Ben Pothast

NanoInk, Inc. is an emerging growth technology company specializing in nanometer-scale manufacturing and applications development for the life sciences, engineering, pharmaceutical, and education industries. Using Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®), a patented and proprietary nanofabrication technology, scientists are enabled to rapidly and easily create micro-and nanoscale structures from a variety of materials on a range of substrates. This low cost, easy to use and scalable technique brings sophisticated nanofabrication to the laboratory desktop. Headquartered in the Illinois Science + Technology Park, north of Chicago, NanoInk currently has over 250 patents and applications filed worldwide and licensing agreements with Northwestern University, Stanford University, University of Strathclyde, University of Liverpool, California Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

OVATION Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals. It focuses on central nervous system, hematology or oncology and hospital-based therapies. The company was founded by Jeffrey S. Aronin in 2000 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Akorn, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of generic and prescription pharmaceuticals, and animal and consumer health products. It manufactures and markets branded and generic products including ophthalmic, injectable, oral liquids, topical, inhalants, and nasal sprays. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, IL.

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.