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Pliant.io, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in infrastructure automation, providing a platform designed for IT operations to efficiently plan, build, and deploy API-level automations. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Pliant offers an orchestration, automation, and response (OAR) platform that simplifies the development of IT automation solutions. Its platform features visual representations and low-code building blocks, enabling developers to automate complex processes across various domains. Use cases for Pliant's technology include virtual machine provisioning, server auditing and remediation, IT service management orchestration, hybrid network configuration, and application delivery and security. By streamlining automation, Pliant helps organizations respond to the evolving demands of their business processes while reducing human error and enhancing overall efficiency.

Pliant.io, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in infrastructure automation, providing a platform designed for IT operations to efficiently plan, build, and deploy API-level automations. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Pliant offers an orchestration, automation, and response (OAR) platform that simplifies the development of IT automation solutions. Its platform features visual representations and low-code building blocks, enabling developers to automate complex processes across various domains. Use cases for Pliant's technology include virtual machine provisioning, server auditing and remediation, IT service management orchestration, hybrid network configuration, and application delivery and security. By streamlining automation, Pliant helps organizations respond to the evolving demands of their business processes while reducing human error and enhancing overall efficiency.

Ride Health LLC is a New York-based company that provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to help healthcare providers manage patient transportation to medical appointments. Founded in 2016, Ride Health partners with healthcare organizations and transportation providers to streamline the scheduling, requesting, and payment processes for rides. The platform allows care coordinators to arrange rides in advance or on-demand and offers real-time insights into transportation costs and usage. By integrating technology and data with a personalized approach, Ride Health addresses transportation challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers, ensuring that patients receive rides tailored to their individual needs. Additionally, the company has implemented a COVID-19 ride tracking program to support hospitals across the nation, further enhancing patient access and improving healthcare outcomes.

Tangen Biosciences LLC develops medical instrument that provides rapid nucleic acid detection, with the specificity and sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification.

Pliant.io, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in infrastructure automation, providing a platform designed for IT operations to efficiently plan, build, and deploy API-level automations. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Pliant offers an orchestration, automation, and response (OAR) platform that simplifies the development of IT automation solutions. Its platform features visual representations and low-code building blocks, enabling developers to automate complex processes across various domains. Use cases for Pliant's technology include virtual machine provisioning, server auditing and remediation, IT service management orchestration, hybrid network configuration, and application delivery and security. By streamlining automation, Pliant helps organizations respond to the evolving demands of their business processes while reducing human error and enhancing overall efficiency.

scaleMatters, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Montgomery County, Maryland, specializes in data-driven marketing and sales automation solutions for SaaS and subscription businesses. The company addresses the challenge of high customer acquisition costs by providing a comprehensive business intelligence platform, SellScience™, which enhances visibility into the effectiveness of customer acquisition strategies. Many SaaS companies struggle with inefficiencies, often misallocating up to 50% of their marketing and sales budgets due to a lack of reliable data and insights. scaleMatters aims to transform these businesses by ensuring data integrity and offering actionable insights, which can reduce customer acquisition costs by 25-75%. This approach enables companies to optimize their investments in sales and marketing, facilitating accelerated growth and improved profitability.

HighQA is a software platform focused on enhancing quality inspection in manufacturing. It offers tools that automate the inspection process, facilitating better communication across departments and collaboration within the supply chain. The core feature, Inspection Manager, allows users to extract manufacturing and inspection requirements from various design formats, including 2D blueprints, CAD drawings, and 3D models. This functionality enables the creation of a comprehensive database for projects, streamlining report generation and inspection scheduling. Additionally, HighQA's software encompasses inspection planning, mobile data collection, secure data exchange, and statistical process control, all aimed at automating the quality management process. By providing a centralized quality control database, HighQA helps businesses improve their internal processes and extend quality assurance to their supply chain partners.

CanSurround Inc. is a company that specializes in developing interactive web and mobile solutions aimed at supporting individuals affected by cancer. Founded in 2013 and based in Wilmington, Delaware, CanSurround provides a platform that focuses on reducing distress and enhancing emotional well-being. Its offerings include mind-body exercises such as guided imagery and meditation, a confidential space for users to document their experiences, and various interactive tools like checklists and trackers. The platform also emphasizes inquiry-based stress reduction and social support, helping both cancer patients and their loved ones build resilience and navigate the challenges of the cancer journey with greater confidence. Through its personalized approach, CanSurround aims to guide users toward choices that foster personal growth and healing.

Othot, Inc. is a company that provides a cloud-based platform designed to help organizations, particularly in higher education, extract valuable insights from their data. Founded in 2014 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Othot specializes in advanced analytics and artificial intelligence solutions that enhance the relationship between educational institutions and their students throughout the entire lifecycle, from enrollment to alumni engagement. The platform includes tools for enrollment analytics, which assist institutions in identifying and recruiting suitable students, and retention analytics, which deliver actionable intelligence to help retain and grow their student body. Additionally, Othot's software offers real-time assessments that integrate data science with advanced analytics, enabling users to tailor their engagement strategies effectively for prospective, current, and former students. The company also serves K-12 schools and automotive markets.

BeneFix, Inc. develops a software for health insurance quoting applications. Its BeneFix software allows users to manage various health insurance plans across various carriers, and get quoting. BeneFix, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

ActiveProtective is a consumer device company that produces smart garments to reduce traumatic injury using wearable airbag technology. The company's proprietary technology uses 3D motion sensors to determine the stereotypical motions and accelerations that govern the body’s normal, daily activities, in order to determine ’departures’ from what is allowable. This technique called "fall disambiguation", allows users to determine falls prior to impact, intercept hip fractures, and protect themselves from risks during sports and military sessions by deploying micro-airbag protection. ActiveProtective was founded in 2006 and is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

College Ave Student Loans offers private student loans to undergraduate students, graduate students, and the parents of students entering college. By specializing in student loans, it is able to provide its customers the attention they deserve and deliver loans that are personalized for each individual. The company also facilitates competitive rates, the most repayment options, and a customer-friendly experience from application through repayment. College Ave Student Loans also offers its borrowers the choice between deferred, interest only, flat payment, and full principal and interest payments.

ActiveProtective is a consumer device company that produces smart garments to reduce traumatic injury using wearable airbag technology. The company's proprietary technology uses 3D motion sensors to determine the stereotypical motions and accelerations that govern the body’s normal, daily activities, in order to determine ’departures’ from what is allowable. This technique called "fall disambiguation", allows users to determine falls prior to impact, intercept hip fractures, and protect themselves from risks during sports and military sessions by deploying micro-airbag protection. ActiveProtective was founded in 2006 and is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

redIQ transforms static property data into actionable intelligence. Using sophisticated data parsing and processing tools, we allow clients to quickly and accurately extract the vast troves of rent roll and operating data from the files they receive in seconds rather than hours. This data is immediately aggregated and analyzed using cutting-edge data visualization tools to provide unique insights. Clients can then share controlled subsets of that information in a dynamic, easy-to-consume format. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.