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Wakefield Group LLC (Wakefield Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 1988 by Thomas C. Nelson. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. is a clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of human therapeutics using its proprietary PRINT technology to transform the lives of patients. It operates in two segments: Pharmaceutical Products and Partnering & Licensing. The two product candidates from its pipeline: LIQ861 for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and LIQ865 for the treatment of local post-operative pain. Liquidia Technologies was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone, Ashok K. Mendiratta, Edward T. Samulski, William R. Kenan, Ginger Denison and Jason Rolland in 2004 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Quokka Sports' principal activity is to provide sports entertainment for the digital world. The Group's sporting products and services are designed to appeal to a global audience. The production and technology expertise of the Group has extended to the following sports: golf, major league baseball, college sports, sailing, motor racing and action sports like skiing, climbing, hiking, snowboarding, adventure racing and mountain biking and the Olympics.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina provides health care insurance services. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Apex Analytix LLC is a pioneer in the supply chain software, data, and analytics markets, providing data-powered software and services for supplier management, fraud prevention, and overpayment recovery. The company is based in Greensboro, NC and has subsidiaries in the United States and United Kingdom. The company leads the world in supplier management innovation with its Apex Portal and SmartVM solutions, which automate supplier onboarding, master data management, and continuous monitoring of supplier and supply chain risk throughout the supplier life cycle. With over 250 clients in the Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000, Apex Analytix is dedicated to providing companies and their suppliers the ultimate supplier management experience. The company was founded in 1988 by James B. Arnold, and Steve Yurko has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Appia, Inc. provides mobile performance solutions for developers, publishers and advertisers. It also provides the technology, infrastructure, and scale to provide higher lifetime value users for advertisers while driving positive return on ad spend. It is not an application store but is a marketing platform, bringing the content from a number of developers and content creators to the mobile application storefronts of partners around the world. The company was founded by Judson S. Bowman in 2004 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Jaggaer LLC provides cloud-based business automation solutions for spend management. It offers spend analysis, savings management, sourcing, supplier management, accounts payable, contract lifecycle management, and inventory management solutions. The company was founded by Scott Andrews, Bobby Feigler, Peyton Anderson and Keith Gunter in 1995 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.