Laura Kimes

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.

The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network provides investment assistance. The non-profit company is based in Portland, OR and has subsidiaries in the United States.

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.

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.

Oak Investment Partners (Oak Investment Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1978 by Ed F Glassmeyer and Stewart H Greenfield. The firm is headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut.

Pivotal Investments LLC (Pivotal Investments) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by John Miner and Bradley A. Zenger. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

OVP Venture Partners (OVP) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Revolution Foods, Inc. offers healthy meals to both schools and stores. Its meals and snacks contain whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables. The company was founded by Jonathan Klein, Kirsten Saenz Tobey and Kristin Groos Richmand in 2006 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

GeoTrust, Inc. provides retail and reseller services for secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption, website authentication, digital signatures, code signing, secure email, and enterprise SSL products. It offers true businessID with extended validation SSL certificates, true businessID SSL certificates, multi-domain certificates, wildcard SSL certificates, UC and SAN SSL certificates, quick SSL premium certificates, Symantec certified document solutions, and enterprise SSL. The company was founded by Neal Creighton, Charles Jennings, David Chen, and Christopher T. M. Bailey in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.