| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Steve Prata |
Director, GRC | Profile |
WePay started with a simple idea: an app that made it easy for friends to pool money for shared expenses like ski trips and club activities. Yet that simple idea wasn`t so simple to execute. It was 2008, and no payments system could easily and safely pool money from groups of people to pay out to others. So we built one. The team spent nearly two years negotiating contracts, dealing with regulators, and wrestling with bank integrations. We developed easy sign-up and frictionless checkout experiences. We also built one of the most advanced fraud detections systems around so we wouldn`t lose our shirts. And it worked. WePay started to get traction. There was just one problem.
Community-led companies are the future, and we`re providing the software, education, and resources for that future.
Skyroam was founded in Silicon Valley by technology veterans who have identified a common point of pain among fellow business travelers: getting a fast, reliable mobile internet connection while on the road is a challenge. And when returning home, the traveler invariably receives a shockingly high roaming bill. This problem is becoming more acute as data consumption skyrockets, driven by smartphones, tablets, netbooks, and even wearables. Skyroam`s solution to this problem is Skyroam Hotspot, a global mobile hotspot that provides easy, fast, secure and affordable mobile data around the world. Skyroam Hotspot keeps you connected on the road; keeps your corporate data secure; and drives efficiency into your company’s BYOD program. The next step for Skyroam is to power the Internet of Things. By leveraging our patented virtual SIM technology, Skyroam delivers a local SIM over the air to ensure a seamless data connection around the world for your IoT application. Skyroam`s vSIM technology enables companies in the wireless ecosystem to easily deploy mobile connectivity anywhere in the world, simplifying supply chain, reducing costs, and improving service levels.
Avangate, a Francisco Partners portfolio company, is the digital commerce provider that enables the new services economy, helping Software, SaaS and Online Services companies to sell their products and services via multiple channels, to acquire customers across multiple touch points, to increase customer and revenue retention, to leverage smarter payment options, and to maximize sales conversion rates. Avangate`s clients include ABBYY, Absolute, Bitdefender, Brocade, FICO, HP Software, Kaspersky Lab, Telestream and many more companies across the globe.
Wish is a mobile e-commerce platform that connects hundreds of millions of consumers with the widest selection of products delivered directly to their doors. Our mission is to provide everyone access to the most affordable and convenient shopping experience on the planet. Wish supports 500,000 merchant partners as well as over 300 million users who rate Wish the best mobile shopping app on the iOS and Android platforms. Founded in 2011, Wish has raised over a billion dollars from top funds, such as Temasek, DST, GGV Capital, Founders Fund, and Jerry Yang`s AME Cloud. Wish is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Shanghai, Toronto, Dublin, Amsterdam, and more.