ANDREW MCLAUGHLIN

Higher Ground Labs Management LLC (Higher Ground Labs) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Shomik Dutta and Andrew Mclaughlin. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Access Now is an organization that defends and extends the digital rights of people and communities at risk. The American company engages in a wide range of issues at the intersection of human rights and technology, and their mission is advanced through direct stakeholder engagement. Access Now offers a 24/7 Digital Security Helpline that provides assistance to those in need. The non-profit company advocates for the right to protest and online organizing, and their team of policy experts, advocates, and technologists work to find solutions to help everyone protect themselves from digital threats. Access Now has a Code of Conduct that is dedicated to creating and protecting safe spaces for all.

Betaworks Investments LLC (Betaworks Investments) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Betaworks Studio LLC founded in 2007 by John Borthwick and Andy Weissman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Assembly OSM is an offsite modular start-up that aims to make urban development more scalable and sustainable. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded by Josef Feldman. Backed by advanced technology and manufacturing processes, Assembly delivers customizable turn-key high-rise buildings faster and with significantly reduced carbon emissions.

Chartbeat, Inc. provides real-time data analytics and performance alerts. It partners with doers, editors, writers, marketers, developers, those who create and build the content that users see and interact with online to deliver the data they need, when they need it. The firm offers Chartbeat Publishing, a suite of audience building tools-built around an audience’s actual behavior for global publishers and media sites. It also provides real-time analytics starter kits to track number of visitors on a website, traffic sources that drive visitor, and social network traffic. The company was founded on April 2, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Digg, Inc. provides online information services. It builds applications that enable users to find and talk about news. The firm develops iPhone, iPad apps and a daily email that process the links shared by users’ friends on Twitter and Facebook and deliver the important stories. The company was founded by John K. L. Borthwick and is headquartered in New York, NY.