Josh Stein

Threshold Ventures, Inc. (Threshold Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Draper Fisher Jurvetson International, Inc. founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Polaris Wireless, Inc. engages in the provision of software-based location systems to the wireless carrier market. It offers wireless location solutions to wireless operators, law enforcement, government agencies, and location-based application companies. The firm's products include omniLocate, a universal location platform that features standard interfaces for interconnection with other network elements and Altus, an intelligent surveillance application providing government agencies with the ability to identify, track targets and suspects. The company was founded Manlio Allegra in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

ViVOtech is a market leader in contactless/NFC payment software, over the air (OTA) card provisioning, promotion, and transaction management infrastructure software, NFC smart posters, and contactless readers/writers. These innovative solutions allow consumers to make contactless payments with radio frequency-enabled credit cards, debit cards, key fobs, and NFC-enabled mobile phones. The company's products are used by some of the most prominent retailers in the United States. The company's products are in use at movie theaters, fast food restaurants (QSR), casual dining establishments, convenience stores, gas stations, drug stores, grocery stores, buses, taxicabs and vending machine locations, enabling a wide variety of businesses to accept contactless/NFC payments. Founded in 2001, it is privately held and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. Other offices are located in Asia and in Europe. Investors include strategic partners Citigroup, First Data Corporation, Motorola, NCR and Nokia as well as the venture capital companies Draper Fisher Juvertson and Alloy Ventures.

IZEA is a world leader in social media sponsorships. Founded in 2006, they pioneered the cash sponsorship space and continue to deliver innovative platforms and campaigns for its clients. IZEA is a venture-backed company that has raised $10 million from leading investors. They are headquartered in Orlando, Florida and serve a diverse base of publishers and advertisers around the globe with its three core platforms. IZEA connects bloggers with advertisers. The company represents over 250,000 bloggers and 25,000 advertisers worldwide. Put simply, it helps advertisers identify people who will promote their products and services through their own social network and media properties. While it offer traditional display advertising and text links on blogs, it is best known for its sponsored conversation campaigns. It supports sponsored conversation campaigns through independent blogs, Twitter and Facebook Status updates. Its social media marketing campaigns are designed to drive traffic, create conversions and help increase social media search rankings for its advertisers.

Yardbarker, Inc. operates sports websites. It offers social media network that features sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. The firm's site enable people discover relevant sports content submitted by site community members. The company was founded by Peter Vlastelica, Mark Johns and Jack Kloster on March 29, 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Eventful, Inc. discovers, promotes, creates, and share events through online. The firm operates as a digital media company connecting consumers with entertainment, movies and local events. The company was founded by Brian Dear in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

The Society of Kauffman Fellows is a venture capital fellowship program that aims to foster innovative leaders. The non-profit company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The program lasts for two years and includes industry events, summits, and a venture capital fund. The CEOs of the company are Jeff Harbach, Costello Trish.

Chartbeat, Inc. provides real-time data analytics and performance alerts. It partners with doers, editors, writers, marketers, developers, those who create and build the content that users see and interact with online to deliver the data they need, when they need it. The firm offers Chartbeat Publishing, a suite of audience building tools-built around an audience’s actual behavior for global publishers and media sites. It also provides real-time analytics starter kits to track number of visitors on a website, traffic sources that drive visitor, and social network traffic. The company was founded on April 2, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Catamorphic Co. develops a feature management platform. It offers LaunchDarkly, a software that is designed to eliminate risk, and to enable development and operations team to control the whole feature life cycle. The company was founded in Edith Harbaugh and John Kodumal in 2014 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Lumity, Inc. provides healthcare and benefits analysis platform. The company was founded by Tariq Hilaly and Senthil Nagarajan and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Sanity AS develops cloud-based content management systems to assemble tailored data oriented and real-time content editing applications. The company was founded on February 14, 2017 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Databook Labs, Inc. operates as customer intelligence platform to improve enterprise sales performance. It specializes in intent dashboard, real-time insights and sales decks. The company was founded by Anand Shah and Alex Barrett in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

LendKey Technologies, Inc. helps connect lenders and borrowers to enter and succeed in online lending. It focuses on private student loans, student loan refinancing, and home improvement loans. The company was founded by Vince Passione and Mike Stallmeyer in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Talkdesk, Inc. engages in the provision of browser-based call center software solution for small businesses. Its products include intelligent routing, reporting and analytics, workforce management, outbound dialer, voice analytics, quality management, omni channel, and agent productivity. The company was founded by Tiago Paiva and Cristina Fonseca in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.