Pinnacle Ventures is a private venture capital fund focused on providing debt and equity financing to early-stage companies across information technology, cleantech and healthcare. Pinnacle differentiates itself through the strength and diversity of its team, its creative and flexible financing alternatives and its unique approach to helping its portfolio companies achieve success.

Pinnacle Ventures

We invest across most high growth sectors of today’s economy and have developed deep expertise and relationships in Information Technology, Communications, New Media, Healthcare and New Energy.  Since 1981, Rho Ventures has been investing in innovators that redefine the status quo. Rho’s investment philosophy does not fit a conventional model, much like the visionary innovators we back. We believe that formulaic approaches to investing lead to risk averse strategies that stifle innovation and differentiation. We actively avoid restrictive boundaries around ideas, growth opportunities and entrepreneur profiles. To find extraordinary opportunities, we are not bound by a particular stage of investment and do not shy away from contrarian ideas.  We believe that great companies take root in unconventional places and that successful entrepreneurs frequently break the mold. The ideas we back come from a variety of sources: an MBA student who is trying to change new media advertising practices; an experienced entrepreneur seeking to commercialize a disruptive biofuels technology; or an executive looking to spin out and develop an abandoned asset developed by a pharmaceutical company.   We are seasoned investors who have backed more than 200 companies through multiple cycles. Identifying interesting opportunities and providing capital is just the beginning. We offer deep-sector expertise in today’s high-growth markets, but we do not let any one area of knowledge guide our overall investment strategy.  Ultimately, we look for entrepreneurs who we can help make very big waves, not just stir the waters and move on to the next venture.

Rho Ventures

Hercules is a non-bank lender to venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development in a broadly diversified variety of technology, life sciences, and sustainable and renewable technology industries. With over a decade of experience in venture debt, Hercules is uniquely positioned to create innovative financing solutions that perfectly fit within a company's existing capital structure and map to its business objectives. Recognized as the industry leader, Hercules understands the flexibility these types of companies need and has the experience to work closely with them, even through challenging times, to help them reach critical milestones. Hercules' deep sector expertise, geographic presence, and strong capital base have made Hercules the lender of choice for more than 480 innovative companies.

Hercules Capital

Our mission is to support passionate entrepreneurs in building great businesses by lending capital to companies looking to fund growth with minimal dilution.

Runway Growth Capital

Olayan America Corporation (OAC) is the US affiliate of The Olayan Group. Based in New York City, OAC was established in 1995 with antecedents in New York dating to 1971.  OAC provides investment advisory services to the Group with concentration on North and South America. It monitors a substantial portfolio of both public and private equities in a variety of sectors, including financial, communications, consumer, and real estate.  OAC's 40-person staff includes equity analysts with sector expertise as well as legal, accounting, corporate communications and business development specialists.

The Olayan Group

Rho Capital Partners is the parent company to Rho's four operating divisions, [Rho Ventures](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rho-ventures#/entity), [Rho Canada Ventures](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rho-canada), [Rho Fund Investors](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rho-fund-investors) and [Rho Acceleration](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rho-acceleration).

Rho Capital Partners

Pinnacle Investment Management Inc. is a comprehensive wealth management firm committed to helping clients improve their long-term financial success. We help them grow, and conserve their wealth and optimize their financial decsions.  We specialize in financial planning, investment management and  retirement planning.

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CloudPay

CloudPay provides managed global payroll services to multinational organizations through a single, unified SaaS solution. By delivering end-to-end managed payroll services through an innovative platform, CloudPay ensures consistent and compliant payroll around the globe while reducing operating costs and minimizing manual processes. CloudPay’s services and technology standardize the payroll function across geographies, helping organizations increase efficiency, streamline compliance, and achieve greater visibility into payroll performance and costs. The CloudPay solution is backed by deep industry expertise earned over twenty-plus years of delivering services to over 2,500 multinational entities. CloudPay’s solution guarantees accurate payroll processing across 130+ countries in more than twenty-five languages.  Positioned as a Leader in NelsonHall’s 2019 Payroll Outsourcing NEAT assessment and as an Achiever in Everest Group’s 2019 Multi-Country Payroll Platform report, CloudPay has won multiple awards for its technology and service, including Global Payroll Transformation Project of the Year Award (2017), Payroll Software Product of the Year (2018) and the prestigious Global Payroll Supplier of the Year (2019). To learn more, visit www.cloudpay.net.

<div>  <p>    CloudPay provides managed global payroll services to multinational organizations through a single, unified SaaS solution. By delivering end-to-end managed payroll services through an innovative platform, CloudPay ensures consistent and compliant payroll around the globe while reducing operating costs and minimizing manual processes. CloudPay&rsquo;s services and technology standardize the payroll function across geographies, helping organizations increase efficiency, streamline compliance, and achieve greater visibility into payroll performance and costs  </p></div>

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Distributed workforces require new solutions for office operations, HR, payment, and more.

Remote Work Infrastructure

Companies offering tools to infer employee morale (through surveys and quick assessments) and productivity, including functions for goal setting, review, and feedback.

Companies that offer the entire spectrum of HR tools including payroll processing benefits, onboarding, compliance, analytics, scheduling etc

Companies providing either standalone or combined payroll and benefits services to businesses.

EoR - Companies that assist businesses in hiring distributed teams globally in compliance with foreign labor laws. EoRs become the legal employer of offshore employees. Solutions include payroll, benefits, and taxes.

PEO - Companies that offer similar services to EoRs but establish a co-employment arrangement with businesses and do not become the legal employer.

Companies offering tools such as chatbots, surveys, games, and other activities to infer, assess and improve employee morale and sentiment.

Companies that provide a centralized space for employees to access internal and external resources, enterprise applications, and enable workers to communicate across departments, and stay up to date on organizational announcements.

Helping employers provide personalized, high-touch, and holistic financial wellness tools to their entire workforce.

Financial Wellness Tools

Offers end-to-end financial wellness solutions ranging from educational resources to interactive platforms/tools for managing finances as well as access to registered investment advisors.

Provides a platform for employees, through their employers, to access earned wages or obtain emergency interest-free funds/loans, which are settled through their paycheck.

Provides a platform for employers to provide resources such as tools and advice to manage employee debt (with an increased focus on student loan debt).

Apps and platforms that allow consumers to obtain personalized financial advice, automate savings, create budgets, and track and manage spending.

Offers interactive platforms/tools for employers to provide personalized financial education resources and/or coaching to its employees.

Solutions that enable companies to offer and manage employee-sponsored emergency savings accounts through automated payroll deductions.

Platforms for employers to support employees with other debts such as mortgages, credit card debt, etc. through repayment assistance, refinancing options, and automated administrative processes.

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 <p>CloudPay, a global payroll and payment solutions software provider, has raised USD 120 million in funding in a round led by Blue Owl Capital. Existing shareholders Rho Capital Partners, the Olayan Group, and Hollyport Capital also participated in the funding round.</p>
 <p>The generated funds will be used to strengthen CloudPay's capital base, further growth opportunities, and enhance its customer products and technology solutions. The company plans to implement AI technology in data management, automate and scale various processes, and improve partner connectivity using API solutions within the global payroll, payment, and HCM ecosystem.</p>
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