Bryon K. Bequette

Qumu, Inc. provides video solutions to corporations, universities and other education institutions, and government. Its products allow organizations to easily create, manage, publish and distribute live and on-demand video content while integrating the video with other media. The company was founded by Rod Bacon in 2002 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Wound Care Technologies, Inc. develops wound care products. It offers DermaClose, used as alternative to skin grafts and other treatment modalities such as negative pressure wound therapy. The company was founded by Paul J. Anderson, Robert C. Wilke, and George M. Hoedeman in 2004 and is headquartered in Chanhassen, MN.

Access Genetics LLC engages in the personalized diagnostics business offering testing from DNA. The firm provides DNA DrugMap, a salivary DNA tests to personalize prescription and dosing decisions, and OralDNA Labs, which helps medical and dental professionals and their patients use salivary diagnostics to obtain evidence about periodontal disease and oral HPV allowing diagnosis and treatment. It develops and supports physician in-office, commercial, and hospital laboratories through PartnerLab program featuring cloud-based TeleGene software and LabKit materials. The company was founded in June 2001 by Ronald C. McGlennen and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Marketing Bridge LLC provides Web development and e-commerce engineering services. The company is headquartered in Edina, MN.

Code42 Software, Inc. engages in the development of data protection and backup software solutions. It offers employee departure, high value data leak, mergers and acquisitions, back up and recovery. The company was founded by Mitch Coopet, Brian Bispala and Matthew Dornquast in 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Wayne Brown Institute provides educational and training programs for entrepreneurs. The company was founded by Wayne Brown in 1983 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Exxeno LLC provides cloud based Software-as-a-Service monitoring and analysis solutions. The firm offers exxaminer and analytxx. The company was founded by George Andrews, Chris Kahler, and Tim Teckman in 2014 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

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.

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of video and radar image processing products used in traffic applications such as intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, and traffic data collection. It operates through the Intersection and Highway business segments. The Intersection segment comprises sale of machine-vision product line, video products, international products, and royalties. The Highway segment consists of radar product lines sold domestically and internationally. The company was founded by Panos G. Michalopoulos on December 20, 1984 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

The Hogan Co. provides investment advisory services. The private company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The CEO of the company is William E. Hogan.

MagnaLynx, Inc. develops serial chip-to-chip interfaces. The company was founded by Scott Irwin in 2003 and is headquartered in Ames, IA.

Vital Images, Inc. provides visualization and image analysis solutions for medical professionals in clinical analysis and therapy planning . It offers software, customer education, software maintenance and support, professional services, and third-party hardware. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Wind Energy America, Inc. is a wind energy company focused on the renewable resource of wind energy. It holds interest in the wind power segment of the renewable energy industry. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Revation Systems, Inc. develops secure unified communication applications. The firm's customers include banks and credit unions, government agencies, large hospital systems, independent healthcare providers, and online retailers. The company was founded by Perry Price and Mark Pietras in 2003 and is headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

Rapid Diagnostek, Inc. develops sensor appropriate for detecting bacteria, viruses, spores and disease biomarkers. Its products include test cartridge, instrument and assays. The company was founded in 1986 by Richard A. Van Deusen and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Avenet LLC provides web site creation and content management solutions. It develops web solutions to meet the needs of targeted markets, including government, health care, education and nonprofit organizations. The company was founded in 1999 by Paul Rexford Thatcher Sr., Michael A. Norton and Eric A. Johnson, Andrew F. Nelson and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Catholic Community Foundation operates as a community foundation that stewards the financial resources of Catholic individuals, families, parishes and institutions. The firm supports and facilitates passion for giving to the organizations that serve community of faith. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Highland Bancshares, Inc. operates as a bank holding company. The company is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Plain Sight Systems, Inc. develops digital data collection and management solutions. The company is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., RocketChips, Inc. develops ultra-high-speed CMOS mixed-signal transceivers serving the networking, wireless, and wired telecommunications. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. RocketChips was acquired by Xilinx, Inc., part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. from February 15, 2022 on November 10, 2000 for $227.39 million.

Part of Nokia Oyj, NetStar, Inc. is the largest provider of OEM website categorization technology and intelligence. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company offers internet categorization and filtering solutions for the OEM market, with comprehensive coverage and partner support. NetStar's Incompass technology has been embedded into the leading URL and IP address categorization and reputation scoring solution in the OEM space since 2001. The company was founded by Duane S. Carlson. NetStar was acquired by Ascend Communications, Inc. on August 15, 1996 for $231.31 million.

Founded in 1985, Perkins Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in Wayzata, Michigan. The firm provides investment advice to the following types of clients: individuals; IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs & SEP accounts; trusts; estates; charitable organizations; corporations and other business entities; employee benefit plans (e.g. pension and profit sharing plans). They also provide investment advisory services to the Perkins Discovery Fund, a registered mutual fund, as well as Pyramid Partners LP, a Minnesota Limited Partnership.

Dartfish SA develops and provides performance enhancing sports video training applications. It provides sports video training applications & televised broadcast footage. The firm develops SimulCam and StroMotion video processing technologies, which are used to highlight athletic movements. Its products include Dartfish TeamPro, Suite, Connect Plus, Live, Connect, and Classroom. The company was founded by Jean-Marie Ayer, Victor Bergonzoli, and Serge Ayer in 1999 and is headquartered in Fribourg, Switzerland.

Mercy Corps provides emergency relief and economic support services. The company makes a real impact in the lives of families in the world’s toughest places. The company was founded by Daninel W. O'Neill and Ellsworth Culver in November 1979 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.