Eric Peckham

On September 9, 2019 75F completed their series A funding round with $18 million in funding from Breakthrough Energy Ventures (lead investor), OGCI Climate Investments, Clean Energy TrustClean Energy Trust, Building Ventures, and Revolution.

Cognizant is an American multinational information technology company offering professional consulting services that is headquartered in Teaneck, New jerseyNew jersey and was founded in 1994 by Francisco D'Souza, Kumar Mahadeva, and Lakshmi Narayanan.

Meissa was founded by Dr. Martin Moore and Dr. Roderick Tang, a vaccine manufacturing expert. As of 2019 the company was a resident at the Johnson & Johnson InnovationJohnson & Johnson Innovation JLABS in South San Francisco.

The main difference between Align Technology’s Invisalign clear braces and the product offered by SDC is that SDC clear braces cost less and do not require in-person visits to an orthodontist. SDC has more than 300 “SmileShops”, located at CVS and Walgreens (US), and locations in UK, Canada, Puerto Rico and Australia. Tooth impressions can be taken at “SmileShops” or by ordering an at-home impression kit. Company staff, orthodontists and technicians, located in Costa Rica, prepare a treatment plan, approved by the customer and then finally approved by a state-licensed US-based orthodontist. A series of aligners are shipped from a US facility. One facility is located in TennesseeTennessee and another is being built in Texas. The list price for SDC aligners is under $2000. The treatment timeframe is 5-10 months, which is shorter than with Invisalign (12-24 months).

Le Tote is a clothing rental platform for women. The company was founded in 2012 by Brett Northart and Rakesh Tondon. Le Tote is headquartered in San FranciscoSan Francisco, California, United States. The company participated in the YC S13 cohort of Y Combinator.

Bellwether Coffee is a technology company offering a zero-emissions commercial coffee roaster and software platforms for sourcing and roasting coffee beans that is headquartered in Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, California and was founded in 2013 by Ricardo Lopez.

SDC has been involved in dozens of lawsuits and complaints in the US and also filed a lawsuit against dentists in the province of ManitobaManitoba, Canada in 2019. SDC and SDC Canada Inc. accused the dental association of making “false or misleading statements” about the company and misleading and intimidating dentists.

Bowker founded Starbucks with his two roommates in he was living in SeattleSeattle with in 1971 named Jerry Baldwin (an english teacher) and Zev Siegel (a history teacher) who he met during his time at the University of San Francisco. On March 21, 1971 Starbucks opened in the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington. Bowker is credited with giving Starbucks its name, which he named after a coffee loving character in Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick.

On August 1, 2017 Kin Insurance completed their seed funding round with $4 million in funding from Service Provider Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Portag3 Ventures, Omidyar Network, Picus Capital, Commerce VenturesCommerce Ventures, Chicago Ventures, 500 Startups, and Dr. E. Bora Uygun.

In 2012, Sticky won the Anderson Analytics’ Disruptive Innovation Award, and in 2011 the company was listed as one of the Top 100 most innovative companies in Europe by Red HerringRed Herring.

Base Partners has partnered with the following organizations: Zoom, UiPath, Stripe, NetskopeNetskope, Nubank, Bytedance, MPL, and Docker.

Appirio is a company which provides IT cloud services and consulting for enterprises. It was established in 2006 by Mike O’Brien, Chris Barbin, Narinder Singh, and Glenn Weinstein. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, although Appirio also has operations in Japan, AustraliaAustralia, and several European countries, such as Portugal and Sweden. In 2016, the company was acquired by Wipro, an Indian multinational IT, consulting, and business process service provider, and is now operating as one of its subsidiary.

ViSR raised an undisclosed amount in seed money from FOOD-X and SOSVSOSV in March of 2018.

75F is a technology company offering an internet of things (IoT) building automation system for HVAC, lighting, and equipment control that is headquartered in Burnsville, MinnesotaBurnsville, Minnesota and was founded in 2012 by Deepinder Singh and Pankaj Chawla. The 75F system is a vertically integrated IoT powered building management solution that allows users to predict and proactively control their indoor environments. The systems uses a combination of wireless sensors, equipment controllers, and cloud-based software.

Northzone is an early stage venture capital fund founded in 1996 that has invested in over 130 companies. Notable investments include Spotify, iZettle, Trustpilot, Avito, Klarna, Wallapop Lastminute.com, Pricerunner, NextGenTel, and Stepstone.

Northzone has raised a total of $1.3 billion across 8 funds. Their most recent fund, Northzone VIII, was announced on Sep 5, 2016, and was €350 million.

Ithaca Holdings LLC is an investment holding company focused on the media & entertainment and consumer brand sectors. It was founded by talent manager Scooter Braun, who manages musicians like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Zac Brown Band, Dan + Shay, Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, and J. Balvin.

Private equity firm Carlyle Group made a minority investment in Ithaca in 2017 and co-invested with Ithaca in its 2019 acquisition of Big Machine Label Group for a reported $300 million.

Scott "Scooter" Braun is an American talent manager and entrepreneur who founded Ithaca Holdings LLC., a media holding company that owns talent management firm SB Projects, record label group Big Machine Label Group, music publisher Atlas Publishing, and other assets.

The Chernin Group is a Los Angeles-based holding company founded and run by media industry veteran Peter Chernin.