Daniela Proske

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development provides project financing for the financial sector from central Europe to central Asia and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. It provides project financing for banks, industries and businesses, both new ventures and investments in existing companies. The company also provides loan and equity finance, guarantees, leasing facilities and trade finance. European Bank for Reconstruction & Development was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Chromatin, Inc. provides seed and feedstock products for traditional agriculture and bio-industrial processes. The firm markets seed products under its Sorghum Partners brand, primarily the grain sorghum and forage sorghum seed types. It also delivers sorghum products for companies seeking renewable feedstock. Its service areas encompass supplying seed, contracting growers, providing agronomic support, and overseeing harvest and delivery of feedstock in the form and specifications required by bio-processors. The company was founded by Kevin Keith, Daphne Preuss and Gregory Paul Copenhaver in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Tessera Technologies, Inc. develops and licenses innovative semiconductor, interconnect and imaging technologies. The company offers mobile computing and communications, memory and data storage and 3-D Integrated Circuit technologies. Tessera Technologies was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

VYCON, Inc. manufactures flywheel energy storage systems. It serves the UPS industry by eliminating or supplementing lead acid batteries. The company was founded by Vatche V. Artinian in 2002 and is headquartered in Cerritos, CA.

Advanced BioNutrition Corp. provides environmentally sustainable and science-based technology solutions. It develops biotech products for animal health and human nutrition. The firm’s technologies include applications patents, licensing and acquisitions. The company was founded by David J. Kyle in 2001 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Carbonfree Chemicals Holdings LLC develops a proprietary technologies that capture flue gases that would otherwise release carbon dioxide into the environment and transform into solid carbonate materials. It has three primary technologies include: SkyMine, SkyScraper, and SkyCycle a processes require less energy to remove harmful pollutants and safer ways to store carbon. The company was founded by Joe Jones in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Part of Roper Technologies, Inc., Gatan International, Inc. makes and markets analytical systems and products. The company is based in Pleasanton, CA. Gatan International was acquired by Roper Technologies, Inc. on May 31, 1996 for $51.20 million.

Hercules Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Scott Harvey, Manuel Henriquez, and Roy Liu. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Power Integrations UK Ltd. provides energy-efficient power conversion products. Its applications include mobile, feature, smart phones and media tablets. The company was founded by Gehan Anil Joseph Amaratunga and is headquartered in Cambridge the United Kingdom.

MFT Management ApS (NES Partners) is an independent venture capital headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark. The firm was founded in 2002 as part of the BankInvest Group, and has a US office in Los Angeles, California.

Marine Current Turbines Ltd. develops tidal stream generation technology. It operates as an original equipment manufacturer of commercial scale tidal stream technology to research, design, manufacture and support of tidal stream energy generating systems. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

BioGasol ApS specializes in the development of technologies and supporting services to first and second generation biofuels, as well as biochemicals developers and manufacturers. Its products include Carbofrac Pretreatment; Pentocrobe Fermentation; and Biochemical Processing. The firm uses the Biomass Sugar Extraction and FirstSugar technology. The company was founded by Birgitte Kiær Ahring in 2006 and is headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark.

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. engags in the production of biofuel from garbage. It designs, develops, owns, and operates facilities that convert sorted, post-recycled municipal solid waste into ethanol. The firm's proprietary thermo chemical process converts municipal solid waste feedstock into ethanol using conventional commercial systems and alcohol synthesis process. The company was founded by James Alastair Campbell McDermott and E. James Macias in July 2007 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Solidia Technologies, Inc. develops a technology platform that enables production of next generation building and construction materials. The firm also commercializes its proprietary technology based on low temperature solidification, which enables the production of building and construction materials, such as concrete and stone at low temperatures and pressures. The company was founded by Richard E. Riman in 2008 and is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ.

Taxon Biosciences, Inc. engages in the provision of development of genomics tools to profile microbial communities. The company was founded by Matthew Ashby, Jasper Rine, and Stewart Scherer in 2000 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

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.

Biosynthetic Technologies, Inc. manufactures biobased synthetic molecules from organic fatty acids found in plant oils. It offers biosynthetic base oil, passenger car motor oil and cocoestolide. The company is founded by Jakob Bredsguard in 2004 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Calysta, Inc. provides sustainable industrial products for food and energy security. The firm develops new Biological Gas-to-Liquids and Biological Gas-to-Chemicals technologies using methane, the primary component of natural gas. It’s technology allows conversion of a plentiful energy resource into high value chemicals and transportation fuels. The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Silverman and Alan Shaw and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Freewire Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures mobile electric vehicle chargers. The company was founded by Arcady Sosinov, Jawann Swislow, Rich Steele, Sanat Kamal Bahl, Kothari Luv, and Sameer Mehdiratta in 2014 and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA.

Zippity, Inc. engages in the provision of on-site car care services. Its services include oil changes, battery and brake inspection, filtration, and replacement of brake pad, bulb, wiper, and battery. The company was founded by Russell Walker and Edward Warren III in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Hatzimemos/Libby Holdings LLC (H/L Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Eric Hatzimemos and Oliver B. Libby. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Blueprint Power Technologies, Inc. provides power solutions. The company was founded by Robyn Beavers, Claire Woo and Nicholas Squires and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BiSN Holdings Ltd. manufactures oil field equipment. The company was founded by Paul Carragher in 2010 and is headquartered in Warrington, the United Kingdom.

Upwing Energy, Inc. engages in the production of natural gas. It provides artificial lift technology that increases the production and recovery of gas from conventional and unconventional wells. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Cerritos, CA.

Eavor Technologies, Inc. generates green baseload power. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Beyond Limits Life Sciences, Inc. engages in artificial intelligence and cognitive computing services. The firm offers decision optimization and automation, supervisory decision and real time control decisions. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.

Magma Global Ltd. manufactures pipes for oil and gas industry. It specializes in designing and manufacturing of m-pipe, risers, flow-lines and jumpers, high temperature, sour service, and deepwater applications. The company was founded by Martin Peter William Jones, Damon Roberts, and Mike Boyd in 2009 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, the United Kingdom.