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Ariel Investments LLC (Ariel) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by John W. Rogers, Jr. in 1983 and is a subsidiary of ACMI, Inc. Ariel provides investment management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients in the US. The firm also serves institutional separate account clients in Canada and offers certain separate account products to professional investors in Australia and Asia.

Blum Capital Partners LP (Blum Capital) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Richard C. Blum in 1975. Blum Capital provides investment management services to various private, pooled investment funds. Investors in the funds include corporate and state/local pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations and estates, corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, banks and thrift institutions, and high net-worth individuals.

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Columbia Wanger Asset Management LLC (Columbia Wanger) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, ultimately held by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). Columbia Wanger serves as the investment adviser for the Columbia Acorn Funds, the Wanger Advisors Trust and other institutional accounts.

Neoware, Inc. provides software products and computer devices. It offers services to the software development and information technology industries, including those of healthcare, hospitality, transportation, manufacturing, and education. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

Meridian Venture Partners LLC (MVP Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Robert E. Brown and Bob Brown. The firm is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Targeted Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The firm develops molecular diagnostics and therapeutics for the diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer and other gastrointestinal diseases. Its activities include research and development projects in in-vitro diagnostics and imaging agents, receptor-based therapeutics, and cancer vaccines; and a clinical laboratory for testing blood and tissues for metastatic colorectal cancer for patients. The company was founded by Harry A. Arena in August 1994 and is headquartered in West Chester, PA.

MedAvante, Inc. provides signal detection solutions in clinical trials of treatments for central nervous system disorders. It offers Virgil investigative study platform for site-based assessments; and MedAvante central ratings for live assessments. The firm also offers scientific risk reduction services. The company was founded by Paul M. Gilbert, Amy Ellis, Peter B. Tilles, Livingston Johnson and Avik Roy in 2002 and is headquartered in Hamilton, NJ.

GlenRose Instruments, Inc., provides radiological services, as well as operates an analytical laboratory network. The firm offers radiological characterization and analysis, hazardous, radiological, and hazardous waste management and health services primarily to the federal government. The company was founded by John N. Hatsopoulos in September 2005 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Greenphire, Inc. provides payment processing technologies for the clinical industry. Its products include ClinCard and eClinicalGPS, both clinical trial payment solutions that automate site grant payments and patient reimbursements. The company was founded by Samuel Whitaker, John Samar, and Jennifer Peters in 2008 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

Seabrook Brothers & Sons, Inc. distributes fruits and vegetables. It products include creamed spinach, leaf spinach, Broccoli rabb and Vegetable blends. The company was founded 1978 in and is headquartered in Seabrook, NJ.

Ellucian Support, Inc. provides supporting services to education industry. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

CRF, Inc. provides electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) solutions. eCOA encompasses PROs (Patient Reported Outcomes), ObsROs (Observer Reported Outcomes), and ClinROs (Clinician or Rater Reported Outcomes). The firm's platforms include TrialStudio, TrialMax, and TrialManager. The company was founded by Timo Ahopelto, Jarkko Joki-Tokola and Jaakko Ollila in 2000 and is headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, PA.

WIRB- Copernicus Group, Inc. engages in the provision solutions for clinical research. The firm offers study planning and site optimization, patient engagement, scientific and regulatory, market insights, and ethical and biosafety review services. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

CRF Health Group Ltd. develops and operates clinical research and healthcare software. The company is based in Reading, UK and has subsidiaries in the UK. The British company was founded by Jarkko Juhana Joki-Tokola. The CEO is Rachael Claire Wyllie King.

Metrics Champion Consortium LLC develops analytical metrics for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. The company was founded by Linda Sullivan in 2006 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.

Pramata Corp. provides software services. Its solutions include business performance, contract management and sale effectiveness. The company was founded by Praful Saklani and Christian J. Misvaer in 2005 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.