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Environmental and Sustainable

Ecohaus
Grid Net
Nest Collective
Revolution Foods
Seventh Generation
Verdiem

Consumer Internet

CafePress
DriverSide
Flock
Ingenio
Linden Lab

Environmental and Sustainable
 
   
 

Seattle-based Ecohaus (formerly Environmental Home Center) is the leading retail provider of sustainable and energy-efficient building materials. Led by CEO Rik Tokuno, Ecohaus focuses on environmental building supplies such as paints, insulation, flooring, carpets and lumber from sustainably managed forests.

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Grid Net develops policy-based software for the utility & wireless broadband industries. Grid Net enables automation and improves distribution grid reliability and power quality. In addition to lowering operating expenses, Grid Net's technology improves field services efficiency and enables demand response, dynamic pricing and on-demand services. The team is lead by founder and CEO Ray Bell.

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Nest Collective is a company that creates, nurtures and grows mission driven consumer brands. Led by co-founders, Sheryl O'Loughlin and Neil Grimmer, Nest is building a collective of social and environmental business change agents out to make the world a little better, twig by twig.

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Revolution Foods is transforming school meals by providing healthy, tasty food for students. The leader in healthy school lunches Revolution Foods is addressing the growing epidemic of childhood obesity with fresh, nutritious school lunches. Revolution Foods is engaging students, teachers and parents in nutrition education and moving the concept of food in a new and healthy direction. The team is led by co-founders Kristin Gross Richmond and Kirsten Tobey.

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Seventh Generation offers a complete line of non-toxic household products. All of their products are designed to work as well as their traditional counterparts, but use renewable,  non-toxic, phosphate free and biodegradable ingredients as much as possible, and are never tested on animals. They are as gentle on the planet as they are on people and they don’t create harmful fumes or leave harmful residues that may affect the health. Led by Jeffrey Hollender, Chief Inspired Protagonist, the company is poised for great success as the leader in the green household space.

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Verdiem is the leading developer of power management software for PC networks. Verdiem’s Surveyor Network Energy Manager provides measurable energy and cost savings, simplified and automated management of PC power options, and painless implementation that comes with minimal maintenance and a rapid payback. Verdiem is a recognized partner in the EPA’s EnergyStar program and was recently awarded Premier Partner status in the U.S. Department of Energy's Rebuild America program. Verdiem is led by industry veteran Jeremy Jaech.

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Consumer Technology
 

 
 
 

CaféPress is an online marketplace that offers sellers complete e-commerce services to independently create and sell a wide variety of products, and offers buyers unique merchandise across virtually every topic. Since 1999, CaféPress has empowered individuals, organizations and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company’s unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services. CaféPress is lead by founder, CEO, innovator, Fred Durham.

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DriverSide understands that owning a car isn't easy. Specializing in automotive information, auto repair resources and car help designed around drivers, this revolutionary company is evolving the way people deal with their car. Led by Jad Dunning and Trevor Traina, the company has innovatively changed the auto world.

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Flock

 

Flock is endeavoring to make the web browsing a two-way experience. Past and most current web usage is defined by the term "browsing". However, with increased bandwidth, faster computers, and a broader audience, the time is right for a two-way browsing experience that is designed for the "Web 2.0". Flock incorporates enhanced browser technology with innovative social networking services to create a new browsing experience. Led by Shawn Hardin, Flock is making web browsing experience more fun, safe, and productive for the active multi-media web creators.

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Ingenio was acquire by AT&T in November 2007. Since 1999, Ingenio has connected buyers and sellers by combining the web and phone. Ingenio’s Pay Per Call is the industry's first and only paid search-based advertising system that allows any advertiser to capitalize on the popularity of Internet search and drive targeted phone leads—rather than clicks—to their business.

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Linden Lab has developed an extraordinary 3D shared world. Through "Second Life" Linden Lab offers a truly collaborative, immersive and open-ended experience, where together people create and inhabit a virtual world of their own design. The company is led by Mark Kingdon.

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Enterprise Technology
 

 

 
 
 

Bocada, the Storage Intelligence Company, focuses on gathering, analyzing, and presenting the critical information required to ensure that data storage operations reliably and efficiently comply with enterprise data storage policies. BackupReport provides a consolidated view of critical backup activity across multiple backup servers.

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eSilicon, the leading full-service provider of custom chips, operates on a unique business model that manages complexity, minimizes risk and reduces cost for companies looking to design and manufacture custom IC's. The company is led by CEO Jack Harding, former President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems. The company's unique approach manages every step of the IC development process - from specification through manufacturing and delivery of packaged and tested parts. eSilicon offers value-added design and manufacturing expertise, with an e-business infrastructure that provides significant visibility, predictability and time-to-market advantages to its customers.

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Keibi is a media discovery and moderation platform to help communities and media gain visibility into their user-generated content (UGC). By providing increased visibility, our customers can discover exceptional users and content, moderate abusers, and offer brand advertisers a superior experience.

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Lux Research provides strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging technologies. Leaders in business, finance, and government rely on them to help make informed strategic decisions. Through their unique research approach focused on primary research and extensive global network, they deliver insight, connections, and competitive advantage to our clients. The company is led by Dennis Philbin.

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Real Time Genomics offers solutions for deep genomic analysis to researchers using next generation DNA sequencing technologies. The company is building genomics applications based on its own fast, accurate and mismatch tolerant read mapping and alignment algorithm. The company is led by Graham Gaylard, a proven CEO with more than 20 years in the technology industry.

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SignalDemand provides demand optimization solutions to manufacturers of consumer goods and commodities. Based on an unparalleled ability to model and forecast demand, their Demand-Driven Supply Network (DDSN) enterprise software enables manufacturers to maximize their business performance and deliver increased profit growth. Through influencing the demand for a portfolio of a manufacturer's products and services while simultaneously considering operational costs and constraints, SignalDemand brings the highly anticipated next evolutionary step in Supply and Demand optimization. SignalDemand is led by founder and CEO Michael Neal, who is the founder and former CEO of DemandTec.

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Siterra provides business process solutions aimed at improving the efficiency of companies engaged in the development of geographically distributed infrastructure, from initial build-out through ongoing maintenance. Initially focused on the wireless telecommunications market, Siterra has developed the Site Management Solution (SMS) platform and seeks to provide carriers with the industry standard for carrier infrastructure management. The company led by Bernard Fried, a proven CEO with more than 20 years of experience creating, building and leading successful companies.

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TransCella Inc.

TransCella is currently in stealth mode. Please check back for more details later in the year.

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