David Budworth

Heartland Advisors, Inc. is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm's predecessor was founded in 1983 as an investment advisory subsidiary of a regional brokerage firm, The Milwaukee Co., owned in part by William J. Nasgovitz. In 1984, Mr. Nasgovitz purchased a majority interest in the investment advisory subsidiary from his partners and started managing Heartland's first mutual fund, the Heartland Value Fund. In 1988, Mr. Nasgovitz and his partners sold The Milwaukee Co. to Dain Bosworth. In the same transaction, Mr. Nasgovitz acquired the remaining shares of the investment advisory subsidiary and changed its name to Heartland Advisors, Inc. In 2000, the firm was reorganized into a wholly owned subsidiary of Heartland Holdings, Inc., but it remains a 100% employee-owned independent firm. Heartland Advisors provides investment advice to individual and institutional clients.

Spectrum Equity Management LP (Spectrum Equity) is an independent Private Equity firm founded in 1993 by Bill Peter Collatos and Brion Blackwell Applegate. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with an additional office in California.

Youbet.com, Inc. provides technology and pari-mutuel horse racing content for consumer through Internet and telephone platforms. The company was founded by Russell Fine and David M. Marshall in 1995 and is headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA.

Orbitz, Inc. provides internet travel arrangements and services. The firm offers leisure and business travelers. It also deals on lodging, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages and other travel. Orbitz is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Federated Sports & Gaming, Inc. owns and operates poker sports league. It creates sports and gaming brands through the integration of traditional and digital media, including televised events, social media gaming, and digital programming. The company was founded by Jeffrey Pollack in 2010 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

LiquiGlide, Inc. develops permanently wet slippery surfaces. The firm serves to consumer products, manufacturer, medical, energy and agrochemical industries. The company was founded by Jonathan David Smith and Kripa K. Varanasi in August 2012 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Harris Williams & Co. provides investment advisory services. It offers investment banking, sell-side mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, fairness opinion, and restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by H. Hiter Harris III and Christopher H. Williams in 1991 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

FTD.com, Inc. provides Internet and telephone marketing of flowers and specialty gifts. The company offers floral arrangements, gift baskets, holiday gift sets, garden products, and bath and beauty products. It was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL

Osmium Partners LLC is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Greenbrae, California. The firm was founded in 2002 by John H. Lewis to provide investment advice to high net-worth individuals and institutional investors.

PEAK6 Group LLC engages in the provision of financial services. It offers apex clearing, capital management, sports, and strategic capital. The company was founded by Matthew Nels Hulsizer and Jennifer Just Makowiec in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Zoosk, Inc. engages in the provision of online social dating network services. It specializes in behavioral matchmaking technology. The company was founded by Shayan Ghazizadeh Zadeh and Alex Mehr in 2007 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

Spitfire Capital LLC (Spitfire) is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Mill Valley, California. The firm was founded by Julian Allen in 2007 as a spin-out from Cannell Capital, a San Francisco-based hedge fund. Spitfire provides investment advice and management services to private investment funds.

Spark Networks Services GmbH operates an online matchmaking service portal. It provides dating and matchmaking services based on personality test, analysis of user-profiles, and individual search patterns. The company was founded by Frank Biedka, Christian Vollmann, Kai Rieke, Lukas Brosseder, and David Khalil in November 2008 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Pipedrive, Inc. engages in the design and development of a web-based customer relationship management and sales pipeline management software. Its software offers insights and reports, privacy and security, mobile applications and integrations, and track communications. The company was founded by Timo Rein, Urmas Purde, Ragnar Sass, Martin Henk, Martin Tajur and Peep Vain in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Vajra Asset Management LLC is an investment firm that has been investing and growing public and private companies worldwide for over two decades. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company identifies and invests in promising companies across stages and sectors, with a focus on artificial intelligence, internet of things (IoT), and software as a service (SaaS). Vajra's members have decades of experience investing in, founding, and leading companies, and are successful entrepreneurs and executives who have built their careers around unlocking value in their own companies. The company was founded in 2014 by Michael Benjamin Brodsky, who has been the CEO since 2014.

Smooch Labs, Inc. engages in the development and operation of a Jewish dating application. It operates JSwipe mobile application. The company was founded by Bryan Welfel and Darren Bassman and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cellartracker! LLC is an American company that provides a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The company was founded in 2003 by Eric LeVine, who has been the CEO since then.

Part of Pipedrive, Inc., Pipedrive OÜ is a company based in Tallinn, Estonia. The CEOs are Sergei Anikin, Michael Schrezenmaier. Pipedrive OÜ provides an easy-to-use CRM tool that is #1 user-rated. It is the first CRM platform made for salespeople, by salespeople. The Estonian company serves 100,000 companies worldwide and has 10 international offices. Users can sign up for a 14-day free trial to get more qualified leads and grow their business. The company was founded in 2010 by Urmas Purde, Martin Henk, Timo Rein, Ragnar Sass, Martin Tajur.