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Extreme Devices is a manufacturer of semiconductor electronic components.

Xtreme Power is a global provider of power quality solutions, is dedicated to providing the most reliable power protection.

Centive focuses exclusively on delivering technology solutions for automating incentive compensation management. Centive's vision from the outset has been to help companies transform sales compensation management from a tactical commission calculation exercise into a strategic management tool for driving sales performance.

MBA Polymers, Inc. (MBA) was founded in 1994 by Dr. Michael Biddle and Mr. Trip Allen, to expand the research capabilities in the area of plastics recycling, and to develop a commercial process for recovering plastics from complex streams of materials. After over six years of research and development, MBA is now considered a world leader at developing technology for the recovery of high value engineering plastics from complex durable goods streams such as computers, electronics, appliances, and automobiles. The company, located in Richmond, CA, operates a 90,000 foot state-of-the-art research and commercial recycling operation.

nanoMR has developed the first system for rapid isolation of rare cells from complex matrices at levels of 1 cell/mL or lower. The immunomagnetic capture system can target multiple cell types simultaneously, for example capturing bacteria and fungi from bloodstream infections, or specific cell types, such as circulating tumor, or fetal, cells, in less than 30 minutes.

Blue Foot Membranes is a start-up company, producing and commercializing the unique and worldwide-patented Integrated Permeate Channel (IPC™) technology used in Membrane Bioreactors for the treatment of Industrial and Municipal waste water. BFM manufactures and supplies membranes for more efficient treatment of Industrial and Municipal waste water. The company was established in 2017 at Lommel, Limburg.

Flexible Products is one of the largest polyurethane systems suppliers in North America with annual sales of more than $140 million, serving customers in the refrigeration, construction, "do-it- yourself," appliance, furniture, roofing, manufactured housing, door and panel, packaging, geotechnical and transportation industries. Flexible Products owns four manufacturing sites in North America: Marietta, Ga.; Joliet, Ill.; Austin, Texas; and Toronto, Canada.

Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) is a Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on the development and marketing of innovative pharmaceutical products for the treatment of mitochondrial and neuromuscular diseases. This area of high unmet medical need includes many orphan and niche indications with no current therapy.

Oxford Immunotec is a medical diagnostics company developing novel new tests for various diseases based on its innovative, patented T cell measurement technology. The company's first product is a TB test that diagnoses latent TB infection ( LTBI ) and TB disease. T-SPOT®.TB is an interferon gamma release assay ( IGRA ) which are designed to replace the century old Mantoux skin test ( TST ).

Entropic (NASDAQ: ENTR) is a world leader in semiconductor solutions for the connected home. The Company transforms how traditional HDTV broadcast and IP-based streaming video content is seamlessly, reliably, and securely delivered, processed, and distributed into and throughout the home. Entropic's next-generation Set-top Box (STB) System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and Connectivity solutions enable Pay-TV operators to offer consumers more captivating whole-home entertainment experiences by transforming the way digital entertainment is delivered, connected and consumed – in the home and on the go.

As of December 2007, Reef Point Systems, Inc. was acquired by NextPoint Networks, Inc. Reef Point Systems, Inc. provides security solutions for converged wireless and wireline networks in the United States. Its iQ product portfolio enables fixed/mobile convergence security, secure mobile access, network infrastructure protection, and managed security services. It enables operators to secure voice over the Internet protocol, Internet protocol television, and voice, video, and data services from a converged Internet protocol infrastructure. The company’s iQ family lets wireless service providers protect the wireless network infrastructure and deliver multimedia services for mobile users over unlicensed mobile access and Internet protocol multimedia subsystem infrastructure. Its products also enable service providers to offer various security services, including virtual private networks, firewalls, denial of service attack prevention, content filtering, and remote access. The company, formerly known as Quarry Technologies, Inc., was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

ZBD is a leader in the design and supply of the next generation of electronic shelf edge labelling (ESL) - epaper for retail - and associated software solutions for the retail industry. The company blends strategic vision and commercial focus with world-class scientific, engineering and manufacturing expertise.

Mr. Green Africa is a Nairobi-based recycling start-up whose vision is to change people’s perceptions towards waste equals value. This small company incorporates the concept of shared value—creating economic value while addressing social and environmental challenges—into its core, by harnessing the untapped potential of an existing informal waste management industry. Mr. Green Africa sells pre-processed recycling materials with a traceable social and environmental impact.

Clean Filtration Technologies, Inc. engineers efficient, next generation, water treatment technology. The CFT Turboclone(TM) is a high capacity filtration system for drinking, waste and process water applications. The CFT Turboclone(TM) uses a proprietary metal membrane. The membrane is self cleaning and virtually maintenance free. The CFT Turboclone(TM) can process high turbidity water and remove suspended solids with reduced fouling or plugging. When used as a pre-filter, the CFT Turboclone(TM) can allow other treatment technologies to operate with maximum efficiency and can reduce maintenance and operation expenses.

SiConnect Limited, a fabless semiconductor company, provides home powerline communications technology. It offers integrated chips serving consumer electronics manufacturers and telecom operators. The company's products are used in various applications, such as home audio/video applications, including distribution of triple play services. SiConnect Limited was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

inSilica, a fabless semiconductor company, provides ASIC and system-on-chip solutions. The company offers multimedia and printing processors for various imaging and printing devices, including digital multimedia, digital printing, and mobile imaging. It has design centers in India and Slovenia. inSilica, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

GreatPoint Energy is a technology-driven natural resources company and the developer of a proprietary, highly-efficient catalytic process known as hydromethanation, by which coal, petroleum coke, and biomass are converted directly into low-cost, clean, pipeline-quality natural gas, while allowing for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2). Hydromethanation yields dramatically improved economics for the production of natural gas and an environmental footprint equivalent to that of the most environmentally friendly commercial fuel.

Biolex is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that uses their patented LEX SystemSM to develop hard-to-make therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies that have been optimized to enhance their efficacy and potency. The LEX System is a technology that genetically transforms the aquatic plant Lemna to enable the production of biologic product candidates. Their main product aims at treating those afflicted with Hepatitis C.

RainStor is a database designed to manage and analyze Big Data for large enterprises at the lowest total cost. RainStor delivers two editions of its database product, Big Data Retention and Big Data Analytics on Hadoop to efficiently manage multi-structured data sets, fully accessible for ongoing query and analysis to enable the most efficient data management and faster query and analysis. RainStor's unique product capabilities include granular level data de-duplication and compression which reduces overall storage footprint by 95%+ and which not only speeds up query performance but significantly drives down costs. Compared to traditional relational or data warehouse approaches, RainStor can ingest volumes of network or machine generated multi-structured data at very high speeds with ongoing query access. Storage and hardware agnostic, you can run RainStor on a SAN, NAS, CAS or HDFS environment in addition to the Cloud. RainStor sells both directly and through leading partners which include Amdocs, Anritsu, AdaptiveMobile, Dell, Group2000, HP, Teradata among others. Leading use-cases include a primary data hub for machine generated data and Big Data Analytics on Hadoop. RainStor's HQ is in San Francisco, CA with offices in Gloucester, UK. www.rainstor.com

INFICON provides world-class instruments for gas analysis, measurement and control. INFICON is a provider of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies, and advanced process control software that enhance productivity and quality in sophisticated industrial vacuum processes. These analysis, measurement and control products are essential for gas leak detection in air conditioning/refrigeration and automotive manufacturing. They are vital to equipment manufacturers and end-users in the complex fabrication of semiconductors and thin film coatings for optics, flat panel displays, solar cells and industrial vacuum coating applications. Other users of their vacuum-based processes include the life sciences, research, aerospace, packaging, heat treatment, laser cutting and many other industrial processes. They also leverage their expertise in vacuum technology to provide unique, toxic chemical analysis products for emergency response, security, and environmental health and safety. INFICON is headquartered in Switzerland and has world-class manufacturing facilities in Europe, the United States and China, as well as subsidiaries in China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. INFICON is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 registered at their main locations. Many of their instruments are manufactured RoHS compliant.

inSilica, a fabless semiconductor company, provides ASIC and system-on-chip solutions. The company offers multimedia and printing processors for various imaging and printing devices, including digital multimedia, digital printing, and mobile imaging. It has design centers in India and Slovenia. inSilica, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN) is a Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on the development and marketing of innovative pharmaceutical products for the treatment of mitochondrial and neuromuscular diseases. This area of high unmet medical need includes many orphan and niche indications with no current therapy.

Plastogaz is a company specializing in natural gas production from waste resources. It aims to produce a natural gas that can be used as a fuel or to produce new synthetic materials. Their technology relies on a patented catalyst and mitigates wastes plastics and greenhouse emissions. Plastogaz was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Pfēnex Inc. is a leading biotechnology company focused on recombinant protein expression for a broad range of applications including therapeutic proteins, vaccines, research, reagents and biosimilars. The Company's core technology, Pfēnex Expression Technology™, is a cutting edge protein expression platform that utilizes the BSL-1 microorganism Pseudomonas fluorescens. Pfēnex Expression Technology™ combines an extensive toolbox of expression components with a robotically enabled high throughput parallel strain screening technology, delivering unprecedented speed and success in identifying protein production strains expressing high titers of soluble active protein.

Ascot plc's operations include outsourced specialty chemical manufacturing, outsourced fine chemical manufacturing and several engineering businesses.

VeraLight is a medical device company that was established in October 2004 to focus on a comprehensive approach to non-invasive type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes screening with the proprietary SCOUT DS® system. Their mission is to help stem the tide of the worldwide diabetes epidemic by driving early diabetes detection, thus enabling initiation of therapies that can prevent diabetes or reduce its complications. The company develops and acquires intellectual property, products, and services that contribute to this mission.

Rohm & Haas manufactures and provides chemical products. It manufactures chemicals for the manufacture of printed circuit boards, agriculture, acrylic sheets, acrylic latex paints, and leather bate. Its products also includes water purification and softening products for commercial, industrial, and scientific uses. Rohm & Haas distributes its products on a worldwide basis. It was estabished in 1917, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It operates additional offices in several other locations globally. Rohm & Haas currently operates as a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.

SiConnect Limited, a fabless semiconductor company, provides home powerline communications technology. It offers integrated chips serving consumer electronics manufacturers and telecom operators. The company's products are used in various applications, such as home audio/video applications, including distribution of triple play services. SiConnect Limited was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

PathScale, Inc. (formerly Key Research) develops technologies that enable breakthroughs in high performance computing, science and engineering. The PathScale InfiniPath InfiniBand Adapter and EKOPath Compiler Suite drive Linux® clusters to performance levels that can exceed the world's most powerful supercomputers. Today, PathScale technologies are the choice of leading scientific and engineering organizations to more effectively solve complex computational challenges, from aerospace and automotive design simulations to weather modeling and drug discovery.

NuvoSun makes photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules based on flexible Copper Indium/Gallium di- Selenide (CIGS) technology. As a producer, NuvoSun's mission is to reduce the cost point for PV cells and modules.

AmberWave, Inc., formerly AmberWave Systems Corporation, engages in the research, development, and licensing of technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. It provides Strained Silicon, a technology that is used in microchips to improve performance and decrease power consumption; and Aspect Ratio Trapping, a technology, which is used to make chips for silicon-based photonics and photovoltaic cells. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire. AmberWave Systems Corporation is a former subsidiary of U.S. Robotics Corp.

Sionex Corporation is a high technology company focused on commercializing breakthrough chemical and biological sensor chips and systems based on its proprietary microDMxâ„¢ detection technology. Sionex maintains its worldwide headquarters and laboratories in Waltham, Massachusetts, close to Boston with its commercial, technology and communications infrastructure. The Company is privately held and was founded in 2001 with patented technology exclusively licensed from The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.

Fast Track: a completely new and comprehensive approach to the way clinical trials are managed. The company is assembling a creative and energetic staff of technical and medical professionals, an experienced management team, industry-specific advisory boards, and an active investor constituency - all aggressively focused on achieving their vision: to revolutionize the management of clinical trials.

Flyability SA develops and manufactures flying robots. The company offers Elios, a collision-tolerant flying robot for industrial inspection professionals; and accessing complex, cluttered, or indoor places. It also provides flying kits, including spare parts, training, and after sales support. Flyability SA was founded in 2014 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

EniChem S.p.A. is a polyurethanes and polyurethane systems products.

Certeon, Inc. provides virtual appliance software solutions. It offers aCelera Virtual Appliance that is used for application acceleration, virtualization, and manageability applications; and S-Series Application Acceleration Appliances, a physical appliance that accelerates traffic in a wide area network. The company also provides Object Differencing Engine, a disk-based object store and difference, and compress engine within Certeon appliances; and application acceleration blueprints. In addition, it offers solutions for accelerating remote application delivery, business environment, office application delivery, security and risk management, enterprise content management, Web application performance acceleration, wide area file services performance acceleration, WAN optimization, and product lifecycle management applications. The company has a strategic relationship with Microsoft; and strategic reseller partnerships with Champion Solutions Group and Nth Generation. Certeon, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.

The Delta College in University Center, Michigan, is one of the state's - and nation's - leading community colleges. Featuring a variety of two-year academics, wealth of college life opportunities and dedication to employing students in the area's ever-evolving industries, Delta College is a great choice for students who want to begin their professional life. Instructors at Delta College provide all students with personalized attention so they can better guide them to their career goals. No matter which course you take, your teacher will help you develop the skills necessary for a future in your career. Some of the many programs available at Delta College include: * Automotive Service Technology * Computer Science and Information Technology * Global Peace Studies * Legal Support Professional * Water Environment Technology When you are not studying, you can enhance your college life by participating in some of Delta's many community engagement projects, joining an academic or recreational student organization like the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team or French Club, or even stroll around the beautiful campus. Tuition is set lower for Michigan residents, although all students may apply for Delta College financial aid programs by filing a FAFSA. To encourage more students to become skilled in a field that will contribute to Michigan's growing economy, Delta College maintains an open admissions policy.

NOXXON Pharma AG, a biopharmaceutical company, develops biostable aptamers and substances based on mirror image nucleic acids. Its Spiegelmer is a mirror image oligonucleotide therapeutic for the pharmacologically relevant target. The company has a strategic alliance with Pfizer, Inc. NOXXON Pharma AG was founded in 1997 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

WaterHealth International is an India-based company that offers customers safe, affordable drinking water through its community water systems. WHI has built 500 of these systems and has helped catalyze an entire sector of new enterprises delivering clean water in India.

NOXXON Pharma AG, a biopharmaceutical company, develops biostable aptamers and substances based on mirror image nucleic acids. Its Spiegelmer is a mirror image oligonucleotide therapeutic for the pharmacologically relevant target. The company has a strategic alliance with Pfizer, Inc. NOXXON Pharma AG was founded in 1997 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

At Illumina, we’re committed to unlocking the power of the genome, and we know we can’t do it alone. Illumina Accelerator is our way of accelerating innovation in the entrepreneurial community. With extensive mentorship, financial support, and access to sequencing systems, reagents, and lab space, we’ve created a dynamic genomic ecosystem to help startups launch. Together we’ll advance the solutions that will transform medicine and improve human health and beyond.

WaterHealth International is an India-based company that offers customers safe, affordable drinking water through its community water systems. WHI has built 500 of these systems and has helped catalyze an entire sector of new enterprises delivering clean water in India.

Univation Technologies is the leading technology licensor to the worldwide PE industry. But they do much more than license the UNIPOL™ PE Process. They also supply innovative catalysts, unparalleled experience and value-producing services to help PE producers seize opportunities and operate profitably. Whether your goal is to supply a local market, upgrade the value of your ethylene stream or take advantage of a low-cost feedstock position, you will face tough business and technology questions. Univation Technologies, supported by many years of PE experience, can help you achieve solutions that are market-driven, cost-effective and viable for the long term. Over 33% percent of the world’s HDPE & LLDPE is produced using the UNIPOL™ PE Process. They think that makes Univation Technologies and the UNIPOL™ PE Process a great starting place for your next PE opportunity.

Biolex is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that uses their patented LEX SystemSM to develop hard-to-make therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies that have been optimized to enhance their efficacy and potency. The LEX System is a technology that genetically transforms the aquatic plant Lemna to enable the production of biologic product candidates. Their main product aims at treating those afflicted with Hepatitis C.

Integrian develops and manufactures mobile digital video solutions for the public safety.

BuildScape.com provides chemicals from Dow Chemical for global areas.

ChemConnect, Inc. operates as an electronic exchange for trading midstream energy, feedstocks, chemicals, and related products. It is a third party commodity exchange, auctions provider, bulletin-board, back-end fulfillment service, and market information source for NGL's, chemicals, feedstocks, polymers, and fuel oil. The company’s products include natural gas liquids, refined and intermediate fuel products, aromatics, olefins, and commodity polymers. It also offers supply chain solutions, such as negotiation solutions and collaboration hubs. ChemConnect, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with operations in North America, the United Kingdom, and Belgium.

Mirabilis Medical, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, distributes, installs, and services ultrasound devices for the non-invasive ablation of uterine fibroid tissue in the field of gynecology. Its device uses high resolution ultrasound imaging to localize treatment and a proprietary ultrasound technology to non-invasively treat tissue deep in the body. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Bothell, Washington.

Aveso is the provider of flexible displays suitable for high volume, cost-sensitive mass consumer applications. The company's paper-thin, rugged display products are designed for applications where it has been impossible or impractical to integrate displays in the past, due to cost, form factor or scalability.

VeraLight is a medical device company that was established in October 2004 to focus on a comprehensive approach to non-invasive type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes screening with the proprietary SCOUT DS® system. Their mission is to help stem the tide of the worldwide diabetes epidemic by driving early diabetes detection, thus enabling initiation of therapies that can prevent diabetes or reduce its complications. The company develops and acquires intellectual property, products, and services that contribute to this mission.

Wolff Walsrode specializes in cellulose derivatives, food casings and site services.

Cymbet develops market eco-friendly, biocompatible rechargeable solid state batteries that provide electronic systems designers with new embedded power capabilities. Cymbet’s EnerChip batteries allow new concepts in energy storage application for ICs and new products for medical, sensor, RFID, industrial control, communications, and portable electronic devices. Their new single chip Power Management Real-Time Clock (PMRTC) device is a world class device and among the lowest power RTCs in the industry.

RainStor is a database designed to manage and analyze Big Data for large enterprises at the lowest total cost. RainStor delivers two editions of its database product, Big Data Retention and Big Data Analytics on Hadoop to efficiently manage multi-structured data sets, fully accessible for ongoing query and analysis to enable the most efficient data management and faster query and analysis. RainStor's unique product capabilities include granular level data de-duplication and compression which reduces overall storage footprint by 95%+ and which not only speeds up query performance but significantly drives down costs. Compared to traditional relational or data warehouse approaches, RainStor can ingest volumes of network or machine generated multi-structured data at very high speeds with ongoing query access. Storage and hardware agnostic, you can run RainStor on a SAN, NAS, CAS or HDFS environment in addition to the Cloud. RainStor sells both directly and through leading partners which include Amdocs, Anritsu, AdaptiveMobile, Dell, Group2000, HP, Teradata among others. Leading use-cases include a primary data hub for machine generated data and Big Data Analytics on Hadoop. RainStor's HQ is in San Francisco, CA with offices in Gloucester, UK. www.rainstor.com

ZBD is a leader in the design and supply of the next generation of electronic shelf edge labelling (ESL) - epaper for retail - and associated software solutions for the retail industry. The company blends strategic vision and commercial focus with world-class scientific, engineering and manufacturing expertise.

Biolex is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that uses their patented LEX SystemSM to develop hard-to-make therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies that have been optimized to enhance their efficacy and potency. The LEX System is a technology that genetically transforms the aquatic plant Lemna to enable the production of biologic product candidates. Their main product aims at treating those afflicted with Hepatitis C.

Full Investment Portfolio: Cash and cash equivalents - 5.08% Equity securities - 22.71% Fixed income securities - 40.66% Alternative investments - 0.06% Hedge funds - 8.45% Private market securities - 12.36% Real estate - 10.83% Other Investments - 0.06% Founded in 1917, Union Carbide Corporation is a Texas-based chemical company that provides industrial chemical and polymers to its clients throughout the world.

NuvoSun makes photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules based on flexible Copper Indium/Gallium di- Selenide (CIGS) technology. As a producer, NuvoSun's mission is to reduce the cost point for PV cells and modules.

Kemeta is focused on the commercialization of a palm-size breath analyzer for monitoring the body’s metabolism.

Primet Precision Materials is an advanced materials company dedicated to resolving the marketplace’s critical need for a new generation of high performance, affordable lithium ion batteries for the world’s rapidly changing electric transportation needs.

Oxford Immunotec is a medical diagnostics company developing novel new tests for various diseases based on its innovative, patented T cell measurement technology. The company's first product is a TB test that diagnoses latent TB infection ( LTBI ) and TB disease. T-SPOT®.TB is an interferon gamma release assay ( IGRA ) which are designed to replace the century old Mantoux skin test ( TST ).

Clean Filtration Technologies, Inc. engineers efficient, next generation, water treatment technology. The CFT Turboclone(TM) is a high capacity filtration system for drinking, waste and process water applications. The CFT Turboclone(TM) uses a proprietary metal membrane. The membrane is self cleaning and virtually maintenance free. The CFT Turboclone(TM) can process high turbidity water and remove suspended solids with reduced fouling or plugging. When used as a pre-filter, the CFT Turboclone(TM) can allow other treatment technologies to operate with maximum efficiency and can reduce maintenance and operation expenses.

Plastic Logic Germany leads the way in developing, manufacturing and commercializing flexible displays. The company has successfully industrialized the manufacturing process in its facility, the world’s first commercial, volume, organic electronics factory. Using a stable and proven licensed technology transistor platform, the company manufactures a range of high-quality, flexible plastic displays. These shatterproof, daylight-readable displays are ultra-thin, ultra-lightweight and very low-power, offering huge advantages over conventional screens as they are extremely robust with proven lifetimes. Plastic Logic Germany also runs an open pilot line for flexible electronics. Third party companies are invited to benefit from the company’s years of experience in the industrialization and manufacture of flexible electronics. Plastic Logic Germany’s customers include OEMs and electronics manufacturers for signage and logistics, mobile electronic devices, smart-cards, wearables and more. For more information, please visit www.plasticlogic.com.

Xtreme Power delivers integrated smart power management solutions from 500kW to 100MW. Their proprietary solid-state power management and integrated storage enables efficient and available power for an environmentally sound 21st century electricity industry.