Adam Shepherd

Bartek Ingredients, Inc. engages in the manufacture of specialty chemicals. Its products include malic acid, food-grade fumaric acid, and Maleic Anhydride. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Stoney Creek, Canada.

MaRS Discovery District (Venture Capital) (MaRS Discovery District) is a venture capital subsidiary of MaRS Discovery District founded in 2000 by Murray McCaig. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Pegasus Capital Advisors LP (Pegasus Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Craig Cogut. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

SVX, Inc. provides investment advisory services. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 2009 by Brent Belzberg and Charles Sirois, Tandem Expansion Management, Inc. is a private equity firm headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Evisors, Inc. engages in the development and provision of platform for career and professional networking. It offers career conversation, interview practice, and resume critique. The firm serves the consulting, finance, entrepreneurship, technology, legal, human resources, administrative, marketing, logistics, accounting, engineering, and medical industry. The company was founded by Fredrik Marø, Marc Weiner, Dan Levy, and Christine Apold in May 2010 and is headquartered in New York City.

Blueprint Software Systems, Inc. provides visual requirements definition and validation solutions. It offers Blueprint, a requirements definition and management software product that is used for precise traceability, auto generation of test cases, management reporting, integrations, test coverage, cross-departmental alignment, and regulatory compliance. The company was founded by Sofia Passova in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

HiMama, Inc. develops a platform for preschools and early learning programs. HiMama, is an application that allows parents to engage in the learning and development of the children. The company was founded by Alana Frome and Ron Spreeuwenberg in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Teknor Apex Co. manufactures and distributes plastics, rubber materials, and chemicals. Its products include vinyl, thermoplastic elastomers, polylofins, chemicals, and garden hose. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Pawtucket, RI.

Star Plastics, Inc. is a company based in Ravenswood, WV. The company specializes in helping its customers rework their by-products through their recycling center, which converts recycled materials into usable assets. The company also creates custom compounded plastic materials to meet their customers' performance, property, and price requirements. Since 1988, Star Plastics has grown from a recycling company to one of the highest-quality producers of custom compounds. The company is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, making them a one-stop-shop for identifying their customers' material types and providing high-quality custom polymer compounding, material sourcing, tolling, blending, repackaging, and much more. Donald K. Wiseman has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Kauffman Fellows Ventures (Kauffman Fellows) is a venture capital subsidiary of Society of Kauffman Fellows founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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.

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.

Pinova Holdings, Inc. manufactures renewable specialty chemical products. The company was founded on October 28, 2009 and is headquartered in DE.

Nexus Circular provides advanced plastic recycling and pyrolysis oil in the USA. The private company is based in Atlanta, GA. The company's focus is on providing high-quality plastic recycling services. The company was founded in 2018 by Jeff Gold, Eric W. Hartz. Jodie Lyn Morgan has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Nexus Circular LLC is an American advanced recycling company that specializes in plastic recycling and pyrolysis oil. The company leverage technology, operations, and people to accelerates plastic recycling to benefit people, economies, and the environment. The company has the ability to convert 4/7 types of plastics and address 0%% of plastic waste. Jodie Lyn Morgan has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Earnest Young engages in the provision of accountancy, auditing, tax advice and management consulting services. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Muscat, Oman.

ESS, Inc. is a company that provides sustainable, long-duration energy storage solutions to accelerate decarbonization. The company is based in Wilsonville, OR. The company's technology uses earth-abundant iron, salt, and water to deliver environmentally safe solutions capable of providing up to 12 hours of flexible energy capacity for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications. ESS was founded in 2011 by Julia Song, Craig E. Evans. Eric P. Dresselhuys has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Dow Automotive supplies automotive spares. The firm's products include interior and exterior trim, instrument panels, glove boxes & airbag covers, body panels and knee bolsters. It also supplies products such as plastics, sealants, adhesives and engineered body systems to the automotive industry. The company is headquartered in Auburn Hills, MI.

ZeroBase Energy LLC develops renewable and hybrid distributed power products. It specializes in remote off-grid systems that deliver power to some of the most rugged locations on the planet. The company was founded by Henry Gentenaar and Zachary Lyman in 2009 and is headquartered in Ferndale, MI.

Dow Building Solutions LLC delivers products and solutions to builders and home buyers. The company is headquartered in Midland, MI.

Sirrus, Inc. provides adhesives, sealants, coatings and resin solutions. Its product Nexabond 2500 wood adhesive is used by forcabinetry and millwork professionals. The firm advances manufacturing technology through chemistry relating to the synthesis, stabilization, activation and formulation of a unique and reactive class of monomers commonly known as methylene malonates. The company was founded by Adam Malofsky, Bernard Miles Malofsky and Steve Levin in 2009 and is headquartered in Loveland, OH.

Ecovia Renewables, Inc. develops and markets bio-based and biodegradable polymers. It offers Ecovia biopolymers, AzuraGel and Azurabase. The company was founded by Jeremy Minty, Drew Hertig and Xiaoxia Lin in 2014 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Spotnik Mobile, Inc. provides wireless Internet services to cellular telephone users using Wi-Fi wireless technology. Its clients include transportation facilities, hotels, conference centers, commercial properties, and cafés. The company was founded in August 2001 by Mark Wolinsky and McCaig Murray and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Upstream Telecommunications & Software Systems SA operates a commerce platform that engages in the provision of mobile marketing services for mobile operators, M-commerce, developers, service providers, and publishers. It offers insights, and mobile solutions. The firm also offers direct marketing and mobile customer billing services. The company was founded by Alex Vratskides and Marco Veremis in 2001 and is headquartered in Gerakas, Greece.

Hydrostor, Inc. develops grid-scale energy storage using underwater compressed air. Its patent pending underwater compressed air electrical storage system. The company was founded by Cameron Lewis in 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund seeks investment opportunities in technology companies located in Canada, primarily in Ontario. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of advanced manufacturing, IT, communications, clean-tech and life sciences. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging up to $0.5 million.

ParityGo, Inc. operates an AI-influenced building HVAC control and analytics platform. It leverages intelligent software to guarantee minimal energy waste by matching supply and demand of gas, electricity and water using real-time data and automation for dynamic control of mechanical HVAC equipment. The company was founded by Brad Pilgrim in 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.