Edward Blair

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Houston Angel Network functions as an alternative investment manager. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

Technology & Entrepreneurship Center of Houston operates as a non-profit organization created to accelerate the growth of Houston’s innovation ecosystem. It aligns ecosystem support around strategic initiatives that are connecting, attracting, and promoting startups, investors, corporations, government, and universities. The company was founded in October 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Texas Halo Fund Management LLC (Texas Halo Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Andrew Clark and David Steakley. The firm is Headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Texas Lyceum promotes education for directors by identifying and exploring the interrelationships of major issues. The non-profit company is based in Dallas, TX.

The National Association of Women MBAs is a non-profit organization that aims to empower female business professionals.

7 Hills Pharma LLC is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company based in Houston, TX. The private company is developing first-in-concept integrin activators to augment immunotherapies for the treatment of drug-resistant solid tumors and infectious diseases. The lead compound, 7HP349, is an oral VLA-4/LFA-1 allosteric activator that will be in phase I testing for PD-1 refractory solid tumors and geriatric influenza. The company's compounds are expected to augment antigen presentation and immune priming to facilitate a productive immune response against a variety of antigens. 7 Hills Pharma is managed by an experienced group of pharmaceutical executives, including Richard A. F. Dixon, Upendra K. Marathi, Kala Marathi, Peter Vanderslice, and Darren Woodside. Upendra K. Marathi has been the CEO since incorporation.

Highgate Technology Ventures (Highgate Ventures) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of TCP Highgate Holdings SPV LLC headquartered in New York.

TeXchange LLC is a community of business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors who promote the entrepreneurial environment in Austin, TX, and help develop the next generation of leaders for growing companies in central Texas. The company organizes events that bring together passionate people who want to share ideas on what ’ s current in the central Texas business community, learn from subject matter experts, and connect with potential collaborators. TeXchange carefully selects sponsors who are local businesses that serve Austin’s technology sector. The company provides a platform for knowledge-sharing, development, and networking for founders, business leaders, investors, and executives at the middle stages of their careers and company trajectories.

Climate Impact Capital LLC (Climate Impact Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Alexander Rozenfeld. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

WellPoint Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications and related services for managing business in the global energy sector. The company provides financial, energy marketing and trading solutions to the oil and gas industry. WellPoint Systems was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

DIcentral Corp. provides web-based and integrated electronic data interchange solutions including DiGlobal, DiEnablement, DiTesting, DiAnalyst, and DiService solutions. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

BSG Corp. provides investigative services to legal, corporate, industrial and retail businesses. It is an investigative and corporate security consulting firm. The company operates its branches in Calgary, Lethbridge, Red Deer and Edmonton. It was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Calgary AB

Part of Luminant Worldwide Corp., Align Solutions Corp is a company that designs websites and provides systems integration services. The company is based in Houston, TX. The company was founded by Michael R. Alsup, Scott Williamson, Richard M. Scruggs. Align Solutions was acquired by Luminant Worldwide Corp. on September 16, 1999 for $107.41 million.

Part of Capstone Therapeutics Corp., Chrysalis BioTherapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics to accelerate the healing of hard and soft tissue. The company is based in Galveston, TX. The company was founded by Dennis L. McWilliams. Chrysalis BioTherapeutics was acquired by Capstone Therapeutics Corp. on August 06, 2004 for $34.50 million.

IDEV Technologies, Inc. develops medical devices for endovascular uses. Its products include interventional cardiology, interventional radiology and vascular surgery. The company was founded by Sheldon J. Jeffery in 1999 and is headquartered in Webster, TX.

Sprague Operating Resources LLC generates and distributes oil and natural gas. Its products include diesel, gasoline, home heating oil, and residual fuels. The firm also offers differentiated products and services including value-added customer support and online tools. The company was founded by Charles Hill Sprague in 1870 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH.

Part of Enbridge, Inc., East Tennessee Natural Gas LLC engages in distribution of natural gas. The company is based in Houston, TX.

Enbridge (U.S.), Inc. provides transportation services for crude oil, liquid petroleum and natural gas. It also operates natural gas midstream businesses including gathering, transmission, processing, treating and marketing subsidiaries. The company was founded on July 12, 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Blue Mountain Midstream LLC provides oil and gas exploration services. Its services include crude gathering, processing, marketing and water management. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Houston Area Women's Center provides individual and family social services. It offers sexual assault services, counseling services, children court services, and violence prevention and community services. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

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.

Enbridge Energy Co., Inc. provides crude and natural gas transportation business services. The company was founded on October 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

CitareTx Management LLC (CitareTx) is a venture capital firm founded in August 2008 by Jeffery Sheldon and Elvin Jerome Pederson. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Houston Medical Robotics, Inc. develops and manufactures medical robotics devices for therapeutic applications. It integrates ultrasound imaging systems to allow for the placement of a needle and guide wire into a specific part of the anatomy. The company was founded by Jeffery J. Sheldon and Kenneth Wayne Rennicks in April 2008 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Enbridge, Inc., Midcoast Holdings LLC provides investment services. The company is based in Houston, TX. C. Gregory Harper has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Coagulex, Inc. engages in medical research. It focuses on the development, manufacture, and sale of a MEMS based point of injury coagulation assessment tool. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center provides cancer patient care, research, and prevention for cancer. The firm also provides education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the publics. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.