Jeffrey Williams

Doskocil Manufacturing Co., Inc. engages in the manufacture and market of pet containment products. It produces products for dogs and puppies, cats and kittens, and for birds. The firm's products are marketed under the brands Bamboo, Booda, Dogzilla, FatCat, LeBistro and Kennel-aire. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Arlington, TX.

Gen-Probe, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. It also develops and manufactures the PROCLEIX assays, which are used to detect human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus, the hepatitis B virus, and the West Nile virus in donated human blood. The firm's clinical diagnostics products include APTIMA family of assays, which are used to detect the common STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea. Gen-Probe was founded by Thomas H. Adams and David E. Kohne in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Proxim Diagnostics Corp. develops and manufactures handheld immune diagnostic devices. It also provide tests for critical care and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Mikhail Briman and Vikram Joshi and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Promega Corp. manufactures enzyme systems. Its products include cell biology, nucleic acid analysis, drug development, molecular diagnostics, and lab equipment and supplies. The company was founded by William Alderman Linton in 1978 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

PanVera LLC develops protein drug targets and drug screening assays for high throughput screening. The company is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Pacific Cycle, Inc. manufactures bicycles and other recreational products. It markets its products under the Schwinn, Mongoose, GT, Schwinn Motor Scooters, Kustom Kruiser, Roadmaster, Pacific, Dyno, Powerlite, and Pacific Outdoors brand names. The company was founded in 1977 by Christopher Hornung and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

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

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

First Business Bank of Madison offers a line of financial services for businesses and business owners, including commercial lending, treasury management, private banking, retirement plans, investment management services, trust services, asset based lending and equipment finance and leasing. The company was founded by Jerry Smith in March 1990 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

HockeyTech Testing provides hockey testing technology and services. It offers cutting-edge technology for the hockey players. The company was founded by Jim Price in 1998 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

Heublein, Inc. (US) is a private company based in Hartford, CT.

Sturbridge Capital LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Birmingham, Michigan. The firm was founded in 2011 by Salam N. Chaudhary and Chris J. Hornung. Sturbridge Capital provides attractive liquidity solutions to a broad universe of private equity investors, which includes public and private pension funds, corporations, foundations, university endowments, family offices and individuals.

Part of General Electric Co., GE Healthcare Finland Oy is a Finnish company that manufactures and markets medical imaging, information technologies, medical diagnostics and patient monitoring systems. The company is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Wisconsin Investment Partners LLC (Wisconsin Investment Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Dick Leazer and Terry Sivesind. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

Brightstar Wisconsin Foundation /Venture Capital/ is a Venture capital, subsidiary of Brightstar Wisconsin Foundation Inc founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.