Manya Chait

Sybase, Inc. engages in the development and provision of mobile and wireless software solutions for data integration. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

CheckFree Corp. provides financial electronic commerce services and products. The company works with the financial institutions, web portals and organizations that issue regular bills and statements to give consumers the ability to receive and pay bills online. It offers services such as core processing, electronic billing, risk management, payments, and wealth management. CheckFree was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA

Software AG USA, Inc. provides infrastructure software solutions. It serves the banking, education, energy, insurance, retail, and telecommunication sectors. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

ExaGrid Systems, Inc. provides disk based data protection solutions. Its products include product architecture, scalability, data deduplication, and supported backup applications. The firm combines SATA drives compression and byte-level data reduplication for reliable backups and restores. The company was founded by James Pownell and David James Therrien in 2002 and is headquartered in Westborough, MA.

BladeLogic, Inc. provides data center automation software solutions. The company was founded by Ittycheria and Vijay Manwani in 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Avidyne Corp. manufactures and develops integrated flight deck systems. The firm designs and manufactures integrated avionics and safety systems for general aviation aircraft. The company was founded by Daniel J. Schwinn in 1994 and is headquartered in Lincoln, MA.

SCH Technologies manufactures storage management software. The company provides software solutions and services that address the storage management needs of client/server users in various countries. Its customers include Nestle, First Union, Bank of America, Ameritech, SUPERVALU, Atraxis, Kaiser Permanente, France Telecom, Reuters, Dun & Bradstreet and Pacific Bell. The company also offers education, training and integration services to assist clients in maximizing their software investments. The company is located in Cincinnati, OH.

Performix Technologies Ltd. provides enterprise employee performance management software services. The firm offers software services that enables agents to monitor. The company was founded by Cathal McGloin in 1998 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Village Ventures, Inc. (Village Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Matt Haris and Bo Peabody. The firm is headquartered in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Silversky, Inc. provides cloud-based security software and managed services. Its security-as-a-service platform SilverSky delivers cloud-based software and managed services, such as email protection services with advanced data loss prevention, targeted attack protection, network security services, and managed application services, that protect critical information. The company was founded by Andrew Ivar Greenawalt in 1997 and is headquartered in Milford, CT.

Highland Capital Partners LLC (Highland Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm is founded in 1987 by Paul A. Maeder and Bob F. Higgins. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, US.

BlueTarp Financial, Inc. provides commercial trade credit and marketing services. It offers an automated reporting system that tracks and reports various purchases by job and job phase levels, and information-based tools for the building material dealers and contractors. The company's trade credit programs provide commercial sized credit lines. BlueTarp Financial was founded in 1998 by Michael Rigney and is headquartered in Portland, ME.

Enel Geothermal LLC develops geothermal power technology solutions. It regenerates usable energy from industrial waste heat. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Draper, UT.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Rethink Robotics, Inc. manufactures robots for production and research environment. The firm introduces robotics into processes that uses common sense to perform tasks and vastly improve productivity and one that safely works side by side with its human counterparts, who are able to train it with no programming or engineering expertise. The company was founded by Rodney Allen Brooks and Anne Whittaker in July 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School provides education services. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Jaunt, Inc. provides an end-to-end solution for creating cinematic VR experiences. The company has developed an integrated suite of hardware and software tools to produce the cinematic content. Its technology combines computational photography, statistical algorithms, massively parallel processing, cutting-edge hardware and virtual reality. The company was founded by Tom Annau, Jens Christensen and Athur Anthonie van Hoff in 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.