Mark A. Daugherty

Virent, Inc. develops and commercializes biofuel technologies. It converts soluble biomass-derived sugars into products molecularly identical to those made with petroleum, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemicals used for plastics and fibers. The company was founded by Randy D. Cortright and James Dumesic in 2002 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

H2scan Corp. provides hydrogen sensing technology solutions. It offers hydrogen leak detection and process gas measurement solutions to detect hydrogen against virtually various background gases and fixed area monitor to respond to a range of hydrogen gas. The firm products include HY-OPTIMA process analyzers, HY-ALERTA safety systems and OEM sub-systems. The company was founded by Dennis Reid on September 18, 2002 and is headquartered in Valencia, CA.

Superconductivity, Inc develops and manufactures the SSDr Family of products, an integration of commercially available power electronics and stored energy systems. These products protect against incoming electrical power disruptions or voltage sags by instantly providing supplemental carryover power. Systems produced by Superconductivity, Inc. are proving valuable for protecting sensitive computer and data systems in government, defense facilities and a whole range of industrial and commercial applications.

Part of Enable IPC Corp., SolRayo LLC develops ultracapacitor technology for improving the storage battery energy. The company is based in Madison, WI.