Rik G. Vandevenne

Advanced Practice Strategies, Inc. operates as a technology, assessment, education, and analytics company. Its GNOSIS solution helps clinicians in high-risk areas of obstetrics and emergency medicine to improve clinical outcomes through personalized learning. The firms Prophecy solutions offers clinical, situational and behavioral insights validated to predict nurse success. The company was founded by Timothy J. Croke and John F. Harringtonin 1993 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

EndoChoice, Inc. operates as a medtech company which focuses on the manufacturing and commercialization of platform technologies including endoscopic imaging systems, devices, and infection control products and pathology services. Its imaging systems include fuse endoscopy system, fuse accesories, carts, cart options, monitors, monitor cart mounts, monito wall mounts, scope services, and suction pumps and supplies. Its devices include band ligators, biopsy forceps, bipolar probes, bite blocks, cytology brushes, electrosurgical supplies, metal stents, needles, retrieval devices, and snares. The company was founded by Mark G. Gilreath and William Parks in 2007 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Netsertive, Inc. provides online marketing and advertising services for small and medium businesses. Its solutions include agencies, automotive, franchises, healthcare, and retail. The company was founded by Brendan Morrissey and William Oland Nagel in 2009 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

EndoChoice Holdings, Inc. engages in the development, design and manufacture of medical devices. It offers span single-use devices and infection control products, pathology and imaging systems. The company was founded by Mark G. Gilreath and William Parks in 2008 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Fullscope, Inc. provides design support software for the manufacturing and engineering service industries. The firm is a Microsoft Dynamics AX reseller recognized for deep domain expertise in process industries including food and beverage, life science and pharmaceutical, specialty chemicals, primary metals, pulp and paper; as well as the discrete industries of heavy equipment, and fabricated metals. The company is headquartered in Athens, AL.

River Cities Management Inc (RC Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1994 by J. Eric Lenning, Ted Robinson and R. Glen Mayfield. The firm is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Univa Corp. engages in the development of enterprise-class workload management and containerization solutions. Its solutions include life sciences, manufacturing, oil and gas, electronic design, education and research, government, and transportation. The firm's products include Univa Grid Engine; Navops Launch. The company was founded in 2004 by Steve Tuecke, Ian Foster, Rich Miller, and Carl Kesselman and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.