Scott Banning

Part of International Business Machines Corp., Prism Solutions, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and supports data warehouse management software. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded by James W. Ashbrook. Prism Solutions was acquired by Ardent Software, Inc. on April 26, 1999 for $49.88 million.

Redback Networks, Inc. designs, develops, and builds routers. It offers services like VoIP, IPTV, on-demand video, and online gaming. The firm's products enable carriers & service providers to deploy broadband Internet access. The company was founded is headquartered in Dover, DE.

Jasper Technologies LLC provides internet of thing services for connected devices, ranging from management and analytics to remote diagnostics and monitoring. The company was founded by Daniel Collins, Amit Gupta, and Jahangir Mohammed in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Bubbly, Inc. develops voice messaging and social communication solutions for mobile phones. Its product include Bubbly, which is a social messaging service where people share SMS and voice updates with friends, family, fans and followers and is like Twitter with a voice and brings social networking to mobile phones. The company was founded in 2003 by Sunil Coushik and Venu Sriperumal and is headquartered in Panchkula, India.

Shape Security, Inc. engages in the provision of website security solutions. The firm offers Shape Defense, Shape Enterprise Defense, BlackFish, API defense, and manual-attack defense. The company was founded by Derek Smith, Justin Call, and Sumit Agarwal in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital arm of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, founded in 1972 by Don Valentine. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital division of Norwest Partners founded in 1961. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Mumbai and Herzliya.

Solace Corp. provides message routing software solutions. Its technology enables information to flow between applications, connected devices, datacenters, and people. It specializes in internet data streaming, internet of things and message broker. The company was founded by Craig Betts in 2001 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

G5 Search Marketing, Inc. provides digital experience management software and services. It also provides DXM platform that enables multifamily, self storage, senior living, and student housing property owners and operators to reach prospects, monitor the digital voice to place the residents in their properties, and convert leads into leases. The firm's DXM platform provides discovery suite that includes search engine optimization, search engine marketing, Google+ Local, mobile, and craigslist/ILS strategies; reputation suite, which includes rankings/comment analysis, Google+ Local and reputation scores, and customized reputation action plans; and conversion suite that includes responsive design Websites, lead tracking, live chatting, online applications, applicant screening, online leasing, and pricing and availability. The company was founded by Dan Hobin and Greg Meier in 2005 and is headquartered in Bend, OR.

Instart Logic, Inc. develops cloud solutions fo web and mobile application performance. The company was founded by Manav Ratan Mital, Raghu Venkat, and Hariharan Kolam and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Wing Venture Management LLC (Wing Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Gaurav Garg and Peter Wagner. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Bridge Growth Partners LLC (Bridge Growth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Joseph M. Tucci, Alok Singh and Sander M. Levy. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Copper CRM, Inc. designs, develops, and provides cloud-based customer relationship management software for small to medium-sized businesses. It serves the companies that use google applications. The firm enables business owners, senior executives, and sales professionals to track sales leads, manage contacts, and close deals. The company was founded by Chris Cheng, Jun Hu and Jonathan Lee in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cohesity, Inc. provides data solution and services. It offers dataplatform, dataprotect and hyperconverged nodes. The firm?s services include data protection, cloud integration, file services, object storage, HP enterprise, pure storage integration, test/Dev, and analytics. The company was founded by Mohit Aron in June 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Clear Labs, Inc. provides services related to food quality. The firm offers clear view platform, GMO test and WGS test products. The company was founded by Sasan Amini and Mahni Ghorashi in 2014 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Qlue, Inc. operates as a consumer conversation cloud which provides mobile consumers with intelligent, intuitive, and personal support through a range of messaging platforms. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

SlashNext, Inc. provides cyber security services against socially engineered attacks, malware, exploits and data theft. The firm specializes in detecting cyber attacks, malware detection, and cyber security. The company was founded by Atif Mushtaq in 2014 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Session AI, Inc. operates stream processing and real-time interactions platform that enables brands process live data streams from multiple digital sources to build real-time, contextual insights and interactions. Its solutions include banking, retail, healthcare, insurance and airlines. The company was founded by Debjani Deb, Arnab Mukherjee and Manish Malhotra and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Espressive, Inc. operates as an AI for enterprise service management. It offers augmented reality, brand marketing and virtual assistance services. The company was founded by Pat R. Calhoun and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Stepladder Holdings LLC (Stepladder Holdings) is a private equity firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Auditoria.AI, Inc. operates as a stealth mode startup. The company was founded by Rohit Gupta, Adina Simu and Gaurav Bhatia. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Findem, Inc. engages in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) driven people intelligence platform. Its product enables clients to track the talent attributes that matter to their business goals. The company was founded by Hariharan Kolam and Raghu Venkat and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

BedRock Systems, Inc. engages in the development of cloud-based computing platform. It serves the government, critical infrastructure, automotive, and telecommunication industries. The company was founded by Osman Ismael, Alexander Damisch, and Udo Steinberg and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

FireEye, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Reston, VA. FireEye specializes in living security that learns and adapts using machine learning and AI to help secops teams stay ahead of potential attacks. The CEO of the company is Bryan Palma.

Mentors Fund (Mentors fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Dtex Systems, Inc. provides user analytics based security, visibility and cost saving solutions. It offers endpoint profiling and analytics for enterprises. The firm is configurable for both local and multinational organizations and this mature, hardened technology enables to deliver the visibility, transparency and security needed by global businesses to prevent internal threats without compromising user privacy. The company was founded by Mohan Koo in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.