Amanda Valek-MacDonald

Menarini-Silicon Biosystems SpA develops and distributes lab-on-a-chip technologies for miniaturized cell-biology testing. The company was founded by Nicol? Manaresi and Gianni Medoro and is headquartered in Castel Maggiore, Italy.

Quantapore, Inc. develops nanopore based nucleic acid sequencing technology products. The firm's proprietary DNA sequencing technology is based on an optically labeled nanopore which interacts via energy transfer with a labeled nucleic acid sample. The company was founded by Martin Huber and Sascha C. Dennstedt in 2009 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

OptumInsight, Inc. provides healthcare information technology and consulting services. It offers technology services, information, analytics, business services and consulting to help solve the most important problems clients face across the health system. The firm provides solutions for physicians, hospitals, life sciences companies, government agencies and other organizations that comprise the health care system. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Transformer TX Holdings LLC operates as a hospital that provides physician services. The company is based in Dallas, TX. The CEO of the company is Wyatt W. Decker.

The Optical Society of America, Inc. is a non-profit organization that engages in the study and research of optics and photonics. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Opportunity International, Inc. operates as a non profit organization that provides small business loans, savings, insurance and training. It offers micro banking, agriculture finance, and education finance. The company was founded by Al Whittaker and David Bussau in 1971 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

TAZZ Networks, Inc. provides policy control software solutions. It offers Policy Control Engine, a carrier-grade execution engine that delivers real-time policy evaluations and actions and TAZZ Application Modules, a carrier tested policy and service components for developing and delivering IP services. The company was founded by Jared S. Rosoff in 2001 and is headquartered in Providence, RI.

Monolith Materials, Inc. operates as a carbon black manufacturing company. The firm converts natural gas to carbon black. It produces hydrogen tail-gas, supplied to the power generation and industrial gas markets. The company was founded by Peter L. Johnson, Robert Hanson, and William J. Brady Jr. in 2012 and is headquartered in Lincoln, NE.

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (Craig-Hallum) is an employee-owned, idea-driven research, trading and investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Bradley Baker and Kevin Harris in 1997. Craig-Hallum provides research, institutional sales and trading and investment banking services to institutional investors and growth companies.

Trelys, Inc. owns and operates biotechnology products. The company was founded by Jay Kouba and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Anellotech, Inc. engages in the manufacture of chemicals and fuel products from renewable and non-food biomass. The company was founded by George W. Huber and David Sudolsky in 2008 and is headquartered in Pearl River, NY.

First Green Partners LLC (First Green Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Tom Erickson and Doug Cameron. The firm is headquartered in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Imperative Management LLC (Imperative Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Tom Erickson and Pulakesh Mukherjee. The firm is headquartered in Stillwater, Minnesota.