The co-founder and managing director of Gabriel Venture Partners in the San Francisco Bay Area, Rick Bolander serves as a board member of several emerging companies whose development he has guided, including Kajeet, Inc.
Based in Bethesda, Maryland, Kajeet supplies parent-monitored mobile communications services specifically designed to keep children safe and well-connected. The Kajeet blog features regular updates on the company’s own success stories and spotlights fellow start-up high-technology companies with similar family-friendly values.
One recent post focused on Pristinet in Colorado, which is now in its beta-release phase. Pristinet provides diagnostic services to homeowners concerned about unregulated toxic substances in their local water supply with the goal of empowering families to improve the safety of their drinking water.
Pristinet’s philosophy involves arming consumers with information so they can make positive changes, which include the use of available filtering technologies to correct any problems that are uncovered. The company believes that the ideal solution involves interaction among customers, utilities, government regulatory agencies, and industry leaders.
