Todd Howson

Renaissance Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for kinder to grade 12 schools. Its products include Star 360, myIGDIs, Accelerated Reader, Math and myON. The firm's software solutions offers assessments, early literacy, individualized and balanced instruction, and response to intervention. The company was founded by Judith Ames Paul and Terrance D. Paul in 1986 and is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, WI.

Piczo, Inc. provides online social networking services. It enables its members to share their life stories with friends by designing their sites with multiple pages featuring photos, graphics, videos, music, comment boards, and games. The company was founded by Jim Conning in 2003 and is headquartered in Valencia, CA.

TransCella, Inc. provides information technology services. It offers automatic software accelerator technology with the ability to exploit new hardware. The company was founded by Robert S. Dreyer in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

BetterLesson, Inc. engages in the provision of free organizational tool and curriculum services. It offers distance learning, instructional coaching, design workshops, Learning Series, and Learning Walks services. The company was founded by Alex Grodd, Jonathan Hendler and Erin Osborn in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

PresenceLearning, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of live online speech and occupational therapy services. It offers school districts with web-based access to a nationwide network of qualified speech language pathologists, counselors and occupational therapists via live video conferencing combined with practices and progress reporting. The company was founded by Jack Lynch and Clay Whitehead in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MasteryConnect, Inc. develops educational cloud-based software platform for teachers. It offers mastery tracker, common assessment, resource pins, learning community, and grading tools. The company was founded by Trenton Goble, Michael A. Hewitt, and Douglas Weber in 2009 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

LearnZillion, Inc. engages in the development of a web-based education tool and video library of math and literacy lessons. LearnZillion was founded by Eric Westendorf and Alix Guerrier in 2011 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Greenhouse Software, Inc. engages in the provision of recruiting software solutions. It offers inclusion, onboarding, CRM, events app, and product tiers. The company was founded by Daniel H. Chait and Jonathan K. Stross in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Degreed, Inc. operates a learning platform for college students, professionals and organizations. It offers course-by-course scores and validation of education from accredited and non-accredited sources. The firm provides scores that quantifies a person?s lifelong education by credit hours and mastery levels. The company was founded by David A. Wiley, Eric Sharp and David Blake and in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Querium Corp. develops mobile learning software platform. It offers StepWise, a personalized program that works on smartphones and computers; Ace Accuplacer math placement test solution that enables teachers in teaching math concepts; STAAR Algebra 1 EOC, a mobile-ready review tool for Texas students preparing for the STAAR Algebra I EOC assessment test; and Querium’s Online PAA, a solution that teaches importance of the TSI pre-assessment for Texas colleges and school districts, and students. The company was founded by Kent A. Fuka and Patti Smith in January 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Asurion LLC provides consumer technology protection services. It offers mobile protection, extended warranty, and soluto services. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Part of Class Technologies, Inc., Blackboard Connect, Inc. is a leading educational technology solution for higher ed, k-12, business, and government. The company is based in Sherman Oaks, CA. Blackboard Connect connects education to the power of technology, providing innovative solutions for its clients.

AlertNow, Inc. provides communications software services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Remind101, Inc. provides mobile application that offers teachers to instantly text students and parents. It helps students, teachers, and school leaders to connect at place. The company was founded by Brett Kopf and David Kopf in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Newsela, Inc. publishes news articles online. Its common core-aligned quizzes attached to articles give educators and parents insight to student's reading strengths and weaknesses. The company was founded by Matthew Gross and Dan Cogan-Drew in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

EdSurge, Inc. operates website for educators, entrepreneurs and investors involved in education technology. The company was founded by Elizabeth Corcoranin, Nick Punt, Bowman Matt and Agustin Vilaseca in 2011 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Preply, Inc. provides online english tutorial services. It offers other foreign languages such as German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Russian. The company was founded by Kyrylo Bigay, Sergey Lukyanov and Dmytro Voloshyn on August 2, 2012 and is headquartered in Brookline, MA.

Part of Wells Fargo & Co., Wells Fargo Securities, Inc. is a brokerage firm. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Kiddom, Inc. develops education technology platform, which enables to plan, assess and analyze personalized learning for teachers and learners. It specializes in education technology, personalized learning, education management, blended learning, standards-based grading and data-informed instruction. The company was founded by Ahsan Rizvi in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Morressier GmbH develops software that collects and manages presentations and posters for scientific events. The company was founded by Sami Benchekroun and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Bakpax, Inc. engages in the provision of educational services. The company was founded by Jose Ferreira and Will Fleiss and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Hazel Health, Inc. operates as a software company, which provides healthcare services for students in school. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Excellence & Intelligence Co., Ltd. is an online programming learning platform. The company is based in Zhongshan, China. The Chinese company was founded in 2017 by Zhi Xu and Jian Bin Mo.

Laerdal Million Lives Fund (Laerdal Million Lives) is a venture capital firm affiliated with the Laerdal Family, founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Real Collaborative, Inc. provides women’s mental healthcare services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Attainment Holdco LLC operates as a public benefit company. It offers talent development; tuition assistance integration; diversity and inclusion; business growth; employee engagement; and talent acquisition solutions. The company was founded by Jonathan Lau and Vivek Sharma in April 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Rebel Girls, Inc. operates as a cultural media engine. The company was founded by Elena Favilli and is headquartered in Cloverdale, CA.

Lobby Capital (LC) is an venture capital firm founded in 2021 by David Hornik, Eric Carlborg and Buddy Arnheim. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Disco, Inc. is a learning management software company based in Toronto, Canada. Disco's purpose-built operating system can be connected to hundreds of powerful integrations like Zoom, Slack, Zapier, and Stripe to simplify operations and expand capabilities. Disco's software is designed to accelerate revenue, deliver transformative learning experiences, and operate with ease. Additionally, Disco offers an exclusive learning community called Thrive, which empowers leaders to build and grow thriving learning businesses. The Canadian company was founded by Candice Faktor and Chris Sukornyk.

Part of Owl Ventures LLC, Owl Ventures Partnership Holdings III LLC operates as a venture capital firm. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA.

Eco.logic Brands, Inc. produces recycled paper laundry detergent bottles. It also designs and manufactures recyclable packaging solutions for consumer applications. The firm offers ready-to-fill bottles to hold pourable liquid or dry products. The company also offers cardboard bottles through stores in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Eco.logic Brands was founded by Julie Corbett on May 2008 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Noodle Partners, Inc. helps students make better decisions about learning. It operates an Internet portal for education and search index website. The company was founded by John S. Katzman and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Owl Ventures LLC (Owl Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Tory Patterson and Jed Smith. The firm headquartered in San Francisco.