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MetricStream, Inc. provides enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and quality management solutions. It offers risk management programs, quality management process, regulatory and industry mandated compliance, and other corporate governance initiatives. Its solutions include enterprise GRC, financial control, vendor governance, supplier audit, and social compliance. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

BT Counterpane, Inc. provides internet managed security monitoring services. Its services include vulnerability scanning, security assessment, maintenance, training, support, consulting, e-mail scanning, network device management and denial of service attack prevention. The company was founded by Schneier Bruce and Thomas E. Rowley in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Silicon Prairie Advisors LLC (Silicon Prairie Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by John Micek. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Gitlab BV develops an open-source gift repository management software for storing and collaborating on source code. It offers Git repository management with fine grained access controls, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds, wikis and continuous integration. The company was founded by Dmitriy Zaporozhets and Sid Sijbrandij in September 2011 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Ellie Mae, Inc. is a cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry. The private company is based in Stanford, NY. The company's technology solutions help lenders to originate more loans, reduce origination costs, and shorten the time to close, while ensuring compliance, quality, and efficiency. The CEO of the company is Matt Michael.