Gabriel Cooper

Cartera Commerce, Inc. provides card-linked marketing solutions. It offers services via multiple digital marketing channels including websites, online banking, email, mobile, social media and browser apps. The firm provides marketing solutions to merchants, banks, card issuers and loyalty programs. The company was founded by David L. Andre, Kimathi Marangu and Lay Ping in 2005 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

MightyNest LLC operates online shopping platform for baby products. It offers kitchen products, table, lunch gear, water bottles, bath and body products, baby and toddler products, gifts and toys and other home products. The company was founded by Kristen Conn and Chris Conn on October 12, 2009 and is headquartered in Evanston, IL.

Adzerk, Inc. provides Ad serving technology for publishers and networks. The firm supports banners, video, native, and custom units. The company was founded by James Avery in 2009 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

EatStreet, Inc. provides online local food delivery service that connects users with favorite restaurants. Its online restaurant listing shows all the diners in a defined area and allows users to order for delivery and pickup online. The company was founded by Matt Howard, Eric Martell, and Alex Wyler in 2009 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Dropoff, Inc. provides courier services. It offers fleet optimization, customized industry solutions that move with business and on-demand or recurring delivery schedule. The company was founded by Christian Carollo, Sean Spector, Ted Hong and Jason Klann in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Built In, Inc. operates online platform for recruiters which they can access top talent and motivate passive job seekers. It offers employer branding, recruitment solutions, community events, and brand insights. The company was founded by Maria Christopoulos Katris, Adam Calica and Matthew Moog and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

All4staff, Inc. provides cloud-based human resources software solutions. It offers HR software, employee onboarding, human capital management (HCM), application tracking system, talent management, and human resources information systems. The company was founded by David Secunda and Arthur Nisnevich in 2013 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

First Leads LLC engages in the development machine learning models for the real estate industry. It offers audience builder, seller scores, conversations and mobile applications, and appointments. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Medline Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of healthcare supplies. Its products include advanced wound care, apparel, diagnostics, gloves, nutrition, office supplies, respiratory, and vascular access. The firm also offer quality management, reducing readmissions, staff management, capital planning and services, and institute for healthcare excellence business solutions. The company was founded by A. J. Mills in 1910 and is headquartered in Mundelein, IL.

Part of WebMD Health Corp., Specialized Systems, Inc. is a dealership of physician practice management systems. The company is based in Van Nuys, CA. Specialized Systems was acquired by Medical Manager Corp. on June 30, 1997.

Visionary Systems, Inc. engages in consumer risk evaluation and decisioning services to facilitate credit granting and target marketing processes. The company was founded by James Eckstein in 1996 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

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

SurePayroll, Inc. provides payroll and accounting services. It offers web-based payroll calculations, tax filing, direct deposit processing, email reminders, and internet reports to small businesses. The firm also offers co-branded and private-label payroll services that allow its partners to offer payroll processing. The company was founded by Scott Wald, Troy Henikoff, and Michael Alter in 2000 and is headquartered in Glenview, IL.

Through its leading merchant-funded rewards programs and patent-protected technology, Vesdia offers a full array of loyalty solutions to financial institutions, affinity groups and merchants enabling customers to earn more meaningful rewards faster. Vesdia Corporation is a privately-held company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Initially founded in June of 2000 as BabyMint, Inc., the company’s technology helped families save towards their children’s education. The company quickly emerged as a dominant player in the loyalty marketing space and in 2003 changed its name to Vesdia Corporation to reinforce its corporate identity as a parent company of both micro investing programs and a provider of private-label, CRM loyalty solutions. Vesdia’s pioneering efforts in the loyalty marketing technology and services industry include the launch of groundbreaking programs that dramatically increase loyalty for their clients. In addition to multichannel merchant-funded reward solutions, Vesdia services also enable meaningful reward redemption options for consumers through their everyday shopping, including deposits into college savings or investment accounts, donations to a charity or virtually any other traditional redemption option. Today, Vesdia is widely recognized as a global leader in the field of loyalty marketing technology and services. Merchants attract new customers, increase sales and improve market share by participating in their network of leading global merchants. More than a dozen financial institutions, affinity groups, airlines and others in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico license their technology to achieve dramatic increases in customer acquisition and participation - enhancing profitability and decreasing attrition. Aspects of Vesdia's loyalty programs are covered by one or more of the following patents: U.S. Patent No. 6,631,358; U.S. Patent No. 6,345,261; U.S. Patent No. 4,941,090; U.S. Patent No. 5,117,355; U.S. Patent No. 5,202,826; and U.S. Patent No. 5,287,268.

Paymentus Corp. engages in the provision of cloud-based billing, communication, and payment solutions. It offers e-billing, payment processing and channels, online quick pay, pay-by-email, mobile services, business intelligence, communication management. The company was founded by Dushyant Sharma in 2004 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Fulcrum Equity Partners Inc (Fulcrum Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Jeffrey Muir. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

OneWed, Inc. provides online wedding planning resources. Its services include dresses, hair styles, makeup, rings, accessories, flowers, decor and food. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Victoria, Canada.

LogFire, Inc. provides cloud-based inventory and warehouse management systems. It offers store inventory management, and fulfillment solutions for manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, eCommerce companies, and logistics service providers. The firm combines supply chain, warehousing, logistics, and retail domain expertise with cloud-based solutions and software-as-a-service pricing for multi-channel warehouse management and in-store inventory management needs. The company was founded by Diego Pantoja-Navajas in 2007 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Digital Hands LLC provides managed cyber security and network infrastructure services. It offers compliance management, endpoint security, network security and data protection services. The company was founded by Charlotte Baker in 2001 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

GenNext Media, Inc. provides social media and marketing services. It offers brands with multi-distribution channels to get unit level economics. The company was founded by Chris Marentis on January 10, 2008 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

71lbs, Inc. provides FedEx and UPS money-back guarantee tracking systems on shipments. It offers data analytics and cost recovery to small and medium size companies to optimize shipping and logistic spend. The firm operates as a technology firm that looks beyond shipping, and utilizes shipping insights to provide instant savings and is a web-based "set and forget" service that automatically audits shipments handled by FedEx and UPS for small and medium-sized businesses, when the carriers don't deliver on time, the company files a refund request on the recipients behalf. The company was founded by Jose Li in 2012 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Tricentis Americas, Inc. develops and provides testing management solutions to the software publishing sector. Its qTest platform streamlines software testing in agile and DevOps environments and centralizes testing efforts across the enterprise. The company was founded by Josh Lieberman and Vu Lam in 2010 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Venture Atlanta is a non-profit organization which provides conference that creates opportunities for investors to connect with promising technology companies. The company is headquartered in Marietta, GA.

CardFlight, Inc. provides tools and technology for developers to build their own mobile point of sale. It offers swipesimple, turnkey mobile application that helps merchant service providers, banks and other financial institutions. The company was founded by Tim Saunders and Derek A. Webster in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Prevalent, Inc. provides software services. Its products include vendor risk manager, vendor threat monitor and vendor assess. The firm offers services such as security, IT compliance and 3rd party risk management. The company was founded by Norman W. Menz, III and Jonathan Dambrot in January 2004 and is headquartered in Warren, NJ.

m2M Strategies LLC provides franchise marketing programs for franchises. It offers franchise marketing technology and automation solutions for adoption, consolidated reporting, transparency, best practices, reporting, and automated execution. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Bufordford, GA.

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center /Incubator/ (Chicagoland Entr Center) is a venture capital subsidiary of Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Fattmerchant, Inc. provides online credit card processing services. The firm allows business owners to gain access to credit card processing at direct cost. Its products include mobile, shopping cart, integrations, virtual terminal, terminals, API and platform. The company was founded by Salman Rehmetullah, Jacques Fu and Suneera Madhani and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Jio, Inc. develops cloud based mobile application to track kid’s information. It operates on a platform of cloud services and mobile apps to learn routine behavior and locations. The company was founded by John Renaldi and Roger Ady in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Gamewisp, Inc. develops an application for syncing saved games to the cloud. It operates an interaction, viewing, and monetization platform for live streamers and gaming YouTubers. The company was founded by Michael Anderson, Eli Hooten, Aaron Middleton and Andrew Wynans and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

MobileServe LLC develops mobile application services. Its application enables its users to manage volunteerism within their organizations. The company’s software also helps businesses, non-profits, and students track and communicate their social impact of volunteerism on the community. MobileServe was founded by Christopher Head, Ankur Gopal and Ben Reno-Weber and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

Chowly, Inc. provides technology-based restaurant industry solutions. It offers third party online ordering platform and helps restaurants streamline the delivery process and simplify technology across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The firm also offers business development, sales, and marketing services. The company was founded by Sterling Douglass, Brian Duncan, and Justin McNally and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Maxwell Financial Labs, Inc. develops technology platform that connects home buyers, agents and lenders. The company was founded by John Paasonen, Lance Poole, and Rutul Dave in 2015 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Gro Solutions, Inc. develops and provides mobile banking solutions. The firm offers customer involvement in the account application, superior user experience, working communication channel for the client for future cross selling, collections, and digital banking. The company was founded by David Eads and is headquartered in Johns Creek, GA.

Access Ventures, Inc (Access Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Bryce Butler. The firm is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

ALS Resolvion LLC engages in provision of loss mitigation and collateral recovery services to commercial and consumer lending institutions. It offers repossession forwarding, skip tracing, impound recovery, and heavy equipment recovery. The company was founded by Josh Elias in August 2014 and is headquartered in Sandy Springs, GA.

Kobiton, Inc. engages in the provision of mobile testing platform. Its features include real-device testing, device lab management, and intelligent test automation. It caters the following industries: retail, Telco, financial and fintech , and mobile critical. The company was founded by Josh Lieberman, Vu Lam, Kenneth L. Walters, and Kevin R. Lee in October 2016 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Vertify, Inc. engages in the development of enterprise cloud data management and integration platform. The firm offers RevConnect, RevTarget, and RevOptics. The company was founded by Dean Dzurilla, Matthew Klepac, and Wayne Lopez in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Retrium, Inc. develops and delivers software solution for agile retrospectives. The company was founded by David Horowitz and Ryan Detweiler in 2015 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.

Render Capital LLC (Render Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Bryce Butler. The firm is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

DriverReach, Inc. provides recruiting and compliance management system. It helps driver recruiters convert leads, hire, build relationships, and be productive. The firm?s services include training, consulting and recruiting. The company was founded by Jeremy Reymer in 2016 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

GoPivot Solutions LLC operates a points-based rewards platform that assists employers in motivating, recognizing, and engaging with their employees. The company is based in Atlanta, GA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Don Doster, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Math Venture Partners Management LLC (Math Venture Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, United States.