Nick Arnold

Part of O-I Glass, Inc., SeaGate, Inc. is a company that specializes in glass containers. The company is based in Shrewsbury, MA.

TechnoCom Corp. provides products and services to enable wireless location solutions for enterprises, wireless carriers, and service providers. It provides cross-carrier platform for local, hyper-local and context-aware application development. It serves the call centers, roadside assistance, transportation, MRM, proximity marketing, financial services, mobile gaming and information technology security industries. The company was founded by Khaled Dessouky, Mario Proietti and Masoud Motamedi in 1995 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Jacket Micro Devices, Inc. designed, manufactured and assembled a range of modules, components, filters and microelectronic packages for the wireless, semiconductor, and specialty product markets. The company was founded in 2002 and was headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Invistics Corp. is a holding company. It provides consulting services and supporting software solutions. It offers supply chain visibility, optimize inventory and improve customer service solutions. The company was founded by Tom Knight in 1999 and is headquartered in Peachtree Corners, GA.

Bright View Technologies Corp. develops and manufactures plastic and nonwoven optical films. The company was founded by David Reed and Edward Fadel in 2002 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Clarabridge, Inc. provides intelligent customer experience management solutions. It enables businesses to intelligently listen to, analyze, operationalie, and measure multi-source customer feedback through intelligent sentiment and text analytics. The company enables organizations to create a universal understanding of its customers, partners, and employees; make actionable business decisions with measurable ROI; and collaborate on those decisions both internally with stakeholders and externally with customers. Its products include CX Analytics, CX Social and CX Survey. The company was founded by Siddhartha Banerjee, Nithi Vivatrat, Gene S. Sohn and Justin Langseth in 2005 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Semprius, Inc. develops transfer printing technology for manufacturing semiconductor devices. Its products include photovoltaic solar modules. The company was founded by George M. Whitesides, Etienne Menard, Ralph G. Nuzzo and John A. Rogers in 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

EvoApp, Inc. provides data analysis services. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was founded by Joseph Davy, Joseph P. Davy.

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.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Research Triangle Institute is a non-profit organization which provides research and development services. It offers surveys and data collection, statistics and data science, assessment and analysis, program design and implementation, and research technologies and analytical laboratory. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Intersouth Partners (Intersouth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1985 by Dennis Dougherty and Roy Rodwell. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Overture Networks, Inc. provides virtualization solutions to carrier-class service providers.The company was founded by Prayson Pate and Jeffrey W. Reedy in September 6, 2000 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Covelight Systems, Inc. provides marketing application security and fraud detection solutions. Its patent-pending solutions deliver actionable intelligence in the form of real-time incident detection and notification. The company was founded by David Logan in 2003 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

WisdomTools Enterprises, Inc. designs and develops interactive learning applications. It develops products for workforce training including e-learning, training applications, and context-based information management and performance-enhancement software. The company was founded in 1999 by Sonny E. Kirkley and Chris Borland and is headquartered in Bloomington, IN.

500 Startups Management Co LLC (500 Startups) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Dave McClure and Christine Tsai. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Florida Venture Forum, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which provides educational and networking opportunities for Florida-based entrepreneurs and private companies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Part of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Booz Allen Hamilton International, Inc. provides management consultancy services.

Biosynthetic Technologies, Inc. manufactures biobased synthetic molecules from organic fatty acids found in plant oils. It offers biosynthetic base oil, passenger car motor oil and cocoestolide. The company is founded by Jakob Bredsguard in 2004 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

CAI Software LLC engages in the delivery of on-demand enterprise resource planning and management systems, software, network integration and business consulting services to market companies in the building materials, food processing, precious metals and discrete manufacturing distribution industries. The company was founded by James H. McCooey in 1978 and is headquartered in Smithfield, RI.

PowerTech Water, Inc., through its platform electramet, provides an automated, cost-efficient, and user-friendly solution for delivering clean water to industrial customers. The company is based in Lexington, KY. The platform removes and recovers metals from water with 99% selectivity, turning a waste stream into a valuable resource. Electramet is an ideal wastewater solution for electroplating, metal finishing, semi-conductor, and electronics manufacturing, among others. The company was founded by Cameron Lippert and James Landon. The CEO is Keith G. Jacobs.

Loris, Inc. provides industrial lighting, security, Wi-Fi, and progress tracking through their beacon light towers. The company is based in San Francisco, CA, and the CEO of the company is Michael Filippakis. These beacons use significantly less energy than traditional LED string lights and can be dimmed or turned off during scheduled off hours. Each beacon lasts up to 85-170 hours before needing to be recharged. Loris beacons can be used in conjunction with traditional string lights, and they can withstand harsh conditions such as rain, snow, dust, and heat.

Pretred, Inc. produces recycled rubber barriers and barricades that are made from 95% waste tires. The company is based in Lakewood, CO. These products are an eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to concrete barriers. By using one mile of these barriers, 1.5 million pounds of waste tires can be diverted from landfills or incineration. The CEO of the company is Eric A. Davis.

Biosynthetic Technologies LLC is a company based in Indianapolis, IN. The company specializes in manufacturing a new class of biobased synthetic compounds called estolides, which are made from organic fatty acids found in various bio-derived oils. The company offers a range of products including food grade, industrial, marine, metalworking, personal care, and more. Biosynthetic Technologies is committed to sustainability and social responsibility and holds appropriate certifications and registrations to ensure their products are compliant with national and international requirements. Mark Miller has been the CEO of the company since 2018.