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Ariel Investments LLC (Ariel) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by John W. Rogers, Jr. in 1983 and is a subsidiary of ACMI, Inc. Ariel provides investment management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients in the US. The firm also serves institutional separate account clients in Canada and offers certain separate account products to professional investors in Australia and Asia.

IGT Global Solutions Corp. provides gaming technology and services. It offers innovative technology, creative content and superior service delivery. The company is located in West Greenwich, RI.

Converse, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets footwear for men, women and children. It offers sneakers, high top, low top, slip, wedge and customized footwear. The firm also offers clothing products that include tees, shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, pants, socks and accessories. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Mimeo.com, Inc. provides online managed content distribution and printing services. It offers presentation, manual, brochure, booklet, poster, newsletter, catalog, flyer, postcard, and proposal printing solutions. The firm provides binding services, which include spiral, twin loop wire, comb, 3-ring, tape, velo, saddle stitch, perfect, and stapled types. The company was founded by Key Compton, David H. Meadows, David Uyttendaele, Jeffrey Stewart and John Delbridge in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

OnForce, Inc. provides online information technology for on-site tech talent in field services. The firm offers online work platform, talent exchange, preferred talent pools, freelancer management system, consumer electronics and information technology. The company was founded by Jeffrey P. Leventhal, Mark L. Friedman and Gabe Miano in February 2003 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Applause APP Quality, Inc. provides software testing services. It utilizes a roster of testers from various countries and territories to provide testing of web, desktop and mobile applications in development. The company was founded by Doron Reuveni and Roy Solomon in 2007 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Holly Hunt Ltd. designs, produces, and showcases luxury home furnishings. It offers custom made products including indoor and outdoor furniture, lighting, rugs, textiles, and leathers. The company was founded by Holly A. Hunt in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Sorenson Communications LLC provides communications products and services for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. Its offerings include Sorenson video relay service, the highest-quality video interpreting service; the Sorenson ntouch VP videophone, designed especially for use by deaf individuals; ntouch PC, software that connects users to SVRS by using a PC and webcam; ntouch for Mac, software that connects users to SVRS by using an Apple computer; ntouch Tablet, which turns the Apple iPad with a front-facing camera into a larger-screen mobile VP; and ntouch mobile, an application empowering SVRS communication via mobile devices. The company was founded in March 24, 2000 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines operates as a non-profit organization which engages in promoting charitable giving and providing leadership on important community issues. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. operates as a non profit organization which encourages, inspires, and stimulates businesses to support the arts in the workplace, in education, and in the community. The company was founded by David Rockefeller in 1967 and is headquartered in Long Island City, NY.

Michigan Venture Capital Association operates as a non-profit trade organization designed to bring together venture capital industry participants in the state of Michigan. The company was founded by 2002 by Terry Cross and David P. Weaver in 2002 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

GA Holding Co LLC (Grand Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Charles C. Stoddard and Craig T. Hall. The firm is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Maharam Co. manufactures and distributes textile products. The private company is based in Hauppauge, NY.

Part of MillerKnoll, Inc., Geiger International, Inc. designs and manufactures architectural furniture. The company is based in Atlanta, GA.

Caprock Group LLC provides office furniture and services. It offers workplace accessories to educational, commercial and healthcare furnishings. The company was founded in 2003 by Luna Michael T and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Synchrony Bank engages in the provision of banking products and services. It offers certificates of deposit, money market and saving accounts, individual retirement account, and online and mobile banking options. The company was founded on August 8, 1988 and is headquartered in Draper, UT.

Sprint/United Management Co., Inc. provides management services. The company is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Zubie, Inc. develops and provides vehicle connectivity solutions for personal or business use. Its Zubie mobile phone application features real-time tracking and location, engine and battery status alerts and driver performance reports. The company was founded by Ari Silkey in 2012 and is headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

Invest Michigan (Invest Michigan) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Northville, Michigan.

Mautic, Inc. designs and develops marketing automation solutions. The firm provides marketing management, marketing intelligence, email marketing, automated campaigns, account-based marketing, contact management, lead scoring, benchmark reporting, and progressive profiling. The company was founded by David B. Hurley in 2014 and is headquartered in Medford, MA.

Part of ACMI, Inc., Ariel Alternatives LLC is a private asset management firm that aims to scale sustainable minority-owned businesses to serve as leading vendors to Fortune 500 companies. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The firm's inaugural fund, Project Black, invests in businesses that are not currently minority-owned, as well as existing minority-owned businesses, forging a new class of black and brown entrepreneurs. Through its portfolio companies, Project Black plans to close the racial wealth gap by generating jobs and economic growth within underrepresented communities. The company was founded by Leslie A. Brun, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

The Business Roundtable advocates public policies that ensure economic growth. It considers public policy issues which contains groups like the construction users anti-inflation roundtable, a group devoted to containing construction costs; and the labor law study committee, made up of labor relations executives of major companies. The Business Roundtable was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

United Way Worldwide is a non-profit organization, which engages in raising money for charitable causes. It focuses on education, health, and financial stability. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.