Mike Spitalney

Prometheus is an independent network of four southern-European think tanks that specialize in economic, business, and geopolitical research. The private company is based in Antwerp, Belgium, and have subsidiaries in Belgium. Prometheus recently published a report on the music production and reproduction ecosystem. The Belgian company was founded in 2006 by Clyde Davis.

Starfish Retention Solutions, Inc. develops software solutions for higher education. It offers success platform, early alert, connect, and starfish degree planner. The company was founded by David A. Yaskin in 2007 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Tipping Point, Inc. provides advertising services. Its services include brand development, marketing, e-commerce, and public relations services. The company was founded by Nick Lambesis and is headquartered in Del Mar, CA.

Policy Confluence, Inc. develops web based civic engagement platform. It specializes in Internet, policy analysis, political engagement, public policy, crowdsourcing, and software-as-a-service. The company was founded by Nick Mastronardi and is headquartered in Middleton, WI.

Blu Venture Investors LLC (Blu Venture Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Jim Hunt, Robert Proctor, Kevin Hollins and JS Gamble. The firm is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

hCentive, Inc. provides cloud-based healthcare technology solutions for health plans, state agencies, dental plans and TPAs. Its products include benefits marketplace, state marketplace for individuals, state marketplace for small busuiness and exchange manager. The company was founded by Sanjay Singh, Manoj Agarwala and Tarun Upadhyay in 2009 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Wall Street Investment Corp. provides investment banking and advisory services. Its services include investment, finance, banking, insurance, and real estate services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

OptumServe Technology Services, Inc. engages in the provision of custom computer programming services. It specializes in developing and implementing software engineering, critical information technology infrastructure, and business integrated services. The firm offers cloud application engineering, security and privacy services, and software engineering. The company was founded by Tony Singh in 1997 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (Virginia Innovation Partnership) is a private equity/venture capital non-profit operating division of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

Deloitte & Touche provides audit, enterprise risk management, and financial advisory services. The company delivers services in four professional areas: audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services. It provides its clients with global services such as entering foreign markets, raising funds, and investing in Mainland China. The company was founded in June, 2003 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

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