Derek Brown

Manugistics Group, Inc. develops, markets and supports products for synchronised supply chain management software. The company provides software products and supporting services that help companies make their supply chains more efficient. These products includes software for supply chain planning & execution, supplier relationship management, service and parts management. Manugistics also provides pricing and revenue optimization (PRO) software. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Vestmark, Inc. operates technology platform for integrating portfolio management, trading and back office functions. Its services include business process outsourcing, implementations, support, and education services. The company was founded by Charles D. Johnson and David B. Blundin in February 2001 and is headquartered in Wakefield, MA.

Clarabridge, Inc. provides intelligent customer experience management solutions. It enables businesses to intelligently listen to, analyze, operationalie, and measure multi-source customer feedback through intelligent sentiment and text analytics. The company enables organizations to create a universal understanding of its customers, partners, and employees; make actionable business decisions with measurable ROI; and collaborate on those decisions both internally with stakeholders and externally with customers. Its products include CX Analytics, CX Social and CX Survey. The company was founded by Siddhartha Banerjee, Nithi Vivatrat, Gene S. Sohn and Justin Langseth in 2005 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Anesthetix Holdings LLC provides anesthesiology and pain management services. It offers surgery centers, hospitals, pain management clinics, ambulatory surgery, neurosurgical, orthopedic, fertility, geriatric and chronic outpatient clinic development and support services. The company was founded by Steven M. Gottlieb and Tushar Ramani in 2000 and is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Vovici Corp. provides enterprise feedback management solutions. The firm offers survey software, panel management systems, and online community services. The firm enables organizations to centralize feedback data collection, build and manage proprietary panels and utilizes survey analytics and reporting. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Accedian Networks, Inc. provides packet performance assurance solutions. It offers networking for mobile backhaul, business services, and cloud connectivity. The company was founded by Patrick Ostiguy in 2004 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

HelloWallet LLC provides online financial guidance services. The firm is an independent financial management and guidance website which helps its members to take control of finances. The company was founded by Matt Fellowes in 2009 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Payzer Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of Information Technology services. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

MacStadium, Inc. engages in the provision of Mac server hosting, co-location, and cloud computing solutions. Its products include orka: kubernetes on apple, mac private clouds, and single mac minis. The company was founded by Jason A. Michaud, Michael Landreth, and Gregory Mcgraw in 2012 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Adwerx, Inc. provides advertising services for real estate. The firm offers digital marketing tools for real estate, mortgage and insurance. The company was founded by Jed Carlson in 2006 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

AgileCraft LLC develops a software platform designed to enable users of the Agile development tool to use them on a larger scale. Agile includes a group of software development methods for incremental development of tools. The company was founded by Steve Elliott, Rick Cobb and Shak Patel in 2013 and is headquartered in Georgetown, TX.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets cellular and molecular diagnostic kits. Its products include rapid diagnostics, thyroid testing solutions, respiratory family testing, herpes family testing, chlamydia testing, enterovirus testing, cell lines and media and supplements. The company was founded by Wilfred R. Konneker, Joseph Jollick and Thomas E. Wagner in 1983 and is headquartered in Athens, OH.

Grotech Management Co (Grotech Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984 by Frank A. Adams. The firm is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Intersouth Partners (Intersouth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1985 by Dennis Dougherty and Roy Rodwell. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Workspace.com, Inc. provides online project workspace services. Its services include collaboration, reporting, dashboards, custom fields, security, user management, and search. The company was founded by Chris Childers, Greg Heard, Paul Martin, Jeff Mason, and Mark J. Wesker in 2001 and is headquartered in Owings Mills, MD.

Trustwave Holdings, Inc. provides on-demand data security and payment card industry compliance management solutions to businesses and with organizations throughout the world. It offers compliance, web, application, network and data security solutions delivered through the cloud, managed security services, software and appliances. The firm also provides organizations a unique approach with comprehensive solutions that include its TrustKeeper portal and other proprietary security solutions. The company was founded by Joseph L. Patanella, Robert J. McCullen and Andrew Bokor in November 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Amplifier Management LLC (Amplifier Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Jonathan Aberman. The firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Mid-Atlantic Venture Association represents private equity and venture capital companies. The private company is based in Timonium, MD. The company was founded by Charles W. Newhall.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Logi Analytics, Inc. operates as a development platform for embedded analytics. It helps application teams create, deploy, and constantly improve analytic applications that engage users and drive revenue. The company was founded by Arman Eshraghi and Kathy Mobarra in 2000 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Bright Hub, Inc. provides business infra structure to software developers. Its focus areas include computing, education, mobile, science, environment, electronics, multimedia, Internet, business, finances and engineering. The company was founded by Robert Smith, Joshua Andeson McWilliam and William P. Phelan in 2006 and is headquartered in Troy, NY.

Hiperos LLC engages in the provision of third party management software. It offers Hiperos 3PM, a software that offers queue manager, and real-time interactive dashboards and data visualization. The firm offers solutions that help businesses to minimize reputational risk, regulatory penalties, and negative customer impact. The company was founded by Michele J. Flynn, John Abbatico, and Greg Dickinson in 2007 and is headquartered in Southborough, MA.

Part of Progress Software Corp., Telerik, Inc. is a company that provides consulting and training professional services for all Progress products. The company is based in Waltham, MA. The company's focus is on providing customers with the best products to develop, deploy, and manage high-impact business applications. The company's products speed up business app development, automate processes to configure, deploy, and scale apps, and make critical data more accessible and secure.

Intellinote, Inc. provides multi-platform software applications. Its products include video conferencing, real time messaging, task management, file sharing, note tasking, mobile, desktop apps, notifications and platform. The company was founded by Anthony Lopresti, William L. Welch and Gene S. Sohn in January 2013 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

NetBrain Technologies, Inc. provides network automation space solutions. It offer dynamic map, path analysis, executive runbook, API integrartion, collaboration workspace, and scalibility and multivendor. The company was founded by Lingping Gao in 2004 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

XOEye Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of firmware and software solutions for wearable devices. It provides energy-efficient HVAC systems and comprehensive building solutions for the commercial and industrial facilities. The company was founded by Aaron Salow and Chris Salow in 2010 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Mavrck LLC. provides social influence marketing platform. It offers customer acquisition, data insights, loyalty and retention, customer profiles, and user generated content. The company was founded by Christopher Wolfel, Sean Naegeli, Shoeb Ahmed Mogal and Lyle Stevens in November 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Payzer LLC operates a mobile and cloud based financial technology platform. Its product allows clients to accept payments, provide instant credit, make payments, control information securely, and control purchases by giving employees visa debit purchasing cards rather than a company credit card. The company was founded by Joseph A. Giordano and Douglas Little in 2012 and is headquartered in Waxhaw, NC.

Mi9 Retail, Inc. provides enterprise retail merchandising, business intelligence, and store operations software. Its services include SaaS and cloud, implementation, support, and development. The company was founded by Mike Burge in 2001 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Sifted LLC provides information technology services. It operates as an enterprise-grade shippers to solve complex logistics issues using data science. The company was founded by Adam Moulding, Mark Chamberlain and Caleb Nelson in 2017 and is headquartered in West Bountiful, UT.

SyncApp, Inc. provides an open messaging platform. Its product, Snycapp, offers exchange of real time structured data and controls visibilty and privacy. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Part of Dispatch Technologies, Inc., Youreka Labs, Inc. is a company that offers the Youreka product, which allows enterprises to create and complete forms at scale, run analytics and workflow, all without leaving the comfort and security of their Salesforce environment. The company is based in Baltimore, MD. The Youreka product is trusted by leading enterprises worldwide and is built for enterprises who run on Salesforce. It offers guided safety checklists, real-time verification processes, health, safety, and environmental compliance forms, and allows users to put organizational knowledge to work even without wifi. The company was founded in 2008 by Thomas Boosinger and Dan Bergner, and the CEO is Bill Karpovich. Youreka Labs was acquired by Dispatch Technologies, Inc. on April 26, 2022.

MarkForged, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures three dimensional printers. It offers systems integration and installation, machining services, customized durable goods, industrial automation, small lot production, tooling for mass production and aerospace. The company was founded by David Benhaim and Gregory T. Mark in 2013 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.