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BIOLASE is revolutionizing surgery in dentistry and medicine with WaterLase technology. We specialize in the development, manufacturing and marketing of lasers and related products to provide biological treatments that eliminate pain and are safer for patients. BIOLASE leads the global dental industry with our flagship, best-selling laser systems such as the WaterLase iPlus™ and WaterLase MDX™, which both feature novel, patented laser technologies designed by BIOLASE's R&D and clinical teams to perform dental and medical surgery, while dramatically reducing pain and improving clinical results. Our newest addition to our product lineup is the EPIC™ Total Diode Solution, which is loaded with one BIOLASE exclusive feature after another, including Laser Whitening and Pain Therapy. Our popular diode laser lineup is rounded out by the iLase™ Personal Diode Laser, the world's first totally wireless handheld dental laser which is easily portable for dentists and hygienists. We also just entered the veterinary realm with the EPIC V™ Series, the only animal laser capable of delivering peak power and portability to handle dental soft tissue, surgery and pain therapy. Our vision for Biological Dentistry™ goes beyond lasers. With the rising popularity and clinical necessity of 3D imaging within dentistry, BIOLASE is at the forefront of these trends. Recently, BIOLASE was named the exclusive North American distributor for NewTom™ 3D Cone Beam imaging systems, which are considered among the world's best for dentistry and medicine. Recently, we entered an agreement to distribute 3Shape TRIOS™, a groundbreaking digital intraoral scanner to capture fully digital, 3D impressions, an important step in millions of restorative procedures performed each year. Other products currently under development include further innovation in dental laser implementation, and future projects are addressing the booming markets of ophthalmology, dermatology, orthopedics, podiatry, and other medical and consumer markets.

Flash Valet, an Austin, TX-based developer of a cloud-based mobile management system for the valet parking industry. Led by Alex Broeker, chairman of the board, Flash Valet provides cloud-based software that streamlines operations for parking providers who have the opportunity to operate away from cash registers and paper tickets by channeling communications and payment through mobile phones. They can track vehicles in real time to control and boost their revenue, manage employee time and attendance (including payroll integration), accept credit cards at the curb and through mobile payments, etc.

Ziften is a privately funded endpoint security company based in Austin, Texas. The organization provides a cloud-delivered endpoint protection platform that prevents attacks on endpoints – laptops, desktops, servers, and cloud – with capabilities including advanced protection, endpoint detection and response, and security posture analysis.

Zilliant, Inc. provides price optimization and price management software for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. The company's pricing software enables manufacturers and distributors to adopt an approach to price analysis, optimization, price list management, quoting, and negotiation. It offers Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS), an enterprise software that combines price segmentation and price optimization science with analytics and process automation software for price management; ZPPS Analytics, which provides segment-specific metrics and KPIs to deliver a view of pricing performance and uncover opportunities to improve; ZPPS Price Optimization that produces price and deal envelope recommendations for various price segment; and ZPPS Price List Manager, which administers price lists and policies, as well as other price instruments, such as discount and markup schedules. The company also provides ZPPS Deal Manager and Deal Manager for Agreements, and ZPPS Price Campaign Manager that provides inline analytics and KPIs for scoring deals against peer group benchmarks and enforces corporate price policies; and ZPPS Pricing Information Manager, which manages product mix and selection in various deals. In addition, Zilliant, Inc. offers deployment strategy and planning, and implementation methodology, as well as Zilliant education services for business and technical users. The company has a strategic alliance with Advanous. Zilliant, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

TabbedOut puts you in control of your tab at bars and restaurants. Say goodbye to end-of-night bar lines, and flagging down your server when you’re ready to settle the bill. Never leave your card at the bar again! TabbedOut is easier and more secure than handing over your credit card to a stranger. Open a tab, view the running total, and pay for it instantly (and securely) all from your phone. You can even split your tab among friends, post to Facebook or Twitter to let your friends know where you’re dining, send a positive or negative review of your experience, and get offers sent from your favorite venue straight to your phone. TabbedOut takes the hassle out of dining out for good. We are adding new locations every day, so check in often on the locations screen. Don’t see your favorite bar or restaurant on the list? Let us know! Tweet at or Facebook us at @tabbedout. For merchants: TabbedOut is the premier marketing and analytics platform built exclusively for the hospitality industry and powered by mobile payments. We allow our merchants real time insight into their customers through our proprietary software system that tracks spending habits, product preferences, customer feedback and loyalty rewards. Best of all, TabbedOut allows you, the merchant, to accept mobile payments integrated into your POS system. Finally, POS systems and mobile payments meet customer marketing and rewards in real time. That’s the power of TabbedOut! Free to download and no hidden fees.

AllClear ID was founded in 2004 by CEO Bo Holland. In March 2019, AllClear sold its breach response business to Experian and is now an employee owned small business. The proceeds of the sale were used to buy out all institutional investors including Merus, Trellis and Runway. The award winning AllClear ID team is recognized for its identity protection products, high quality service and successful deployment of large-scale managed services. AllClear helped organizations like Anthem Blue Cross, Home Depot and Sony to respond successfully to data breaches affecting 200 million customers. The company currently offers identity protection products direct to consumer and manages employee and customer benefit plans for large enterprises.

Zilliant, Inc. provides price optimization and price management software for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. The company's pricing software enables manufacturers and distributors to adopt an approach to price analysis, optimization, price list management, quoting, and negotiation. It offers Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS), an enterprise software that combines price segmentation and price optimization science with analytics and process automation software for price management; ZPPS Analytics, which provides segment-specific metrics and KPIs to deliver a view of pricing performance and uncover opportunities to improve; ZPPS Price Optimization that produces price and deal envelope recommendations for various price segment; and ZPPS Price List Manager, which administers price lists and policies, as well as other price instruments, such as discount and markup schedules. The company also provides ZPPS Deal Manager and Deal Manager for Agreements, and ZPPS Price Campaign Manager that provides inline analytics and KPIs for scoring deals against peer group benchmarks and enforces corporate price policies; and ZPPS Pricing Information Manager, which manages product mix and selection in various deals. In addition, Zilliant, Inc. offers deployment strategy and planning, and implementation methodology, as well as Zilliant education services for business and technical users. The company has a strategic alliance with Advanous. Zilliant, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

CipherMax, Inc. provides enterprise-class storage security solutions for securing information assets and achieving compliance with government regulations. The company offers CipherMax CM140T, a storage security system for tapes that provides line-speed encryption processing and centralized security administration solutions for legacy and LTO-4 drives. It also provides CipherMax CM180D, a compact storage security system to integrate high performance encryption with SAN access control and 16-ports connectivity for fabric-based protection of sensitive data on disks; CipherMax CM250, an enterprise storage security system to integrate into existing SANs with 64-ports connectivity; and CipherMax CM500, a system for securing disk-based stored data for enterprise data centers with high port count storage environments. In addition, it offers SANCruiser, a secure storage management software for the management of systems, SAN, and security functions in an enterprise storage environment; and KeyCruiser, a key lifecycle management system for the secure administration of data encryption keys. CipherMax, Inc. was formerly known as MaXXan Systems, Inc. and changed its name to CipherMax, Inc. in 2007. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in San Jose, California.

EKOS Corporation pioneered the development and the clinical application of ultrasound accelerated thrombolysis, introducing its first system for the treatment of vascular thrombosis in 2005. Today, interventional radiologists, cardiologists and vascular surgeons at leading institutions around the world use the EKOS EkoSonic Endovascular System to provide faster, safer and more complete dissolution of thrombus.

GENBAND is a global supplier of IP gateways, session border controllers and FMC security solutions. These high-performance, high-security gateway solutions are at the center of fixed and mobile networks around the globe, evolving, securing and improving communications networks.

Zilliant, Inc. provides price optimization and price management software for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. The company's pricing software enables manufacturers and distributors to adopt an approach to price analysis, optimization, price list management, quoting, and negotiation. It offers Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS), an enterprise software that combines price segmentation and price optimization science with analytics and process automation software for price management; ZPPS Analytics, which provides segment-specific metrics and KPIs to deliver a view of pricing performance and uncover opportunities to improve; ZPPS Price Optimization that produces price and deal envelope recommendations for various price segment; and ZPPS Price List Manager, which administers price lists and policies, as well as other price instruments, such as discount and markup schedules. The company also provides ZPPS Deal Manager and Deal Manager for Agreements, and ZPPS Price Campaign Manager that provides inline analytics and KPIs for scoring deals against peer group benchmarks and enforces corporate price policies; and ZPPS Pricing Information Manager, which manages product mix and selection in various deals. In addition, Zilliant, Inc. offers deployment strategy and planning, and implementation methodology, as well as Zilliant education services for business and technical users. The company has a strategic alliance with Advanous. Zilliant, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

WholeSecurity was a software company that provides behavior-based security and anti-phishing technology. It delivers security solutions that protect PCs from crimeware such as worms, Trojan horses, malicious spyware, and phishing attacks. The company also provides on-demand endpoint security for companies to protect access via SSL VPN, Citrix, or web mail technologies as well as always-on endpoint security for companies for threat protection on LANs or IPSEC VPNs. It was founded in 2000 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Zilliant, Inc. provides price optimization and price management software for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. The company's pricing software enables manufacturers and distributors to adopt an approach to price analysis, optimization, price list management, quoting, and negotiation. It offers Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS), an enterprise software that combines price segmentation and price optimization science with analytics and process automation software for price management; ZPPS Analytics, which provides segment-specific metrics and KPIs to deliver a view of pricing performance and uncover opportunities to improve; ZPPS Price Optimization that produces price and deal envelope recommendations for various price segment; and ZPPS Price List Manager, which administers price lists and policies, as well as other price instruments, such as discount and markup schedules. The company also provides ZPPS Deal Manager and Deal Manager for Agreements, and ZPPS Price Campaign Manager that provides inline analytics and KPIs for scoring deals against peer group benchmarks and enforces corporate price policies; and ZPPS Pricing Information Manager, which manages product mix and selection in various deals. In addition, Zilliant, Inc. offers deployment strategy and planning, and implementation methodology, as well as Zilliant education services for business and technical users. The company has a strategic alliance with Advanous. Zilliant, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Zilliant, Inc. provides price optimization and price management software for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. The company's pricing software enables manufacturers and distributors to adopt an approach to price analysis, optimization, price list management, quoting, and negotiation. It offers Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS), an enterprise software that combines price segmentation and price optimization science with analytics and process automation software for price management; ZPPS Analytics, which provides segment-specific metrics and KPIs to deliver a view of pricing performance and uncover opportunities to improve; ZPPS Price Optimization that produces price and deal envelope recommendations for various price segment; and ZPPS Price List Manager, which administers price lists and policies, as well as other price instruments, such as discount and markup schedules. The company also provides ZPPS Deal Manager and Deal Manager for Agreements, and ZPPS Price Campaign Manager that provides inline analytics and KPIs for scoring deals against peer group benchmarks and enforces corporate price policies; and ZPPS Pricing Information Manager, which manages product mix and selection in various deals. In addition, Zilliant, Inc. offers deployment strategy and planning, and implementation methodology, as well as Zilliant education services for business and technical users. The company has a strategic alliance with Advanous. Zilliant, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

CipherMax, Inc. provides enterprise-class storage security solutions for securing information assets and achieving compliance with government regulations. The company offers CipherMax CM140T, a storage security system for tapes that provides line-speed encryption processing and centralized security administration solutions for legacy and LTO-4 drives. It also provides CipherMax CM180D, a compact storage security system to integrate high performance encryption with SAN access control and 16-ports connectivity for fabric-based protection of sensitive data on disks; CipherMax CM250, an enterprise storage security system to integrate into existing SANs with 64-ports connectivity; and CipherMax CM500, a system for securing disk-based stored data for enterprise data centers with high port count storage environments. In addition, it offers SANCruiser, a secure storage management software for the management of systems, SAN, and security functions in an enterprise storage environment; and KeyCruiser, a key lifecycle management system for the secure administration of data encryption keys. CipherMax, Inc. was formerly known as MaXXan Systems, Inc. and changed its name to CipherMax, Inc. in 2007. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in San Jose, California.

Wayport operates WiFi hotpots for partners since 1998 with key investors Seven Rosen Funds, New Enterprise Associates, Millennium Technology Ventures and Scale Venture Partners.

BetweenMarkets Inc. was founded by seasoned software entrepreneurs and technologists with a mission to develop software-based dynamic trading management solutions that help companies realize the full potential of their value chains.

MaXXan Systems is the first company to create next-generation networking infrastructure technologies specifically to meet the needs of businesses deploying large-scale storage networks. Businesses at the enterprise level are faced with extreme data growth rates and spiraling costs for managing data. MaXXan products will bring more scalability, reliability and intelligence to storage networks while reducing the cost of management, deployment and ownership of those networks.

CipherMax, Inc. provides enterprise-class storage security solutions for securing information assets and achieving compliance with government regulations. The company offers CipherMax CM140T, a storage security system for tapes that provides line-speed encryption processing and centralized security administration solutions for legacy and LTO-4 drives. It also provides CipherMax CM180D, a compact storage security system to integrate high performance encryption with SAN access control and 16-ports connectivity for fabric-based protection of sensitive data on disks; CipherMax CM250, an enterprise storage security system to integrate into existing SANs with 64-ports connectivity; and CipherMax CM500, a system for securing disk-based stored data for enterprise data centers with high port count storage environments. In addition, it offers SANCruiser, a secure storage management software for the management of systems, SAN, and security functions in an enterprise storage environment; and KeyCruiser, a key lifecycle management system for the secure administration of data encryption keys. CipherMax, Inc. was formerly known as MaXXan Systems, Inc. and changed its name to CipherMax, Inc. in 2007. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in San Jose, California.

GENBAND is a global supplier of IP gateways, session border controllers and FMC security solutions. These high-performance, high-security gateway solutions are at the center of fixed and mobile networks around the globe, evolving, securing and improving communications networks.

TelOptica was funded in 1999 by communications network experts in optical, next-generation network design engineering and in operations research and algorithm development. The TelOptica team today includes highly regarded technologists with experience from established telco giants such as MCI and Sprint, international original equipment manufacturers such as Alcatel / DSC, Nortel, and IBM, and management consulting firms including McKinsey and Associates and Carreker Corporation. TelOptica is a well-funded, fast growing, privately held, optical communications technology company. TelOptica incorporated in Texas , received initial funding and support from the Startech business incubator of Richardson, Texas, and closed on its second round of funding from Trellis Partners, Austin Ventures, Centerpoint Ventures, SSM Ventures of Austin, and SG Cowen in June 2001.

Cova offers POS solution in the cannabis industry. Cova helps retailers simplify compliance, reduce operational cost, and increase revenue through automated compliance, inventory management, mobile reporting dashboard, and express checkout app. The Cova team is relentlessly pursuing the goal of creating the industry’s first lovable POS. Cova's seamless tech ecosystem gives retailers access to the best tools available to run their business.

Zilliant, Inc. provides price optimization and price management software for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. The company's pricing software enables manufacturers and distributors to adopt an approach to price analysis, optimization, price list management, quoting, and negotiation. It offers Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS), an enterprise software that combines price segmentation and price optimization science with analytics and process automation software for price management; ZPPS Analytics, which provides segment-specific metrics and KPIs to deliver a view of pricing performance and uncover opportunities to improve; ZPPS Price Optimization that produces price and deal envelope recommendations for various price segment; and ZPPS Price List Manager, which administers price lists and policies, as well as other price instruments, such as discount and markup schedules. The company also provides ZPPS Deal Manager and Deal Manager for Agreements, and ZPPS Price Campaign Manager that provides inline analytics and KPIs for scoring deals against peer group benchmarks and enforces corporate price policies; and ZPPS Pricing Information Manager, which manages product mix and selection in various deals. In addition, Zilliant, Inc. offers deployment strategy and planning, and implementation methodology, as well as Zilliant education services for business and technical users. The company has a strategic alliance with Advanous. Zilliant, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

GENBAND is a global supplier of IP gateways, session border controllers and FMC security solutions. These high-performance, high-security gateway solutions are at the center of fixed and mobile networks around the globe, evolving, securing and improving communications networks.

Extreme Devices is a manufacturer of semiconductor electronic components.

GENBAND is a global supplier of IP gateways, session border controllers and FMC security solutions. These high-performance, high-security gateway solutions are at the center of fixed and mobile networks around the globe, evolving, securing and improving communications networks.

GENBAND is a global supplier of IP gateways, session border controllers and FMC security solutions. These high-performance, high-security gateway solutions are at the center of fixed and mobile networks around the globe, evolving, securing and improving communications networks.