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3com Megahertz Corp. provides voice and data networking products and services. The company was founded by Robert M. Metcalfe, Howard S. Charney and John P. Marshall in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Simmachines, Inc. provides technology services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Capital Midwest Fund (Capital Midwest Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Mequon, Wisconsin.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

PreEmptive Meds, Inc. develops and sales therapeutic nutraceuticals. Its all-natural, plant based formulations have been clinically proven to be safe and effective by hundreds of primary care physicians who have used its products in thousands of patients. The company was founded by Charles N. Blitzer and Joe Fenn in 2006 and is headquartered in Lebanon, NJ.

LiquidCool Solutions, Inc. operates as a technology development firm with patents surrounding cooling electronics by total immersion in a dielectric fluid. Its products include liquid submerged server, clamshell and rugged terrain. The company was founded by Darren Richard Klum and Chad Attlesey in 2006 and is headquartered in Rochester, MN.

Physician Software Systems LLC provides software services to the healthcare industry. Its products reduce the risk of hemoglobin cycling side effects such as anemia, weakness, increased risk of thrombosis, stroke, and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The company was founded on September 9, 2011 and is headquartered in Lisle, IL.

PegEx, Inc. provides waste management services. It offers a turnkey solution to generators, haulers and disposal sites. The firm’s services include hazardous waste generation and transportation, recycling, and treatment and disposal. The company is headquartered in Fitchburg, WI.

FactoryFix, Inc. owns and operates a platform that connects manufacturers to qualified experts. The firm provides labor resources for same-day service projects, part-time skilled workers, contract and temporary resources, and factory automation and engineering projects. The company was founded by O'Rahilly Patrick Jr. is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Vital Sensors Holding Co., Inc. Develops chip based pressure sensors. It offers continuous or on demand data capture and read out capabilities that will support clinicians and patients in the management of cardiovascular and other disease state. The company was founded in 2002 by Volker Bödecker and Max Georg Ostermeier and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Dipalo Ventures (Dipalo Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2016 by Rafiq Ahmed. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Mhub Product (Mhub Product) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Haven Allen. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

cleverbridge AG offers e-commerce solutions. It is a provider of electronic commerce (e-commerce) solutions and technological services and offers solutions in the fields of customer experience, distribution, integration, e-commerce, pricing and support. The company was founded by Christian Blume, Martin Trzaskalik and Craig Vodnik in 2005 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

UICO LLC engages in the development of user interface solutions. It offers capacitive touch screen products. The company was founded by William A. Lee and Bahar N. Wadia in 2007 and is headquartered in Elmhurst, IL.

Endotronix, Inc. develops wireless heart sensor technology. The firm has introduced the Cordella Heart Failure System, a comprehensive solution for heart failure management. The company was founded by Anthony I. Nunez and Harry D. Rowland in June 2007 and is headquartered in Lisle, IL.

Hyde Park Angels Inc. (HPA) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Jeffrey R. Carter. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

D&M Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures and supplies audio, video and media equipment. Its products include speakers, amplifiers, DVD players, DLP projectors, table radios, hi-fi products, tuners, and digital video recorders. Its brands include DENON, HEOS, Maratz, and Boston Acoustics. The company was founded on May 14, 2002 and is headquartered in Kawasaki, Japan.

MedQuist, Inc. provides technology-enabled clinical documentation services. It offers health systems, hospitals, and group medical practices integrated solutions for voice capture, speech recognition, medical transcription, document management and clinical documentation improvement using natural language processing, as well as coding services. The firm's solutions are designed to facilitate electronic access to clinical information by healthcare providers and to improve overall performance and adoption of the Electronic Health Record. The company performs services utilizing the DocQment Enterprise Platform, its proprietary clinical documentation workflow management system. Its customers range from large hospitals and health systems with complex workflows and a large number of users to smaller hospitals and large group medical practices. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ.

Cleversafe, Inc. provides object storage system solutions. It offers dispersed storage network or dsNet, a system that provides comprehensive operation and maintenance functions. The firm also offers accesser appliance services data requests from applications and performs the IDA calculations as needed, storing and retrieving the slices for each data item to and from the slicestor storage nodes. The company was founded by Chris Gladwin in November 2004 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

LS Research LLC manufactures wireless and radio frequency products. Its products include embedded wireless modules, wifi plus Bluetooth modules, wi-fi modules, zigbee/ISM modules, tiwiconnect ioT platform, antennas and accessories. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Cedarburg, WI.

Revenew, Inc. provides channel networking platform services. It services include activation, concierge and customer support. The company was founded by Nasrin Thierer in 2006 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Chrysalis Technologies LLC is a private company that manufactures and distributes dental furnace, vacuum pumps and valves. The company is based in Milford, CT. The company was founded by Michael S. Seedman.

Part of Intel Corp., Entrega Technologies, Inc. is a company that makes PC Card and CardBus communications products. The company is based in Lake Forest, CA. The company was founded by Michael S. Seedman. Entrega Technologies was acquired by Xircom, Inc. on September 27, 1999 for $13.60 million.

Pulse Secure LLC provides access and mobile security solutions to enterprises and service providers. The firm offers pulse access suite, zero trust network access service, secure remote access, application delivery controller and unified endpoint management products. It also offers threat protection, business continuity, work from home, data center access and security orchestration solutions. The company was founded in October 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum Operates and maintains planetarium and museum. It provides astronomy education for students, adults and families through variety of lectures and special events. The company was founded by Max Adler in 1930 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Ocient, Inc. provides technology for the storage of data to the various companies. The company was founded by Christopher S. Gladwin, Joe Jablonski, and George Kondiles in 2018 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

SIRIS Capital Group LLC (SIRIS Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Frank Baker, Peter Berger and Jeffrey Hendren. The firm is headquartered in New York, the United States.

KB Partners LLC (KB Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Keith Bank and Byron Denenberg. The firm is headquartered in Highland Park, Illinois.