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Chrome River Technologies, Inc. provides expense reporting and invoice automation solutions that uniquely combine the latest available internet technologies with over 25 years of financial systems experience. Chrome River delivers immediate payback via a “Software as a Service” delivery model that requires no hardware, no software, and no long-term commitment. This unique service is easily configurable to meet the needs of organizations worldwide with complex expense management policies and collaborative approval processes.

NuORDER is a cloud & mobile B2B eCommerce solution that empowers brands and retailers to streamline their business operations. Through this cloud-based technology platform, NuORDER provides brands and retailers with a central hub to browse products and catalogs, access real time inventory data and place orders from a computer or mobile app 24/7/365. The Company is based in West Hollywood, CA with additional offices in New York City and London. NuORDER was acquired by Lightspeed for $425M.

Flightdocs provides mission-critical SaaS-based flight department management solutions to the aviation industry, that seamlessly integrate maintenance tracking, compliance, inventory management, and flight operations.  Flightdocs enables aircraft owners, operators, and manufacturers to track and manage the maintenance and airworthiness of aircraft, comply with rigorous safety rules and regulatory guidelines, reduce costs, mitigate risks, and minimize asset downtime. Serving the aviation industry for over 15 years, Flightdocs’ customers include Fortune 1000 corporate flight departments, aircraft manufacturers, air charters, air medical providers, fractional aircraft operators, and government agencies.

Paciolan is a leading ticketing enabler, providing ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions for top venues across North America. Paciolan provides a wholly integrated infrastructure that puts venues in direct control of their customer relationships, brands and revenue potential. Primary markets include performing arts, college athletics, professional sports, museums, and arenas. Paciolan was acquired by TicketMaster in January 2008.

AFS Technologies is the leading provider of Enterprise and On Demand software solutions to the Food & Beverage industries, and serving over 1,200 customers across North America.  AFS Solutions are designed to improve profitability, grow revenue, and assist in regulatory compliance. AFS Profile® offers the food industry’s largest single source for product information and data synchronization with GS1. All AFS solutions utilize service-oriented architecture (SOA) built with Microsoft .NET Framework technology. AFS was acquired by Goldman Sachs in August 2011.

Applied Data Systems, Inc. (ADS) designs, develops and produces “application-ready” embedded computer systems, typically running on a wide variety of state-of-the-art processors and operating systems. Its products stand out for their sophisticated interface graphics, low power consumption and robust functionality. ADS specializes in helping customers connect their application to the latest available wireless technologies. ADS was acquired by Eurotech in January 2007.

Aventri (fka etouches) is a leading global provider of event management software with more than 1,000 customers in 35 countries. Its cloud-based event management technology platform offers a powerful set of 15 integrated modules that enables businesses of all sizes – from global enterprises to small companies – plan the entire lifecycle of events, increase attendance and measure success. Its solutions are offered in multi-lingual and multi-currency software. It is headquartered in Norwalk, CT with offices in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Australia and Dubai.

BuyerQuest provides next-generation cloud-based enterprise-level procurement, invoicing and e-commerce solutions to large organizations. By bringing an intuitive, easy to use B2C e-commerce experience to the B2B procure-to-pay (P2P) process, BuyerQuest addresses the poor user adoption rates, lower than anticipated ROI, and other shortcomings of existing P2P solutions, by “eliminating the difference between shopping at home and shopping for work”. BuyerQuest was acquired by The ODP Corporation in February 2021.

Centercode is the leading provider of end-to-end Customer Validation SaaS and managed services solutions to global B2C and B2B enterprises. Its platform serves as the centralized workflow to address the quality assurance and customer experience needs of any organization by enabling the company to create custom tests, recruit and manage testers, collect detailed feedback and deliver actionable insights through its proprietary prioritization algorithm. Centercode is trusted by some of the most iconic and innovative companies in the world to bring best-in-class products to market through effective Alpha, Beta and Delta tests.

CrossMedia Services is a leading provider of Web-based marketing solutions for national and local retailers. Through its award-winning SmartCircular and SmartCatalog services, CrossMedia transforms traditional print-based retail promotions (such as sales circulars, catalogs, run-of-press ads, direct mail, etc.) into compelling search-based interactive formats. CrossMedia’s clients include many leading national retailers. In May 2004, CrossMedia was acquired by a joint venture of Gannet, Knight Ridder, and Tribune, three preeminent national newspaper companies.

Cyclone Commerce is an enterprise software company which provides solutions that allow companies to connect, manage and collaborate with their business partners over the Internet. Cyclone Commerce solves a unique and urgent problem for global 2000 businesses: the need to extend their enterprises “outside the four walls” to dynamically exchange and manage business critical information and commerce transactions with suppliers, customers and other partners. Cyclone Commerce was acquired by Axway Software in January 2006.

EmpowerMX provides AI-powered aviation maintenance software solutions for airframe Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO), which are trusted by the largest aviation organizations in the world, including Embraer, MRO Holdings, Delta and American Airlines. The company was sold in July 2024 to IFS, a leading global provider of cloud and Industrial AI software backed by leading private equity firms including EQT Partners, Hg, and TA Associates.

ExpertPlan, Inc., headquartered near Princeton, NJ, is the premier provider of private-labeled record keeping solutions to asset management firms, TPAs, RIAs, broker dealers, insurance companies, CPAs, payroll companies, accountants and banks that serve 401(k) and other defined contribution plans. The Company’s scalable record keeping solution can be customized to fully integrate with a client’s business and distribution models. ExpertPlan was acquired by Ascensus in December 2012.

Fleetworthy is a leading provider of cloud-based compliance and risk mitigation software, data visualization solutions, and tech-enabled services for commercial fleets. Over 1,200 leading commercial fleets, covering a footprint of more than 200,000 drivers and over 250,000 assets, rely on Fleetworthy to manage and identify risk, adhere to DOT, IFTA, IRP, and other regulations, and help ensure safe and compliant operations. With over 30+ years of commercial fleet experience and a flexible delivery model that ranges from a cloud-based do-it-yourself software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to a fully outsourced, turnkey, tech-enabled managed service, Fleetworthy helps private fleets, for-hire carriers and third-party logistics companies of all sizes surpass compliance of federal, state, and local regulations and streamline processes to reduce costs and mitigate risks. Fleetworthy was sold to Bestpass, the leading toll management and payment platform for commercial vehicles and a portfolio company of Insight Partners and Susquehanna Growth Equity.

Hanweck Associates is a leading provider of high performance, low latency data and risk analytics to exchanges, banks, broker-dealers, market-makers, portfolio managers and central counterparties. Hanweck also delivers risk measurement solutions across a range of asset classes including fixed income products and derivatives. With its hardware-accelerated Volera™ analytic engine, Hanweck pioneered the use of graphics processing units (GPUs) in the financial industry. International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. is a strategic investor in Hanweck Associates.

ImageCafe.com was a website superstore selling pre-created, semi-custom, professionally designed Websites for image-conscious small business owners seeking a professional looking Web presence without the high costs associated with hiring a Website design firm. It also offered content management tools enabling purchasers to easily customize and update the content (pictures and text) without the user having to know HTML or FTP. The company was acquired by Network Solutions (NASDAQ:NSOL) in 1999.

Established in 1999, MarginPoint is a leading provider of cloud-based indirect material management solutions for the industrial market. More than 400 industrial companies currently rely on MarginPoint solutions daily to reduce their indirect material spending and streamline their indirect material management processes.

Mediant is a provider of regulated shareholder communications services to banks, brokerage firms, corporate issuers and investment companies. With services ranging from customized proxy services to distribution of prospectuses, regulatory reports and Notice-and-Access communications, Mediant’s pioneering use of technology has helped its clients save money, improve their relationships with shareholders and safeguard regulatory compliance. All of Mediant’s services are custom designed and offer interactive tools to enhance communications between issuers, brokers and investors. Mediant is headquartered in New York City with facilities in New Jersey and North Carolina and field offices in Chicago and St. Louis.

Micro Focus International plc provides software that allows companies to develop, test, deploy, assess and modernize business-critical enterprise applications.  The company has more than 30 years of expertise, more than 18,000 customers and over two million licensed users, including 91 of the Fortune Global 100 companies.  Argentum acquired an interest in Micro Focus through its investment in Parallax Capital Partners.  Micro Focus completed its initial public offering in May 2005 and is currently a member of the FTSE 250 (LSE: MCRO).

netBOA (formerly Cobra Administrative Services Inc.) outsourced COBRA benefits administration, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) administration, and retiree benefits transaction processing for large corporations. The Company distinguished itself by offering more custom service than most of its competitors. Its clients included a large airline, utilities, and a regional telephone company. netBOA was acquired by Automatic Data Processing Inc.’s Major Accounts Services (NYSE: ADP) in January 2000.

Orion is a secure and encrypted global platform for instant voice communication for people and machines, on any device, over any network, over any distance, without boundaries. Orion’s platform provides a heads-up and eyes-free interface which enables people to communicate and do things with the power of their voice. Orion’s technology targets enterprise and government customers with mobile workforces (‘mobile group communications’) where it competes with legacy technologies ranging from cellular push-to-talk to public safety walkie-talkies. Orion’s technology also targets a broader and rapidly growing market opportunity, enabling people-to-machine voice communications, including dedicated devices and internet-of-things (IOT), smartphones, web clients and applications, and third-party voice integrations. Orion’s investors include Motorola Solutions, In-Q-Tel and Allen & Company.

Parallax specializes in acquiring and operating software companies that have proven products and established customer bases. Parallax provides these companies with experienced management skills as well as cost effective infrastructure support including accounting and finance, sales and marketing, research and development, and human resources expertise. This unique capability has helped the Parallax family of companies succeed worldwide as leading software vendors across such industry sectors as financial services, government, media, telecoms, manufacturing, and engineering. Notable Parallax companies have included MicroFocus, Multigen-Paradigm, Infor, Inovis and Computron.

Resonate is a SaaS-based provider of real-time consumer insights, data and media activation and offers the largest single source of in-depth proprietary profiles on 200M+ US adult consumers. The company simplifies how marketers understand and engage the right people with the right message based on the underlying values and motivations that drive their audiences’ decisions to buy or support certain brands, products or causes.

Hundreds of companies have used Resonate’s SaaS platform and activation services to accelerate the ability to identify the right customers, prospects, understand what they care about, know what to say to them, and find more of them across all marketing channels with precision and at scale. Resonate is helping marketers reduce marketing complexity, drive strategy and win more business, while reducing data costs and improving media accuracy.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Resonate is privately held and backed by Argentum, Revolution Growth, Greycroft Partners and iNovia Capital.

StructuredWeb provides a suite of web-based sales and marketing automation solutions delivered on-demand, helping businesses and distribution channels to reduce costs, improve conversions and close more deals. Customers can choose from a suite of solutions that include website content management, online product catalogs, ecommerce, CRM, sales enablement, search engine marketing, email, advertising, demand generation and direct marketing programs. Combining a powerful technology platform with marketing and industry expertise in office equipment, networking, voice & data, telecom and technology, StructuredWeb delivers quantifiable, measured, marketing results at a low, fixed budget.

TCI Solutions provides software solutions and services that enable in-store automation of inventory tracking, accounting, and other functions to help retailers improve operational efficiency. TCI integrates workforce, financial, and customer information at both the headquarter and individual store levels. In 2005, TCI was acquired by Retalix Ltd. (Nasdaq: RTLX), a provider of enterprise-wide software solutions for the global food and fuel retail industries.

Trustwave is a leading provider of on-demand data security compliance solutions that enable businesses and other organizations of all sizes to efficiently achieve and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards. Trustwave’s compliance management solutions (including TrustKeeper) and a broad suite of compliance enablement solutions, assist their customers to comprehensively secure their network infrastructure, data communications and sensitive information assets, protecting them against the increasing threats of unauthorized access, fraudulent activity and other intrusions or breaches.

Tut Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: TUTS) is a leader in high-speed data connectivity over public and private copper wire. Tut Systems provides reliable, low-cost, high-speed data connectivity solutions for LAN extension, xDSL Internet access, and home networking. Tut Systems completed its initial public offering in January 1999, after which Argentum sold its position in Tut Systems in the public market.

VPNet Inc. designed, developed, and marketed solutions that allowed corporations to cost-effectively use virtual private networks while preserving network and application scalability, performance, and security. The company specialized in dedicated hardware network security products that performed at high-speed levels not attainable in software-only solutions. VPNet was acquired by Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV) in February 2000.

Wimba (fka HorizonWimba) is a leading provider of collaborative learning software applications and services to the education industry. Its collaborative software applications for the online and blended education market enable institutions to bridge technology and pedagogy by supplementing course management systems with many of the proven disciplines of in-person learning environments. Wimba’s intuitive solutions enable educators and students to quickly and easily teach and learn live online, engage in live chat and instant message exchanges, benefit from oral content being added to text-based course content, and more. Instructors can also use Wimba solutions to convert Microsoft Word documents into accessible web pages and to create and administer tests, quizzes, and exams. Wimba was acquired by Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) in August 2010.

Yello, Inc. provides a cloud-based SaaS platform that allows businesses and their campus recruiters/HR departments to manage and grow their existing and new-candidate pipeline, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the campus hiring process. Their proprietary platform streamlines key choke points in the recruiting process, including collection of candidate info and resumes, marketing job openings to prospective hires, scheduling and conducting interviews on site and remotely, and aggregating/analyzing feedback/evaluations.

Ytel^® specializes in cloud-based B2B communications solutions, powering modern communications through voice, text, email and direct mail. Its SaaS-based offerings include Cloud Contact Center^®, message360°^®, and sipPro™. Ytel supports billions of outbound and inbound interactions, on a company owned network, for the primary purpose of increasing revenue and maximizing efficiency for clients.