John R. Regan

CDNOW, Inc. provides compact discs and other music-related products. It operates as an electronic commerce retailer of pre-recorded music, including compact discs and digital downloads, and other entertainment-related products, as well as a source of entertainment-related content. The company was founded in 1994 and is located in New York.

Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. develops thin films of ultrananocrystalline diamond technology. The firm develops and applies diamond films for electronic, mechanical, industrial and biomedical applications. Its products include UNCD Wafers, UNCD Components, Diamonox Cells, UNCD Probes and UNCD Sensor Substrates. The company was founded by Neil D. Kane, John Carlisle and Orlando Auciello in December 2003 and is headquartered in Romeoville, IL.

Semprius, Inc. develops transfer printing technology for manufacturing semiconductor devices. Its products include photovoltaic solar modules. The company was founded by George M. Whitesides, Etienne Menard, Ralph G. Nuzzo and John A. Rogers in 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

ANDalyze, Inc. offers products for testing water contamination. Its products include fluorimeter, sensors, accessories, subscription plan and application articles. The company was founded by Yi Lu in March 2005 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Eden Park Illumination, Inc. engages in research and commercialization of microplasma lighting technologies. Its products include vacuum ultraviolet lighting system, 207nm ultraviolet lighting system, 222nm ultraviolet lighting system and 308nm ultraviolet lighting system. The company was founded in May 2007 by James Gary Eden and Sung-Jin Park and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Novian Health, Inc. provides minimally invasive treatment for cancerous and non-cancerous tumors. The firm develops tested, and patented a treatment procedure, Novilase, which uses interstitial laser therapy (controlled heating) for the ablation of breast tumors as an alternative to the surgically invasive, traditional lumpectomy. It has operations in France and The United States of America. The company was founded by Kambiz Dowlatshahi in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Autonomic Materials, Inc. provides self-healing technologies for coatings industry. It develops and commercializes self-healing polymer systems for high performance coatings and structural composites. The company was founded by Joseph Rule, Scott R. White, Paul V. Braun, David L. Carroll, Jeffrey Moore, Nancy Sottos and Dinesh Ahluwalia in 2005 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Apex Venture Partners (Apex Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by James Johnson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.