Joseph A. Staples

Companyon Ventures Management LLC (Companyon Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Thomas John Lazay and Parthib Srivasthsan. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Plex Systems, Inc. provides enterprise resource protocol and cloud services. It offers software-as-a-service that uses cloud computing to deliver solutions to production, inventory, quality, human capital, and financial management. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

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

SocialSwell, Inc. operates as an online customers review platform. It specializes in online review and reputation management, marketing tools and customer feedback. The company was founded by Zeke Kuch and Drew Sparks in 2016 and is headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, UT.

Northern Lights Group, Inc. engages in the provision of data security, cyber threats, and vendor risk management services. It develops a software as a service vendor management platform that measures and monitors vendor risk and related cyber threats. The company was founded by Robert Aleksick, Anders Norremo, and Rich Skinner in 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Transaction Services Group Ltd. engages in the provision of bills payment processing solutions. It offers business management software, integrated payments, and value added services. The firm serves to the insurance, theme parks, health and fitness, and entertainment industries. The company was founded by Murray Bolton in 1994 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

Arch Oncology, Inc. develops drugs for life-threatening disorders. Its products include anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody, CD47 antisense oligonucleotide, and a small molecule CD47 inhibitor. The company was founded by William A. Frazier and Jeffrey S. Isenberg in 2006 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

Fintech Studios, Inc. provides cloud-based network of curated, disruptive FinTech apps, and big-data financial analytic products. curated fintech apps, investment research and big-data analytic services. It offers brokerage, trading, wealth management, banking and asset management, capital markets application, research, news, and financial analytics. The company was founded by Jim Tousignant and Andrew Haines in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Lightchain Capital LLC operates as single family office of Rodger Riney. It offers venture capital, software development and data science and has worked for major banks, investment firms and startups. The company was founded by Leo Semmelmann and Jan-Erik Flentje in 2007and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

NextRNA Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company that specializes in drug development services. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded in 2021 by Leon Wert-Lamas, Marc A. Cohen, Julia Novina, Carl Novina, Dominique Verhelle, Kenneth C. Anderson, Robert S. Langer. Dominique Verhelle has been the CEO since 2021.

AI Proteins, Inc. is a biotech company based in Andover, MA. AI Proteins is focused on re-imagining protein therapeutics by designing entirely new proteins using an AI-based approach and a high-throughput drug discovery platform. The company's platform enables the development of inexpensive, durable, and highly specific proteins optimized for specific therapeutic applications. These proteins have the potential for oral delivery and can dramatically accelerate the development of lead therapeutic candidates ready for IND-enabling studies. The company was founded by Marc A. Cohen and Christopher Bahl. Noah D. Beerman has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Elevate Ventures, Inc (Elevate Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Indianapolis.

Peking University provides post-secondary education services. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses. It provides courses such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, sciences of medicine, management, and education. The company was founded by JiaNai Sun in 1898 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Emerging Threats Pro LLC provides open source and threat detection, prevention and neutralization services. It offers firewall intrusion detection system and malware protection software. The company was founded by Matthew A. Jonkman in 2003 and is headquartered in Lafayette, IN.

Springbuk, Inc. collects and measures corporate health data services. It supplies its clients with relevant data to support their wellness programming decisions, shares prevailing trends for engaging workforces, and acts as a resource for HR and wellness communities by measuring corporate wellness initiatives. The company was founded by Phill A. Daniels and Rodney R. Reasen II in 2009 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Vennli, Inc. offers choice visualization analytics platform. It provides Vennli that enables businesses easy to understand how customers make choices so that they can take quick and precise actions. The company was founded by Joe Urbany and Gary E. Gigot on February 11, 2013 and is headquartered in South Bend, IN.

Observable Networks, Inc. provides network security technology and advanced threat detection services. Its products include observable cloud, observable enterprise and observable ICS. The company was founded by Patrick Crowley in 2011 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Demandjump, Inc. provides an actionable intelligence marketing platform. It offers Traffic Cloud is a customer acquisition platform that unifies cross-channel digital marketing data to show the entire customer journey. The firms web application used to help companies achieve digital dominance. The company was founded by Christopher Day and Shawn Schwegman in 2015 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

LLamasoft, Inc. engages in the provision of supply chain design software and solution support. Its products include llama.ai platform, rapid apps, Supply Chain Guru, Demand Guru, Optimiza, and Data Guru. The company was founded by Toby Brzoznowski and Donald A. Hicks in 1998 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Reputation.com, Inc. provides online reputation and privacy management services. It offers online reviews, customer surveys, social media, business listings, reputation score, reporting and analytics, and managed services. The company was founded by Michael Fertik, Owen Tripp, Ross Chanin, Raefer Gabriel, and Brian Kelley in 2006 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

T2 Systems, Inc. provides cloud-based parking management and payment solutions. The firm designs and manufactures access control column systems, cashier stations, credit card exit verifiers, pay-on-foot stations, ticket dispensers, multi-space parking pay stations, parking management systems, and operational modes. Its solutions include permit management, enforcement, multi-space pay stations, business intelligence, vehicle counting, citation services and event parking. The company was founded by Michael Simmons and Steve Howard in 1994 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, Inc. provides educational services. It specializes in the areas of K-12 programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills. The company was founded by Theodore Vail in 1919 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

BP3 Global, Inc. engages in the provision of business process management software and services. Its services include digital operations, robotic process automation, design thinking, and artificial intelligence. The firm offers a unified responsive user experience via the Brazos Suite. The company was founded by Lance Gibbs and Scott Francis in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

EqualLogic, Inc. provides data storage system solutions. It offers iSCSI storage area network solutions that enable businesses to simplify storage and information technology. The company was founded by Paula A. Long, Peter Hayden and Paul Koning in April 2001 and is headquartered in Nashua, NH.

Checkmarx Ltd. develops application security testing software solutions. It specializes in Source Code Analysis (SCA) solutions designed for identifying, tracking, and fixing technical and logical security flaws from the source code. The company was founded by Maty Siman in 2006 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Linxup LLC provides mobile resource management solutions. It offers the web-based tools, wireless forms, GPS tracking, automated call-ahead, GPS fleet management and dynamic route optimization tools to businesses and government agencies. The company was founded by Naeem Bari and Gregory J. Winter in 2004 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Ariba, Inc. provides collaborative business commerce solutions. Its solutions include spend and supplier management, spend analysis, financial supply chain management, sourcing, contract management, supply chain collaboration and invoice management. The company was founded by Keith J. Krach, Robert J. Desantis, Paul Hegarty, Edward P. Kinsey, Robert D. Lent, Boris Putanec and Paul C. M. Touw in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Cultivation Capital LLC (Cultivation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Brian Matthews, Cliff Holekamp, Jim McKelvey, Kyle Welborn, and Peter Esparrago. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

MK Capital Co (MK Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Mark T Koulogeorge, Karen Buckner and Bret R Maxwell. The firm is headquartered in Northfield, Illinois.

Monitaur, Inc. is an AI governance software company that provides a SaaS suite of integrated products designed for companies using AI to make high-impact decisions. The company is based in Duxbury, MA. The Monitaur ML assurance platform helps organizations to drive policies, collaboration, oversight, monitoring, and assurances of responsible and ethical life cycle AI governance. Monitaur is committed to improving people's lives by providing confidence and trust in AI. The company was founded in 2019 by a team of deep domain experts in the areas of corporate innovation, machine learning, assurance, and software development. The company was founded by Andrew Clark, Anthony Habayeb. Anthony Habayeb has been the CEO since incorporation.

Sfara, Inc. engages in the development of mobile-based platforms. The company was founded by Sascha W. Simon and Robert A. Mazer on August 7, 2017 and is headquartered in Warwick, NY.

Lumavate LLC engages in the development of low-code mobile app platform for marketers. It offers CPG (consumer packaged goods), employee engagement, entertainment, events, financial services, and healthcare solutions. The company was founded by William M. Godfrey and Robert W. McLaughlin in 2015 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.