Salim A. L. Bhatia

Chesson Laboratory Associates, Inc. manufactures healthcare pharmaceutical products. It offers liquid skin bandage and barrier film and treatments for dermatitis as well as nail fungus for consumer healthcare professionals. The firm's proprietary products in development for use by healthcare professionals and consumers are based on innovative patented and patent-pending polymer-based technology. The company was founded by Jerry S. Chesson and David R. Terry in 2006 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

IDEA Fund Partners LLC (IDEA Fund Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by David P. Rizzo, John Cambier and Lister Delgado. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that provides resources and support to small businesses in the Raleigh, NC area. The non-profit company's services include tax assistance and a small business resource guide.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Neusentis is a biopharmaceutical company, which is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel orally-administered small molecule drugs that modulate ion channel targets. The company has developed an integrated technology platform that allows for the efficient discovery of drug leads. The firm is conducting research and development activities in a number of disease areas, including epilepsy, pain and inflammation. Icagen has two clinical stage programs in epilepsy and pain. The company was formerly known as Icagen, Inc. It was founded by Andre L. Lamotte and P. Kay Wagoner on November 23, 1992 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Amphion Semiconductor Ltd. engages in the supply of video codec silicon intellectual property for system on a chip (SoC) implementation. It offers video decoders, video encoder, and mature intellectual property core. The company was founded by Michael J. Jamiolkowski, John V. McCanny, and James Gerard Doherty in 1994 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

S1 Corp. provides customer interaction software solutions. It offers payments solutions for ATM and retail point-of-sale driving, card management and merchant acquiring, financial services solutions for consumer, small business and corporate online banking, trade finance, mobile banking, voice banking, branch and call center banking. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

Actional Corp. provides enterprise application integration software. Its Web service software helps businesses to deploy, maintain, and manage the application integration process. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Dolch Computer Systems, Inc. manufactures ruggedized computers and flat-panel displays. The company also manufactures touch screen solutions, industrial enclosures and public access kiosk systems. It has offices in San Diego, Baltimore, Cleveland, Germany, Canada, France and the United Kingdom. Dolch Computer Systems was founded in 1987 and it is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

BioGenex Laboratories, Inc. provides solutions for automation of cell and tissue testing. It offers automated molecular pathology systems for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, personalized medicine, and life science research. The company was founded by Krishan L. Kalra and Satya Kalra in 1981 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

NC IDEA (Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of NC IDEA founded in 1900. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Hutchison Law Group PLLC provides legal services. The private company is based in Raleigh, NC. The company was founded by Merrill M. Mason, Fred D. Hutchison.

First Flight Venture Center operates as a non-profit organization that provides business support services to start-up and early stage companies. It offers programs for technology companies that help them in fields such as concept testing, prototyping, research, business strategies, and product development. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.