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Union Carbide Corp. engages in the production of chemicals and polymers. The firm operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World. Its products include polyethylene and polypropylene, ethylene glycol, isopropanol, ethyleneamines, biocides, surfactants, deicing and anti-icing fluids, amines, solution vinyl resins and polyethylene glycols. The company was founded on November 1, 1917 and is headquartered in Seadrift, TX.

ZENON Membrane Solutions, Inc. manufactures water purification systems. The company sells membrane-filtration products and equipment for water-filtration systems. It markets its products to municipal drinking water and wastewater-treatment plants. The company was founded 1980 and is headquartered in Oakville, Canada.

Crailar Fiber Technologies, Inc. manufactures organic fiber products. The company offers high-tech, high-strength natural fiber for the textile and composite industry. The company was founded in 2005 and is located in Vancouver, Canada.

Navarik Corp. provides physical operations software and data services for the commodity trading industry. Its solutions include inspection, vetting and VEF. The firm's services encompass software and data services to commodity traders of crude oil, refined products and dry bulk. The software services standardize the process of managing the inspection of bulk commodities exchanged between trading companies. The data services aggregate the inspection data across all trading companies. Navarik was founded by Martin G. Ertl, Don Hitchen and William F. Dobie in 2000 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Zymeworks BC, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of biotherapeutics. Its product, ZW25 and ZW49, are a bispecific antibody that cans two non-overlapping epitopes. The company was founded by Anthony Fejes, J. Haig deB Farris, Nick Bedford, Ali Tehrani and Andrew S. Wright on September 8, 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies, Inc. provides nutrient recovery and phosphorus management solutions. Its chemical precipitation process removes phosphorous and ammonia (nitrogen) from a treatment facility's dewatering stream and creates pure crystalline pellets that are marketed as a commercial fertilizer called crystal green. The company was founded by Joseph E. McHugh, Don Mavinic, F. Phillip Abrary, Ahren T. Britton, and Edward Jones in 2005 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

VantagePoint Management, Inc. (VantagePoint) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Alan Edward Salzman, James D. Marver. The firm is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with additional office in Beijing, China.

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.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory engages on research of environmental studies, nanoscience, and quantitative biology, physics and nuclear energy. The lab is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the University of California. It was founded in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Black & Veatch Corp. provides engineering, consulting, and construction services. It offers asset management, operations, physical and cybersecurity, procurement, program and construction management, data analytics, and sustainability solutions. The company was founded by Ernest Bateman Black and Nathan Thomas Veatch in 1915 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is a professional organization that provides education, advocacy, and networking opportunities for intellectual property (IP) law practitioners. The organization is based in Arlington, VA and offers a variety of resources for its members, including access to committees focused on specific areas of IP law, continuing legal education (CLE) courses, and publications such as the quarterly journal and Innovate magazine. AIPLA also advocates for policies that support the protection of IP rights and provides resources for students and the public.

LifeSciences British Columbia is a non-profit organization, which engages in supporting and representing the life science community through leadership, investment, advocacy, and promotion. It ensures that no life sciences sector is working in isolation and that all sectors come together in a comprehensive, complementary, and coordinated fashion. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Vancouver Opera Association operates as a performing arts organization. It strives to be the destination performing arts organization that entertains, stimulates and enriches British Columbians, driven by programming that redefines ''opera'' and revolutionizes its accessibility and community value. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada operates as a funding agency for university based research and student training in natural sciences and engineering. The company was founded on May 1, 1978 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

BIOTECanada serves as a national association for Canada's health, industrial and agricultural biotechnology sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Fractal Capital Corp. provides investment services. It is an angel and seed stage venture investment company that finances technology start-ups and resource service technology companies. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

University of British Columbia Alumni Association links alumni with the university. It also supports the mission and activities of the university. The organization also creates and operates fund raising, banquets, receptions, and other social events. The company was founded on May 4, 1917 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences operates as mathematical sciences research company. The firm funds collaborative research groups, post-doctoral fellowships and individual events on a competitive basis. The company was founded by Nassif Ghoussoub in 1996 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Tasman Water Technologies Pty Ltd. provides technological water treatment solutions. It offers to food & Beverage Industries including abattoir, further processing, general food and soft drinks, metal processing industries, mining, municipal, ground water, pulp and paper, leather processing, power generation, and oil and gas. The company was founded on July 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Wetherhill Park, Australia.

Consortium Québécois sur la Découverte du Médicament (CQDM) is a not-for-profit biopharmaceutical research consortium based in Montréal, Canada. CQDM's mission is to support and facilitate multi-stakeholder collaborative R&D aimed at accelerating the translation of innovative technologies into solutions that address unmet medical needs, while generating significant benefits for the Quebec and Canadian economy. CQDM funds the development of innovative tools and technologies that accelerate the discovery and development of safer and more effective drugs. The company's Quantum Leap pharma-led funding program for drug discovery research helps SMEs or Canadian universities achieve innovative translational biopharmaceutical research projects. CQDM's SynergiQC-International program is designed to promote university-based industrial research in the biopharmaceutical field with collaborators outside, that will generate economic benefits. The non-profit company was founded by Max Fehlmann.

Cambrian Innovation, Inc. provides distributed wastewater treatment and resource recovery solutions. It specializes in bio electrochemical systems, wastewater, and energy. The company was founded by Matthew Silver and Justin Buck is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

Bast Fibre Technologies, Inc. engages in the production of plant-based natural fibres. The firm's process of making products include agronomics, decortication, wet processing, and fibre modification. Its products include baby wipes, personal care, household wipes, and commercial wipes. The company is headquartered in Victoria, Canada.

Founded in 2010, Alpha Membrane Technologies Ltd. is a subsidiary of Alpha Plan Holding GmbH that manufactures hollow fiber membranes. The company is based in Crawley, UK.

Amplitude Ventures is a venture capital firm. The firm was founded in 2018. It’s headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Silvec Biologics, Inc. develops RNA therapies for trees. The company is based in Rockville, MD.

The Intellectual Property Owners Association is an organization that advocates for effective and affordable intellectual property ownership rights. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company offers resources such as amicus briefs, testimony and comments, IPO law journal articles, and IPO Federal Circuit Summaries™. The organization is committed to diversity and inclusion and supports minority and women-owned businesses, including law firms.