Michael Lanahan

The CattleSale Co. is in the business of providing auction trading services to producers of beef and dairy cattle which is accessible by the internet through its Subsidiaries. It was founded in 1968 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

The RiceX Co. manufactures and distributes nutritional food ingredients. The company makes products which are used in producing horse food. The company's products include dextrinized, solubles, fiber complex, max E oil, and defatted fiber rice brans. The company is headquartered in El Dorado Hills, CA.

ImmuneWorks, Inc. develops autoimmune lung diseases treatment. It offers therapeutic asset for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and additional fibrotic lung diseases. The company was founded by David S. Wilkes, Ronald L. Meeusen, and Michael J. Klemsz in January 2006 and is headquartered Indianapolis, IN.

Vestaron Corp. develops and markets bioinsecticides derived from naturally occurring peptides. It offers the following brands: Spear-T for the treatment of thrips, Spear-P controls Colorado Potato beetle, and Spear-C protects crops from lepidopteran pests. The company was founded by Glenn F. King in 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

enEvolv, Inc. provides genome engineering services. It engineers and licenses microorganisms to produce chemicals enzymes and small molecules for a variety of industries including specialty chemicals, food, energy, personal care, and pharmaceuticals. The company was founded by George McDonald Church, Marco M. Farsheed, Farren J. Isaacs, and Jay Harris Konieczka in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, 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.

MRIGlobal operates research and development organizations. The firm's programs include environmental research, health, pharmaceutical product development, agriculture & food safety, and national security, defense & energy. The company was founded in 1944 and headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

ETFF Corp. supplies feed and nutrition products for cattle and horse. The company was founded by David Horn and Ernest O. Horn, III in 1919 and is headquartered in Lancaster, PA.

Labconco Corp. manufactures and markets laboratory equipment. Its products portfolio include ventilation, accessories and product selection tools. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Illinois Ventures LLC (Illinois Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts LLC is a pharmaceutical company that provides free medicines and adult vaccines to qualified patients through their Merck Patient Assistance Program. The company is based in Boston, MA and is a part of Merck & Co., Inc. and its affiliates. The company also offers information about insurance coverage and financial assistance options for eligible patients. The company conducts clinical trials and provides medical information covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine through their Merck Manuals. Additionally, they report on their commitment to operating responsibly to benefit society through their corporate responsibility program, which includes their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report. Merck for Mothers is an initiative to create a world where no woman has to die giving life.

The Kansas Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce organization. The non-profit company is based in Topeka, KS.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory operates as laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

Cultivian Ventures LLC (Cultivian Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sandbox Holdings LLC founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Certified Hereford Beef LLC provides tender, juicy and delicious beef to the American families with the best beef in the industry. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Proterro, Inc. develops protose sugar biofuels. Its products include proterro sugars and proterro nutritionals. The company was founded by John Aiken in April 2008 and is headquartered in Bronxville, NJ.

Bright Capital LLC (Bright Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Ru-Com LLC founded in 2010 by Mikhail Anatolevich Abyzov, Boris Aleksandrovich Ryabov and Mikhail Chuchkevich. The firm is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Ener-G-Rotors, Inc. commercializes devices based on a near frictionless expander. Its product turns low- temperature heat into electricity, opening up new markets in industrial waste heat and changing the technology landscape for solar thermal and geothermal installations. The firm's GEN4 system has inner and outer rotor each on two sets of pre-loaded roller element bearings, controlling the radial and axial tolerances of the inner and outer rotors. The company was founded by Michael Newell in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

QM Power, Inc. manufactures and sells magnetic circuits and electronic controllers for electric motor, generator, and actuator markets in the United States and internationally. It offers synchronous and electronic start motors, and fan motors for various commercial refrigeration and HVAC applications, including reach-in display cases, vending machines, ice machines, ERV-HRVs, VAVs, furnace fans, and agricultural ventilation. The company was founded by Patrick J. Piper and Joseph Flynn on November 18, 2006 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

AbCelex Technologies, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The firm discovers, develops, and commercializes technologies and products for improving food animal health in order to increase production and food safety. The company was founded by Saeid Babaei and Ali Riazi in 2010 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

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.

TechAccel LLC (TechAccel) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Michael F. Helmstetter. The firm is headquartered in Shawnee, Kansas.

Sound Agriculture Co. engages in the development of crop protection and crop enhancement products. Its Rapid Discovery platform focuses on finding solutions that increase the sustainability, productivity, and healthiness of food supply. The company was founded by Eric Davidson and Travis Bayer in 2013 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Covenant Animal Health Partners LLC was founded in 2018 and is based in an undisclosed location. The American company is dedicated to developing and registering "revenue-ready" animal health products to address critical market needs for both production and companion animals. Covenant's experienced team of animal health and technology professionals brings decades of expertise to rapidly evaluate, develop, and partner with animal health manufacturers and distributors. The company also collaborates with industry leaders to fund, develop, and accelerate external innovation initiatives.

Tiba Biotech LLC is a company that specializes in advancing the RNA medicine field with an improved approach to nucleic acid delivery. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company has developed a fully biodegradable nanoparticle delivery platform for safer vaccines and therapeutics, as well as a computational RNA design for more potent gene expression. The company's goal is to achieve better patient outcomes through rational design, from gene to delivery method beyond vaccines. The company was founded in 2017 by Christian Mandl, Karl H. Ruping, Jasdave Chahal. Karl H. Ruping has been the CEO since 2017.

RNAissance Ag LLC is a biotechnology startup focused on delivering RNA-based insecticides for crop protection. It develops spray-on RNA insecticides including against pests such as the Diamondback Moth. The company was founded by Nigel Taylor and Bala Venkata in January 2019 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

213 Management LLC (213 Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Bob Shapiro and Nick Rosa. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.