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

Ingredientwerks, Inc. develops plant-based proteins. The American company was founded in 2022. Matthew T. Plavan has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Fandom, Inc. engages in the operation of an entertainment social media platform for fans that offers games, movies, television shows, other videos, and a community portal. The company was founded by Jimmy Donal Wales and Angela Beesley Starling on October 18, 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cal-Surance Associates, Inc. provides insurance products. It offers insurance agents and agencies, investment advisors, securities broker dealers, and associations and franchisors. The company is headquartered in Orange, CA.

Agrivida, Inc. engages in the provision of research and manufacture of enzymes. It focuses on enzymes that improve poultry and swine nutrition. The company was founded by R. Michael Raab and Jeremy Schley Johnson in 2002 and is headquartered in Medford, MA.

Part of Loews Corp., Reid Plastics Group LLC is a company that makes plastic products. The company is based in Atlanta, GA.

Bristol Farms, Inc. operates gourmet food stores. Its products include coffee, sushi, meat and poultry, seafood, cheese, prepared foods, pasta, pizza, wine, beer, spirits, and bakery and gift baskets products. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Carson, CA.

Shearman & Sterling LLP provides legal services. It specializes in appellate litigations, capital markets, corporate governance, environmental, finance, international arbitration, investment funds, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, real estate, and tax. The company was founded by Thomas Shearman in 1873 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Laird & Co. produces, markets, and distributes beverages. The firm's products include applejack, apple brandy, applejack bottles, wines, and spirits. It imports olive oils, balsamic vinegar sprits, and wines from other countries. The company was founded in 1780 and is headquartered in Scobeyville, NJ.

Verengo, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of residential solar power products. It produces and supplies solar panels, photovoltaic systems, and inverters. The company was founded by Randall Bishop and Kenneth Button in 2008 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Luminace develops and delivers renewable solar energy and storage systems to schools and communities throughout Southern California. It also offers financing, site evaluation, project management, and operational management services. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Huntington Beach, CA.

Voxel8, Inc. provides 3d printing services. It exists to disrupt the design and manufacture of electronic devices by providing new functional materials with a novel 3D printing platform. The company was founded by Jennifer A. Lewis, Michael Bell, Travis Busbee, Jack Minardi and Daniel Oliver in 2013 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

Part of EMCORE Corp., MicroOptical Devices, Inc. designs and develops high quality optical components and subsystems. The company is based in Albuquerque, NM. The company was founded by Tom Brennan, Robert P. Bryan. MicroOptical Devices was acquired by EMCORE Corp. on December 05, 1997 for $28.70 million.

Nanosys, Inc. develops and manufactures inorganic nanostructures and other related products. It offers Ultra HD television. The company was founded by Paul A. Alivisatos, Stephen Empedocles, Peidong Yang, Robert M. Metcalfe, Jim Heath, Paul McEuen, Christoph H. Westphal, Moungi Bawendi, Lawrence A. Bock, Calvin Y. H. Chow, Chunming Niu, Karen Vergura, Hongkun Park, George Pontis and Charles M. Lieber in 2001 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

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.

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.

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.

Part of The University of Chicago, ARCH Development Corp. is an American company that provides job training and housing development services. The CEO of the company is Duane Gautier.

Cooledge Lighting, Inc. develops and manufactures lighting products. The firm focuses on delivering lighting solutions to the general illumination market. It offers square lighting products for use in wide area lighting applications, including general illumination and backlighting, as well as for curved, convex, and concave architectural elements. The company was founded by Paul Thurk Steven and Philippe Schick in 2009 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.