Robert F. Praino

VIMAC Ventures LLC (VIMAC Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

American Aerogel Corp. develops and manufactures aerogel-based insulation products. It provides cold-chain design, implementation, and shipping services. The company was founded by Robert S. Mendenhall, Dennis Young, and Greg R. Andrews in 2013 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Wave Equity Partners LLC (Wave Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Praveen Sahay, Mark Robinson and Haskell Crocker. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Intellihot, Inc. manufactures tankless water heater systems for residential and commercial applications. Its system incorporates advanced control logic, sensors, remote monitoring, self-cleaning and self-learning capabilities, which combined with other patent-pending features enable instant and continuous hot water. The firm offers water heater systems in various models for installation in homes, salons, schools, federal facilities, apartments, offices, car washes, restaurants and hospitals. The company was founded by Sridhar Deivasigamani and Sivaprasad Akasam in 2009 and is headquartered in Galesburg, IL.

MayMaan Research, Inc. is an American company that specializes in researching and developing alternative energy engine solutions for the automotive industry. The CEO of the company is Doron Shmueli.

intelligent fluids GmbH develops industrial cleaning fluids and foams. Its product range encompasses cleaning, medical, and functional cosmetic fluids and tools. The firm’s application areas include active agent transport, material separation, and surface modification. The company was founded by Dirk Schumann and Rainer Surkow on May 8, 2006 and is headquartered in Leipzig, Germany.

WindESCO, Inc. develops technology software that helps improve performance of large-scale wind farms. It specializes in wind turbines, wind energy, IoT and performance improvement. The company was founded by Mohit Dua and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Factorial, Inc. is a company based in Woburn, MA. Factorial, Inc. manufactures engineered materials for lithium ion batteries. The company was founded by Siyu Huang, Yingchao Alex Yu, and Siyu Huang has been the CEO since incorporation.

Ovonic Battery Co., Inc. develops and distributes batteries. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.

Sion Power Corp. manufactures and distributes rechargeable batteries. It offers new generation, rechargeable lithium batteries for portable power, mobile electronics, and electric vehicles. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.

Carbon Clean Solutions Ltd. design, deploy and develops carbon capture technology. Its applications include carbon capture and storage, industrial CO2 capture and utilization, and CO2 Treating. The firms licensed process consists of CDRMax and CarbEx-BG. The company was founded by Aniruddha Sharma and Prateek Bumb in 2009 and is headquartered in Reading, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Composite Solutions, Inc. engages in the manufacture of composite components for the marine sector. Its products include rudders, quadrants, spars, spinnaker poles, wheels, keel struts, and custom. The company was founded by Jeffrey Kent in October 20, 1997 and is headquartered in Hingham, MA.

Helix Technology, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture and sale of flat panel display (FPD) components. Its other activities include manufacture and sale of backlight film, heating components and other electronic products, and the provision of assembly, installation, test and technical consultant services. The company was founded in May 5, 1994 and is headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan.

Eikos, Inc. develops and manufactures highly transparent carbon nanotube inks for conductive coatings and circuits for use in flat panel displays. The private company is based in Franklin, MA.

Novolyze SAS is a company founded in 2012 by Arnaud Valembois and based in France. The French company specializes in hard tech and manufacturing, offering application-driven, tech-enabled solutions to activate a groundbreaking, holistic approach to food safety and quality. Novolyze enables the world's largest food production companies to reduce redundancies and increase efficiencies by digitalizing food safety and quality processes. Its patented solutions offer a holistic view of process control, sanitation control, and other food safety and quality processes that can benefit from dynamic monitoring and traceability. Novolyze solutions can also help companies with sustainability initiatives by providing a roadmap for decreasing energy and water use, thereby shrinking a company's carbon footprint.

Lionano SE, Inc. engages in the manufacture of battery. The company is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Dynapower Co. LLC designs and manufactures AC and DC power supplies and custom transformers. Its products include energy storage inverters, rectifiers, in stock units and custom transformers. The firm serves energy storage, metal finishing, mining, chlorine & hydrogen production, battery formation, metals manufacturing and military industries. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in South Burlington, VT.

Signiant, Inc. provides intelligent file movement software for content creation and distribution for the media and entertainment industry. Its products include Media Shuttle, Flight, Manager+Agents. Its software suite optimizes existing enterprise network infrastructure and media technologies to ensure secure digital media exchanges and workflow efficiency. The company was founded by Robert Browne in 2000 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

Part of Spheris, Inc., Avicis, Inc. operates a network of transcription resources connected and managed with an advanced Internet-enabled workflow monitoring system. The company is based in Sterling, VA. Avicis was acquired by Spheris, Inc. on December 23, 2004. The company was founded by Shivbir S. Grewal, gurujot khalsa singh.

General Signal Corp. manufactures industrial products and components in the process, electrical and industrial control industries. The company is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Part of Kier Group Plc, Magnetic Ltd. is a British company that develops student accommodation facilities. The company is based in Sandy, UK and was founded in 2011.

Micatu, Inc. is a company that specializes in optical grid sensor technology. The company is based in Horseheads, NY and was founded in 2011 by Atul D. Pradhan. The company's innovative team is dedicated to powering the future of the grid by providing reliable, precise, and accurate sensors for smart grid distribution networks. The company's breakthrough enclosure-mounted sensor and grid monitoring system offer unprecedented insight into the grid. Michael S. Oshetski has been the CEO of the company since 2011.

Updata Management LLC (Updata Partners) is a venture capital/private equity firm founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Washington, Columbia.

Everest Software, Inc. develops business management software solutions. It offers Everest Version 6 which integrates business operations, including accounting, inventory management, marketing, sales, return merchandise authorizations (RMAs), point of sale, shipping, and receiving, as well as customer relationship management. Its services include standard and custom extension, and integrations. The company was founded by Bijal Mehta, Ali Jani and Sanjay Mahesh Shah in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Dean & Co. provides consulting and investment services. The firm enables its clients to improve operational effectiveness, develop pricing strategies and introduce new products. The company was founded by Dean L. Wilde II and Dean R. Silverman in 1993 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.