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Pie Digital, Inc. provides a cloud-based software services management platform for broadband and premium service providers. Its distributed service platform consists of three key components: Pie Home, Pie Tech and Pie Base. Pie Home is a consumer facing desktop and mobile device application. It eliminates support calls and improves customer satisfaction by simplifying and automating network and device management and problem resolution. Pie Home allows consumers to manage their networks and devices both inside the home and from their mobile devices. Pie Tech is a customer service representative (CSR) application. Customer service representatives use Pie Tech to view, diagnose and control the consumer environment beyond the gateway, inside the home LAN. Pie Tech eliminates time-consuming discovery helping the CSR to quickly identify and resolve support issues. Pie Tech reduces call duration, increases ticket closure rates and reduces truck rolls. Pie Base is a secure, cloud-based knowledge management system for service providers to aggregate and mine subscriber data, indentify product and service up-sell opportunities, and improve customer support. The firm's platform is the only solution that works securely and efficiently inside the home gateway to tackle the support challenges created by the explosion of home networks and network connected devices. The company's Telco-grade architecture combines a secure cloud knowledge base with consumer and call center applications. Pie Digital was founded in 2003 by Jeffrey Hansen, Drew Banks and John A. Barnhill and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

T-Systems North America, Inc. provides systems integration and networking services. It implements advanced systems for corporate data and voice communications, as well as Internet Protocol (IP) networking systems. The company also offers managed network services to telecommunicatios carriers and Internet service providers, and they provide desktop computing services, technology assessments, and other cinsulting services. T-Systems International is a division of global telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom. T-Systems North America is headquartered in Rochester, MI.

Northgate Capital LP (Northgate Capital) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2000 by Thomas Arthur Vardell and Brent Jones. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Detecon, Inc. provides technology management and consulting services. It serves enterprises, service providers, and government entities in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Africa. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Diamanti, Inc. provides data infrastructure solutions. It offers container network and storage, elastic devops pipeline, data infrastructure, and private container cloud. The company was founded by Jeff Chou, Gopal Sharma and Amitava Guha and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Pacific Management Partners LLC (Pacific Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Craig Hanson. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

NewAer, Inc. provides mobile phone application services. The firm brings the Android and iPhone awareness through their open platform. It develops lightweight mobile software that runs user's smartphone. The company was founded by David K. Mathews in January 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

StreetLight Data, Inc. delivers next-generation geospatial business intelligence for the in-store retail ecosystem. It repurposes and recombines data from traffic and transportation management systems, such as traffic jam alerts and navigation to help retailers understand the context in which their stores operate. The company was founded by Rich Miller, Paul Friedman and Laura Schewel in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Numecent, Inc. provides technology services for friction-free digital delivery through virtualization. It offers software and professional services for Cloudpaging, Deepstream, and Application Jukebox. The firm serves Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Telcos and Enterprises. The company was founded by Arthur Hitomi and Osman Kent in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.