Ryan Dammeyer

Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund LP invests in companies located in the US, with a special focus on rural America with an investment size of $2 - $10 million. The fund target companies operating in the fields of agricultural, life science, food, processing, information technology & logistics sectors. It provides debt and equity financing for growth transactions.

ConsortiEX, Inc. provides healthcare technology services. It provides Information technology systems and services to manage the ordering, distribution and tracking of sterile injectable compounds for hospitals and affiliated networks. The company was founded by Neal Long in 2013 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Avidbank engages in the provision of tailored financial solutions. It offers products and services such as deposits, lending, cash management, and online and mobile. It operates through the following business lines: corporate banking, specialty finance, real estate and construction, venture lending, and structured finance. The company was founded in October 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Vestaron Corp. develops and markets bioinsecticides derived from naturally occurring peptides. It offers the following brands: Spear-T for the treatment of thrips, Spear-P controls Colorado Potato beetle, and Spear-C protects crops from lepidopteran pests. The company was founded by Glenn F. King in 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., HP Networking sells data networking products through online. The company is based in Roseville, CA.

Trilio Data, Inc. engages in the development of a software provides data protection through point-in-time capture, storage, and application recovery. It focuses on providing native data protection for OpenStack clouds and Red Hat Virtualization hypervisors. The company was founded by, David S. Safaii, Giri Basava, Murali Balcha, and Sanjay Baronia in 2013 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Ramp Group LLC designs and develops custom software applications. Its services include product development, automotive and embedded, user experience, and analytics. The firm serves automotive, healthcare, business-to-business, media, business-to-consumer, non-profit, eCommerce, real estate, government, and technology sectors. The company was founded by Bob Duffy and J. Terrence Drayton in 2000 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Multilink, Inc. is a private company based in Elyria, OH. Multilink specializes in providing CATV products, FTTX and FDH cabinets, custom enclosures, power supplies, and fiber optics. Customers can contact the company for a custom quote. The company was founded in 1983 by Steve E. Kaplan, who has been the CEO since then.

Silversky, Inc. provides cloud-based security software and managed services. Its security-as-a-service platform SilverSky delivers cloud-based software and managed services, such as email protection services with advanced data loss prevention, targeted attack protection, network security services, and managed application services, that protect critical information. The company was founded by Andrew Ivar Greenawalt in 1997 and is headquartered in Milford, CT.

Lone Star Funds engages in investing in real estate, equity, credit and other financial assets. The firm organizes private equity funds that are structured as closed-end, private-equity limited partnerships. The company was founded by John Patrick Grayken in 1995 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Hudson Advisors LP provided full-service commercial mortgage services. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Silicon Valley Bank provides commercial banking services. It offers banking services to the hardware and infrastructure, software and internet, life science and healthcare, energy and resource innovation, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Cygilant, Inc. operates as a security software-as-a-service company. It provides cloud-based security monitoring that hunts for threats, responds to incidents, patches systems and supplies audit artifacts for compliance mandates. The company was founded by Vijay Basani and Jayapal Reddy Basani in 2001 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Kennedy-Wilson, Inc. operates as a global real estate investment company. The firm's services include corporate services, investment management, brokerage, property services and auction and sales. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.

Clique Intelligence, Inc. develops business collaboration and communication software tools.

ThinkEngine Networks, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells voice processing systems, consisting of media servers and application servers, for use in telephone networks, audio call conferencing networks, and cable and non-cable VoIP networks. Its products are utilized in order to implement network announcements, interactive voice response, intelligent peripherals, audio conferencing, intelligent call routing, pre and post-paid calling cards and automatic speech recognition. The company was founded in January 1962 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

EADevices, Inc. develops minimally invasive surgical and related procedures and products. The company was founded by Joshua A. Gerlick in 2004 and is headquartered in Munhall, PA.

NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc. develops and commercializes a family of beneficial bacteria. It commercializes Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs bacteria that improves plant health, promote early growth, and increase crop yield. The company was founded by Stephen Kahn, Thomas R. Laurita and Michael Bielski in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Kultevat, Inc. produces natural rubber products and mixed sugar feedstocks for the biofuels markets. It develops Taraxicum kok-saghya, an alternative source of natural rubber to replace materials from Hevea rubber trees. The company was founded by Daniel R. Swiger and is headquartered in Creve Coeur, MO.

HerdDogg, Inc. offers smart ear tags and readers for livestock ID and health monitoring. The company was founded by Melissa Brandao and is headquartered in Ashland, OR.

Independent Data Management LLC operates MyAgData, a cloud-based data system that converts data gathered from precision farming equipment into planting and harvesting reporting information for crop insurers, crop insurance agents, ag service providers, and the U.S. department of agriculture. The company was founded by Deb Casurella, Joe Meinhart, Jeremy Wilson and Don Bierman and is headquartered in Effingham, IL.

Part of HP, Inc., Octave Communications, Inc. provides voice conferencing equipment. The company is based in Nashua, NH. Octave Communications was acquired by Voyant Technologies, Inc., part of HP, Inc. from January 05, 2004 on January 21, 2003.

Part of HP, Inc., PictureTel Audio Holdings, Inc. supplies audio conference systems. The company is based in Andover, MA. The company was founded by Jens N. Albers, John Joseph Hassett. PictureTel Audio Holdings was acquired by Spectel, Inc. from PictureTel LLC on November 29, 2000 for $30 million.

Harris Adacom Corp specializes in computer peripheral equipment. The private company is based in Dallas, TX and has subsidiaries in Israel.

Bradford Networks, Inc. provides automated network access control solutions. It offers network segmentation, regulatory compliance, scalable onboarding, guest management, network access, and network lockdown control solutions as well as network sentry products. The firm serves the education, financial services, state and local government, and healthcare sectors. The company was founded by Michael Gadoury, Rick Leclerc, Everett Andrus, Frank Andrus, and Alan Hackert in 2000 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Exinda, Inc. supplies network performance optimization and application acceleration products. Its products include network control suite, wide area network optimization suite, professional services, Exinda 360 technology, and add-ons. The firm's solution areas encompass network control, voice and video collaboration, mobile workforce, cloud application migration, higher education, K-12 education, retail, manufacturing, and financial services. The company was founded by Con Nikolouzakis and Chris Siakos in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

eZuce, Inc. engages in the development of cloud-based video collaboration platform. It offers Vibe, a full-featured team collaboration solution; Uniteme, a unified communications solution; and Reachme, a contact center offering. The company was founded by Martin J. Steinmann and Gerald Stabile in 2010 and is headquartered in Stoneham, MA.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP provides legal services. It offers services in education, aviation, communications, consumer and retails, corporate and securities, hospital and intellectual property. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in New York, NY.