David C. Tiemeier

Baxter Healthcare Corp. develops, manufactures, and distributes hospital supplies and medical technologies. It distributes medical treatment options for conditions such as hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, cancer, and trauma. The company was founded on June 21, 1967 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Inamed Corp. developed and manufactured breast implants, wrinkle prevention & obesity solutions. Its products were available through its two business divisions: INAMED Aesthetics, and INAMED Health. The company offered breast implants for augmentation, reconstruction surgeries, invasive surgeries for sustained weight loss and other dermal products to correct facial wrinkles. INAMED was headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Logimetrics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markes broadband wireless communications infrastructure equipment and subsystems in the United States. Its products include hub transmitters, receivers and transceivers, active repeaters, cell-to-cell relays, Internet access systems, and other modules and subsystems. The company's products enable point-to-multipoint, point-to-point terrestrial, and satellite-based wireless telecommunications services. Logimetrics also offers reliable data, voice, and video communications links to its customers. Its customers include system integrators, alternative and foreign service providers, and universities. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Hauppauge, NY.

Immtech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and distributes pharmaceuticals. The company's efforts reflect extensive work in clinical research, new product development and marketing. The company focuses on developing a new treatment for the Hepatitis C virus. Immtech Pharmaceuticals was founded on October 15, 1984 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ClaimForce, Inc. provides online insurance claim solutions. The firm offers loss mitigation services, desk-audit services, DOI reinspection services, car rental, repair facility and reporting. The company was founded by Dennis O’Mahoney in 2002 and is headquartered in Vernon Hills, IL.

NGN Capital LLC (NGN Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Kenneth S. Abramowitz and William J. Gedale. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Abbot Group Ltd. provides drilling and engineering services. The company was founded on March 17, 1959 and is headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.

Adams Street Partners LLC (Adams Street Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1972 by George H Spencer and Shahab Rashid. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, IL, with offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Integral, Inc. provides internet consulting and web development services. Its services include virtual private networking, network security, on-side service, troubleshooting and monitoring. The company was founded by Vadim Levy on November 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Montgomery Village, MD.

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

American Cancer Society, Inc. provides information on cancer occurrence, survival, prevention, early detection, and treatment. The non-profit company is based in Kennesaw, GA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's SHES department is an intramural research program with world-renowned epidemiologists and health scientists. The company was founded in 1913 by Candy Arrington. Karen E. Knudsen has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Illinois Venture Capital Association engages in providing services such as education, networking, industry events, roundtable discussions and government lobbying. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

DelNova, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutics. Its lead clinical candidate is ReViVox?, a patent-pending product for the rescue of complications caused by off-target muscle paralysis following aesthetic and medical neurotoxin therapies. The company was founded by Mary Gardner in 2016 and is headquartered in Highland, IL.

Seavest Capital Partners LLC (Seavest Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1981 by Richard D. Segal. The firm is headquartered in White Plains, New York.