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Founded in 2015, Notable Systems develops a health data platform that streamlines healthcare IT. Its technology facilitates intuitive data entry and passive collection, enabling seamless access across systems and organizations to better serve patients and clinicians.

Sturdy empowers businesses to leverage data for creating optimal customer experiences. Its platform analyzes customer communications across various systems, identifies preemptive signals of account risks, and provides actionable insights to enhance customer satisfaction and retention.

Krista Software is a developer of an innovative platform that leverages conversational AI to enhance customer satisfaction for businesses. The platform is designed to automate business outcomes and facilitate the development of machine learning models from the ground up. By utilizing a domain-specific language, Krista's software enables contextual communication with employees and integrates seamlessly with internal IT systems and commercial off-the-shelf software. This capability allows businesses to move away from traditional user interface-based automation, reducing the maintenance and upkeep typically associated with such systems. Krista Software aims to simplify the application of collective AI, making it more accessible for organizations to achieve their operational goals.

PgEdge provides distributed PostgreSQL designed to optimize the network edge, reduce data latency, and ensure ultra-high availability for mission-critical applications. The service combines multi-active, multi-master, and multi-region replication hosted in a managed cloud environment, enabling developers to build and deploy distributed database applications across the global network with low latency and resilient performance.

Founded in 2015, Base Operations provides a threat intelligence platform that aggregates, visualizes, and interprets street-level crime data. Its solutions include threat assessments, sophisticated visualizations, neighborhood threat ratings, and deployment services, helping organizations minimize risk and protect people and assets globally.

Yardstik is a technology company specializing in background screening solutions. Its API platform enables businesses to efficiently vet candidates, reducing time and costs while maintaining robust security checks.

Cognota is an operations platform designed specifically for Learning & Development (L&D) teams. It streamlines training request management, enhances project planning, facilitates content creation, and improves collaboration with subject matter experts. By consolidating these functions onto a single platform, Cognota boosts L&D team productivity across various industries.

ValiCyber focuses on providing security solutions specifically for Linux environments, offering a platform that effectively secures workloads and prevents cyber attacks through proactive hardening techniques. The technology automatically identifies and resolves security issues, allowing for efficient multi-tenant management and easy generation of incident reports. This scalable platform minimizes the resource impact of security measures, ensuring that computing resources are preserved for essential tasks while providing organizations with robust protection against potential threats. ValiCyber’s approach enables businesses to maintain operational efficiency while safeguarding their critical assets against cyber attacks.

Founded in 2014, Datasembly specializes in transforming unstructured web data into structured data. It aggregates millions of grocery and retail pricing records daily from various sources, providing valuable insights to CPG brands, retailers, and analytics firms for informed business decisions.

Incentivio is a developer of an intelligent guest engagement platform tailored for the restaurant industry, aiming to enhance the dining experience in the digital age. The platform supports restaurants in acquiring new customers, boosting visit frequency and spending, and fostering loyalty among both first-time visitors and repeat patrons. By leveraging a combination of online ordering, white-label apps, loyalty programs, analytics, and guest journey management, Incentivio provides a comprehensive system that helps restaurants improve customer retention while also reducing operational costs. Its focus on data-driven marketing and machine learning upsell strategies enables restaurants to maximize revenue and establish lasting connections with their guests.

Cloverly offers a Sustainability-as-a-Service platform that enables businesses and organizations to achieve carbon neutrality. It connects online buyers with local, high-quality renewable energy sources, making carbon offsets accessible for everyday activities.

Founded in 2022, FOUNT is a SaaS company specializing in identifying and reducing work friction. Its platform uses targeted surveys and analytics to provide businesses with actionable insights, supporting digital transformations, optimizing AI adoption, and improving productivity.

Speedscale provides a traffic-driven testing platform that emulates production conditions for software development and testing, with a focus on Kubernetes environments. The platform captures real user traffic, redacts sensitive information, auto-generates tests and mocks, supports service discovery, and scales sanitized traffic for load testing. It enables engineers to validate how code performs under production-like workloads by collecting and replaying API traffic, introducing controlled chaos, and measuring latency, throughput, saturation and errors before release. This approach accelerates development cycles, improves testing accuracy, and helps reduce production incidents by surfacing issues tied to real user behavior.

PgEdge provides distributed PostgreSQL designed to optimize the network edge, reduce data latency, and ensure ultra-high availability for mission-critical applications. The service combines multi-active, multi-master, and multi-region replication hosted in a managed cloud environment, enabling developers to build and deploy distributed database applications across the global network with low latency and resilient performance.

Apkudo, Inc. is a technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 2010, that specializes in solutions for managing the lifecycle of connected devices. The company provides a comprehensive platform that facilitates the efficient handling of mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and other electronics by automating processes such as certification, trade-in, recovery, resale, and device processing. Apkudo's Circular Industry Platform allows businesses to maximize the value of their devices while minimizing e-waste, offering decision-support and operational tools that ensure seamless transitions throughout a device’s lifecycle. By standardizing and optimizing the exchange of real-time data among stakeholders in the global device ecosystem, Apkudo enhances operational efficiencies and improves margins for original equipment manufacturers and mobile network operators.

Sunstone Credit facilitates affordable solar loans for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), streamlining the application process. It partners with financial institutions and solar developers to provide flexible, borrower-friendly terms, enabling SMBs to save money and reduce their carbon footprint.

Parallax, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Edina, Minnesota, specializes in developing tools designed to enhance organizational alignment and decision-making. The company focuses on empowering digital services firms to improve their operational efficiency and financial performance through predictive resourcing and active forecasting. By offering a curated perspective and an integrated toolset, Parallax alleviates the challenges posed by traditional in-house tools and monolithic platforms that often silo critical data and decision-making processes. This approach enables teams to navigate uncertainties with greater confidence and to make informed strategic decisions that drive growth and increase profitability.

Tellius, Inc., established in 2015 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, specializes in providing an AI-powered business analytics platform designed for enterprises seeking accelerated data-driven insights and decision-making. The company's core offering is a search-enabled visualization tool coupled with a proprietary recommendation engine that automates basic data interpretation using machine learning algorithms. This enables Tellius to uncover hidden correlations, trends, and anomalies within large datasets, presenting them as suggested visualizations and predictive models. Unlike traditional BI tools, Tellius' platform is built on Apache Spark, ensuring scalability and performance in big data environments.

Rewst is a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) platform specifically designed for Managed Service Providers (MSPs). The company focuses on offering low-code and no-code solutions to facilitate task automation, particularly for smaller MSPs. By integrating with various tools such as customer relationship management (CRM) systems, ticketing systems, and accounting software, Rewst enables businesses to enhance operational efficiency. The platform allows users to track performance and identify improvement areas, ultimately helping organizations save costs and streamline processes.

ThreatX is a cybersecurity company that specializes in protecting application programming interfaces (APIs) from various threats, including DDoS attacks, bot attacks, and exploitations of vulnerabilities. Its cloud-based platform offers multi-layered detection capabilities that accurately identify malicious actors and dynamically respond to threats, ensuring comprehensive protection for organizations across diverse industries worldwide. By leveraging cloud-optimized infrastructure, ThreatX delivers effective bot management and DDoS mitigation services, enabling businesses to safeguard their networks and effectively manage cybersecurity risks.

Founded in 2013, CrowdStreet is a Portland-based company that operates an online marketplace connecting accredited investors with institutional-quality commercial real estate investments. Its platform facilitates direct access to diverse investment opportunities, enabling investors and developers to review, compare, and select deals based on their criteria.

Sturdy empowers businesses to leverage data for creating optimal customer experiences. Its platform analyzes customer communications across various systems, identifies preemptive signals of account risks, and provides actionable insights to enhance customer satisfaction and retention.

Ceritas specializes in critical infrastructure cybersecurity. It uses HBOM/DBOM technology to map operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) components, identifying vulnerabilities at the subcomponent level.

EcoMap is a company that specializes in creating data and AI-driven solutions designed to enhance entrepreneurial ecosystems. By centralizing essential information about organizations, resources, and community activities, EcoMap's platform serves as a valuable tool for entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders. The company collaborates with various stakeholders, including government agencies and social impact enterprises, to improve resource connectivity and facilitate personalized opportunities for users. Additionally, EcoMap offers advanced algorithms and chatbots that streamline access to critical ecosystem information, ensuring that entrepreneurs can efficiently locate the resources they need within their local communities.

ShardSecure, Inc. is a data protection company that specializes in encryption and cloud data security software solutions. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company employs its innovative Microshard technology to enhance the security of sensitive data stored and shared in the cloud. This technology works by breaking data into small fragments, which are then distributed across multiple cloud platforms and interspersed with false shards. This approach makes it exceedingly difficult for cybercriminals to reconstruct the original data, thereby safeguarding it against unauthorized access. ShardSecure's solutions are application-agnostic and function as a virtual storage appliance, providing an additional layer of defense against potential misconfigurations in cloud environments. The company integrates seamlessly with major cloud service providers, including AWS, Azure, Google, and IBM, offering a simplified and effective alternative for enterprises and government agencies seeking robust data security solutions.

Sunstone Credit facilitates affordable solar loans for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), streamlining the application process. It partners with financial institutions and solar developers to provide flexible, borrower-friendly terms, enabling SMBs to save money and reduce their carbon footprint.

Apkudo, Inc. is a technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 2010, that specializes in solutions for managing the lifecycle of connected devices. The company provides a comprehensive platform that facilitates the efficient handling of mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and other electronics by automating processes such as certification, trade-in, recovery, resale, and device processing. Apkudo's Circular Industry Platform allows businesses to maximize the value of their devices while minimizing e-waste, offering decision-support and operational tools that ensure seamless transitions throughout a device’s lifecycle. By standardizing and optimizing the exchange of real-time data among stakeholders in the global device ecosystem, Apkudo enhances operational efficiencies and improves margins for original equipment manufacturers and mobile network operators.

Yardstik is a technology company specializing in background screening solutions. Its API platform enables businesses to efficiently vet candidates, reducing time and costs while maintaining robust security checks.

Krista Software is a developer of an innovative platform that leverages conversational AI to enhance customer satisfaction for businesses. The platform is designed to automate business outcomes and facilitate the development of machine learning models from the ground up. By utilizing a domain-specific language, Krista's software enables contextual communication with employees and integrates seamlessly with internal IT systems and commercial off-the-shelf software. This capability allows businesses to move away from traditional user interface-based automation, reducing the maintenance and upkeep typically associated with such systems. Krista Software aims to simplify the application of collective AI, making it more accessible for organizations to achieve their operational goals.

FactoryFix, established in 2015 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, operates a platform that connects manufacturers with a vetted network of skilled workers. This includes engineers, machinists, maintenance technicians, and other specialized professionals. The company offers flexible hiring solutions, such as same-day service projects, part-time workers, and contract or temporary resources, as well as support for factory automation and engineering projects. By streamlining the hiring process and providing access to a large pool of qualified candidates, FactoryFix helps manufacturers fill their labor needs efficiently.

Founded in 2022, FOUNT is a SaaS company specializing in identifying and reducing work friction. Its platform uses targeted surveys and analytics to provide businesses with actionable insights, supporting digital transformations, optimizing AI adoption, and improving productivity.

Exhale Financial offers innovative financial services designed to improve employee well-being. It provides low-cost loans and on-demand wage access, enabling employers to enhance their workforce's financial stability.

The Mom Project is a digital platform that connects professionally accomplished women, including mothers, with companies offering flexible job opportunities. Its marketplace facilitates matches based on education, work experience, and desired flexibility, serving both job seekers and businesses. Founded in 2015, the company aims to unlock the potential of mothers in the workforce.

Youreka Labs is a technology company that specializes in providing a no-code mobile platform designed to close the skills gap for frontline workers. Its Salesforce-native application simplifies the creation and management of smart mobile forms and procedures, enhancing operational efficiency across various industries. The company develops robotic smart mobile assistants that support frontline employees in sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing, energy, utilities, and the public sector. By facilitating knowledge-sharing, offsite assistance, and feedback, Youreka Labs enables clients to optimize their productivity and improve safety in the workplace.

Parallax, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Edina, Minnesota, specializes in developing tools designed to enhance organizational alignment and decision-making. The company focuses on empowering digital services firms to improve their operational efficiency and financial performance through predictive resourcing and active forecasting. By offering a curated perspective and an integrated toolset, Parallax alleviates the challenges posed by traditional in-house tools and monolithic platforms that often silo critical data and decision-making processes. This approach enables teams to navigate uncertainties with greater confidence and to make informed strategic decisions that drive growth and increase profitability.

Payzer is a developer of mobile and internet payment applications designed to facilitate payments and enable credit for users with instant approvals. The company offers a cloud-based platform that allows customers to accept payments through credit cards, debit cards, and electronic checks, whether in the field or at their home office. This system provides real-time tracking capabilities across organizations, helping contractors to operate more efficiently and effectively manage their businesses through streamlined payment processes.

ThreatX is a cybersecurity company that specializes in protecting application programming interfaces (APIs) from various threats, including DDoS attacks, bot attacks, and exploitations of vulnerabilities. Its cloud-based platform offers multi-layered detection capabilities that accurately identify malicious actors and dynamically respond to threats, ensuring comprehensive protection for organizations across diverse industries worldwide. By leveraging cloud-optimized infrastructure, ThreatX delivers effective bot management and DDoS mitigation services, enabling businesses to safeguard their networks and effectively manage cybersecurity risks.

Pet Screening, LLC is a company based in Cornelius, North Carolina, that specializes in managing pet policies for property owners and housing providers. Founded in 2016, the company provides a platform that screens household pets, validates reasonable accommodation requests for assistance animals, and ensures residents understand their pet policies. Pet Screening offers a secure location for residents to store and share critical information about their pets, such as vaccination records, behavioral history, and photos. This centralized approach helps landlords and property managers make informed decisions regarding their pet policies while enhancing overall management processes related to pets in rental properties.

Tellius, Inc., established in 2015 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, specializes in providing an AI-powered business analytics platform designed for enterprises seeking accelerated data-driven insights and decision-making. The company's core offering is a search-enabled visualization tool coupled with a proprietary recommendation engine that automates basic data interpretation using machine learning algorithms. This enables Tellius to uncover hidden correlations, trends, and anomalies within large datasets, presenting them as suggested visualizations and predictive models. Unlike traditional BI tools, Tellius' platform is built on Apache Spark, ensuring scalability and performance in big data environments.

Rent Ready is a comprehensive service provider specializing in preparing vacant apartments for new tenants. The company offers a range of services, including painting, cleaning, carpet cleaning, refinishing countertops and tubs, and general maintenance, all through a single point of contact. This streamlined approach allows apartment communities to efficiently manage the transition from move-out to move-in, ensuring that properties are ready for occupancy according to their schedules. Rent Ready operates an online platform that leverages a proprietary logistics system to connect apartment communities with skilled professionals, facilitating coordination and reducing the need for multiple vendors. Their commitment to excellent customer service enhances the overall experience for property managers and landlords, simplifying the make-ready process.

Webscale Networks, Inc., established in 2012, specializes in developing Webscale, an integrated solution for delivering web applications. Its cloud-based platform offers auto-scaling capabilities driven by predictive analytics and big data, ensuring optimal resource allocation. Key features include application delivery controller (ADC) layer scaling, RESTful API configuration, simplified integration with new providers, content optimization, security, load balancing, caching, self-healing, DNS management, visibility, mobile optimization, and a Web Application Firewall. Additionally, the company provides tailored solutions for e-commerce applications, including a customizable global deployment platform, multi-cloud disaster recovery, bot management, and enterprise solutions. Webscale operates globally with offices in Sunnyvale (California), Boulder (Colorado), and Bengaluru (India).

Founded in 2015, ChurnZero is a SaaS company specializing in customer success software. Its platform helps subscription-based businesses understand customer product usage, assess health scores, and personalize experiences through timely touchpoints to reduce churn.

WireWheel, Inc. is a software company specializing in data privacy management solutions, designed to assist organizations in complying with various data protection regulations such as the EU GDPR and HIPAA. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, WireWheel offers a cloud-based platform that integrates machine learning and data science to streamline privacy program management and subject rights request handling. The platform facilitates the automatic mapping of public cloud assets and aids in managing third-party relationships, enabling organizations to effectively navigate compliance obligations while maximizing the value of their data assets. WireWheel's innovative approach positions its clients to operationalize privacy effectively within their enterprises.

Apkudo, Inc. is a technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 2010, that specializes in solutions for managing the lifecycle of connected devices. The company provides a comprehensive platform that facilitates the efficient handling of mobile phones, tablets, laptops, and other electronics by automating processes such as certification, trade-in, recovery, resale, and device processing. Apkudo's Circular Industry Platform allows businesses to maximize the value of their devices while minimizing e-waste, offering decision-support and operational tools that ensure seamless transitions throughout a device’s lifecycle. By standardizing and optimizing the exchange of real-time data among stakeholders in the global device ecosystem, Apkudo enhances operational efficiencies and improves margins for original equipment manufacturers and mobile network operators.

Perishable Shipping Solutions, Inc. is a company specializing in e-commerce order fulfillment services for food and beverage brands that require temperature-controlled storage and shipping. Based in Youngstown, Ohio, and operating from bicoastal facilities, the company serves both small and large businesses with a focus on frozen, cold, and preservative-free foods. Its comprehensive service offerings include receiving and storing products, pick and pack operations, shipping, tracking notifications, and environmentally responsible packaging solutions. By effectively managing the logistics of perishable goods, Perishable Shipping Solutions enables clients, including restaurants and direct-to-consumer operations, to safely deliver healthy food to their customers. Founded in 2016, the company is committed to providing reliable and efficient supply chain management for the perishable foods sector.

The Mom Project is a digital platform that connects professionally accomplished women, including mothers, with companies offering flexible job opportunities. Its marketplace facilitates matches based on education, work experience, and desired flexibility, serving both job seekers and businesses. Founded in 2015, the company aims to unlock the potential of mothers in the workforce.

Urjanet, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a cloud-based platform for automated access to utility data. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with an additional location in Chennai, India, Urjanet connects directly to utility providers to acquire and normalize utility bills and interval data. Its offerings include automated access to utility bill data across various utilities, granular measurements of energy consumption, and advanced metering infrastructure data without requiring additional hardware or software. The platform also features capabilities for weather data analysis and alerts for billing and consumption anomalies. Urjanet's solutions are designed to improve business intelligence, energy management, accounting, and procurement processes for organizations, enabling them to enhance financial performance, energy efficiency, and sustainability.

Cerebro Capital, Inc. is a technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a web-based portal tailored for middle-market companies seeking to utilize credit facilities for operational needs, growth, or acquisitions. The platform integrates data from over 80 lenders and employs analytics to effectively match financing types with suitable lenders, enhancing transparency in the borrowing process. By providing a comprehensive online loan management system, Cerebro Capital aims to improve the efficiency of lending for corporate borrowers and financial intermediaries. The company equips users with access to critical market expertise, detailed term sheets, and continuous monitoring of credit standing and debt capacity, ultimately transforming how financial teams evaluate and source corporate credit.

Founded in 2013, CrowdStreet is a Portland-based company that operates an online marketplace connecting accredited investors with institutional-quality commercial real estate investments. Its platform facilitates direct access to diverse investment opportunities, enabling investors and developers to review, compare, and select deals based on their criteria.

Stardog is a leading provider of Enterprise Knowledge Graph platforms. It transforms complex data into actionable insights, empowering businesses like Bosch, Ericsson, BNY Mellon, NASA, and NIH to drive digital transformations. Headquartered in Arlington, VA, Stardog is recognized as one of Fast Company's most innovative companies.

Drum is a gig economy platform that aims to enhance the lives of millions by facilitating the creation and management of sales forces for businesses. Launched in 2019, it allows companies to establish a sales presence more efficiently than traditional advertising methods. In addition to supporting businesses, Drum provides a comprehensive platform for creators, enabling them to engage with their followers and monetize their content. The platform offers in-app analytics that help creators sell both digital and physical products directly through their profiles, allowing them to focus on their creative endeavors while managing their sales effectively.

Tethr is a company that specializes in providing an AI-driven communications intelligence platform designed to enhance enterprise decision-making by harnessing the Voice of the Customer. By analyzing customer interactions from various communication channels, including phone calls and chats, Tethr extracts valuable insights that help organizations understand customer sentiment and behavior. With a foundation built on over a decade of best-practice customer experience research, Tethr equips businesses to measure key performance indicators that affect sales, customer loyalty, operating costs, compliance, and risk management. The platform enables organizations to share these insights across their teams, fostering a culture of informed decision-making that directly impacts overall business performance.

XOi Technologies develops firmware and software solutions for wearable devices used in blue-collar industries. Its cloud-based platform enables mobile application developers to manage enterprise wearable computing, integrate with enterprise management functions, facilitate real-time communication between suppliers and technicians, and improve customer transparency.

Backbone PLM, Inc. is a company that specializes in product lifecycle management solutions tailored for the consumer goods sector, particularly the fashion and apparel industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, Backbone PLM offers a modern, cloud-based platform designed to streamline product development processes. Its services include tools for file management, collaboration, and centralized product data, which facilitate communication among teams and suppliers. The platform features a tech pack editor, customizable product templates, and a range of other resources to manage complex designs efficiently. By enabling brands to innovate and design products more rapidly and effectively, Backbone PLM aims to enhance creativity, reduce time to market, and ultimately drive revenue growth for its clients.

Webscale Networks, Inc., established in 2012, specializes in developing Webscale, an integrated solution for delivering web applications. Its cloud-based platform offers auto-scaling capabilities driven by predictive analytics and big data, ensuring optimal resource allocation. Key features include application delivery controller (ADC) layer scaling, RESTful API configuration, simplified integration with new providers, content optimization, security, load balancing, caching, self-healing, DNS management, visibility, mobile optimization, and a Web Application Firewall. Additionally, the company provides tailored solutions for e-commerce applications, including a customizable global deployment platform, multi-cloud disaster recovery, bot management, and enterprise solutions. Webscale operates globally with offices in Sunnyvale (California), Boulder (Colorado), and Bengaluru (India).

Founded in 2015, ChurnZero is a SaaS company specializing in customer success software. Its platform helps subscription-based businesses understand customer product usage, assess health scores, and personalize experiences through timely touchpoints to reduce churn.

Pet Screening, LLC is a company based in Cornelius, North Carolina, that specializes in managing pet policies for property owners and housing providers. Founded in 2016, the company provides a platform that screens household pets, validates reasonable accommodation requests for assistance animals, and ensures residents understand their pet policies. Pet Screening offers a secure location for residents to store and share critical information about their pets, such as vaccination records, behavioral history, and photos. This centralized approach helps landlords and property managers make informed decisions regarding their pet policies while enhancing overall management processes related to pets in rental properties.

RackTop Systems, Inc. develops innovative data center solutions with a focus on data security and storage performance. The company's flagship product, BrickStor, is available in several versions: BrickStor Iron, which serves as an enterprise storage platform; BrickStor Titanium, tailored for private cloud environments; BrickStor zFLASH, which offers flash storage with high performance; and BrickStor SP, a software-defined primary data solution that implements a data-centric Zero Trust model to protect against cyber threats such as ransomware. Other offerings include an object storage platform called OSP, enterprise networking solutions through FlexBox, and virtual desktop infrastructure support with vBox. Additionally, RackTop provides MyRacktop, a secure multi-tenant cloud, and an enterprise backup and recovery appliance. The company also delivers consulting services in data storage optimization and information security to various sectors, including banking, education, and government. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Fulton, Maryland, RackTop Systems has gained recognition for its innovative approach to cybersecurity and data management.

Cloud Elements provides a cloud-to-cloud API integration platform that helps developers connect and manage data across multiple cloud applications and services. The platform includes hubs for data domains such as customers, documents, messaging, help desk, marketing, and finance; reusable elements that connect specific cloud endpoints; and an API integration layer for building, integrating, monitoring, and maintaining third-party cloud services and applications. It supports end-to-end functions such as data transformations, API provisioning, usage monitoring, events, and notifications to track and troubleshoot integrations, enabling connections between apps in CRM and marketing automation ecosystems. The company also offers consulting services, including design assessments, design workshops, application development, and API development. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Cloud Elements serves startups, SaaS vendors, and enterprise departments worldwide.

Ceros offers a cloud-based platform empowering marketers and designers to create rich, interactive content without coding or traditional web development. Its software enables real-time collaboration on digital projects and seamless publishing.

Threater delivers a comprehensive cybersecurity platform focused on active network defense. The system automates the discovery, enforcement, and analysis of cyber threats at scale, enabling organizations to detect and neutralize risks proactively and automatically. Its patented technology blocks all known threats, allowing the rest of the security stack to operate more efficiently. By integrating threat detection, enforcement, and response into a single solution, Threater helps enterprises safeguard their networks and data against evolving cyber threats.

The Mom Project is a digital platform that connects professionally accomplished women, including mothers, with companies offering flexible job opportunities. Its marketplace facilitates matches based on education, work experience, and desired flexibility, serving both job seekers and businesses. Founded in 2015, the company aims to unlock the potential of mothers in the workforce.

Payzer is a developer of mobile and internet payment applications designed to facilitate payments and enable credit for users with instant approvals. The company offers a cloud-based platform that allows customers to accept payments through credit cards, debit cards, and electronic checks, whether in the field or at their home office. This system provides real-time tracking capabilities across organizations, helping contractors to operate more efficiently and effectively manage their businesses through streamlined payment processes.

Cloud Elements provides a cloud-to-cloud API integration platform that helps developers connect and manage data across multiple cloud applications and services. The platform includes hubs for data domains such as customers, documents, messaging, help desk, marketing, and finance; reusable elements that connect specific cloud endpoints; and an API integration layer for building, integrating, monitoring, and maintaining third-party cloud services and applications. It supports end-to-end functions such as data transformations, API provisioning, usage monitoring, events, and notifications to track and troubleshoot integrations, enabling connections between apps in CRM and marketing automation ecosystems. The company also offers consulting services, including design assessments, design workshops, application development, and API development. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Cloud Elements serves startups, SaaS vendors, and enterprise departments worldwide.

Founded in 2014, ShipMonk specializes in order fulfillment solutions for ecommerce businesses. It offers a cloud-based software platform for inventory, orders, shipping, and warehouse management, serving startups and small to medium-sized enterprises.

WireWheel, Inc. is a software company specializing in data privacy management solutions, designed to assist organizations in complying with various data protection regulations such as the EU GDPR and HIPAA. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, WireWheel offers a cloud-based platform that integrates machine learning and data science to streamline privacy program management and subject rights request handling. The platform facilitates the automatic mapping of public cloud assets and aids in managing third-party relationships, enabling organizations to effectively navigate compliance obligations while maximizing the value of their data assets. WireWheel's innovative approach positions its clients to operationalize privacy effectively within their enterprises.

Threater delivers a comprehensive cybersecurity platform focused on active network defense. The system automates the discovery, enforcement, and analysis of cyber threats at scale, enabling organizations to detect and neutralize risks proactively and automatically. Its patented technology blocks all known threats, allowing the rest of the security stack to operate more efficiently. By integrating threat detection, enforcement, and response into a single solution, Threater helps enterprises safeguard their networks and data against evolving cyber threats.

Backbone PLM, Inc. is a company that specializes in product lifecycle management solutions tailored for the consumer goods sector, particularly the fashion and apparel industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, Backbone PLM offers a modern, cloud-based platform designed to streamline product development processes. Its services include tools for file management, collaboration, and centralized product data, which facilitate communication among teams and suppliers. The platform features a tech pack editor, customizable product templates, and a range of other resources to manage complex designs efficiently. By enabling brands to innovate and design products more rapidly and effectively, Backbone PLM aims to enhance creativity, reduce time to market, and ultimately drive revenue growth for its clients.

Founded in 2013, CrowdStreet is a Portland-based company that operates an online marketplace connecting accredited investors with institutional-quality commercial real estate investments. Its platform facilitates direct access to diverse investment opportunities, enabling investors and developers to review, compare, and select deals based on their criteria.

Optoro, Inc. is a provider of a reverse logistics platform that specializes in managing distressed inventory for retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with an additional location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, the company offers asset recovery solutions that include direct-to-consumer remarketing of customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished items through various online channels. Optoro's software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform features a returns management system that manages the entire returns lifecycle, from initiation to resale, integrating customer-facing channels with back-end operational systems. The company also provides inventory management services, which encompass warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, and eco-friendly disposal, as well as asset maximization services that utilize data analytics for multi-channel remarketing and reporting. With a focus on enhancing recovery and minimizing environmental waste, Optoro serves clients both in the United States and internationally.

Payzer is a developer of mobile and internet payment applications designed to facilitate payments and enable credit for users with instant approvals. The company offers a cloud-based platform that allows customers to accept payments through credit cards, debit cards, and electronic checks, whether in the field or at their home office. This system provides real-time tracking capabilities across organizations, helping contractors to operate more efficiently and effectively manage their businesses through streamlined payment processes.

Ceterus, Inc. is a national accounting and intelligence technology company that specializes in web-based accounting and financial reporting solutions. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, with an additional office in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Ceterus provides tools designed to empower entrepreneurs by automating bookkeeping and reporting processes. Its flagship product, Ceterus Edge, is a proprietary, cloud-based accounting software that offers accurate and timely financial reporting, peer benchmarks, and key performance metrics. The software enables businesses to monitor their financial health by comparing sales, margins, and expenses with peers, delivering real-time insights that support informed decision-making. Ceterus primarily serves various sectors including restaurants, fitness, wellness, retail, education, and beauty industries.

ThreatX is a cybersecurity company that specializes in protecting application programming interfaces (APIs) from various threats, including DDoS attacks, bot attacks, and exploitations of vulnerabilities. Its cloud-based platform offers multi-layered detection capabilities that accurately identify malicious actors and dynamically respond to threats, ensuring comprehensive protection for organizations across diverse industries worldwide. By leveraging cloud-optimized infrastructure, ThreatX delivers effective bot management and DDoS mitigation services, enabling businesses to safeguard their networks and effectively manage cybersecurity risks.

Voci is a technology company specializing in advanced speech recognition solutions that transform voice data into actionable insights. Utilizing hardware-accelerated speech recognition and artificial intelligence, Voci provides businesses with highly accurate transcriptions and valuable analytics, including insights on gender, sentiment, emotion, and speaker biometrics. The company's services are particularly beneficial for organizations in highly regulated sectors, as they help ensure compliance and mitigate risks related to fraud and regulatory violations. Additionally, Voci offers automatic speech-to-text services that enhance voicemail outputs for telecommunications providers, contributing to improved customer experience and optimized contact center operations. Through its innovative approach, Voci empowers companies to analyze audio data effectively, track call center performance, and gain a deeper understanding of customer interactions.

TaskEasy, Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service platform that simplifies home and property maintenance for customers across the United States. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company connects property owners with contractors for services such as lawn mowing, snow removal, and pool cleaning. Its platform facilitates the entire service process, including communication, pricing, scheduling, payment, and dispute resolution, making it easier for users to manage their maintenance needs. TaskEasy is notable for pioneering a nationwide service fulfillment model in the home exterior maintenance sector, ensuring fair pricing and quality service for homeowners, property managers, and contractors. This innovative approach allows contractors to efficiently manage their business operations through a user-friendly interface, eliminating the burdens of advertising, bidding, and billing.

Stardog is a leading provider of Enterprise Knowledge Graph platforms. It transforms complex data into actionable insights, empowering businesses like Bosch, Ericsson, BNY Mellon, NASA, and NIH to drive digital transformations. Headquartered in Arlington, VA, Stardog is recognized as one of Fast Company's most innovative companies.

Tethr is a company that specializes in providing an AI-driven communications intelligence platform designed to enhance enterprise decision-making by harnessing the Voice of the Customer. By analyzing customer interactions from various communication channels, including phone calls and chats, Tethr extracts valuable insights that help organizations understand customer sentiment and behavior. With a foundation built on over a decade of best-practice customer experience research, Tethr equips businesses to measure key performance indicators that affect sales, customer loyalty, operating costs, compliance, and risk management. The platform enables organizations to share these insights across their teams, fostering a culture of informed decision-making that directly impacts overall business performance.

DirectScale, Inc. is a software as a service (SaaS) provider that specializes in solutions for direct sales organizations, facilitating the management of intricate corporate functions. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Lindon, Utah, the company offers a platform that enables users to manage sales and commission tracking, data analysis, reporting, downline management, and messaging. Additionally, DirectScale provides training resources, a web portal, and e-commerce management tools. The platform is designed for user customization, allowing clients to configure and administer the software independently, reducing reliance on external development resources. With a focus on influencer marketing and multi-level marketing (MLM), DirectScale’s intuitive interface supports both mobile and desktop users, enhancing communication among teams and providing essential e-commerce functionalities to stimulate revenue growth.

ICX Media, Inc. is a media company that specializes in developing a software and data platform aimed at assisting independent video content creators in reaching audiences and monetizing their work. The platform enables users to produce, distribute, and market digital videos across various channels, including web, mobile, and connected TV applications. Additionally, it aids media companies and brands in finding, licensing, and distributing digital content effectively. By leveraging machine learning and data analytics, ICX Media analyzes vast amounts of data to predict the types of video content that will engage specific audiences. This capability allows both amateur and professional digital video producers, as well as brands and agencies, to create and target highly engaging content. Based in Washington, D.C., the company serves a diverse clientele, including major media and entertainment companies focused on connected TV and streaming.

Airside Mobile is a developer of innovative digital identity products aimed at both businesses and consumers, focusing on privacy and security. The company's digital identity platform allows users to authenticate their identification once and securely manage their personal information throughout their interactions. By leveraging technology trusted by the US government and major airlines, Airside enables clients to store personal documents digitally while maintaining control over how, when, and with whom their information is shared. This approach not only enhances the security of digital identities but also fosters trust between users and the organizations they engage with.

Founded in 2015, ChurnZero is a SaaS company specializing in customer success software. Its platform helps subscription-based businesses understand customer product usage, assess health scores, and personalize experiences through timely touchpoints to reduce churn.

Adwerx, Inc. is a digital advertising automation platform based in Durham, North Carolina, that specializes in localized advertising services for real estate, mortgage, insurance, and wealth management sectors. Founded in 2013, the company offers personalized and hyper-targeted marketing solutions that are scalable for businesses of all sizes, from individual agents to large enterprises. Adwerx's platform simplifies online advertising by providing tools that help clients identify potential customers and effectively promote listings, whether new or existing. As a trusted partner to thousands of firms, Adwerx empowers its clients to reach new audiences and nurture relationships, helping them stay competitive in their respective markets.

Parse.ly is an engagement analytics platform designed for online publishers to enhance their understanding of digital audience engagement. The company offers an innovative content analytics system that focuses on metrics such as engaged time and engagement rate, providing businesses with a more accurate insight into their website traffic. By utilizing Parse.ly's real-time and historical analytics dashboard, application programming interface, and data pipeline, organizations can analyze and optimize their content strategies. This enables them to demonstrate the value of their content effectively, ultimately increasing website traffic and ensuring that their digital efforts yield meaningful results.

UrbanStems Inc. is a Washington, D.C.-based company that specializes in on-demand flower delivery services. Founded in 2014, it offers a variety of fresh flowers and seasonal stems for different occasions, along with floral arrangements tailored for businesses. UrbanStems provides hand-crafted bouquets that are designed for quick delivery, often arriving within minutes to the recipient's location. The company's offerings include personalized notes and specific care instructions for each arrangement, enhancing the gifting experience. Additionally, UrbanStems features a subscription service for regular flower deliveries and provides an iOS application for convenient ordering. The company's services are available in major cities such as New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

Ceterus, Inc. is a national accounting and intelligence technology company that specializes in web-based accounting and financial reporting solutions. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, with an additional office in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Ceterus provides tools designed to empower entrepreneurs by automating bookkeeping and reporting processes. Its flagship product, Ceterus Edge, is a proprietary, cloud-based accounting software that offers accurate and timely financial reporting, peer benchmarks, and key performance metrics. The software enables businesses to monitor their financial health by comparing sales, margins, and expenses with peers, delivering real-time insights that support informed decision-making. Ceterus primarily serves various sectors including restaurants, fitness, wellness, retail, education, and beauty industries.

Atavium Inc., established in 2015 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, specializes in designing and developing a comprehensive data management platform. This platform is engineered to organize, automate, manage, and store large unstructured datasets, whether they reside in data centers or the cloud. Atavium's innovative system enables enterprises to automate the lifecycle of their data even before it is created, simplifying complex data environments. The company was founded by industry veterans with a proven track record of delivering high-impact products, previously acquired by prominent tech companies like Dell and EMC. As of April 8, 2020, Atavium operates as a subsidiary of Quantum Corporation.

Urjanet, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a cloud-based platform for automated access to utility data. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with an additional location in Chennai, India, Urjanet connects directly to utility providers to acquire and normalize utility bills and interval data. Its offerings include automated access to utility bill data across various utilities, granular measurements of energy consumption, and advanced metering infrastructure data without requiring additional hardware or software. The platform also features capabilities for weather data analysis and alerts for billing and consumption anomalies. Urjanet's solutions are designed to improve business intelligence, energy management, accounting, and procurement processes for organizations, enabling them to enhance financial performance, energy efficiency, and sustainability.

Yet Analytics operates a comprehensive data analytics platform for large enterprises. It collects data from diverse sources like web and mobile apps, wearables, IoT devices, and VR/AR systems to identify employee behavior trends and improve operational outcomes. Founded in 2014, it's headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Cloud Elements provides a cloud-to-cloud API integration platform that helps developers connect and manage data across multiple cloud applications and services. The platform includes hubs for data domains such as customers, documents, messaging, help desk, marketing, and finance; reusable elements that connect specific cloud endpoints; and an API integration layer for building, integrating, monitoring, and maintaining third-party cloud services and applications. It supports end-to-end functions such as data transformations, API provisioning, usage monitoring, events, and notifications to track and troubleshoot integrations, enabling connections between apps in CRM and marketing automation ecosystems. The company also offers consulting services, including design assessments, design workshops, application development, and API development. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Cloud Elements serves startups, SaaS vendors, and enterprise departments worldwide.

Fluid Truck is a technology-driven B2B platform focused on truck sharing, aiming to transform the utilization of business vehicles in the United States. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, the company provides a mobile application that enables businesses to share and rent trucks, optimizing vehicle usage through fractional ownership. The application is accessible on both the App Store and Google Play, allowing business owners to efficiently manage their transportation needs by connecting with others in their community to rent vehicles when not in use.

Webscale Networks, Inc., established in 2012, specializes in developing Webscale, an integrated solution for delivering web applications. Its cloud-based platform offers auto-scaling capabilities driven by predictive analytics and big data, ensuring optimal resource allocation. Key features include application delivery controller (ADC) layer scaling, RESTful API configuration, simplified integration with new providers, content optimization, security, load balancing, caching, self-healing, DNS management, visibility, mobile optimization, and a Web Application Firewall. Additionally, the company provides tailored solutions for e-commerce applications, including a customizable global deployment platform, multi-cloud disaster recovery, bot management, and enterprise solutions. Webscale operates globally with offices in Sunnyvale (California), Boulder (Colorado), and Bengaluru (India).

Payzer is a developer of mobile and internet payment applications designed to facilitate payments and enable credit for users with instant approvals. The company offers a cloud-based platform that allows customers to accept payments through credit cards, debit cards, and electronic checks, whether in the field or at their home office. This system provides real-time tracking capabilities across organizations, helping contractors to operate more efficiently and effectively manage their businesses through streamlined payment processes.

HUMAN is a cybersecurity company focused on safeguarding enterprises from bot attacks, thereby enhancing digital experiences for genuine users. The company employs its advanced Human Verification Engine to protect applications, APIs, and digital media from malicious bot activity, which can lead to significant financial losses and degrade user experience. HUMAN verifies over 10 trillion interactions weekly for major companies and internet platforms, ensuring that digital engagements are legitimate. Its solutions cover a range of sectors, including advertising, publishing, and enterprise, addressing various threats such as automated fraud, data scraping, and account takeovers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Washington, D.C., London, and Victoria, HUMAN continues to innovate in the field of online security.

Promoboxx Inc. is a Boston-based company that operates a brand-to-retailer marketing platform designed to facilitate collaboration between brands and their independent retailers. Founded in 2009, the platform allows brands to launch customized co-branded digital marketing campaigns that are compliant with brand guidelines. It enables brands to select participating retailers, validate their information, and schedule engagement actions, such as sharing reminders. Retailers can tailor national marketing materials to fit their local needs and access a suite of marketing tools to drive campaign traffic. Promoboxx supports over 85 leading brands, including The North Face and New Balance, enabling them to execute more than 3 million campaigns across 27,000 retailers. The platform also provides analytics to track engagement, campaign performance, and key business outcomes, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of marketing initiatives and fostering stronger relationships between brands and retailers.

Founded in 2011, Dizzion specializes in cloud-based end-user computing solutions. It provides secure, remote access to applications and data via its proprietary managed desktop service, enabling employees to work from any device with the same productivity as their office environment. The company caters to industries such as healthcare, finance, legal, education, and insurance.

Ceros offers a cloud-based platform empowering marketers and designers to create rich, interactive content without coding or traditional web development. Its software enables real-time collaboration on digital projects and seamless publishing.

RedPoint Global Inc. is a software company that specializes in developing customer engagement and data management solutions tailored for business-to-consumer industries. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, the company provides a suite of platforms including the Customer Engagement Hub, which offers a unified view of customers and intelligent orchestration for personalized interactions. Their Customer Interaction Platform enhances experiences across various devices and channels, while the Customer Data Platform focuses on data quality and identity resolution. RedPoint Global also offers rgOne, a customer engagement platform, and specialized solutions for sectors such as retail banking, healthcare, and telecommunications. With additional offices in Boulder, Colorado; London; Makati City; and Melbourne, RedPoint Global is dedicated to helping organizations optimize customer value and deliver relevant brand experiences.

Healthcare Interactive, Inc. specializes in health planning solutions aimed at enhancing the administration and delivery of healthcare. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Glenwood, Maryland, the company offers a cloud-based platform called Healthspace, designed to manage various components of benefits plans. This platform facilitates the integration of data, risk management, member engagement, incentive alignment, and performance measurement. Healthcare Interactive provides a range of services, including automated benefits plan management, workplace well-being solutions like health risk assessments and clinical health coaching, incentive management, direct contract primary care, and compliance solutions for ACA reporting. The company's focus is on enabling client-partners to utilize their data effectively to identify health risks and cost drivers, develop targeted programs, and implement administrative tools that enhance health outcomes within communities. Healthcare Interactive operates as a subsidiary of WellNet Healthcare Administrators, Inc.

Passport is a cloud technology startup based in Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 2010. The company specializes in a parking and transportation management platform that centralizes and streamlines mobility operations. By providing intelligent data and management tools, Passport helps cities create an open parking ecosystem and integrate payment solutions into existing applications. This approach enhances decision-making for city leaders and fosters more livable, equitable communities by optimizing vehicle interactions with urban infrastructure. Supported by investors such as Bain Capital Ventures and Grotech Ventures, Passport aims to revolutionize mobility management for a more efficient future.

TaskEasy, Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service platform that simplifies home and property maintenance for customers across the United States. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company connects property owners with contractors for services such as lawn mowing, snow removal, and pool cleaning. Its platform facilitates the entire service process, including communication, pricing, scheduling, payment, and dispute resolution, making it easier for users to manage their maintenance needs. TaskEasy is notable for pioneering a nationwide service fulfillment model in the home exterior maintenance sector, ensuring fair pricing and quality service for homeowners, property managers, and contractors. This innovative approach allows contractors to efficiently manage their business operations through a user-friendly interface, eliminating the burdens of advertising, bidding, and billing.