For more than 30 years, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has helped innovative companies and their investors to be successful, providing targeted financial services and expertise. Offering commercial, international and private banking services in innovation centers around the world – including four SoCal offices, two of which are in LA -- SVB helps address the unique needs of innovators. Visit svb.com.

EY is dedicated to serving the needs of high-growth companies through our worldwide Growth Markets Network. Since Silicon Valley’s beginnings, EY has consistently provided innovative solutions to clients across each new technology hotbed. Our professionals draw upon their extensive experience, insights and global resources to help businesses thrive. ey.com/gm

For more than four decades, Fenwick & West has helped some of the world’s most recognized companies become, and remain, market leaders. From emerging enterprises to large public corporations, our clients are leaders in the technology, life sciences and cleantech sectors and are fundamentally changing the world through rapid innovation.

The Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem is Oracle’s program for entrepreneurs and innovators worldwide to enable and activate emerging businesses. Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem enables startups to grow their business and drive innovation by tapping into our ecosystem of enterprise-grade cloud technologies, global customers, product and market expertise.

Oracle NetSuite pioneered the Cloud Computing revolution in 1998, establishing the world's first company dedicated to delivering business applications over the internet. Today, it provides a suite of cloud-based financials / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), HR and omnichannel commerce software that runs the business of companies in more than 100 countries.

For more than 50 years, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has offered a broad range of services and legal disciplines focused on serving the principal challenges faced by the management and boards of directors of business enterprises. The firm is nationally recognized as a leader in the fields of corporate governance and finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities litigation, employment law, intellectual property, and antitrust, among many other areas of law. With deep roots in Silicon Valley, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has offices in Austin; Beijing; Boston; Brussels; Hong Kong; London; Los Angeles; New York; Palo Alto; San Diego; San Francisco; Seattle; Shanghai; Washington, D.C.; and Wilmington, DE. For more information, please visit www.wsgr.com.

Safire Partners is an executive search firm focused on emerging companies with offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, and Chicago. Founded in 2006 with 42 people today, they completed 165 searches in 2018. They have also deferred fees for equity with 61 clients and had 12 exits to date.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services platform, offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality to help businesses scale and grow. AWS has millions of active customers in 190 countries with over 140 products and services.

Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation, where innovation meets the law. Cooley has 900 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States, China and Europe.

CyberCoders is a leading provider of superstar talent for roles across all industries and geographic regions. Over 350 recruiters work personally with hiring managers to leverage cutting-edge technology and find next-level candidates. An average of 70% of clients return to fill more positions.

Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them.

Leaf Group Ltd. is a diversified consumer internet company that builds enduring, creator-driven brands that reach passionate audiences in large and growing lifestyle categories, including fitness and wellness (Well+Good, Livestrong.com and MyPlate App), and art and design (Saatchi Art, Society6 and Hunker).

LKP Global Law is a full service law firm based in Los Angeles. We are trusted advisors to entrepreneurs, companies ranging from startups to the middle market, venture capital funds and private equity funds, serving as outside general counsel to companies and advising on a wide range of transactions, including financings and mergers & acquisitions.

The Google Cloud for Startups Program supports startups at their earliest stages by offering up to $100K in cloud credits, technical training and support, and access to a thriving community of founders and developers. Join today and start building with the same infrastructure used by Google. For more information contact LJ Erwin (lje@google.com).

Ireland is continuously ranked as one of the most attractive places globally to do business. Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Salesforce, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Riot Games and high-growth companies like Cylance, Jet.com, Slack, Airbnb, New Relic, Qualtrics, Daqri & Zendesk have European bases there. IDA Ireland offers free advice, introductions & financial support to companies exploring a European presence – www.idaireland.com.

Our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. We are committed to reinvent productivity and business processes, build the intelligent cloud platform and create more personal computing. www.microsoft.com

Paul Hastings is one of the world’s most innovative global law firms, providing legal representation to the best companies at all stages of growth. In this fast-paced, data-driven environment it’s not enough to react to change, you must stay ahead of it. We understand the imperative for innovation, efficiency, and breakthrough performance facing leading companies—and what it takes to help our clients succeed. Paul Hastings is particularly proud of its work for leading growth-stage companies across multiple industry sectors, and the firm is recognized for its leading practices in corporate finance and M&A, employment, litigation, media and entertainment, and payments.

TriNet provides tech companies with a full-service HR solution so they can free themselves from the complexities of HR and focus on their goals. As their trusted HR business partner, TriNet assumes many of the responsibilities of being an employer and helps these companies contain HR costs, minimize employer-related risks and relieve the administrative burden of HR. TriNet offers bundled HR products tailored by industry, and strategic HR services, resulting in a comprehensive and empowering solution.

PwC US helps organizations and individuals create the value they're looking for. We're a member of the PwC network of firms in 157 countries with more than 184,000 people. We're committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. Tell us what matters to you and find out more by visiting us at www.pwc.com/US.