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Nexmedia Technologies, Inc. develops e-commerce solutions.

Expresso Fitness Corp. develops and manufactures cardio fitness systems. Its customers include YMCA, Crunch, Healthtrax, and Club Sport. The firm manufactures fitness bicycles that incorporate interactive and virtural reality programs. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Part of Celanese Corp., Ticona LLC is a company that produces and markets engineering polymers. The company is based in Florence, KY.

HS Winddown, Inc. engages in provision of clean water technology, that provides solutions to the growing issue of water stress. It focuses on providing cleaner, clearer, safer water using its proprietary platforms of N-halamine polymers to purify drinking water, killing bacteria and viruses that may cause diseases. The company was founded on March 18, 1997 and is headquartered in Mukilteo, WA.

Silicor Materials, Inc. manufactures solar silicon and multi crystalline solar cells. It operates as a supplier to the solar photovoltaic industry as well as other industries who use aluminum-based products. The firm purifies silicon, casts the silicon into ingots, cuts the ingots into bricks using diamond saws, cuts the bricks into wafers using wire saws, and converts the wafers into solar cells through a series of steps to form the photovoltaic junction. The company was founded by Kamel Ounadjela, Fritz Kirscht, and Eicke Weber in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Zymeworks BC, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of biotherapeutics. Its product, ZW25 and ZW49, are a bispecific antibody that cans two non-overlapping epitopes. The company was founded by Anthony Fejes, J. Haig deB Farris, Nick Bedford, Ali Tehrani and Andrew S. Wright on September 8, 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Novum Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It engages in the development of advanced orthobiomaterials utilizing a proprietary process capable of producing structures that are both strong and porous. The company was founded by Paul K. Nichols, Jr. and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

RBC Capital Partners Ltd. is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. founded in 1900. RBC Capital Partners Ltd. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices across the globe.

Technical Polymers Ticona produces and markets plastic polymers. It produces acetal copolymers, liquid crystal polymers, long fiber reinforced thermoplastics, and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. The firm serves the automotive, optical, information technology, industrial, medical and health sectors. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Florence, KY.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems develops and supplies active safety technologies. It offers air brake charging, and control systems and components under the Bendix brand name for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, tractors, trailers, document library, diagnostic tools, brake school, and product action centers. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Elyria, OH.

Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, Inc. operates as a pharmacy and health store. Its products includes facial care and makeup products, as well as beauty accessories; body care, hair care, bath and shower, sun care and bug spray, shaving and hair removal, hand and foot care, and kids and baby skin care and bath products; vitamins, supplements, minerals, sports and nutrition. The firm has offices in California, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. The company was founded by Don L. Summerfield, Dale Schwartz and Barry Perzow in June 2000 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Agrisoma Biosciences, Inc. provides crop technology for biofuel and renewable energy solutions. Its crop improvement technologies include proprietary breeding, proprietary tissue culture and haploidy, molecular markers and genetic mapping and advanced crop improvement technologies. The company was founded by Steven Fabijanski and Tom Mamic in 2001 and is headquartered in Gatineau, Canada.

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.

The Committee of 200 operates as a membership organization for women entrepreneurs and corporate innovators.

Physic Ventures LLC (Physic Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Dion Madsen and Will B. Rosenzweig. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Howmet Aerospace, Inc., Alcoa Closure Systems International, Inc. provides packing and bottling services. The company is based in Crawfordsville, IN.

Regentis Biomaterials Ltd. engages in the research and development of proprietary hydrogels for local repair of damaged cartilage and bone. Its product is GelrinC. The company was founded by Dror Seliktar and Tal Yehiel on September 1, 2004 and is headquartered in Or-Akiva, Israel.

Xagenic, Inc. develops the first lab-free molecular diagnostic platform. Its automated diagnostic platform will enable widespread decentralized testing to be performed outside of clinical laboratories. The firm's amplified redox assay detection technology utilizes electrochemical detection methods and does not rely on optical detection components or enzymatic amplification; crude samples can be analyzed with minimal sample processing. The company was founded by Shana O. Kelley and Edward Hartley Sargent in 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Phemi SystemsCorp., operates as a big data warehouse company. It serves to healthcare institutions. The firm’s products include PHEMI central and PHEMI clinical. The company was founded by Alan Rabinowitz, Paul Terry, Adam Lorant, and John M. Seminerio in 2013 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Deep Genomics, Inc. provides machine learning, genome biology and precision medicine. It develops an integrated computational system that could learn, predict, and interpret how genetic variation, whether natural or therapeutic, alters crucial cellular processes. The firm offers SPIDEX database, which is a set of genetic variants and their predicted effects on human splicing across the entire genome. Its SPIDEX database covers all synonymous, missense, and nonsense exonic SNVs, as well as intronic SNVs that are up to 300nt from splice junctions. The company was founded by Brendan Frey and Hui Yuan Xiong in 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Leading Edge Equipment Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor devices. The company was founded by Alison Greenlee in 2016 and is headquartered in Wilminton, MA.

Amplitude Ventures is a venture capital firm. The firm was founded in 2018. It’s headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Hologram Sciences, Inc. is a health tech company that provides personalized nutrition solutions to help people get healthier and feel better. The company is based in New York, NY. The company is committed to transparency, proven clinical science, and creating inclusive and equitable products and organization. Hologram Sciences is a newly formed, fast-moving, consumer-focused start-up backed by Royal DSM. The CEO of the company is Ian Brady.