Bob Ralston

Kollective Technology, Inc. engages in operation of a cloud based software company. It offers software distribution, enterprise video, and Microsoft 365. It also provides network analytics and integrations. The company was founded by John Wainwright, Mike J. Homer and Wade Hennessey in 2000 is headquartered in Bend, OR.

Capella is the industry leader of wavelength selective switch (WSS) technology for use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) and optical cross connect (OXC) applications. Capella's intelligent subsystems provide the best performing wavelength management products on the market offering dynamic, remote reconfigurability with fully integrated optical channel monitoring (OCM), essential technology for next-generation ROADMs. Capella was founded in 2000. Privately held and located in San Jose, California, Capella has a seasoned management team with experience from leading telecom and technology companies. Additionally Capella has an extensive intellectual property portfolio with 27 patents issued and over 30 pending. The company has been funded by leading ventures funds including Formative Ventures, Levensohn Venture Partners, Lucas Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners and Silicon Valley Bank.

Manzama, Inc. operates a listening and social monitoring platform. Its application Manzama automatically searches, classifies, and ranks legal and industry-specific sources, blogs, Twitter feeds, and other social media; and delivers relevant results. The firm enables lawyers and law firms to view and act on salient information about their clients, competitors, legal topics, and issues of interest. The company was founded by Peter J. Ozolin and Mark Hinkle in 2010 and is headquartered in Bend, OR.

CrowdStreet, Inc. provides a crowd funding marketplace, which connects investors with institutional-grade real estate investments. It offers CrowdStreet, a cloud-based fundraising and investor relationship management platform that enables real estate operators, funds and private equity companies to raise capital and manage relationships with new and existing investors. The company was founded by Tore C. Steen and Darren Powderly in 2013 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

The Taft School is a boarding school located in Watertown, CT. It offers courses English, Foreign Language, Mathematics, History, Social Science, Laboratory Science, and Art Courses for students from Grades 9 until 12. The school was founded in 1890 by Horace Dutton Taft.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ (Cercano Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Cercano Management LLC founded in 1986 by Paul Gardner Allen. The firm is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

Bay Partners LLC (Bay Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by John Freidenrich. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Formative Ventures LLC (Formative ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2000 by Brian Connors and Clint Chao. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Nikon-Trimble Co. Ltd. designs and manufactures instruments for surveying and construction markets. The company was founded on April 22, 2003 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Veebeam Corp. develops wireless technology and products. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Seven Peaks Ventures LLP (Seven Peaks Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Dino J. Vendetti. The firm is headquartered in Bend, Oregon.

Virtuous Software, Inc. develops customer relationship management platform which helps to raise funds through online. It offers donor management, integrations, relationship intelligence and mobile applications. The company was founded by Gabriel Cooper in 2014 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Talkoot is a cloud-based copy production and collaboration platform. It is designed to help brand teams to write, edit, approve and translate product copy for thousands of products per season and deliver that content quickly to the global marketplace. The company was founded by Jason Buffington, Brian Hennessy, Derwyn Harris, and Brad Coulon in 2016 and is headquartered in Hood River, OR.

Canoo Technologies, Inc. provides automotive services. It offers electric vehicles, design, engineering and technology. The company was founded by Stefan Krause and Ulrich Kranz in December 2017 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.