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The Black & Decker Corp. manufactures power tools, electric lawn and garden tools, hardware and home improvement products. The firm has been setting the standard for innovation and design of power tools, accessories, outdoor yard care equipment, home cleaning products, automotive and lighting products, hardware and other home improvement products. The company was founded by S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker Sr. in 1910 and is headquartered in Towson, MD.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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.

Ultra Communications, Inc. supplies robust photonic components for harsh environment applications. It products including, fiber optic transceivers with integrated OTDR, compact embeddable transceivers, and RF ASICs. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Vista, CA.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

OmniPV, Inc. engages in the generation of solar energy using non-silicon materials. The company was founded by Rajat Rakkhit and Christine Gulbranson in 2000 and is headquartered in Belmont, CA.

CLK Design Automation, Inc. provides software for semiconductor companies. It specializes in electronic design automation, static timing and variation. The company was founded by Joao Geada, Hal Conklin, Isadore T. Katz and Lee LaFrance in 2004 and is headquartered in Littleton, MA.

R2 Semiconductor, Inc. operates as a power management company which specializes in semiconductor chip manufacturing. It develops novel analog semiconductors for applications including mobile devices. The firm also supplies semiconductor devices through wholesale and retail stores. The company was founded by Bret Rothenberg in 2008 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Zest Labs, Inc. provides on-demand, data visibility solutions for the cold supply chain and asset management. Its XC3 Technology RFID products and ZEST Data Services platform provides solutions for monitoring the cold supply chain for retail grocers, fresh and frozen food providers and pharmaceutical companies as well as asset tracking, personnel monitoring and other applications. The company was founded by David I. Bostwick, Ashish Asthana, Larry Clopp and Naresh Batra in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Blackberry RF, Inc. designs and manufactures radio frequency front-end component solutions for mobile wireless applications. The company was founded by Louise C. Sengupta in 1998 and is headquartered in Nashua, NH.

Morgenthaler Management Corp (Morgenthaler Management) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1968 by David Morgenthaler. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California.

Aptera Motors Corp. operates as electric automobile manufacturer. The company was founded by Michael Johnson and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

AVX Antenna, Inc. provides embedded antennas and radio frequency system solutions. The firm's products include active antenna systems, RFIC's, Bluetooth, cellular, industrial handsets, tablets, laptops, net books, portable television, routers, healthcare devices, GPS, WiFi, WiMAX, WLAN, mobile entertainment and unique applications. The company was founded by Laurent Desclos, Sebastian Rowson and Eli Yablonovitch in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Forte Ventures LLC (Forte Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Tom Hawkins. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Forecast Ventures is an investment company. The private company is based in Del Mar, CA.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.

OurCrowd Management Ltd (OurCrowd Management) is a venture capital firm and equity based crowdfunding platform founded in 2013 by Jonathan Medved and Steven Blumgart. The firm is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.

Stage 1 Ventures LLC (Stage 1 Ventures) is an venture capital firm founded in 2006 by David William Baum. The firm is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Part of @titude Global, MZ North America LLC provides finance based information retrieval services for investors. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is Greg Falesnik.

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.

NetLine Corp. provides integrated marketing services. Its technology and distribution platform enable advertisers and marketers to deliver content to targeted audiences, via contextually positioning and promotions. The company was founded by Robert S. Alvin in 1994 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Part of Capital Resource Partners, Capital Resource Partners LP provides investment services.

Wireless-Life Sciences Alliances develops healthcare technologies. It provides health care and support personal health. The company was founded by Camille Sobrian Saltman in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Koch Industries, Inc., Todd Combustion, Inc. is a company that manufactures boiler burners. The company is based in Shelton, CT. Todd Combustion was acquired by John Zink Co. LLC on April 19, 1999 for $15 million.