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1stdibs 1stdibs
1stdibs is the leading marketplace for 1stdibs is the leading marketplace for luxury antiques and vintage goods. luxury antiques and vintage goods. Originally inspired by Parisian flea Originally inspired by Parisian flea markets, today the website brings markets, today the website brings together more than 1,500 of the world’s together more than 1,500 of the world’s most prestigious international dealers of most prestigious international dealers of antiques, vintage furniture and design, antiques, vintage furniture and design, fine art, estate jewellery, vintage couture fine art, estate jewellery, vintage couture and fine homes.
and fine homes. Anki
Anki
By building on decades of scientific By building on decades of scientific research to take artificial intelligence out research to take artificial intelligence out of the lab and into people’s lives, Anki is of the lab and into people’s lives, Anki is at the forefront of a consumer robotics at the forefront of a consumer robotics revolution.
revolution. Bitpay Bitpay
The leading payment service provider The leading payment service provider (PSP) specializing in the peer-to-peer (PSP) specializing in the peer-to-peer virtual currency Bitcoin which provides virtual currency Bitcoin which provides for instantaneous transactions from for instantaneous transactions from anywhere in the world with no risk of anywhere in the world with no risk of fraud or chargebacks.
fraud or chargebacks. Boku
Boku
Boku, the leading operator billing Boku, the leading operator billing and cross-platform mobile payments and cross-platform mobile payments company, brings bank-grade payments company, brings bank-grade payments technology and mobile users together, technology and mobile users together, creating a trusted, accessible platform creating a trusted, accessible platform for consumers, merchants and operators for consumers, merchants and operators alike. Based in San Francisco with offices alike. Based in San Francisco with offices in Europe, Latin America and Asia, Boku in Europe, Latin America and Asia, Boku reaches nearly 4 billion consumers reaches nearly 4 billion consumers worldwide, across 70 countries with worldwide, across 70 countries with more than 270 operators.
more than 270 operators.
Company
Company
profiles
profiles
Dropbox DropboxDropbox is a file sharing solution trusted Dropbox is a file sharing solution trusted by over 500 million users, businesses, by over 500 million users, businesses, universities and non-profits. It enables universities and non-profits. It enables photos, documents and videos to be photos, documents and videos to be stored and shared seamlessly. stored and shared seamlessly. Elastic
Elastic
Founded by the people behind Founded by the people behind
Elasticsearch, Elastic provides software Elasticsearch, Elastic provides software products for developers, startups and products for developers, startups and enterprises to make complex structured enterprises to make complex structured and unstructured data usable. By focusing and unstructured data usable. By focusing on scalability, ease-of-use, and ease-of- on scalability, ease-of-use, and ease-of- integration, Elastic’s products are used for integration, Elastic’s products are used for real-time search, logging, analytics, and real-time search, logging, analytics, and security to power internal and external security to power internal and external applications for Cisco, eBay, Goldman applications for Cisco, eBay, Goldman Sachs, Groupon, Microsoft, NASA, Sachs, Groupon, Microsoft, NASA, Netflix, OpenTable, Yelp, and Wikipedia. Netflix, OpenTable, Yelp, and Wikipedia. Etsy
Etsy
The marketplace for handmade and The marketplace for handmade and vintage items, art and supplies, Etsy vintage items, art and supplies, Etsy has created a global community of has created a global community of like-minded people, who are powering a like-minded people, who are powering a sustainable new economy by using the sustainable new economy by using the internet to reconnect makers with buyers. internet to reconnect makers with buyers. Flipboard
A personalised magazine, Flipboard’s A personalised magazine, Flipboard’s mission is to transform the way people mission is to transform the way people discover, view and share content by discover, view and share content by merging the ease and beauty of print with merging the ease and beauty of print with the power and spontaneity of social media. the power and spontaneity of social media. Centrify
Centrify
Centrify secures identities against Centrify secures identities against cyberthreats that target today’s hybrid cyberthreats that target today’s hybrid IT environment of cloud, mobile and on- IT environment of cloud, mobile and on- premises. Its Identity Platform protects premises. Its Identity Platform protects against the leading point of attack against the leading point of attack used in data breaches – compromised used in data breaches – compromised credentials – by securing enterprises’ credentials – by securing enterprises’ internal and external users in addition internal and external users in addition to privileged accounts.
to privileged accounts. Collibra
Collibra
Collibra is the trusted data authority Collibra is the trusted data authority that provides data stewardship, data that provides data stewardship, data governance and data management for governance and data management for the enterprise business user.
the enterprise business user. Confluent
Confluent
A Stream Data Platform powered by A Stream Data Platform powered by Apache Kafka.
Apache Kafka. Culture Amp Culture Amp
Culture Amp is a culture-first software Culture Amp is a culture-first software company that is building the world’s company that is building the world’s leading People Analytics platform for leading People Analytics platform for people and culture.
people and culture. Datadog
Datadog
Datadog is a SaaS-based monitoring and Datadog is a SaaS-based monitoring and data analytics platform for IT, Operations data analytics platform for IT, Operations and Development teams who write and and Development teams who write and run applications at scale, and want to turn run applications at scale, and want to turn the data deluge produced by their apps, the data deluge produced by their apps, tools and services into actionable insight. tools and services into actionable insight. DoubleDutch
DoubleDutch
DoubleDutch is the leading developer of DoubleDutch is the leading developer of mobile event technology and the first to mobile event technology and the first to bring a data-driven approach to the live bring a data-driven approach to the live events industry.
events industry.
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OpenX OpenX
A global leader in digital and mobile A global leader in digital and mobile ad tech, OpenX enables digital media ad tech, OpenX enables digital media companies to unleash their full economic companies to unleash their full economic power by maximising ad revenue. OpenX power by maximising ad revenue. OpenX solutions provide a unique SaaS platform solutions provide a unique SaaS platform which combines ad serving, a real-time which combines ad serving, a real-time bidding exchange, yield optimisation and bidding exchange, yield optimisation and content valuation.
content valuation. Optimizely Optimizely
Enterprise-level A/B testing and Enterprise-level A/B testing and
personalisation for web and mobile apps. personalisation for web and mobile apps. Outbrain
Outbrain
Outbrain is the Internet’s leading Outbrain is the Internet’s leading personalised content discovery platform. personalised content discovery platform. By recommending news, blogs and other By recommending news, blogs and other content to a receptive reader, at the right content to a receptive reader, at the right moment, Outbrain enables publishers moment, Outbrain enables publishers to boost traffic and marketers to reach to boost traffic and marketers to reach audiences at their most engaged. audiences at their most engaged. Pentaho
Pentaho
Pentaho is delivering the future of Pentaho is delivering the future of business analytics. Pentaho’s open business analytics. Pentaho’s open source heritage drives our continued source heritage drives our continued innovation in a modern, integrated, innovation in a modern, integrated, embeddable platform built for the future embeddable platform built for the future of analytics, including diverse and big data of analytics, including diverse and big data requirements.
requirements. Pure Storage Pure Storage
Pure Storage, the all-flash enterprise Pure Storage, the all-flash enterprise storage company, enables the broad storage company, enables the broad deployment of flash in the data center. deployment of flash in the data center. When compared to traditional disk-centric When compared to traditional disk-centric arrays, the Pure Storage FlashArray arrays, the Pure Storage FlashArray is 10x faster and 10x more space and is 10x faster and 10x more space and power efficient, for less than the cost of power efficient, for less than the cost of mechanical disk per gigabyte stored. mechanical disk per gigabyte stored. Hortonworks
Hortonworks
Hortonworks is a leading distributor, Hortonworks is a leading distributor, developer and vendor of Apache developer and vendor of Apache Hadoop, the open source platform for Hadoop, the open source platform for Big Data storage, management and Big Data storage, management and analytics. Hortonworks employees have analytics. Hortonworks employees have amassed more Hadoop experience – and amassed more Hadoop experience – and collectively contributed more lines of code collectively contributed more lines of code to the platform – than any
to the platform – than any other company.other company. Lookout
Lookout
As smart-phones go global and tablets As smart-phones go global and tablets overtake PCs, Lookout harnesses the overtake PCs, Lookout harnesses the power of millions of users across 400 power of millions of users across 400 networks in 170 countries to be at the networks in 170 countries to be at the cutting edge of cross-platform, cloud- cutting edge of cross-platform, cloud- connected device security for the post- connected device security for the post- desktop era.
desktop era. Novus Novus
Novus is a portfolio analytics company Novus is a portfolio analytics company founded by a group of investors, founded by a group of investors, engineers and data scientists. The engineers and data scientists. The company works with top hedge funds, company works with top hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, pensions and other institutional investors, pensions and other institutional investors, managing almost $1 trillion, to help them managing almost $1 trillion, to help them generate higher returns.
generate higher returns. OANDA
OANDA
OANDA Corporation transformed the OANDA Corporation transformed the business of foreign exchange through an business of foreign exchange through an innovative approach to forex trading. The innovative approach to forex trading. The company’s industry leading online trading company’s industry leading online trading platform, fxTrade, introduced a number platform, fxTrade, introduced a number of firsts to the marketplace, including of firsts to the marketplace, including immediate execution; instant settlement immediate execution; instant settlement on trades; trades of any size between on trades; trades of any size between one unit and 10 million units; and interest one unit and 10 million units; and interest calculated by the second.
calculated by the second.
Rightscale Rightscale
RightScale Cloud Portfolio Management RightScale Cloud Portfolio Management enables leading enterprises to accelerate enables leading enterprises to accelerate delivery of cloud-based applications that delivery of cloud-based applications that engage customers and drive top-line engage customers and drive top-line revenue while optimizing cloud usage to revenue while optimizing cloud usage to reduce risk and costs. With RightScale, IT reduce risk and costs. With RightScale, IT organizations can deliver instant access organizations can deliver instant access to a portfolio of public, private, and hybrid to a portfolio of public, private, and hybrid cloud services across business units and cloud services across business units and development teams while maintaining development teams while maintaining enterprise control.
enterprise control. Slack
Slack
Slack is a messaging platform for Slack is a messaging platform for teams which brings all communication teams which brings all communication together, creating a single unified archive together, creating a single unified archive accessible through powerful search. accessible through powerful search. Sonos
Sonos
The leading manufacturer of wireless The leading manufacturer of wireless music systems, Sonos has re-imagined music systems, Sonos has re-imagined home audio for the digital era.
home audio for the digital era. Squarespace
Squarespace
Squarespace empowers individuals Squarespace empowers individuals and companies to design, build and and companies to design, build and maintain bespoke websites that raise maintain bespoke websites that raise the bar for online publishing. By fusing the bar for online publishing. By fusing elegant design with robust engineering, elegant design with robust engineering, the company’s mission is to provide the the company’s mission is to provide the creative tools that power the future of creative tools that power the future of the web.
the web. Stack Overflow Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow is the largest online Stack Overflow is the largest online community for programmers to learn, share community for programmers to learn, share their knowledge, and advance their careers. their knowledge, and advance their careers. Developers all over the world trust Stack Developers all over the world trust Stack Overflow to help solve coding problems Overflow to help solve coding problems and use Stack Overflow Talent to find job and use Stack Overflow Talent to find job opportunities. The platform has more than opportunities. The platform has more than 40 million unique visitors every month. 40 million unique visitors every month.
Zendesk Zendesk
Zendesk is transforming customer service Zendesk is transforming customer service for the digital age, by delivering category for the digital age, by delivering category defining cloud-based customer service defining cloud-based customer service software. More than 100 million people software. More than 100 million people around the world now receive support around the world now receive support from Zendesk-powered customer service from Zendesk-powered customer service departments and helpdesks.
departments and helpdesks. Zuora
Zuora
Zuora is the global leader in subscription Zuora is the global leader in subscription commerce and billing, helping companies commerce and billing, helping companies in every industry transition to the
in every industry transition to the Subscription Economy.
Subscription Economy. Zend
Zend
Zend partners with businesses for the rapid Zend partners with businesses for the rapid delivery of modern apps across mobile delivery of modern apps across mobile and cloud, having helped establish the and cloud, having helped establish the PHP language which today powers over PHP language which today powers over 200 million applications and websites. 200 million applications and websites.
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