Purnesh Seegopaul

Semprus BioSciences, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a venture-backed biomedical company with a dual mission: to provide complication-free medical devices designed to preserve patients' long-term health and quality-of-life and to contribute to healthcare cost efficiencies. Their innovative, multi-faceted approach to durable surface modifications signifies a breakthrough in medical device technology. Their current focus is to enable the first permanently dual-functional (anti-colonization and anti-thrombogenic) vascular access catheter with a single surface modification. Founded out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Langer Lab, the company has developed the next-generation biofunctional surface platform - which is focused on achieving clinical benefits that far exceed current market offerings containing silver, heparin, and antibiotic coatings. Through covalent chemical bonding of their Semprus Surfaces™, a permanent non-leaching biomaterial modification to the device surface, their technology is expected to vastly improve patient outcomes by preventing serious medical complications, such as infection, blood clots, improper healing, and cell overgrowth. They have assembled a world class product development team - scientists, industry executives and clinical experts - who specialize in reducing such complications at the confluence of the human body and implantable devices.

Part of Linde Plc, Materials Research Corp. is a company that develops thin film deposition materials. The company is based in Orangeburg, NY. The company was founded by Sheldon Weinig. Materials Research was acquired by Linde Advanced Material Technologies, Inc. from Sony Group Corp. on December 07, 1999.

Umicore USA, Inc. develops, produces, and recycles metals and materials. The firm also offers cobalt refining, marketing of nonferrous metals and industrial chemicals, and recycling of platinum based metals. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Cyrium Technologies, Inc. develops photovoltaic solar cell technology. Cyrium Technologies is a fables Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) cell manufacturer using breakthrough nanotechnology to provide cost effective, high efficiency solutions for terrestrial solar applications. Leveraging more than a decade of R&D in the area of semiconductor quantum dots, Cyrium is able to provide CPV system manufacturers with conversion efficiencies which aid them in achieving their optimum levelized cost of energy (LCOE). Although at Cyrium it utilizes disruptive nanotechnology to achieve their significant performance, they are also able to manage cost by utilizing the existing infrastructure available to fables semiconductor manufacturers. At volume production levels this gives Cyrium the ability to deliver to its clients the lowest overall cost of ownership. At the core of Cyrium's success is a culture built around lean six sigma and peak performance principles which it extends to both its suppliers and their clients. Cyrium's adherence to lean six sigma principles in all aspects of is business allows them to focus on a sustainable competitive advantage by following a roadmap for continuous cost reduction. By working with clients and vendors, Cyrium seeks to deliver not only the lowest cost and highest performance products at the cell level, but also at the systems level. The company was founded in 2002 by Simon Fafard and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Nanox, Inc. provides solutions for the catalyst industry. It offers perovskite-based products for oxidation and other catalysts used in the automotive and related emissions control markets. The company was founded in April 1999 by Andre van Neste, Charles Bérubé, and Gary Whipp and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Pangaea Ventures Ltd(Pangaea Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Chris Erickson. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Envia Systems, Inc. provides energy storage solutions using lithium ion batteries. The company was founded by Sujeet Kumar and Michael Sinkula in 2007 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.