David Chen

B Lab Co. provides business support services. It offers certification to the companies with highest standards of verified, overall social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability. The company was founded by Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Kassoy on July 5, 2006 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

Nvoicepay, Inc. operates as a financial technology company which specializes in intelligent payment automation solutions. It serves automotive, medical, construction, manufacturing, retail, food service, technology, non-profits and education sectors. The company was founded by Karla Friede, Shaun H. McAravey and Tana Law in 2009 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. provides higher education, invention, and entrepreneurship services. It funds and trains faculty and students innovators to create successful and socially beneficial businesses. It offers grants to faculty to start programs in technology entrepreneurship, particularly ones that focused on the development of E-Teams-groups of students, faculty and advisors working to commercialize a novel idea. The company was founded on April 11, 2007 and is headquartered in Hadley, MA.

Fresh Coast Capital LLC develops and finances community green infrastructure. It offers program planning and predevelopment, financing and contracting, designing or building, and operating and maintenance. The company was founded by Nicole Chavas, April Mendez, and Laura Brenner Kimes in 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

AppHarvest Operations, Inc. is an applied technology company building some of the world’s largest indoor farms in Appalachia. The company combines conventional agricultural techniques with cutting-edge technology and is addressing key issues, including improving access for all to nutritious food, farming more sustainably, building a home-grown food supply, and increasing investment in Appalachia. The company was founded by Jonathan Webb in February 2017 and is headquartered in Lexington, KY.