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Omnia Fishing is an eCommerce store that allows anglers to find, buy, and organize their fishing gear based on the bodies of water they fish with a "shop-by-lake" concept. Anglers rely on information specific to their water body, species, styles, season, and others.

Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. (“SIA”, sia.health) is a commercial stage medical device company, committed to raising the standard of care in plastic, reconstructive, and general surgery and lowering systemic costs through “for surgeon, by surgeon” implantable device innovation. Headquartered in downtown Chicago, Illinois, SIA’s proximity to academia and world-leading healthcare institutions has created the ideal ecosystem for the translation of concepts into devices to meet key clinical needs. The company’s flagship product family, DuraSorb® Monofilament Mesh is on the market and indicated for use in reinforcement of soft tissues where weakness exists. DuraSorb® was specifically designed for plastic, reconstructive, and general surgery and is US FDA 510(k) cleared and CE marked. The product is available in multiple sizes, and is part of a growing pipeline of novel medical devices made from commonly-used resorbable polymers.

Life Equals is a health supplement startup which sells vitamins and supplement products. Its first product line is premium health and nutrition products which focus on preventative health using bio-available and whole food blends. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Kansas City.

Omnia Fishing is an eCommerce store that allows anglers to find, buy, and organize their fishing gear based on the bodies of water they fish with a "shop-by-lake" concept. Anglers rely on information specific to their water body, species, styles, season, and others.

75F is a building intelligence company that makes smart building automation affordable and easy to deploy. 75F leverages IoT, Cloud Computing, and Machine Learning for data-driven, proactive building intelligence and controls for HVAC, lighting, and energy optimization. 75F's mission is to improve occupant productivity through enhanced comfort and indoor air quality – while saving energy and the environment.

Upsie is a mobile app that provides an easier and better way to protect your stuff. You get the same warranties and coverage offered by other companies but at an affordable price. No annoying sales pitch. No big price markups. All warranty pricing and coverage options are right there in the app. Even your receipts are photographed and stored! You can purchase coverage, start a claim or even scan a barcode while shopping to see what warranties are available for that item.

Attune Medical is a provider of a medical device used to efficiently control the core temperature of the patient's body. The company's technology platform provides an innovative method for cooling or warming patients. A single-use, fully-enclosed triple lumen system is inserted into the esophagus to modulate and control the patient's temperature when clinically indicated.

CoreBiome provides fast, accurate genomic profiles of microbial communities (microbiomes) to customers in pharmaceutical, agriculture, and academic research. Their proprietary reagents and informatics uniquely enable rapid, affordable, and highly accurate measurement and interpretation of microbial diversity. CoreBiome provides expert genomics and informatics for the entire microbiome industry, accelerating discovery and unlocking the translational potential of the microbiome in medicine, agriculture, and other fields. ​

SwineTech is a mechanical and industrial engineering company that bridges the gap between producers and pigs through artificial intelligence and sensor-based technologies. The company specializes in the fields of machine learning, audio, and pork production. SwineTech was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Sales Development Software active in the cloud for over five years with tens-of-thousands of sales ready opportunities – Delivered! We literally invested the last seven years developing a sales development platform that has been proven and tested with thousands upon thousands of sales ready opportunities. Its way more than a tool, it’s a platform that was designed from day one and perfected with time to help you manage the prospecting process and scale it across large SDR teams. The OppSource PursuitPro Sales Development platform automates and organizes your sales development day, gives you the flexibility to create your own sales development campaigns and enables you to deliver account-based sales ready opportunities that sales teams actually want.

Kidizen is the peer-to-peer marketplace for parents to shop and sell kids' clothing, shoes, accessories, and more.

RoverMed develops precision targeted drug delivery technology aimed at delivering life saving drugs to the most challenging diseases in hard to reach places in the body. RoverMed has developed targeted, twenty nanometer nanocapsule technology capable of reaching the most challenging disease sites and delivering cargo – intact – into the nucleus of target cells, regardless of where these cells are located in the body. RoverMed’s nanocapsule technology has been proven, through years of intensive research and development, by Minnesota-based GeneSegues Therapeutics. A precision target drug delivery platform has been developed initially for solid tumor cancers of the head and neck, prostate, and colon. RoverMed is now applying this technology toward a broader spectrum of treatment applications, in partnership with larger drug developers, in order to expand the acceptance, use and impact on a host of new, exciting applications. Our business model includes partnering our drug delivery technology with our partner's drugs to advance novel therapeutics aimed at treating some of the most challenging diseases that are not well served by traditional therapeutic options.

Allergy Amulet is the world’s smallest and fastest consumer food allergen sensor, testing for common allergenic ingredients in seconds. Whether it’s on a keychain, a necklace, a wristband, or in a pocket, Allergy Amulet’s sleek and portable design allows users to savor life’s important moments, safely and simply. Food allergies affect 32 million Americans and between 220-520 million people globally. That’s 1 in 13 children and 1 in 10 adults. Allergy Amulet has the potential to improve the quality of life for the millions of people living with food allergies or intolerances.

StemoniX is a biotechnology company that focuses on stem cell technologies to meet the demands of drug discovery and personalized medicine. StemoniX is revolutionizing the production, growth, and development of stem cell and stem cell technologies. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Attune Medical is a provider of a medical device used to efficiently control the core temperature of the patient's body. The company's technology platform provides an innovative method for cooling or warming patients. A single-use, fully-enclosed triple lumen system is inserted into the esophagus to modulate and control the patient's temperature when clinically indicated.

Naiku is a new way to learn. Naiku provides teachers real-time insight into the strengths and needs of their students, facilitating interventions that make a difference. To do this, Naiku applies proprietary data mining algorithms to assessment data, discovers each student’s learning profile, and recommends a personalized "playlist" of learning activities. To insure the success of an intervention, Naiku provides teachers with a professional social network full of relevant, actionable information where they can collaborate with their colleagues. This allows teachers to effectively address the individual needs of their students.

Preceptis Medical is a medical device manufacturer developing surgical tools that allow ear tube procedures to be performed with reduced pain and surgical time for the pediatric patient. Its pediatric surgical technology Hummingbird TTS offers an alternative to general anesthesia and minimizes surgical trauma during ear tube placement, enabling physicians to use moderate sedation for routine ear tube procedures. Preceptis Medical was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

BuyerCurious.com is a free, online real estate marketplace that enables people who want to buy a home or sell a home cost effectively to do so, either on their own or with the help of an agent, attorney or other personal advisors. Buyers can search homes for sale, request showings, and make an offer on a home online, while sellers can list a home for free, get information on low cost and discount ways to advertise their properties tapping the best of web 2.0, get professional yard signs, receive and negotiate offers, and finalize a purchase agreement in a private, online Deal Room. Agents can be on the leading edge with time-saving client collaboration tools, promote visibility and purchase dialogues on their listings, and create Everybody Wins scenarios with do-it-yourself buyers.