Phil DeSimone

Quokka Sports' principal activity is to provide sports entertainment for the digital world. The Group's sporting products and services are designed to appeal to a global audience. The production and technology expertise of the Group has extended to the following sports: golf, major league baseball, college sports, sailing, motor racing and action sports like skiing, climbing, hiking, snowboarding, adventure racing and mountain biking and the Olympics.

Micell Technologies, Inc. operates as a biomedical device company. It develops interventional cardiology systems for vascular drug delivery. The firm offers MiStent SES is designed to optimize healing in patients with coronary artery disease. The company was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone and James B. McClain in 1995 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. is a clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of human therapeutics using its proprietary PRINT technology to transform the lives of patients. It operates in two segments: Pharmaceutical Products and Partnering & Licensing. The two product candidates from its pipeline: LIQ861 for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and LIQ865 for the treatment of local post-operative pain. Liquidia Technologies was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone, Ashok K. Mendiratta, Edward T. Samulski, William R. Kenan, Ginger Denison and Jason Rolland in 2004 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

rPath, Inc. provides next-generation system automation technologies. It automates software system construction, deployment, configuration and maintenance across physical, virtual and cloud environments. The company was founded by Erik W. Troan and Billy Marshall in 2005 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Implantable Provider Group, Inc. provides surgical cost management solutions. It offers programs that enable health plan partners to manage surgical and implant costs. The company was founded by Michael S. Jones and Fred Aycock in 2004 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

FrontStream Holdings LLC provides integrated back-end merchant solutions and front-end payment and donation management products. It offers a philanthropy platform, which is an integrated ecosystem of software and services that unifies fundraising, data analysis, event management, employee giving, volunteering, and corporate social responsibility initiatives. The firm also offers a set of tools and data that enables nonprofits and corporations to understand and enhance the impact of their collective philanthropic efforts. The company was founded by Emmet Seibels and Marc Sheipei in 2007 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The National Geographic Society, Inc. operates as a non-profit scientific and educational institution. Its interests include geography, archeology and natural science, and the promotion of environmental and historical conservation. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina provides health care insurance services. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Appia, Inc. provides mobile performance solutions for developers, publishers and advertisers. It also provides the technology, infrastructure, and scale to provide higher lifetime value users for advertisers while driving positive return on ad spend. It is not an application store but is a marketing platform, bringing the content from a number of developers and content creators to the mobile application storefronts of partners around the world. The company was founded by Judson S. Bowman in 2004 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Apex Analytix LLC is a pioneer in the supply chain software, data, and analytics markets, providing data-powered software and services for supplier management, fraud prevention, and overpayment recovery. The company is based in Greensboro, NC and has subsidiaries in the United States and United Kingdom. The company leads the world in supplier management innovation with its Apex Portal and SmartVM solutions, which automate supplier onboarding, master data management, and continuous monitoring of supplier and supply chain risk throughout the supplier life cycle. With over 250 clients in the Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000, Apex Analytix is dedicated to providing companies and their suppliers the ultimate supplier management experience. The company was founded in 1988 by James B. Arnold, and Steve Yurko has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Voltari Operating Corp. is engaged in the provision of mobile data solutions serving mobile operators, consumer brands and enterprises, and advertising agencies. The company was founded on March 17, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Leadership Foundations, The International Women's Forum is a women's forum membership organization. The company is based in Washington. The American company was founded in 1974 by Maureen A. Kindel, Elinor Guggenheimer. Stephanie Mathews O'Keefe has been the CEO of the company since 2016. The International Women's Forum was acquired by Leadership Foundations on January 01, 2021.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Hatteras Venture Partners (Hatteras Venture) is venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Clay B. Thorp and John Crumpler. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

San Francisco Ballet Association operates professional ballet programs and other related services. The firm performs the first American productions of Swan Lake and Nutcracker as well as the American Coppélia. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bioabsorbable Vascular Solutions, Inc. develops and manufactures bioabsorbable vascular stent platforms used to restore blood flow in patients with coronary artery disease. The company was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone, Richard Stack, and Robert Langer and is headquartered on December 24, 2004 and is headquartered in Abbott Park, IL.

Grass Valley USA LLC engages in the management and operation of broadcasting and teleproduction facilities. The firm offers post production video equipment which include cameras, switches, routers, and editing hardware for video. The company was founded by Donald Hare in 1959 and is headquartered in Grass Valley, CA.

Blue Current, Inc. is a company that specializes in manufacturing 100% dry, safe, and high-performance silicon elastic composite solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, grid storage, and consumer electronics. Blue Current is based in Hayward, CA. The company leads with science and data and is scaling up in the next wave of battery innovation. The company was founded by Nitash Balsara and Joseph M. DeSimone, and Ben Eiref has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

re—inc provides apparel and accessories. The company was founded by Megan Rapinoe, Christen Press, Tobin Heath, and Meghan Klingenberg and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.