Ken Brown

GrowthWorks Capital Ltd. (GrowthWorks) is a venture capital firm founded in 1992 by David Levi. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Columbia with additionaal offices in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Ontario.

Central 1 Credit Union operates credit unions. The firm specializes in payment and clearing, investment banking, electronic transaction, primary liquidity facility, centralized cheque processing, Internet banking, bill payment, and wholesale financial services. The company was founded in July 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Acuva Technologies, Inc. provides water purification solutions. It offers Acuva Arrow Essential, a UV-LED water purification system, designed to provide tasting water for places like boats, recreational vehicles, cottages, and homes. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Microdermics, Inc. designs, builds, tests, and manufactures proprietary hollow metal microneedles that will eliminate the need for hypodermic needles for many therapeutics and traditional intramuscular vaccinations. It focuses on commercializing a novel hollow microneedle delivery platform targeting the multi-billion biopharmaceutical market. The company was founded by Sahan Ranamukharachchi, Iman Mansoor, Urs O. Häfeli, and Boris Stoeber in June 2014 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

The Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council, founded in 1944, is based in Arlington, VA. The private company is a leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry. Thousands of volunteers representing over 350 member companies work together in more than 100 JEDEC committees and task groups to meet the needs of every segment of the industry, for manufacturers and consumers alike. The publications and standards generated by JEDEC committees are accepted throughout the world, and all JEDEC standards are available for download from the JEDEC website.

The Software & Information Industry Association, Inc. operates as a business association for the software and information industry. The firm investigates and prosecutes companies accused of using software or content illegally. It provides services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Trudell Medical International designs, develops and manufactures aerosol drug delivery devices for human and animal health applications. It serves to the pharmaceutical and health care industries. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in London, Canada.

The Co-Operators Group Ltd. operates as insurance and financial services co-operative. It offers home, auto, life, business, farm, and travel insurance. The company was founded by Albert Savage in March 1945 and is headquartered in Guelph, Canada.

Co-operators Financial Services Ltd. operates as a holding company with interests in providing insurance, brokerage and investment management services. The company was founded in and is headquartered in Guelph, Canada.

Payments Canada provides clearing and settlement infrastructure, processes and rules essential to transactions. It offers Canada’s national payments systems. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Alterna Savings & Credit Union Ltd. operates as a credit union. The firm provides personal loans, mortgages, retirement and investment products, mutual funds, other securities, and online brokerage services. The company was founded by Alphonse Desjardins in 1908 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Xerox Canada, Inc. provides document-imaging products. It offers products such as printers, copiers, facsimile machines, multifunction devices and related document management software. It also offers consulting, outsourced document management services, technical support and training. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in North York, Canada

VanCity Capital Corp. engages in the provision of growth capital to small and medium-sized businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and co-operatives. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

3659992 Canada, Inc. provides desktop collaboration technology. The firm operates in area of oil and gas, architecture, engineering and construction, law firms and legal departments and government. The company was founded by Barry W. Jinks in April 2000 and is headquartered in Vancouver, BC.

Dyaptive Systems produces the industrys most advanced and scalable wireless subscriber simulation and test systems for CDMA, UMTS, HSPA and LTE technologies. Dyaptive's DMTS systems use patented software defined radio (SDR) techniques to generate realistic traffic patterns, subscriber call model behavior and emerging data applications in order to test the capacity, performance and reliability of 3G and 4G networks. Modern 3G and 4G Mobile networks are both dynamic and adaptive in nature with network intelligence moving out of the core and into the edge of the access networks. The test challenge now is to simulate subscriber behavior at both the RF and IP interfaces to ensure quality and performance objectives have been met. That challenge has been successfully met by Dyaptive Systems with systems deployed by virtually all leading Radio Access Network (RAN) manufactures and many of the worlds leading mobile network operators.

Librestream Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of onsight mobile collaboration solutions. It provides a visual collaboration solution that allows enterprises to remotely view, diagnose, consult and resolve issues in real time. The company was founded by Kerry Thacher in 2003 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Activplant Corp. provides enterprise manufacturing intelligence software. The firm's software enables manufacturers to collect, store, analyze and distribute critical information throughout the manufacturing enterprise in real-time. Its services include implementation, consulting, training, and technical support services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, Canada.

gShift Labs, Inc. engages in the provision of web presence analytics software. It offers brand development, competitive assessment, digital recruitment, content, influencer, integrated social media, and paid marketing, SEO marketing, web consulting and site audit services. The company was founded in 2009 by Krista LaRiviere and Chris Adams and is headquartered in Barrie, Canada.

Mercatus Technologies, Inc. develops technology-based information systems for the retail sector. It offers Concierge, a smart shopping technology that enables users to make and revise shopping lists on smartphones or home computers. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research.

D-Wave Systems, Inc. designs and develops quantum computer systems. The firm designs and produces quantum computing systems, customer support, site preparation, installation and other related services. The company was founded by Eric Ladizinsky and Geordie Rose in 1999 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

Soft Tracks Enterprises Ltd. provides software solutions. It provides software technology to the wireless communication and electronic payment industries. The company is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

Ikon Group LLC provides information technology services. The firm provides services to government departments, NHS trusts and executive agencies. The company is headquartered in St. Cloud, MN.