Internet, software and applications startups

Born in Texas, with roots a decade old, Grande Communications is a Texas-based communications company providing residential and business customers with high-speed Internet, local and long-distance telephone and digital cable services over a single network. Grande is building a new, high capacity, fiber-optic network from the ground up, using the latest technological advancements in broadband communications.

ID Analytics pioneered the concept of identity scoring and is the leading provider of Identity Risk Management solutions. The ID Network® is the nation's only real-time, cross-industry compilation of identity information. Top U.S. communication and financial service companies, as well as major retailers, government agencies and healthcare insurers trust ID Analytics to eliminate financial loss, protect brand reputation and satisfy regulatory requirements. ID Analytics also protects consumers from identity theft.

Mobile Messenger facilitates all aspects of mobile phone entertainment. From concept, creative, delivery, technology, billing, customer service to analysis the company provides a complete managed service to our clients.

mSpot has been pioneering mobile multimedia entertainment since launching the first streaming radio service in April 2005. mSpot's turnkey managed services enable carriers to deliver a completely integrated entertainment experience - combining a range of music, radio and video services and features into one mobile entertainment interface where consumers can discover, manage, sync, download, purchase, play and enjoy music, radio, podcasts, movies, videos and original programming.

Launched in 2004 and headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., Ripple is an interactive network of screens located in community gathering places, featuring content that informs, entertains, and connects people to their world. Our national network democratizes access to a mass media platform, giving people the power to show up and connect in their communities with products like ShoutOuts and AdCenter. With thousands of screens in hundreds of locations across the country, Ripple's rapidly expanding network currently reaches millions of unique consumers every month.

Trion World Network was formed in early 2006 by Dr. Lars Buttler and Jon Van Caneghem with the mission to define games and entertainment for the connected era by leveraging the power of globally pervasive broadband to reach worldwide audiences.

Sabrix, Inc. is a leading provider of transaction tax management for companies of all sizes, enabling finance, tax, and IT professionals to achieve accurate, timely, and cost-effective compliance for sales tax, use tax, value-added tax (VAT), excise tax, and other international and industry-specific taxes and fees.

Unique among providers of eprocurement services, SciQuest is the global leader in helping academic and research-centric organizations to realize the potential of strategic procurement. Through our specialized expertise, on-demand procurement software and services-first approach, we empower them to manage spend, drive ROI and ultimately, advance their missions.

Clarus Systems, Inc. answers the demands of the market by providing enterprises, systems integrators and managed service providers with scaleable IP Communications solutions that maximize ongoing operations and ensure increased end user confidence and efficiency. Established as an authority in IP Communications, Clarus Systems solutions validate all aspects of a communications environment are operating as expected, ensuring system availability and performance by combining automated, end user testing and management applications with strategic services.

Codefast, Inc. is the first provider of agile solutions for software production. Agility is the power to move quickly and easily. An agile system delivers maximum results while enabling change. Codefast offers the only solution that works across all software development platforms to guarantee agility in production processes.