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Kroo is a telecommunication company that builds cell sites for AT&T, T-Mobile, Helium, Nokia, Verizon, and Ericsson.

OXIO Corp is a technology company that specializes in software solutions for mobile data connectivity applications. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in Paris and Mexico City, OXIO operates as a carrier-as-a-service platform for brands and enterprises. The company has developed a fully cloud-based overlay network that integrates wireless connectivity from multiple providers. Its B2B SaaS offerings empower businesses to have complete control over their wireless experience, providing actionable intelligence that delivers tangible value and results. OXIO serves a diverse range of industries, including finance, government, media, and travel, by offering enterprise cloud and analytics suite products tailored to their specific needs.

Sojourn, a stealth mode computer vision and supply chain developer, provides an innovative stack to enable precise drone navigation techniques.

Cased is an early-stage startup focused on enhancing workplace safety through its innovative enterprise software platform. This platform offers essential visibility and control for businesses, enabling them to manage and safeguard sensitive information effectively. Cased's technology includes features such as search capabilities, GeoIP lookups, and measures for protecting personally identifiable information. By ensuring that organizations can monitor critical events and maintain compliance, Cased aims to empower companies to operate securely in a live application environment.

Journey Foods is a bold, machine learning-powered software platform for food companies. The company builds enterprise technology that improves product monitoring and development for CPG companies, ingredient suppliers, and manufacturers. With a focus on saving companies money and time, Journey Foods' tools accelerate innovation to improve their decision-making and operations with AI nutrition and supply chain insights embedded in integrative software. Journey Foods IO software enables food companies to quickly grow from new ideas, or new improvement, to commercialization by configuring desired consumer preferences, generating improved product formulations through ingredient tagging, receiving automated compliance and supply chain insights on nutrition and sustainability indicators, and seamless integrations to global ERP tools. The JourneyAI industry 4.0 solution gives management teams significantly faster data to make better strategic decisions and increase the ease of monitoring products for the 3 trillion dollar packaged foods market. The Journey Foods database retains an extensive and standardized database to extract data from millions of ingredients for algorithms to dynamically analyze and methodically recommended optimized portfolio recommendations based on pricing, supply chain, and nutrition parameters. To date, the company has established a database comprised of over 1 billion ingredient insights and learnings from our in-house prototyping product ‘Journey Bites’.

Building the modern system for managing and automating contributor payments, expenses, and reporting for your DAO, built right on top of Gnosis.

The future of agriculture is transparent. We envision a thriving agricultural system where Producers earn a living income, which empowers resilient communities and ecosystems. Buyers can connect directly with producers, bridging the gap between source and consumer. Consumers know producers' stories, and make informed choices about purchases. We give consumers full transparency into the agricultural value chain by working closely with our producer members to tell their story and that of their products, utilizing blockchain traceability and high quality digital media.

Journey Foods is a bold, machine learning-powered software platform for food companies. The company builds enterprise technology that improves product monitoring and development for CPG companies, ingredient suppliers, and manufacturers. With a focus on saving companies money and time, Journey Foods' tools accelerate innovation to improve their decision-making and operations with AI nutrition and supply chain insights embedded in integrative software. Journey Foods IO software enables food companies to quickly grow from new ideas, or new improvement, to commercialization by configuring desired consumer preferences, generating improved product formulations through ingredient tagging, receiving automated compliance and supply chain insights on nutrition and sustainability indicators, and seamless integrations to global ERP tools. The JourneyAI industry 4.0 solution gives management teams significantly faster data to make better strategic decisions and increase the ease of monitoring products for the 3 trillion dollar packaged foods market. The Journey Foods database retains an extensive and standardized database to extract data from millions of ingredients for algorithms to dynamically analyze and methodically recommended optimized portfolio recommendations based on pricing, supply chain, and nutrition parameters. To date, the company has established a database comprised of over 1 billion ingredient insights and learnings from our in-house prototyping product ‘Journey Bites’.

The future of agriculture is transparent. We envision a thriving agricultural system where Producers earn a living income, which empowers resilient communities and ecosystems. Buyers can connect directly with producers, bridging the gap between source and consumer. Consumers know producers' stories, and make informed choices about purchases. We give consumers full transparency into the agricultural value chain by working closely with our producer members to tell their story and that of their products, utilizing blockchain traceability and high quality digital media.

Sojourn, a stealth mode computer vision and supply chain developer, provides an innovative stack to enable precise drone navigation techniques.

Arbol is launching an insurance marketplace that connects weather exposed agricultural entities with capital providers like insurers and asset managers. Arbol’s parametric insurance platform removes information asymmetry and reduces administrative costs by leveraging objective data from satellites and weather stations.

Sojourn, a stealth mode computer vision and supply chain developer, provides an innovative stack to enable precise drone navigation techniques.

OXIO Corp is a technology company that specializes in software solutions for mobile data connectivity applications. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in Paris and Mexico City, OXIO operates as a carrier-as-a-service platform for brands and enterprises. The company has developed a fully cloud-based overlay network that integrates wireless connectivity from multiple providers. Its B2B SaaS offerings empower businesses to have complete control over their wireless experience, providing actionable intelligence that delivers tangible value and results. OXIO serves a diverse range of industries, including finance, government, media, and travel, by offering enterprise cloud and analytics suite products tailored to their specific needs.

Arbol is launching an insurance marketplace that connects weather exposed agricultural entities with capital providers like insurers and asset managers. Arbol’s parametric insurance platform removes information asymmetry and reduces administrative costs by leveraging objective data from satellites and weather stations.

Journey Foods is a bold, machine learning-powered software platform for food companies. The company builds enterprise technology that improves product monitoring and development for CPG companies, ingredient suppliers, and manufacturers. With a focus on saving companies money and time, Journey Foods' tools accelerate innovation to improve their decision-making and operations with AI nutrition and supply chain insights embedded in integrative software. Journey Foods IO software enables food companies to quickly grow from new ideas, or new improvement, to commercialization by configuring desired consumer preferences, generating improved product formulations through ingredient tagging, receiving automated compliance and supply chain insights on nutrition and sustainability indicators, and seamless integrations to global ERP tools. The JourneyAI industry 4.0 solution gives management teams significantly faster data to make better strategic decisions and increase the ease of monitoring products for the 3 trillion dollar packaged foods market. The Journey Foods database retains an extensive and standardized database to extract data from millions of ingredients for algorithms to dynamically analyze and methodically recommended optimized portfolio recommendations based on pricing, supply chain, and nutrition parameters. To date, the company has established a database comprised of over 1 billion ingredient insights and learnings from our in-house prototyping product ‘Journey Bites’.

Insurdata provides insurance and reinsurance underwriters property-specific data to support their pricing, underwriting and portfolio management decisions. The firm specializes in high-resolution, peril-specific exposures and building-level risk data, using technology that includes mobile augmented reality and 3-D model creation, providing both desktop and mobile products.

MetaSoul, through its subsidiary Emoshape Inc., specializes in advanced artificial intelligence solutions that enhance the emotional intelligence of machines. The company has developed an Emotion Processing Unit (EPU), a microchip that enables devices to understand and respond to human emotions, facilitating more natural interactions. This technology is applicable across various sectors, including robotics, self-driving vehicles, virtual reality, and consumer electronics. By enabling machines to exhibit emotional awareness and develop unique personalities based on user interactions, Emoshape aims to bridge the gap between humans and intelligent objects. The company's innovations are designed to promote positive human-machine relationships, which are essential for the broader acceptance of AI and robotics in everyday life.

Astrapi Corporation designs and implements spiral-based signal modulation communication systems. The company provides engineering services, which includes spiral-based waveform design, simulation modeling, and engineering support services to integrate spiral signals into users system design. It also provides intellectual property (IP) licensing, research and development, and commercial licensing services. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics on the state of the freight market. The company offers current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. The company's​ SaaS product, SONAR, is a freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The platform is mode agnostic and has time-series and geo-based data from all modes of freight, including truck, rail, ocean, air, and warehouse. FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As a provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market.

MetaSoul, through its subsidiary Emoshape Inc., specializes in advanced artificial intelligence solutions that enhance the emotional intelligence of machines. The company has developed an Emotion Processing Unit (EPU), a microchip that enables devices to understand and respond to human emotions, facilitating more natural interactions. This technology is applicable across various sectors, including robotics, self-driving vehicles, virtual reality, and consumer electronics. By enabling machines to exhibit emotional awareness and develop unique personalities based on user interactions, Emoshape aims to bridge the gap between humans and intelligent objects. The company's innovations are designed to promote positive human-machine relationships, which are essential for the broader acceptance of AI and robotics in everyday life.

Arbol is launching an insurance marketplace that connects weather exposed agricultural entities with capital providers like insurers and asset managers. Arbol’s parametric insurance platform removes information asymmetry and reduces administrative costs by leveraging objective data from satellites and weather stations.

OXIO Corp is a technology company that specializes in software solutions for mobile data connectivity applications. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in Paris and Mexico City, OXIO operates as a carrier-as-a-service platform for brands and enterprises. The company has developed a fully cloud-based overlay network that integrates wireless connectivity from multiple providers. Its B2B SaaS offerings empower businesses to have complete control over their wireless experience, providing actionable intelligence that delivers tangible value and results. OXIO serves a diverse range of industries, including finance, government, media, and travel, by offering enterprise cloud and analytics suite products tailored to their specific needs.

Infinite io, Inc. is an innovative company focused on transforming the data storage landscape. Based in Austin, Texas and established in 2012, it offers the NSC-110, a network-based storage controller designed to optimize data management for organizations. The company's software efficiently migrates inactive data to cloud storage while retaining frequently accessed data on-site, allowing users seamless access to their information. This approach addresses the significant challenge of managing the exponential growth of inactive data, which often consumes a large portion of IT budgets. Infinite io’s technology combines Flash memory with cloud storage, enhancing performance for active data while offering a cost-effective solution for the ever-increasing volume of stored information.

LO3 Energy, Inc. owns and operates Pando, a marketplace solution that connects energy suppliers to customers. The company’s services help clients to create, deploy, and monetize energy products and customer services. It serves retail customers in utility and energy sectors. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

MetaSoul, through its subsidiary Emoshape Inc., specializes in advanced artificial intelligence solutions that enhance the emotional intelligence of machines. The company has developed an Emotion Processing Unit (EPU), a microchip that enables devices to understand and respond to human emotions, facilitating more natural interactions. This technology is applicable across various sectors, including robotics, self-driving vehicles, virtual reality, and consumer electronics. By enabling machines to exhibit emotional awareness and develop unique personalities based on user interactions, Emoshape aims to bridge the gap between humans and intelligent objects. The company's innovations are designed to promote positive human-machine relationships, which are essential for the broader acceptance of AI and robotics in everyday life.

Insurdata provides insurance and reinsurance underwriters property-specific data to support their pricing, underwriting and portfolio management decisions. The firm specializes in high-resolution, peril-specific exposures and building-level risk data, using technology that includes mobile augmented reality and 3-D model creation, providing both desktop and mobile products.

StoryFit Inc. offers artificial intelligence insights and machine learning solutions for the book publishing, movie, and television production industries. The company’s products include StoryFit Metadata and StoryFit Analytics, which enables the publisher to analyze the metadata using artificial intelligence and provide insights related to audience targeting, reader personas, writing evaluation, faceted comps, and informed marketing intelligence. StoryFit Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Astrapi Corporation designs and implements spiral-based signal modulation communication systems. The company provides engineering services, which includes spiral-based waveform design, simulation modeling, and engineering support services to integrate spiral signals into users system design. It also provides intellectual property (IP) licensing, research and development, and commercial licensing services. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

MetaSoul, through its subsidiary Emoshape Inc., specializes in advanced artificial intelligence solutions that enhance the emotional intelligence of machines. The company has developed an Emotion Processing Unit (EPU), a microchip that enables devices to understand and respond to human emotions, facilitating more natural interactions. This technology is applicable across various sectors, including robotics, self-driving vehicles, virtual reality, and consumer electronics. By enabling machines to exhibit emotional awareness and develop unique personalities based on user interactions, Emoshape aims to bridge the gap between humans and intelligent objects. The company's innovations are designed to promote positive human-machine relationships, which are essential for the broader acceptance of AI and robotics in everyday life.

MetaSoul, through its subsidiary Emoshape Inc., specializes in advanced artificial intelligence solutions that enhance the emotional intelligence of machines. The company has developed an Emotion Processing Unit (EPU), a microchip that enables devices to understand and respond to human emotions, facilitating more natural interactions. This technology is applicable across various sectors, including robotics, self-driving vehicles, virtual reality, and consumer electronics. By enabling machines to exhibit emotional awareness and develop unique personalities based on user interactions, Emoshape aims to bridge the gap between humans and intelligent objects. The company's innovations are designed to promote positive human-machine relationships, which are essential for the broader acceptance of AI and robotics in everyday life.

Keepe is a B2B marketplace for Home Repairs. For property and appliances repairs, there are few speedy and efficient solutions to get the job done. Keepe is revolutionizing the way enterprises such as Property Management companies, Home Warranty companies, REITs find qualified technicians, obtain estimates, get the work done and pay for services. Keepe is currently available in multiple cities in the United States.

FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics on the state of the freight market. The company offers current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. The company's​ SaaS product, SONAR, is a freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The platform is mode agnostic and has time-series and geo-based data from all modes of freight, including truck, rail, ocean, air, and warehouse. FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As a provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market.

SYNQA is a holding company founded in 2015 with expertise in Asia. SYNQA specializes in online payment, blockchain technology for fintech, and digital transformation. SYNQA connects people, businesses and society in innovative ways that spread the wealth of financial opportunity and provide fair and open access to a growing economic ecosystem.

Lumate, LLC is a company that specializes in a context-driven mobile advertising platform designed to help advertisers effectively reach their target audiences. The platform incorporates geo-location and real-time bidding technologies, offering audience targeting capabilities to ad networks, agencies, media buyers, publishers, and self-service advertisers. Key products include AdTrade, a bidding engine that contextualizes mobile advertising by analyzing data points related to user behavior, AdMotive, a self-service portal that allows customization of ad reach, and DataWell, an API and SDK aimed at publishers and data providers for monetizing audience segment data. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri, Lumate also operates a satellite office in Rolla, Missouri.

Infinite io, Inc. is an innovative company focused on transforming the data storage landscape. Based in Austin, Texas and established in 2012, it offers the NSC-110, a network-based storage controller designed to optimize data management for organizations. The company's software efficiently migrates inactive data to cloud storage while retaining frequently accessed data on-site, allowing users seamless access to their information. This approach addresses the significant challenge of managing the exponential growth of inactive data, which often consumes a large portion of IT budgets. Infinite io’s technology combines Flash memory with cloud storage, enhancing performance for active data while offering a cost-effective solution for the ever-increasing volume of stored information.

Mogreet, founded in 2006 and acquired by Payvia in 2013, is a leading text message marketing platform that specializes in delivering branded rich media to mobile devices through MMS. Based in Venice, California, Mogreet provides services to various sectors including entertainment, media, retail, consumer products, healthcare, and real estate, enabling them to reach a global audience of 2 billion consumers across over 175 countries. The company developed Mogreet Express, a self-service MMS messaging platform designed for small businesses to enhance customer engagement through multimedia messages. Additionally, Mogreet offers APIs that allow developers to integrate SMS and MMS messaging capabilities into their applications, facilitating the delivery of high-quality video, images, and audio. Originally starting as a mobile greetings service, Mogreet has evolved into a comprehensive mobile messaging platform that supports a range of media formats, making it a key player in mobile marketing solutions.

StrikeIron specializes in Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), providing a comprehensive suite of data quality solutions through its cloud platform, IronCloud. The company offers services such as address verification, email verification, phone validation, phone append, SMS text messaging, and sales tax solutions, catering to a diverse range of industries. Its web services can be seamlessly integrated into various applications and systems, enhancing data accuracy and communication efficiency. Additionally, StrikeIron's solutions are pre-integrated with prominent platforms, including Salesforce and Magento, allowing for streamlined deployment and use. The company aims to support businesses in improving their data management and communication processes through its innovative cloud-based offerings.

Schoolnet offers instructional improvement education software to increase student achievement, teacher quality and operational efficiency.

Mogreet, founded in 2006 and acquired by Payvia in 2013, is a leading text message marketing platform that specializes in delivering branded rich media to mobile devices through MMS. Based in Venice, California, Mogreet provides services to various sectors including entertainment, media, retail, consumer products, healthcare, and real estate, enabling them to reach a global audience of 2 billion consumers across over 175 countries. The company developed Mogreet Express, a self-service MMS messaging platform designed for small businesses to enhance customer engagement through multimedia messages. Additionally, Mogreet offers APIs that allow developers to integrate SMS and MMS messaging capabilities into their applications, facilitating the delivery of high-quality video, images, and audio. Originally starting as a mobile greetings service, Mogreet has evolved into a comprehensive mobile messaging platform that supports a range of media formats, making it a key player in mobile marketing solutions.

Send Word Now is the worldwide provider of enterprise communications services. Their easy-to-use, web-based and mobile solutions are deployed by businesses, government agencies, universities and non-profit organizations to ensure fast, effective communication when it is needed the most. Send Word Now was founded in 2001, by a group of individuals who recognized the need for immediate, reliable and multimodal crisis communications after the tragedies of September 11, 2001. Since that time, organizations across the globe have faced a multitude of natural and man-made disruptions, creating a heightened focus on business continuity, regulatory compliance, security and the ability to audit information flow. Further, today’s borderless business environment and increasingly mobile workforce have surfaced new needs for operations-focused communication and collaboration. Send Word Now is successfully transforming the way organizations communicate globally, both for emergency situations, and for every day, time-sensitive interactions. Their enterprise-class emergency notification system is capable of transmitting tens of thousands of voice and text messages in minutes, while providing a full audit trail for after action reporting and follow-up. Their mobile conferencing, collaboration and workflow solutions keep employees informed and connected to the people and information they need. And, everything is backed by their 100% Uptime reliability guarantee, and unmatched 24x7x365 customer support. In emergencies, or every day. When rapid, effective communication is essential for success, rely on Send Word Now for innovative, secure and reliable notification and collaboration solutions.

DimensionU, Inc. develops interactive multiplayer video games aimed at enhancing core skills in mathematics and literacy among K-12 students. Founded in 2003 and based in Richmond, Virginia, the company, formerly known as Tabula Digita, offers a range of educational games that integrate curriculum content with engaging gameplay and rewards. These games are utilized in over 70 school districts across the United States, including major systems such as New York City Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools, and various districts in Florida and Texas. By focusing on academic and strategic skills, DimensionU's games provide students with an innovative way to practice and improve their learning in key subjects.

Playboox, Inc. is a sales enablement consultancy and software company that specializes in developing cloud and mobile sales playbooks, tools, and training solutions. It helps clients capture and standardize their sales organizations' best practices and processes. The company offers a sales playbook application integrated with Salesforce.com, allowing salespeople to access effective strategies to advance and close specific deals. Additionally, Playboox Playmaker is an on-demand software solution designed to standardize and enhance sales practices and tools. The company serves clients across the United States and Europe and aims to improve sales performance and management effectiveness while accelerating the onboarding process for new hires. Established in 2005 and based in San Francisco, Playboox was previously known as SalesEdge, Inc.

[Channel M](http://www.channelm.com) is a provider of content and advertising for out-of-home video in North America. The Company produces video content that engages and entertains each demographic specific to its retail and lifestyle venues. The Company's network of channels provides marketers the ability to reach a variety of demographics with television advertising, in-store signage, product integration and national promotions. As of April 2008, Channel M's network includes 20,000 locations and Channel M is offering marketers access to 7,500 locations with monthly traffic of over 100 million. The Company's clients include national retailers such as Macy's, Ashley Furniture, Homestores and Blockbuster. Source:[Channel M](http://www.channelm.com)

Wimba is a provider of collaborative learning software solutions and services to the Further/Higher Education and K-12 markets, as well as Publishing Services and Solutions that are widely adopted in academic publishing.

Send Word Now is the worldwide provider of enterprise communications services. Their easy-to-use, web-based and mobile solutions are deployed by businesses, government agencies, universities and non-profit organizations to ensure fast, effective communication when it is needed the most. Send Word Now was founded in 2001, by a group of individuals who recognized the need for immediate, reliable and multimodal crisis communications after the tragedies of September 11, 2001. Since that time, organizations across the globe have faced a multitude of natural and man-made disruptions, creating a heightened focus on business continuity, regulatory compliance, security and the ability to audit information flow. Further, today’s borderless business environment and increasingly mobile workforce have surfaced new needs for operations-focused communication and collaboration. Send Word Now is successfully transforming the way organizations communicate globally, both for emergency situations, and for every day, time-sensitive interactions. Their enterprise-class emergency notification system is capable of transmitting tens of thousands of voice and text messages in minutes, while providing a full audit trail for after action reporting and follow-up. Their mobile conferencing, collaboration and workflow solutions keep employees informed and connected to the people and information they need. And, everything is backed by their 100% Uptime reliability guarantee, and unmatched 24x7x365 customer support. In emergencies, or every day. When rapid, effective communication is essential for success, rely on Send Word Now for innovative, secure and reliable notification and collaboration solutions.

ITM Software delivers the only truly integrated approach to IT Business Management - one solution and one system of record for comprehensive visibility, coordination and control across IT functions. Serving as the glue connecting the traditional silos of IT information, ITM enables increased transparency, better decisions, more effective spending, and improved business alignment. The company has a single focus on serving the business management needs of IT organizations. Lead by former CIOs and IT leaders, ITM Software brings a unique perspective to the management challenges facing IT today. This experience base, combined with a world-class software development team, translates into products and best-practice expertise that bring a business-centric approach to managing IT. At the core of the ITM offering is the ITM Business Suite, an integrated solution comprised of six components addressing the most critical areas of IT Business Management including people, processes, vendors, assets, financials, projects, and regulatory compliance. Coupled with the ITM Business Suite, the company provides best practice expertise and a proven methodology for helping clients define business objectives and develop and execute on a plan to achieve them. This unique combination of software products and management expertise enables CIOs to drive down IT costs, and increase the bottom line through improved alignment with the business objectives of the enterprise. Founded in 2001 by former CIOs, the Company serves IT organizations within Fortune 2000 corporations, government agencies and universities. ITM Software is privately held and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Boxxet, Inc. offers news, blogs, videos, photos, and gears on favorite subjects. It offers information on automobiles, books, celebrities, celebrity chefs, combat sports, comics, education, fashion, gadgets, games, kids, major league baseball, movies, music, National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, politics, technology, television, hobbies, interests, schools, and towns. The company is based in the United States.

Tripology is an interactive travel referral service focused on connecting travelers with qualified and customerrated travel specialists. Available at no cost to consumers, Tripology utilizes proprietary technology to match traveler requests with travel professionals. The company has received and processed more than 65,000 consumer trip requests since www.Tripology.com launched in June 2007. Based in New York, NY, Tripology offers travelers the best of both worlds, combining a content-rich online experience with access to knowledgeable travel specialists in their desired destination or type of travel for the personal attention and service they seek. Tripology is a privately held corporation based in New York, NY. Its principal investor is Ascend Venture Group. For more information, visit www.Tripology.com.

Send Word Now is the worldwide provider of enterprise communications services. Their easy-to-use, web-based and mobile solutions are deployed by businesses, government agencies, universities and non-profit organizations to ensure fast, effective communication when it is needed the most. Send Word Now was founded in 2001, by a group of individuals who recognized the need for immediate, reliable and multimodal crisis communications after the tragedies of September 11, 2001. Since that time, organizations across the globe have faced a multitude of natural and man-made disruptions, creating a heightened focus on business continuity, regulatory compliance, security and the ability to audit information flow. Further, today’s borderless business environment and increasingly mobile workforce have surfaced new needs for operations-focused communication and collaboration. Send Word Now is successfully transforming the way organizations communicate globally, both for emergency situations, and for every day, time-sensitive interactions. Their enterprise-class emergency notification system is capable of transmitting tens of thousands of voice and text messages in minutes, while providing a full audit trail for after action reporting and follow-up. Their mobile conferencing, collaboration and workflow solutions keep employees informed and connected to the people and information they need. And, everything is backed by their 100% Uptime reliability guarantee, and unmatched 24x7x365 customer support. In emergencies, or every day. When rapid, effective communication is essential for success, rely on Send Word Now for innovative, secure and reliable notification and collaboration solutions.

NextMedium, Inc. provides an advertising platform for product placement to the marketers and entertainment content providers. It offers Embed, a management system that enables the buying, selling, and measuring of product placement in television, film, and online video content, as well as allows marketers to access and secure inventory relevant to their campaign objectives, and provides analytics to assist in the pricing and value received from their integration campaigns. NextMedium, Inc. has strategic partnerships with NBC Universal, MTV Networks, and BET Networks. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. NextMedium, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc.

DimensionU, Inc. develops interactive multiplayer video games aimed at enhancing core skills in mathematics and literacy among K-12 students. Founded in 2003 and based in Richmond, Virginia, the company, formerly known as Tabula Digita, offers a range of educational games that integrate curriculum content with engaging gameplay and rewards. These games are utilized in over 70 school districts across the United States, including major systems such as New York City Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools, and various districts in Florida and Texas. By focusing on academic and strategic skills, DimensionU's games provide students with an innovative way to practice and improve their learning in key subjects.

Platform Learning, headquartered in New York, NY, offers supplemental educational services aimed at supporting public school students identified as needing improvement. The organization provides after-school, weekend, and summer tutoring programs designed to enhance critical thinking, research, and writing skills essential for academic success. By collaborating with parents, schools, community organizations, and local educators, Platform Learning implements its research-based Learn-to-Succeed program, which tailors support and curriculum to meet the individual needs of each student. This comprehensive approach ensures that children receive the motivation and resources necessary to thrive in their educational journeys.

ClassLink, Inc. designs and develops application server and solutions for K-12 school districts. The company offers student administration and curriculum management, classroom management, and software and hardware utilization report generation tools. Additionally, it provides an information portal. The company markets its products under LaunchPad, OnTrack, Inquiry, and ClassSync brand names. Its clientele include Clyde Consolidated Independent School District, Hudson Falls School District, Wall Township School District, Clyde Consolidated Independent School District, and Queensbury School District. ClassLink, Inc. was formerly known as ClassLink Technologies, LLC. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Clifton, New Jersey.

GridApp Systems, Inc. develops and markets database automation software and solutions for the database automation and management in the United States and internationally. It offers GridApp Clarity, which provides a solution that manages the database infrastructure through various stages of the life cycle, and manages various task automation and arbitrary scripts on hosts and databases in the database environment within a view console; and Patchworks, an automated patch management service to build, certify, and deliver patch bundles. The company also provides database automation and Oracle RAC consulting, and customer installations services. It serves various industries, such as financial services, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, education, eCommerce, and technology. The company has strategic partnerships with IBM Corporation, HP, Intel, and Oracle Corporation. GridApp Systems, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York.

NextMedium, Inc. provides an advertising platform for product placement to the marketers and entertainment content providers. It offers Embed, a management system that enables the buying, selling, and measuring of product placement in television, film, and online video content, as well as allows marketers to access and secure inventory relevant to their campaign objectives, and provides analytics to assist in the pricing and value received from their integration campaigns. NextMedium, Inc. has strategic partnerships with NBC Universal, MTV Networks, and BET Networks. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. NextMedium, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc.

Platform Learning, headquartered in New York, NY, offers supplemental educational services aimed at supporting public school students identified as needing improvement. The organization provides after-school, weekend, and summer tutoring programs designed to enhance critical thinking, research, and writing skills essential for academic success. By collaborating with parents, schools, community organizations, and local educators, Platform Learning implements its research-based Learn-to-Succeed program, which tailors support and curriculum to meet the individual needs of each student. This comprehensive approach ensures that children receive the motivation and resources necessary to thrive in their educational journeys.

ITM Software delivers the only truly integrated approach to IT Business Management - one solution and one system of record for comprehensive visibility, coordination and control across IT functions. Serving as the glue connecting the traditional silos of IT information, ITM enables increased transparency, better decisions, more effective spending, and improved business alignment. The company has a single focus on serving the business management needs of IT organizations. Lead by former CIOs and IT leaders, ITM Software brings a unique perspective to the management challenges facing IT today. This experience base, combined with a world-class software development team, translates into products and best-practice expertise that bring a business-centric approach to managing IT. At the core of the ITM offering is the ITM Business Suite, an integrated solution comprised of six components addressing the most critical areas of IT Business Management including people, processes, vendors, assets, financials, projects, and regulatory compliance. Coupled with the ITM Business Suite, the company provides best practice expertise and a proven methodology for helping clients define business objectives and develop and execute on a plan to achieve them. This unique combination of software products and management expertise enables CIOs to drive down IT costs, and increase the bottom line through improved alignment with the business objectives of the enterprise. Founded in 2001 by former CIOs, the Company serves IT organizations within Fortune 2000 corporations, government agencies and universities. ITM Software is privately held and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Platform Learning, headquartered in New York, NY, offers supplemental educational services aimed at supporting public school students identified as needing improvement. The organization provides after-school, weekend, and summer tutoring programs designed to enhance critical thinking, research, and writing skills essential for academic success. By collaborating with parents, schools, community organizations, and local educators, Platform Learning implements its research-based Learn-to-Succeed program, which tailors support and curriculum to meet the individual needs of each student. This comprehensive approach ensures that children receive the motivation and resources necessary to thrive in their educational journeys.

Platform Learning, headquartered in New York, NY, offers supplemental educational services aimed at supporting public school students identified as needing improvement. The organization provides after-school, weekend, and summer tutoring programs designed to enhance critical thinking, research, and writing skills essential for academic success. By collaborating with parents, schools, community organizations, and local educators, Platform Learning implements its research-based Learn-to-Succeed program, which tailors support and curriculum to meet the individual needs of each student. This comprehensive approach ensures that children receive the motivation and resources necessary to thrive in their educational journeys.

ITM Software delivers the only truly integrated approach to IT Business Management - one solution and one system of record for comprehensive visibility, coordination and control across IT functions. Serving as the glue connecting the traditional silos of IT information, ITM enables increased transparency, better decisions, more effective spending, and improved business alignment. The company has a single focus on serving the business management needs of IT organizations. Lead by former CIOs and IT leaders, ITM Software brings a unique perspective to the management challenges facing IT today. This experience base, combined with a world-class software development team, translates into products and best-practice expertise that bring a business-centric approach to managing IT. At the core of the ITM offering is the ITM Business Suite, an integrated solution comprised of six components addressing the most critical areas of IT Business Management including people, processes, vendors, assets, financials, projects, and regulatory compliance. Coupled with the ITM Business Suite, the company provides best practice expertise and a proven methodology for helping clients define business objectives and develop and execute on a plan to achieve them. This unique combination of software products and management expertise enables CIOs to drive down IT costs, and increase the bottom line through improved alignment with the business objectives of the enterprise. Founded in 2001 by former CIOs, the Company serves IT organizations within Fortune 2000 corporations, government agencies and universities. ITM Software is privately held and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Platform Learning, headquartered in New York, NY, offers supplemental educational services aimed at supporting public school students identified as needing improvement. The organization provides after-school, weekend, and summer tutoring programs designed to enhance critical thinking, research, and writing skills essential for academic success. By collaborating with parents, schools, community organizations, and local educators, Platform Learning implements its research-based Learn-to-Succeed program, which tailors support and curriculum to meet the individual needs of each student. This comprehensive approach ensures that children receive the motivation and resources necessary to thrive in their educational journeys.

Netilla Networks specializes in providing secure remote access solutions for corporate networks through its Netilla Service Platform, which is recognized as a leading SSL VPN appliance. This platform allows organizations to offer secure access to any application, whether on Windows, UNIX/Linux, or mainframe systems, via standard web browsers. By integrating thin-client technology with SSL encryption, along with a robust authentication and policy framework, Netilla Networks enables rapid deployment and reduces network exposure. The system is designed to lower maintenance costs compared to traditional VPNs while ensuring a user-friendly experience.

PhatNoise provides digital media solutions that enable individuals to introduce digital content into automobiles to enhance the consumer entertainment experience. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

PhatNoise provides digital media solutions that enable individuals to introduce digital content into automobiles to enhance the consumer entertainment experience. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Optate is the next generation in employee benefits management, offering true decision support for employees making difficult benefit decisions. They are an entrusted intermediary whose solution enhances the user's ability to make shared and informed decisions. Each solution is tailored to create a virtual community consisting of employers, employees, health plans, and other benefit providers. Their people-centric decision support tool is easily accessed online, allowing employees access to vital information in a secure environment anytime, anywhere. Using the Optate BENEFITcompanion™ solution increases employee satisfaction, motivation, and productivity while reducing benefit administration costs.

Garuda Networks provides broadband access equipment.

The NewsMarket, Inc. operates a Web-based video marketing and distribution platform. The company's platform enables corporations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations to market and share their video content with media, blogs, consumers, and online communities. It offers stories, videos, audios, and stills in the categories of aerospace and defense, agriculture, automotive and transportation, business and industry, charities and non-profits, countries-cities, education, energy, entertainment, environment, climate change, fashion, government and international affairs, green, health care, human interests, public service announcements, science, sports, technology, Internet, telecommunications, trade shows, and travel and leisure. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Beijing, Delhi, Dubai, London, San Francisco, Munich, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mumbai. After acquiring MediaLink in 2009, The NewsMarket rebranded as [Synaptic Digital](/organization/synaptic-digital).

SageMetrics is an outsourced behavioral targeting and web analytics solution provider that invests in hardware, research and development, and in capacity building of human resources. Some of its Infrastructure facilities consist of in-house development systems that include specialty equipment for data mining, software design and development, with dedicated data communication links, email, internet access, and conferencing facilities for multi-national collaboration. SageMetrics' customers include some of the leading names in the world, including the United States government, Nigeria government, [United Nations](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/united-nations), [BBC](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bbc), [L'Oreal](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/loreal), Neutrogena, United Media, and Virgin. In 2004 and 2005, SageMetrics was named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Los Angeles, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche. In 2005, SageMetrics was named a finalist in the prestigious 2005 American Business Awards in two categories. SageMetrics is chaired by [Ken Nwabueze](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ken-nwabueze), Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SageMetrics Corporation and former President G. W. Bush Council Advisor on Science and Technology. It was founded in 1997 and is based in Abuja.

Netilla Networks specializes in providing secure remote access solutions for corporate networks through its Netilla Service Platform, which is recognized as a leading SSL VPN appliance. This platform allows organizations to offer secure access to any application, whether on Windows, UNIX/Linux, or mainframe systems, via standard web browsers. By integrating thin-client technology with SSL encryption, along with a robust authentication and policy framework, Netilla Networks enables rapid deployment and reduces network exposure. The system is designed to lower maintenance costs compared to traditional VPNs while ensuring a user-friendly experience.

Schoolnet offers instructional improvement education software to increase student achievement, teacher quality and operational efficiency.

Optate is the next generation in employee benefits management, offering true decision support for employees making difficult benefit decisions. They are an entrusted intermediary whose solution enhances the user's ability to make shared and informed decisions. Each solution is tailored to create a virtual community consisting of employers, employees, health plans, and other benefit providers. Their people-centric decision support tool is easily accessed online, allowing employees access to vital information in a secure environment anytime, anywhere. Using the Optate BENEFITcompanion™ solution increases employee satisfaction, motivation, and productivity while reducing benefit administration costs.

CoreLogic is a provider of consumer, financial, and property information, analytics, and services tailored for businesses and government entities. The company integrates public, contributory, and proprietary data to create predictive decision analytics, offering insights that enhance transparency in various markets. CoreLogic maintains the largest U.S. databases for real estate, mortgage applications, fraud, and loan performance, making it a recognized leader in areas such as mortgage and automotive credit reporting, property tax, valuation, flood determination, and geospatial analytics. Over one million users depend on CoreLogic's services to evaluate risk, support underwriting, and improve investment and marketing strategies while preventing fraud. Headquartered in Santa Ana, California, the company serves real estate professionals, financial institutions, insurance carriers, and government agencies, providing comprehensive data and analytics to assist clients in finding, purchasing, and protecting their homes.

LiveMind is a marketplace where anyone can profit from sharing their wisdom, talent and expertise during live learning events. Events are hosted in online meeting rooms that are best alternative to in-person training. LiveMind handles all of the tasks required to deliver the course except your expertise. Registration, billing, hosting, and providing the virtual tools are all taken care of. The teacher can concentrate on creating great content, and the student can attend class with minimal effort.

As of July 19, 2004, B2eMarkets was acquired by BravoSolution US. B2eMarkets, Inc. engages in the development of an eSourcing software suite, which comprises strategy formulation, negotiation management, contract management and compliance, and performance management. The company is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.