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Canopy Group Inc (Canopy Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Lindon, Utah.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Luxul Wireless, Inc. provides wireless products and solutions. Its products include wireless controllers, dual-band access points, wireless broadband routers, wireless range extender, wired routers, AV managed switches, POE managed switches, antennas and signal boosters. The company was founded by Douglas C. Hewitt Sr. in 2000 and is headquartered in Draper, UT.

Power Innovations International, Inc. provides power technology and management services. It provides oil and gas power, data center power management, renewable power technology, simulation power, mobile power, portable power, homeland security power and military power services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in American Fork, UT.

Syxsense, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based information technology (IT) endpoint management and green technology solutions. The company was founded by Steve DeWindt, Dave R. Taylor, and Ashley Leonard in 2007 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Snaps Media, Inc. develops mobile platform with a GPS-enabled virtual camera. It provides a photo driven ad-platform that transforms traditional digital media placements into shareable GPS-linked virtual photobooths. The company products include Imessage Stickers, Chat Bots, Branded Keyboards and Track & Update. The firm offers an augmented reality application for mobile devices that places GPS-linked virtual objects in real-world places and enables users to share photos on social networks. The company was founded by Vivian Rosenthal in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

RevTech Ventures LLC (RevTech Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by David Matthews, Mike Whitaker, Gabe Bass and Kraettli Lawrence Epperson. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Degreed, Inc. operates a learning platform for college students, professionals and organizations. It offers course-by-course scores and validation of education from accredited and non-accredited sources. The firm provides scores that quantifies a person?s lifelong education by credit hours and mastery levels. The company was founded by David A. Wiley, Eric Sharp and David Blake and in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Hit Labs, Inc. develops software for organizing photo library application. It engages in education, hospitality, real estate, retail, food, home services, manufacturing, and direct sales. The company was founded by Shane Bills, Chris Finken, and Zachary Mangum in 2014 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

Ballard Spahr LLP provides legal services. It also provides counsel in litigation, business and finance, real estate, intellectual property, and public finance. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Latham & Watkins LLP operates as a full-service law firm or legal matters. It offers services in the areas of finance, litigation, accounting, banking, life sciences, private equity, real estate, government relations, employment law, and outsourcing. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Penguin Computing, Inc. provides computer, cluster management software and technical services. It offers an end-to-end portfolio of products that range from Linux servers and workstations to integrated, turn-key HPC clusters and cluster management software. The company was founded by Sam Ockman in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Solutionreach, Inc. engages in the provision of patient relationship management solutions for healthcare providers. Its solutions include patient appointment reminders, patient recall messaging, patient education, patient payments, phone systems, two-way text messaging, online patient scheduling, patient caller ID, patient intake, surveys and patient satisfaction, patient reviews and reputation management, and patient referrals and marketing. The company was founded by Jim Higgins and Kurt Haug in 2000 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

TransForm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures drugs. It integrates pharmaceutical sciences, materials science and high throughput experimentation by enabling novel technology. The company was founded by Nicholas Galakatos in 1999 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

WildWorks, Inc. develops video games. Its products include Animal Jam, AJ Classic, Tag with Ryan and Dash Tag. The company was founded by Clark Stacey, Kris Johnson and Jeff Amis in 2003 and is headquartered in Draper, UT.

The Broad Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of research and development in biomedicals to cure infectious disease. Its scientific areas include chemical biology and therapeutics, genome regulation, cellular circuity and epigenomics, medical and population genetics, and metabolism. The company was founded by Eric S. Lander, Eli Broad and Edythe Broad in 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association is a Non-Profit Organisation. It supports entrepreneurship and investment throughout the rocky mountain region. The company is headquartered in Erie, CO.

Signal Peak Ventures LLC (Signal Peak Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Ron Heinz, Brandon Tidwell and Scott Petty. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

CargoMetrics Technologies, Inc. operates as a data analytics company. It engages in the analysis of global maritime trade. The firm’s products leverage a common technology platform consisting of an advanced database, proprietary metadata and modeling algorithms. The company was founded by Scott G. Borgerson and Rockford G. Weitz in 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Eastwind Networks, Inc. develops and provides cloud-based network breach detection systems. It offers smart real time alerts, installation, big data machine learning and network monitoring services. The company was founded by Paul Kraus and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Bark Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of software to help parents facilitate safe online interactions for their children. Its tool reviews online interactions on websites or social media sites; and communications. The company was founded by Brian Bason and Brandon Hilkert in 2015 and is headquartered in Richmond Hill, GA.

Backbone PLM, Inc. operates as a workflow solution that streamlines the complex manufacturing process for consumer goods companies of all sizes. It develops and designs application for file management, storage and collaboration solutions for teams and suppliers. The firm offers automated data importing from clients? own systems and complete onboarding, training and client support. The company was founded by Andrew David Klein and Mathew Lawrence Klein in 2014 and is headquartered in Greeley, CO.

Filevine, Inc. provides project management solutions. The firm offers legal case management and corporate legal software. The company was founded by Jonathan E. Ord, Ryan Anderson, James Blake and Nathan Morris in 2014 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Fairygodboss, Inc. provides social platform for women for company ratings, job listings, discussion boards, and career advice. The company was founded Georgene Huang and Romy Newman in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bookclub.com, Inc. provides book discussions lead by the authors. The company was founded by David Blake and Eric Sharp and is headquartered in Alpine, UT.