David Block

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Talla, Inc. provides artificial intelligence powered service desk to human resources, information technology and other internal service teams. The company was founded by Rob May in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Avalon Ventures Management LLC (Avalon Ventures Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Kevin J. Kinsella. The firm is headquartered in La Jolla, California.

Masthead Venture Partners LLC (Masthead Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Getabl, Inc. provides consumer-to-business texting services. It is a service that replaces the phone conversation with a universal chat utility that allows consumers to send text messages to businesses and the business to reply by text message in real-time. The company was founded by Milenko Beslic, Bryan Lennett and Mark Slater in May 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, Inc. operates internet business and marketing association. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Joy Life, Inc. provides wedding website and application. Its website and applications enable users to add photos, choose wedding colours and fonts, invite guests, send and store RSVP information and send messages. The company was founded by Michael Dorian Bach, Vishal Joshi and Kaiwalya Kher in 2014 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Pictela is a global platform for distributing definition brand content. The platform reaches over 120 million consumers worldwide and supports 1 billion impressions per day. With Pictela, brands can deliver high definition video, photos, text and more. Since launching in 2009 with Disney and American Idol, Pictela has experienced rapid growth with clients across retail, CPG, automotive and entertainment categories. Pictela technology has been certified by Time Inc., The Wall Street Journal, Scripps Networks, Glam Media, Hearst, Rodale, Undertone and Thomson Reuters, among others. Pictela is based in the Flatiron District of New York City, the heart of the New York tech sector. The company is led by senior media and technology executives and backed by prominent venture capital investors.

Redbooth, Inc. provides platform to share tasks, discussions, files, group chat and high definition video conferencing. It provides Teambox, a work management solution for freelancers, self-employed, small business owners, and large teams that allows individuals within and outside of an organization to work together in a social setting. The company was founded by Pablo Villalba Villar in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Dianthus, Inc. develops e-commerce brands. The company is based in Cambridge, MA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Robert May and the CEO is Christopher M. Litster.

WordStream, Inc. develops online marketing software. Its products include WordStream advisor, a pay-per-click (PPC) software that allows to create, optimize, manage, and measure high-performing PPC and social advertising campaigns. It offers free keyword tool, online marketing tools, and search marketing fundamentals. The company was founded by Larry E. Kim and Gerard Escalante in 2007 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Pixability, Inc. provides video advertising services. It offers cloud-base big data programmatic advertising software solutions. The firm helps marketers discover and connect with audiences through machine learning software platform. The company was founded by Bettina Hein in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sidecar Interactive, Inc. engages in the provision of technology for e-commerce product advertising. It uses online retail system that allows retailers to engage in cross-channel online shopping campaigns. The company was founded by Andre O. Golsorkhi in 2007 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Codeship, Inc. provides hosted continuous integration and deployment solutions. Its services include Native Docker Support, Speed Up Your Docker Workflows, Parity, Deploy Your Docker Images, High Performance and Security, and Test Your Microservice System. The company was founded by Moritz Plassnig, Florian Motlik and Manuel Weiss in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Pillar Co Management LLC (Pillar VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jamie Goldstein. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Harris Corp. engages in the provision of technology-based solutions for tactical communications, geospatial systems and services, air traffic management, avionics and electronic warfare, and space and intelligence. It operates through the following business segments: Communication Systems, Electronic Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems, and Corporate. The Communication Systems segment services markets in tactical communications and defense products, including tactical ground and airborne radio communications solutions and night vision technology, in public safety networks. The Electronic Networks Systems segment provides electronic warfare, avionics, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance solutions for the defense industry and air traffic management solutions for the civil aviation industry. The Space and Intelligence systems provides intelligence, space protection, geospatial, complete earth observation, universe exploration, positioning, navigation and timing, environmental solutions for national security, defenses, civil and commercial customers, using advanced sensors, antennas and payloads, as well as ground processing and information analytics. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Melbourne, FL.

Point Judith Management Co LLC (Point Judith Capital Partner) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by David Martirano and Gina Raimondo. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Half Court Ventures LLC (Half Court Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Robert May and Todd Earwood. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

AdmitHub, Inc. provides open online forum platform. It offers all students with free, expert guidance along the path to and through college. The company was founded by Kirk Daulerio and Andrew Joseph Magliozzi in 2014 and is headquartered in Arlington, MA.

Isobar Communications Plc provides digital marketing services. It offers Digital Ecosystems, Innovation accelerator, Product prototyping & development, Product launch & marketing, Data strategy & implementation, Cloud & devops, Analytics & attribution analysis, Optimization , Business consulting, Strategy development, Consumer insight & segmentation and Experience strategy & service design services. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Modeshift, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in helping transit agencies modernize their user-facing technology and infrastructure to improve efficiency, increase ridership, and provide sustainability-oriented service. The company is based in Boston, MA and was founded in 2017. The company's core product is an account-based fare collection system, delivered as a service, which is based on the Microsoft Azure cloud. Modeshift also provides other subsystems such as mobile ticketing, CAD/AVL, and real-time passenger information. The CEO is Miroslav Katsarov.

Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (Vermont Center Emerging) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by John Evans. The firm is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont.

Evidon, Inc. develops and operates a platform for online behavioral advertising. Its product allows users to monitor and control how websites and behavioral advertising networks track user data. Its Marketing Cloud Management software enables enterprises to manage their marketing cloud, data governance, site performance, and vendor management. It also offers privacy governance to enterprises, ensuring that companies comply with privacy standards and offer transparency to online users. The company was founded by Scott B. Meyer, Simeon Simeonov, and Greg Tagaris in July 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Swoop.com, Inc. develops applications for online shopping. The company was founded by Ronald E. Elwell, Simeon Simeonov and John W. Hadl in 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

General Catalyst Partners LLC provides venture capital services. The company was founded by Joel E. Cutler, David J. Orfao, David P. Fialkow and John G. Simon in 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Thing Labs, Inc. develops web-based software solutions. Its software solutions enable users to create, share, explore, and enjoy content. The firm also provides Brizzly Guide that shows users with explanations, links, and photos for timely topics. The company was founded by Jason Shellen and Christopher Wetherell in May 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Real Chemistry, Inc., IPM.ai is an insights as a service provider based in Cambridge, MA. IPM.ai empowers leading life sciences companies to develop and commercialize precision medicine for specialty and rare diseases. The company's system of insight utilizes granular-level longitudinal analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to streamline market assessment, patient finding, treatment journey mapping, healthcare provider discovery, key opinion leader identification, and brand activation. IPM.ai's ai-powered precision medicine platform optimizes the product lifecycle for rare disease therapies to ensure optimal patient outcomes. The company was founded by Simeon Simeonov and Ronald E. Elwell, with Ronald E. Elwell serving as CEO since incorporation.

One Way Ventures Management PBC Inc. (One Way Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Massachusetts, Boston and additional office in San Francisco, California.

Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) is a non-profit organization that aims to evaluate the societal, policy, and legal implications of data use, identify risks, and develop appropriate protections. FPF brings together industry, academics, consumer advocates, and other thought leaders to explore the challenges posed by technological innovation and develop privacy protections, ethical norms, and workable business practices. FPF works with organizations and governments to shape best practices and policies through research, publications, educational meetings, expert testimony, and other related activities. FPF and the FPF Education and Innovation Foundation serve as catalysts for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies.

Alpha-Beta Technology, Inc. engages in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel carbohydrate-based products for the prevention and treatment of infectious disease. It develops a novel class of immune modulation pharmaceutical products composed of complex carbohydrates and is discovering and developing new anti-fungal diagnostics and drugs. In addition, Alpha-Beta has developed a rapid in vitro diagnostic to detect and monitor systemic fungal infections and has an anti-fungal research program to discover direct inhibitors of fungal cell wall synthesis. It is in the development stage and is devoting substantially all of its efforts toward product research and development, raising capital, marketing products under development, clinical trials and manufacturing. The Company was founded on March 2, 1988 and is headquartered in Worcester, MA.

Expo Communications, Inc. provides consumer-generated video product reviews. It distributes informative video content for digital points of purchase viewable at expotv.com, retail websites, youtube, facebook, manufacturer sites. The company was founded by Daphne Kwon and William Hildebolt in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Carolus Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel products for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. It company focuses on therapeutic strategies to noninvasively monitor and disrupt proinflammatory interactions of chemokines, and prevent or reverse inflammation associated with an array of human diseases, including atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, sepsis, organ transplantation, and cancer. The company was founded by Jay Lichter, Jürgen Bernhagen, and Christian Weber in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Afraxis, Inc. operates as a contract research organization (CRO), specializes in preclinical efficacy evaluations (in vivo and in vitro), neurotoxicity evaluations, and structure-efficacy relationship (SER)-driven medicinal chemistry. It develops Afraxis ESP, an enhanced spine analysis platform that quantifies the morphology and maturity of synaptic dendritic spines, which are fundamental to information processing by neural synapses in the brain. The company was founded by Jay B. Lichter, Carmine Stengone, Susumu Tonegawa and Ben Vollrath in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Kinvey LLC provides a Backend as a Services platform for mobile apps. The firm offers Kinvey that enables developers and IT with the next generation platform for delivering enterprise applications; and mBaaS, a mobile health solution for healthcare providers, payers, and pharmaceutical/biotech and life sciences companies for its mobile and responsive web applications. The company was founded by Sravish Sridhar and Morgan Bickle in 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

The Watson Technology Group LLC provides investment services. The company was founded by Matt Watson in 2003 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

Metromojo LLC develops and operates community websites where members interact and contribute a variety of content. It creates online communities and provides free services to its members. The company was founded in 2004 and is located in Louisville, KY.

JDRF T1D Fund (JDRF T1D Fund) is a venture capital subsidiary of JDRF International founded in 2011 by Sean Doherty. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Nova AI, Inc. is based in Brookline, MA. The company's platform takes personalized marketing to the next level, transforming businesses. Nova AI, Inc. was founded by Robert May, who has been the CEO since incorporation. Nova AI automates and scales customer acquisition using AI.