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Saturna Capital Corp. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Bellingham, Washington. The firm was founded by Nicholas “Nick” Kaiser in 1989. Saturna Capital advises a variety of accounts divided between (1) investment management accounts for individuals, families, trusts, estates, corporations, and retirement plans and (2) pooled investment funds (mutual funds and private partnerships).

Tensility Venture Partners LLC (Tensility Venture Partner) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Armando Pauker and Wayne T. Boulais. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Naturally Chicago, Inc. operates programs, events, sponsorship, and membership organizations. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded by Jim Slama, Tony Olson, Brandon K. Barnholt, Bill Weiland.

Apex Venture Partners (Apex Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by James Johnson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Dormitus Brands LLC (Dormitus Brands) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinios.

Tech Coast Angels, Inc. (Tech Coast Angels) is an angel firm founded in 1997 by Luis Villalobos. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Avestria Ventures Management LLC (Avestria Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Linda M. Greub and Corinne H. Nevinny. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

LMNVC LLC (LMNVC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Corinne Nevinny, Margot Sherr Shapiro, and Linda Greub. The firm is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

Development Specialists, Inc. provides investment advice. The American company was founded in 1977 by Andy Hirschberg and Bill Brandt.

Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. provides real estate investment and management services. It specializes in commercial real estate services and investment management. The company was founded in 1783 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Wolverine Venture Fund, an evergreen fund, invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of Saas, Biotech, Health tech, biomedicine, advanced materials and other emerging technologies. It provides financing for seed and early-stage capital requirements with an investment size of USD 0.05 - 0.10 million. It acts as a lead investor and makes follow-on investments.

Romaine Empire, Inc. manufactures and sells salads and snacks. Its products include tarragon chicken salad half sandwich, half crunchy Thai, Caprese half sandwich, farmer's half, Greek, southwest, north Napa and blueberry mezze salads. The company was founded by Luke Saunders and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Bonafide Provisions LLC produces frozen bone broths and organic sauces. It offers organic chicken bone broth, organic beef bone broth, and organic soups with bone broth. The company was founded by Sharon Brown and Alexandra Rains in 2011 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Part of Ushio, Inc., Brass Roots Technologies LLC specializes in the design of advanced optics and electronics. The company is based in Allen, TX. The company was founded in 2009 by Frank Poradish. Brass Roots Technologies was acquired by Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. on May 16, 2022.

Algorithmia, Inc. designs and develops software solutions. It provides a marketplace that enables algorithm developer to explore, create, and share algorithms as a web services. The firm’s marketplace allows users to upload their code and make it available as a rest API for the world to use. The company was founded by Diego M. Oppenheimer and Kenneth F. Daniel in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

B3 Group, Inc. provides information technology services and support to customers in the private and public sectors. Its services include clinical, health and IT support. The company was founded by Brad Palmer in 2008 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

ADS Federal provides science and technology and engineering services. It specializes in unmanned air systems, c4isr, directed energy, austc, data management, engineering, system network and information technology services. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Acumen Solutions, Inc. provides enterprise cloud transformation services in business and technology for organizations, industry, and government worldwide. It offers cloud enablement, cloud CRM, cloud enterprise resource planning, on-demand analytics, and enterprise mobility solutions. The company was founded by David V. Joubran in 1999 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Dcode is an American company that connects the tech industry and government to drive commercial innovation in the federal market. The private company is based in Washington. The company helps emerging tech companies, federal agencies, and industry partners understand each other and work together to improve the government with better tech. Dcode has worked with more than 100 tech companies and hundreds of government organizations, generating more than 200 new implementations of commercial technology in government and millions in federal contracts. The company was founded by Megan Vorland, Meagan Metzger. Meagan Metzger has been the CEO since incorporation.

Diagnoss is an American company that provides support to healthcare providers in their electronic health record (EHR) tasks, allowing them to spend more quality time with their patients. The private company aims to address the issue of burnout among healthcare providers, with around 70% of them experiencing symptoms of burnout, often attributed to the cumbersome nature of EHRs. Diagnoss offers a product that helps alleviate this burden, allowing providers to focus on patient care.

Qubits Ventures Management Company LLC (Qubits Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Nardo Manaloto. The firm is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

Code Fellows Holdings, Inc. develops software solutions for programming skills. It focuses by giving career education where students get hand-on experience by applying trainings and building applications specializes in full-stack JavaScript, Python, or ASP.NET development. The company was founded by Andy Sack, Ivan Storck, Brad Bouse, William Little and Brook Riggio in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Prota Labs LLC (Prota Labs) is a venture capital firm co - founded in 2016 by Wilson Fong. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Underalls, Inc. retails apparels and accessories. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cure8 Ventures LLC (Cure8 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Genivity, Inc. provides health and wealth planning solutions for financial advisors to prepare clients for retirement and wealth transfer. The company was founded by Emily Chang, Heather Holmes and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Readout, Inc. is a biomarker research and manufacturing company. It offers Biosense for ketone testing. The company was founded by Matt Ratto and Timothy Vernon Ratto and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Bitewell, Inc. is a healthy food marketplace that was founded in 2020. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The company works directly with employers to provide food health benefits, reducing insurance premiums and improving health for users. Bitewell's platform utilizes food experts to make healthy eating simpler and smarter by applying a customized food health score to the foods users are eating. The company's digital food farmacy is a food-as-medicine care-extender platform that offers personalized, condition-based support that aligns with recommendations and advice. Bitewell's food-as-medicine marketplace makes the healthy choice, the easy choice - at mealtime and beyond. The company was founded by Samantha Citro Alexander and Chris Fanucchi. Chris Fanucchi has been the CEO since incorporation.

Part of CME Group, Inc., ICAP is a health leader situated at Columbia University. The company is based in New York, NY. The company has worked since 2003 with one central goal: to improve the health of families and communities.

Sensio, Inc. manufactures small kitchen appliances. The firm offers coffee and tea appliances including coffee makers, kettles, cup percolators, frothing and heating systems, and beverage systems. The company was founded in by Shae Hong in 2003 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

River West Brands LLC is an American company that manufactures and distributes hosiery products. The private company was founded by David Ruder and has been led by CEO Mark Thomann since 2005.