Andy Palmer

Crystal IS, Inc. manufactures ultraviolet light emitting diodes. Its products include TO-39 ball lens and flat window. Its LEDs are integrated into customers’ products to sterilize and disinfect water, air and surfaces in a variety of applications. The company was founded by Leo Schowalter and Glen Alfred Slack in March 1997 and is headquartered in Green Island, NY.

Lux Research, Inc. provides strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging technologies. Its products include subscription intelligence, market data products and consulting projects. The firm's solutions include understanding emerging technology markets, technology scouting and open innovation, formulating market entry strategies, evaluating technology companies, performing due diligence, market sizing and forecasting, establishing technology adoption roadmaps, driving economic development from emerging tech and understanding China innovation. The company was founded by Eric Greenberg, DeSoto S. Jordan, Ken Allard, Francis Mark Modzelewski and Matthew M. Nordan in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Kurion, Inc. offers nuclear waste management technologies. The firm has developed technological solutions to access, separate, and stabilize nuclear and hazardous wastes. The company was founded by John Raymont and Husain Amir in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Lux Capital Group LLC (Lux Capita Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Peter Hebert and Josh Wolfe. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional office in Menlo Park, California.

Shapeways, Inc. provides on-demand 3D printing services. The firm specializes in personalized manufacturing, mass customization, personalized production and digital fabrication. The company was founded by Robert Schouwenburg, Peter Weijmarshausen and Marleen Vogelaar in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Kymeta Corp. engages in the development of broadband satellite connectivity solutions. Its products include portable satellite terminal, aeronautical terminal, fixed satellite terminal, and mTenna core module. The company was founded in by Nathan B. Kundtz in 2012 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Impresa Management LLC(Impresa Management) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Devonshire Investors LLC founded in 1946.The firm is headquartered in Boston.

Kallyope, Inc. engages in developing drugs and consumer products. Its specialties include biotechnology, gut-brain axis, nutrition, and pharmaceuticals. The company was founded by Thomas P. Maniatis, Charles Zuker and Richard Axel in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Aira Tech Corp. develops transformative remote assistive technology and services. It offers visual interpretation services for the blind. The company was founded by Yuja Chang, Watson Yim, Sujeeth Kanuganti, and Suman Kanuganti in 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

The FinTech Sandbox, Inc. is a non-profit organization that offers free access to important datasets and resources to help entrepreneurs build their early-stage fintech products through its data access residency program. The non-profit company is based in Boston, MA and was founded by David Jegen. The program has already helped over 310 startups, who in turn collaborate with current and past residents to share knowledge and advancements. Additionally, the company oversees initiatives such as Fintech Week and Mass Fintech Hub, which are aimed at making the Commonwealth a leader in fintech.

Part of Woodbridge Co. Ltd. /New/, Thomson Reuters is a company based in Chicago, IL. The company provides intelligence, technology, and human expertise to help individuals and businesses find trusted answers.

Strateos engages in the automation of chemistry, biology, and tissue analysis into closed loop robotic laboratories that support drug discovery programs. The company is headquartered in the Menlo Park, CA.

Variant Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the development of new generation of therapeutics. It focuses on traits of medical relevance and using genomics. The company was founded by Akhila Kosaraju, Kaja Wasik, and Stephane Castel in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Akoya LLC operates as data delivery platform. It specializes in credit card processing, brokerage, insurance, and data security. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Inductiv, Inc. provides technology services. The company was founded by Theodoros Rekatsinas and Ihab Ilyas and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

Financial Data Exchange LLC is a nonprofit organization that aims to unify the financial industry by creating a common, interoperable, and royalty-free standard for secure access to permissioned consumer and business financial data. The organization operates internationally and is known for its FDX API. Members of FDX include financial data providers, third-party financial technology companies, data aggregators, and ecosystem utilities, among others. FDX is an independent subsidiary of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC).

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is a company that is building space factories to revolutionize the production process. The company is based in El Segundo, CA. The company is currently the only company aiming to operate entirely on commercial supply chains and are well positioned to be the worldwide leader in commercial microgravity manufacturing. Using their spacecraft as a manufacturing platform in microgravity, they create game-changing products that defy gravity's constraints on earth. With their economical re-entry capsules, they not only bring these products back safely to earth but also pave the way for life on an orbital manufacturing platform that delivers products back to earth. The company was founded in 2020 by Daniel Marshall, Delian Tihomirov Asparouhov, William Bruey. William Bruey has been the CEO since 2020.