ApplyU is online marketplace that facilitates the college admissions process between high school students and colleges/universities.

AraVasc is developing a drug-eluting stent to treat airway obstruction in lung cancer. Longer term, we will leverage our technology to treat nonvascular lumen (passageway) obstructions due to malignant or benign disease elsewhere in the body: esophagus, colon, liver, lung (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

Argos Tech, LLC enables new sensing technologies for process control, environmental monitoring, security, and healthcare by developing and manufacturing innovative quantum cascade lasers.

B! is helping to transform women’s health in the 21st century by reinventing the women’s health club as a core institution in women’s everyday lives.

Barefoot & Pregnant connects expecting mothers and parents in a community center that provides information, education and nurturing experiences. Peers, publishers and top online communities already recognize Stacy Denney, CEO, founder, and author as an expert resource. The company is ready to extend the brand and increase reach by building an online social community.

BrandHabit is a destination site for women, looking to find high end designer brands of fashion and accessories in local stores.

Caveo Therapeutics is an early stage biotechnology company creating innovative therapies for blood cancers and other blood disorders based on proprietary receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) technologies. Our lead drug candidate represents a novel approach to the treatment of leukemias & lymphomas; A second candidate could significantly improve prevention of blood clots, a serious condition for which hundreds of thousands of hospitalized patients are at risk.

ChorusWare is an integration software suite that addresses communication gaps within the healthcare industry.

Colby Pharmaceutical Company develops small molecule Oxidative Stress Modulator (OSMÔ) drugs to treat prostate inflammation, hyperplasia, cancer progression and metastasis. Colby’s two lead drugs are therapeutic for recurrent Prostate Cancer (PCa) and will enter Phase l/lla clinical trials in 2008 and 2009.

DeedQuest brings together – for the first time, and in one place – the relevant data, easy-to-use analysis tools, and supportive community that small investors need to make sound real estate investing decisions.

DNA Direct brings the power of personalized medicine to healthcare by helping patients and their providers make better healthcare choices based on genetic information. DNA Direct offers confidential access to genetic testing and a suite of web-based tools that improve test-based results interpretation and decision-making.

Elephant Pharm is the drug store for the 21st century. Unlike a typical pharmacy, Elephant offers an integrative approach to wellness, with an emphasis on education, information and choice. The breadth of products, programs and practitioners provide a bridge between conventional and alternative remedies, empowering customers to take charge of their well-being.

EraGen BioSciences is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of next-generation molecular diagnostic genetic testing products for the early, accurate diagnosis of critical diseases. EraGen’s strategy is founded on three fundamental value drivers: its patented MultiCode® DNA and RNA platform chemistry; its menu and pipeline of easy-to-use, accurate products for a high-value, high-growth market, and; demonstrated excellence in business and product performance with market-leading customers and partners.

Finesse was founded in June 2005 with the goal of providing next generation measurement and control solutions to biotechnology companies. Finesse has developed a successful control product that is rapidly gaining market share, and will introduce the first true single-use sensor solutions in 2008.

GOT is a new phone service company dedicated to providing customers affordable international calling directly from their mobile phone. With GOT, clients can purchase “unlimited” calling plans that are not tied to their home or internet, but, can be used anywhere on the globe.

GoGreen is the premier one-stop portal that bridges environmentally friendly 'green' products and services to consumers.

Goodwood® Firelogs are made from woody biomass diverted from landfills and are for use in fireplaces, woodstoves and campfires. Our patent-protected, easy-lighting, all-natural fuel burns with half the emissions of firewood while providing real wood-fire ambience. Manufacturing from pilot plant in Watsonville, CA since 2005.

‘Day Spas for the Mass Market’ – first-ever branded spa business for the broad market of consumers. Company has 9 stores operating successfully in Seattle and San Jose markets, establishing the breadth and depth of the demand in this new category in the wellness space.

Kudos4 is an internet services that provides referrals for local service providers from people you know. Unlike existing search and recommendation-site options, Kudos4 provides personal, relevant, and trusted results.

Michelle’s Miracle® creates, markets and distributes branded tart cherry concentrate as supplements in the U.S./Canada through direct, wholesale and private label channels targeted at consumers seeking natural and whole food based solutions for overall health and chronic conditions such as joint pain and arthritis.

Lipomics is the world leader in lipid metabolite analysis. Strategic collaborations with pharmaceutical companies and academic medical centers produced an unparalleled knowledge of lipids and a pipeline of diagnostic product opportunities. Lipomics is uniquely positioned to deliver critical diagnostic content to the personalized medicine market.

Maatiam is a for-profit company that aims at turning consumption into philanthropy. We provide services and platforms that first enable retailers to effectively target, acquire, and retain the large and growing group of socially conscious consumers, while building a better brand. Second, consumers can support any nonprofit through their purchases. Lastly nonprofits can benefit from a new way to raise funds.

Unlike traditional media properties that focus on one-sided information flow. Mindermast employs a highly interactive meta-game; using elements of game play to drive content delivery, fuel social interaction and stimulate engagement. Built on the four pillars of holistic health (cognitive stimulation, social interaction, diet, and exercise) the product uses an entertainment platform to engage users in all four pillars.

Mixercast is a widget syndication and distribution platform enabling distribution of branded content, advertising and 3rd party apps to websites and social networks. Mixercast is live on www.mixercast.com, Facebook and Myspace. The explosion of user-generated content (“UGC”) created a worldwide widget marketplace. Every social net relies on widgets to improve its user engagement and retention. Mixercast allows UGC producers to incorporate pictures, video, music, VOIP, RSS feeds, blogs, maps, branded content and advertisements. Cross source media can be combined for the first time into a single player and published anywhere on the web.

Mobius Photonics, Inc. (“Mobius”) designs, builds, and manufactures rugged and reliable industrial
light sources based on a modular, configurable and scalable architecture.

MovieSet™ is an online platform that creates social networks around movies in production. Through its
proprietary software tools, MovieSet™ enables filmmakers to manage production online while simultaneously delivering unique content
to target audiences sooner. MovieSet™ monetizes this unique value proposition through advertising and ancillary ecommerce revenue
streams. The MovieSet platform can be applied to other entertainment productions, including television, online games, music and
sports.

mTN Global is the first global mobile micropayments network to allow each of the 2 billion+ mobile
phone subscribers globally to buy mobile (and other) content from any provider in the world.

MyLawsuit.com is a social empowerment network connecting people with lawsuits to lawyers who will take their case on a contingency basis (no money down), creating competition in the process. MyLawsuit.com also establishes social networks for plaintiffs and lawyers to share advice, information and connections.

Navitas is a health care services company focused on rehabilitation and supportive services
specifically for cancer patients and survivors.

New Progressive Coalition (NPC) is engaging and growing the next generation of progressive political investors. Like a financial services firm, NPC provides its customers with products and services to target their political and charitable money and time more effectively.

NuVista’s software empowers global consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to better leverage the vast investment in data (such as consumer, sales, promotion), in real time, in order to produce successful new revenue streams and gain competitive advantage.

Omicia was formed to capture the rapidly emerging market opportunities in personalized medicine. We are pioneering the use of DNA based individual genetic signatures for early risk assessment and treatment—particularly for complex diseases such as those likely to affect the cardiovascular system— to improve patient outcome.

A Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise Device and related Exercise Program for the relief and prevention of Urinary Stress Leakage in Women

PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics is the first cosmetics company to give its after-tax distributable profits to women’s health advocacy and urgent human rights issues while providing eco-green, hip cosmetics for empowered women.

Fortune Girls is a multicultural lifestyle brand based on the empowerment of girls and giving back to the community for tween girls ages 7-14. FG is a virtual world and media platform.

QT-Travel is an aggregator of hotels, travel services and an online travel portal serving travelers to, from and within Vietnam/Southeast Asia, a $10 Billion market and projected to double by 2010. Through its portal, www.goQTT.com, and call center, QT-Travel offers secure online and offline reservation services for hotels, airlines, tours packages, as well as a vast database of travel information. The Company makes travel to and within Vietnam easy, convenient and stress free for leisure and business travelers, adopting the proven and successful model of Expedia or CTRIP (leading China online travel portal with revenue around $100M and market cap nearly $3 Billion)

Reality Digital is a San Francisco-based company that provides software products and a hosted service platform for storing sharing, managing, and monetizing user generated content (video, photos, games, text and more).

An “eBay of referrals," ReferQuest’s online hub brokers financial rewards to those who successfully refer their contacts for jobs, rentals and purchases. ReferQuest aggregates referral rewards posted in exchange for completed transactions. Individuals use the site for needs their immediate network can’t meet (“I’ll pay $100 if you find me a French speaking nanny”). Businesses (both local and national) use the site to find new clients (“We pay $75 referral fees for new customers”), find specialized employees and resolve various operational needs ("We'll pay $200 if you find us a temp office space").

Senior marketing executives and brand managers need to know what customers are saying in order to make better, customer-centric decisions. Scout Labs is a web-based platform that distills the online cacophony of consumer voices into high-quality insight, facilitates customer engagement, and drives product and marketing innovation. Scout Labs is currently in closed beta with more than two dozen top brands and marketing agencies, including Nike, Jamba Juice, CBS, eBay and Visa.

Select Genomics (SelGen) is a molecular diagnostics company developing clinically validated tests specifically for disorders of the central nervous system: multiple sclerosis (MS), schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and dementia (Alzheimer’s).

Shasta Crystals produces best quality and most affordable crystal components for display markets that include laser televisions and cell phones.

Smart Thot designs and markets toys that increase children’s self esteem by teaching positive thinking skills to children 3 to 8. Neuroscience research proves this is the opportune age to “hard wire” these patterns into the brain. These skills are the foundation for emotional resiliency.

Solidware Technologies® has developed a software project audit platform, which focuses development, qualityassurance and M&A technical due diligence teams on failure-prone code, automating intelligence to support collaborative decisionmaking at all levels of software organizations, enabling improved quality/predictability while saving time/cost, and minimizing risk. Pain: The cost of software defects will exceed $400B this year and is trending upwards. Fueled by an aging installed base, increasing
application size, new architectures (SOA, multi-core CPUs), outsourcing and open source - software complexity is exploding. Current test approaches do not scale to solve these issues.

Sustainable Minds’ mission is to be at the forefront of bringing sustainable product design into the mainstream in an accessible, empowering and credible way. The team creates a strong competitive advantage with deep life cycle assessment and environmental systems knowledge, combined with experienced Internet entrepreneurship, technology and design.

The College Company is your trusted online college advisor. We provide personalized guidance for going to and paying for college, a life event when there is massive spending across many categories. We monetize our high-value traffic through lead generation and premium services and are raising $1.5M to become the ultimate destination for college guidance in a $1.5B addressable market.

Third Solutions is a "Green" technology enabled services platform that delivers comprehensive customer purchase behavior data in the $2.5B targeted promotions market.The Solution is driven by the aggregation of "paperless" receipts made available to consumers online who benefit from instant high value promotions which are relevant to their personal profile

ThreeFold Sensors’ (TFS) is a medical diagnostics company. whose unique patented technologies measure biomarker levels in body fluids. Our management team is supplemented by world class advisory boards, including a former Nichols/Quest COO and the author of the accepted diagnostic guidelines for heart attack diagnosis.

TrafficCast International, Inc. seeks to become the gold standard for traffic information. TrafficCast has developed patented software and a market-leading content database that aggregates, processes and analyses traffic data to support a range of applications in the emerging navigation and logistics markets, delivering actionable travel information via Web, mobile phone, PDAs, GPS and other wireless devices. Premier customers include Yahoo, Google, CBS/Westwood One, Choice Logistics, Weather.com/mobile, and the Department of Defense.

UniversalGiving is a social entrepreneurship non-profit dedicated to making giving and volunteering a natural part of everyday life. Our web-based service connects donors and volunteers with exceptional organizations all over the world. We have the only international service that promotes both giving and volunteering. 

Virginia Bionutrients is a nutraceutical company primed to achieve global market leadership with disruptive technology and effectively branded, high profit margin products for focus and energy.  The serial entrepreneur CEO/Ph.D. develops formulas from experience in neuro-nutrition and brain fitness; ingredients are key differentiators.

VirtualFabrix Integrator provides the ability to reduce manual processes, integrate and coordinate change across best in class management tools and systems.

Yaso is dedicated to the discovery and development of products to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections and sexually transmitted HIV.

Zoomy Communications delivers a suite of high bandwidth communications, entertainment, and lifestyle technology services to new Master Planned Communities using its fiber to the home (FTTH) networks. For four years, Zoomy has partnered with real estate developers and service providers to become a national leader.

Zweave’s product lifecycle management (PLM) software has been developed over a 7-year period of intense specification and solution development. Designed by apparel and defense industry veterans and built, architected and coded by cutting edge software and technology leaders, Zweave’s solutions are best-in-class.