netcordia, Inc. provides network configuration and change management solutions. The firm’s NetMRI software solutions enable users to automate network change, manage network configurations, and meet compliance, as well as audit multi-vendor infrastructures and identify anomalies. The company was founded by Terry Slattery in 2000 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.

ePals, Inc. offers K-12 schools, teachers, students and parents a safe and secure global online communications and collaboration platform for building educational communities, providing quality digital content and facilitating 21st century learning. The world's largest K-12 learning network, ePals Global Community™ consists of educators and reaches, many students and parents in many countries and territories. The global scale of ePals' network offers teachers, students and parent's unprecedented ability to facilitate teaching and student learning by sharing projects and best practices, connecting with other classrooms and learners around the corner and around the globe, and accessing content and lesson plans designed for an increasingly digital and networked world. With an estimated 500 million students online at school and/or at home, the ePals learning network is transforming education by offering teachers and students a true combination of standards-based content with tools for authentic learning. Students are learning in a real-world setting that builds digital literacy skills, improves critical thinking and introduces students to multiple points-of-view.

Orchestro, Inc. provided demand execution management to shape the consumer-driven supply chain. It offered its platform for data harmonization, in-store execution, new product introduction, on-shelf availability, promotion execution, and replenishment needs. The company was founded Kevin McCurdy, Paul Springmann and P. V. Boccasam in1999 and was headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

SolidFire, Inc. provided and develops cloud computing storage platform. The firm delivered data storage systems for cloud service providers. Its solutions included Vmware, SolidFire Agile Infrastructure, Cloud Orchestration, database, and virtual desktop infrastructure. The firm specialized on all-flash scale-out storage architecture with patented volume-level quality-of-service controls. The company was founded by David Wright in 2009 and was headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Webs, Inc. operates an online marketing platform. The firm offers templates and website builders allow users to build their own professional websites for small businesses, personal blogs, and hubs. The company was founded by Haroon Mokhtarzada and Zeki Mokhtarzada in 2001 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Fidelis Education, Inc. provides digital learning solutions. It offers training, mentoring, community engagement, assessing, course authoring, tutoring and recruiting services. The company was founded by Erik Gunnar Counselman and Anoop Jayadevan in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

N.E.W. Customer Service Cos., Inc. provides buyer protection and product support services. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Sterling, VA.

Clear Standards, Inc. develops and provides Web-based enterprise carbon management and sustainability software solutions. The company was founded by Anirban Chakrabarti, Richard Mendis, and Rakesh Rao and is headquartered in Sterling, VA.

Jam City, Inc. designs, develops, and publishes social and mobile games. The firm offers games such as fluff friends rescue, jewels of the amazon, bubble atlantis, skies of glory, fast, mindJolt and lil flippers. The company was founded by Chris DeWolfe, Josh Yguado, Haroon Mokhtarzada, T. J. Murphy, Shervin K. Pishevar, Haroon Mokhtarzada and Aber Whitcomb in 2007 and is headquartered in Culver, CA.

AnswerLogic, Inc. develops communication software. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

UNOW, Inc. provides competency-based learning platform. It operates online and self-paced universities that offer associate's, bachelor's, and master's degree programs. The company was founded by David Meyer and Eugene V. Wade Jr. in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

Ardent Venture Partners LLC (Ardent Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Phil L. Bronner and Philip Richard Herget. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

The Minerva Institute for Research & Scholarship engages in facilitating the administration of grant-funded research, and advocating for broad reform in higher education. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Reserve Trust Co. develops and delivers application programming interface for financial industries. The firm offers independent custody and trust management services. The company was founded by Geoffrey Rempel, Dennis Gingold and Justin Guilder is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (Virginia Innovation Partnership) is a private equity/venture capital non-profit operating division of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

ExecOnline, Inc. provides interactive online executive education programs. It offers instructional design and online course development, executive engagement platform and enterprise and user-level service and support solutions. The company was founded by Stephen Bailey in April 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

OneMain Financial, Inc. provides consumer finance services. It offers unsecured and secured personal loans. The firm offers loans for debt consolidation, unexpected expenses, home improvements, weddings, family events and travel expenses. The company was founded by Alexander Duncan in 1912 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Verituity, Inc. is a cloud-based platform that modernizes bank treasury services and connects banks, payers, and payees to digital payouts and pay-by-anything experiences. The company is based in an undisclosed location. Verituity's bank-grade platform places verification at the core of digital payouts by unifying and automating identity verification, payment choice, payment account verification, and verified payment orchestration. The American company was founded by Benjamin Turner, who has been the CEO since incorporation.