Frank Farance

Blue Chip Venture Co. (Blue Chip Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 1990 by Jack H. Wyant. The firm is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

South Winston LLC engages in investment holding company and incubator for technology, media and other exciting companies. The company was founded by Richard Smullen in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pypestream, Inc. develops software application that enables brands, businesses and organizations to connect with audiences. The firm offers Pypestream, a messaging application that consolidates communication with businesses, brands and organizations into one location. It serves airlines, automotive, cable, financial services and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Richard Smullen in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Mercato Management LLC (Mercato Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Mercato Partners Acquisition Corp. founded by Greg Warnock and Alan Hall in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

IXI Corp. provides customer segmentation and market targeting solutions. Its solutions and services include customer targeting and scoring, customer segmentation, market tracking–size and share, consultative solutions, custom analytics, data and integration services, online targeting, small business targeting, and client decision platforms; and economic insights, which include economic analysis, forecasting, and predictive analytics. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Part of Purch Group, Inc., Space.Com is a company that provides multimedia content and e-commerce services. The company is based in New York, NY.

X Plus One Solutions, Inc. offers integrated and open software for data-driven digital marketing. Its products include origin data management platform, which centralizes audience creation, computer learning, tag management, callouts, and triggers. The company was founded by Ted Shergalis in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Verance Corp. develops technologies and solutions that protect, manage and enhance the use of premium entertainment content. Its solutions include Cinavia, a solution that identifies and protects against motion picture and home video piracy threats; and Verance Copy Management System for Audio, a watermark technology for copy protection within DVD-audio, SD-audio and SDMI portable device consumer product formats for music applications. The company was founded by David Leibowitz and Joseph M. Winograd in April 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Bidtellect, Inc. provides domain name brokerage services. The firm?s expertise includes all aspects of online marketing such as paid search, search engine optimization, display, video, representation of high valued domains, stealth acquisitions, social media handle acquisitions, website sales, domain portfolio management, domain auction, and domain name valuations. The company was founded by John Ferber, Chad Folkening, and Erik Simons in 1996 and is headquartered in Delray Beach, FL.

Adelphic, Inc. provides mobile and cross-channel programmatic advertising platform. The firm's campaign management, launch and optimize campaigns and algorithmic learning system for real-time bidding and optimization. The company was founded by Changfeng Wang and Jennifer Elizabeth Lum in 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Linkable Networks, Inc. operates as a shopper marketing and loyalty platform. The firm’s technology allows consumers to link store-level and item-level offers directly to their credit or debit card of choice with no point-of-sale integration, no mail-in rebates, no paper coupons, and the discounts appear directly on the consumer's bank statement. The company was founded by Thomas J. Burgess, Douglas M. Spear, Jr. and Chip Correra in September 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Part of Immortals LLC, Digital Reef is a digital advertising management platform that recently acquired connected TV advertising management platform Column6. The company is based in Dallas, TX and offers a customer data platform and dashboard to empower businesses in the new app economy. Digital Reef delivers high conversion and compelling results through its unified auction and high impact ad formats that incentivize customers with free data. The company's 360-degree solution pairs direct consumer access with compelling delivery options to drive conversion. On March 7, 2023, Digital Reef was acquired by Gamers Club Ltd.