Yingchao Alex Yu

Intellihot, Inc. manufactures tankless water heater systems for residential and commercial applications. Its system incorporates advanced control logic, sensors, remote monitoring, self-cleaning and self-learning capabilities, which combined with other patent-pending features enable instant and continuous hot water. The firm offers water heater systems in various models for installation in homes, salons, schools, federal facilities, apartments, offices, car washes, restaurants and hospitals. The company was founded by Sridhar Deivasigamani and Sivaprasad Akasam in 2009 and is headquartered in Galesburg, IL.

HRL Laboratories LLC provides information technology, engineering and research and development services for automotive, aerospace and defense applications. The firm also offers foundry services, integrated circuits, and machine shop services. The company was founded by Howard Hughes in 1948 and is headquartered in Malibu, CA.

VIMAC Ventures LLC (VIMAC Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Updata Management LLC (Updata Partners) is a venture capital/private equity firm founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Washington, Columbia.

Dean & Co. provides consulting and investment services. The firm enables its clients to improve operational effectiveness, develop pricing strategies and introduce new products. The company was founded by Dean L. Wilde II and Dean R. Silverman in 1993 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

Everest Software, Inc. develops business management software solutions. It offers Everest Version 6 which integrates business operations, including accounting, inventory management, marketing, sales, return merchandise authorizations (RMAs), point of sale, shipping, and receiving, as well as customer relationship management. Its services include standard and custom extension, and integrations. The company was founded by Bijal Mehta, Ali Jani and Sanjay Mahesh Shah in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

American Aerogel Corp. develops and manufactures aerogel-based insulation products. It provides cold-chain design, implementation, and shipping services. The company was founded by Robert S. Mendenhall, Dennis Young, and Greg R. Andrews in 2013 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

intelligent fluids GmbH develops industrial cleaning fluids and foams. Its product range encompasses cleaning, medical, and functional cosmetic fluids and tools. The firm’s application areas include active agent transport, material separation, and surface modification. The company was founded by Dirk Schumann and Rainer Surkow on May 8, 2006 and is headquartered in Leipzig, Germany.

Wave Equity Partners LLC (Wave Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Praveen Sahay, Mark Robinson and Haskell Crocker. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

WindESCO, Inc. develops technology software that helps improve performance of large-scale wind farms. It specializes in wind turbines, wind energy, IoT and performance improvement. The company was founded by Mohit Dua and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

CHASM Advanced Materials, Inc. develops and manufactures printed electronics materials and battery materials based on proprietary carbon nanotube and ink/coating technologies. Its solutions include touch sensors and smart surfaces, RF energy redirection, printed antennas, electrochemical sensors, and transparent heaters. The company was founded by David J. Arthur and Robert F. Praino Jr. in 2015 and is headquartered in Canton, MA.

Novolyze SAS is a company founded in 2012 by Arnaud Valembois and based in France. The French company specializes in hard tech and manufacturing, offering application-driven, tech-enabled solutions to activate a groundbreaking, holistic approach to food safety and quality. Novolyze enables the world's largest food production companies to reduce redundancies and increase efficiencies by digitalizing food safety and quality processes. Its patented solutions offer a holistic view of process control, sanitation control, and other food safety and quality processes that can benefit from dynamic monitoring and traceability. Novolyze solutions can also help companies with sustainability initiatives by providing a roadmap for decreasing energy and water use, thereby shrinking a company's carbon footprint.

Carbon Clean Solutions Ltd. design, deploy and develops carbon capture technology. Its applications include carbon capture and storage, industrial CO2 capture and utilization, and CO2 Treating. The firms licensed process consists of CDRMax and CarbEx-BG. The company was founded by Aniruddha Sharma and Prateek Bumb in 2009 and is headquartered in Reading, the United Kingdom.

Lionano SE, Inc. engages in the manufacture of battery. The company is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

MayMaan Research, Inc. is an American company that specializes in researching and developing alternative energy engine solutions for the automotive industry. The CEO of the company is Doron Shmueli.