G. Arthur Herbert

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.

Baxter Healthcare Corp. develops, manufactures, and distributes hospital supplies and medical technologies. It distributes medical treatment options for conditions such as hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, cancer, and trauma. The company was founded on June 21, 1967 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Bio-Quant, Inc. develops natural product components for treatment of cancer and diseases. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Research & Diagnostic Systems, Inc. manufactures biological products. It biotechnology division products include antibodies, clinical diagnostic kits, DNA amplification, messenger RNA, cytokines and enzymes & many more. The firm’s hematology division sells blood components used to calibrate and test blood analysis equipment. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc. develops stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapeutics for blood disorders and cancer. The firm focuses on curative therapies for seriously ill patients and is developing a cell-based medicine as a treatment for chemotherapy and radiation-induced neutropenia as well as for Acute Radiation Syndrome. The company was founded by Irving L. Weissman in 2003 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

InteKrin Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutics for metabolic and immune disorders. It develops therapeutics for diabetes, insulin resistance and multiple sclerosis. The company was founded by Dennis M. Lanfear and Christos S. Mantzoros in 2005 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Agensys, Inc. develops a pipeline of therapeutic fully human monoclonal atibodies (mAbs) to treat cancer. It develops a pipeline of naked and antibody-drug conjugated (ADC) therapeutic antibodies to treat cancer indications, including prostate, kidney, pancreas, ovary, bladder, lung, colon, breast, and skin. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

SiteOne Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel pain therapeutics and diagnostics. Its therapeutic candidates are selective inhibitors of a voltage-gated sodium ion channel. The company was founded by Sandip Biswal, Justin Du Bois, George Miljanich, John Mulcahy and David Yeomans in 2010 and is headquartered in Bozeman, MT.

Edmentum, Inc. engages in the provision of online learning programs. It offers consulting, promote adaption, and custom plan services. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

Corthera, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals, such as cardiovascular preparations. It engages in acquiring, developing, and commercializing therapies for illnesses in the acute care setting. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Coapt Systems, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets bio absorbable implants for surgeons to use in plastic surgery to fixate soft tissue to other soft tissue and bone. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Atlantic Richfield Co. provides oil and gas extraction and production services . The firm's exploration and production operations are focused primarily in the Gulf of Mexico and the midcontinent in the United States, the United Kingdom North Sea, Indonesia, China and Algeria. The company was incorporated on April 15, 1985 and is headquartered in Warrenville, IL.

Sears Capital Management Inc (Sears Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Lowell Edward Sears. The firm is headquartered in Portola valley, California.

CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides pharmaceutical discovery, development and manufacturing services. Its product Captisol is a polyanionic beta-cyclodextrin derivative with a sodium sulfonate salt separated from the lipophilic cavity by a butyl ether spacer group, or sulfobutylether (SBE). The firm engages in technology with substantial characterization, safety documentation and regulatory review. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Academy of Whole Learning provides a comprehensive educational experience for children with autism spectrum disorder and learning difficulties. The private company is based in Minnetonka, MN.

OmniAb Operations, Inc. operates as a drug discovery company. It provides pharmaceutical industry partners access to antibody repertoires and screening technologies to enable discovery of next-generation therapeutics. Its OmniAb platform includes the Biological Intelligence of its transgenic animals, including OmniRat, OmniChicken and OmniMouse, that have been genetically modified to generate antibodies with human sequences to facilitate development of human therapeutic candidates. The company is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Healthsense, Inc. provides health monitoring technology products. It offers completely integrated systems based on a standard Wi-Fi platform for Personal Emergency Response Systems, Wi-Fi wireless nurse call and remote safety and wellness monitoring. The company was founded by Brian J. Bischoff and Dean Anderson in 2003 and is headquartered in Mendota Heights, 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.

Ceres Venture Fund (Ceres Venture Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Sona Wang and Donna C. E. Williamson. The firm is headquartered in Northfield, Illinois.

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center provides business development advisory services. It helps clients by providing financing, sales and client development, mentoring, peer-to-peer exchange, grant and new ventures accelerating services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. provides auto, home and life insurance services. The firm offers insurance for personal automobile, workers compensation, homeowners, commercial multiple peril, commercial automobile, general liability, global specialty, group disability, assumed reinsurance, fire and surety. The company was founded on July 1, 1912 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Pacific Biomarkers, Inc. provides biomarker testing services. The firm is a service provided supporting pharmaceutical, biotech and in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturing companies through preclinical and Phase I-IV studies of drug and IVD development. The company was founded by Elizabeth Leary and Russ Warnick in 1989 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Array Ventures (Array Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Shruti Gandhi. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

RA Hospitality Holdings Co Pte Ltd (Aroa Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Polsky Center) is a business accelerator founded by Steven Kaplan in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.