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Stratasys, Inc. manufactures rapid prototyping systems. It provides three-dimensional printers and 3D production systems for the office-based rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing automotive, aerospace, industrial, recreational, electronic, medical, consumer products OEM and education markets. The company was founded by S. Scott Crump and Lisa H. Crump in 1989 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

3M Purification, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets filtration products. It offers integrated filtration solutions for the purification of liquids and gases. The firm offers electronics, industrial fluid purification, commercial water systems and residential water solutions. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Meriden, CT.

Helion Energy, Inc. manufactures power generation technology. It develops power plants that would produce electricity by running a nuclear-fusion reaction whereby atoms merge at extremely high temperatures. The company was founded by David Kirtley, John Slough, Chris Pihl and George Votroubek in 2009 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Irell & Manella LLP provides legal services. It serves litigation, real estate, insurance, debt finance, mergers and acquisitions, tax, private and public companies, entrepreneurs, environment, and other business sector. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Kodak Ltd. develops photographic, synthetic chemicals and photographic films. The company products include digital cameras, software, printers, accessories and picture CDs. Kodak is headquartered in Hemel Hempstead, UK.

Planet Labs, Inc. operates earth-imaging satellites. The firm offers its imaging services for logistics, site development, crop monitoring, urbanization, natural resources, and asset management applications. The company was founded by William S. Marshall, Robert H. Schingler, Jr. and Christopher R. Boshuizen in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Milliken & Co., Inc. provides chemical, floor covering and performance materials. Its products include carpet cleaner recall, chemicals, protective fabrics, industrial and specialty textiles and composites. The company was founded by Seth Milliken and William Deering in 1865 and is headquartered in Spartanburg, SC.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Ethicon, Inc. develops and markets medical products and devices for surgery. It offers different types of services such as wound management, women's health, and cardiovascular surgery. The company was founded by George F. Merson in 1915 and is headquartered in Somerville, NJ.

Estée Lauder, Inc. provides cosmetics and skin care products. It offers skin care products include moisturizers, creams, lotions, cleansers, sun screens and self-tanning products for women and men. The firm offers fragrance products for women and men, including eau de perfume sprays and colognes, lotions, powders, creams and soaps that are based on a particular fragrance. The company was founded by Estée Lauder in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Inc. manufactures petrochemical products. The company is headquartered in Spring, TX.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation operates as a private, nonpartisan foundation that works in entrepreneurship and education to create uncommon solutions and connect people to the tools they need to shape their futures and be successful. It works with partners to encourage entrepreneurship across America and improve the education of children and youth. It works with educators and researchers nationwide to create awareness of economic impact of entrepreneurship. The company was founded by Ewing Marion Kauffman in 1966 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

LARTA Institute is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, CA that aims to foster science and technology innovation for a sustainable planet. LARTA Institute's innovation platform and ecosystem accelerate new science and technology from idea to sustainable enterprise by providing a unique combination of connections, resources, and funding. The organization has helped over 4,500 startups, and its alumni have raised more than $7 billion in external funding. LARTA Institute offers startup programs designed to accelerate the translation of new ideas into sustainable enterprises and is committed to supporting diverse startup founders. The organization was founded in 1993 as a regional technology alliance to stimulate economic development of technology-based enterprises and has since become a national partner for numerous federal government agencies.

CALSTART, Inc. is a non profit organization, which engages in the provision of transportation technologies solutions. It is a member-supported organization of firms, fleets, and agencies that supports growing high-tech, clean transportation industry that cleans the air and reduces global warming emissions. The firm activities include technology development and demonstration; assessment and validation; market acceleration; public policy; and member support. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Capricorn Investment Group LLC operates as an investment management firm. The firm provides services to foundations, endowments, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, private equity, and real assets markets. The company was founded by Ion Yadigaroglu and Jeffrey E. Skoll in 2000 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Stonybrook Technology & Applied Research, Inc. provides research and development of biomedical products. It has created a biomedical membrane that can be used inside the body to prevent adhesions, to administer antibiotics, painkillers and genetic therapies and to assist in tissue engineering. The company was founded by Dufei Fang, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Benjamin Chu in 2002 and is headquartered in Stony Brook, NY.

Encell Technology, Inc. provides battery storage and management systems. It designs, develops, and manufactures battery management solutions to wireless communications, cloud computing, mobile technology, automotive, healthcare, and alternative energy segments. The company was founded by Robert Guyton in 2006 and is headquartered in Alachua, FL.^^ ^^

Education Frontiers operates learning centers.

Blue Planet Strategies LLC is a holding company, which engages in the provision of water treatment services. It also develops technology to extract copper from very low concentrations that were previously considered waste streams. The technology has the potential to possibly double the capacity and revenue of existing copper mines. The company was founded by Patrick I. James in 2009 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Hybrid Plastics, Inc. engages as a chemical manufacturer, research and development, and nanotechnology firm. It offers POSS nanostructured chemicals, flow and dispersion aids and thermoset resins for industrial use. The company was founded by Joe Lichtenhan and Joe Schwab in 1998 is headquartered in Hattiesburg, MS.

Silicon Valley Forum provides resources and information services to the startup and investment ecosystem. The non-profit company is based in San Jose, CA.

Saildrone, Inc. provides ocean data collected by a fleet of sailing drones. Its solutions include oceanography and climate, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. The company was founded by Richard Jenkins in 2011 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

Form Energy, Inc. produces renewable energy. It develops new class of ultra-low cost, long duration energy storage systems. The company was founded by Yet-Ming Chiang, Theodore A. Wiley, William Woodford, Mateo Cristian Jaramillo, and Marco Ferrara and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Part of Alphabet, Inc., Raxium, Inc. is a company that is on the cutting edge of bringing monolithic integration, the foundation underpinning Moore's Law, to microLEDs. The company is based in Fremont, CA. The company enables a new class of smaller and more powerful display products, ranging from augmented and virtual reality micro-displays to life-size panel-based light field arrays. The company was founded in 2017, and the CEO is Craig Peters. Raxium was acquired by Google LLC on May 04, 2022 for $1,000 million.

Summerbio LLC operates as a diagnostic company. It COVID-19 testing services. The company was founded by Sasha Seletsky, Dave Scheinman and Roy Feague and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

ElectraSteel, Inc. engages in electrifying and decarbonizing steelmaking through renewable energy. The company is based in Boulder, CO. The company was founded in 2020 by Quoc Pham and Sandeep Nijhawan. Sandeep Nijhawan has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Electric Hydrogen Co. manufactures and delivers powerful electrolyzers for critical industries to produce low-cost green hydrogen. The company is based in Los Altos, CA. The company's complete 100MW solution includes all system components required to turn water and electricity into green hydrogen. The company's advanced PEM technology helps critical industries achieve their climate objectives by making green hydrogen an economic inevitability. Electric Hydrogen has a team of nearly 300 people with offices in undisclosed locations. The company was founded in 2020 by David J. Eaglesham, Raffi Garabedian, and Paula Doran. Raffi Garabedian has been the CEO since incorporation.