Brent Rasmussen

VHS of Illinois provides healthcare services to communities throughout the northwest and southwest suburbs of Chicago. Its services include bariatrics, cancer care, heart and vascular care, hospice care, imaging and radiology, orthopedics, pain management, psychiatry and behavioral health, rehabilitation, urology, and women’s health services. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Berwyn, IL.

2C Tech Corp. develops a medical device based on nanotechnology. It offers SeeQ device, which involves intraocularly delivered photoactive nanoparticles that converts light to electrical energy similar to a conventional solar cell but on a sub-cellular scale. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

ONL Therapeutics, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical services. It protects and improves the vision of patients with a range of retinal diseases and conditions, including retinal detachment and both the wet and dry forms of age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by David Zacks and Jeffery Jamison in 2006 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

SMG Corp. provides public facility management services. It provides sports and entertainment booking, convention center services, k’nekt training programs, design and operations, naming rights and sponsorships, suites and premium seating and urban development. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Scalable Software LLC provides IT compliance and asset management solutions. The company's products include Survey and WinINSTALL. It also provides solutions for asset discovery & inventory, software asset management, disaster recovery, desktop management and many more. Scalable Software was founded in 1999 and is located in Sugar Land, TX.

Grainger & Co. Ltd. provides accounting and other consulting services. Its services include general accounting, financial reporting, asset accounting management, budgeting, and records management. The company is located in Glasgow, UK

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

Tech Coast Angels, Inc. (Tech Coast Angels) is an angel firm founded in 1997 by Luis Villalobos. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Founded in 1999 by Dr. Ron Weiss and Jeff Joseph, Prescient Capital Partners is a venture capital/private equity firm located in Berwyn, Illinois. In 2007, the firm formed Prescient Advisors to provide strategic consulting services to assist entrepreneurs and CEOs of start-up, emerging and established companies in accessing resources needed to grow their businesses.

Facilities Resource Group provides construction and facilities services. It installs, operates and maintains electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, and energy management systems. The firm offers services to healthcare, transportation facilities, manufacturing plants, university campuses, grocery, and government buildings. The company was founded in 1999 by James C. Faber and John N. Weeber and is headquartered in Grandville, MI.

Global Leisure Partners LLP provides financial advisory services to the operators and investors in the leisure industry. It offers advisory services on mergers and acquisitions, financing and restructuring. The firm specializes in sector relationships, private equity focus, operating partners, and value added capital. The company was founded by Mark William Bruce Harms, Lindsay Anne Harms, Robert Louis Decker in 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom

Global Leisure Capital Partners LLC (Global Leisure Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Harald Quandt Family Office GmbH founded in 1989 by Robert L. Decker, Lindsay Anne Harms and Mark W. B. Harms. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Biosciences Research & Commercialization Center (BRCC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Western Michigan University founded in 2020 by Cindy Bi. The firm is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Planet Metrics, Inc. provides carbon information management software solutions. Its carbon information management platform that offers organizations a framework for assessing and strategically managing carbon emissions across the entire range of their enterprise activities. The company was founded by Dallek Aaron and Leventhal Andy in 2007 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

Bellwether Investment Group LLC (Bellwether) is an independent SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in Hixson, Tennessee. The firm was founded in 2008 by John Lindsey, Connie West, and Martin Summitt. Bellwether provides investment advice to individuals, businesses, trusts, and estates.

Pinstripes, Inc. is an experiential dining and entertainment company that offers a combination of made-from-scratch dining, bowling, and bocce, as well as flexible private event space. Pinstripes has 13 locations across the United States, including Northbrook, South Barrington, Oak Brook, and Chicago, IL; Edina, MN; Georgetown and Bethesda, MD; Cleveland, OH; Norwalk, CT; and San Mateo, CA. The company's elegant and spacious venues can accommodate groups of 20 to 1,500 people for private events, parties, and celebrations. Pinstripes has plans for significant further expansion, with five additional venues scheduled to open in 2022. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL. Dale Schwartz founded the company in 2007 and has been the CEO since then.

Lancer Group LLC provides executive search and business consulting services. The private company is based in La Jolla, CA and has subsidiaries in China.

EyeCare Services Partners Holdings LLC provides ophthalmologic and optometric services. The company was founded in May 2014 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Part of WPP Plc, Ogilvy Commonhealth Worldwide LLC is a healthcare communications network serving. The company is based in Parsippany, NJ.

Water Asset Management LLC /Private Equity/ is a private equity subsidiary arm to Water Asset Management LLC headquartered in New York. The firm founded in 2005 by Mr. Disque D. Deane and Mr. Matthew J. Diserio.

The Lockwood Group LLC provides medical communications solutions. The firm offers medical expert engagement, publication services, and meeting management. It serves the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

InFocus Capital Partners (InFocus Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Rob Rothman and Ron Weiss. The firm is headquartered in Jericho, New York.

Trust LLC (Trust Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Salen Churi and Brian Tochman. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Re-Vana Therapeutics Ltd. is a specialty ocular therapeutic and British drug delivery company that focuses on developing its internal pipeline and external strategic collaborations to advance its novel drug delivery platform. In 2022, Re-Vana won the Ophthalmic Innovation Summit Retina Award in drug delivery and the Belfast Nth Ireland Chamber 2022 Award for Business Innovation. Re-Vana Therapeutics was founded in 2016 as a spin-out from Queen's University, with the main office located in Belfast, UK, and an office, Re-Vana Therapeutics, Inc., based elsewhere. The company has raised more than $17.75m to support the development of sustained release biologics. In 2019, Re-Vana secured funding from Innovate totaling more than $400k to support the development of a sustained release drug. Additionally, in 2020, the company entered into a strategic feasibility collaboration with a leading pharmaceutical company for a novel therapeutic.

Tech Transfer University of Michigan / Venture Capital/(University of Michigan) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Mike Psarouthakis. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, US.

Sana Benefits, Inc. provides health insurance services. The company was founded by Nathan Hackley and Will Young in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Steno Agency, Inc. offers court reporting services. Its services include videography, interpreters, remote deposition platform, and litigation support. The company was founded by Gregory Hong and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Cellview Imaging, Inc. develops and commercializes ophthalmic imaging devices. It provides multispectral, hyperspectral, metabolic Imaging, and optical coherence tomography. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Degree Insurance Corp. provides educational and career guidance counselling services. The company is based in Arlington Heights, IL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Wade Eyerly and Dennis Murashko, with Wade Eyerly serving as CEO since incorporation.

Part of SitelogIQ, Inc., Maintenance Resource LLC provides energy and facility solutions. The company is based in Grandville, MI. The company was founded in 1999 by John N. Weeber. John N. Weeber has been the CEO since 1999. Maintenance Resource was acquired by SitelogIQ, Inc. on June 20, 2023.