Richard MacWilliams

New Aurora Corp. provides communication software solutions. The company was founded on April 11, 1994 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Asiacontent.com Ltd. provides an integrated platform for media publishing, on-line advertising sales, and e-commerce. The company was founded by Elizabeth Boyer Hambrecht is headquartered in Hong Kong.

ISIS Capital Management (ISIS) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. ISIS provides investment advice to private equity, venture capital, and family offices.

Tacit Software, Inc. provides automation systems for life sciences, aerospace and defense, government, chemicals, and financial services industries. Its customers include pharmaceutical, aerospace, consumer product and financial services companies such as Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley and Northrop Grumman. The company was founded in 1997 by David L. Gilmour and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA

Appcelerator, Inc. provides enterprise mobile engagement platform. Its cloud based platform enables users to build and test cross-platform applications. The company was founded by Jeffrey G. Haynie and Nolan Wright in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

ETF.com LLC provides news, analysis and events for exchange-traded funds. It operates different publications in the field of ETFs and index-related investments. The firm which also provides conferences and events in the ETF space is majority-owned by its managing partners. The company was founded by James Wiandt in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

Nexsan Technologies, Inc. develops storage-centric hardware and application based solutions for the digital storage industry. It offers unity, unity active archive, e-series, beast and assureon products. The company is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Intalio, Inc. provides business process management solutions and enterprise cloud computing platform. Its products include Intalio Create, Intalio BPMS and Intalio Jetty. The firm's suite of products enables businesses to rapidly build business applications that leverage processes and deliver compelling user experiences that are scalable from behind the firewall to the cloud enabling businesses to support an agile response to their market. Intalio was founded in July 1999 by Bechara Wakim, Ismael Chang Ghalimi, Pascal Belloncle, Thierry Koehrlen and Assaf Arkin and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Founded in 1998 by William R. Hambrecht, WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They provide research that focuses on the (1) Asia-Pacific, biotechnology, business applications and services sectors (2) the China Internet and technology sector (3) consumer (4) enterprise software and Internet (5) gaming technology (6) Internet (7) medical technology (8) nanotechnology (9) networking and data infrastructure (10) semiconductors and devices and (11) specialty pharmaceuticals.

Woodside Fund Corp. is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded by Vince M. Occhipinti and Bob E. Larson in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California.

WR Hambrecht & Co. Ventures (WR Hambrecht & Co) is a venture capital subsidiary of WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC founded in 1999 by William Robert Hambrecht and Igor M. Sill. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Axioma, Inc. develops, markets, and implements optimization modeling and decision support software for the financial services industry. Its products include Axioma Portfolio Optimizer, Axioma Robust Risk Models, Axioma Performance Attribution, Axioma Backtester, Axioma Portfolio Analytics, and Axioma Risk Model Machine. The company was founded by Sebastián Ceria in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Delaware Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFA manages assets for US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, multi-asset and index strategies.

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd. (BlackRock UK) is the Great Britain-based investment management subsidiary of BlackRock Finance Europe Ltd., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. The firm was founded in 1964 and formerly known as Barclays Global Investors Ltd. Headquartered in London, BlackRock UK manages a range of investment products for various UK and continental European clients including defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, insurance companies, educational and nonprofit organizations, local government entities, and individual and families.

Rally, Inc. provides online fundraising platform. The company was founded by Tom Serres, Brian Upton, Jonas Lamis and Naveed Lalani and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Relay Ventures (Relay Ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1996 by Kevin Talbot and John L. Albright. The firm is headquartered in Toronto with additional office in Menlo Park.

PubNub, Inc. operates a network which enables software developers to build and scale real-time apps. Its solutions include chat, ChatEngine, IoT device control, real time updates and ProjectEON, WebRTC, VoIP signalling, dating apps and crypto currency solutions. The company was founded by Todd Greene and Stephen Lawrence Blum in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

NatureBox, Inc. engages in the operation of an online subscription service for healthy snack food. The company was founded by Gautam Gupta and Ken Chen in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

CHJ Capital Management LLC provides capital management services. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Trinity School (California) operates schools. The non-profit company is based in Menlo Park, CA.

Moj.io, Inc. develops cloud-connected devices for cars and apps for smart phones. It offers open platform and motion app products. It serves the wireless carriers and automakers industries. The company was founded by David Shore, Richard Woodruff, Narayan Sainaney and Jay Giraud in 2012 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

CamberView Partners LLC provides independent and investor-focused advisory services. It offers corporate governance, proxy season strategies, shareholder engagement and contested merger and acquisition advisory services. The firm advises clients on investor engagement strategies to secure their objectives in proxy fights, hostile takeovers, and other high-stakes votes. The company was founded by Frank D. Yeary and Abe M. Friedman in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Humilis Holdings LLC (Humilis Holdings), formerly known as Spear Point LLC, is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Rodney Bienvenu and Nicolas Perkin. The firm is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hambrecht Partners Holding LLC (Hambrecht Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC founded in 1999 by William Robert Hambrecht and Igor M. Sill. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

alqemyiQ Corp. provides data analysis services. The private company is based in New Orleans, LA.

ThirdStream Partners LLC (ThirdStream Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Minder Cheng and Ross Hikida. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.