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Carbon Engineering Ltd. provides technologies and facilities to synthesize clean fuels from air, water, and renewable power. Its technology captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and use carbon dioxide in the synthesis of clean transportation fuels that displace crude oil. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Squamish, Canada.

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) is a non-profit organization that provides entrepreneurship education to middle school, high school, and postsecondary students in 30 states and 31 countries. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. NFTE aims to ignite the entrepreneurial mindset in students, empowering them to own their futures regardless of their family income, community resources, special needs, gender identity, race, or ethnicity. NFTE has educated over a million students through in-school, out-of-school, in-person, online, or hybrid programs. The company was founded in 1987 by Carl Press and Philip A. McNeill, and J.D. LaRock has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Part of Moody Aldrich Partners LLC, kWantix Trading LLC is a company that acts as a hedge fund for electricity trading. The company is based in Great Lakes, PA. The company was founded by James Alastair Campbell McDermott.

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is an American company that focuses on creating an inclusive green economy by ensuring that everyone can benefit from the green economy, either from green jobs, clean air, or accessing new zero emissions mobility or energy solutions. LACI's Middle School Girls in STEM Program and Women in Cleantech Program are focused on building out a pipeline for future female innovators in the STEM + Sustainability space and advancing female founders with distinctive support and resources. LACI's Market Transformation team works with industry and the public sector to accelerate system change on key initiatives across transportation & mobility, energy, and sustainable cities. LACI also offers a FREE small business and startup acceleration program called Founders Business Accelerator (FBA) to help underrepresented small businesses and startup founders in low-income neighborhoods grow their business and increase their community, social, and environmental impact.

Carbon Ridge, Inc. is a leading developer of carbon capture and storage solutions for the maritime industry. The company is based in an undisclosed location. Carbon Ridge's OCCS technology provides a low-cost and near-term solution to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emissions from commercial shipping by up to 95%. The technology allows for non-disruptive integration to vessel exhaust systems, enables up to a 75% reduction in process equipment size and volume in comparison to conventional CCS technologies, and is designed for the rigor of commercial maritime operations. In addition to its onboard OCCS technology, Carbon Ridge provides end-to-end solutions including CO2 transportation, sequestration, and credit monetization. The American company was founded by Chase Dwyer, James Alastair Campbell McDermott, and Chase Dwyer has been the CEO since incorporation.

Kenlach Carbon LLC operates as an investment holding firm. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

1PointFive USA LLC is a multi-solution platform for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) that aims to help curb temperature rise to 1.5°C by 2050. The joint venture company is based in Santa Monica, CA. The company's goal is to build dedicated geologic sequestration hubs worldwide, giving emitters a responsible, scalable method of managing CO2. These centralized facilities will store captured CO2 from DAC facilities and industrial emitters. 1PointFive is working closely with leading organizations to develop practical pathways to decarbonization through carbon capture, utilization and storage. The company's first Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility is currently under construction in Texas and is expected to be the largest Direct Air Capture facility in the world, designed to capture 500,000 tonnes of CO? per year and is expected to be commercially operational in mid-2025.

Allen & Co. LLC is an investment bank and financial advisory firm. It serves as an investor, underwriter and broker in the areas of entertainment, information & technology sectors. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

RealPractice, Inc. provides legal technology products and services. It provides access to execute legal agreements and documents drafted by lawyers, offers court rules and related procedures, and enables attorneys, businesses, and consumers to use legal forms and templates prepared and maintained by attorneys. The company was founded by Rudolph Defelice and John Siegler in 2000 and is headquartered in Venice, CA.

Colorado College provide a broad liberal arts education to students. The college was founded in May 6, 1874 and it is headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. engags in the production of biofuel from garbage. It designs, develops, owns, and operates facilities that convert sorted, post-recycled municipal solid waste into ethanol. The firm's proprietary thermo chemical process converts municipal solid waste feedstock into ethanol using conventional commercial systems and alcohol synthesis process. The company was founded by James Alastair Campbell McDermott and E. James Macias in July 2007 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

US Biodiesel Group LLC provides biodiesel refining and trading services. The firm provides crude distillation, vacuum distillation, fluid catalytic, cracking catalytic reforming, hydrodesulphurization, and sulfur recovery. The company was founded in 2006 and is located in San Franscisco, CA.

Rusheen Capital Management LLC (Rusheen Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Jeff Green and Jim McDermott. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

USRG Management Co LLC (US Renewables) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by McDermott James Alastair Campbell. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Spoke Software, Inc. provides Internet publishing and broadcasting services. Its products give marketers, sales people, and recruiter's access to people and contact information through providing a network of contacts gathered by corporations' own employees. The company was founded by Chris Roon, Prasad Akella, Christopher Tolles, James Alastair Campbell, Paul Reddy, and Benjamin T. Smith IV in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power manages water and energy resources. It is a municipal utility, serving the water and electricity needs of the City of Los Angeles. It was founded in 1902 and is located in Los Angeles, CA.

Hammerhead Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas industries. The firm focuses on onshore oil and gas operations. It also engages in the production of light-to-medium liquids. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.