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Novellus Systems, Inc. manufactures and services advanced automated wafer fabrication systems. The company was founded by Brad Mattson on April 11, 1984 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Tektronix, Inc. provides test, measurement and monitoring solutions. It provides services for the communications, computer, semiconductor industries, as well as for the military, aerospace, consumer electronics and education sectors. The firm also assists its clients in designing, building, deploying and managing global communications networks, computing and advanced technologies. The company was founded by Melvin Jack Murdock, Glenn Leland, Miles Tippery and Charles Howard Vollum in 1946 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc. designs and manufactures chemical technology used in fabricating semiconductors. Its processing systems are used in the thin film memory disk media, silicon wafer, and general industrial components markets. The company was founded on May 14, 1971 and is headquartered in Ayase-shi, Japan.

Adams Capital Management, Inc. (ACM) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Joel Adams. The firm is headquartered in Sewickley, Pennsylvania.

ARCH Venture Partners LLC is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Chicago with additional office in Dublin.

Big Belly Solar, Inc. provides solutions for the management of waste and recycling. It offers clean management console and waste and recycling stations solutions. The company serves municipalities, cities and towns, college and university campuses, parkland and beaches, government and military installations and institutional customers. Big Belly Solar was founded by James A. Poss in 2003 and is headquartered in Needham, MA.

Semprius, Inc. develops transfer printing technology for manufacturing semiconductor devices. Its products include photovoltaic solar modules. The company was founded by George M. Whitesides, Etienne Menard, Ralph G. Nuzzo and John A. Rogers in 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Siluria Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures a direct chemical process for plastics and fuels from natural gas. Its second process technology can convert ethylene to liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. The firm’s revolutionary catalyst technologies uniquely combine nanomaterials, biotechnology and chemical engineering, to convert an abundant, ubiquitous, and inexpensive feedstock into high value, drop-in fuels and chemicals using processes that can be seamlessly integrated into existing industry infrastructure. The company was founded by Clinton Whitewood Bybee and Alexander Tkachenko in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

AmberWave, Inc. provides research, development and licensing of technologies for semiconductor manufacturing industries. Its technology Ultra-Thin Silicon (UTSi) enables lightweight, robust glass free modules. The company was founded by Anthony J. Lochtefeld and is headquartered in Salem, NH.

7AC Technologies, Inc. develops heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Its liquid desiccant and plastic membrane plate based air conditioning system is designed to be a drop in replacement for existing rooftop HVAC systems on commercial and industrial buildings. The company was founded by Peter Vandermeulen and B. Eric Graham in 2009 and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

Ericsson, Inc. develops and markets wireless infrastructure equipment. Its products include antennas, transmitters, switching systems and other gears used to build wireless networks. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Innovalight, Inc. manufactures crystalline silicon solar cells and licenses a proprietary process technology to solar cell manufacturing companies. The company was founded by Conard Burke in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

VBrick Systems, Inc. provides enterprise video platforms. The firm offers codex, video encoding and editing. Its solutions include HR and training, marketing, sales, and information technology. The company was founded by Richard Mavrogeanes in 1997 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is a public economic development organization. It specializes in innovation, economic development, cluster development, international economic development, big data, eHealth, regional economic development, state government, digital health, robotics, technology, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, R&D, broadband, electronic medical records, electronic health records and healthcare technology. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Westborough, MA.

LiquidPiston, Inc. develops rotary internal combustion engines. The firm's technology has applicability in various markets and applications, and can be designed to run on various fuel types, including ethanol, bio-diesel, and hydrogen. The company was founded by Alexander C. Shkolnik and Nikolay Shkolnik in 2003 and is headquartered in Bloomfield, CT.

Clean Energy Venture Group LLC (Clean Energy Venture Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by David Miller, Daniel Goldman, and Ralph Earl. The firm is headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Greentown Labs operates as a community of climatetech and cleantech pioneers working to design a more sustainable world. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

The Venture Café Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Boston. The American company offers free innovation resources to entrepreneurs of all stages and industries through a variety of virtual and physical community spaces. The company has run over 5,000 program sessions, held 2,800 office hour sessions, welcomed over 250,000 public lounge users, and had over 265,000 program attendees. The flagship Thursday gathering program offers virtual weekly workshops, office hour consultations, virtual conferences, and networking opportunities to facilitate innovation and help community members launch successful businesses.

Clean Energy Venture Management LLC (Clean Energy Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Daniel P. Goldman, David S. Miller and Temple Fennell. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Leading Edge Equipment Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor devices. The company was founded by Alison Greenlee in 2016 and is headquartered in Wilminton, MA.

Tyson Associates operates as an association.

The Alliance for Business Leadership provides business support services. The non-profit company is based in Boston, MA. The company was founded by James F. Boyle, Jeffrey J. Bussgang.