David P. Rizzo

Affinergy LLC develops site-specific biological systems using biofriendly linkers that selectively adhere to proteins, drugs, cells, and biomaterial surfaces. The firm focuses on developing coatings and medical devices for the orthopedic and cardiovascular markets. It constructs bifunctional peptide linkers that selectively immobilize proteins, cells, and therapeutics onto biomaterial surfaces. The firm offers its products for orthopedics, cardiovascular, and tissue engineering; and drug delivery and stem cells markets. The company was founded by Daniel J. Kenan, Jonathan Gindes, and Mark W. Grinstaff in 2002 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

NC IDEA (Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of NC IDEA founded in 1900. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

IDEA Fund Partners LLC (IDEA Fund Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by David P. Rizzo, John Cambier and Lister Delgado. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Southeast TechInventures, Inc. develops technologies and intellectual property for commercial licensing and production. It focuses on medical devices, diagnostics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, materials, electronics, and agriculture including agricultural biotechnology. The company was founded by Karen L. LeVert and Kristina M. Johnson in January 2003 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Intervolve, Inc. provides supply chain software and services for the beverage industry. Its products include enterprise software for beverage distributors, DistributionSuite, route accounting system and bridge. The firm offers business intelligence and sales execution systems to beverage wholesalers and suppliers. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the design and development of semiconductor integration technology. It helps lower manufacturing and packaging costs and as well as increase yield associated with the manufacturing of Backside Illuminated (BSI) CMOS image sensors (IS), high-speed logic, stacked memory and memory-on-processor. Its technologies are enabling the creation of true 3D integrated circuits (ICs) at the gate level by delivering advantages including: reduced silicon cost, size reduction, reduced NRE, shorter time-to-market, lower power consumption, and increased system speed and performance. The company was founded in October 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

The North Carolina Technology Association operates as a statewide membership association for the technology sector. It offers technology, executives, marketing, events, public affairs, workforce development and economic development programs. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.