Elliot Poger

Tantalus Systems Corp. provides smart grid communications solutions for advanced metering, demand response, and distribution automation. It enables electric, gas, and water utilities to optimize the resources by automating monitoring, control processes, and improving operational efficiency. The company was founded by Keith R. Martin in 1989 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

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.

Railinc Corp. provides information technology and information services for railroads. The firm offers car accounting, clear path system, damage prevention, equipment health, authorization, messaging, rail service finder, tracing products, publications and transportation management services. The company is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Railinc Corp. develops software solutions and provides information technology services for railways. The company is headquartered in Canada.

Temporal Power Ltd. develops and manufactures flywheel electricity storage systems. Its services include highest energy, flexible power and unlimited duty cycle, cost effective and safe. The firm caters utilities, generators and industrial sectors. The company was founded by Jeffrey Veltri and Cameron Carver in 2008 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

ABB, Inc. provides power and automation products, systems, solutions and services. It manufactures components such as motors, generators, circuit breakers and programmable logic controllers for the automated processes of industries such as oil and gas, pulp and paper, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Cofounders Capital Management LLC (Cofounders Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by David Gardner. The firm is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.

Groundfloor Finance, Inc. operates as a web-based peer-to-peer lending platform. It exploits the recently expanding emulations that allow crowd funding for real estate transactions. The firm has launched an internet platform that provides this opportunity to investors in all the states that have approved this concept. The company was founded by Brian Dally and Nick Bharghava in 2013 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Appia, Inc. provides mobile performance solutions for developers, publishers and advertisers. It also provides the technology, infrastructure, and scale to provide higher lifetime value users for advertisers while driving positive return on ad spend. It is not an application store but is a marketing platform, bringing the content from a number of developers and content creators to the mobile application storefronts of partners around the world. The company was founded by Judson S. Bowman in 2004 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

VIX, Inc. provides online media services. It offers brand publishing, data provider, and market research. The company was founded by Troy McConnell, Luis Brandwayn, and Jochen Fischer on March 20, 2000 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Tall Oaks Capital Partners LLC (Tall Oaks Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The North Carolina Technology Association operates as a statewide membership association for the technology sector. It offers technology, executives, marketing, events, public affairs, workforce development and economic development programs. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.