Jim Ford

True North Management Partners LLC (True North Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Michael Ahearn, Matt Scott Ahearn and Eugene J. Huang. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

SunBorne Energy Technologies, Inc. owns, develops, and manages solar energy facilities. The company was founded by Ram Chereddy and Hemant Taneja in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

BDT Capital Partners LLC (BDT Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of BDT & MSD Partners LLC founded in 2009 by Bryan Trott. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

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

GE Water & Process Technologies Co provides wastewater treatment and process systems solutions. Its offers anaerobic technology, dust control, hydrocarbon treatment, reverse osmosis, upstream oil and gas chemicals, analytical instruments, membrane chemicals, sanitizers, waste water treatment, boiler water, ultafiltration and membrane bioreactors and related services. The company is headquartered in Trevose, PA.

Synata Bio, Inc. provides services related to energy industry. The company is headquartered in Warrenville, IL.

AquaHydrex, Inc. provides renewable energy services. The company is based in Louisville, CO. The company was founded in 2012. The CEO is Steven D. Kloos.