Jamie Thingelstad

8thBridge, Inc. had provided an online platform for digital retail. Its social commerce platform Graphite enabled brands to integrate social commerce into existing channels and supporting systems. The firm had provided social commerce technology that merchants use to create social shopping experiences for customers including websites and mobile applications. The company was founded by Lou Abramowski and Wade Gerten in 2008 and was headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Split Rock Partners LLC (Split Rock Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Jim Simons, Michael Gorman, David Stassen. The firm is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

BigCharts, Inc. is a company based in Minneapolis, MN. BigCharts, Inc. was founded by Philip D. Hotchkiss. BigCharts was acquired by MarketWatch, Inc., part of News Corp. from January 24, 2005 on June 10, 1999 for $128.89 million.

Dow Jones & Co., Inc publishes financial information and news. It offers news through newspapers, newswires, websites, apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences and more. The firm?s premier brands include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and SmartMoney. The company was founded by Edward Davis Jones, Charles Henry Dow and Charles Milford Bergstresser in 1882 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Wall Street Journal, Inc. publishes newspapers and periodicals. It covers international business, financial news, and issues of the United States. The company was established in 1889 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MarketWatch, Inc. provides business news, personal finance information, real-time commentary and investment tools and data. The firm offers subscription products including The Hulbert Financial Digest, Retirement Weekly, The Technical Indicator and Reality Check. The company was founded by Lawrence s. Kramer and Thom Calandra in October 1997 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.