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Parion Sciences operates as a development-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of new treatments for serious diseases in multiple therapeutic areas. The firm's technology corrects defects in the innate defense of mucosal surfaces by developing inhibitors of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). The company was founded by Richard C. Boucher and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Clinipace, Inc. provides digital contract research solutions. The firm operates as a digital contract research organization that assists life science firms in developing and executing regulatory strategies, clinical development, and post-approval research. Its service areas encompass clinical monitoring, data management, medical affairs and writing, patient recruitment, study feasibility, and site selection and management. The company was founded by Ronald G. Marks, Christopher K. Porter, and Jeff Lewis Williams in 2003 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Clarabridge, Inc. provides intelligent customer experience management solutions. It enables businesses to intelligently listen to, analyze, operationalie, and measure multi-source customer feedback through intelligent sentiment and text analytics. The company enables organizations to create a universal understanding of its customers, partners, and employees; make actionable business decisions with measurable ROI; and collaborate on those decisions both internally with stakeholders and externally with customers. Its products include CX Analytics, CX Social and CX Survey. The company was founded by Siddhartha Banerjee, Nithi Vivatrat, Gene S. Sohn and Justin Langseth in 2005 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

F-Origin, Inc. develops and markets touch screen technology solutions for medical, ATMs, kiosks, gaming, appliances, controls, POS and POI. The firm enables OEMs/ODMs to develop intelligent interface solutions for mobile and fixed display devices. Its product zTouch is a advanced proprietary implementation of force based touch screen technology and developed for smart phone touch screens. The company was founded by Gloria Maceiko in 2005 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Zenoss, Inc. provides information technology monitoring and management solutions. It offers cloud, server, virtualization, application, storage, converged infrastructure, unified communications and network monitoring. The firm serves federal, financial, technology, and services provider industries. The company was founded by William G. Karpovich and Erik Dahl in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Change Healthcare Engagement Solutions, Inc. provides healthcare cost transparency solutions. It offers Healthcare Transparency Index that shows medical procedures with high costs and price variances. The firm’s solutions enable consumers to better understand and utilize their healthcare benefits; make informed healthcare purchasing decisions based on quality, cost, and convenience; and manage out-of-pocket responsibility and realize savings. Its solutions also enable users to engage alerts that show savings opportunities, and help take advantage of company health and wellness programs; educate health plan enrollees; and leverage investment with third-party decision support tools. The company was founded by Christopher Parks in 2007 and is headquartered Nashville, TN.

Adzerk, Inc. provides Ad serving technology for publishers and networks. The firm supports banners, video, native, and custom units. The company was founded by James Avery in 2009 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Pure Life Renal, Inc. provides dialysis services. The firm offers the business and operational management tools along with the administrative structure that enable physicians to concentrate on care in a managed environment. The company was founded by Stefano Ciampolini in 2013 and is headquartered in Hollywood, FL.

LogicStream Health, Inc. operates clinical process measurement platform, which accurately measures the clinical care process. It provides strategic clinical decision support management solutions that transform healthcare. The company was founded by Daniel Rubin and Patrick Yoder in 2013 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

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.

Saga Software, Inc. provides enterprise systems software. The private company is based in Reston, VA and was founded in 1973.

Part of Owens & Minor, Inc., Medix, Inc. is a company that distributes medical and surgical supplies. The company is based in Waunakee, WI. Medix was acquired by Owens & Minor, Inc. on July 30, 1999.

Pappas Capital LLC (Pappas Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Art M. Pappas. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Intersouth Partners (Intersouth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1985 by Dennis Dougherty and Roy Rodwell. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Noro-Moseley Partners (NMP) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Charlie D. Moseley. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center provides research and education grants. Its services include financing, technology assessment, business planning, and marketing strategies implementation. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Hatteras Venture Partners (Hatteras Venture) is venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Clay B. Thorp and John Crumpler. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

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

Part of UBS Group AG, Credit Suisse Management LLC is a company that provides investment advisory services. The company is based in New York, NY. Founded in 2003, Credit Suisse Management offers expertise in managing investments to help clients achieve their financial goals.

The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that provides resources and support to small businesses in the Raleigh, NC area. The non-profit company's services include tax assistance and a small business resource guide.

RGC, Inc. operates non-residential buildings. The private company is based in Maumee, OH. The company was founded by Spence McClelland.

Bronto Software LLC provides cloud-based marketing platform solutions. It combines email, mobile and social messaging with drag-and-drop automation in one marketing platform that allows its clients to design and execute personalized campaigns. The firm's marketing platform is integrated with commerce platforms such as NetSuite, Magento, Demandware and MarketLive. The company was founded by Charles A. Felix and Joseph W. Colopy in 2002 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.

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.

Scale Finance LLC provides integrated finance solutions. It offers controller, business valuations, mergers & acquisitions services. The company was founded by David V. Gilroy and Gary Hayes and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

J.C. Bradfords Co. is a private company that provides securities brokerage services. The company is based in Nashville, TN.

Florida Venture Forum, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which provides educational and networking opportunities for Florida-based entrepreneurs and private companies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Southern Capital Forum, Inc. operates a trade association for private capital investors. The private company is based in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded by John J. Huntz.

Contessa Health, Inc. provides home hospitalization services. Its services include bundled program arrangements, clinical quality assurance and proprietary technology platform. The company was founded by Travis Messina and David Coppeans in 2014 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Cognitive Research Corp. develops new medicines and therapies to improve mental health and neurological disorders. The company is based in St. Petersburg, FL. The company was founded in 2006 by Gary G. Kay, Steven Horohonich, Thomas Hochadel, Thomas Crook. Chip Gordon Gillooly has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Trilliant Health, Inc. provides healthcare services. It offers software applications with a data integration platform that combines clinical, claims, and patient-generated data. The company is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

ProAxion, Inc. develops industrial Internet of Things technology for predictive maintenance tools. Its technology allows customers to prevent disruptive failures of industrial machines by leveraging the latest in wireless sensor and computing technology. The firm’s Tactix system is comprised of wireless sensors that simply mount on existing machinery and seamlessly connect to cloud-based monitoring services. The company was founded by Justin Rothwell and Elliot Poger and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Mindpath Care Centers North Carolina PLLC provides psychiatric evaluations and medication management, psychopath and counseling, neuropsychiatric, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and telehealth and teletherapy services. The company was founded by Yvonne Monroe, Steven Monroe, and Stan Monroe in 1994 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Jurassic Capital (Jurassic Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Icario, Inc. is a health action company that leverages innovative technology, data science, and behavioral insights to improve health outcomes. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company partners with health and wellness point solutions to drive enrollment and participation in personalized health action programs. Icario's health action programs are designed to meet the Medicare population where they are, moving them to take specific actions. The company's health platform focuses on healthcare risk assessments and HEDIS gap closure to mitigate member risk and provide quality. The platform combines demographic, clinical, and consumer data with behavioral science to personalize the member experience. Icario understands that it’s difficult to engage Medicaid members and has developed a framework for understanding this population to drive action. The company was founded in 2020 by Thomas C. Wicka. Marc Willard has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Medix Infusion, Inc. is a healthcare company that specializes in providing cost-efficient administration of infusion and injectable therapies to chronically and acutely ill patients in the home or in one of their many ambulatory infusion centers. The company is based in Addison, TX. The company focuses on rural, suburban, and other under-served markets. The company's mission is to connect chronically ill and high-acuity patients with infusion therapy by providing convenient, compassionate care. Gus de Avillez has been the CEO of the company since 2022.