Jean-Pierre Hill

Vinventions USA LLC manufactures synthetic wine closures. The firm offers co-extruded synthetic wine closures and analyzers for winemakers, wine industry professionals, and consumers. Its closures provide consistent, predictable oxygen management and protect against off-flavors due to oxidation, reduction or cork taint. The company was founded by Gert Noël in 1999 and is headquartered in Zebulon, NC.

Center for Creative Leadership is a non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of leadership and management training services. Its products include facilitator certification, assessments, digital learning, and books and tools. The company was founded by H. Smith Richardson in 1970 and is headquartered in Greensboro, NC.

Part of Vinventions LLC, Vinventions SA is a Belgian company that offers a comprehensive range of wine lock solutions for the still and sparkling wine industry. The company is based in Thimister-Clermont, Belgium. The company provides a full range of WQS tools and services to optimize winemaking, bottling, and wine preservation. The company was founded in 2001. Denis van Roey has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Acorn Innovestments LLC (Acorn Innovestments) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

PlotWatt, Inc. provides personalized smart meter data analysis to reduce energy bills. The firm offers a platform for analyzing real-time electricity data. Its cloud-based algorithms analyze smart meter data to figure out appliance level energy cost without monitoring the individual appliances. The company was founded by Lucas Fishback and John Cunningham in 2008 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

bioMASON, Inc. operates as a biotechnology manufacturing company that serves the building and construction industry. It offers concrete, glass, steel, and wood. The company was founded by Ginger Krieg Dosier in 2012 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Tethis IP Holding Co. LLC provides technology services. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

ndustrial.io Inc. provides energy management system and industrial internet services. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Customer Vineyard operates as a wine shop. The company was founded Mary Jo Dale and Joel Miller and is headquartered in Healdsburg, CA.