Cory D. Steffek

Altira Group LLC (Altira Group) is a venture capital firm is founded in 1996 by Dirk McDermott. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Novomer, Inc. manufactures biodegradable plastics, polymers, and other chemicals from renewable substances. It specializes in commercializing a family of low-cost, high-performance, sustainable polymers and other chemicals. The company was founded by Geoffrey William Coates, Anthony Romey Eisenhut and Scott D. Allen in 2004 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Maana, Inc. provides analytics platform that operationalizes data insight into line-of-business applications. The firm serves in the area of service and maintenance, sales, logistics, finance and risk and compliance. The company was founded by Babur Ozden and Donald Thompson in 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Ara Advisers LLC (Ara Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Charles Reed Cherington, Troy W Thacker and George Churchill Yong. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

GIDARA Energy BV is a company based in Nootdorp, Netherlands that specializes in converting non-recyclable waste into advanced biofuels and circular chemicals using patented technologies. The Dutch company's high-temperature Winkler technology can produce valuable products and advanced biofuels for use in the road transport, marine, and aviation sectors, helping these sectors to reduce their use of fossil resources, reduce carbon emissions, and become more sustainable. GIDARA Energy's objective is to meet the demand for cleaner fuels, reduce carbon emissions, reduce waste, and create a more circular economy. The company was founded in 2019, and Norbert Walter Josef Kamp has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Divert, Inc. provides recycling solutions. It offers cardboard, organics and food rescue recycling solutions. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Concord, MA.