Keith Crandell

Alfalight, Inc. designs and manufactures laser and electro-optical systems for defense and security applications. Its products and embedded electro-optical modules include precision short-wave infrared (SWIR), near infrared (NIR), and visible lasers. The company was founded by Luke Mawst, Eric C. Apfelbach, Tom Earles and Dan Botez in November 1998 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Crystal IS, Inc. manufactures ultraviolet light emitting diodes. Its products include TO-39 ball lens and flat window. Its LEDs are integrated into customers’ products to sterilize and disinfect water, air and surfaces in a variety of applications. The company was founded by Leo Schowalter and Glen Alfred Slack in March 1997 and is headquartered in Green Island, NY.

Nanosys, Inc. develops and manufactures inorganic nanostructures and other related products. It offers Ultra HD television. The company was founded by Paul A. Alivisatos, Stephen Empedocles, Peidong Yang, Robert M. Metcalfe, Jim Heath, Paul McEuen, Christoph H. Westphal, Moungi Bawendi, Lawrence A. Bock, Calvin Y. H. Chow, Chunming Niu, Karen Vergura, Hongkun Park, George Pontis and Charles M. Lieber in 2001 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

MobileVerbs, Inc. provides mobile marketing solutions. The firm offers direct and interactive mobile programs in the form of Email, short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging services (MMS), and mobile web applications. The company was founded by Parmeet S. Chaddha and Babak Hodjat and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

PixelEXX Systems, Inc. manufactures semiconductor nanoarrays for molecular diagnostics and microscopy. The company was founded by Stuart Solin, Samuel A. Wickline, Kirk Wallace and Michael Hughes in 2007 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Adesto Technologies Corp. is engaged in the development, manufacture, and market of non-volatile memory products. It offers DataFlash, Fusion Serial Flash, Standard Serial Flash, EcoXiP, Mavriq, and Moneta. The company was founded by Narbeh Derhacobian, Ishai Naveh, and Shane Hollmer in January 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Permeon Biologics, Inc. develops intracellular biotherapeutics platform to enhance drug delivery. Its intraphilin technology platform leverages research on remodeling the surfaces of proteins to permit cell penetration without losing their structure or activity; and enables functional proteins to replace or restore defective pathways inside cells that cause disease. The company was founded by Douglas G. Cole, David R. Liu, John W. Ripple, and Noubar B. Afeyan in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Hercules, Inc. used to manufacture and market specialty chemicals. It operated through two segments, Performance Products segment and Additives segment. The company was founded in 1912 and was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Cubs Rainbow, Inc. is a holding company engaged in the development of advanced 3D digital modeling and analysis solutions for the aerospace, automotive, industrial and government markets. The company was founded by Kenji Shimada in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Boreal Genomics, Inc. develops and markets DNA and RNA purification, enrichment, and detection equipment and tools. It provides research tools and developing diagnostic tests based on non invasive tumor profiling and monitoring of cancer. The company’s OnTarget platform performs sensitive genomic analysis of cell free DNA in plasma to detect and quantify mutations in tumor derived circulating nucleic acids. The company was founded by Andre Marziali, Jason Donald Thompson, Joel Pel and David J. Broemeling in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Part of The University of Chicago, ARCH Development Corp. is an American company that provides job training and housing development services. The CEO of the company is Duane Gautier.

The Chicago History Museum is a destination for learning and connecting people to the history of Chicago. The museum is located in Chicago, IL. The museum offers dynamic exhibitions, tours, programs, digital resources, and special events that explore the city's history and connect people to each other. The museum's featured exhibitions include "Back Home: Polish City on Fire: 1871" and "Millions of Moments Facing Freedom." The museum also offers guided tours of the city's neighborhoods, including the South Side, Paseo Boricua and Park, Historic Old Town, and Pilsen Murals.

International, Inc. provided an array of solutions to optimize the reverse link (the signal from the mobile device to the base station) for the wireless telecommunications industry. The company was headquartered in Elk Grove Village, IL.

Eichrom Holding Corp. develops chemical separation technology solutions. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Darien, IL.

Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc. designs and develops aesthetic devices. The company was founded by William Gerald Austen and Doug A. Levinson and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Clean Energy Trust is a non-profit organization which provides clean energy technology solutions. The firm also specializes in commercializing research from labs and universities into the market. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Genturi, Inc. operates as an early stage genomics technology company. It develops long DNA molecule analysis technology for research and subsequent clinical applications. The company was founded by J. Michael Ramsey and Laurent Menard in 2015 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Illinois Venture Capital Association engages in providing services such as education, networking, industry events, roundtable discussions and government lobbying. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc. engages in curating genetic biodiversity and discover novel protein functions from nature. The company was founded by David Arthur Svott, Winston Xia Yan, Feng Zhang and David R. Walt in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The Morton Arboretum, Inc. operates as a garden and outdoor museum. It offers library, herbarium, and program in tree research. The company was founded by Joy Morton in 1922 and is headquartered in Lisle, IL.

Alis Corp. develops and sells ion microscopes and imaging systems. Its product includes atomic-level helium ion. The company was founded by Bill W. Ward in 2005 and is headquartered in Peabody, MA.

DA32 Life Science Tech Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on April 16, 2021 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ultivue, Inc. engages in provision of biotechnology services. It offers super-resolution imaging, single-molecule and diagnostics services. Its product Multiplex IHC Reagent Kits, a performance marker multiplexing detection and analysis.The company was founded by Peng Yin, David Walt and Ralf Jumgmann in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Mass SAS develops and distributes automatic orange juice vending machine. It operates in schools, companies, clubs, and hospitals. The company was founded by Jean-Baptiste Bisman and Félix Canto on October 14, 2013 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Lightcast Discovery Ltd. provides research and development of microfluidic platform. The company was founded by Cameron A. Frayling and Tom Isaac in February 2019 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Quantum Circuits, Inc. develops, manufactures and wholesales quantum computers, components and devices. Its products include JPC-mini and amplifier & multi-layer shield. The company was founded by Michel Devoret, Luigi Frunzio, Brian W. Pusch and Robert J. Schoelkopf in 2015 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

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.

Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Polsky Center) is a business accelerator founded by Steven Kaplan in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Airna, Inc. is an American company that focuses on the discovery and development of RNA editing therapeutics. Airna was founded by Thorsten Stafforst, Jin Billy Li, Tobias Merkle, Paul Vogel. The CEO is Kris Elverum.

Scale Biosciences, Inc. is an American single-cell sequencing solutions company that aims to unlock the potential of single-cell analysis at scale by eliminating barriers to discovery. The private company has R & D facilities in Menlo Park, CA and another location that is not specified. The company is located in the US. Scalebio is financed by leading life sciences tools investors Arch Venture Partners, BNG, and Tao Capital. The company's multidisciplinary team of scientists and technologists has combined expertise in next-generation sequencing, genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. Discover how their single-cell sequencing technology enables scalable sample indexing, cell throughput, and multi-omics analysis.