Matt Opad

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

ARCH Development Partners LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Chicago.

Ryder Last Mile, Inc. provides delivery logistics solutions. It also provides door-to-door delivery and oversized items. The firm specializes in touch white glove delivery services for North American retail brands across a variety of consumer product segments, including furniture, bedding, appliances, and electronics. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New Albany, OH.

SanoGene Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. Its RNA interference (RNAi) technology to develop biopharmaceutical products for incurable cancers. The company was founded by Caralynn Nowinski Collens and Chirag Patel in 2006 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

UI LABS operates as a research and commercialization agency. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded by Caralynn Nowinski Collens.

KdT Ventures LLC (KdT Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Cain Mcclary . The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Dimension Inx LLC operates as a regenerative medicine company. It offers 3D-Printing for tissue and organ repair and regeneration. The company was founded by Ramille N. Shah, Caralynn Nowinski Collens and Adam E. Jakus in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Van Wickle Ventures (VWV) is an Independent Venture Capital firm. The firm is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. It is founded by John Diorio in 2018.

Cypris Materials, Inc. is a company that is focused on developing the next generation of color. The company is based in Berkeley, CA. The company aims to improve sustainability, broaden the color gamut, and make manufacturing and formulation easier, all without using pigments, dyes, metals, or expensive engineering processes. The company was founded in 2010 by Raymond Weitekamp, Garret Miyake, Nobel Laureate, Ryan Pearson, Robert Grubbs, Matthew Ryan. Ryan Pearson has been the CEO since 2010.