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HydroCision develops, manufactures, and markets fluidjet based surgical tools for minimally invasive spine surgery requirements. Its products include SpineJet HydroSurgery System that is used to ablate, cut, and remove targeted tissue for spinal procedures, Spinejet, water-based technology solutions for minimally invasive spine surgery requirements, SpineJet HydroDiscectomy Systems, which are used to remove tissue without the risk of thermal energy for minimally invasive discectomy procedures, and AlloJet, systems to prepare bone allografts. The company also provides customer care services. HydroCision, Inc. was formerly known as Surgijet Corporation and changed its name to HydroCision, Inc. in November 1996. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in North Billerica, Massachusetts.

BioTrove, Inc. specializes in micro and nano-scale technology platforms designed for life science and drug discovery research. The company provides several key technologies, including OpenArray, which facilitates relative gene expression analysis and supports genomic research across diverse fields such as agriculture, disease research, and public health. Additionally, BioTrove offers RapidFire, a platform that allows for the screening of challenging drug targets through mass spectrometry-based assay development. The RapidFire mass spectrometry hardware system is also part of their offerings, providing native detection technology that aids in drug screening and in vitro ADME applications.

TAZZ Networks, Inc. provides policy control software. The company offers Visual Design Studio, a drag and drop service creation environment for services and network operations; Policy Control Engine, a carrier-grade execution engine that delivers real-time policy evaluations and actions; and TAZZ Application Modules, a carrier tested policy and service components, for developing and delivering IP services. Its solutions enable service providers to create and deliver services that offer per session controls designed to assure resource availability and service based on the subscriber’s identity, the application requested, the delivery network, and the level of service contracted. TAZZ Networks, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

Netkey is a recognized leading provider of enterprise-class software for the development, deployment, management and security of self-service kiosk and digital signage applications, content and devices. Netkey helps businesses increase sales, enhance the customer experience and improve communications with consumers and employees.

Konarka Technologies, Inc. develops and advances nano-enabled polymer photovoltaic materials for commercial, industrial, government, and consumer applications. It provides standard products to serve portable power needs; and custom solutions, such as roll up chargers, personal accessories, and fold up chargers. The company's products are used in outdoor, portable power, indoor and remote sensing, and mission critical applications. It has strategic partnerships with Air Products, 24 Innovations, Kurz, SkyShades, Chevron, Merck, Toppan Forms, Dupont, Siemens, and the U.S. Air Force. Konarka Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts with business development offices in Asia. It has a research and development facility in Austria. The company has operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

BioTrove, Inc. specializes in micro and nano-scale technology platforms designed for life science and drug discovery research. The company provides several key technologies, including OpenArray, which facilitates relative gene expression analysis and supports genomic research across diverse fields such as agriculture, disease research, and public health. Additionally, BioTrove offers RapidFire, a platform that allows for the screening of challenging drug targets through mass spectrometry-based assay development. The RapidFire mass spectrometry hardware system is also part of their offerings, providing native detection technology that aids in drug screening and in vitro ADME applications.

TAZZ Networks, Inc. provides policy control software. The company offers Visual Design Studio, a drag and drop service creation environment for services and network operations; Policy Control Engine, a carrier-grade execution engine that delivers real-time policy evaluations and actions; and TAZZ Application Modules, a carrier tested policy and service components, for developing and delivering IP services. Its solutions enable service providers to create and deliver services that offer per session controls designed to assure resource availability and service based on the subscriber’s identity, the application requested, the delivery network, and the level of service contracted. TAZZ Networks, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

Founded in 1994 as Zero Emissions Technology and later renamed Powerspan Corp, Powerspan initially provided technology to control particulate emissions from coal-fired, electric power plants. As compliance deadlines of the Clean Air Act Acid Rain Program approached, Powerspan recognized the growing importance of a multi-pollutant solution for controlling emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in addition to particulate emissions. Standard technology generally addresses each pollutant individually, necessitating the installation of separate, costly devices, requiring large spaces not always available on space-constrained sites that are typical of existing power plants. Powerspan sought to develop an integrated approach to achieve multi-pollutant reductions at a lower cost than commercially available systems, enabling power plant owners to meet existing and future environmental requirements in a cost-effective manner.

Evergreen Solar, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets STRING RIBBONâ„¢ solar power products using its proprietary, low-cost wafer technology. The company's patented wafer manufacturing technology uses significantly less polysilicon than conventional processes. Evergreen Solar's products provide reliable and environmentally clean electric power for residential and commercial applications globally.

Pintex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a private pharmaceutical company located in Watertown, Massachusetts, dedicated to the discovery and development of structure-based cancer therapeutics. The company primarily focuses on the phosphate-specific proline isomerase Pin1 enzyme, which plays a significant role in cancer progression. Founded in May 1999 by Dr. Kun Ping Lu, a Pew scholar at Harvard, along with Nobel laureate Dr. Walter Gilbert and Dr. Janusz Sowadski, Pintex was established to leverage years of research and patented discoveries from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Harvard University. The company's innovative approach aims to develop novel cancer therapeutics and diagnostics rooted in advanced scientific research.

WorldWinner is an online platform that enables individuals to play games and compete for cash. It offers games in the categories of card games, arcade games, strategy games, game show games, and word games, and more. WorldWinner was launched in October 1999 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

TAZZ Networks, Inc. provides policy control software. The company offers Visual Design Studio, a drag and drop service creation environment for services and network operations; Policy Control Engine, a carrier-grade execution engine that delivers real-time policy evaluations and actions; and TAZZ Application Modules, a carrier tested policy and service components, for developing and delivering IP services. Its solutions enable service providers to create and deliver services that offer per session controls designed to assure resource availability and service based on the subscriber’s identity, the application requested, the delivery network, and the level of service contracted. TAZZ Networks, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

BioTrove, Inc. specializes in micro and nano-scale technology platforms designed for life science and drug discovery research. The company provides several key technologies, including OpenArray, which facilitates relative gene expression analysis and supports genomic research across diverse fields such as agriculture, disease research, and public health. Additionally, BioTrove offers RapidFire, a platform that allows for the screening of challenging drug targets through mass spectrometry-based assay development. The RapidFire mass spectrometry hardware system is also part of their offerings, providing native detection technology that aids in drug screening and in vitro ADME applications.

Konarka Technologies, Inc. develops and advances nano-enabled polymer photovoltaic materials for commercial, industrial, government, and consumer applications. It provides standard products to serve portable power needs; and custom solutions, such as roll up chargers, personal accessories, and fold up chargers. The company's products are used in outdoor, portable power, indoor and remote sensing, and mission critical applications. It has strategic partnerships with Air Products, 24 Innovations, Kurz, SkyShades, Chevron, Merck, Toppan Forms, Dupont, Siemens, and the U.S. Air Force. Konarka Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts with business development offices in Asia. It has a research and development facility in Austria. The company has operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

As of August 4, 2008, Spherics, Inc. went out of business. Spherics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, engages in developing and manufacturing oral pharmaceutical products for central nervous system conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, and cancer. It develops oral systems based on the application of bioadhesive polymers to oral dosage forms. The company also provides products for neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis, as well as for stroke, epilepsy, chronic pain, and migraine. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

Konarka Technologies, Inc. develops and advances nano-enabled polymer photovoltaic materials for commercial, industrial, government, and consumer applications. It provides standard products to serve portable power needs; and custom solutions, such as roll up chargers, personal accessories, and fold up chargers. The company's products are used in outdoor, portable power, indoor and remote sensing, and mission critical applications. It has strategic partnerships with Air Products, 24 Innovations, Kurz, SkyShades, Chevron, Merck, Toppan Forms, Dupont, Siemens, and the U.S. Air Force. Konarka Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts with business development offices in Asia. It has a research and development facility in Austria. The company has operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Imaging Automation offers a range of document authentication, biometrics, and data collection solutions. The company offers products used to authenticate identification documents such as passports, visas, national identification cards, and drivers’ licenses. Its products are used in security applications in the government, and travel and transportation industries. Imaging Automation, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Bedford, New Hampshire.

Peptimmune is a privately held clinical stage biotechnology company focused on utilizing both novel and proven technologies to improve the therapeutic management of chronic autoimmune and metabolic disorders. The company is developing second generation therapeutics that are expected to result in safer and more effective products for obesity, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and pemphigus vulgaris.

Resinate Corporation provides product lifecycle management solutions for the discrete manufacturing industry. The company offers a technology platform to deliver technical support services to the plastics industry. That technology has evolved into a solution that enables discrete manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers to automate the development and management of its bill of materials through engineering analysis. Resinate Corporation was founded by Christopher Poirier in 1999 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Konarka Technologies, Inc. develops and advances nano-enabled polymer photovoltaic materials for commercial, industrial, government, and consumer applications. It provides standard products to serve portable power needs; and custom solutions, such as roll up chargers, personal accessories, and fold up chargers. The company's products are used in outdoor, portable power, indoor and remote sensing, and mission critical applications. It has strategic partnerships with Air Products, 24 Innovations, Kurz, SkyShades, Chevron, Merck, Toppan Forms, Dupont, Siemens, and the U.S. Air Force. Konarka Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts with business development offices in Asia. It has a research and development facility in Austria. The company has operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Netkey is a recognized leading provider of enterprise-class software for the development, deployment, management and security of self-service kiosk and digital signage applications, content and devices. Netkey helps businesses increase sales, enhance the customer experience and improve communications with consumers and employees.

Bluestreak is a multi-channel marketing technology and services provider, with a track record for dramatically increasing performance and ROI for marketers and agencies around the world. Bluestreak leads the market as the one-stop-shop for all of your marketing needs, offering a comprehensive email marketing platform and powerful third party ad server, along with strategic marketing programs and services from customer acquisition through retention. As well as being the leader in online referral programs, Bluestreak is the only company that links web media directly to email marketing databases.

Aprilis is developing the world’s first holographic-based data storage products using a proprietary technology based on over five years of research an development that was spun out from a Fortune 500 company. These products, targeted for high capacity storage markets, will provide extremely high storage capacity, fast data access times and exceptional data transfer rates.

Founded in 1996 by Eric Foxlin, InterSense began as a commercial extension of Eric’s pioneering research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has grown into a leading technology supplier with a consistent track-record of innovation and a portfolio of patented products. In 2011, InterSense was acquired by Gentex Corporation. And in 2012, Thales acquired Visionix and InterSense Business Units from Gentex Corporation. Industry leading InterSense trackers and sensors are now part of Thales Visionix, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thales Defense & Security, Inc. InterSense line of products include ultra-miniature, low-power sensors and flexible software and the groundbreaking NavChip, the world’s smallest IMU. These solutions are used worldwide to deploy high performance tracking, navigation, visualization and stabilization applications that save lives, improve productivity and conserve resources. InterSense trackers, sensors and IMUs are used in a wide range of industries from aerospace, robotics, and agriculture to oil/mining, research/engineering and visualization/visual production industries. In addition to a marquis customer base including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, L-3 Communications, Rockwell Collins, Procter & Gamble, Ford, Sony Entertainment, Pixar, Blizzard Entertainment, QinetiQ, and iRobot, InterSense trackers and sensors also works with a global network of software partners, systems integrators, value added resellers and OEM hardware partners to deliver solutions tailored to meet customer needs.

eYak (Sonexis) is an IP telephony services company. It provides internet protocol media server software and solutions for voice applications. The company was founded by Jeff Flowers in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Founded in 1994 as Zero Emissions Technology and later renamed Powerspan Corp, Powerspan initially provided technology to control particulate emissions from coal-fired, electric power plants. As compliance deadlines of the Clean Air Act Acid Rain Program approached, Powerspan recognized the growing importance of a multi-pollutant solution for controlling emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in addition to particulate emissions. Standard technology generally addresses each pollutant individually, necessitating the installation of separate, costly devices, requiring large spaces not always available on space-constrained sites that are typical of existing power plants. Powerspan sought to develop an integrated approach to achieve multi-pollutant reductions at a lower cost than commercially available systems, enabling power plant owners to meet existing and future environmental requirements in a cost-effective manner.

HotSocket offers a d-commerce platform that develops digital marketing methods for web commerce. It is able to measure and analyze consumer responses to multiple versions of sales offers. HotSocket was founded by Steven Gerber in 1999. It is based in New York.

Founded in June 1999, LiveWave is the leading developer of live interactive video programming for broadcast television and broadband Internet audiences. Through its own theme based network of full-motion cameras, LiveWave delivers a variety of live, unedited, high quality content to both web and broadcast platforms. This network, which is both broadcast enabled and HDTV compatible, consists of cameras featuring a diverse collection of high action sites in the following categories: People, Music, Sports, Animals, and Scenic.

Gazelle Systems is defining the value of technology in the hospitality industry by bringing valuable information about customers to the front of the house and at the point of sale. The Gazelle team brings decades of hands-on experience to its mission and is skilled in all facets of the restaurant business - from operations and IT, to marketing and management.

Founded in 1999, getPlastic.com is a leading business-to-business e-marketplace, offering standard plastic resins and custom compounds on the Web. It is the only buyer-centric online procurement marketplace for resin: designed for and with the assistance of the engineers and purchasing professionals who locate and buy the raw materials needed for plastic products. As the first and only vendor-neutral solution dedicated exclusively to plastic resins, getPlastic.com offers one-stop shopping access to high-performance off-the-shelf resins, custom compounds manufactured to specification, and commodity-based materials and compounds ­sourced from multiple suppliers, manufacturers, and compounders around the world.

Jenzabar is a company that specializes in providing software, strategies, and services aimed at the administration of higher education institutions. Its offerings include enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, student information systems (SIS), learning management systems (LMS), customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, and analytics. Additionally, Jenzabar delivers strategic consulting, managed services, cloud solutions, professional implementation services, and client training and support. The company caters to a diverse range of clients, including four-year private and public schools, two-year institutions, specialized schools, online institutions, and various educational associations and organizations. Founded in 1998, Jenzabar is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Netkey is a recognized leading provider of enterprise-class software for the development, deployment, management and security of self-service kiosk and digital signage applications, content and devices. Netkey helps businesses increase sales, enhance the customer experience and improve communications with consumers and employees.

As of August 4, 2008, Spherics, Inc. went out of business. Spherics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, engages in developing and manufacturing oral pharmaceutical products for central nervous system conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, and cancer. It develops oral systems based on the application of bioadhesive polymers to oral dosage forms. The company also provides products for neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis, as well as for stroke, epilepsy, chronic pain, and migraine. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

Bluestreak is a multi-channel marketing technology and services provider, with a track record for dramatically increasing performance and ROI for marketers and agencies around the world. Bluestreak leads the market as the one-stop-shop for all of your marketing needs, offering a comprehensive email marketing platform and powerful third party ad server, along with strategic marketing programs and services from customer acquisition through retention. As well as being the leader in online referral programs, Bluestreak is the only company that links web media directly to email marketing databases.

Gazelle Systems is defining the value of technology in the hospitality industry by bringing valuable information about customers to the front of the house and at the point of sale. The Gazelle team brings decades of hands-on experience to its mission and is skilled in all facets of the restaurant business - from operations and IT, to marketing and management.

Mothernature.com is a online retail store and information source for vitamins, supplements, minerals and other natural and healthy living products. Through their innovative combination of content and commerce, they intend to establish MotherNature.com as the preferred destination for consumers interested in natural and healthy living products.

Founded in 1996 by Eric Foxlin, InterSense began as a commercial extension of Eric’s pioneering research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has grown into a leading technology supplier with a consistent track-record of innovation and a portfolio of patented products. In 2011, InterSense was acquired by Gentex Corporation. And in 2012, Thales acquired Visionix and InterSense Business Units from Gentex Corporation. Industry leading InterSense trackers and sensors are now part of Thales Visionix, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thales Defense & Security, Inc. InterSense line of products include ultra-miniature, low-power sensors and flexible software and the groundbreaking NavChip, the world’s smallest IMU. These solutions are used worldwide to deploy high performance tracking, navigation, visualization and stabilization applications that save lives, improve productivity and conserve resources. InterSense trackers, sensors and IMUs are used in a wide range of industries from aerospace, robotics, and agriculture to oil/mining, research/engineering and visualization/visual production industries. In addition to a marquis customer base including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, L-3 Communications, Rockwell Collins, Procter & Gamble, Ford, Sony Entertainment, Pixar, Blizzard Entertainment, QinetiQ, and iRobot, InterSense trackers and sensors also works with a global network of software partners, systems integrators, value added resellers and OEM hardware partners to deliver solutions tailored to meet customer needs.

Silknet offered enterprise level customer relationship management software (CRM) designed from the ground up for the internet.

Silknet offered enterprise level customer relationship management software (CRM) designed from the ground up for the internet.