Rand Capital

Rand Capital Corporation is a business development company based in Buffalo, New York, that specializes in private equity investments. The firm focuses on providing equity and debt financing to lower middle market and small to medium-sized privately held companies, particularly those engaged in innovative products, technologies, or services. It primarily invests in sectors such as healthcare, consumer products, manufacturing, software, and professional services. Rand Capital targets companies with annual revenues up to $10 million and EBITDA up to $5 million, typically investing between $0.5 million and $1.5 million, with total investment rounds ranging from $1 million to $5 million. The firm seeks to be a lead investor and prefers to take minority stakes while aiming for a board seat in its portfolio companies. Rand Capital generally holds its investments for five to seven years and emphasizes opportunities in the Western and Upstate New York region, as well as areas within a three to five-hour drive from Buffalo, including parts of Canada. Established in 1969, Rand Capital combines venture capital with management expertise to foster business growth.

Margaret Whalen Brechtel

Vice President of Finance

Allen F. Grum

President and CEO

Deborah K. Pawlowski

Investor Relations

Daniel P. Penberthy

Executive Vice President, Treasurer and CFO

46 past transactions

Centivo

Series B in 2020
Centivo Corporation is a health plan administrator that provides innovative health insurance solutions for self-funded employers, employees, and clinicians. Founded in 2016 and based in Stamford, Connecticut, with additional offices in New York and Buffalo, the company aims to deliver high-quality, affordable healthcare by facilitating partnerships between employers and primary care teams. Centivo offers a comprehensive suite of services, including technology, claims processing, customer support, and population health management, to efficiently administer health benefits. Its model emphasizes collaboration between members and their primary care providers, encouraging cost-effective healthcare choices. Members benefit from personalized tools for patient-doctor matching and receive support through a user-friendly app and concierge services. Employers are supported by Centivo's commitment to eliminating waste and ensuring accountability in performance.

Centivo

Series A in 2018
Centivo Corporation is a health plan administrator that provides innovative health insurance solutions for self-funded employers, employees, and clinicians. Founded in 2016 and based in Stamford, Connecticut, with additional offices in New York and Buffalo, the company aims to deliver high-quality, affordable healthcare by facilitating partnerships between employers and primary care teams. Centivo offers a comprehensive suite of services, including technology, claims processing, customer support, and population health management, to efficiently administer health benefits. Its model emphasizes collaboration between members and their primary care providers, encouraging cost-effective healthcare choices. Members benefit from personalized tools for patient-doctor matching and receive support through a user-friendly app and concierge services. Employers are supported by Centivo's commitment to eliminating waste and ensuring accountability in performance.

Tilson

Series D in 2017
Tilson Technology Management, Inc. provides network deployment and information technology (IT) professional services. The company offers network design, development, and deployment in a range of technologies; IT professional services, including ERP, data, strategy, supply chain operations, technology and process transformation, program management office, software selection, and software development services; government consulting, including project consulting, management, and execution; and staffing and recruitment services. It serves construction, telecom, government, and utility industries worldwide. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Portland, Maine with a network of offices in the United States.

Tilson

Series D in 2017
Tilson Technology Management, Inc. provides network deployment and information technology (IT) professional services. The company offers network design, development, and deployment in a range of technologies; IT professional services, including ERP, data, strategy, supply chain operations, technology and process transformation, program management office, software selection, and software development services; government consulting, including project consulting, management, and execution; and staffing and recruitment services. It serves construction, telecom, government, and utility industries worldwide. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Portland, Maine with a network of offices in the United States.

Grainful

Venture Round in 2017
Grainful, operating under BeetNPath, LLC, is a food company focused on creating chef-inspired entrées that feature the wholesome goodness of steel-cut oats. The company produces whole grain-based frozen meals that prioritize health and accessibility, utilizing clean, natural ingredients that are gluten-free and rich in fiber, complete proteins, and other essential nutrients. Grainful aims to provide nourishing, high-quality food options for consumers at an affordable price, ensuring that wholesome meals are available for both lunch and dinner.

PostProcess

Seed Round in 2017
PostProcess Technologies Inc. specializes in automated and intelligent solutions for post-printing in additive manufacturing. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, with an additional location in Sophia-Antipolis, France, the company addresses the challenges of support removal and surface finishing for 3D printed parts. Its offerings include a combination of proprietary software, patent-pending hardware, and specially formulated chemicals that streamline the post-printing process across various technologies such as SLA, DLP, and CLIP. PostProcess provides a range of products, including automated support removal systems, surface finishing solutions, and consumables tailored for industries such as aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer goods, dental, and medical. By enhancing efficiency and ensuring precision, PostProcess aims to eliminate bottlenecks in the additive manufacturing workflow.

ACV

Series B in 2017
ACV Auctions, Inc. is a wholesale automotive auction company that operates a mobile platform designed for used-car dealers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, ACV enables dealers to view, bid on, and purchase car inventory through online auctions. The platform facilitates dealer-to-dealer transactions by allowing users to select desired vehicles and receive alerts on their mobile devices when specific cars become available. Additionally, ACV provides a pricing application for franchise dealers and acts as a closing tool for wholesale buyers to bid on vehicles. This innovative marketplace streamlines the buying and selling process within the automotive industry.

ACV

Series A in 2016
ACV Auctions, Inc. is a wholesale automotive auction company that operates a mobile platform designed for used-car dealers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, ACV enables dealers to view, bid on, and purchase car inventory through online auctions. The platform facilitates dealer-to-dealer transactions by allowing users to select desired vehicles and receive alerts on their mobile devices when specific cars become available. Additionally, ACV provides a pricing application for franchise dealers and acts as a closing tool for wholesale buyers to bid on vehicles. This innovative marketplace streamlines the buying and selling process within the automotive industry.

Genicon

Venture Round in 2016
Genicon is recognized as an emerging leader in the design, production, and distribution of patented surgical instrumentation focused exclusively on laparoscopic surgery. Genicon is a privately held firm in which several of their shareholders are surgeons who utilize their products. Genicon remains today as it originated: a company driven to meet the needs of modern-day healthcare through the harmonization of clinical needs and the economic demands of a global healthcare system.

ClearView Social

Seed Round in 2015
Clearview Social is an employee advocacy platform created to help companies increase revenue through more effective and systematic use of social media. With Clearview Social, employees can share on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter without leaving their inbox - helping companies bring in more business and increase exposure. Clearview Social gives marketers the ability to create a queue of content to be shared by the lawyers.

SocialFlow

Series C in 2015
SocialFlow, Inc., a software company, provides social media distribution and monetization solutions for publishers and media companies. The company’s algorithm releases posts when timing, relevance, and audience are optimized; identifies best performing posts to amplify with advertising; integrates amplified posts into platform-specific advertisement vehicles; establishes a continuous loop of feedback by analyzing responses; and develops new advertising opportunities that extend its client’s reach to segmented audiences. It offers its solutions to brands, publishers, marketers, and agencies to publish their social media content. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.

Rheonix

Venture Round in 2015
Rheonix, Inc. operates as a biomedical device company. Its products include CARD (Chemistry And Reagent Device) system to miniaturize and automate new and existing assays in multiple fields. Its products and technology are used in human/veterinary in vitro diagnostics, food/water testing, SNP analysis for personalized medicine applications, homeland security/defense applications, process control and final product QC, and tissue culture analysis in a research or production setting. Rheonix, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

Loupe

Series B in 2015
Loupe is a customer loyalty tech company. We build products that help sit-down restaurants retain and reward loyal diners. Grow your restaurant with loyal diners and Loupe! Loupe has been committed to connecting great restaurants with hungry diners since 2010 and works with hundreds of restaurants across North America. A team of restaurant and small business experts, Loupe is based in Buffalo, NY.

SciAps

Venture Round in 2015
SciAps, Inc. is a manufacturer of portable material analysis instruments, catering to both domestic and international markets. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, the company specializes in field-hardened devices designed to measure various compounds, minerals, and elements. Its product lineup includes the ReporteR Raman spectrometer for in-field applications, the ObserveR handheld stand-off Raman system for chemical and explosive identification, and PharmaID, a portable system for pharmaceutical validation. Additionally, SciAps offers bench-top spectrometers for academic and industrial use and provides rental options for its instruments. The company serves diverse sectors, including food safety, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing, and law enforcement, through a network of sales representatives and distributors. With a facility in Laramie, Wyoming, SciAps emphasizes the importance of operational efficiency, safety, and regulatory compliance in its offerings.

Genicon

Series B in 2015
Genicon is recognized as an emerging leader in the design, production, and distribution of patented surgical instrumentation focused exclusively on laparoscopic surgery. Genicon is a privately held firm in which several of their shareholders are surgeons who utilize their products. Genicon remains today as it originated: a company driven to meet the needs of modern-day healthcare through the harmonization of clinical needs and the economic demands of a global healthcare system.

GiveGab

Seed Round in 2015
GiveGab is a company that offers an online fundraising and crowdfunding platform tailored for nonprofit organizations, community foundations, and educational institutions. Founded in 2011 and based in Ithaca, New York, GiveGab provides a comprehensive suite of services designed to facilitate online fundraising efforts. Its platform enhances the connection between nonprofits, volunteers, and fundraisers, allowing clients to effectively promote their programs and events while also recruiting volunteers. Through its focus on community giving and peer-to-peer fundraising, GiveGab supports organizations in their efforts to raise money and foster relationships within their communities.

Tilson

Series B in 2015
Tilson Technology Management, Inc. provides network deployment and information technology (IT) professional services. The company offers network design, development, and deployment in a range of technologies; IT professional services, including ERP, data, strategy, supply chain operations, technology and process transformation, program management office, software selection, and software development services; government consulting, including project consulting, management, and execution; and staffing and recruitment services. It serves construction, telecom, government, and utility industries worldwide. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Portland, Maine with a network of offices in the United States.

Grainful

Venture Round in 2014
Grainful, operating under BeetNPath, LLC, is a food company focused on creating chef-inspired entrées that feature the wholesome goodness of steel-cut oats. The company produces whole grain-based frozen meals that prioritize health and accessibility, utilizing clean, natural ingredients that are gluten-free and rich in fiber, complete proteins, and other essential nutrients. Grainful aims to provide nourishing, high-quality food options for consumers at an affordable price, ensuring that wholesome meals are available for both lunch and dinner.

Knoa

Series B in 2014
Knoa Software, Inc. specializes in user experience management (UEM) software that enhances the performance of enterprise applications such as SAP and Oracle. The company's flagship products, including SAP UEM and Knoa UEM, provide comprehensive user experience metrics, enabling organizations to track application errors, user operations, and response times. These tools are designed to help businesses optimize the adoption and effective use of their software investments. Knoa also offers migration services for SAP S/4HANA and additional solutions tailored for specific applications such as Fiori and SuccessFactors. The company, headquartered in New York, has established strategic alliances with major enterprise software providers, allowing it to serve a diverse clientele consisting of global corporations and government entities, thereby facilitating data-driven decisions to enhance user experiences. Founded in 1987, Knoa Software was previously known as Knoa Corporation before rebranding in 2003.

Chequed.com, Inc.

Series A in 2014
Chequed.com is a cloud-based Predictive Talent Selection™ platform is used by some of the world’s leading brands including SUBWAY® Restaurants, The Walt Disney Company, Hallmark, Aspen Dental and many others.

Empire Genomics

Series A in 2014
Empire leverages genomics technologies, its keen understanding of the medical system, the needs of clinicians to deliver precise and continuous testing expertise for the best in class oncology disease management tools. Empire is a leader in the field of molecular diagnostics services.

Rheonix

Venture Round in 2014
Rheonix, Inc. operates as a biomedical device company. Its products include CARD (Chemistry And Reagent Device) system to miniaturize and automate new and existing assays in multiple fields. Its products and technology are used in human/veterinary in vitro diagnostics, food/water testing, SNP analysis for personalized medicine applications, homeland security/defense applications, process control and final product QC, and tissue culture analysis in a research or production setting. Rheonix, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

CrowdBouncer

Series A in 2014
CrowdBouncer, Inc. is a provider of a Platform-as-a-Service solution designed to facilitate compliance with the JOBS Act and streamline transactional processing for equity crowdfunding portals. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, the company offers a suite of services that include compliance cloud solutions, data security, and tools for accredited investor verification. Its proprietary technology, CrowdSIP, serves as a crowdfunding securities identification protocol. Additionally, CrowdBouncer provides a comprehensive Title III database to help portals navigate regulations, along with essential crowdfunding documents and investor anti-fraud vetting services. By catering to various portals and platform partners, CrowdBouncer addresses the back-office challenges faced by online alternative investment platforms, ensuring they can conduct transactions in compliance with applicable laws.

Rheonix

Venture Round in 2013
Rheonix, Inc. operates as a biomedical device company. Its products include CARD (Chemistry And Reagent Device) system to miniaturize and automate new and existing assays in multiple fields. Its products and technology are used in human/veterinary in vitro diagnostics, food/water testing, SNP analysis for personalized medicine applications, homeland security/defense applications, process control and final product QC, and tissue culture analysis in a research or production setting. Rheonix, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

SciAps

Venture Round in 2013
SciAps, Inc. is a manufacturer of portable material analysis instruments, catering to both domestic and international markets. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, the company specializes in field-hardened devices designed to measure various compounds, minerals, and elements. Its product lineup includes the ReporteR Raman spectrometer for in-field applications, the ObserveR handheld stand-off Raman system for chemical and explosive identification, and PharmaID, a portable system for pharmaceutical validation. Additionally, SciAps offers bench-top spectrometers for academic and industrial use and provides rental options for its instruments. The company serves diverse sectors, including food safety, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing, and law enforcement, through a network of sales representatives and distributors. With a facility in Laramie, Wyoming, SciAps emphasizes the importance of operational efficiency, safety, and regulatory compliance in its offerings.

KnowledgeVision

Venture Round in 2013
KnowledgeVision Systems Incorporated provides on-demand tools to create interactive and multi-media Web presentations for companies and organizations. It offers an enterprise solution for creating on-demand synchronized video business presentations for the Web. The company's tool is used in sales and marketing presentations, product demonstrations, training, and organizational development sessions, CEO and senior management communications, knowledge sharing presentations, periodic financial reporting, and virtual roadshows, an on-demand replay of webinars, and interactive white papers. KnowledgeVision Systems Incorporated was founded in 2010 and is based in Concord, Massachusetts.

GiveGab

Seed Round in 2013
GiveGab is a company that offers an online fundraising and crowdfunding platform tailored for nonprofit organizations, community foundations, and educational institutions. Founded in 2011 and based in Ithaca, New York, GiveGab provides a comprehensive suite of services designed to facilitate online fundraising efforts. Its platform enhances the connection between nonprofits, volunteers, and fundraisers, allowing clients to effectively promote their programs and events while also recruiting volunteers. Through its focus on community giving and peer-to-peer fundraising, GiveGab supports organizations in their efforts to raise money and foster relationships within their communities.

SciAps

Seed Round in 2013
SciAps, Inc. is a manufacturer of portable material analysis instruments, catering to both domestic and international markets. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, the company specializes in field-hardened devices designed to measure various compounds, minerals, and elements. Its product lineup includes the ReporteR Raman spectrometer for in-field applications, the ObserveR handheld stand-off Raman system for chemical and explosive identification, and PharmaID, a portable system for pharmaceutical validation. Additionally, SciAps offers bench-top spectrometers for academic and industrial use and provides rental options for its instruments. The company serves diverse sectors, including food safety, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing, and law enforcement, through a network of sales representatives and distributors. With a facility in Laramie, Wyoming, SciAps emphasizes the importance of operational efficiency, safety, and regulatory compliance in its offerings.

SocialFlow

Series B in 2013
SocialFlow, Inc., a software company, provides social media distribution and monetization solutions for publishers and media companies. The company’s algorithm releases posts when timing, relevance, and audience are optimized; identifies best performing posts to amplify with advertising; integrates amplified posts into platform-specific advertisement vehicles; establishes a continuous loop of feedback by analyzing responses; and develops new advertising opportunities that extend its client’s reach to segmented audiences. It offers its solutions to brands, publishers, marketers, and agencies to publish their social media content. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York.

GiveGab

Seed Round in 2013
GiveGab is a company that offers an online fundraising and crowdfunding platform tailored for nonprofit organizations, community foundations, and educational institutions. Founded in 2011 and based in Ithaca, New York, GiveGab provides a comprehensive suite of services designed to facilitate online fundraising efforts. Its platform enhances the connection between nonprofits, volunteers, and fundraisers, allowing clients to effectively promote their programs and events while also recruiting volunteers. Through its focus on community giving and peer-to-peer fundraising, GiveGab supports organizations in their efforts to raise money and foster relationships within their communities.

Knoa

Series A in 2012
Knoa Software, Inc. specializes in user experience management (UEM) software that enhances the performance of enterprise applications such as SAP and Oracle. The company's flagship products, including SAP UEM and Knoa UEM, provide comprehensive user experience metrics, enabling organizations to track application errors, user operations, and response times. These tools are designed to help businesses optimize the adoption and effective use of their software investments. Knoa also offers migration services for SAP S/4HANA and additional solutions tailored for specific applications such as Fiori and SuccessFactors. The company, headquartered in New York, has established strategic alliances with major enterprise software providers, allowing it to serve a diverse clientele consisting of global corporations and government entities, thereby facilitating data-driven decisions to enhance user experiences. Founded in 1987, Knoa Software was previously known as Knoa Corporation before rebranding in 2003.

QuaDPharma

Venture Round in 2012
QuaDPharma was designed from the beginning to serve the needs of the pharmaceutical industry that relates to small-scale pre-commercial and commercial manufacturing. Dr. Panaro has synthesis expertise in Drug Discovery and Pilot Plant scale-up and has used these skills throughout his tenure at APP Pharma and Contract Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Liazon

Series D in 2012
Liazon is an online benefits store that operates private benefits exchange for large and small businesses. Its flagship product, the Bright Choices Exchange, helps employers manage their health care costs by setting predictable budgets through a defined contribution funding strategy while guiding employees to purchase better coverage of health, dental, vision, life, disability, and other benefits. Launched in 2007, the platform’s operations are based in Buffalo, New York.

BinOptics

Venture Round in 2011
BinOptics Corporation manufactures monolithically integrated optoelectronic components. It offers directly modulated fabry-perot, directly modulated distributed feedback, and ring lasers; and custom integrated chips, such as edge- and surface-emitting lasers, monitoring and high-speed photodetectors, electroabsorption modulators, semiconductor optical amplifiers, beam couplers/splitters, waveguides, and on-chip lenses. The company offers its products for use in datacom and telecommunication applications, such as gigabit ethernet and PON applications, as well as advanced non-telecomunication applications. BinOptics Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Ithaca, New York.

Liazon

Series C in 2011
Liazon is an online benefits store that operates private benefits exchange for large and small businesses. Its flagship product, the Bright Choices Exchange, helps employers manage their health care costs by setting predictable budgets through a defined contribution funding strategy while guiding employees to purchase better coverage of health, dental, vision, life, disability, and other benefits. Launched in 2007, the platform’s operations are based in Buffalo, New York.

Liazon

Venture Round in 2010
Liazon is an online benefits store that operates private benefits exchange for large and small businesses. Its flagship product, the Bright Choices Exchange, helps employers manage their health care costs by setting predictable budgets through a defined contribution funding strategy while guiding employees to purchase better coverage of health, dental, vision, life, disability, and other benefits. Launched in 2007, the platform’s operations are based in Buffalo, New York.

SOMS Technologies

Series B in 2008
SOMS Technologies LLC specializes in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of vehicle engine oil filters. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Valhalla, New York, the company offers a range of engine oil filters suitable for various applications, including small four-cylinder engines and medium-duty diesel engines in heavy-duty vehicles. One of its notable products is the microGreen Engine Filter, which allows vehicles to operate up to 30,000 miles without needing an oil change by continuously filtering a portion of the engine oil through its patented microfilter system. In addition to its proprietary products, SOMS Technologies provides private label automotive filtration products and markets its offerings through a network of authorized regional distributors. The company also has a technical and customer support office located in Albion, Illinois.

Innov-X Systems

Venture Round in 2007
Innov-X Systems manufactures, sells and services field portable x-ray based analytical instruments providing real-time, non-destructive analysis to multiple industries with varied applications. Thousands of units are in use world-wide in remote areas or in demanding applications with continuous uptime requirements.

Synacor

Series C in 2006
Synacor, Inc. is a digital technology company that offers a range of services including email and collaboration software, cloud-based identity management, managed web and mobile portals, and advertising solutions. Operating primarily through two segments—Software & Services and Portal & Advertising—the company helps its clients monetize media and enhance consumer engagement. Synacor provides a robust cloud-based identity and access management platform designed to streamline user authentication and improve security for large enterprises. It also offers white-label email and collaboration services, along with premium content solutions. The company's clientele includes video, internet, and communications providers, device manufacturers, government entities, and small to medium-sized businesses. By leveraging a flexible portal framework and a comprehensive provisioning platform, Synacor enables its customers to deliver a personalized and seamless experience across various digital platforms. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, Synacor has evolved from its original identity as CKMP, Inc., adopting its current name in 2001.

Kionix

Venture Round in 2006
Kionix is a global leader in the design and fabrication of high-performance, silicon-micromachined MEMS inertial sensors. With its acquisition by ROHM Co., Ltd. of Japan on November 16, 2009, Kionix is positioned well to carry on its corporate mission to bring the best in MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) inertial sensor technology to the global marketplace.

GridApp Systems

Series A in 2005
GridApp Systems, Inc. develops and markets database automation software and solutions for the database automation and management in the United States and internationally. It offers GridApp Clarity, which provides a solution that manages the database infrastructure through various stages of the life cycle, and manages various task automation and arbitrary scripts on hosts and databases in the database environment within a view console; and Patchworks, an automated patch management service to build, certify, and deliver patch bundles. The company also provides database automation and Oracle RAC consulting, and customer installations services. It serves various industries, such as financial services, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, education, eCommerce, and technology. The company has strategic partnerships with IBM Corporation, HP, Intel, and Oracle Corporation. GridApp Systems, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York.

Gemcor

Acquisition in 2004
Gemcor, headquartered in West Seneca, NY, is a global leader in automated fastening systems and part positioning solutions used in the assembly of aircraft components. Founded in Buffalo, NY in 1937 by Thomas Speller Sr., Gemcor invented the automated fastening process to support U.S. aircraft production during World War II. Gemcor's Drivmatic® process quickly became an industry standard for automated aircraft assembly. www.gemcor.com

Synacor

Venture Round in 2004
Synacor, Inc. is a digital technology company that offers a range of services including email and collaboration software, cloud-based identity management, managed web and mobile portals, and advertising solutions. Operating primarily through two segments—Software & Services and Portal & Advertising—the company helps its clients monetize media and enhance consumer engagement. Synacor provides a robust cloud-based identity and access management platform designed to streamline user authentication and improve security for large enterprises. It also offers white-label email and collaboration services, along with premium content solutions. The company's clientele includes video, internet, and communications providers, device manufacturers, government entities, and small to medium-sized businesses. By leveraging a flexible portal framework and a comprehensive provisioning platform, Synacor enables its customers to deliver a personalized and seamless experience across various digital platforms. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, Synacor has evolved from its original identity as CKMP, Inc., adopting its current name in 2001.

D’Lisi Food Systems

Venture Round in 2004
D'lisi Food Systems, Inc. produces and distributes private label and branded; and frozen pizzas.

Synacor

Series C in 2003
Synacor, Inc. is a digital technology company that offers a range of services including email and collaboration software, cloud-based identity management, managed web and mobile portals, and advertising solutions. Operating primarily through two segments—Software & Services and Portal & Advertising—the company helps its clients monetize media and enhance consumer engagement. Synacor provides a robust cloud-based identity and access management platform designed to streamline user authentication and improve security for large enterprises. It also offers white-label email and collaboration services, along with premium content solutions. The company's clientele includes video, internet, and communications providers, device manufacturers, government entities, and small to medium-sized businesses. By leveraging a flexible portal framework and a comprehensive provisioning platform, Synacor enables its customers to deliver a personalized and seamless experience across various digital platforms. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, Synacor has evolved from its original identity as CKMP, Inc., adopting its current name in 2001.

DataView

Convertible Note in 1999
Applying insider knowledge gained from years of professional trading experience on and off the floor, running money for major New York hedge funds, and currently managing a hedge fund, MarketGauge's master traders created the powerful proprietary web‐based software tools HotScans, BigView, the Nuggets List and the ETF Monitor. These subscription‐based tools have been built for thousands of individual traders as well as institutional clients such as Reuters, Barrons' Online, Fidelity, Intershow, and Townsend Analytics. With the recent release of its revolutionary Opening Range Success Formula, MarketGauge established itself as the thought leader in statistical edge education based on the opening range. As specialists in the opening range trading strategy ‐‐ which derives from market action early in the trading day ‐‐ MarketGauge designed the Opening Range Success Formula to give traders of all styles a proven statistical edge that can be used to set a profitable course for trades regardless of market condition. The opening range is a trading strategy that underpins almost all of MarketGauge's trader training, serving as the foundational strategy for classes ranging from Position Swing Trading to Calendar Ranges. And you can learn how to use it for your own trading. In addition, MarketGauge has pioneered trader education responsive to real-time market conditions with the in‐depth trader training video newsletter Mish's Market Minute – Premium. Produced four times a week by market analyst Michele Schneider, Mish's Market Minute – Premium delivers trade set ups and recommendations in the morning (based on Michele's comprehensive market analysis) that can be traded that same afternoon. In addition, Mish communicates position adjustments via Twitter throughout the week, guiding subscribers as trades unfold. Subscription to Mish's Market Minute – Premium comes with full access to the Nuggets List and ETF Monitor, the MarketGauge software tools that inform Mish's recommendations. MarketGauge's online trading education, and its unique focus on leveraging the opening range, result from co‐founders Keith Schneider and Geoff Bysshe's over 60 combined years of first‐hand trading experience. Courses teach how to trade and thoroughly cover the core requirements for trading success, including: Advanced trading strategies, technique & tactics Charting basics to advanced charting Personalized trading plans Emotional mastery Position sizing Market analytics Risk & money management.