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Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Anzu Partners LLC (Anzu Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David Michael and David Seldin. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Niron Magnetics, Inc. creates novel advanced materials for the magnetics industry based on proprietary scientific and technological advances. The company was founded by Francis Thibodeau and is headquartered in East Palo Alto, CA.

Aspinity, Inc. develops reconfigurable analog signal processing circuits for ultra-low-power electronics. It provides audio and voice processing, vibration monitoring, touch sensing, and health tracking. The company was founded by Tom Doyle, Brandon Rumberg, David Graham, and Vinod Kulathumani on August 29, 2018 and is headquartered in Morgantown, WV.

Liquid Instruments Pty Ltd. engages in the manufacturing of precision measurement and gravitational wave detector instrumentation. It also offers hardware and software. The company was founded by Daniel Shaddock, Magnus Hsu, David Rabeling and Danielle Wuchenich in 2014 and is headquartered in Acton, Australia.

TDK Ventures, Inc (TDK Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of TDK U.S.A. Corp founded in 2019 by Nicolas Sauvage. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California.

South 8 Technologies, Inc. has developed a novel liquefied gas electrolyte, Ligas®, to power the next generation of lithium-ion batteries and advance the world's clean energy future. The company is based in San Diego, CA. Its patented technology enables a substantial increase in energy, improved safety, and an exceptionally wide operating temperature. Leveraging conventional materials and manufacturing, South 8 Technologies offers a unique solution for a variety of e-mobility, energy storage, and industrial applications. The company was founded in 2016 as a spin-out of UC where the founding team developed its breakthrough new liquefied gas electrolyte (Ligas®) chemistry for next-generation lithium batteries. Cyrus Rustomji and Jungwoo Lee founded the company in 2015, and Cyrus Rustomji has been the CEO since then.

Verdagy Inc. is a company that specializes in water electrolysis technology for the large-scale production of green hydrogen. The company's industry-leading solution achieves both the lowest upfront capital costs and the lowest unit economics for production. The company operates its laboratory and a 25,000 sq. ft. pilot plant facility in Moss Landing, CA, to further develop and rapidly scale the technology platform. Verdagy's innovative solution reduces both upfront capital costs and ongoing operating expenses, to achieve the industry's lowest levelized cost of hydrogen. In addition to its factory, Verdagy operates its laboratory and highly automated commercial pilot plants in Moss Landing, where it continues to advance its cutting-edge technology. The company was founded by Ryan John Gilliam, and the CEO is Marty T. Neese.

Encharge AI, Inc. is a leader in advanced AI hardware and software systems for edge computing. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company's robust and scalable next-generation in-memory computing technology provides orders-of-magnitude higher compute efficiency and density compared to today's solutions. Encharge AI launched in 2022 and is led by veteran technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor design and AI systems. Encharge AI's high-performance solutions will enable the immense potential of AI to be accessible at scale, in power, energy, and space constrained applications. The company was founded by Kailash Gopalakrishnan, Echere Iroaga, Naveen Verma. Naveen Verma has been the CEO since incorporation.