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Merced Capital LP is a privately-held, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The firm was founded as EBF & Associates in 1988 by three executives from Cargill's Financial Markets Department. The firm provides investment advisory services to privately offered pooled investment vehicles. Investors in the clients include public and private pension funds, foundations, endowment funds, funds of funds, high net worth individuals and family offices.

Davenport & Co. LLC (Davenport) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1863 and is a subsidiary of Davenport & Co. of Virginia, Inc. Davenport manages separate accounts for individuals, institutions, ERISA plans, trusts, estates, corporations, and other types of entities. They also serve as the Advisor to various mutual funds.

HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc. provides water management solutions. Its solutions include communities, commercial properties, government, education, architects, designers, landscape and irrigation professionals. The company was founded by Christopher Spain, Chris Manchuck and Peter Carlson in 2002 and is headquartered in Petaluma, CA.

Agilyx Corp. engages in the design and development of systems to convert mixed waste plastics into synthetic crude oil. Its proprietary technology produces synthetic crude oil utilizing a small-scale distributed waste management and energy production approach, while generating a carbon impact that is favorable to traditional forms of crude oil extraction. The firm's systems are available to industrial and municipal waste plastic generators and aggregators. The company was founded by Kevin Clark DeWhitt, Elisabeth Dewhitt and Christopher J. Ulum in 2004 and is headquartered in Tigard, OR.

Bridgelux, Inc. develops and manufactures solid-state lighting and light-emitting diode components for use in diverse exterior and interior lighting applications. Its products include LED sub-systems are integrated products that deliver world class performance and leading cost while additionally reducing time to market, and LED chips, provides light emitting diode solutions. The firm serves the retail and hospitality, warehouse, exterior, industrial and eco system partners. Bridgelux was founded by Heng Liu in 2002 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

Axine Water Technologies, Inc. provides chemical-free solutions for treating concentrations of toxic organics and ammonia. The firm develops solutions to avoid production bottlenecks, high treatment, disposal costs and water reuse limitations. The company was founded by Colleen Freda Legzdins in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Q Advisors LLC provides investment banking and financial advisory services. The private company is based in Denver, CO and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

ProRail BV provides rail infrastructure management services. It divide the space on the track, all traffic control, information carriers and passengers, building and managing stations and to lay new track also maintain existing equipment such as track, switches, signals and level crossings. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

General Fusion, Inc. develops fusion power based on magnetized target fusion. Its technology transforms energy supply by developing path to commercial fusion power. The company was founded by Michel G. Laberge and Douglas Richardson in 2002 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

Imperial Mobility International BV provides logistics services. It engages in leasing, integrated logistics solutions and vehicle leasing services. The company was founded on October 28, 2005 and is headquartered in Druten, the Netherlands.

GaN Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures power semiconductors. It products include transistors for the consumer electronics, data centers, renewable energy, industrial, and automotive markets. The company was founded by Girvan L. Patterson and John Roberts in 2008 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Primus Power Corp. designs, develops and distributes energy storage systems. It offers power grid flexibility, renewable integration and demand management solutions. The company was founded by Richard Otto Winter and Thomas M. Stepien in 2009 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, VG Media GmbH manages copyrights for media companies. The company is based in Berlin, Germany. The CEOs are Stefan Heck, Markus Runde. The German company was founded in 2001. VG Media was acquired by ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE on April 19, 2010.

Merced Capital LP (Merced Capital) is a private equity firm a subsidiary of Merced Capital LP founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in Minnetonka.

MineSense Technologies Ltd. engages in the provision of sensor-based mineral processing solutions for ore pre-concentration to the global mining industry. It offers data analytics, ShovelSense, and BeltSense systems. The company was founded by Andrew Bamber in 2008 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Svante, Inc. produces technologies for the energy and process industries. It offers technology services for capturing post-combustion carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas streams for use in CO2 enhanced oil recovery and carbon capture and storage. The company was founded by Andre Boulet, Darryl Wolanski, Brett Henkel and Soheil Khiavi in 2007 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

SHV Energy NV provides low-carbon and clean energy solutions for business and residential customers. It engages in the supply of Bio Liquid Petroleum Gas, Liquefied Natural Gas, Solar Energy, and Bio-Based Fuels. The company was founded on April 1, 1896 and is headquartered in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.

Nauto, Inc. engages in the provision of artificial intelligence-powered data platform for safe driving. It offers a multi-sensor device that prevents traffic collisions. The company was founded by Stefan Heck and Frederick Soo on April 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Part of MBIA, Inc., MeesPierson Capital Management, Inc. is a company based in Radnor, PA.

Centrient Pharmaceuticals Singapore Pte Ltd. develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceutical ingredients and drug products. The joint venture company is based in Singapore, Singapore.

Helmee Imaging Oy designs and develops automated quality control systems for manufacturers of glossy products. The company was founded by Petri Lehtonen, Matti Niilo Juhani Saarinen, and Jukka Tapiosa Laitinen on October 31, 2013 and is headquartered in Tampere, Finland.

Lilac Solutions, Inc. engages in lithium mining. The company is headquartered in Middletown, RI.

Liminal Insights, Inc. is a battery analytics platform company. Its technology EchoStatTM, a battery intelligence platform that provides real-time analytics and actionable insights to solve some of the challenges in battery design, manufacturing and product management. The company was founded by Andrew Hsieh, Barry Van Tassell, Daniel Steingart, and Shaurjo Biswas in October 2015 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Novamera, Inc. develops and manufactures technology for mining gold, copper and ore. The company was founded by Dustin Angelo and Allan Cramm and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Haila Technologies, Inc. is engaged in the development of the next generation wireless connectivity platform. Its ultra low power and multi-protocol independent technology enables deployment of internet of things sensors into existing network infrastructures. The firm focuses on reducing power consumption in smart cities, healthcare and agriculture sectors. The company was founded by Charlotte Savage and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Sortera Alloys, Inc. is an American company that utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning data analytics to revolutionize the industrial scrap metal recycling industry. The company is based in an undisclosed location and is a spin-out from the ARPA-E metals program. It is led by a team of seasoned innovators in the fields of advanced materials, electronic instrumentation, and equipment development. The company was founded in 2020 by Nalin Kumar, Manuel Garcia, and the CEO is Michael Siemer. The company's advanced sortation methods generate new recycling products and create novel recycled metal fractions from existing scrap recycling streams, which boosts the strength of the circular economy.

Mangrove Water Technologies Ltd. has developed a chemical manufacturing platform that converts waste streams to high value chemicals for on-site and on-demand use, resulting in a simplification of logistics and a reduction in cost and GHGs for the energy and resources sectors. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. Mangrove spun out in 2017 from the University of British Columbia and has been commercializing the technology in the energy sector. The Canadian company was founded by Alfred Lam, David Wilkinson, Saad Dara, and Arman Bonakdarpour. Saad Dara has been the CEO since incorporation.

Applied Impact Robotics, Inc. is an American company that specializes in developing automated robotic solutions for the oil and gas industry. The company won the Chrysalix Petronas Incentive Challenge to develop a safe and economically viable solution to inspect the tank bottoms of aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) without any interruption in service and requiring no human entry. The company is developing innovative ways to reduce the viscosity of sludge and sediment in order to maneuver robotic solutions through the complex and challenging environments found within ASTs. The company was founded in 2019 by Jade West Garrett and is headquartered in Washington D.C.

Rithmik Solutions Ltd. is a mining technology company based in Montréal, Canada. Rithmik Solutions aims to build advanced and reliable analytics for mobile mining equipment, with a focus on using AI-powered analytics to prevent asset failure and reduce downtime. The Canadian company recently closed a US $1.20 million investment led by Chrysalix Venture Capital and joined by Fonds Ecofuel. Rithmik Solutions' solution is the most advanced AI-powered analytics system purpose-built for mobile mining equipment. The company was founded by Amanda Truscott, Kris Isfeld, and Kevin Urbanski, with Amanda Truscott serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Verai Discoveries, Inc. is a company committed to accelerating the zero-carbon transformation by discovering minerals essential for a sustainable future. The company is based in both North America and Europe and generates multiple high-probability target portfolios in select jurisdictions. The company is based in Needham, MA. The company uses an innovative artificial intelligence targeting platform to detect concealed mineral deposits in covered terrain, improving the probabilities of success and shortening the time to discovery. Verai partners with leading exploration players to create long-term value from discovering new mineral deposits. The company's board of directors, advisors, and technical team have decades of experience in the mineral exploration and artificial intelligence sectors. Verai is backed by two international venture capital funds: Chrysalix Venture Capital and Blumberg Capital.

Heaten AS is a Norwegian company that specializes in developing, producing, and selling piston-based Very High Temperature Heat Pumps. The company is based in Kristiansand, Norway and was founded in 2010. The company's technology allows for the recovery of waste heat and conversion into useful energy at high temperatures, up to 200°C, without relying on fossil fuels. The CEO is Peter P. Breithaupt.

Mangrove Lithium is a Canadian Vancouver-based company that has developed a breakthrough platform for the cost-effective production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide and carbonate from diverse input streams and assets. The company's modular solution can be scaled to any capacity and co-located with upstream lithium producers or cathode and cell manufacturers. The platform technology is also being commercialized for the conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water. Mangrove Lithium's mission is to make lithium more readily available for the growing EV market. The company was founded by Alfred Lam and Saad Dara, with Saad Dara serving as CEO since incorporation.

Lazyweb, Inc operates as a search engine. The company is based in Miami, FL.

ENBALA Power Networks, Inc. provides smart grid technology solutions. Its solutions include virtual power plants, distributed energy resource management systems and analysis and planning. The company was founded by Malcolm Metcalfe and Richard C. Black in 2003 and is headquartered in North Vancouver, Canada.