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Hummingbirds operates a software-as-a-service marketplace that connects place-based brands with hyperlocal content creators and influencers. The platform is designed to facilitate collaboration between brands and local individuals, allowing them to share authentic experiences related to products, services, or events within their communities. By leveraging the influence of everyday locals, Hummingbirds aims to enhance brand awareness and drive sales through grassroots marketing efforts. This approach enables brands to engage with their target audiences in a more meaningful and relatable manner, fostering community-driven growth.

Pear Commerce, Inc., operating as Pear, is a Minneapolis-based company that offers a retail e-commerce platform designed to connect consumer packaged goods (CPG) advertisements with retailers across the United States. Founded in 2018, Pear facilitates retail marketing by enabling consumers to purchase products or claim offers directly from advertisements. The platform integrates seamlessly into existing CPG digital ads and websites, introducing a call to action that directs consumers to local retailers for transaction fulfillment. Additionally, Pear collects valuable consumer data, providing brands with insights into purchasing behavior, which helps enhance marketing effectiveness and drive sales. By bridging the gap between CPGs and retailers, Pear simplifies the shopping experience and empowers brands to optimize their performance marketing strategies.

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Grain Weevil develops a robotic solution aimed at enhancing safety and efficiency in grain management. This robot is specifically designed for tasks within grain bins, such as leveling grain, breaking crusts, conducting inspections, and feeding grain into extraction augers. By automating these processes, Grain Weevil enables farmers and agricultural organizations to increase management frequency, reduce labor costs, and minimize losses due to spoilage. The technology helps ensure safer working conditions around grain bins, allowing farmers to store grains for extended periods while mitigating long-term risks associated with grain management.

Prismatic is the leading embedded iPaaS, enabling B2B SaaS teams to ship product integrations faster and with less dev time. The only embedded iPaaS that empowers both developers and non-developers with tools for the complete integration lifecycle, Prismatic includes low-code and full-code building options, deployment and management tooling, and self-serve customer tools. Prismatic's unparalleled versatility lets teams deliver any integration from simple to complex in one powerful platform. SaaS companies worldwide, from startups to Fortune 500s, trust Prismatic to help connect their products to the other products their customers use.

Devii is a forward-thinking technology company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of API management for software engineers. With a focus on simplifying and accelerating API development at scale, Devii is transforming the way technology organizations approach app development, data science, and information security. This transformation addresses real-world challenges of workforce development, responsible and secure AI/ML data access, and the greater digital transformation needs of the software industry at large.

Legacy Farmer offers a platform designed to assist farmers in mastering their financial management and building robust businesses for future generations. The organization focuses on providing hope and direction to farmers, aiming to enrich their family legacy through a blend of business consulting and services. Legacy Farmer's offerings include educational resources, custom software applications for financial optimization, and programs specifically tailored to address the unique challenges faced by the agricultural community. By fostering a deeper understanding of financial principles and business strategies, Legacy Farmer empowers farmers to achieve long-term success and sustainability in the agriculture industry.

Thread specializes in enterprise-scale autonomous data collection that delivers precise inspection insights. Its suite of tools empowers users to programmatically capture knowledge into consistent and replicable plans. Any visual inspection activity being performed by a pilot in GPS-accessible locations today can be automated through Airtonomy. These tools can be used to make full end-to-end automated workflows as they have done with its wind product.

School of Traditional Skills is an e-learning platform that focuses on traditional skills taught by industry experts. It is a homestead school shortcut to self-sufficiency, the easy way to avoid feeling overwhelmed and anxious.

Sentinel Fertigation, founded in 2022 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, specializes in developing a fertigation management platform known as N-Time FMS. This platform leverages aerial imagery to provide real-time, imagery-based recommendations for nitrogen management, aimed at optimizing nitrogen applications in relation to crop yield potential. By offering insights throughout the growing season, Sentinel Fertigation enables farmers to make informed and efficient decisions regarding crop nutrition, ultimately enhancing their agricultural productivity and profitability.

Thinking Engines is a developer of construction site monitoring and reporting platform intended to effortlessly monitor and report on critical construction site activities. The company leverages technology to monitor and report site activities through image processing, machine learning, environmental sensors, and other tracking solutions, enabling clients to better monitor and report construction site activities through a platform.

Prismatic is the leading embedded iPaaS, enabling B2B SaaS teams to ship product integrations faster and with less dev time. The only embedded iPaaS that empowers both developers and non-developers with tools for the complete integration lifecycle, Prismatic includes low-code and full-code building options, deployment and management tooling, and self-serve customer tools. Prismatic's unparalleled versatility lets teams deliver any integration from simple to complex in one powerful platform. SaaS companies worldwide, from startups to Fortune 500s, trust Prismatic to help connect their products to the other products their customers use.

ProsperStack is a hosted cancellation flow service that aims to reduce customer churn for subscription-based businesses. The platform automates and enhances the customer acquisition and retention process, allowing companies to tailor questions and interventions without relying on limited development resources. By utilizing a big data engine, ProsperStack analyzes consumer demand and integrates with a real-time dashboard that provides alerts and notifications to assist in retaining customers. This enables businesses to identify target audiences, understand demand patterns, and refine marketing strategies, ultimately contributing to increased profitability.

Pitchly, Inc. is a technology company that offers a cloud-based content services platform tailored for merger and acquisition professionals. Founded in 2014 and based in Des Moines, Iowa, Pitchly's platform allows users to create and manage custom databases that catalog proprietary experience and intellectual property. The service is designed for investment banks, accounting firms, and law firms, enabling non-technical users to easily generate data-driven documents in PowerPoint and Word, linking to various internal data sources such as Excel, SQL, and Salesforce. By aggregating disparate information, Pitchly significantly reduces the time needed to create complex documents and eliminates errors, thus enhancing efficiency in data management and presentation. Users can also create custom forms to ensure they are accessing the most current data, further streamlining their workflows.

Soiltech Wireless is a developer of ag-tech solutions to design electronic devices for agricultural professionals. Its product provides real-time data to drive efficiency and optimize quality. It also provides actionable data without installation hassles and creates scalable monitoring solutions for farmers. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Rupert, Idaho.