Jordan Warzecha

Lucigen Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of biomedical research products and services. The firm offers products for array-based analysis; cloning kits and vectors; competent cells; enzymes; in vitro transcription; next gen sequencing (NGS); nucleic acid extraction and purification; PCR and amplification; protein expression; and transposon mutagenesis. It also provides NGS and custom competent cell services. The company was founded by David Mead and Thomas W. Schoenfeld in 1998 and is headquartered in Middleton, WI.

Seastar Medical, Inc. manufactures and supplies medical devices. It offers medical device that cures inflammation-based diseases and conditions. The company was founded by James P. Sherblom in July 2007 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

enosiX, Inc. provides software services. The firm offers a framework enabling .NET developers to create apps that access SAP back end systems with incomparable ease. Its flagship product, robust framework allows Microsoft .NET developers to create enterprise mobile applications using their existing development skills. The company was founded by Gerald Schlechter and Philippe Jardin in August 2014 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Part of Bank of America Corp., Merrill Lynch Mortgage Capital, Inc. is a company that specializes in asset-backed, mortgage-backed, and structured finance. The company is based in New York, NY.

The Bama Cos., Inc. manufactures and markets frozen baked goods. It offers bakery products for the food service and vending machine industries. The firm's products include hand-held pies, biscuits, cookies, crumb crusts, and frozen doughs. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

United Way of Greater Kansas City, Inc. provides education, health, and social services. It specializes in child care, academic assistance, and family support. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Promethean Surgical Devices, Inc. develops pre-polymer technology platform into surgical adhesives and implantable devices to augment, replace or repair soft tissues for surgical procedures. The company was founded by Michael T. Milbocker, Dix Phillip Poppas and Jeffrey A. Wilson and is headquartered in East Hartford, CT.

Women Corporate Directors is a membership organization of women directors of public and large private companies. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in Italy. The company was founded by Mary Beth Vitale, Véronique Morali, Linda Eskind Rebrovick, Deborah A. Peacock, and Darcy A. Howe. The CEO is Susan C. Keating.

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

Kansas Women's Business Center provides investment services. The firm develops counsels and mentor women in all stages of business development and growth though classes, seminars, peer roundtables, one-on-one consultation, networking and referrals. It educates women entrepreneurs on sources of funding to include micro-loans and angel funding through the Women’s Capital Connection. The company was founded by Rania Anderson, Victoria Barnard, Carol Hallquist and Cheri Streeter in 2000 and is headquartered in Fairway, KS.

SpiderOak, Inc. engages in provision of cloud-based data management software. Its products include One, Groups, Enterprise, Semaphor and Encryptr. The company was founded by Alan Fairless and Ethan Oberman in 2007 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

OPS Solutions LLC develops and manufactures visual workflow systems. The company was founded in 2005 by Paul Ryznar and is headquartered in Novi, MI.

Cariloop, Inc. operates as an online platform that connects senior care and service providers to access real time information about geriatric care and service. Its service platform helps families plan for and manage an older loved one?s journey through the healthcare system. The firm expanded its web platform to allow family member collaboration, secure file sharing and storage, as well as advanced filtering of long-term care providers. The company was founded by Michael Walsh and Steven Theesfeld in July 2012 is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

KCRise Fund Manager LLC (KCRise Fund Manager) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Darcy A. Howe. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

Idle Smart, Inc. provides year-round battery management, idle reduction and cold start protection to fleets of all sizes. The company was founded by Jeff Lynch on October 6, 2011 and is headquartered in Kansas City, KS.

Northern Lights Group, Inc. engages in the provision of data security, cyber threats, and vendor risk management services. It develops a software as a service vendor management platform that measures and monitors vendor risk and related cyber threats. The company was founded by Robert Aleksick, Anders Norremo, and Rich Skinner in 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

LumiSource LLC is a furniture and lighting company founded in 1997. The company is based in Elk Grove Village, IL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers modern and chic bar stools, furniture, lighting, and decorative accents that add contemporary flair and style to any room.

Elate, Inc. develops software platform for companies to reach business outcomes by unifying internal technologies and disparate data. It provides organizational alignment and increase operations visibility to companies looking to define and measure key initiatives. The company was founded by Abby Parker and Brooks Busch in April 2019 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Daupler, Inc. acts as a first response platform for public works and water utilities. The company was founded by John P. Bertrand and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

AIQ Global, Inc. develops artificial intelligence clinical decision support platform. The company was founded by Robert Jeraj, Dona Alberti, Guy Starbuck and Glenn Liu in 2015 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Health Scholars, Inc. engages as a cloud-based, VR-ready training platform for the management, delivery, and analysis of clinical training. Its solutions include virtual reality training, and simulation management. The company was founded by Brian Gillett in 2017 and is headquartered in Westminster, CO.

Aaron Equipment Co., Inc. engages in buying, selling and trades processing and packaging equipment. It offers managed services such as listing, consignments, liquidations, auctions, appraisals and asset management. The company is headquartered in Bensenville, IL.

Serra Ventures LLC (Serra Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Tim Hoerr. The firm is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.