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Bedrock Energy develops autonomous drilling technology and advanced subsurface simulation software to enable geothermal heating and cooling, with the aim of making geothermal installations for buildings more widespread, affordable, and accessible, while helping construction projects reduce costs and support sustainability.

PhaseShift Technologies develops an AI-driven platform to accelerate the design and development of advanced alloys for manufacturing. Its Rapid Alloy Design (RAD) technology, combined with multi-scale simulations, designs optimized alloys for specific applications, reducing the number of experiments and shortening development cycles. The platform also enables generation of synthetic data to address data scarcity in materials science. PhaseShift commercializes its portfolio through strategic partnerships with manufacturers, supporting improved performance, cost efficiency, and sustainability in material design and production.

Bot Auto, headquartered in Houston, Texas, operates a fleet of Level 4 autonomous trucks. It provides Transportation as a Service (TaaS) to freight customers, leveraging AI-driven technology to address industry challenges such as driver shortages and enhance logistics efficiency. The company's team comprises experienced leaders, top-tier engineers, and industry veterans, positioning it to commercialize autonomous trucking on a large scale.

Enzymit is a biotechnology company focused on revolutionizing global manufacturing through sustainable and efficient bio-production methods. It specializes in developing cell-free bio-production technology that aims to eliminate the inefficiencies and complexities associated with traditional bio-production. Enzymit employs artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms to design novel enzymes, which serve as molecular machines capable of transforming abundant feedstocks into valuable products, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, and materials. The company’s small, modular bio-reactors facilitate this process, promoting resource independence while minimizing environmental impact. By moving away from conventional whole-cell methods to utilizing nature's elemental building blocks, Enzymit enhances cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability in bio-production, while also providing greater flexibility in product customization for various industries.

Zanskar is a geothermal exploration and technology company focused on accelerating the discovery and development of geothermal energy resources. The company utilizes a predictive platform informed by extensive data, which includes subsurface characterization technology and advanced sensing techniques. By integrating artificial intelligence and big data, Zanskar enhances the exploration process and helps clients identify previously unknown geothermal resources, ultimately reducing the risks associated with such endeavors. Through its innovative approach, Zanskar aims to contribute to the advancement of geothermal energy as a sustainable resource.

Bedrock Energy develops autonomous drilling technology and advanced subsurface simulation software to enable geothermal heating and cooling, with the aim of making geothermal installations for buildings more widespread, affordable, and accessible, while helping construction projects reduce costs and support sustainability.

SaolaAI is the go-to platform for zero-maintenance, maximum-coverage quality, powered by real user behavior insights. With over 30 million user sessions recorded, SaolaAI stands at the forefront of autonomous quality, trusted by hundreds of engineering teams to catch critical issues throughout the application lifecycle, ensuring top-notch product quality with ease.

Salient creates a weather intelligence platform that combines novel ocean and land-surface data with machine learning and climate expertise to provide accurate subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) weather forecasts 2 to 52 weeks ahead. Salient's tools sift through large datasets to identify complex climate system relationships in order to provide accurate forecasts used in agriculture, energy, finance, supply chain, and other industries. Salient utilizes scientific knowledge to assist individuals and organizations in better understanding and preparing for the increasing volatility of climate change.

Blumen is an early-stage technology company building software to streamline the regulatory challenges associated with upstream natural resources production in the US. We are focused on producers building and utilizing land-based assets powering the energy transition including carbon sequestration, geothermal, critical minerals, hydrogen, and RNG projects.

Genialis, Inc. is a computational precision medicine company that specializes in the development of a web-based software platform for biological data management, analysis, visualization, and interpretation. Founded in 2011 and based in Houston, Texas, the company focuses on unraveling complex biology to discover actionable biomarkers that can enhance disease treatment. Its platform combines a range of visual analytics and bioinformatics tools, facilitating the storage and tracking of data while automating primary analyses to ensure reproducibility. Genialis enables non-experts to access sophisticated downstream analyses and supports secure sharing of data insights. The company's efforts aim to assist pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies in developing more effective drugs and deploying tests that improve treatment decisions, thereby increasing the probability of clinical success and validating therapeutic targets.

Robigo is a biomanufacturing company focused on engineering microbes to develop sustainable crop protection solutions. The company creates precision microbial treatments aimed at enhancing plant health and recovering lost agricultural yields. By leveraging microbial engineering and data science, Robigo produces products that are designed to be more effective while ensuring safety for beneficial microbes, pollinators, humans, and the environment. This approach enables farmers to improve their financial performance while promoting sustainable agricultural practices.

Oort is an identity threat detection and response platform focused on enhancing enterprise security. Recognizing that over 60% of security breaches involve the abuse of valid identity credentials, Oort positions identity as a critical aspect of cybersecurity. The company offers a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that allows cybersecurity and IT professionals to efficiently manage their identity and access management (IAM) programs. With a quick deployment process and a focus on reducing identity vulnerabilities at scale, Oort provides organizations with enhanced visibility and control over their identity attack surface. It operates as a fully remote startup based in Boston, MA, and its innovative solutions help clients secure their digital supply chains. Oort is supported by prominent investors and aims to equip security teams with the tools needed to combat identity threats effectively.

Oort is an identity threat detection and response platform focused on enhancing enterprise security. Recognizing that over 60% of security breaches involve the abuse of valid identity credentials, Oort positions identity as a critical aspect of cybersecurity. The company offers a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that allows cybersecurity and IT professionals to efficiently manage their identity and access management (IAM) programs. With a quick deployment process and a focus on reducing identity vulnerabilities at scale, Oort provides organizations with enhanced visibility and control over their identity attack surface. It operates as a fully remote startup based in Boston, MA, and its innovative solutions help clients secure their digital supply chains. Oort is supported by prominent investors and aims to equip security teams with the tools needed to combat identity threats effectively.

Zanskar is a geothermal exploration and technology company focused on accelerating the discovery and development of geothermal energy resources. The company utilizes a predictive platform informed by extensive data, which includes subsurface characterization technology and advanced sensing techniques. By integrating artificial intelligence and big data, Zanskar enhances the exploration process and helps clients identify previously unknown geothermal resources, ultimately reducing the risks associated with such endeavors. Through its innovative approach, Zanskar aims to contribute to the advancement of geothermal energy as a sustainable resource.

Founded in 2021, Turso is an open-source Edge database that brings the developer experience of SQLite closer to users. It specializes in bringing data to multiple locations simultaneously, enhancing application personalization and scalability.

FYTO, Inc. is a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2019, that specializes in the development of plant-based feed production systems. The firm focuses on creating nutrient-dense crops and innovative cultivation and harvesting systems designed to enhance agricultural quality and consistency. FYTO's offerings include a variety of agricultural products such as animal feed, fodder, plant-based proteins, nutritional supplements, and bio-fertilizers. By employing climate-friendly methodologies, the company aims to improve both the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, providing personalized solutions to farmers worldwide that promote ultra-high yields while minimizing resource requirements.

VistaPath Biosystems, founded in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializes in developing an automated tissue grossing platform designed to streamline the inspection, description, inking, and measurement of tissues processed for diagnosis. The company's flagship product, VistaPath Sentinel, automates the process of locating, measuring, and imaging tissue as it is placed into a cassette. This platform generates gross reports automatically using the laboratory’s template and provides detailed reports that include gross descriptions, patient and clinician information, and images of containers, labels, and cassettes. By eliminating mix-ups and errors, VistaPath Biosystems' technology enhances the efficiency and accuracy of pathology workflows.

Salient creates a weather intelligence platform that combines novel ocean and land-surface data with machine learning and climate expertise to provide accurate subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) weather forecasts 2 to 52 weeks ahead. Salient's tools sift through large datasets to identify complex climate system relationships in order to provide accurate forecasts used in agriculture, energy, finance, supply chain, and other industries. Salient utilizes scientific knowledge to assist individuals and organizations in better understanding and preparing for the increasing volatility of climate change.

Enzymit is a biotechnology company focused on revolutionizing global manufacturing through sustainable and efficient bio-production methods. It specializes in developing cell-free bio-production technology that aims to eliminate the inefficiencies and complexities associated with traditional bio-production. Enzymit employs artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms to design novel enzymes, which serve as molecular machines capable of transforming abundant feedstocks into valuable products, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, and materials. The company’s small, modular bio-reactors facilitate this process, promoting resource independence while minimizing environmental impact. By moving away from conventional whole-cell methods to utilizing nature's elemental building blocks, Enzymit enhances cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability in bio-production, while also providing greater flexibility in product customization for various industries.

Robigo is a biomanufacturing company focused on engineering microbes to develop sustainable crop protection solutions. The company creates precision microbial treatments aimed at enhancing plant health and recovering lost agricultural yields. By leveraging microbial engineering and data science, Robigo produces products that are designed to be more effective while ensuring safety for beneficial microbes, pollinators, humans, and the environment. This approach enables farmers to improve their financial performance while promoting sustainable agricultural practices.

Kanary provides solutions to assist people in protecting their digital identities. Kanary detects and removes unnecessary personal data from any website that could put people in danger. Kanary monitors the locations of people's data on the internet. Kanary specializes in data used in account takeovers, impersonation attempts, and spam.

Sia is the leading decentralized cloud storage platform. No signups, no servers, no trusted third parties. Sia leverages blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace that is more robust and more affordable than traditional cloud storage providers.

Nebulous, Inc. is a technology company focused on developing blockchain hardware and software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. Founded in 2014 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company is known for its flagship product, Sia, a decentralized cloud storage platform that utilizes blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace. Additionally, Nebulous offers Skynet, a decentralized content delivery network (CDN) and file-sharing platform tailored for developers, along with SiaStream, which provides affordable storage solutions for media files, enabling fast streaming. As a core contributor to the open-source Skynet project, Nebulous plays a significant role in advancing the decentralized web ecosystem.

PhaseShift Technologies develops an AI-driven platform to accelerate the design and development of advanced alloys for manufacturing. Its Rapid Alloy Design (RAD) technology, combined with multi-scale simulations, designs optimized alloys for specific applications, reducing the number of experiments and shortening development cycles. The platform also enables generation of synthetic data to address data scarcity in materials science. PhaseShift commercializes its portfolio through strategic partnerships with manufacturers, supporting improved performance, cost efficiency, and sustainability in material design and production.

FYTO, Inc. is a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2019, that specializes in the development of plant-based feed production systems. The firm focuses on creating nutrient-dense crops and innovative cultivation and harvesting systems designed to enhance agricultural quality and consistency. FYTO's offerings include a variety of agricultural products such as animal feed, fodder, plant-based proteins, nutritional supplements, and bio-fertilizers. By employing climate-friendly methodologies, the company aims to improve both the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, providing personalized solutions to farmers worldwide that promote ultra-high yields while minimizing resource requirements.

EnPowered assists businesses in managing their energy consumption and reducing costs. It offers complimentary energy bill audits, potentially saving clients up to 70%, and employs analytics to further optimize usage. Additionally, EnPowered facilitates group-buying for small businesses to secure lower electricity rates.

EnPowered assists businesses in managing their energy consumption and reducing costs. It offers complimentary energy bill audits, potentially saving clients up to 70%, and employs analytics to further optimize usage. Additionally, EnPowered facilitates group-buying for small businesses to secure lower electricity rates.

Salient creates a weather intelligence platform that combines novel ocean and land-surface data with machine learning and climate expertise to provide accurate subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) weather forecasts 2 to 52 weeks ahead. Salient's tools sift through large datasets to identify complex climate system relationships in order to provide accurate forecasts used in agriculture, energy, finance, supply chain, and other industries. Salient utilizes scientific knowledge to assist individuals and organizations in better understanding and preparing for the increasing volatility of climate change.

WinterLight Labs Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing a speech-based platform for the detection and monitoring of cognitive and mental diseases, including dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The company's innovative AI technology analyzes natural speech samples to quantify various speech and language patterns, enabling the accurate assessment of cognitive health. By utilizing a brief one-minute speech sample, WinterLight's platform can characterize aspects such as lexical diversity, syntactic complexity, semantic content, and articulation, effectively capturing the speaker's cognitive state. This diagnostic tool has significant applications across clinical trials, long-term care, primary care, and speech-language pathology, facilitating the early detection of cognitive impairment and tracking disease progression.

Gradient is a developer of secure software that addresses fundamental issues of trust and authenticity in the digital landscape. The company's solutions focus on redefining identity and data authentication, providing a framework for establishing trust and facilitating the sharing of provable statements while ensuring privacy and security. This enables users to collaborate openly without sacrificing digital security or integrity. Gradient's infrastructure is designed to foster decentralized trust, contributing to safer and more reliable digital interactions.

Swiftly, Inc. is a technology company that develops and markets applications tailored for supermarkets and retailers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Shelton, Washington, Swiftly provides a platform that enables retailers to offer personalized deals, manage loyalty points, facilitate lane checkout, and implement subscription services for their customers. The company’s solutions empower retailers to leverage digital tools akin to those used by large retail chains and e-commerce platforms, allowing store managers to effectively distribute relevant deals to individual shoppers, track consumer behavior, and provide tailored product recommendations.

Nomic is a bioengineering company developing the nELISA platform for measuring proteins at scale and high throughput. They offer protein profiling solutions empowering scientists to decide experiment scope and scale.

Jellyfish, Inc. is an engineering management platform that assists engineering leaders in aligning their teams' work with strategic business objectives. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Washington, D.C., Jellyfish offers a suite of tools that integrate engineering data with contextual business information. This integration allows teams to track their work, understand resource allocation, and measure productivity and performance. The platform provides insights into how engineering efforts contribute to overall business growth, facilitating improved communication of value and effectiveness. By offering solutions for strategic alignment, distributed teams, and R&D cost capitalization, Jellyfish aims to enhance the operational efficiency of engineering organizations.

Scoot Science develops ocean data analysis software and advisory services to help marine operations reduce risk and improve efficiency. The software collects local ocean data via autonomous underwater vehicles, combines traditional numerical models with predictive artificial intelligence, and generates forecasts that support informed logistics and asset protection. The company provides guidance across operations, sustainability, and finance to help customers, such as fish farmers, protect assets, operate more sustainably, and enhance profitability through expanded assessment capabilities.

MotionHall Inc. is a technology solutions provider based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the biopharma sector. The company offers a market intelligence platform that employs machine learning to analyze the global landscape of partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions within the pharmaceutical industry. By utilizing predictive matching algorithms, MotionHall enables clients, including emerging biopharma companies, investment bankers, and venture capital firms, to streamline deal planning and derive actionable insights. Its expert system provides predictive advisory services on deal partners and the transactability of deals, enhancing financial outcomes and increasing confidence in product success.

Plus One Robotics Inc. is a technology company based in San Antonio, Texas, specializing in 3D vision and control systems tailored for robotic automation in the logistics and e-commerce sectors. Founded in 2016, the company offers an advanced parcel-handling robotics platform that integrates artificial intelligence and computer vision to enhance material handling processes. Its flagship product, the PickOne Perception System, accurately identifies the six degrees of freedom for parcel picking, enabling robots to efficiently handle tasks such as sortation and depalletizing. The system not only facilitates the precise placement of parcels onto induction conveyors but also verifies successful placements and corrects any errors by issuing commands to reposition misaligned parcels. Plus One Robotics aims to improve operational efficiency and customer service for leading logistics and e-commerce companies by delivering predictable sortation accuracy and reducing the need for downstream verification and return handling.

Tranquil Data is a computer software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Massachusetts, United States. The company specializes in digital transformation, cloud solutions, governance, and business policy, focusing on enabling compliance officers to manage rules and requirements effectively. Tranquil Data develops a data acceleration platform that facilitates the connection of data to its intended purpose, allowing businesses to capture relevant information and identify user data in real-time across various applications and databases. The platform automates the process of contextualizing data, simplifies compliance procedures, and supports agile analysis, innovation, and transformation. Through its offerings, Tranquil Data empowers organizations to uncover and validate new applications for their existing data, ultimately realizing its full value.

Plus One Robotics Inc. is a technology company based in San Antonio, Texas, specializing in 3D vision and control systems tailored for robotic automation in the logistics and e-commerce sectors. Founded in 2016, the company offers an advanced parcel-handling robotics platform that integrates artificial intelligence and computer vision to enhance material handling processes. Its flagship product, the PickOne Perception System, accurately identifies the six degrees of freedom for parcel picking, enabling robots to efficiently handle tasks such as sortation and depalletizing. The system not only facilitates the precise placement of parcels onto induction conveyors but also verifies successful placements and corrects any errors by issuing commands to reposition misaligned parcels. Plus One Robotics aims to improve operational efficiency and customer service for leading logistics and e-commerce companies by delivering predictable sortation accuracy and reducing the need for downstream verification and return handling.

Everbloom is a company that develops a platform for decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, enabling users to trade various digital assets in a secure and non-custodial manner. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Everbloom's platform leverages blockchain technology for settlement, providing support for Ethereum and ERC20 tokens. The company focuses on facilitating efficient and transparent transactions, catering to the growing demand for decentralized financial solutions in the cryptocurrency market.

Feature Labs, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing tools and application programming interfaces (APIs) for machine learning and feature engineering automation. Founded in 2015, the company emerged from research conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Feature Labs focuses on enabling data science teams to leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence with structured data, facilitating the deployment of new products and services, as well as the extraction of critical insights. Their platform enhances the performance of machine learning models by addressing specific business challenges, thereby helping organizations to better understand their data and make informed decisions about future strategies. As of October 2019, Feature Labs operates as a subsidiary of Alteryx, Inc.

Founded in 2017, Plex Research develops an AI-driven search engine for biomedical drug discovery. Its platform analyzes compound mechanisms and toxicity, characterizes hits, optimizes leads, and generates screening sets based on selected targets, pathways, indications, or phenotypes.

Reniac, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in designing and developing intelligent data-aware architectures for applications, servers, and data storage systems. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional locations in Hyderabad, India, and Richmond, Canada, Reniac focuses on creating a distributed data engine that enhances performance by addressing bottlenecks in data infrastructure workloads. Their cloud-based platform accelerates and optimizes open-source database implementations, offering solutions such as a Cassandra I/O accelerator, a distributed and persistent cache, and a storage engine for graph and SQL databases. This technology enables enterprises to achieve higher throughput and lower latency, allowing them to improve critical workloads across public cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments without necessitating changes to existing applications. Reniac's team comprises experienced professionals from notable companies, bringing a wealth of expertise in data, software, and systems.

Genialis, Inc. is a computational precision medicine company that specializes in the development of a web-based software platform for biological data management, analysis, visualization, and interpretation. Founded in 2011 and based in Houston, Texas, the company focuses on unraveling complex biology to discover actionable biomarkers that can enhance disease treatment. Its platform combines a range of visual analytics and bioinformatics tools, facilitating the storage and tracking of data while automating primary analyses to ensure reproducibility. Genialis enables non-experts to access sophisticated downstream analyses and supports secure sharing of data insights. The company's efforts aim to assist pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies in developing more effective drugs and deploying tests that improve treatment decisions, thereby increasing the probability of clinical success and validating therapeutic targets.

Resilinc Corporation is a developer of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service solutions focused on supply chain resiliency and risk management. Founded in 2010 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to enhance supply chain visibility and mitigate risks. Its supply chain mapping solution provides detailed information and analytics for risk management and compliance, while crisis management tools facilitate pre-crisis preparedness, event monitoring, and coordinated post-event responses. Resilinc's offerings also include EventWatch Professional, a service for monitoring global events that may disrupt supply chains, and Resilinc CyberSCRM, a platform focused on cybersecurity risk monitoring and mitigation. By enabling users to plan, monitor, and respond to multi-tier disruptions, Resilinc helps organizations identify and address potential vulnerabilities within their supply chains.

Sia is the leading decentralized cloud storage platform. No signups, no servers, no trusted third parties. Sia leverages blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace that is more robust and more affordable than traditional cloud storage providers.

Nebulous, Inc. is a technology company focused on developing blockchain hardware and software infrastructure for the decentralized internet. Founded in 2014 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company is known for its flagship product, Sia, a decentralized cloud storage platform that utilizes blockchain technology to create a data storage marketplace. Additionally, Nebulous offers Skynet, a decentralized content delivery network (CDN) and file-sharing platform tailored for developers, along with SiaStream, which provides affordable storage solutions for media files, enabling fast streaming. As a core contributor to the open-source Skynet project, Nebulous plays a significant role in advancing the decentralized web ecosystem.

Upskill designs and develops augmented reality software for industrial workforces. Its flagship platform, Skylight, enables companies to create smart glasses applications for various business scenarios, transforming operations using wearable devices. Serving industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and logistics, Upskill improves productivity, reduces errors, and enhances training.

Oculii Corp., based in Beavercreek, Ohio, specializes in developing advanced radar sensors and AI software for various applications, including intelligent transportation, automotive, aerial, and consumer sectors. The company's key products are radar sensors that provide real-time 4D tracking information, enabling accurate 3D positioning and speed detection. These sensors are used in automotive safety systems, traffic management, airborne and medical applications, as well as automated speed enforcement systems. Oculii's innovative Virtual Aperture Imaging radar technology enhances radar resolution without increasing the physical size of the sensor, making it more affordable and scalable. The company collaborates with industry leaders to deliver high-performance, all-weather, and low-cost perception technology for autonomous systems.

Seven Bridges is the industry-leading infrastructure and data analytics company accelerating precision medicine by enabling the understanding of biomedical data. Our platform, services, and support expertise are driving discovery and drug development at the world’s leading academic, biotechnology, government, hospitals, and pharmaceutical entities. Through our collaborations with the largest genomics projects, we connect the world’s biomedical information to enable the most efficient analysis at scale. Named one of the world's smartest companies by MIT Technology Review, and a three-time Bio-IT World Best of Show winner, Seven Bridges has offices in Belgrade, Boston, Istanbul, and San Francisco.

Weft, Inc. is a global logistics data company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 2013. It leverages a combination of sensors and supply chain analytics to enhance real-time asset intelligence, helping businesses minimize disruptions and boost operational productivity. The Weft platform offers insights and visibility through a user-friendly web and mobile interface, enabling clients to track assets in real time using various technologies such as Wi-Fi, BLE, GPS, satellite, and GPRS. It provides analytical capabilities that assess routes, fuel consumption, potential disruptions, and environmental conditions, allowing users to proactively manage logistics challenges. By integrating data from both its own sensors and third-party systems, Weft empowers companies to identify bottlenecks and make informed decisions, ultimately increasing the likelihood of on-time deliveries.

Infinite Analytics, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a personalization platform for ecommerce organizations globally. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Mumbai, India, the company offers a suite of tools that enhance the online shopping experience. Its flagship products include Infinite Enrich, which transforms raw product data into actionable insights, Infinite Search, which delivers personalized search results to improve product discovery, and Infinite Recommend, which tailors purchase suggestions based on individual visitor preferences using various recommendation widgets. Additionally, Infinite Analytics has developed an AI-driven platform called Sherlock, designed to facilitate consumer insights and streamline the analysis of consumer behavior for businesses of all sizes. By employing machine learning technologies, the company aids clients in optimizing their customer acquisition strategies, ultimately enhancing conversion rates while minimizing costs.

Contastic Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a customer relationship management (CRM) system designed to enhance lead nurturing for sales professionals, realtors, freelancers, and consultants. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Contastic's platform generates personalized email content, enabling users to maintain relevant communication with their contacts. The system analyzes data from email and contact interactions through a secure encrypted channel, integrating with Gmail to track past communications. Additionally, it offers a daily digest of news to help users stay informed. As of 2016, Contastic operates as a subsidiary of SugarCRM Inc.

Founded in 2012 and based in Nashua, New Hampshire, Parallel Wireless develops innovative wireless cellular networks. The company focuses on reimagining the architecture of the cellular radio access network to address challenges posed by heterogeneous networks and the evolution towards 5G.

Speedy Packets, Inc. is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in cloud-based software solutions aimed at optimizing internet performance. Founded in 2013, the company has developed a unique, patent-pending technology that enhances TCP performance across various types of connections, including fiber, DSL, wireless, and satellite networks. By applying innovative coding techniques to blocks of TCP packets, Speedy Packets' software effectively reduces packet loss and the need for retransmission requests, resulting in significant improvements in overall throughput and internet speed. This advancement allows businesses, service providers, and individual users to enjoy a more reliable and high-quality online experience, facilitating seamless streaming, file transfers, and content sharing.