Babak Hodjat

LiveOps, Inc. provides cloud contact center and customer service solutions. It offers various call types and channels, including customer service call center, outbound services interactions, inbound sales interactions, lead generation interactions, and self-service interactive voice response capabilities. The firm also provides cloud contact center solutions such as LiveOps Engage, LiveOps Voice and LiveOps Insight. LiveOps serves the financial, health, insurance, retail, marketing and media industries. The company was founded by William J. Trenchard in 2000 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Adaptive Spectrum & Signal Alignment, Inc. offers broadband software solutions to service providers. It offers DSL Expresse, GPON Expresse, cloudcheck and professional services. The firm provides customer experience management, customer empowerment, customer care automation, customer care enhancement, next generation networks, smart vectoring, active care and outside plant maintenance solutions. The company was founded by Assia Cioffi and John M. Cioffi in 2003 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Forest Investments, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the investment and acquisition of businesses, securities and assets that has significant long-term value creation. It operates through the following segments: Durable Medical Equipment, Investment Management, Real Estate, and General Corporate. The company was founded on December 16, 1994 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Crypto.com Capital (Crypto.com) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Bobby Bao, Kris Marszalek, Rafael Melo, Eric Anziani. The firm is headquartered in Hongkong.

X-37 Service Co., Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical discovery and development company. The firm uses advanced artificial intelligence technology to discover novel drug candidates by screening vast libraries of chemical compounds against pharmaceutical targets. It offers five development programs in areas of high medical need including cancer, autoimmune diseases, and coagulation disorders. The company was founded by David J. Collier and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Aeroprise, Inc. is the world's most-deployed software for mobilizing BMC Remedy IT service management applications. Fortune 500 companies, midsize businesses and public institutions use Aeroprise to extend service desk, asset management and change management functionality to BlackBerry and other mobile devices. Aeroprise lowers IT support costs, improves customer satisfaction and reduces critical asset downtime. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with operations in Bangalore, Aeroprise is a privately held company.

Active Starts is a venture capital firm located in Mountain View, California.

IdeaBlade, Inc. provides software services. It provides services to aerospace, agriculture, biotechnology, business services, defense, education, finance, healthcare, and insurance. The firm offers tools, techniques, and libraries to build powerful RIA fast. The company was founded by Jay Traband and Albert Wang in 2001 and is headquartered in Orinda, CA.

QxBranch provides software solutions. It specializes in data analytics services and the development of quantum computing technology. The company was founded by Michael Brett, Paul Guthrie, Anthony Wilson, and Shaun Wilson in 2014 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Osaro, Inc. operates as an artificial intelligence company that develops products based on reinforcement learning technology. It offers automation solutions for computer and robotic systems driven by advanced machine learning software. The firm also provides machine learning products that automatically processes unstructured data and learns complex control tasks. The company was founded by Itamar Arel and Derik Pridmore in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

AIQ, Inc. provides online databases and advisor market information services. The company was founded by T. Gary Liberman in 2010 and is headquartered in Clifton, NJ.

Pacific I&T Ventures provides investment services.

Zi Corporation is a technology company that delivers intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user experience of wireless and consumer technologies. The company provides device manufacturers and network operators with a full range of intuitive and easy-touse input solutions, including: eZiText for one-touch predictive text entry; eZiTap™ for intelligent multi-tap entry, Decuma® for natural handwriting recognition and the new Qix™ service delivery engine to enhance the user experience and drive service usage and adoption.

BITKRAFT Ventures Management LLC (BITKRAFT Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jens Hilgers and Markus Fuhrmann. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Telstra Corp. Ltd. engages in the provision of telecommunications and information services for domestic and international customers. It operates through the following segments: Telstra Consumer and Small Business, Telstra Enterprise, Networks and IT, Telstra InfraCo, and All Others. The Telstra Consumer and Small Business segment comprises of telecommunication products, services, and solutions across mobiles, fixed and mobile broadband, telephony and play TV/IPTV, and digital content to consumer and small business customers in Australia. The Telstra Enterprise segment sells and contracts management for medium to large businesses, and government customers globally. The Networks and IT segment is responsible for the overall planning, design, engineering architecture, and construction of Telstra networks, technology, and information technology solutions. The Telstra InfraCo segment provides a range of telecommunication products and services delivered over Telstra networks and associated support systems to other carriers, carriage service providers, and internet service providers. The All Other segments include certain items of income and expense relating to multiple reportable segments that are recorded by its corporate areas. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

MarketShare Partners LLC provides analytics technology solutions to brand marketers. The firm specializes in strategy application, dynamic pricing, value interaction, benchmarking, media channels and creative campaigns. The company was founded by Wesley A. Nichols, Dominique Hanssens and Jon Vein on December 5, 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Nissint Technologies LLC provides software and electrical engineering services. The firm’s software engineering services include custom software development in Java and C++, web applications and web services, geospatial information systems, network design and security, database services, and software systems integration. Its electrical engineering services include radar system development, board design and layout, digital systems design and simulation, FPGA (field-programmable gate array), CPLD (complex programmable logic device), and DSP (digital signal processing) design, and VHDL (VHSIC hardware description language), Matlab, and Simulink programming. The company was founded by Nissa O. Ellinwood and John-Thomas Ellinwood in 2006 and is headquartered in Davidsonville, MD.

Caelum Research Corp. provides information technology services. It offers applied science, system engineering, and program management solutions. The company was founded by Michael Yeh and Diana Yeh in 1987 and is headquartered in Rockville, MA.