Jeff Parkinson

FinTech Studios operates the world's most advanced AI-based market intelligence and risk intelligence platform for financial institutions and corporations. Our vision is to be the world’s leading artificial intelligence-based financial information network. Out technology is revolutionary - artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language processing technology for Wall Street that automates big-data mining, intelligent tagging and dynamic linking of massive amounts of unstructured data in 49 languages from millions of websites in real-time, to simplify information discovery, research, analysis and collaboration.

Aclaimant was founded on the belief that everyone has the right to be a better risk and protect what matters most. As the pioneer of Active Risk Management, Aclaimant enables companies to reduce the cost of risk and drive higher productivity while empowering every employee to be a risk manager. This transforms how companies manage data, people, and processes through leading RMIS capabilities in workplace safety, incident and claims management, and analytics. Thousands of safety and risk management professionals rely on Aclaimant to achieve better outcomes.

Virgil Security, Inc., makes every software developer into an applied cryptologist. Virgil provides password-free authentication, encryption, distributed immutable data storage via Blockchain, and verification of data, devices, and identities that is quickly and easily integrated into developer products. Virgil provides this via a cloud-based service in combination with open sourced libraries that are available for desktop, embedded (IoT), mobile, and cloud / web applications with support for a wide variety of modern programming languages. • Finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 North America <​http://bit.ly/VS-RNHA> • One of "region's hottest emerging companies"​ for Cooley LLP's Capital Call DC <​http://bit.ly/VS-Cooley> • TiE50 Top Start-up Winner at TiEcon 2016 <​http://tiecon.org>. • Top 40 DC-area innovators in the cyber community by Trending40.com. • Showcased at the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards as "one of the most interesting, creative & successful"​ 2015 Startup Alley exhibitors by TechCrunch Disrupt. • Finalist for a Timmy Award as DC’s Best Tech Startup by Tech in Motion <​http://bit.ly/VS-TiM> • One of five "innovative seed & growth-stage cybersecurity companies with outsized potential to transform the trillion dollar mobile space"​ by CTIA Startup Lab <​http://bit.ly/VS-CTIA> • One of the sixteen hottest up-and-coming early & seed stage technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association <​http://bit.ly/VSBuzz2015> • One of the Southeast’s thirty-six most innovative startups by 36|86’s Village 36 <​http://bit.ly/Village36> • One of the Top 10 area startups by 36|86’s Southern Series <​bit.ly/Virgil-3686> • One of Cybersecurity Ventures “500 Hot Cybersecurity Companies to Watch in 2015” • Graduate of the Fall 2014 cohort of the MACH37™ <​http://Mach37.com> cyberaccelerator program #SecureTheFuture #NoMorePasswords #EncryptEverything #SecuredByVirgil

Candy Club brings Makes Happy Happen - through our premium candies - one bite at a time. Candy Club scours the globe curating best-in-class unique, premium candies with incredible tastes and flavors. We then develop fun packaging, whimsical names, and voila - consumers get premium candy at attainable prices for all their confection needs. You can find Candy Club products in our retail partners including neighborhood boutique shops, online, and in major department stores. From individual cups and gift sets, to monthly subscriptions for everyday or seasonal and holiday times — Candy Club has something for all occasions and tastes. These smile-inducing products are great as a gift, to share with others, or as a sweet indulgence for yourself. Simply stated - “We Make Happy Happen™ "!

Anagram (formerly Patch) provides real-time price transparency and streamlined insurance benefit processing for the purchase of healthcare services.

Gem is a cryptocurrency API company that powers fiat-to-crypto onramps for some of the largest companies in the cryptocurrency industry. Gem gives our partners a beautiful user interface to the crypto universe with just a few lines of code. Our flagship product, Gem Onramp is the "Add Money" button for crypto; an embeddable UI flow offering global fiat payment methods and exchange transfer options to your users. With our embeddable UI flows and API, your users can seamlessly connect external crypto data, assets and fiat without ever leaving your app.

The Bouqs Company is an online flower retailer founded by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar that delivers flowers and plants fresh from eco-friendly, sustainable farms to doorsteps nationwide. Tabis, a brand and strategy executive formerly with Disney, and Montúfar, a third-generation farmer, started The Bouqs Company in November 2012 to radically disrupt the $100B global floral industry through a modern brand, responsibly-sourced flowers and a vertically-integrated supply chain. Headquartered in Marina del Rey, CA, The Bouqs Company connects farms and florists with consumers, and disrupts the traditional supply chain by eliminating unnecessary stops along the way. In turn, this model enables a superior product and redefines the experience and economics for both consumers and producers alike.

Ayehu has been acquired by Resolve. Named by Gartner Cool Vendor IT Process Automation, Ayehu’s No-Code Intelligent Automation and Orchestration platform use drag-and-drop visual workflow designer to automate IT tasks in minutes. This saves 90% of the time spent remediating incidents, delivers a 55% cost reduction on repetitive manual tasks and cuts ticket by more than 70%. Ayehu’s 200+ Enterprise customers, including F500 companies such as Pitney Bowes and multinational MSPs such as Cognizant and Accenture, are using Ayehu’s platform for its digital labor, increasing their operational efficiency by sending robots to work.

At Gooten, we operate a smart supply chain for brands that are looking to optimize their eCommerce business with on-demand manufacturing. We combine our proprietary technology and operational expertise with a global network of 30+ best-in-class manufacturing partners. Our Guiding Principles 1. We take our partnership with you seriously We recognize your drive to scale successfully, whether you’re a known brand operating thousands of stores or an emerging high-growth business set for expansion, we have you covered! Our interests are aligned with yours; and we grow when you grow. We walk side by side with you as partners, through the ups and downs, recognizing your needs so we can provide you with the tailored solutions you’re looking for. We’re invested in your success and reward you for your growth through our Very Important Merchant (VIM) loyalty program. The possibilities are infinite! 2. We don’t end with fulfillment; it’s where we begin Order manufacturing and fulfillment are a given. We preach ‘The Gooten Standard’ to represent our operational excellence, which has been designed with your success in mind. From dedicated solution consultants, a partner success team, to customer service SLAs, we focus on what really matters in your day-today to help your business shine. We help you source the right products at the right price without ever compromising on quality. As a result, your consumers are happy and your business economics work. 3. Best-in-class all the way No lip service here. In 2020 alone, we processed 2 million orders and boast a 98% error-free rate. We hand-select all of our manufacturing partners that service more than 70 global locations across the US, Canada, AUS, EU, and the UK. What’s more, our proprietary order management and smart supply chain network always ensures orders are being efficiently routed to production facilities that are closest to your consumers, allowing localized production, lower shipping costs, and faster delivery.

Giraffic is the market leader in client side Multimedia Software Acceleration, with the mission to enable device manufacturers and OTT content providers to offer their customers with an engaging and enjoyable viewing of their favorite online content, overcoming Internet congestion challenges. Deemed by Digital Trends as a game changer for smart TV platforms, Giraffic Adaptive Video Acceleration (AVA) aims to make "Netflix as reliable as Cable"​, that is, a true HD/4K TV everywhere experience without buffering pauses or inconsistent resolution in most any networking conditions. Selected by Industry leaders such as Samsung for its high-performing, easy-to integrate solution, Giraffic technology is already deployed on over 50 million consumer devices in more than 100 countries and has proven to accelerate streaming by 3X on average, reduce re-buffering by 10X, and boost download speeds by 5X. Giraffic features a team of networking and video geeks (and geekettes!) based in Israel, Silicon Valley, China, Korea and Hong-Kong.

Reonomy is the leading provider of CRE insights, empowering top brokerages, financial institutions, and commercial services providers with actionable data and solutions. Armed with Reonomy’s enterprise-grade products, CRE professionals and organizations gain comprehensive market understanding, discover opportunities, and streamline research processes. Headquartered in New York, Reonomy has raised $128 million from top investors, including Sapphire Ventures, Bain Capital, Softbank, Primary Ventures, Georgian Partners, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Citi Ventures, and Untitled Investments. Our clients represent the biggest names in CRE, including Newmark Knight Frank, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, and Tishman Speyer. Reonomy was acquired by Altus Group on November 11, 2021.

Fireblade provides a sophisticated next generation website security and high availability service, available to any website easily through the cloud. The service bundles all aspects of website security and traffic management, including DDoS protection, web application security, health and performance monitoring and website acceleration. Fireblade has innovated a behavioral approach to website security, shifting from traditional, costly and obsolete web application firewalls to a modern dynamic approach that relies on users’ behaviors and reputations, rather than signatures. Fireblade’s technology is a unique 2-tier SaaS. A cloud-based Central Security Cloud that analyzes huge volumes of traffic for behavioral profiling, inconsistency detection and reputation recognition, and edge nodes enforcing security policies and delivering the actual service, distributed in the cloud. Fireblade offers its services directly and through partners and resellers, such as hosting providers, clouds and MSPs.

Buzz Points® is a holistic platform solution that allows community financial institutions to engage cardholders, build relationships and drive revenue by offering rewards for debit cards, credit cards and account balance activities. Our incentive-based customer engagement and revenue platform connects consumers, local businesses, and community financial institutions. Results from partner banks and credit unions have proven that the innovative platform boosts revenue and customer engagement. Buzz Points is more than a “points program”, it drives revenue by building relationships and bringing communities together.

Cultivating portfolio companies committed solving 21st century water challenges.

Ninja Nation, a franchise company, is the leading provider of world-class obstacle course arenas across the country, serving America’s youth and adults with the most exciting facilities for developing skills, strength, and confidence. We love the sports of Ninja and Obstacle Course Racing and support every aspect of their growth. We believe everyone across the U.S. should have access to such an incredible activity. We believe in providing youth and adults across the world with a fitness alternative that is fun, challenging and teaches us to get back up and try again. We are development focused, especially with getting our members stronger, more fit and more confident in their ability to tackle obstacles inside and outside of our arenas. Our goal is to create over one million heroes. That’s one million kids and adults pushing their minds and bodies to limits they never thought possible and doing so in our arenas. Play, Train and Compete.

FinTech Studios operates the world's most advanced AI-based market intelligence and risk intelligence platform for financial institutions and corporations. Our vision is to be the world’s leading artificial intelligence-based financial information network. Out technology is revolutionary - artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language processing technology for Wall Street that automates big-data mining, intelligent tagging and dynamic linking of massive amounts of unstructured data in 49 languages from millions of websites in real-time, to simplify information discovery, research, analysis and collaboration.

Aclaimant was founded on the belief that everyone has the right to be a better risk and protect what matters most. As the pioneer of Active Risk Management, Aclaimant enables companies to reduce the cost of risk and drive higher productivity while empowering every employee to be a risk manager. This transforms how companies manage data, people, and processes through leading RMIS capabilities in workplace safety, incident and claims management, and analytics. Thousands of safety and risk management professionals rely on Aclaimant to achieve better outcomes.

Virgil Security, Inc., makes every software developer into an applied cryptologist. Virgil provides password-free authentication, encryption, distributed immutable data storage via Blockchain, and verification of data, devices, and identities that is quickly and easily integrated into developer products. Virgil provides this via a cloud-based service in combination with open sourced libraries that are available for desktop, embedded (IoT), mobile, and cloud / web applications with support for a wide variety of modern programming languages. • Finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 North America <​http://bit.ly/VS-RNHA> • One of "region's hottest emerging companies"​ for Cooley LLP's Capital Call DC <​http://bit.ly/VS-Cooley> • TiE50 Top Start-up Winner at TiEcon 2016 <​http://tiecon.org>. • Top 40 DC-area innovators in the cyber community by Trending40.com. • Showcased at the 9th Annual Crunchies Awards as "one of the most interesting, creative & successful"​ 2015 Startup Alley exhibitors by TechCrunch Disrupt. • Finalist for a Timmy Award as DC’s Best Tech Startup by Tech in Motion <​http://bit.ly/VS-TiM> • One of five "innovative seed & growth-stage cybersecurity companies with outsized potential to transform the trillion dollar mobile space"​ by CTIA Startup Lab <​http://bit.ly/VS-CTIA> • One of the sixteen hottest up-and-coming early & seed stage technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association <​http://bit.ly/VSBuzz2015> • One of the Southeast’s thirty-six most innovative startups by 36|86’s Village 36 <​http://bit.ly/Village36> • One of the Top 10 area startups by 36|86’s Southern Series <​bit.ly/Virgil-3686> • One of Cybersecurity Ventures “500 Hot Cybersecurity Companies to Watch in 2015” • Graduate of the Fall 2014 cohort of the MACH37™ <​http://Mach37.com> cyberaccelerator program #SecureTheFuture #NoMorePasswords #EncryptEverything #SecuredByVirgil