Mark Slezak

Kionix, Inc. engages in the manufacture of inertial sensor. Its products include accelerometers, gyroscopes, 6-axis and 9-axis solutions, and sensor fusion. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Ithaca, NY.

Joint Juice, Inc. develops orthopedic sports medicine. It offers blueberry acai and cranberry-pomegranate. The company was founded in 1999 by Kevin Robert Stone and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

Nanosphere, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and market of molecular diagnostics platform. Its platform, Verigene System, enables clinicians to identify and treat bacteria and viruses responsible for some of the most complex, costly, and deadly infectious diseases. The company was founded by Chad A. Mirkin and Robert Letsinger on December 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

Inpria Corp. develops and manufactures semiconductor materials. The firm also develops solutions to support EUV lithography. The company was founded by Andrew Grenville, John Wager, and Douglas Keszler in 2007 and is headquartered in Corvallis, OR.

Lurie Holdings Inc (Lurie Holdings) is a venture capital subsidiary of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Family Foundation founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

JSR Micro, Inc. is a private company that specializes in materials innovation. It is based in Sunnyvale, CA. JSR Micro is ultimately controlled by the Government of Japan. The company was founded in 1990.