James David Sayre

Founded in 2000, Cargill Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm located in San Mateo, California with an additional office in Minnetonka, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Black River Asset Management LLC and their ultimate parent is Cargill, Inc.

DemandTec, Inc. provided collaborative optimization network of software services. The company was founded by Michael C. Neal and Hau Leung Lee on November 1, 1999 and was headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Aspectrics, Inc. develops and manufactures on-line and remote deployable process monitoring instruments based on encoded photometric infra-red technology. The company was founded by Thomas W. Hagler in 2000 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA

Virent, Inc. develops and commercializes biofuel technologies. It converts soluble biomass-derived sugars into products molecularly identical to those made with petroleum, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemicals used for plastics and fibers. The company was founded by Randy D. Cortright and James Dumesic in 2002 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

EcoSynthetix Ltd. develops and supplies biomaterial technologies. Its product EcoSphere biolatex binder, is used commercially by manufacturers in the coated paper and paperboard industry. The company was founded by John van Leeuwen, Steven Bloembergen and Ramani Narayan in 1996 and is headquartered in Lansing, MI.

iTradeNetwork, Inc. provides web-based software that automates the supply chain for the retail and foodservice industries. The firm’s solutions include analytics, contracts, traceability, master data services, planning, procurement, quality, logistics and extended eneterprise. The company was founded by Zia Zahiri and Robert Bonavito in 1999 and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Deloitte Consulting LLP provides business consulting services. It offers services related to public finance, public sector management, health and social protection, information technology, financial sector, and trade and investment. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.