Toothio is revolutionizing the dental staffing industry by leveraging technology to seamlessly connect dental offices with high quality talent on-demand.
Pawlicy Advisor is a pet insurance brokerage company intended to help in finding optimal insurance coverage for pets. It seeks to protect pets by offering simple, intuitive, and value-oriented pet insurance advice, showing the risks and costs associated with pets, and how coverages are applied, thereby enabling pet owners to avoid hassles while deciding on insurance coverages and save money.
Leal Health, formerly known as Trialjectory, is a patient-first, AI-powered treatment decision support platform dedicated to improving cancer care. Working directly with patients, healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies, Leal democratizes access to advanced cancer treatment and empowers the pharmaceutical and biotech industry to execute patient-centric clinical trials. The Company has been recognized by TIME as one of "The 100 Best Inventions of 2020" and named an honoree in the AI and data category for Fast Company's "2021 World-Changing Ideas Awards." For more information, please visit www.leal.health, and follow the Company on Facebook and LinkedIn.
At Toolio, we're on a mission to help retailers navigate the complex, competitive and ever-changing retail landscape. Toolio is a cloud-based Merchandising Platform that automates critical workflows, provides real-time insights, and enables remote collaboration, empowering retailers to make faster, data-driven decisions about their most important (and expensive) asset—merchandise. Toolio is a global operation with headquarters in NYC and offices in Istanbul, built by an ex-Walmart team of second-time entrepreneurs and backed by top VCs and apparel industry executives.
Aren is an AI-powered platform that empowers engineers and asset owners to assess and manage civil infrastructure while minimizing the risk of failure and optimizing budgets. Its technology offers a cost-effective, automated, and quantitative approach to de-risk the asset management practice using computer vision and machine learning.
CloudPay Solutions Limited specializes in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) payroll solutions, providing a comprehensive platform for managed global payroll services tailored for multinational organizations. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Salisbury, United Kingdom, with additional offices in several countries, CloudPay delivers end-to-end payroll management through a unified platform that ensures compliance and consistency across over 130 countries and in more than twenty-five languages. The company’s innovative approach streamlines payroll processes, reduces operational costs, and enhances visibility for organizations, making it a leader in the industry. CloudPay's expertise has been recognized through various awards, including accolades for its technology and service excellence. The company previously operated under the name Patersons Payroll Solutions Limited until its rebranding in 2012.
Blocknative is a provider of real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public blockchain networks. It was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Feel provides an interactive video platform that allows customers to connect with a remote sales representative for a product demo to help them make a purchase decision. It connects online buyers and sellers on a human level. It gives customers the help they need to feel connected, supported, and confident in their purchasing decisions.
Leal Health, formerly known as Trialjectory, is a patient-first, AI-powered treatment decision support platform dedicated to improving cancer care. Working directly with patients, healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies, Leal democratizes access to advanced cancer treatment and empowers the pharmaceutical and biotech industry to execute patient-centric clinical trials. The Company has been recognized by TIME as one of "The 100 Best Inventions of 2020" and named an honoree in the AI and data category for Fast Company's "2021 World-Changing Ideas Awards." For more information, please visit www.leal.health, and follow the Company on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Nanit team is a tight-knit collection of scientists, parents and designers—experts in the first beautiful months of human life. They have developed advanced computer vision and machine learning algorithms to help us measure human behavior. They use this knowledge and technology to create innovative products that are safer and smarter, for parents and babies everywhere. Their team comes from great companies like Applied Materials, Diapers.com, Philips, Time Warner and Tiny Love, where they've focused on building brands and products people love.
Pawlicy Advisor is a pet insurance brokerage company intended to help in finding optimal insurance coverage for pets. It seeks to protect pets by offering simple, intuitive, and value-oriented pet insurance advice, showing the risks and costs associated with pets, and how coverages are applied, thereby enabling pet owners to avoid hassles while deciding on insurance coverages and save money.
Headquartered in New York City, Suzy is a technology platform that harnesses collective insights from millions of consumers worldwide to deliver real-time intelligence. Suzy is the voice of consumers, helping companies validate critical assumptions so they can create compelling new products, develop effective marketing strategies, and validate direct offers that increase conversion, improve path-to-purchase, and drive growth. The company is backed by Foundry Group Tribeca Venture Partners, and The Durant Company among others, and trusted by Fortune 500s and challenger brands alike - including Netflix, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Citibank, Verizon, Nintendo, and Nestle, among others. Millions of business decisions are made every day based on untested assumptions, Suzy gives companies an unprecedented direct line of communication to their customers on demand; helping them instantly validate anything, anytime, anywhere.
Seated is an app that rewards consumers for dining out, ordering pickup or getting delivery from local restaurants. Seated is the first dynamic pricing platform for restaurants--we help fill their seats while providing members incredible rewards to top brands and unique experiences. Here at Seated, we strongly believe that restaurants are a vital part of our community. Through best-of-breed technology, our mission is to help ensure their continued success as they provide amazing meals and one-of-a-kind experiences. We currently drive demand to over 1,000 restaurant partners across 4 US markets, helping to grow both their dine-in and online order sales. For each meal enjoyed, our members earn rewards to top brands like Uber, Sephora, Target, Amazon & CB2, building a loyal member community to support our local restaurant partners.
Nanit team is a tight-knit collection of scientists, parents and designers—experts in the first beautiful months of human life. They have developed advanced computer vision and machine learning algorithms to help us measure human behavior. They use this knowledge and technology to create innovative products that are safer and smarter, for parents and babies everywhere. Their team comes from great companies like Applied Materials, Diapers.com, Philips, Time Warner and Tiny Love, where they've focused on building brands and products people love.
Dexai automates activities in commercial kitchens and the food industry more broadly. The company specializes in the fields of robotics, machine vision, machine learning, AI, food service, automation, and restaurant equipment. Dexai was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Vertoe is the world's leading on-demand, short-term storage service that offers 500+ secure locations to store your bags and personal items across 50+ cities. With rates starting at a minimum of $5.95 per day coupled with the best in industry insurance of $5000, you can secure your items affordably and get the freedom to experience anywhere, anytime instantly.
Passport is the technology leader in parking compliance and curbside payment solutions. By helping cities integrate paid parking, enforcement operations, and payment infrastructure into one software solution, Passport provides the only platform that connects the complexities of mobility to efficiently manage and monetize the curb. From mobile payments to citation issuance, permitting technology and more, Passport is empowering cities of all sizes with better insights to improve parking turnover, expand revenue opportunities, and create better compliance.
Kasisto enables financial institutions to service, engage, and acquire customers via human-like, intelligent conversations anytime, anywhere. Its digital experience platform, KAI, powers omnichannel virtual assistants and chatbots who are fluent in banking across mobile apps, websites, messaging platforms, and voice-enabled devices. The company was founded in 2013 by Dror Oren, Zor Gorelov, Sasha Caskey, and Ruth Brown and headquartered in New York, New York.
Dashlane is a leading credential manager that removes complexity by pairing comprehensive security with ease of use. We are closely attuned to the needs of our users, balancing simple tools with an uncompromising approach to security–a game changer for anyone, but especially for IT admins working to secure their organization. Our team in Paris, New York, and Lisbon is united by a strong sense of community and passion for improving the digital experience. Over 22,000 businesses and 19M users globally use Dashlane for a faster, simpler, and more secure internet.
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals, and everyday products. Through the combination of a proprietary thermochemical technology platform and community-based advanced facilities, Enerkem addresses the challenges of oil dependence and waste disposal. Enerkem has validated its proprietary technology over a period of 10 years using the solid waste from numerous municipalities and other types of feedstock. The company’s process and business model are designed to profitably produce cellulosic ethanol from a large municipal solid waste supply. Enerkem is a private company founded in 2000 by its current senior management. It is majority-owned by institutional, clean-technology and industrial investors, including Rho Ventures, Waste Management, Braemar Energy Ventures, Investissement Québec, Valero, Cycle Capital, The Westly Group, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, and Fondaction CSN. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Enerkem has 170 employees in Canada and the United States.
Plotly is a data science and AI company focused on taking data science out of the lab and into the business. Plotly makes it easy to create, deploy, and share interactive web apps, graphs, and visualizations in any programming language.
Auvik’s cloud-based network management software keeps IT networks around the world running optimally. By automating and simplifying network management, Auvik helps rocket an IT team’s efficiency and capacity, while protecting the business from network risk. Auvik is one of the fastest growing North American technology companies, and is winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte Fast 500, and recognized as the #1 ranked Canadian company in the FT Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2020. Visit www.auvik.com or follow @AuvikNetworks on Twitter. Auvik is a registered trademark of Auvik Networks Inc.
Wunderkind is a performance marketing engine that delivers tailored experiences at scale. Digital businesses use Wunderkind to remember who users are better than ever before, allowing them to deliver high-performing, one-to-one messages on websites, through emails and texts, and in ads at a scale that’s not otherwise possible. Wunderkind drives $1.2 billion dollars annually in directly attributable revenue for top e-commerce brands like Uniqlo, Sonos, and HelloFresh, often ranking as a top-3 revenue channel in their own analytics. Wunderkind is maniacally obsessed with ROI and aims to be the infrastructural interface between individuals and brands in a world where consumers choose what they want, from whom, and when. Learn more at wunderkind.
CloudPay Solutions Limited specializes in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) payroll solutions, providing a comprehensive platform for managed global payroll services tailored for multinational organizations. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Salisbury, United Kingdom, with additional offices in several countries, CloudPay delivers end-to-end payroll management through a unified platform that ensures compliance and consistency across over 130 countries and in more than twenty-five languages. The company’s innovative approach streamlines payroll processes, reduces operational costs, and enhances visibility for organizations, making it a leader in the industry. CloudPay's expertise has been recognized through various awards, including accolades for its technology and service excellence. The company previously operated under the name Patersons Payroll Solutions Limited until its rebranding in 2012.
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals, and everyday products. Through the combination of a proprietary thermochemical technology platform and community-based advanced facilities, Enerkem addresses the challenges of oil dependence and waste disposal. Enerkem has validated its proprietary technology over a period of 10 years using the solid waste from numerous municipalities and other types of feedstock. The company’s process and business model are designed to profitably produce cellulosic ethanol from a large municipal solid waste supply. Enerkem is a private company founded in 2000 by its current senior management. It is majority-owned by institutional, clean-technology and industrial investors, including Rho Ventures, Waste Management, Braemar Energy Ventures, Investissement Québec, Valero, Cycle Capital, The Westly Group, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, and Fondaction CSN. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Enerkem has 170 employees in Canada and the United States.
Convercent is an ethics and compliance software provider that helps companies instill ethics at the core of their organizations. Its Ethics Cloud Platform, which is comprised of a suite of applications including Convercent Insights, Convercent Helpline, Convercent Campaigns, Convercent Disclosures, and Convercent Third Party, leverages a global dataset to deliver business leaders the insights required to make proactive, informed decisions about their company's ethical health. Companies use Convercent to engage with employees, understand organizational risk, and create opportunities for stronger, sustained business performance. Convercent has nearly 600 global customers including Microsoft, Tesla, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Capgemini, and Under Armour. Customers span all industries, regions and sizes and represent a growing breed of business leaders who care deeply about driving ethics to the center of their organizations. Convercent is based in Denver, Colorado, with an international office in London. The company is backed by Sapphire Ventures, Tola Capita,l, and Azure Capital Partners.
Figure 1 connects healthcare professionals around the world to view, discuss, and share medical cases. It now has a global community of millions of healthcare professionals. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
CloudPay Solutions Limited specializes in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) payroll solutions, providing a comprehensive platform for managed global payroll services tailored for multinational organizations. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Salisbury, United Kingdom, with additional offices in several countries, CloudPay delivers end-to-end payroll management through a unified platform that ensures compliance and consistency across over 130 countries and in more than twenty-five languages. The company’s innovative approach streamlines payroll processes, reduces operational costs, and enhances visibility for organizations, making it a leader in the industry. CloudPay's expertise has been recognized through various awards, including accolades for its technology and service excellence. The company previously operated under the name Patersons Payroll Solutions Limited until its rebranding in 2012.
ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid. The ChargePoint app connects users to a vast network of EV charging stations, allowing them to find, start, and track charging sessions, thereby enhancing the user experience.
Resson Aerospace is a bioinformatics and data analytics company, delivering customized agriculture solutions for large corporate clients. Utilizing recent advances in large-scale cloud-based data processing, swarm robotics, and advanced data analytics, its proprietary Resson Agricultural Management and Analytics System gives the agricultural operator analytical insight and dynamic control over the farm area. Resson Aerospace’s Resson Agricultural Management and Analytics System, data-driven agriculture solution, analyzes crop metrics to assess crop status and health, providing operators with the information required to optimize agricultural operations, improve efficiency, boost yields, and maximize profitability. It is headquartered in Fredericton, N.B.
Dashlane is a leading credential manager that removes complexity by pairing comprehensive security with ease of use. We are closely attuned to the needs of our users, balancing simple tools with an uncompromising approach to security–a game changer for anyone, but especially for IT admins working to secure their organization. Our team in Paris, New York, and Lisbon is united by a strong sense of community and passion for improving the digital experience. Over 22,000 businesses and 19M users globally use Dashlane for a faster, simpler, and more secure internet.
Launched in 2013, Exact Media has more than doubled its distribution each year. Unlike traditional methods of direct mail who offer unqualified deal-seekers with junk mail and free offers, Exact Media finely targets active online purchasers based on their actual purchases and other clearly-defined criteria. This results in high conversion to purchase - which, after all, is the goal of any trial program. With offices in New York, Toronto and Cincinnati, Exact Media works with top brands and retailers throughout North America and Asia. Stay tuned for news on our further global expansion. The Exact Media team is a combination of young leaders and experienced veterans in the e-commerce and consumer marketing space.
Tapjoy’s Maximum Impact Platform™ provides mobile engagement and monetization services for leading advertisers and app developers. Advertisers rely on Tapjoy’s diverse suite of rewarded Interplay™ ads including video and rich media to impact performance. Developers utilize our technology and mobile expertise to acquire and monetize users. The Tapjoy SDK is currently embedded in over 15,000 mobile apps, reaching 520 million monthly active users. A 2016 comScore™ study confirmed Tapjoy Interplay® ads deliver an unprecedented 3x lift across all brand metrics. The company works with Fortune 500 brands and the Top 200 grossing app developers. Founded in 2007, Tapjoy is a global organization with more than a dozen offices worldwide and is headquartered in San Francisco.
Instant ID verification that is simple, safe & secure. Run ID authentication checks on any government issued ID using our RESTful API. Confirm authenticates with advanced forensics, extracts ID information for easy use, and retains zero personal information. Confirm.io makes authenticating a government issued ID easy, fast & secure. Our simple API lets you integrate in minutes, and confirm a person’s identity for any transaction that requires or benefits from proof of identity. https://confirm.wistia.com/medias/kxyi9dlhiq
We’re video-enabling the world. Recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant as a leader and a visionary, Vidyo is used by organizations like Google, CERN, Etsy, Philips, Alibaba, Kaiser, DISA and others. We are tackling a huge challenge: to ensure that the world can take advantage of the endless benefits of video chat by making it better than any other form of communication, whether you are in the office - or far out in the field under challenging bandwidth and wifi conditions. Vidyo makes it easy to embed the most beautiful, resilient and immersive multiparty video chat into any application, on any connected device. In healthcare, banking, IoT, customer engagement, enterprise collaboration, government, field services and more, video chat is revolutionizing - while simplifying - how we communicate. We envision a future in which hospitals, banks, universities, police stations, data centers, manufacturing facilities and all places in between see elegant video chat as the sustainable and intuitive way for humans to better connect with one another - making us more productive while saving tons of time and resources. From Silicon Valley to New York, Europe, Asia-Pacific and beyond, Vidyo is one of the most diverse teams in tech, with hundreds of gifted employees living and sharing their experiences all over the world. We are beyond excited about what we’re building, and believe our mission is just getting started.
Figure 1 connects healthcare professionals around the world to view, discuss, and share medical cases. It now has a global community of millions of healthcare professionals. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Philo offers an entertainment-focused streaming service nationwide. It was inspired by Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of electronic television. Philo was created to build a better TV experience. The company started in the college market as a laboratory for creating a next-generation TV platform. Philo has previously received investment from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Rho Ventures, Xfund, Home Box Office Inc. (HBO), Mark Cuban’s Radical Investments, WME, and CBC New Media Group. Philo is based in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Cambridge, Massachusettes.
Plotly is a data science and AI company focused on taking data science out of the lab and into the business. Plotly makes it easy to create, deploy, and share interactive web apps, graphs, and visualizations in any programming language.
August Pro, a division of August Home, specializes in providing smart home access solutions tailored for professional installers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, August Home develops advanced smart home products, including the flagship August Smart Lock, which replaces traditional keys with smartphone-controlled access. This technology allows users to create virtual keys for their homes, granting temporary access to house cleaners, dog walkers, delivery services, and others, all managed through a mobile app. The company's products are designed to enhance home security and convenience, enabling homeowners to monitor and control access from anywhere in the world. August Home operates as a subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY AB, further strengthening its position in the smart home market.
Keaton Row specializes in the fields of personal styling, E-commerce, fashion merchandising, and fashion editorial. It brings the one on one relationship between a stylist and a client online. The company's stylists work directly with women to help them build versatile everyday wardrobes comprised of fewer, better pieces by guiding them to make meaningful purchases each season. By styling new purchases with pieces they already own, they help them define their unique styles so they never have to wonder what to wear—or how to wear it—again. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, United States.
Resson Aerospace is a bioinformatics and data analytics company, delivering customized agriculture solutions for large corporate clients. Utilizing recent advances in large-scale cloud-based data processing, swarm robotics, and advanced data analytics, its proprietary Resson Agricultural Management and Analytics System gives the agricultural operator analytical insight and dynamic control over the farm area. Resson Aerospace’s Resson Agricultural Management and Analytics System, data-driven agriculture solution, analyzes crop metrics to assess crop status and health, providing operators with the information required to optimize agricultural operations, improve efficiency, boost yields, and maximize profitability. It is headquartered in Fredericton, N.B.
Figure 1 connects healthcare professionals around the world to view, discuss, and share medical cases. It now has a global community of millions of healthcare professionals. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
We’re video-enabling the world. Recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant as a leader and a visionary, Vidyo is used by organizations like Google, CERN, Etsy, Philips, Alibaba, Kaiser, DISA and others. We are tackling a huge challenge: to ensure that the world can take advantage of the endless benefits of video chat by making it better than any other form of communication, whether you are in the office - or far out in the field under challenging bandwidth and wifi conditions. Vidyo makes it easy to embed the most beautiful, resilient and immersive multiparty video chat into any application, on any connected device. In healthcare, banking, IoT, customer engagement, enterprise collaboration, government, field services and more, video chat is revolutionizing - while simplifying - how we communicate. We envision a future in which hospitals, banks, universities, police stations, data centers, manufacturing facilities and all places in between see elegant video chat as the sustainable and intuitive way for humans to better connect with one another - making us more productive while saving tons of time and resources. From Silicon Valley to New York, Europe, Asia-Pacific and beyond, Vidyo is one of the most diverse teams in tech, with hundreds of gifted employees living and sharing their experiences all over the world. We are beyond excited about what we’re building, and believe our mission is just getting started.
Senseonics is a medical device startup company in Germantown, Maryland, USA (near Washington, DC) developing transformative glucose monitoring products that is intended to enable people with diabetes to confidently live their lives with ease. Utilizing breakthrough fluorescence sensing technology, the Senseonics continuous glucose monitoring ("CGM") system is being designed to be the first fully implantable CGM that is highly accurate and stable throughout its long sensor life.
Nuventix is an active thermal management solutions company located in Austin, Texas. The Nuventix-developed SynJet® module is a newly patented synthetic jet cooling technology that utilizes turbulent pulses of air generated from an electromagnetic actuator. Based on early success with computer cooling, Nuventix's innovative approach to LED cooling is propelling that market forward two years ahead of analyst estimates - truly affecting the industry and allowing general illumination designs to harvest the efficiencies of the LED.
Dashlane is a leading credential manager that removes complexity by pairing comprehensive security with ease of use. We are closely attuned to the needs of our users, balancing simple tools with an uncompromising approach to security–a game changer for anyone, but especially for IT admins working to secure their organization. Our team in Paris, New York, and Lisbon is united by a strong sense of community and passion for improving the digital experience. Over 22,000 businesses and 19M users globally use Dashlane for a faster, simpler, and more secure internet.
ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid. The ChargePoint app connects users to a vast network of EV charging stations, allowing them to find, start, and track charging sessions, thereby enhancing the user experience.
Nora Therapeutics is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapeutics to address clinical unmet needs in reproductive medicine. Nora’s lead compound, NT100, is a novel treatment being studied to improve pregnancy success rates and outcomes for women who have undergone multiple unsuccessful in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures. NT100 is a novel biologic agent similar to a naturally occurring protein in the female reproductive tract. NT100’s mechanism of action may better enable embryo implantation and pregnancy maintenance by optimizing maternal-fetal immune tolerance.
Shadow Networks is a privately-held company that provides wireless internet service, cybersecurity, web designing, and hosting services. The company led by an experienced management team comprising former executives from networking and security leaders like Cisco, McAfee, Symantec, as well as top government research labs. They building a new generation of Active Threat Deception™ security solutions designed to combat today’s most dangerous and pervasive threats on Enterprises, Service Providers, and Government networks. Shadow Networks’ solutions will detect and mitigate a large number of new sophisticated attacks on enterprise and government networks; in particular, they targeting Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) that have proven extremely vexing for existing security solutions–many of them are not caught today despite organizations spending over $9B on overall network security. With a proven foundation based on over 5 years of Government-funded research, and with technologies already deployed and proven at the US Department of Defense and other government agencies, the Shadow Networks platform aims to change the economics for APT attacks and turn the tables on attackers.
SolarBridge Technologies, formerly SmartSpark Energy Systems, was founded in 2004 to commercialize power electronics technologies created at the University of Illinois. In early 2009, they launched a new corporate strategy to focus exclusively on the solar industry with microinverter and monitoring solutions. The company has a major research and development site in Champaign, Illinois and has recently expanded to include a new corporate headquarters in Austin, Texas. Led by industry veterans and academic professionals, their mission is to reduce the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) for solar installations by dramatically improving reliability, increasing energy production, and simplifying installation.
Smart Skin Technologies is commercializing a unique touch sensitive material that has applications in many verticals. The company is currently focused on developing patent pending pressure sensing technology for use industrial and applications in sports.
The Innovation Factory acquires novel medical technology ideas from individual inventors, corporations and universities, develops ideas comprehensively from proof of concept to FDA approval into marketable products, and then launches businesses around those products. We manage the complex path to market for early-stage medical device companies. With our deeply experienced management team and top-tier funding partners, we have assembled the intellectual, scientific, operational and financial resources needed to take a great idea from paper to production. Our nimble approach to both product and business development allows us to vet ideas properly and efficiently, maximizing predictability and speeding time-to-market while reducing risk for everyone involved. The Innovation Factory welcomes medical-related ideas and referrals from a variety of sources, and we promise confidentiality and timely response to all inquiries. For more information, please select the appropriate perspective: Inventor, University or Corporation.
inPowered is the AI platform delivering business outcomes with content marketing. Powered by Artificial Intelligence and years of machine learning, their Content Intelligence and Content Distribution solutions allow marketers to collect proprietary data and use it to drive real ROI – positively changing brand perception, increasing action taken onsite, lead generation and user engagement. inPowered was founded in 2014 by Peyman and Pirouz Nilforoush after selling their previous company, NetShelter, to Ziff Davis.
August Pro, a division of August Home, specializes in providing smart home access solutions tailored for professional installers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, August Home develops advanced smart home products, including the flagship August Smart Lock, which replaces traditional keys with smartphone-controlled access. This technology allows users to create virtual keys for their homes, granting temporary access to house cleaners, dog walkers, delivery services, and others, all managed through a mobile app. The company's products are designed to enhance home security and convenience, enabling homeowners to monitor and control access from anywhere in the world. August Home operates as a subsidiary of ASSA ABLOY AB, further strengthening its position in the smart home market.
Founded in 2013, our vision is to revolutionize and modernize the way that reinsurers analyze their data. We do this by offering a high-performance-computing framework which takes care of the common data processing needs that reinsurers have.
Convercent is an ethics and compliance software provider that helps companies instill ethics at the core of their organizations. Its Ethics Cloud Platform, which is comprised of a suite of applications including Convercent Insights, Convercent Helpline, Convercent Campaigns, Convercent Disclosures, and Convercent Third Party, leverages a global dataset to deliver business leaders the insights required to make proactive, informed decisions about their company's ethical health. Companies use Convercent to engage with employees, understand organizational risk, and create opportunities for stronger, sustained business performance. Convercent has nearly 600 global customers including Microsoft, Tesla, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Capgemini, and Under Armour. Customers span all industries, regions and sizes and represent a growing breed of business leaders who care deeply about driving ethics to the center of their organizations. Convercent is based in Denver, Colorado, with an international office in London. The company is backed by Sapphire Ventures, Tola Capita,l, and Azure Capital Partners.
Inotek Pharmaceuticals is developing molecules with novel mechanisms of action to fulfill major unmet medical needs in significant diseases of the eye. Complete loss of vision or vision impairment currently affects 3.3 million people over the age of 40 in the United States, with the most common diseases including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, cataract and diabetic retinopathy. With the continued aging of the population, the National Eye Institute projects that this number will grow to 5.5 million people by the year 2020.
Inotek Pharmaceuticals is developing molecules with novel mechanisms of action to fulfill major unmet medical needs in significant diseases of the eye. Complete loss of vision or vision impairment currently affects 3.3 million people over the age of 40 in the United States, with the most common diseases including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, cataract and diabetic retinopathy. With the continued aging of the population, the National Eye Institute projects that this number will grow to 5.5 million people by the year 2020.
TechStyle Fashion Group is a global fashion and lifestyle retailer founded in 2010 to deliver access, quality and style for unprecedented value. TechStyle Fashion Group uniquely merges advanced technology with the latest fashion trends to offer an entirely new shopping experience to millions of customers worldwide, including 5 million VIP Members, through a portfolio of apparel and shoe brands. TechStyle Fashion Group is reimagining the business of fashion through data, personalization and vertical integration to benefit the modern shopper. TechStyle Fashion Group’s brands include JustFab, Fabletics, ShoeDazzle, Savage X Fenty and FabKids, and are available in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Keaton Row specializes in the fields of personal styling, E-commerce, fashion merchandising, and fashion editorial. It brings the one on one relationship between a stylist and a client online. The company's stylists work directly with women to help them build versatile everyday wardrobes comprised of fewer, better pieces by guiding them to make meaningful purchases each season. By styling new purchases with pieces they already own, they help them define their unique styles so they never have to wonder what to wear—or how to wear it—again. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, United States.
Plotly is a data science and AI company focused on taking data science out of the lab and into the business. Plotly makes it easy to create, deploy, and share interactive web apps, graphs, and visualizations in any programming language.
Private Equity Round in 2013
Mandalay Sports Media is a sports-focused content and media company that creates high quality and high volume programming in all formats for traditional and emerging media platforms. It is a diversified content and media company that specializes in creating high-quality sports programming for all platforms. MSM also creates, acquires, and invests in businesses and assets across the media landscape.
NGM Biopharmaceuticals is a privately-held drug discovery company committed to identifying transformational medicines that dramatically improve human health. Based on emerging human clinical and genetic observations, the company has devised several innovative experimental approaches to discover new therapies for the treatment of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The company's current focus is on the gastrointestinal endocrine system, with an aim to identify novel factors implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and the apparent resolution of this grievous disease in patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery.
Philo offers an entertainment-focused streaming service nationwide. It was inspired by Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of electronic television. Philo was created to build a better TV experience. The company started in the college market as a laboratory for creating a next-generation TV platform. Philo has previously received investment from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Rho Ventures, Xfund, Home Box Office Inc. (HBO), Mark Cuban’s Radical Investments, WME, and CBC New Media Group. Philo is based in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Cambridge, Massachusettes.
Private Equity Round in 2013
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals, and everyday products. Through the combination of a proprietary thermochemical technology platform and community-based advanced facilities, Enerkem addresses the challenges of oil dependence and waste disposal. Enerkem has validated its proprietary technology over a period of 10 years using the solid waste from numerous municipalities and other types of feedstock. The company’s process and business model are designed to profitably produce cellulosic ethanol from a large municipal solid waste supply. Enerkem is a private company founded in 2000 by its current senior management. It is majority-owned by institutional, clean-technology and industrial investors, including Rho Ventures, Waste Management, Braemar Energy Ventures, Investissement Québec, Valero, Cycle Capital, The Westly Group, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, and Fondaction CSN. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Enerkem has 170 employees in Canada and the United States.
Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Karma’s team delivers over 30 years of gaming industry expertise, a proven entrepreneurial track record and a deep understanding of online casual and social gaming.
Private Equity Round in 2013
Convey Computer offers a hybrid core computer for the oil and gas, financial analytics, and bioinformatics markets. The comp[any delivers decades of experience and intellectual assets to performance problem-solving. Its executive and design teams all come from successful backgrounds of building computer companies, most notably Convex Computer Corporation and Hewlett-Packard.
Auvik’s cloud-based network management software keeps IT networks around the world running optimally. By automating and simplifying network management, Auvik helps rocket an IT team’s efficiency and capacity, while protecting the business from network risk. Auvik is one of the fastest growing North American technology companies, and is winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte Fast 500, and recognized as the #1 ranked Canadian company in the FT Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2020. Visit www.auvik.com or follow @AuvikNetworks on Twitter. Auvik is a registered trademark of Auvik Networks Inc.
Auvik’s cloud-based network management software keeps IT networks around the world running optimally. By automating and simplifying network management, Auvik helps rocket an IT team’s efficiency and capacity, while protecting the business from network risk. Auvik is one of the fastest growing North American technology companies, and is winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte Fast 500, and recognized as the #1 ranked Canadian company in the FT Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2020. Visit www.auvik.com or follow @AuvikNetworks on Twitter. Auvik is a registered trademark of Auvik Networks Inc.
We’re video-enabling the world. Recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant as a leader and a visionary, Vidyo is used by organizations like Google, CERN, Etsy, Philips, Alibaba, Kaiser, DISA and others. We are tackling a huge challenge: to ensure that the world can take advantage of the endless benefits of video chat by making it better than any other form of communication, whether you are in the office - or far out in the field under challenging bandwidth and wifi conditions. Vidyo makes it easy to embed the most beautiful, resilient and immersive multiparty video chat into any application, on any connected device. In healthcare, banking, IoT, customer engagement, enterprise collaboration, government, field services and more, video chat is revolutionizing - while simplifying - how we communicate. We envision a future in which hospitals, banks, universities, police stations, data centers, manufacturing facilities and all places in between see elegant video chat as the sustainable and intuitive way for humans to better connect with one another - making us more productive while saving tons of time and resources. From Silicon Valley to New York, Europe, Asia-Pacific and beyond, Vidyo is one of the most diverse teams in tech, with hundreds of gifted employees living and sharing their experiences all over the world. We are beyond excited about what we’re building, and believe our mission is just getting started.
Lagoa was founded by Thiago Costa (creator of Lagoa Multiphysics), Arno Zinke and Dov Amihod to make digital creation available to everyone, everywhere. Lagoa is the 3D cloud platform for creatives working in engineering, architecture and media & entertainment to visualize 3D content. Lagoa MultiOptics® is a cloud back end rendering technology built for collaboration. The platform enables creators to compose, layout and interactively render high-quality 3D in the browser, eliminating hardware and software costs.
Founded in 2010, Savelli is creating a new category in luxury goods. The company is creating a new segment in the $1 trillion luxury goods industry, a global market that continues to experience rapid growth as a result of the creation of large numbers of millionaires and upper middle class in emerging markets. Based in Geneva, the heart of the luxury watch and jewelry industry, Savelli is creating the first luxury smartphone for women. This will be the first product to truly converge the design and craftsmanship of the jewelry industry with an avant-garde Google Android smartphone platform. The management team comes from some of the most successful luxury and tech brands, such as Cartier, Chanel, Piaget, Damiani, Vertu and Nokia and Motorola. The company is financed by venture capital firms Innogest SGR and Rho Ventures, and some well known executives from the luxury goods industry such as James McArthur the ex-CEO of Harrods and of Balenciaga, Ketty Maisonrouge luxury goods expert and professor of luxury marketing at Columbia Business School, Peter Ashall, the ex-CEO and co-founder of Vertu, Guillaume Cuvelier, the founder and ex-CEO of SVEDKA Vodka, Cyrus Jilla board member of the De Beers group and Elio Leoni Sceti the ex-CEO of EMI Music.
Innova Dynamics is an electronic materials company that offers touch screen and display applications to consumer electronics markets. It commercializes a materials platform that transforms polymers, surfaces, and devices by embedding nanoparticles directly into the surfaces of polymers and thereby creating new functionalities. Innova Dynamics focuses on applying its surface-embedding technology to form transparent conductive electrodes for touch sensor applications. Its embedding technology can be used to transform surfaces for numerous other applications spanning antimicrobials, catalysis, decorations, optical management, thermo-mechanical performance, and beyond. Innova Dynamics works with manufacturers of touch sensors and modules to make film sensors using cost-effective wet deposition processes such as roll-to-roll coating of conductive films and screen printing to pattern them. Its TCE platform serves high-growth markets currently spanning touch-enabled smart phones, tablets, and ultrabooks. Founded in 2007 by Arjun Srinivas, Alex Mittal, and Michael Young, Innova Dynamics is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
ChaCha is the leading, free real-time answers service that has emerged as the #1 way for advertisers and marketers to reach and engage with the audience of their choice anytime, anywhere. Through its unique "ask-a-smart-friend" platform, has answered over two billion questions since launch from more than 32 million unique users per month, and is ranked among comScore's top 100 websites. ChaCha delivers human-powered answers via SMS text (242-242), iPhone app, Android app, and voice (1-800-2-ChaCha). Working with major brands such as Paramount, NBC Universal Digital, AT&T, Palm, Johnson & Johnson, P&G, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and presidential political campaigns, is one of the fastest growing mobile and online publishers according to Nielsen and Quantcast. ChaCha was co-founded by proven innovator and entrepreneur Scott Jones and is funded by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Rho Ventures, Bezos Expeditions; Morton Meyerson, former President and Vice Chairman of EDS as well as Chairman and CEO of Perot Systems; Rod Canion, founding CEO of Compaq Computer; the Simon family; and Jack Gill, Silicon Valley venture capitalist.
True Office Learning is a leading enterprise education and analytics company that connects e-learning to advanced behavioral data through an adaptive technology platform to drive results. The company’s cloud-based software provides organizational insights that were previously immeasurable, enabling organizations to ensure learning, analyze efficacy, and drive better business outcomes.
CloudPay Solutions Limited specializes in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) payroll solutions, providing a comprehensive platform for managed global payroll services tailored for multinational organizations. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Salisbury, United Kingdom, with additional offices in several countries, CloudPay delivers end-to-end payroll management through a unified platform that ensures compliance and consistency across over 130 countries and in more than twenty-five languages. The company’s innovative approach streamlines payroll processes, reduces operational costs, and enhances visibility for organizations, making it a leader in the industry. CloudPay's expertise has been recognized through various awards, including accolades for its technology and service excellence. The company previously operated under the name Patersons Payroll Solutions Limited until its rebranding in 2012.
Chango is a programmatic advertising company, purpose-built for the marketer. The company uses exclusive intent data and technology to create relevant, timely advertising campaigns, and produce rich customer insights. The company’s unique live-profile technology makes intent data available faster than anyone else to help clients efficiently build brand awareness, acquire new customers and retarget site visitors. Chango works with more than 60 of Fortune 500 marketers and companies such as eBay, Sears, Clorox, Sprint and Toyota. To find out more, visit: http://www.rubiconproject.com. Chango was recently acquired by Rubicon Project, a global technology company leading the automation of advertising. The acquisition allows Rubicon Project to expand its premium advertising marketplace to include intent marketing capabilities at scale. http://rubiconproject.com/
Eightfold Logic (formerly Enquisite) is an inbound marketing innovator. Eightfold Logic's patented inbound marketing platform revolutionizes demand generation efforts by improving website findability for qualified buyers through search engine, social media, and cross-link optimization. The Eightfold Logic approach brings clarity to businesses around how their websites are performing today and simplifies marketing efforts to identify, prioritize and manage inbound marketing campaign opportunities to improve qualified website traffic. Eightfold Logic is a privately-held, San Francisco-based company and is venture backed by Rho Canada Ventures, Castile Ventures, Formative Ventures, Retro Venture Partners and The Entrepreneurs' Fund III.
Frank & Oak is a vertically integrated online menswear brand with premium threads and a simple, integrated, and personalized shopping experience. Every month, Frank & Oak offers members a limited feed of premium clothing and accessories. Our curators act as a lifestyle partner, offering style advice, personalized product suggestions, and an easy-to-use shopping platform. Since launching in February 2012, the brand has seen tremendous growth, momentum, and media coverage for both its garments and its unique membership experience.
Dashlane is a leading credential manager that removes complexity by pairing comprehensive security with ease of use. We are closely attuned to the needs of our users, balancing simple tools with an uncompromising approach to security–a game changer for anyone, but especially for IT admins working to secure their organization. Our team in Paris, New York, and Lisbon is united by a strong sense of community and passion for improving the digital experience. Over 22,000 businesses and 19M users globally use Dashlane for a faster, simpler, and more secure internet.
Fuse Media is a Latino-owned, global entertainment company, the leader in creation and distribution of inclusive, purpose-driven stories and experiences for and with culturally diverse young adults. With a portfolio of award-winning original content and a growing multiplatform global footprint, Fuse strives to authentically reflect the world of its young and diverse audience, pioneering a multicultural and creative destination. The Fuse Media family includes Fuse, FM (Fuse Music), Fuse+, FAST Channels: Backstage, Shades of Black, Latino Vibes, El Rey, Camptastic, and OUTtv Proud; fuse.tv, Fuse Studios, and Ignition Studios, as well as a growing branded content and live events business.
ShopLocket is a platform for hardware entrepreneurs looking to bring innovative products to life and into the hands of visionary consumers. ShopLocket specializes in ecommerce solutions for hardware, covering everything from pre-orders to a full shopping cart. As a PCH solutions company ShopLocket is ideally positioned to help hardware companies at every phase of their journey, from inspiration and ideation, through to manufacturing, ecommerce, fulfillment, and beyond.
Mersana Therapeutics employs its biodegradable polymer platform to create new and better medicines. They are advancing their own clinical-stage pipeline of novel compounds with the potential to address multiple oncology indications. It was founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
TechStyle Fashion Group is a global fashion and lifestyle retailer founded in 2010 to deliver access, quality and style for unprecedented value. TechStyle Fashion Group uniquely merges advanced technology with the latest fashion trends to offer an entirely new shopping experience to millions of customers worldwide, including 5 million VIP Members, through a portfolio of apparel and shoe brands. TechStyle Fashion Group is reimagining the business of fashion through data, personalization and vertical integration to benefit the modern shopper. TechStyle Fashion Group’s brands include JustFab, Fabletics, ShoeDazzle, Savage X Fenty and FabKids, and are available in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Where the savvy mom shops:Totsy offers moms on-the-go and moms-to-be access to brand-specific sales, up to 90% off retail, just for them and the kids, ages 0-7. Top brands for mom, baby, and child: Prenatal care products, baby gear, travel accessories, bedding and bath, children's clothing, toys, DVDs, and educational materials are just a sampling of a selection that promises only the best in quality and designer brands. By invitation only: Membership is by invitation or request only. But the sooner you join, the better. Each sale lasts only 48 to 72 hours. 100% eco-friendly: Totsy is the first company in private sales to take on sustainable and socially responsible initiatives in all areas of business. One baby, one tree: With every purchase you make through Totsy, they will plant one tree in the name of your child to help reduce the effects of deforestation. Who says shopping can't save the world?
SolarBridge Technologies, formerly SmartSpark Energy Systems, was founded in 2004 to commercialize power electronics technologies created at the University of Illinois. In early 2009, they launched a new corporate strategy to focus exclusively on the solar industry with microinverter and monitoring solutions. The company has a major research and development site in Champaign, Illinois and has recently expanded to include a new corporate headquarters in Austin, Texas. Led by industry veterans and academic professionals, their mission is to reduce the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) for solar installations by dramatically improving reliability, increasing energy production, and simplifying installation.
ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid. The ChargePoint app connects users to a vast network of EV charging stations, allowing them to find, start, and track charging sessions, thereby enhancing the user experience.
Mobio is a publicly traded company on the TSX-V and the OTCQX, headquartered in Vancouver, BC. Mobio is the parent company to Strutta.
Engagio develops marketing engagement software that expands relationships with high-value accounts by orchestrating human connection at scale, enabling businesses to deliver account-based engagement for sales and marketing with the data, sales insights, multi-channel orchestration, and full-journey analytics required for sustainable success.
Mobio INsider - Monetizing Starpower Mobio is the developer of Mobio INsider. Mobio INsider is an engagement platform that rewards fans with content they have a hand in creating from the stars they love, while connecting brands to their desired audiences. The platform successfully reaches its core target audience – tweens and teens and beyond – through a highly engaging two way communications platform between the stars and their fans while satisfying fans' interests and questions, enhancing the artist’s social media following and boosting awareness of brand partners. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. To learn more, please visit www.mobio.net.
AdaptiveBlue is the company that develops GetGlue, a leading social entertainment network. GetGlue users check-in while consuming entertainment to connect with friends, get personalized recommendations, and earn exclusive rewards from more than 25 top entertainment companies. AdaptiveBlue is based in New York and has 15 employees.
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Playerize is a rapidly growing company that specializes in monetization and high quality user acquisition for the social and mobile gaming industry. Our acquisition of [SuperRewards][http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/super-rewards] expands our reach globally and offers customers a complete alternative payments solution that any developer of any size can integrate in under ten minutes.
We’re video-enabling the world. Recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant as a leader and a visionary, Vidyo is used by organizations like Google, CERN, Etsy, Philips, Alibaba, Kaiser, DISA and others. We are tackling a huge challenge: to ensure that the world can take advantage of the endless benefits of video chat by making it better than any other form of communication, whether you are in the office - or far out in the field under challenging bandwidth and wifi conditions. Vidyo makes it easy to embed the most beautiful, resilient and immersive multiparty video chat into any application, on any connected device. In healthcare, banking, IoT, customer engagement, enterprise collaboration, government, field services and more, video chat is revolutionizing - while simplifying - how we communicate. We envision a future in which hospitals, banks, universities, police stations, data centers, manufacturing facilities and all places in between see elegant video chat as the sustainable and intuitive way for humans to better connect with one another - making us more productive while saving tons of time and resources. From Silicon Valley to New York, Europe, Asia-Pacific and beyond, Vidyo is one of the most diverse teams in tech, with hundreds of gifted employees living and sharing their experiences all over the world. We are beyond excited about what we’re building, and believe our mission is just getting started.
Founded in 2009, Fixmo Inc. is the mobile risk management (MRM) company that empowers organizations to mitigate risks around mobile deployments. Using Fixmo's solutions including its flagship Sentinel product, enterprises and government agencies ensure the integrity, compliance and auditability of every device used by their mobile workforce. Through a technology transfer agreement, Fixmo has commercialized and further advanced powerful MRM technologies initially developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). The company is headquartered in Sterling, VA with offices in Toronto. For more information about mobile risk management visit www.fixmo.com or follow @fixmo on Twitter.
NGM Biopharmaceuticals is a privately-held drug discovery company committed to identifying transformational medicines that dramatically improve human health. Based on emerging human clinical and genetic observations, the company has devised several innovative experimental approaches to discover new therapies for the treatment of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. The company's current focus is on the gastrointestinal endocrine system, with an aim to identify novel factors implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and the apparent resolution of this grievous disease in patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery.
CloudPay Solutions Limited specializes in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) payroll solutions, providing a comprehensive platform for managed global payroll services tailored for multinational organizations. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Salisbury, United Kingdom, with additional offices in several countries, CloudPay delivers end-to-end payroll management through a unified platform that ensures compliance and consistency across over 130 countries and in more than twenty-five languages. The company’s innovative approach streamlines payroll processes, reduces operational costs, and enhances visibility for organizations, making it a leader in the industry. CloudPay's expertise has been recognized through various awards, including accolades for its technology and service excellence. The company previously operated under the name Patersons Payroll Solutions Limited until its rebranding in 2012.
Dashlane is a leading credential manager that removes complexity by pairing comprehensive security with ease of use. We are closely attuned to the needs of our users, balancing simple tools with an uncompromising approach to security–a game changer for anyone, but especially for IT admins working to secure their organization. Our team in Paris, New York, and Lisbon is united by a strong sense of community and passion for improving the digital experience. Over 22,000 businesses and 19M users globally use Dashlane for a faster, simpler, and more secure internet.
PrecisionDemand, formerly Lucid Commerce, is an early stage company and television media agency based in Seattle and New York. PrecisionDemand applies sophisticated analytic techniques to cost-efficiently target more impressions on advertisers' best prospects. Using their cutting-edge technology platform, PrecisionDemand is able to precision-target the TV audience and quantify the impact these targeted impressions are having on sales. This targeting leverages many hundreds of individual and household demographic and behavioral attributes. Through their revolutionary Buyometric targeting system, PrecisionDemand has been able to decrease their clients' cost-per-sale by over 25% while predicting sales volumes through multiple channels with over 95% accuracy. The PrecisionDemand team is made up of industry leading experts in media, technology, and data mining.
Private Equity Round in 2011
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals, and everyday products. Through the combination of a proprietary thermochemical technology platform and community-based advanced facilities, Enerkem addresses the challenges of oil dependence and waste disposal. Enerkem has validated its proprietary technology over a period of 10 years using the solid waste from numerous municipalities and other types of feedstock. The company’s process and business model are designed to profitably produce cellulosic ethanol from a large municipal solid waste supply. Enerkem is a private company founded in 2000 by its current senior management. It is majority-owned by institutional, clean-technology and industrial investors, including Rho Ventures, Waste Management, Braemar Energy Ventures, Investissement Québec, Valero, Cycle Capital, The Westly Group, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, and Fondaction CSN. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Enerkem has 170 employees in Canada and the United States.