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CONNECT creates and scales companies in the technology and life sciences sectors. It creates an environment in which entrepreneurs and C-suite executives have access to the people, capital, and technology resources. The organization was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

GREAT NORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (Great North Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ryan J Weber, Robert J Weber and James DonFrancesco. The firm is headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Peanut Butter, Inc. administers student loan assistance programs. It develops a platform to help companies companies create, manage, and track the impact of loan repayment plans. The firm offers benchmarking, plan design and analysis; enrollment, loan verification and support; payment management and reporting; refinancing marketplace; debt counseling; and advice and insights. The company was founded by Dave Aronson and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Good Growth Capital Management LLC (Good Growth Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Capital A Partners LLC founded in 2017 by Amy Salzhauer and Maureen Stancik Boyce. The firm is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

Deloitte LLP provides audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services. Its services include advisory, audit, consulting, human capital, mergers and acquisitions, operations, regulatory, risk and resilience, strategy, tax and technology. The firm serves in financial services, manufacturing, real estate, technology, media, life science and consumer business industries. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Benbria Corp. develops broadcasting software solutions. It operates as a communications and operational change solution to national retail, restaurant and hotel brands to prevent or resolve issues, streamline operations and enhance the customer experience. The firm products include Loop and BlazwCast. The company was founded by Ronald Richardson, Alicia Liu and Mason Du in 2007 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

The Institute of Directors (United Kingdom) is a community of passionate UK business leaders. The non-profit company is based in Birmingham, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The British company provides professional training opportunities and access to essential help and resources for its members. The CEO of the company is Stephen Martin.

Groundbreaker Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of a real estate fundraising and crowd funding platform. It enables real estate entrepreneurs to leverage their social networks. The company was founded by Stefano D’Aniello, Ed Cravo, and Jake Marmulstein and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Alation, Inc. engages in the development of an enterprise data accessibility platform. It offers collaborative analytics, data search and discovery, and data governance solutions. The company was founded by Satyen Sangani, Venkatesh Ganti, Feng Niu, and Aaron Kalb in 2012 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Platform.sh SAS develops an eCommerce software solution for websites built on Drupal. Its software technology, an integrating commerce, content and community to create engaging website experiences that bring e-retailers more traffic to drive more commerce. The company was founded by Ryan Szrama and Frederic Plais in 2009 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

ILOG SA develops enterprise software solutions and provides computer programming services. The company's business rule management systems include ILOG JRules for Java comprising rule team server, rule studio, rule execution server, and rule scenario manager. Its optimization-based decision tools and applications include ILOG CPLEX, ILOG CP, ILOG OPL-CPLEX. The firms software is used in the manufacturing, financial services, aerospace transportation, communications, public, and defense sectors. ILOG was founded on March 25, 1987 by Pierre Haren and is headquartered in Gentilly, France.

Inhabitr, Inc. engages in provision of furniture rental. It offers furniture sets, bedroom, living room, dining, and home office. The company was founded by Ankur Agrawal and Pratiksha Agrawal and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Niche Interactive Media, Inc. provides SaaS solutions for organizations. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Impact Hub Houston is a charitable organization that provides support and social entrepreneurial solutions to early-stage startups. The non-profit company is based in Houston, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Michelle Avalos, Grace Rodriguez, and Shiroy Aspandiar. Grace Rodriguez has been the CEO since incorporation.

1Flourish Capital LLC (1Flourish Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by David A. Lane, Reid Rutherford, Skip Vaccarello and Andrew Miller. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

BringChange Labs India Pvt Ltd operates as an AI-driven social-emotional learning platform.

KoreConX, Inc. is a software company. It is a secure and permissioned block chain infrastructure and ecosystem for fully compliant issuance, trading, clearing, settlement, management, reporting and corporate actions for digital securities worldwide. The company was founded by Oscar Jofre and Jason Futko and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Inveniam Capital Partners LLC engages in the provision and development of digital financial instruments. It offers a software as a service (SaaS) technology platform, which assists financial professionals to digitize securities utilizing the block chain technology to model securities as data, not code. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Accenture Plc, eLogic Group LLC is a company that provides IT consulting and SaaS services. The company is based in West Henrietta, NY. The company was founded by Michael Shields. Kris Shields has been the CEO of the company since 2012. eLogic Group was acquired by Avanade, Inc. on September 28, 2022.

Enterpreneur Circle Org provides marketing services. The British company was founded by Richard Swart.

Part of EFactor Group Corp., The E-Factor Corp. is a company that specializes in an online platform called efactor.com. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The platform is designed to connect entrepreneurs with resources and opportunities to help grow their businesses. The company was founded in 2007 by Roeland Reinders, Marion Freijsen, Adriaan Reinders. Adriaan Reinders has been the CEO since 2007. The E-Factor was acquired by EFactor Group Corp. on February 11, 2013 for $0.50 million.

Beuerlein TB Verwaltungs GmbH provides administrative and management services. The private company is based in Marktbreit, Germany. The German company was founded in 1994 by Jonathan Ozeran.

The Crowdfunding Professional Association is an organization that focuses on the practice of crowdfunding, which involves raising small amounts of money from a large number of people through internet campaigns. The private company is based in New York, NY and was founded by Richard Swart. Crowdfunding has become a popular financing option for startups and is now considered an integral part of venture capital financing.

Crowdsmart, Inc. operates as an alternative investment manager. The company was founded by Fred Campbell, Thomas Kehler, Markus Guehrs, and Kim Polese in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Outlines Venture Management Services is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Gillian Muessig. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Part of FormCap Corp., Tempus, Inc. is a company that produces bottled beverages. The company is based in Sarasota, FL. The company was founded by Andrew P. Mazar. The CEO is Mauricio Naranjo Gonzalez. Tempus was acquired by FormCap Corp. on May 12, 2000.

Recsolu, Inc. provides software-as-a-service solutions for recruiting college talent. Its platform automates key choke points in the recruiting process, including collecting candidate information and resumes, marketing job openings to prospective hires, scheduling and conducting interviews, aggregating and sharing evaluations. The firm provides event-based recruiting space, with a mobile solution that allows employers to seamlessly manage the entire process of recruiting talent from colleges and universities. The company was founded by Dan Bartfield and Jason Weingarten on August 1, 2008 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Bitewell, Inc. is a healthy food marketplace that was founded in 2020. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The company works directly with employers to provide food health benefits, reducing insurance premiums and improving health for users. Bitewell's platform utilizes food experts to make healthy eating simpler and smarter by applying a customized food health score to the foods users are eating. The company's digital food farmacy is a food-as-medicine care-extender platform that offers personalized, condition-based support that aligns with recommendations and advice. Bitewell's food-as-medicine marketplace makes the healthy choice, the easy choice - at mealtime and beyond. The company was founded by Samantha Citro Alexander and Chris Fanucchi. Chris Fanucchi has been the CEO since incorporation.

Sandalphon Capital LLC (Sandalphon Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jonathan Ellis. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

ILOG, Inc. It supplies business rule management systems, and optimization and visualization software components. The company The company was founded by Marc Fourrier and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.