Kevin R. Kopczynski

Exclara, Inc. provides fabless semiconductor devices. It provides integrated-circuit and module-based solutions to system designers and manufacturers for delivering and managing power to LED light engines over a variety of applications and form factors. Its target markets include residential, commercial, and industrial or outdoor. The company was founded by Anatoly Shteynberg and Harry Rodriguez in June 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc. develops and commercializes a family of beneficial bacteria. It commercializes Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs bacteria that improves plant health, promote early growth, and increase crop yield. The company was founded by Stephen Kahn, Thomas R. Laurita and Michael Bielski in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Arthur D. Little, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in strategy and organization, operations management, technology and innovation management, corporate finance, and global carbon advisory serving corporations and organizations worldwide. The firm serves the automotive, healthcare, information, chemicals, consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, and transportation industries. The company was founded by Arthur Dehon Little and Roger Griffin in October 1886 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Lazard Asset Management LLC (LAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1970 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, ultimately held by Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ). LAM manages investment portfolios and provides investment advice to institutional and individual investors around the world.

RP Capital Management LLC (RP Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Willber E. James. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ascension Industries, Inc. manufactures and markets industrial, filtration and separation equipment. The private company is based in Tonawanda, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Enki Technology, Inc. provides technology that improves the performance of solar panels. It develops materials that improve the light absorption capabilities and performance of solar panels. The firm is working to improve PV module efficiencies through the development of low-cost anti-reflective and anti-soiling coatings. The company was founded by Vinod Nair, Brenor Brophy and Bakul Dave in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Northern Power Systems Corp. engages in the provision of power creation and power conversion technology for the energy sector. It also designs, manufactures and services next-generation Permanent Magnet Direct-Drive, wind turbines for the distributed wind market. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Barre, VT.