Aaron Jacobson

ChaCha Search, Inc. provides search engine services. The firm owns and operates a natural language question and answer database and allows users to ask questions from via online, smartphone applications, text, voice, and social networks. It offers real-time information and answers in the areas of galleries, quizzes, business, culture, entertainment, health, lifestyle, lookup, politics, science and technology, sports, and travel. The company was founded by Brad A. Bostic and Scott A. Jones on December 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.

Humin, Inc. develops technology to personalize contacts application. It provides building products that help users to make sense of their relationships, illuminate the relationships that matter and grow closer to the people that they care about most. The company was founded by Ankur Jain, Jake Medwell, Daniel Pourbaba, Jonathan Shriftman and David Wyler in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Sternhill Partners (Sternhill Parntners) is an Venture Capital firm founded in 1999 by Bob W. Stearns and Marc Geller. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Part of Transcontinental, Inc., Citizen is a watchmaking Canadian company that has been promoting excellence and creativity since 1918. The company is based in Amherst, Canada. The company advocates for positive change and was an early pioneer in advocating for the environment, launching the first light-powered watches with proprietary eco-drive technology in 1976. Citizen's diverse portfolio of high-performance and eco-mindful watches are accessibly priced and range from professional-grade, sport-inspired designs with advanced functions to sophisticated, timeless silhouettes that are beautiful as well as collectible. Citizen was acquired by TC Média Livres, Inc. from Cumberland Publishing, Inc. on June 05, 2003.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Questia Media America, Inc. operates online digital library. It offers Questia, an online research and paper writing resource that includes scholarly books, articles, academic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as provides resources needed to complete college-level and core-curriculum course assignments. The company was founded by Troy Williams in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Houston Methodist St. Catherine Hospital provides health care services. The firm is a long-term acute care hospital and offers geriatrics services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Katy, TX.

Insource Technology Corp. provides Internet and information systems technology services to industries such as energy and chemicals, real estate, healthcare and life sciences, insurance, financial services and manufacturing. The company was founded by Jim Harris and Rod Canion in 1992 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Technology & Entrepreneurship Center of Houston operates as a non-profit organization created to accelerate the growth of Houston’s innovation ecosystem. It aligns ecosystem support around strategic initiatives that are connecting, attracting, and promoting startups, investors, corporations, government, and universities. The company was founded in October 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Formation8 Partners LLC (Formation8) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Joe Lonsdale, Brian Koo, and Jim Kim. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Kairos Society PBC, Inc. operates as an entrepreneurial community that develops entrepreneurs from universities around the world. It brings together young entrepreneurs solving significant problems with corporations, influencers, and strategic investors. The company was founded by Ankur Jain, Jake Medwell, David Wyler, Alex Fiance, and Alexander Debelov in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Eight Enterprises LLC (8VC) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joseph T. Lonsdale. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Sp0n, Inc. develops mobile software for creating and sharing news. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Platform Science, Inc. engages in the development and integration of hardware and software solutions for the transportation industry. Its digital supply chain technology enables customers and developers to unlock transportation data. The company was founded by Jake Fields and Jack Kennedy in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Freightwaves, Inc. engages in the provision of market data and analytics, news, and commentary for the trucking and FreightTech space. Its product, SONAR, is a freight market analytics tool which provides data in the transportation and logistics sector. The company was founded by Stephen Craig Fuller and is headquartered in Chattanooga, TN.

Trackonomy Systems, Inc. operates as a technology and products company. The company was founded by Erik Volkerink and Ajay Khoche and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Solé Bicycles LLC is a bicycle company based in Venice, CA. All of their bicycles are designed in Venice Beach, CA. Solé Bicycles specializes in selling custom single speed/fixed gear bicycles, city bicycles, Dutch bicycles, 3-speed bicycles, and beach cruisers. The company was founded in 2009 by Jake Medwell and Jonathan Shriftman, and Jimmy Standley has been the CEO of the company since 2011.

Baton Trucking, Inc. operates as a logistics technology company. It eliminates waste in the final mile of long haul trucking with baton, shippers and carriers get access to a nationwide network of drop zones and local drivers, allowing long haul truck drivers to pick up and drop off trailers outside of metro areas. The company was founded by Nathan Robert and Andrew Berberick and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Hdvi Insurance Services, Inc. provides vehicle insurance services. The company was founded by Chuck Wallace and Reid Spitz and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Beacon Technologies Ltd. engages in the provision of logistics and trade finance services. It offers supply chain finance. The company was founded by Fraser Robinson and Dmitri Izmailov in 2018 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Tul SAS is a Colombian company that develops a website for buying hardware and construction products. The company is based in Bogota, Colombia. The CEO of the company is Enrique Villamarin.

Part of Rubicon Technologies, Inc., Rubicon Technologies Holdings LLC is a company that develops mobile applications for trash pickup. The company is based in Atlanta, GA.

180 Seguros provides insurance plans and products for clients. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil. The Brazilian company was founded in 2020 by Franco Lamping, Mauro Levi D'Ancona, Alex Körner. Mauro Levi D'Ancona has been the CEO since 2020.

Figure 1 Beauty, Inc. is a skincare company that aims to remove barriers to skin health by providing free access to licensed skincare experts. The company is based in New York, NY. The company offers high-performance and high-quality skincare products that are affordable for daily use. The company was founded by Kelly McCarthy.