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Gen-Probe, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. It also develops and manufactures the PROCLEIX assays, which are used to detect human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus, the hepatitis B virus, and the West Nile virus in donated human blood. The firm's clinical diagnostics products include APTIMA family of assays, which are used to detect the common STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea. Gen-Probe was founded by Thomas H. Adams and David E. Kohne in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Lucigen Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of biomedical research products and services. The firm offers products for array-based analysis; cloning kits and vectors; competent cells; enzymes; in vitro transcription; next gen sequencing (NGS); nucleic acid extraction and purification; PCR and amplification; protein expression; and transposon mutagenesis. It also provides NGS and custom competent cell services. The company was founded by David Mead and Thomas W. Schoenfeld in 1998 and is headquartered in Middleton, WI.

TechStar, Inc. manufactures various electronic components such as semiconductors, optoelectronics, photovoltaic cells and modules, solar cells, and modules for space applications. The private company is based in Phoenix, AZ.

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP provides legal services. It offer banking and financial services, corporate and transactional, energy law, intellectual property, and real estate services. It serves to the advanced manufacturing, food and beverage, agribusiness, higher education and energy industries. The company was founded by Michael Best in 1848 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

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

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provides nuclear testing services. The Laboratory's security needs include countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and strengthening homeland security against the terrorist use of such weapons. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

Wisconsin Technology Council provides science and technology advisory services to the Governor and the Legislature. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Direct Supply, Inc. offers a wide range of products and equipment specifically designed for senior living communities. The private company is based in Milwaukee, WI and were founded in 1985 by Bob Hillis, who has been the CEO since then. The company provides innovative solutions to improve healthcare operations and outcomes, including care automation using DS smart to capture, protect, and connect data to an EMR. The company has been in operation for over 30 years and offers unparalleled procurement cost savings, supply chain optimization, and contract compliance. Direct Supply also provides design and construction planning services for senior living and healthcare settings.

Golden Angels Investors LLC (Golden Angels Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Timothy J Keane. The firm is headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

NeoClone Biotechnology International LLC engages in the production and supply of monoclonal antibody products. The firm offers antibodies to bacterial transcription proteins, RNA polymerase II, bacterial toxins, eukaryotic transcription proteins, neural proteins, cancer proteins, cardiac biomarkers, and interferon gamma, as well as offers cancer antibodies and Softag products. It provides contract monoclonal antibodies for companies and individual researchers, as well as for university and industry researchers. The company was founded in 1999 by Mark Jackson, Donal Kaehler, David Largaspaeda and Deven McGlenn and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

SGI, Inc. wholesales lumber and metal products. Its products include metals service center vertical machining center, metal milling machines, specialized or miscellaneous metal cutting machines, metal cutting machinery and accessories, metal grinding machines, metal cutting machines, metal cutting tools, metal deburring machines. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN.

Symphony Corp. provides technology solutions and managed services. The firm offers enterprise resource planning (ERP) maintenance and support, ERP business transformation, integration of clinical applications and ERP systems, and application development. The company was founded by Ravi K. Kalla in 1997 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Vilas Capital Management LLC (VCM) is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by John C. Thompson in 2010. VCM serves as the General Partner to the Vilas Fund LP, a long/short equity fund.

Part of Evason Investment LLC, Windermere Wealth Advisors LLC is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in Waukesha, WI.

Cultivation Capital LLC (Cultivation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Brian Matthews, Cliff Holekamp, Jim McKelvey, Kyle Welborn, and Peter Esparrago. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

PinPoint Software, Inc. develops expiration date management software. Its solutions include Date Check Pro and Taskle. The company was founded by Andrew Hoeft and Andrew Shell and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. develops businesses choosing to startup, relocate or add operations in Wisconsin. It provides assistance for investors, entrepreneurs, business growth, exporting and community development. The company is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Symphony Alpha Ventures LLC (Symphony Alpha Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Symphony Corporation founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

TAI Diagnostics, Inc. provides biotechnology services. It focuses on developing innovative diagnostic tests for monitoring the health of transplanted organs. The company was founded by Aoy Tomita-Mitchell and Michael E. Mitchell in 2015 and is headquartered in Wauwatosa, WI.

Stem Pharm, Inc. is a neurological drug discovery platform company that uses a human-first approach to develop the next-generation of neurologic drugs. The company is based in Madison, WI, a hub for innovative stem cell and biosciences research. The company's proprietary drug discovery platform is based on human 3D neuro-immune organoids that feature microglia and model neuroinflammation, which play a critical role in many neurological diseases. Stem Pharm applies this platform to discover and validate disease targets and therapeutics for its internal programs in epilepsy, neurodegeneration, and brain cancer as well as for its biopharma partners' therapeutic programs. The company was founded in 2015 by William L. Murphy, Connie Lebakken, and the CEO is Steven R. Visuri.

Local Media Consortium, Inc. is an organization that partners with almost 90 local media companies in major markets across the United States and Canada. The private company is based in Clayton, NC. The company's goal is to provide economic value through these partnerships, which include over 3,300 outlets. Fran Wills has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Gray Oncology Solutions is a Canadian healthcare enterprise software company that provides cancer centers with an operating system called GrayOS. The company is based in Ottawa, Canada, and has partnerships with The Ottawa Hospital and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. This system automates and optimizes cancer center operations, allowing for comprehensive care with the highest efficiency. GrayOS uses operations research to optimize, automate, and orchestrate care trajectories. Gray Oncology Solutions was founded by Louis-Martin Rousseau, Marc-Andre Renaud, Jan Seuntjens, Andre Diamant, and Nadia Lahrichi, with Andre Diamant serving as CEO since incorporation.

Jitsu, Inc. is a company that offers a unique solution to SQL query processing. The company is based in Los Gatos, CA and was founded by Vikram Joshi. The company's AI/ML powered relational compute engine, coupled with the industry's first database hypervisor, allows for virtualization of SQL workloads, increasing consolidation and reducing cloud costs while meeting enterprise grade SLAs.

HighFive Dental LLC provides dental care services. The company is based in Birmingham, AL. The company was founded in 2018 by Melvin Oakley, Chad Trull. Chad Trull has been the CEO since 2018.

HealthX Management LLC (HealthX Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Mark E. Bakken. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.