Plaintiff Seth Rogers brings this action for business torts, breaches of fiduciary duties, and related claims against his former business partner Jose Cong; the company he and Cong created, iTy Labs Corp.; and a new investor in iTy, Innogy New Ventures LLC (“Innogy NV”), along with its employee Roland Hess and its parent company Innogy SE.

Before the Court are the following motions, all of which are opposed: (1) Innogy SE’s motion to quash for lack of personal jurisdiction; (2) Innogy SE’s demurrer to the First Amended and Supplemental Complaint (“FAC”); (3) Innogy NV’s demurrer to the FAC; (4) plaintiff’s motion to compel further discovery responses by Innogy NV; and (5) plaintiff’s motion to compel further discovery responses by Innogy SE.

I. Allegations of the Operative Complaint

According to the FAC, Rogers and his business partner Michael Mintz formed iTy in September of 2014 in San Francisco, with the plan to provide workforce management software to companies of all sizes. (FA