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eBags, Inc. operates as an online retailer of bags, luggage and accessories. Its products include luggage, handbags, laptop backpacks and sleeves, messenger bags, fashion and travel accessories. The company was founded by Andrew Youngs, Peter Cobb, Jon C. Nordmark, Eliot Cobb and Frank Steed in May 1998 and is headquartered in Greenwod Village, CO.

ChowNow, Inc. provides online food ordering platform services. It is an online ordering system for the foodservice industry that uses branded mobile and social media tools to expand restaurant?s capabilities and customer reaches. The entire platform is controlled by the restaurant, allowing for instantaneous changes such as menu additions, delivery areas or pricing modifications. The company was founded by Christopher Webb, Eric Jaffe and Josiah Carlson in 2010 and is headquartered in Playa Vista, CA.

Arcadia Power, Inc. provides renewable energy. The firm offers renewable energy solutions for houses, apartments, and businesses. Its programs include bill pay, wind energy, price alerts and community solar. The company was founded by Kiran Bhatraju and Ryan Nesbitt in January 2014 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Yoi Corp. provides software as a service based mobile digital tools for line managers. It builds digital tools that enable talent pool from onboarding to integration, engagement, evaluation, performance management, development and training. The company was founded by Keith Ferrazzi and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Industry Ventures LLC (Industry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Johan Douwe Swildens and Tom Litle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

AlwaysOn, Inc. provides online media and social network services. Its editorial and event programming covers the booming areas of digital media, entertainment, ondemand, cloud computing, mobile technology and greentech. The company was founded by Anthony B. Perkins in 2003 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Part of Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Capital Markets, Inc. provides investment advice. The company is based in Albany, NY.

Gyroscope Technologies, Inc. designs and develops mobile and social shopping applications. It allows customers to log potential and realized purchases and to share those items with a network of their choosing. The company was founded by Dustin Rosen and Alisa Gould-Simon in 2010 and is headquartered in Malibu, CA.

MomentFeed, Inc. develops location based analytics and campaign management platform for global brands and enterprise marketers. It's solutions include paid media, search and discovery, social media, and customer experience platform. The company was founded by Robert David Reed in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Slow Ventures LLC (Slow Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Dave Morin, Kevin Colleran, Sam Lessin, Scott Marlette and Will Quist. The firm is headquartered in the US.

LookIO, Inc. provides mobile applications. It solutions enable users to connect with their application users in real-time. The company was founded by Grant Miller and Marc Campbell and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Double M Partners (Double M Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Mark Mullen. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Prevoty, Inc. operates as a cloud-based security company. It provides web application security. The firm products offers performance optimization, multi-source content protection, flexibility, in-application security development, scalability and compliance. The company was founded in 2013 by Julien Bellanger and Kunal Anand and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Wonder Ventures Management LLC (Wonder Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Dustin Rosen. The firm is headquartered at Malibu, California.

1517 Fund (1517) is an venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Danielle Strachman and Michael Patrick Gibson. The firm is headquartered in Telluride, Colorado.

Fama Technologies, Inc. provides cloud-based software system and services. Its solutions include fama for hires and fama for management. The company was founded by Collin Scangarella, Ben Mones, and Alec S. Andronikov in 2015 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Daniels & Associates LLC provides legal services. The private company is based in Houston.

Bonfire Ventures Management LLC (Bonfire Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Jim Andelman and Mark Christopher Mullen. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

2Skilled4U, Inc. develops infrastructure platform and payment gateway for esports and gaming. The company was founded by Alexander Kokhanovskyy and Oksana Volodymyr Panchenko and is headquartered in Dover, DE.

Glipped, Inc. operates as a software company. The firm provides companies with a SaaS solution that streamlines and powers employee engagement programs such as volunteering, team activities, leadership & training and diversity & inclusion. The company was founded by Gaurav Bhattacharya and Saumya Bhatnagar and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Figment Networks, Inc. provides transparent and compliant token staking services. The company was founded by Andrew Cronk, Ami Harrop and Lorien Gabel and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Pose.com operates shopping applications. The American company was founded by Dustin Rosen.

Clique Media Ltd. operates as an advertising agency company. The company was founded by Dallas Chelick and Ryan Whittaker is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada.

Gilded, Inc. is a company that provides financial tools for businesses to succeed in the new reality of blockchain and cryptocurrency. The company is based in Walnut, CA and was founded in 2018 by Eledi Dyrkaj, Raina Casbon-Kelts, Gil Hildebrand, Ken Gaulter, and Joey Ryan. The company helps finance and operations teams deliver a reliable and repeatable crypto operations strategy. The company's services include mapping crypto transactions to specific accounts in QuickBooks, defining rules for how crypto transactions are mapped, paying vendors in crypto, tracking expenses for write-offs, and providing revenue operations for NFT platforms. Gilded also allows businesses to run on-chain with confidence by sending crypto invoices, receiving payments, running payroll, and syncing crypto transactions to QuickBooks, Xero, and NetSuite. Gil Hildebrand has been the CEO since 2018.

Part of Sugarmade, Inc., Lemon Glow Co., Inc. functions as an investment holding company. The company is based in Alhambra, CA. The CEO of the company is Ryan Santiago. Lemon Glow Co. was acquired by Sugarmade, Inc. on May 17, 2021 for $5.64 million.

Brightflow AI, Inc. is a financial intelligence platform that enables businesses to make data-driven decisions, manage their cash flow, and access capital. The company is based in Covina, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. Brightflow AI has been named to the SMBTech 50 list and offers a free trial with no credit card required. It was founded by Robbie Bhathal and Jeffery Priebe, with Robbie Bhathal serving as CEO since incorporation.

NZVC (NZVC) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Empath Ventures (Empath Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Brom Rector. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Operative Intelligence Pty Ltd. operates as an artificial intelligence-based operations management platform. The company is based in Melbourne, Australia. The Australian company was founded in 2021. The CEO is Peter Iansek.

Calmwave Inc is a healthcare technology company that aims to improve the lives of patients and providers by addressing alarm fatigue and eliminating non-actionable alarms in ICUs. Calmwave is headquartered in Seattle, WA and has raised a pre-seed round led by Bonfire Ventures with participation from Tau Ventures, AI2 Incubator, SeaChange Ventures, Hike Ventures, and the co-founders of PagerDuty. The company has developed a transparent AI platform that remediates alarm fatigue, improves staff retention, and transforms operations health through data science and AI. The company's mission is to objectively improve the lives of patients and providers by starting with eliminating non-actionable alarms, which leads to more stable and quieter ICUs.

CCF Capital Management I LLC (Crescent Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Southern California.

Mull Capital LLC an evergreen fund invests in both direct venture investments as well as venture capital funds located in the US. The fund invests in companies based on the internet, software and technology. It provides financing for early and fund of fund capital requirements.

The Thiel Foundation awards grants to groups that empower people to improve their lives, champions organizations and individuals who expose human rights abuses and authoritarianism. It programs include The Thiel Fellowship, Breakout Labs and Imitatio. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Clutter, Inc. engages in the provision of self storage services. It offers stores boxes, furniture, bicycles, golf bags, baby clothes, books, and appliances. The company was founded by Ari Mir and Brian Thomas in 2013 and is headquartered in Culver City, CA.