John Kim

AcademixDirect, Inc. provides tailored solutions for improving university enrollment and education marketing. The firm uses a technology that incorporates a proprietary matching algorithm, fraud detection software, lead scoring, and targeting capabilities. The company was founded by Al Abhari and Jamie Claire in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Lifealike Ltd. provides residential accommodation services. It offers vacation packages to individuals to stay in distinctive homes. The company was founded by Gregory John Benenson Marsh, Evan Frank, Demetrios Zoppos and Timothy James Davey in 2009 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Cedar AI, Inc. provides transportation services. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

SidelineSwap, Inc. operates vertical marketplace for sporting goods. It provides athletes an option to buy, sell, and trade their sport goods. The firm offers lacrosse, hockey, soccer, baseball, skiing, softball, golf, snowboarding and field hockey gear. The company was founded by Brendan Candon and Anthony Piazza in 2012 and is headquartered in Charlestown, NY.

Neighborhood Goods, Inc. operates online retail stores. It offers kids, men's, and women's clothing. The company was founded by Matt Alexander and Mark Masinter in 2017 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

WanderJaunt, Inc. provides technology-enabled property management solutions. It serves as a decentralized hospitality brand for travelers and homeowners. The company was founded by Barrett Glasauer, Andres Green and Michael Chen and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

SpotHero, Inc. provides mobile applications and website for drivers to find reserve parking spot. The company was founded by Mark Lawrence, Jeremy Smith and Lawrence Kiss in 2011 and is headquartered Chicago, IL.

Italic, Inc. operates as a marketplace that gives shoppers access to factories making products for luxury brands like Celine, Prada, Cartier, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin, Givenchy, Coach, Burberry, and Miu Miu. It offers products in the areas of bed linens and handbags, electric toothbrushes, and yoga gear. The company was founded by Jeremy Cai in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

YDC, Inc. operates an online platform that educates consumers on home loans and originates residential mortgages. The firm provides housing, apartment and vacation home rentals through the platform. The company was founded by Keenan D. Williams and Harsh Yadav and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Baton Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of computer software services. It offers the baton method created to share, discuss, and evolve a standard methodology. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Next performance SAS offers retargeting solutions for brands and retailers. It works with ad exchanges, networks and exclusive publishers to personalize dynamic impressions. The company was founded by Vincent Karachira and Jean-Christophe Ramos and is headquartered in Paris, France.

GFC Global Founders Capital GmbH (GFC) is a venture capital firm which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rocket Internet SE. The firm was originally founded as European Founders Fund Management GmbH by Samwer-brothers Alexander, Marc, and Oliver in 2005. In 2013, the firm was relaunched as Global Founders Capital Management GmbH, spearheaded by Marc Samwer, Oliver Samwer, and Fabian Siegel. The firm is headquartered in Berlin, with additional offices around the world.

Black Opal Ventures LLC (Black Opal Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Dr. Tara Bishop and Eileen Tanghal. The firm is headquartered in New York.

KPMG SA provides auditing and accounting solutions. It intervenes in the insurance, asset management, real estate, automobile, and telecommunications sectors. The firm offers risk advisory, tax and regulatory, and financial advisory services. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

sprd.net AG operates an online platform for buying, selling, and custom designing clothes. Its product range includes men's and women's shirts, jackets, pants, underwear, shawls, and clothing accessories. The firm also offers novelty and office items, such as bottles and mugs, phone and table covers, bags, caps, aprons, and buttons. The company was founded by Matthias Spieß and Lukasz Gadowski in March 2001 and is headquartered in Leipzig, Germany.

RealityMine Ltd. develops technology solutions for collecting consumer behavior and market research data. Its data provides in-depth analytical insights into digital and real-life consumer behavior and gives a unique view of the contexts in which purchasing decisions are made. The firm’s solutions include touch points, media exposure, mobile behavior analytics, single source panel tools, home router analytics, panel management, and taxonomy and analytics. The company was founded by Rolfe William Swinton and Garry Partington in April 2012 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Receipt Bank Ltd. develops accounting software. The company was founded by Michael Charles Wood and Alexis Daniel Sandown Prenn in 2010 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Rimilia Holdings Ltd. engages in the design, development, and implementation of cash allocation software solutions and technologies. Its solutions include e-Commerce reconciliation, accounts receivable, cash application, cash forecasting, credit management and collections, and bank and reconciliation matching. The company was founded by Stephen Richardson and Jamie Stuart Cunnigham in 2008 and is headquartered in Bromsgrove, the United Kingdom.

Codility Ltd. develops assessment tools for programming skills. It provides automated assessment tests and professional assessment services necessary in the recruitment of software developers. The firm?s tests that request the candidate to write a snippet of source code and then automatically assess the code?s correctness and performance. The company was founded by Grzegorz Jakacki, Tomasz Blaszczyk, Krzysztof Kowalczyk and Tomasz Walen in 2005 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Spreadshirt, Inc. operates as an eCommerce platform for printing of clothing and accessories. It allows customers to create, buy, and sell their ideas on various products; and print their own text, design, or photo on T-shirts and other personalized clothing, such as personalized aprons. The firm serves companies and clubs, artists and bloggers, celebrities, YouTubers, businesses, organizations, teams, and individuals. The company was founded by Lukasz Gadowski and Matthias C. Spiess in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Savant Growth LLC (Savant Growth) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Francesco Mantica, Eric Filipek and Javier Eduardo Rojas. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Falkonry, Inc. provides pattern-based artificial intelligence software. The firm's software enables industrial engineers to create real-time process control insights from industrial and IoT time series data. It operates through the offices located in Seoul and Mumbai. The company was founded by Nikunj Mehta and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Trinity Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture of flat panel displays and lithium batteries. The company is headquartered in Cheongju, South Korea.

Part of TrackX Holdings, Inc., Saltare, Inc. develops real-time inventory management and capacity allocation throughout the supply chain software solutions. Saltare was acquired by TrackX, Inc., part of TrackX Holdings, Inc. on October 15, 2002.

Trident Capital, Inc. (Trident Capital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Donald Dixon and John Moragne. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Sunstone Partners Management LLC (Sunstone Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Gus Alberelli, Mike Biggee, John Moragne and Arneek Multani. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Network Security Professionals, Inc. operates as an information security consulting company. It offers app code review, mobile app, thick client and web app pentest services. The firm provides application security program development, application risk prioritization and compliance services. The company was founded by Deke George and Seth Peter in 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis. MN.

UserZoom Technologies, Inc. develops and provides customer experience analytics software. It offers usability testing, UX measurement, information architecture testing, user feedback monitoring, and mobile testing solutions. The company was founded by Alfonso de la Nuez Magarzo, Xavier Mestres Montia, and Javier Darriba-Fernández in 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Avertium LLC engages in the provision of cyber security services. The firm has security operations centers in Arizona and Tennessee. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Part of UserTesting, Inc., UserZoom, Inc. is a company that develops a software platform. The company is based in Los Gatos, CA. The company was founded by Xavier Mestres Montia, Alfonso de la Nuez Magarzo. UserZoom was acquired by UserTesting, Inc. on 2023-04-03.

NetSPI LLC is a cybersecurity company that specializes in providing comprehensive penetration testing, attack surface management, and breach and attack simulation solutions. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN, and has subsidiaries across the United States. The company helps organizations discover, prioritize, and remediate security vulnerabilities through a combination of technology innovation and human ingenuity. NetSPI's cybersecurity experts secure some of the world's most prominent organizations, including top banks, cloud providers, healthcare companies, FAANG companies, retailers, and e-commerce companies. The company was founded by Deke George, and Aaron Shilts has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Mid Europa Partners LLP (Mid Europa Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1999 by Thierry M. Baudon. The firm is headquartered in London.

Forth Dimension Displays Ltd. Develops and manufactures liquid crystal technology based micro displays. Its micro display products contain liquid crystal on silicon Time domain imaging technology. The firm also manufactures chipsets and development kits for use in development and low to medium volume applications. The company was founded in September 2004 and is headquartered in Fife, Scotland.