Rick Zullo

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Suppli, Inc. is a company that offers modern payment and customer experience solutions for suppliers. The company is based in Dallas, TX. The company's features are designed by suppliers, for suppliers, and they provide simple, transparent pricing with no hidden fees.

Upwards, Inc. develops software, which helps daycare and manages the day-to-day operations. The company was founded by Jessica Chang, Jesse Forrest and Mathew Reilly and is headquartered in Venice, CA.

Bikky, Inc. operates a CRM and customer engagement platform for restaurants. It consolidates customer data across various ordering channels and enables restaurants to run automated and targeted marketing campaigns. The company was founded by Abhinav Kapur, Mathieu Dalmau, Deepti Sharma and Shandeep Sharma in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

TakeOne Network Corp. develops software platform for managing productions. The company was founded by Naysawn Naji, Hesham El-Nahhas, Patrick Ali Javid, and Cameron Woodward and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Venrock Associates is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1969. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto.

Remote Year, Inc. provides transportation and accommodations for remote job holders. The company was founded by Greg Caplan and Sam Pessin in 2015 and is headquartered in Highland Park, IL.

Institutional Venture Partners (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1980 by Reid Dennis. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Vision Financial Group, Inc. offers equipment leasing and financing solutions. It offers include master lease lines of credit, simple and convenient short-term transactional, FASB compliant operating , FMV, capital, TRAC leases and equipment rental agreements. The company was founded on January 09, 1991 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Vertus Energy Ltd. is a New Zealander company that aims to achieve 100%% renewable energy by utilizing waste as a resource. The company is based in Parnell, New Zealand. The company has developed two technologies that have revolutionized the process of transforming waste into energy. The company was founded by Freddy Gonzalez, Danilo Perez, Benjamin Howard, Santiago de los Reyes.

Furno Materials, Inc. is an American company that aims to revolutionize the cement industry. The company believes that the current process of cement production is inflexible and expensive, and they are on a mission to change that. The CEO of the company is Gurinder Nagra.

Sapphire Technologies, Inc. is an American California-based company founded in 2006 with Freddie Sarhan as the CEO. The company specializes in energy recovery systems, particularly the FreeSpin® In-line Turboexpander, which captures energy lost in the pressure reduction process and generates electricity with a low carbon footprint. The company's high efficiency turbine system is designed to convert wasted energy into electric power without interrupting manufacturing or processing activities.

A. M. Money, Inc. provides financial services. It offers undergraduate, refinance and graduate loans. The company was founded by Daniel Rogers and Jeffrey Wright in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Hyde Park Venture Partners Management LLC (Hyde Park Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Guy Turner. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Highwood Emissions Management, Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in building emissions management solutions. The company is based in Calgary, Canada, and the CEO of the company is Jessica Shumlich. The company is committed to creating smarter ways to measure, manage, analyze, and report greenhouse gas emissions. The company offers integrated emissions management services that identify the most cost-effective ways to reduce emissions while considering the unique assets, goals, and financial constraints of each client. The company has developed a free tool called "How much gas is that?!" to help put emission rates into perspective. Highwood's mission is to collaborate, innovate, and educate their way to a world with effective and affordable emissions management solutions. The company also provides support for various voluntary emissions management needs and have proposed a standard set of terms and definitions to help industry, regulators, innovators, and academics in different parts of the world speak the same language.

A-Level Capital Management LLC (A- Level Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Elizabeth Galbut and Demi Obayomi. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Nubundle, Inc. provides family planning and fertility services. The company was founded by John Ciasulli, Christopher D’cruz, and Lisa W. and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Merrick Ventures LLC (Merrick Ventures ) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Michael W. Ferro. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Hyde Park Angels Inc. (HPA) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Jeffrey R. Carter. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

TechStars Central LLC (TechStars) is an Independent Accelerator Incubator firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in the US..

The American company was founded by Ryan Fukushima and Eric Paul Lefkofsky, with Ryan Fukushima serving as the CEO since incorporation. Pathos AI leverages the power of AI technologies, multimodal real-world data, and patient-derived biological models to bring precision medicines to market through partnerships with biopharmaceutical companies. The company is focused on re-engineering drug development with the power of advanced AI technologies and has built a proprietary platform and operating model called Pathos to gain crucial insights and act on them at scale.

Tempus AI, Inc. is a healthcare technology company, which engages in bringing artificial intelligence and machine learning to healthcare. It focuses on building platforms for oncology, neuropsychiatry, cardiology, infectious disease, and radiology. The company was founded by Eric Paul Lefkofsky in August 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Michigan Ross Zell Lurie Institute / Venture Capital/ (Zell Lurie Institute) is a venture capital subsidiary of Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies Studies founded in 1997 by Samuel Zell, Ann Lurie and Robert H. Lurie. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Huron River Venture Partners LLC (Huron River Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Ryan Waddington and Tim Streit. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Tapjoy, Inc. provides social and mobile applications. The firm operates as a mobile performance-based advertising platform that drives deep engagement and monetization opportunities for app publishers, while delivering valuable, engaged consumers to some of the brand advertisers. It has locations in Atlanta, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. The company was founded by Ben Lewis, Shukla Anu, Lee Linden and Mitch Liu in 2007 and is headquartered San Francisco, CA.

Osmoses, Inc. is an industrial separations company based in Somerville, MA. Osmoses has a breakthrough polymer platform that purifies gases with unprecedented performance and efficiency. The company's mission is to eliminate energy waste with efficient membrane technology, reducing production costs for customers and CO2 emissions for the environment. The company's target applications include hydrogen, carbon capture, and renewable natural gas. The company was founded in 2021 and spun out of MIT. Francesco M. Benedetti, Holden Lai, Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez, and Zachary P. Smith founded the company, and Francesco M. Benedetti has been the CEO since incorporation.

USAA Ventures (USAA Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of United Services Automobile Association founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Carlease, Inc. operates car leasing site. The firm offers car and fleet leasing solutions for business. The company was founded by Jay Menton and is headquartered in Lincolnwood, IL.

IA Capital Group Inc (IA Capital Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 1992. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Munich Re / HSB Ventures (Munich Re / HSB Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Munich Re group. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Hireology, Inc. provides a web-based hiring management software platform to source, engage, and hire performers for businesses. Its features include Applicant Tracking System, Search and Organizational Tools, Candidate Communication, Candidate Verifications, Background Checks, Digital Onboarding, Employee Scheduling, HR Analytics and Reporting and Payroll & HR Administration. The company was founded by Adam Robinson, Michael Krasman and Jeffrey Ellman in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

HelloJoy, Inc. develops and operates software platform for tracking patient progress. The company was founded by Daniel Freed in 2017 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

BodyShopBids, Inc. develops and operates an online and mobile platform for car appraisal and insurance services. Its products include Snapsheet Appraisal, Snapsheet Transaction, Snapsheet Rental and Asset Management Platform, and Snapsheet Software platform. The company was founded by Brad Weisberg and C. J. Przybyl in 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Cemvita Factory, Inc. manufactures solar cells that produces nutrients and life support resources. The company was founded by Moji Karimi and Moji Karimi and is headquartered in Huston, TX.

ID.me, Inc. operates a digital identity platform for veterans, service members and military dependents. The firm enables members to claim exclusive benefits online and in-store from various national brands. The company was founded by Blake M. Hall and Matthew S. Thompson in 2010 and is headquartered in Tyson's Corner, VA.