Woody Ritchey

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Aspect Communications Massachusetts Corp. is a provider of software platforms and application solutions. The private company is based in Chelmsford, MA. The company was founded by Paul Joseph Gagne. Aspect Communications Massachusetts was acquired by Aspect Communications Corp. on May 11, 1998 for $72 million.

MeshNetworks, Inc. manufactures wireless communications equipment. It offers cellular radio telephones, data processing, mobile broadband PC cards, and infrastructure products to its customers. The company was founded in January 2000 by Eric Alterman, Richard Licrusi, and Peter Stanforth and is headquartered in Maitland, FL.

Nanosys, Inc. develops and manufactures inorganic nanostructures and other related products. It offers Ultra HD television. The company was founded by Paul A. Alivisatos, Stephen Empedocles, Peidong Yang, Robert M. Metcalfe, Jim Heath, Paul McEuen, Christoph H. Westphal, Moungi Bawendi, Lawrence A. Bock, Calvin Y. H. Chow, Chunming Niu, Karen Vergura, Hongkun Park, George Pontis and Charles M. Lieber in 2001 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Neohapsis LLC provides mobile and cloud security services. It offers cloud security, compliance services, information technology and security strategy, application and mobile security, network and endpoint security services. The company serves the financial services, insurance, healthcare, science and technology, retail, energy and transportation, government, education and nonprofit organizations. The company was founded by Greg Shipley in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Coghead, Inc. provides web-based applications. It empowers tech-savvy business people and information technology professionals to develop applications that automate business operations. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

GoSecure, Inc. provides in-progress cyber attack intelligence and response solutions. Its products include countertack sentinel, countertack scout, and knowledge library. The firm's sentinel and scout solutions offer attack capture and automated intelligence, and detect malicious behaviour, enabling organizations to counter known and unknown threats to their business. The company was founded by Alen Capalik and Stan Eramia in 2004 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Senet, Inc. engages in the provision of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity platforms and services. It offers network-as-a-service, managed network services for IoT, low power wide area network, developer portal, and a suite of LoRaWAN IoT development services. The company was founded by Richard Gibbs and Steve Owens in 2006 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Paladin Capital Group (Paladin Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Penn Ave Investments LLC founded by Mark Maloney and Michael Steed in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley, London and Luxembourg.

Milcom Tech, Inc seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of communications & information technology, power & energy, environmental and industrial technologies sectors. It provides financing for seed stage capital requirements and also makes co-investments.

Samsung Venture Investment Corp. (SVIC) is a corporate venture capital investment firm based in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1999, they manage investment and investment-related activities for the Samsung Group. The parent firm, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Seoul, produces semiconductors, business communications systems, reciprocating and rotary compressors, optical and hard disc drives, LCD panels, set-top boxes, CC televisions, as well as fiber optics. In 2004, SVIC established Samsung Ventures America, their US-based venture capital arm.

Part of Microsoft Corp., Phonetic Systems, Inc. is a company that develops speech recognition software. The company is based in Billerica, MA. The company was founded by Hezi Resnekov, Atzmon Gilai. Phonetic Systems was acquired by ScanSoft, Inc. on February 03, 2005 for $70 million.

American Capital Asset Management LLC (American Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Malon Wilkus. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Narus, Inc. provides cyber security data analytics solutions for enterprises and governments. The company was founded by Khirman Stas and Ori Cohen in November 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Crosslink Capital, Inc. (Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Crosslink Capital, Inc. founded in 1989 by Sy F. Kaufman and Michael Joseph Stark. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

Bugcrowd, Inc. provides crowdsourced security for mobile applications. It offers security testing solutions for Web applications, APIs and Webservices, SaaS applications, various types of Websites, and customer premise products; mobile apps, such as iOS, Android, and more; and charities and not-for-profits. The firm provides security testing solutions through a Crowdcontrol system. The company was founded by Casey Ellis, Sergei Belokamen and Chris Raethke in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

RapidMiner, Inc. provides open source software. It offers products such as turbo prep, auto model, studio, and radoop. The company was founded by Ingo Mierswa, Ralf Klinkenberg, and Simon Fischer in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Inpher, Inc. develops framework for operations on encrypted cloud data. It allows for management, search and sharing of encrypted content without revealing any information about the data or the content to an untrusted server. The company was founded by Jordan Brandt, Dimitar Jetchev and Ivan Panushev in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Verodin, Inc. engages in the provision of security infrastructure management and monitoring solutions. It develops a platform to test weaknesses in company cybersecurity networks. The company was founded by Christopher Key and Ben Cianciaruso in 2014 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Zeronorth, Inc. develops and operates continuous application security platform. The CYBRIC platform integrates security into the development process and delivers frictionless security assurance from code commit to application delivery. The company was founded by Ernesto DiGiambattista, Andrew Gilman, Mike Kail, and Sean B. Walter in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Task Force X Capital Management LLC (Task Force X Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Brandon Shelton. The firm is headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

YotaScale, Inc. operates as an enterprise-grade systems management platform for cloud computing. The firm provides autonomous cloud systems management. The company was founded by Asim Razzaq, Imran Moin, Michael Babiak and Abbas Yousafzai in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Digital Cognition Technologies, Inc. develops detect presymptomatic cognitive impairment and aid in tracking cognitive devices. The company was founded by Randall S. Davis, Dana L. Penney and Phil A. Cooper in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Akua, Inc. provides technology to monitoring and tracking solutions for inter-modal cargo containers that provide in-transit visibility of goods and shipments across the globe. It offers persistent environmental monitoring and tracking services, Internet-of-Things (IoT), cyber security and logistics services. The company was founded by Neil Furukawa in 2016 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Enview LLC provides data analytics, remote sensing and geospatial big data solutions. It automates the generation and delivery of insights to support the operational safety and reliability of pipelines and power lines. The firm prevents threats through its services from becoming incidents that impact families, businesses, and the environment. The company was founded by San Gunawardana and Krassimir Piperkov and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

LearnLux, Inc. develops online learning tools for financial literacy. Its educational tools help the people in managing personal finances and make financial decisions. The company was founded by Rebecca Liebman and Michael Liebman in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Expedi, Inc. engages in provision of procurement solutions to drilling operations. It products includes mud pumps, handling tools, centrifugal pumps, shale shakers, gauges and valves, rope, soap, dope, tools, and accessories. The company was founded by Lawrence Patrick Neal and Timothy Neal in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Medchart, Inc. operates as an online medical record sharing platform that connects law firms, insurance agencies, hospitals and clinics. It offers legal, healthcare, patients and research products. The company was founded by Derrick Chow and James Bateman in 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Honor Foundation is a career transition program for special operations forces that helps them transition to the private sector and become corporate and community leaders. The private company is based in San Diego, CA and has campuses in various locations across the United States, including Camp Lejeune, Fort Liberty, Eglin, Tampa, JBLM, Fort Campbell, and a virtual program (THFV). The program is three months long and includes tailored executive education, one-on-one coaching, and access to a nationwide professional network. The Navy SEAL Foundation is a founding partner of The Honor Foundation. The company was founded by Joe Musselman and the CEO is Matt Stevens.

Aliro Technologies, Inc. develops quantum algorithms and applications. The company was founded by Michael Cubeddu, Will Finigan and Prineha Narang and is headquartered in Brighton, MA.

Bolster, Inc. provides zero hour phishing detection & brand protection. Itzero-day phishing detection API and brand monitoring & protection. The company was founded by Shashi Prakash and Abhishek Dubey in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Britive, Inc. develops cloud access protection software. The company was founded by Alex Gudanis and Artyom Poghosyan in 2018 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.

X-Bow Launch Systems, Inc. is disrupting the aerospace industry by providing innovative and cost-effective energetics for the solid rocket motor and launch vehicle market. The company is based in Albuquerque, NM, with additional presence in other locations and is actively recruiting talented individuals to join its team. The company is also designing and building modular solid rocket motors and small launch vehicles for both orbital and suborbital launch services. X-Bow is a privately held company with investment from Crosslink Capital, Razors Edge Ventures, and Lockheed Martin Ventures. The company was founded in 2016 and is led by CEO Jason P. Hundley.

Revelstoke, Inc. is a company that provides a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) solution to empower CISOs and security analysts. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company's platform allows for the automation of analysis, optimization of workflows, and scaling of processes without the need for software development. Additionally, their solution prevents vendor lock and offers no-code automation and low-code customization. Revelstoke was founded by Josh McCarthy and Bob Kruse, with Bob Kruse serving as CEO since incorporation.

Picnic Corp. provides a cybersecurity platform that offers access to historical information about external data footprints to detect and respond to threats, protect privileged users, and mitigate social engineering risks. The company is based in Chevy Chase, MD and was founded by Matt Polak, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The platform also reduces the OSINT exposure of VIPs, employees, and contractors, monitors data breaches, and provides data broker visibility and remediation. Additionally, it offers social media operational security and privacy, and continuous monitoring of breach data to prevent credential compromise and credential stuffing attacks.