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ChaCha Search, Inc. provides search engine services. The firm owns and operates a natural language question and answer database and allows users to ask questions from via online, smartphone applications, text, voice, and social networks. It offers real-time information and answers in the areas of galleries, quizzes, business, culture, entertainment, health, lifestyle, lookup, politics, science and technology, sports, and travel. The company was founded by Brad A. Bostic and Scott A. Jones on December 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.

Sternhill Partners (Sternhill Parntners) is an Venture Capital firm founded in 1999 by Bob W. Stearns and Marc Geller. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Questia Media America, Inc. operates online digital library. It offers Questia, an online research and paper writing resource that includes scholarly books, articles, academic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as provides resources needed to complete college-level and core-curriculum course assignments. The company was founded by Troy Williams in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Insource Technology Corp. provides Internet and information systems technology services to industries such as energy and chemicals, real estate, healthcare and life sciences, insurance, financial services and manufacturing. The company was founded by Jim Harris and Rod Canion in 1992 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Technology & Entrepreneurship Center of Houston operates as a non-profit organization created to accelerate the growth of Houston’s innovation ecosystem. It aligns ecosystem support around strategic initiatives that are connecting, attracting, and promoting startups, investors, corporations, government, and universities. The company was founded in October 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Outrider Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of autonomous yard operations solutions for logistics hubs. Its solutions help enterprises enhance the safety and efficiency of freight movement. The company was founded by Andrew Smith and is headquartered in Golden, CO.