Paul Bieganski

Paradigm Diagnostics, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes high throughput microbiological screening tests. It has developed and is currently selling diagnostic tests to the food processing industry that allow them to screen environmental samples for pathogens in- house. The company was founded by Alan D. Olstein in 2001 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Packet Power LLC provides wireless energy and environmental monitoring solutions for data centers and other critical facilities. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company offers professional services to help plan, design, deploy, and manage environmental and power monitoring systems based solely on Packet Power offerings or incorporating hardware and software from multiple companies. The company's wireless monitoring capabilities can be easily OEMed into monitoring products. Packet Power wireless monitors can be used to easily monitor power, temperature, and humidity in critical facilities. The company was founded by Paul Bieganski. The CEO is Steven J. VanTassel.

Teranode, Inc. provides business intelligence solutions. It offers solutions to bio-pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers, and payers or insurers. The firm allows real-time listening of twitter, blogs, Facebook and many other sources to track and manage public sentiments proactively. The company was founded by Lawrence F. Arnstein, Zheng Li, Joseph E. Duncan and Neil Fanger in 2002 and is headquartered in Horwich, the United Kingdom.

iCentera, Inc. provides hosted sales enablement platform. It offer solutions to optimize sales effectiveness, communicate with partners and customers, enterprise marketing and sales effectiveness. The company was founded by Craig Dembeck, Mark Tasseel, Craig Nelson, and Michael Wilkes in November 2003 and is headquartered in Burnsville, MN.

Fortiva, Inc. provides email archiving solutions. It serves legal discovery, regulatory compliance and email storage management. The company was founded by Craig Rennick and Paul Chen in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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.

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.