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Vibrant Planet provides land management services and technology solutions to accelerate land restorations. The company collaborates with scientists, land management leaders, and policymakers to build a cloud-based system that informs and facilitates collaborative planning. Vibrant Planet was founded in 2004 by Allison Wolff and is based in Incline Village, Nevada.

Kenna Security, Inc. is a technology company specializing in vulnerability management and risk intelligence solutions. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Chicago, the company offers the Kenna platform, which enables organizations to prioritize vulnerabilities, measure risk, and automate analysis. By utilizing Cyber Risk Context Technology, Kenna helps clients focus on critical cyber risks, thereby enhancing the efficiency of security teams. Its solutions cater to a diverse range of sectors, including media and entertainment, healthcare, telecommunications, financial services, and more, both domestically and internationally. Kenna Security has established itself as a leader in predictive cyber risk management, serving numerous Fortune 100 companies across various industries.

Socio Labs Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a mobile application aimed at enhancing event experiences for users. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Socio's platform facilitates networking by allowing attendees to share and receive contact and profile information through a digital handshake using smartphones. The application is designed to support in-person, virtual, and hybrid events, enabling small and medium-sized businesses, as well as larger enterprises, to optimize their event organization. By providing features that gamify and visualize events, Socio improves attendee engagement and allows for seamless information exchange, all while offering a convenient live schedule for users.

Sedona Systems has created NetFusion, the first multi-layer application platform, focusing on optimization & control of the optical and IP layers (L0-L3) of network operators. Enabling both optically-aware IP routing and IP-informed optical switching, our applications double effective WAN capacity, boost agility, availability and flexibility – and save up to 80% of core network costs over 5 years. Based on a centralized open-source software tools, NetFusion connects to all major vendors’ equipment through SDN controllers or management systems. It then optimizes key tasks through dynamic, automatic management of both optical and IP resources.

Dashbase Inc was incorporated in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Slido is an award-winning web-based audience interaction tool for meetings and events. Slido enables users to crowdsource top questions to drive meaningful conversations, engage participants with live polls and collect valuable interaction insights. It focuses on simplicity, both for meeting planners who can create an event in less than a minute, as well as for participants who can join via any device with a simple code. Having worked on over 60,000 events, Slido helped to engage millions of participants. The company worked with renowned conferences such as SXSW, World Economic Forum, Money20/20 and clients including Adobe, Google, Tesco, KPMG, UBM, SAP and Cisco. The headquarters is in Bratislava, Slovakia, and other worldwide offices include New York and San Francisco (US), Paris (France), London (UK), Bali (Asia), Prague (Czech Republic) and Sydney (Australia).

IMImobile PLC is a provider of cloud communications software and solutions that help enterprises automate digital customer communications and enhance engagement. The company’s offerings include IMIbot.ai, a modular AI platform for automated conversational experiences; IMIchat, which consolidates various customer service channels; IMIcampaign, designed for multi-channel communication management; IMIconnect, an enterprise cloud communications platform; and MIsocial, which integrates audience content into live programming. Additionally, IMImobile offers IMInmx, a Platform-as-a-Service gateway for messaging, Textlocal for SMS services, and IMIdigital for mobile content deployment. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including telecoms, banking, healthcare, and retail, and operates globally with a presence in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in London, IMImobile manages over 42 billion messages and 44 billion commerce transactions annually, employing over 1,100 staff across various international offices.

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Illusive Networks Ltd. specializes in cybersecurity solutions that utilize deception technology to protect organizations from advanced cyber threats. The company offers a range of services, including compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security solutions. Their product suite includes the Illusive Networks Management Platform for centralized cyber security management, the Attack Surface Manager for continuous network vulnerability discovery, and tools for attack detection and intelligence that provide actionable insights into cyber incidents. Illusive Networks serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology. Founded in 2014, the company operates from its headquarters in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and has an additional office in New York, New York.

PORTSHIFT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD develops cloud security software solutions. It offers identity-driven security solutions to any application in the cloud. The software uses digital signing techniques within the development and deployment phase to validate and authenticate applications. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of October 26, 2020, Portshift Software Technologies Ltd operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc..

BabbleLabs, Inc. specializes in developing advanced speech enhancement and noise removal software aimed at improving communication for various applications. The company's product offerings include Clear Cloud, which provides speech enhancement technology through APIs and web interfaces; Clear Edge, an embedded solution optimized for low latency on smart devices; Clear Command, a system for voice control and recognition; and Clear Analytics, which extracts actionable insights from speech data. These technologies cater to diverse sectors such as smartphones, business conferencing, field communication, customer service, automotive, and public safety. Founded in 2017 and based in Campbell, California, BabbleLabs combines expertise in deep neural networks, speech processing, and embedded systems to drive innovation in voice applications and enhance human-machine interaction.

Naiad Lab connects healthcare providers with remote patients using health measurements, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), advanced data analytics, and video conferencing to rapidly satisfy patients’ healthcare concerns. MedROAD is cost-efficient platform that uses data-analytics to remotely screen and monitor patients. It empowers clinicians to continue providing quality healthcare while keeping all parties safe and mitigating the spread of illnesses. MedROAD moves beyond the traditional telehealth applications that focus only on two-way communication between doctors and patients. It utilizes medical devices to enable a telemetry driven, meaningful consultation. MedROAD also incorporates AI and advanced data analytics to detect anomalies in data, visualize patient condition, and provide instant alerts.

Respira Labs, Inc. is a company focused on developing innovative solutions for managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Based in Mountain View, California, the company has created Sylvee, a wearable device that utilizes advanced technology to continuously monitor lung function and predict COPD exacerbation attacks in real-time. This device is equipped with non-invasive acoustic sensors and employs techniques such as audio signal processing and machine learning to detect "trapped air," an early indicator of potential COPD issues. By enabling early intervention and prevention of exacerbations, Respira Labs aims to enhance patient quality of life and health outcomes while also reducing healthcare costs. Founded in 2018, the company is positioned to transform the landscape of COPD management through its innovative approach.

Modcam AB specializes in the design and development of camera sensor-based devices and software for computer vision processing. Founded in 2013 and based in Malmö, Sweden, the company offers an online platform and sensor devices that enable users to monitor foot traffic in various environments, such as retail stores, office buildings, sports arenas, and hotels. Modcam's technology allows for real-time analytics, including counting individuals entering or exiting a location and assessing demographic information like age and gender. Additionally, it provides Heatmap, a tool for automating customer flow analysis. The company's platform leverages advanced video content analytics to deliver data-driven insights, enhancing the ability of businesses to understand and respond to customer behavior effectively. As of July 2020, Modcam operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

ThousandEyes empowers businesses to see, understand and improve connected experiences everywhere. The ThousandEyes cloud platform offers unmatched vantage points throughout the global Internet and provides immediate visibility into experience for every user and application over any network, so companies can deliver superior digital experiences, modernize their enterprise WAN, and successfully migrate to the cloud. ThousandEyes is central to the global operations of the world’s largest and fastest growing brands, including Comcast, eBay, HP, 100+ of the Global 2000, 60+ of the Fortune 500, 5 of the 6 top US banks, and 20 of the 25 top SaaS companies.

Fluidmesh Networks develops wireless systems for security, industrial, and mission-critical applications. Its wireless products are the enablers of outdoor and large-scale applications of the Internet-of-Things: smart cities, urban video-surveillance, connected vehicles and trains, and industrial automation. The company’s target markets are municipalities, industrial plants, schools, seaports and marinas, archaeological sites, resorts, theme parks and racing tracks. Fluidmesh Networks was founded in August 2010 by Andrea Orioli, Umberto Malesci, and Cosimo Malesci and is based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, the United States. Its founding team include researchers and engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA, and the Politecnico of Milan in Italy. The company serves its customers worldwide from its headquarters in Chicago, and from its European office based in Italy.

4Paradigm is an artificial intelligence technology and service provider. Fourth paradigm has a machine learning technology that can accurately predict and mine data, help enterprises improve efficiency, reduce risks, and obtain greater commercial value. The “migration learning” initiated by the fourth paradigm founding team is considered by the industry to be "The next generation of artificial intelligence technology", the fourth paradigm maintains the world's leading edge in the field of migration learning

SeaLights Technologies Ltd. operates a cloud-based testing platform. Its products includes, test impact analysis, test gap, analysis, and release quality analysis. It enables to measure functional test code coverage; track various build quality metrics and test statuses across various testing tools and environments; and prevent untested code changes from reaching production. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

Exablaze Pty Ltd designs and manufactures networking equipment for network connectivity. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Melbourne, Australia

Upskill provides wearable technology to connect hands-on workers from the factory to the warehouse to the jobsite. Its robust platform, Skylight, connects the industrial workforce with the people, processes, information, and equipment they need to do their jobs with greater efficiency and fewer errors, leaving them hands free to focus on their tasks at hand, and their tools. For organizations in the competitive global market looking to increase productivity, improve quality, reduce costs, train new workers, retain tribal knowledge, and provide a strong foundation for further investments, the future starts with Upskill.

Wrappup uses AI to auto-summarize your meetings, declaring war on pens everywhere! The platform uses a combination Speech Analysis, NLP, and Deep Learning models to identify important moments in discussion. Just invite lucy@wrappup.ai to your next call, and she’ll listen for keywords like “follow-up” or “next steps” to generate all the action items for you. Users can train the system with their own set of keyword triggers and vocabulary, making Lucy smarter and smarter as she grows!

CloudCherry is the next generation Experience Management platform that is disrupting the way organizations listen to the Voice of Customer. Through CloudCherry’s flexible, customizable, self-serve solution, businesses today can be present at every step of today’s complex customer journeys, and listen to customers through a variety of ways. Today, leading global organizations deploy and scale their experience management program with CloudCherry quicker than any other solution. The product offers out-of-the-box integrations with existing business applications, delivers predictive, prescriptive insights that enable business leaders to better understand customer needs, and derive tangible business outcomes that can help drive true ROI. CloudCherry is based out of Salt Lake City, with offices in Singapore, India & Dubai. The company is backed by Vertex Ventures, CISCO Investments & IDG Ventures India, The Chennai Angels & Capillary Technologies.

Voicea is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-based enterprise voice assistant software designed to enhance meeting productivity. Its flagship product, the Enterprise Voice Assistant (EVA), functions as an intelligent meeting facilitator by listening, taking notes, and identifying key decisions and action items during meetings. This capability allows users to make meetings searchable and ensures that discussions translate into actionable initiatives. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Voicea was formerly known as Voicera until its rebranding in December 2018. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc., and is led by professionals with experience from major technology firms.

Acacia Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells high-speed coherent optical interconnect products globally, including markets in the United States, China, Germany, and Thailand. The company offers embedded and pluggable module products that feature optical interconnect modules with transmission speeds ranging from 100 to 1,200 gigabits per second, catering to long-haul, metro, and inter-data center applications. In addition to these modules, Acacia provides semiconductor solutions such as low-power coherent digital signal processor application-specific integrated circuits and silicon photonic integrated circuits, which are integrated into their products. The company markets its offerings through a direct sales force targeting network equipment manufacturers, network operators, and cloud service providers. Founded in 2009, Acacia is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts.

OmniVis technology detects pathogens right at the source. Our easy-to-use hardware device and disposable test kit reduces the detection process to 30 minutes, accurately and affordably.

Sentryo SAS develops and provides cybersecurity and situational awareness solutions. Its solutions enable corporations to ensure continuity, resilience and safety of industrial operations by providing continuous visibility over Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and SCADA infrastructures and controlling the risks of cyber attacks. The company’s product ICS CyberVision allows control engineers to gain complete visibility over all equipment connected to their industrial networks and identifies vulnerabilities on those networks and is able to take decisions that can ensure the integrity of the system. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Villeurbanne, France. As of August 8, 2019, Sentryo SAS operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Portworx Inc. is a cloud-native storage and data management company that specializes in software-defined infrastructure for containerized applications. Founded in 2014 and based in Redwood City, California, Portworx provides a comprehensive storage solution designed specifically for containers, enabling enterprises to manage databases and stateful services across various infrastructures. Its platform supports both on-premises and cloud-based deployments, allowing for rapid deployment and scaling of applications while addressing key challenges such as security, data automation, and high availability. Portworx's technology facilitates the seamless management of stateful container workloads, helping organizations reduce the cost and complexity associated with deploying containerized applications across multiple environments. The company operates as a subsidiary of Pure Storage, focusing on enhancing the efficiency of DevOps teams in production settings.

Lightbits Labs, Inc. develops data storage solutions for enterprise private clouds, Software-as-a-Service, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers. It offers LightOS Software Defined Storage that integrates with existing datacenter infrastructure; and LightField Storage Acceleration Card that supports the LightOS stack. Lightbits Labs, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in San Jose, California. It has additional offices in Kfar Saba and Haifa, Israel; and New York, New York.

Singularity Networks, Inc. provides real-time visibility and analytics for businesses to identify breaches in IT (information technology) security. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Lone Tree, Colorado. As of February 11, 2019, Singularity Networks, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Celeno Communications is a fabless semiconductor company developing components and subsystems for high performance carrier-class WiFi systems and networks. Celeno's breakthrough technology enables a new vision in home wireless networking by delivering high definition entertaiment and multimedia content throughout the home. Celeno's components provide the boost in throughput, coverage, and QoS necessary to deliver multiple HDTV, SDTV, VoIP and Data "triple play" services over the home network. Celeno's core competency is based on smart antenna technology, spatial radio switching combined with adaptive channel coding, dynamic time-space scheduling, and multimedia QoS optimization. The technology targets applications requiring the highest level of system performance (capacity and reach), consistent carrier-class multimedia QoS, and tight security protection.

Luxtera, Inc. is a semiconductor company based in Carlsbad, California, specializing in silicon photonics technology for data centers and mobile infrastructure. Founded in 2001, Luxtera has developed innovative front panel and embedded optical modules, including faceplate pluggable optical transceivers and embedded optical transceivers. The company is recognized for its ability to integrate high-performance optics with silicon electronics on a mainstream CMOS chip, enabling direct fiber-to-chip connectivity. Luxtera's patented technology combines the long reach of single-mode fiber with cost-effective optoelectronics, significantly advancing high-speed optical communications. The company was acquired by Cisco in December 2018 and has been backed by prominent venture capital firms.

Simprints is a nonprofit tech company committed to transforming the way the world fights poverty. We build technology to radically increase transparency and effectiveness in global development, making sure that every vaccine, every dollar, every public good reaches the people who need them most.

Ensoft Ltd. provides software solutions for service provider networks. Ensoft delivers software solutions for high-end computer networking and telecommunications systems. It works intimately with major US product vendors on industry-leading platforms for core/edge routing, Carrier Ethernet, broadband, mobile, and video

CTERA Networks Ltd. specializes in providing a private cloud storage platform that enables organizations to manage their data securely and efficiently. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Petah Tikvah, Israel, the company offers a range of services including branch storage modernization, endpoint backup, cloud transformation, and ransomware recovery. Its Enterprise File Services Platform allows enterprises to store, sync, share, protect, and govern data across various endpoints and remote offices. CTERA's solutions, such as the CTERA Edge Filer and CTERA Drive, facilitate secure file access and collaboration, catering to industries like financial services, healthcare, and media. The company has established strategic partnerships with prominent technology firms, enhancing its service offerings. CTERA is recognized for its role in enabling modern remote work environments and is trusted by Fortune 100 companies and leading service providers worldwide.

Duo Security provides a cloud-based access protection solution for companies and organizations worldwide. Clients use its solution for adaptive authentication, BYOD (bring your own device) security, cloud security, endpoint security, mobile security, and two-factor authentication. Duo Security also offers Duo Managed Service Provider (MSP), a program that provides MSPs with tools to protect their customers from data breaches. Clients can deploy its technology to protect users, data, and applications from breaches, credential theft, and account takeover. Duo Security serves education, financial services, healthcare, legal, retail, and technology industries. Dug Song and Jonathan Oberheide founded Duo Security in 2009, with its headquarters in Ann Arbor in Michigan and offices in San Mateo in California, Austin in Texas, and London in England.

Kyligence Inc. is a data intelligence company that offers big data analytics products powered by Apache Kylin, an open source OLAP engine built for interactive analytics of petabyte-scale data on Hadoop. Founded in 2016 by creators of Apache Kylin, Kyligence focuses on Big Data technologies and innovation, offering next-generation data warehouse and business intelligence solution on top of Hadoop from on-premises to the cloud.

July Systems Inc. is a cloud-based mobile experience and engagement platform that specializes in location services. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, with a global development center in Bengaluru, the company provides solutions for infrastructure and service providers, original equipment manufacturers, and business owners. Its key offerings include July Rapid, a mobile app development studio, and Proximity MX, which delivers contextual location intelligence and adaptive mobile engagement. This allows businesses to better understand their customers by integrating offline and online shopping behaviors. July Systems aims to digitize physical spaces and enhance customer engagement, positioning itself as a significant player in the location services market. The company became a subsidiary of Cisco Systems in 2018.

Vectorly Inc. is a video learning platform that serves both companies and students, with a focus on enhancing educational experiences through video content. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, the company was previously known as Dot Learn Inc. Vectorly specializes in video compression technology derived from MIT research, utilizing vector encoding to reduce video file sizes by up to 50 times while enhancing visual quality. This technology is particularly beneficial for non-camera recorded videos, such as animations and screencasts, which comprise a significant portion of online video content. By licensing its software or offering APIs, Vectorly enables video platforms to compress their videos efficiently, thereby lowering content delivery network (CDN) costs and improving the overall user experience.

Accompany is a company that specializes in relationship intelligence by designing and developing an AI-driven platform. Founded in 2013 and based in Los Altos, California, Accompany focuses on creating a comprehensive database that offers valuable insights into millions of individuals and organizations. This platform enables users to identify the right contacts and foster stronger professional relationships. The company's innovative approach leverages artificial intelligence to curate extensive information about people and their connections within various companies, enhancing networking opportunities and relationship management for its users. Accompany is supported by notable investors, including CRV, ICONIQ Capital, Ignition Partners, and Cowboy Ventures.

Destination: Home is a public-private partnership serving as the backbone organization for collective impact strategies to end homelessness in Santa Clara County. It was established in 2008 as an outcome of a Blue Ribbon Commission on ending homelessness led by then San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and then County Supervisor Don Gage. In 2011 Destination: Home became a program of the Health Trust and in 2013 took on the role of Santa Clara County’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Board. In this role as the local CoC Board, Destination: Home has worked with regional partners to develop a new five year Community Plan to End Homelessness. In late 2017 the Destination: Home leadership board voted to move Destination: Home from being a project of The Health Trust to a Supporting Organization under the umbrella of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Read our FAQs regarding our move to become a Supporting Organization here. The Community Plan addresses public system disruption to enhance services and efficiency, creating more housing opportunities in our land and housing-scarce community and ensuring the appropriate housing interventions and case management resources are available for unique populations, including preventative measures. This Community Plan is based on a proof of concept collective impact campaign, Housing 1000, which uses a nationally recognized Housing First model that focuses on getting clients into housing as quickly as possible and provides supportive services to ensure recovery, stability, and a decrease of public systems usage. Destination: Home drives and aligns resources to create permanent housing and sustainable support systems built for the long term. The organization is improving how systems work together to end homelessness, as well as protect individuals and families at risk of becoming homeless. In this role, Destination: Home’s Board also serves as the HUD Continuum of Care Board for the San Jose /Santa Clara City and County Metropolitan area and works with the Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing as a Collaborative Applicant to expand local allocations of federal funding.

Stellaris Venture Partners is an Indian private equity firm established in 2015, focusing on investments in technology-driven companies. The firm specializes in seed and series A funding rounds, targeting innovative startups across various sectors in India. By supporting early-stage ventures, Stellaris aims to foster growth and development within the technology landscape, contributing to the evolution of the Indian startup ecosystem.

Skyport Systems specializes in developing Hyper-Secured Infrastructure (HSI) designed to protect mission-critical IT and corporate assets. The company offers an integrated solution known as the SkySecure System, which combines engineered hardware, software, and service components into a single turn-key system. This platform ensures continuous protection and integrity verification for application workloads, consolidating compute, virtualization, networking, and storage without compromising security or performance. By simplifying and securing enterprise IT infrastructure, Skyport Systems enables organizations to streamline operations, saving time and resources while empowering application owners with greater control over their infrastructure.

Cmpute.io is a service that fully automates AWS provisioning (including Spot Instances) for enterprise data processing resulting in significant cost (up to 90%) & time savings. Batchly is secure as it runs within your AWS account and is simple to integrate into your enterprise workflow (with pre-built processing libraries).

Citycloud is a Hangzhou-based company specializing in cloud computing and big data technologies.Provider of a big-data cloud solutions designed for smart infrastructure developers. The company specializes in developing cloud-based and big-data products including big data processing engine, cloud computing operation systems, and enterprise collaboration cloud platform, providing innovative data management and computing solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises and local governments involved in smart city development.

BroadSoft, Inc. is a prominent provider of software and services that empower telecommunications service providers to offer hosted cloud-based unified communications (UC) to enterprise customers across various regions, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company's main products include UC-One, which integrates various communication and collaboration tools such as phone services, messaging, and video conferencing; Team-One, a solution for project management and collaboration; BroadSoft Hub, which connects real-time communications with cloud applications; and CC-One, a contact center solution for multi-channel customer interactions. BroadSoft's offerings are delivered through its BroadWorks application server and BroadCloud platform. The company also provides professional support services, including installation, project management, and training. Catering to over 500 telecommunications service provider customers, BroadSoft operates in more than 70 countries and serves many of the largest telecommunications carriers globally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, BroadSoft became a subsidiary of Cisco Systems in 2018.

Perspica, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, established in 2013. The company specializes in artificial intelligence software that provides advanced analytics and observability for production and operational environments. Perspica's solutions focus on maintaining critical application performance and infrastructure reliability by employing machine learning for real-time data analysis. Its offerings include heuristic anomaly detection, automated troubleshooting, and predictive analytics to preempt incidents. The Incident Replay™ feature allows users to conduct thorough real-time and post-mortem analyses. Designed to support modern applications that utilize micro-services and container technologies, Perspica's platform enhances collaboration between TechOps and DevOps teams, ultimately improving productivity. Additionally, the platform adapts to user behavior through autonomous bots and visual analytics, ensuring effective engagement and operational efficiency.

Springpath launches the industry’s first software-defined data platform that addresses virtualized, compute as well as emerging container environments. Based on the patent-pending Hardware Agnostic Log-structure Objects (HALO) architecture, the Springpath Data Platform is built from the ground up to deliver elastic scaling, simple autonomous management, and a complete enterprise-grade feature set, while running on standard servers—empowering enterprises of all sizes to achieve an Independent IT Infrastructure. Data centers benefit from silo-free environments and enable businesses to stay agile and meet market demands.

Observable offers Network Security-as-a-Service providing automated security analytics and modeling to continuously analyze the behavior of all network devices. Observable Networks, the Clayton-based network security startup.

HyTrust was founded by veterans in the enterprise infrastructure and security space who recognized early on not only that virtualization and the cloud were going to dramatically transform the data center, but also that security would be a critical inhibitor to cloud adoption. The mission behind HyTrust has always been to mitigate the risk of catastrophic data center failure and data breaches — especially in light of the concentration of risk that occurs within virtualized and cloud environments. Organizations can now confidently expand virtualization to mission critical applications and take full advantage of the cloud. HyTrust has assembled a world-class team of company builders and innovators and has earned venture backing from the biggest players in the next-generation datacenter: Cisco, VMware, Intel, Fortinet, and In-Q-Tel, the funding arm of the US intelligence community. Further venture investment has come from highly respected firms such as Trident Capital, Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Advanced Venture Partners and Granite Ventures.

Vectorly Inc. is a video learning platform that serves both companies and students, with a focus on enhancing educational experiences through video content. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India, the company was previously known as Dot Learn Inc. Vectorly specializes in video compression technology derived from MIT research, utilizing vector encoding to reduce video file sizes by up to 50 times while enhancing visual quality. This technology is particularly beneficial for non-camera recorded videos, such as animations and screencasts, which comprise a significant portion of online video content. By licensing its software or offering APIs, Vectorly enables video platforms to compress their videos efficiently, thereby lowering content delivery network (CDN) costs and improving the overall user experience.

MindMeld, Inc. is an advanced AI platform that specializes in developing conversational interfaces for applications and devices. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company creates voice interfaces that enhance user interaction by incorporating question-answering and language-understanding capabilities. MindMeld's technology enables users to easily browse music and video content, check weather updates, and control connected home devices. By leveraging machine learning, the platform facilitates more natural interactions with voice and chat assistants, allowing users to efficiently find and navigate information across various applications. In December 2015, the company changed its name from Expect Labs, Inc., and as of May 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Datos IO provides the industry’s first cloud-scale, application-centric, data management platform enabling organizations to protect, mobilize, and monetize all their application data across private cloud, hybrid cloud and public cloud environments. Datos IO has been recognized by Gartner in their 2016 Hype Cycle for Storage Technologies and was more recently awarded 2016 Product of the Year by Storage Magazine. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and True Ventures, Datos IO is headquartered in San Jose, California. To learn more, please visit http://datos.io.

Viptela provides technology for virtualization of the Wide Area Network (WAN). It allows global companies to build carrier agnostic, policy-controlled and cost-effective WANs. Its technology has been deployed by scores of Fortune-500 enterprises. And, major carriers like Singtel offer global Hybrid WAN services based on Viptela technology. Viptela’s secure, overlay WAN technology delivers to enterprises the benefit of: • Unified and centralized management of all WAN infrastructure • Reduced WAN infrastructure costs by over 50% • In-depth control & visibility of application performance • Robust-zero trust WAN security • Agility, by reducing network change control from months to days The company has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor and a Next Billion Dollar Start-up by Forbes. Viptela is backed by Sequoia Capital. A 3-minute video overview is here http://youtu.be/0iW-3tt4LH4 Watch an analyst interview with CEO and co-founder Amir Khan here: https://vimeo.com/97890314

Kyligence Inc. is a data intelligence company that offers big data analytics products powered by Apache Kylin, an open source OLAP engine built for interactive analytics of petabyte-scale data on Hadoop. Founded in 2016 by creators of Apache Kylin, Kyligence focuses on Big Data technologies and innovation, offering next-generation data warehouse and business intelligence solution on top of Hadoop from on-premises to the cloud.

Solstice Energy Solutions uses IoT and software to enable, connect, and intelligently manage the shared-economy of distributed energy resources in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

AppDynamics is a developer of an observability platform focused on application performance management and mobile analytics. The platform is designed to provide real-time insights into application performance, user interactions, and overall business performance. By dynamically collecting millions of performance data points across applications and infrastructure, it enables organizations to proactively monitor and optimize complex software environments. AppDynamics employs advanced analytics to instantly identify performance anomalies and facilitate automatic fixes, ensuring continuous measurement of business impact. This capability is delivered in real-time, allowing for flexibility in deployment across cloud or on-premise environments. The emphasis on user interactions enhances customer engagement and improves operational efficiency, positioning AppDynamics as a critical tool for software-defined businesses seeking to enhance their digital performance.

WorkLife is a web app that helps teams have more productive meetings. It is a collaboration platform that automates best practices for managing meetings, projects and people and helps team to improve their performance by using it. It helps to create agendas, stay on track during the meeting, and ensure next steps will be done afterwards. WorkLife is founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Celeno Communications is a fabless semiconductor company developing components and subsystems for high performance carrier-class WiFi systems and networks. Celeno's breakthrough technology enables a new vision in home wireless networking by delivering high definition entertaiment and multimedia content throughout the home. Celeno's components provide the boost in throughput, coverage, and QoS necessary to deliver multiple HDTV, SDTV, VoIP and Data "triple play" services over the home network. Celeno's core competency is based on smart antenna technology, spatial radio switching combined with adaptive channel coding, dynamic time-space scheduling, and multimedia QoS optimization. The technology targets applications requiring the highest level of system performance (capacity and reach), consistent carrier-class multimedia QoS, and tight security protection.

ContainerX They are a team of PhDs, entrepreneurs and container geeks from VMware, Microsoft and Citrix, that have come together to create a ready-to-go container platform for enterprise IT. Based on a patent-pending approach called Elastic Container Clusters™, the platform enables enterprises to build an extremely resilient and highly elastic container infrastructure with great levels of resource isolation between multiple Container Pools.

CloudLock LLC develops a cloud cybersecurity platform that enables organizations to securely utilize cloud applications. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company delivers security solutions for various cloud services, including infrastructure, platform, and identity management. Its offerings include codeless security for custom applications, incident management, user behavior monitoring, and encryption management. CloudLock serves a wide range of industries, such as manufacturing, technology, financial services, healthcare, and education, providing actionable cybersecurity intelligence across their cloud infrastructures. As of August 2016, the company operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, expanding its influence and capabilities in the cybersecurity market.

Loggly, Inc. is a cloud-based application intelligence provider specializing in log management and analytics solutions for app developers. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company serves over 10,000 customers, including a significant portion of the Fortune 500. Loggly offers tools for troubleshooting, root cause analysis, systems monitoring, application debugging, and deployment monitoring. Its service integrates seamlessly into engineering processes, particularly for teams adopting continuous deployment and DevOps practices, helping to reduce mean time to recovery (MTTR) and improve overall service quality. By structuring and summarizing log data, Loggly enables users to gain insights through real-time metrics and dashboards, transforming traditional log analysis into a more efficient process. Loggly operates as a subsidiary of SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC.

Elastifile is redefining the way data is stored and managed in the cloud and spanning hybrid clouds. Powered by an elastically scalable, enterprise-grade, distributed file system with integrated object tiering, Elastifile’s cross-cloud data fabric delivers high performance, unified access to global data. By freeing data from traditional storage silos, Elastifile enables frictionless movement of applications to the cloud, between clouds, and across hybrid environments. This allows enterprises to seamlessly leverage cloud infrastructure and services to enhance and accelerate a broad range of data-driven workflows, including: analytics, DevOps, high-performance computing, and many more.

Synata is an enterprise search engine for businesses that use cloud and on-premise software.The product connects users to their company’s structured and unstructured data so they can quickly find information across Salesforce, Google Apps, Box, Dropbox, Zendesk, JIRA, Workday, Sharepoint, Exchange, and more.

Intersec SA is a software company based in Paris, France, with an additional office in London, specializing in streaming analytics solutions for various sectors, including telecommunications, utilities, manufacturing, financial services, and retail. Founded in 2004, the company focuses on transforming large volumes of data from diverse network equipment and IT systems into actionable insights in real-time. Intersec's offerings include customer base management, location data monetization, fraud management, public safety, IoT analytics, and messaging solutions. Its innovative platforms support applications such as contextual marketing, geolocation intelligence, smart cities, and business analytics. Recognized for its contributions to the industry, Intersec received awards for its innovative location-based services and cloud analytics solutions in 2017, and it operates solutions globally.

Leaba is a fabless semiconductor company operating in stealth mode to provide innovative solutions for significant infrastructure challenges. Leaba is backed by blue-chip investors and led by seasoned entrepreneurs and prominent technology experts. Leaba is assembling one of the best teams of engineering.

Kyligence Inc. is a data intelligence company that offers big data analytics products powered by Apache Kylin, an open source OLAP engine built for interactive analytics of petabyte-scale data on Hadoop. Founded in 2016 by creators of Apache Kylin, Kyligence focuses on Big Data technologies and innovation, offering next-generation data warehouse and business intelligence solution on top of Hadoop from on-premises to the cloud.

CliQr Technologies, Inc. develops a single platform for modeling, deploying, and managing applications across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It offers CliQr CloudCenter, an application-defined management platform that provides infrastructure resources and deploys application components and data across datacenter, private, and public cloud environments. The also provides solutions for application migration, IT-as-a-Service, capacity augmentation, DevOps automation, and service providers. It offers its solutions through reseller partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Jose, California. As of April 15, 2016, CliQr Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Insieme Networks, Inc.

Team8 is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in New York City. The firm specializes in building and investing in startups focused on enterprise technology, cybersecurity, data science, AI, and fintech. Team8 employs a unique model that combines in-house company builders with a network of experienced executives and industry leaders, particularly drawing from the expertise of Israel's elite tech and intelligence Unit 8200. This collaborative approach enables Team8 to identify significant market challenges, develop innovative solutions, and accelerate the growth of new ventures. The firm targets early-stage investments, including seed and Series A and B rounds, and is backed by prominent global companies such as Microsoft, Walmart, Cisco, Barclays, and Moody's. Through its initiatives, Team8 aims to transform the technological landscape by co-founding and supporting companies that drive digital innovation and enhance the capabilities of existing financial and technological institutions.

Jasper Technologies provides a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform that enables various companies to launch, manage, and monetize IoT services on a global scale. It offers Control Center, an automated connectivity management platform that enables users to manage their connected devices, manage low power and low usage connected devices and launch, manage, and monetize connected car services. Jasper Technologies also provides Control Center for Mobile Enterprise that automates mobility management for employee business mobile phones and tablets. It serves agriculture, connected cars, connected homes and buildings, healthcare, industrial equipment, retail and payment solutions, smart cities, and transportation and logistics customers. Amit Gupta, Daniel Collins, and Jahangir Mohammed founded Jasper Wireless in 2004 that became Jasper Technologies in May 2014, with headquarters in Santa Clara in California with operations in Alpharetta in Georgia. Jasper Technologies operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems as of March 18, 2016.

Kumu Networks, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, that specializes in developing innovative wireless systems using full-duplex wireless design technology. Founded in 2011, the company has created a solution that allows radios to transmit and receive signals simultaneously on a single frequency channel. This groundbreaking approach enhances the performance of wireless devices and reduces complexity across various applications. By enabling multiple radios to operate in close proximity without interference, Kumu's technology allows for improved cooperation among devices and effectively mitigates self-interference. This advancement has significant implications for the wireless market, providing radiofrequency system designers with the tools necessary to optimize performance in their designs.

Startupbootcamp is a global network of industry-focused startup accelerators established in 2010 and headquartered in London, UK. It specializes in providing investment and mentorship to early-stage companies across various sectors, including digital health, fintech, foodtech, smart transportation, energy, and more. The accelerator runs numerous programs in cities such as Amsterdam, Berlin, Barcelona, Miami, and Cape Town, offering selected startups a comprehensive three-month development experience that includes funding, co-working space, and access to a vast network of over 400 investors. Each program is designed to address specific industry challenges and opportunities, facilitating connections with mentors, corporate partners, and potential customers. Startupbootcamp supports startups globally, emphasizing a mentorship-driven model that enhances their growth potential and market readiness.

Platfora’s mission is to empower customers to transform their businesses into fact-based enterprises. Platfora's Big Data Analytics Platform masks the complexity of Hadoop, making it easy for customers to understand all the facts in their business across events, actions, behaviors and time.

Acano Limited provides Acano, a collaboration platform for teams. Its Acano platform provides audio conferencing with support for various concurrent calls, integrated Interactive Voice Response, and a range of codecs; video conferencing support for standards-based video systems, while taking advantage of existing infrastructure; Web conferencing capabilities; Skype for business (Lync) integration; team spaces (virtual meeting rooms) to enable employees to organize their workflow around teams, projects, and topics with the people and tools they need; and unified communication capabilities. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Uxbridge, United Kingdom with locations in New York, New York; Palo Alto, California; Herndon, Virginia; Oslo, Norway; and North Sydney, Australia. As of January 29, 2016, Acano Limited operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems Holdings UK Limited.

1 Mainstream (Cupertino, CA) is a digital TV distribution platform for deploying HD video services in weeks across the most popular TV, game console, tablet and streaming devices. Leading broadcasters and operators, such as BSkyB, use 1 Mainstream to automate native app creation, content delivery, protection, and monetization. For more information, visit www.1mainstream.com.

Lancope, Inc. specializes in network visibility and security intelligence solutions, primarily through its StealthWatch System. This system enables monitoring, securing, and optimizing network performance for over 45 million hosts across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and government. Key products include the StealthWatch Management Console, which consolidates network and security data for administrators, and the StealthWatch FlowCollector, which analyzes data from existing network infrastructure. Additionally, Lancope offers the StealthWatch FlowSensor for deep packet inspection, the UDP Director for data integration, and the StealthWatch Labs Intelligence Center Threat Feed, which enhances protection against online threats. The company also provides tools like StealthWatch IDentity for identifying security issues and ProxyWatch for detecting advanced threats. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Lancope partners with various technology providers to enhance its offerings and serves a diverse range of industries globally. As of December 2015, it operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

ParStream is the IoT analytics platform company. The ParStream Analytics Platform was purpose-built for scale to handle the massive volumes and high velocity of IoT data as well as analytics at the Edge. Enabling a new breed of analytics for the enterprise, ParStream has earned accolades including CIO Magazine #1 Big Data Startup, Gartner Cool Vendor and Database Trends and Applications Magazine’s Trend-Setting Products in Data. ParStream's has customers throughout the world in industry segments such as Telecommunications/Service Provider, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Telematics, etc. The ParStream platform includes a column-oriented database with a unique indexing technology and a highly parallel architecture. The platform gains insights in real time with low latency and high throughput. Supporting JDBC and ODBC as common interface technologies ParStream is easy to integrate in the IT-infrastructure. ParStream is a software-only solution running on standard CPU-infrastructure. ParStream is available as single server, cluster and cloud edition supporting most Linux distributions. Michael Hummel and Jörg Bienert founded ParStream in 2011 after they identified a lack of database technology enabling real-time big data applications for their customers. ParStream has main offices in Cupertino, CA and Cologne, Germany along with sales/field teams throughout Europe and in Korea.

Nwave is leveraging its low power wide area wireless network, parking space sensor, analytics, and payment technologies to disrupt the transportation market by acquisition, analysis and real time provisioning of vehicle parking data. For ultimate accuracy our vehicle detection sensors use 3 different sensing technologies combined with advanced filtering and signal processing algorithms that differentiate parking events from interference or false events such as an underground train passing or DC current spikes. No wiring or street furniture is required, thousands of units communicate directly to a single gateway in up to 3 miles range. Having a battery life of 5 - 8 years sensors fit directly into each parking space, and integrate with all existing mobile and web frameworks.

Pawaa Software Private Limited, established in 2004 and based in Bengaluru, India, specializes in data security solutions aimed at preventing data leaks from trusted users such as employees and partners. The company offers a range of products including pawaaFILE, a unique file format that provides data leak prevention across various environments by encrypting content with multiple keys and allowing owners to control access and usage permissions. Additionally, pawaaSHARE secures enterprise file sharing and storage systems, while pawaaWEBB focuses on securing web applications. The Pawaa paradigm enhances traditional security models by standardizing security controls at the content level. Other offerings include pawaaSTUDIO and pawaaDOCS, which provide on-demand information security tools and integrate with Google Apps, respectively. Pawaa Software's innovative solutions cater to multiple industries including healthcare, IT, manufacturing, and finance. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, enhancing its capabilities in the information security sector.

Portcullis Computer Security, Ltd. is a privately held UK-based consultancy that provides cybersecurity services to enterprise clients and the government sector.

MaintenanceNet is the global leader in service revenue generation. Our ServiceExchange® cloud platform accelerates recurring service revenue by integrating big data, automating the sales process, and innovating a world class customer experience. The key to MaintenanceNet’s success is its ability to uncover and automate recurring revenue opportunities within a sales practice. By aggregating disparate data sources and turning incomplete or inaccurate customer data into actionable and reliable business intelligence, MaintenanceNet increases service revenue and profits for customers by reducing friction in the sales process. MaintenanceNet’s ServiceExchange platform and its AutoQuote℠ Campaign Engine, fueled by its data intelligence services, serve as powerful sales enablement tools that deliver billions of dollars in sales opportunities to the global market.

OpenDNS is a provider of Internet security and Domain Name System services for homes and businesses. It also provides internet wide security network for web content filtering, anti phishing, Domain Name System infrastructure, and navigation services that enable consumers and administrators to protect networks from online threats and to enforce internet use policies.

Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. provides Piston OpenStack, a software that automates the orchestration of a private cloud environment on commodity servers. The company also provides assistance services in planning, systems integration, and operations design; software update services; and online and customized training services for application developers, cloud operators, and cloud administrators. It serves companies building Web, mobile, and big data applications; and financial services organizations, medical research labs, service providers, and federal government agencies worldwide. Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of June 12, 2015, Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Tropo Inc. provides a cloud API for building voice and SMS applications. It offers Tropo that enables the user to create conference calls and transcribe calls; and add communications features to their applications. Tropo Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Menlo Park, California. As of May 29, 2015, Tropo Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

HyTrust was founded by veterans in the enterprise infrastructure and security space who recognized early on not only that virtualization and the cloud were going to dramatically transform the data center, but also that security would be a critical inhibitor to cloud adoption. The mission behind HyTrust has always been to mitigate the risk of catastrophic data center failure and data breaches — especially in light of the concentration of risk that occurs within virtualized and cloud environments. Organizations can now confidently expand virtualization to mission critical applications and take full advantage of the cloud. HyTrust has assembled a world-class team of company builders and innovators and has earned venture backing from the biggest players in the next-generation datacenter: Cisco, VMware, Intel, Fortinet, and In-Q-Tel, the funding arm of the US intelligence community. Further venture investment has come from highly respected firms such as Trident Capital, Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Advanced Venture Partners and Granite Ventures.

Embrane is a software company based in Santa Clara, California, founded in 2009. It specializes in designing and developing solutions for the delivery and management of network services within data centers. Embrane's offerings include application-centric network services such as firewalls, virtual private networks (VPNs), load balancers, and SSL offload engines. The company's solutions aim to simplify the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing for both service providers and enterprise customers.

Neohapsis specializes in providing security services and governance, risk, and compliance solutions for enterprises and government agencies. The company offers a comprehensive range of application security services, which include application assessments, architecture design assessments, threat modeling, and secure software development lifecycle evaluations. In the realm of cloud security, Neohapsis facilitates rapid deployment of secure cloud applications, conducts cloud application and infrastructure assessments, and ensures cloud data compliance. The firm also addresses various compliance requirements, such as those related to payment card industry data security standards and HIPAA. Additionally, Neohapsis provides IT risk management, third-party risk management, and advisory services, as well as mobile security solutions covering mobile applications, infrastructure, and device security. The organization's expertise extends to network and endpoint security, ensuring a holistic approach to safeguarding information assets.

Loggly, Inc. is a cloud-based application intelligence provider specializing in log management and analytics solutions for app developers. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company serves over 10,000 customers, including a significant portion of the Fortune 500. Loggly offers tools for troubleshooting, root cause analysis, systems monitoring, application debugging, and deployment monitoring. Its service integrates seamlessly into engineering processes, particularly for teams adopting continuous deployment and DevOps practices, helping to reduce mean time to recovery (MTTR) and improve overall service quality. By structuring and summarizing log data, Loggly enables users to gain insights through real-time metrics and dashboards, transforming traditional log analysis into a more efficient process. Loggly operates as a subsidiary of SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC.

Waygum Inc. is a company based in Dublin, California, founded in 2015, that specializes in designing and developing a mobile application platform tailored for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The platform facilitates the creation and deployment of integrated mobile applications, serving as the final mobile layer for industrial applications. By leveraging a robust cloud backend, Waygum's technology enables administrators and operators to connect various industrial assets, products, enterprise data, and workflows. This integration allows businesses to maximize the benefits of IoT through enhanced mobile experiences.

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Memoir is a seed-stage startup specializing in scaling memory performance. Memory performance is a standard bottleneck in scaling system performance. Memoir is enabling technology to alleviate this bottleneck in an application-independent manner.

Metacloud is a cloud solutions provider specializing in OpenStack-based private clouds for enterprise clients. Established in 2010 by experienced architects from leading web commerce and technology firms, Metacloud focuses on deploying and supporting production clouds for Fortune 500 companies across various industries. The company is based in Pasadena, California, and serves as a corporate sponsor of the OpenStack Foundation, actively participating in and contributing to the OpenStack community. Metacloud distinguishes itself by offering a seamless cloud experience, prioritizing functionality over hardware, software, or consulting services.

LiveAction, Inc. specializes in application-aware network performance management and quality-of-service (QoS) control solutions. The company offers its flagship product, LiveNX, a network performance management platform that provides enterprises with tools to monitor, analyze, and configure various aspects of their networks, including QoS, NetFlow, and WAN management. LiveNX enhances network diagnostics, automates device discovery, and monitors service delivery to ensure compliance with service level agreements. The platform's dynamic dashboard presents a comprehensive view of network performance, facilitating proactive alerts on potential issues. Additionally, LiveAction provides solutions for voice and video optimization, application performance troubleshooting, cyber security, and capacity planning. Targeting both public and private sector enterprises, the company serves multiple industries, including government, healthcare, education, and finance. Founded in 2008 and based in Palo Alto, California, LiveAction was previously known as ActionPacked Networks, Inc. and rebranded in February 2014.

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Team8 is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in New York City. The firm specializes in building and investing in startups focused on enterprise technology, cybersecurity, data science, AI, and fintech. Team8 employs a unique model that combines in-house company builders with a network of experienced executives and industry leaders, particularly drawing from the expertise of Israel's elite tech and intelligence Unit 8200. This collaborative approach enables Team8 to identify significant market challenges, develop innovative solutions, and accelerate the growth of new ventures. The firm targets early-stage investments, including seed and Series A and B rounds, and is backed by prominent global companies such as Microsoft, Walmart, Cisco, Barclays, and Moody's. Through its initiatives, Team8 aims to transform the technological landscape by co-founding and supporting companies that drive digital innovation and enhance the capabilities of existing financial and technological institutions.

Puppet makes infrastructure actionable, scalable and intelligent. From the data center to the cloud, Puppet helps enterprises modernize and manage their infrastructure to deliver innovation and efficiency through continuous automation. More than 40,000 organizations — including more than 80 percent of the Global 5000 — have benefited from Puppet’s open source and commercial solutions to ensure business continuity, optimize costs, boost compliance and ensure security - all while accelerating the adoption of DevOps practices and delivery of self-service.

Tail-f Systems is the leading provider of configuration management and network automation software. Network Equipment Providers use Tail-f software to build on-device management systems and EMS/NMS platforms in less time and with differentiated capabilities. Service Providers use Tail-f software to quickly build scalable, agile management systems and benefit by bringing network services to market faster and more reliably. Tail-f Systems, a Red Herring Top 100 company, is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

ThreatGRID is the first unified malware analysis and threat intelligence solution that is revolutionizing how organizations use accurate and context-rich intelligence to defend against advanced cyber attacks. ThreatGRID securely crowdsources large volumes of malware and performs advanced analysis in the cloud, to identify key behavioral indicators enabling near real-time remediation. ThreatGRID empowers security teams with continuous real-time threat intelligence, enriched by global and historical context, to prevent future attacks. ThreatGRID’s API simplifies sample submission and intelligence integration with other security products to maximize the effectiveness of existing investments.

The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is one of Canada's oldest English-language universities and one of the first public universities established in North America. Founded in 1785, the multi-campus institution is home to over 60 research centres and institutes, groups and ongoing projects. The university offers over 75 undergraduate and graduate programs in 14 faculties to more than 10,500 students at campuses in Fredericton and Saint John from more than 100 countries, and several thousand more take UNB courses online and at partner institutions around the world. As the largest research institution in New Brunswick, UNB conducts more than 75 per cent of the province’s university research.

Ayla Networks Inc. offers an Internet of Things (IoT) platform designed for manufacturers and service providers. Its flagship product, the Agile IoT Platform, is a cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that facilitates device connectivity to cloud applications, allowing for the rapid adaptation of various devices and environments. The company also provides the Agile Mobile Application Platform (AMAP), which accelerates the development of mobile applications for managing IoT devices, as well as Ayla Insights, a business intelligence tool that delivers valuable insights into the usage of connected products. By simplifying the complexities of IoT, Ayla Networks enables manufacturers to enhance their products, transforming them into smart connected systems. The company has established strategic partnerships with entities such as Smartvue Corporation and Tata Elxsi, and it has a cooperation agreement with China Unicom. Founded in 2010, Ayla Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Japan.

EVRYTHNG Limited is a platform that connects consumer products to the Internet, enabling the management of real-time data to enhance applications and analytics throughout the product lifecycle. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in New York and San Francisco, the company offers a range of solutions including THNGHUB, a local cloud gateway software, and tools for consumer engagement, brand protection, inventory management, product registration, and reordering. These solutions allow consumer electronics and home appliance manufacturers to enable their products for mobile control and provide digital engagement through smart labels and packaging. By managing billions of intelligent identities in the cloud, EVRYTHNG empowers brands to deliver direct digital services to consumers, optimize supply chains with real-time insights, and integrate their products within a broader ecosystem of applications and services across various industries such as electronics, apparel, food and beverages, and health.