Kris B. Tufto

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It markets biological and mechanical products used by surgical specialties to facilitate the repair and reconstruction of soft tissue damaged or destroyed by disease or injury. The company was founded in July 1985 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Vital Images, Inc. provides visualization and image analysis solutions for medical professionals in clinical analysis and therapy planning . It offers software, customer education, software maintenance and support, professional services, and third-party hardware. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Harvard Management Co., Inc. (HMC) is the investment arm of President & Fellows of Harvard College, which is owned by Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. HMC manages Harvard’s endowment, a dedicated and permanent source of funding that maintains the teaching and research mission of the University. HMC invests these funds as a single entity, the revenue from which contributes more than one-third of the University's annual operating budget.

Vitex Packaging Group, Inc. provides packaging products and services. It offers packaging solutions to the medical, food, and beverage contract manufacturing markets. The firm specializes in producing top quality, innovative packaging components for food and medical packaging and many of the leading tea and coffee brands. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Suffolk, VA.

Black Duck Software, Inc. engages in the provision of open source logistics software solutions. It offers consulting, fast start, product implementation, training and certification, open source support, and open source risk profile services. The firm products include Black Duck Hub, Black Duck Suite, Black Duck KnowledgeBase, and Software Package Data Exchange. The company was founded by Douglas A. Levin in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Qumu, Inc. provides video solutions to corporations, universities and other education institutions, and government. Its products allow organizations to easily create, manage, publish and distribute live and on-demand video content while integrating the video with other media. The company was founded by Rod Bacon in 2002 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

ReconRobotics, Inc. manufactures and distributes micro-robot and personal sensor systems. The firm offers mobile Recon Scout and Throwbot devices to protect personnel, minimize collateral damage and gain reconnaissance within dangerous and hostile environments. The company was founded by Alan F. Bignall and Charles E Hays in 2005 and is headquartered in Eden, MN.

Exosite LLC develops internet of things platform tool for accessing and analyzing data. It provides home automation, condition monitoring and industry solutions. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Invenshure LLC (Invenshure) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Troy D Kopischke and Danny J Cunagin. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Gravie, Inc. operates a platform that provides health insurance services. It helps employers and their employees shift from group-based insurance to individual insurance. The company was founded by Jill Prevost, Abir Sen, and Marek Ciolko in November 2013 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Compellent Technologies, Inc. provides network storage solutions. The firm provides Fluid Data storage solutions that automate the movement and management of data at a granular level, enabling organizations to constantly adapt to change, slash costs and secure information against downtime and disaster. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

Amcom Software, Inc. provides mission critical communications technology solutions. It offers Spok care connect, clinical alerting and notification, secure hospital communications, physician and nurse scheduling, paging services, contact center solutions, emergency notification, 911 call center solutions, alarm monitoring, cellular services, and professional services. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Fortra LLC provides systems management, security, and business intelligence solutions. Its solutions include automation, monitoring, compliance, business intelligence, cybersecurity, and document management. The company was founded by Richard Jacobson in 1982 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

eBureau LLC provides predictive analytics and information solutions. The firm offers eScore, eVerify, eTarget, eLink, eAuthenticate, and eMonitor. Its solutions include marketing and lead management, fraud prevention, credit risk assessment, and collections and recovery. The company was founded by Gordon Meyer in 2004 and is headquartered in St. Cloud, MN.

Calabrio, Inc. develops and markets customer interaction and workforce optimization software solutions. Its offers Calabrio ONE, call recording, quality management, analytics, and workforce management. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Minnesotans' Military Appreciation Fund, Inc. operates as non-profit organization. The company was founded by Roger Jerome Sit, Eugene C. Sit, Dennis W. Schulstad, Skip Krawczyk and Michael Brian Gorman and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Seyen Capital LLC (Seyen Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by George H. Spencer. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Vigilanz Corp. provides health care intelligence and predictive analytics. It focuses on aggregating disparate EHR transactional workflow and documentation data across health systems to identify clinical issues that avoid or minimize harm, optimize clinical outcomes and support preventive care along the entire health system continuum. The company was founded by David Goldsteen and David Klass in 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Part of Tokyo Electron Ltd., TEL FSI, Inc. is a company that manufactures and distributes surface preparation products. The company is based in Chaska, MN.

TruSignal, Inc. develops people-based offline data, predictive scoring, and cross-channel identification matching to deliver an end-to-end modeling solution for platforms and agencies to enhance existing solutions that help marketers and advertisers. The firm offers TruAudience, predictive scoring engine, custom APIs, Bid Price Optimization, and pre-built specialized audiences. The company was founded by David Dowhan in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

GREAT NORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (Great North Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ryan J. Weber, Robert J. Weber and James DonFrancesco. The firm is headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota.