Erwin A. Kelen

CyberOptics Corp. engages in designing, developing and manufacturing of precision sensing technology solutions. Its products include Multi-Reflection Suppression Technology, High Precision 3D and 2D Sensors, 3D MRS Sensors and SMT Electronic Assembly Alignment Sensors, Automated Optical Inspection Products, SPI, Semiconductor Wafer and Advanced Packaging Products, General Industrial Metrology Products and Semiconductor Sensors. The company was founded by Steven K. Case in 1984 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Printronix, Inc. manufactures multi-technology printers. The firm’s solutions include compliance labeling, inventory management, track and trace, shipping and receiving, reverse logistics, and documents and records printing. The company was founded by Robert A. Kleist in 1974 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Rebiotix, Inc. develops and commercializes medical therapies. It offers human microbiome, clostridium difficile, inflammatory bowel disease or ulcerative colitis, hepatic encephalopathy, multi-drug resistant organism, and microbiota restoration therapies. The company was founded by Lee A. Jones, Michael Berman, and Erwin A. Kelen in 2011 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

The Walker Art Center operates as an art museum in the country. It presents contemporary art by fostering the cross-pollination of the visual, performing, and media arts. The company was founded in 1879 by Thomas Barlow Walker and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Square One Ventures LLC (Square One Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Smaby Group Inc founded in 1995 by Gary P. Smaby. The firm is headquartered in Marcell, Minnesota.

B-MoGen Biotechnologies, Inc. provides gene editing solutions for antibody validation, human disease research, gene transfer, and mitochondrial DNA editing. It offers custom vector generation services that include multi-gene expression vectors that are delivered via the proven sleeping beauty transposon system; and custom gene targeting vectors. The company was founded by David A. Largaespada and Branden S. Moriarity in 2015 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Kwikbit, Inc. is a gigabit wireless technology company, which builds intelligent, cloud-driven radios to enable rapidly deployed, lower cost, high performance and flexible distribution networks. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.