John M. Jennings

venVelo (venVelo) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Allen H Kupetz and Peter McAlindon. The firm is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Qumu, Inc. provides video solutions to corporations, universities and other education institutions, and government. Its products allow organizations to easily create, manage, publish and distribute live and on-demand video content while integrating the video with other media. The company was founded by Rod Bacon in 2002 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., RocketChips, Inc. develops ultra-high-speed CMOS mixed-signal transceivers serving the networking, wireless, and wired telecommunications. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. RocketChips was acquired by Xilinx, Inc., part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. from February 15, 2022 on November 10, 2000 for $227.39 million.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Exxeno LLC provides cloud based Software-as-a-Service monitoring and analysis solutions. The firm offers exxaminer and analytxx. The company was founded by George Andrews, Chris Kahler, and Tim Teckman in 2014 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

MadMax Optics, Inc. manufactures telescope products. The private company is based in Hamden, CT.

OptiMine Software, Inc. provides digital add measurement and optimization platform. The company was founded by Douglas Bryan, Jack W. Peters and Robert Cooley in January 2008 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

The Hogan Co. provides investment advisory services. The private company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The CEO of the company is William E. Hogan.

Marketing Bridge LLC provides Web development and e-commerce engineering services. The company is headquartered in Edina, MN.

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of video and radar image processing products used in traffic applications such as intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, and traffic data collection. It operates through the Intersection and Highway business segments. The Intersection segment comprises sale of machine-vision product line, video products, international products, and royalties. The Highway segment consists of radar product lines sold domestically and internationally. The company was founded by Panos G. Michalopoulos on December 20, 1984 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Code42 Software, Inc. engages in the development of data protection and backup software solutions. It offers employee departure, high value data leak, mergers and acquisitions, back up and recovery. The company was founded by Mitch Coopet, Brian Bispala and Matthew Dornquast in 2001 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Ellucian Assistance, Inc. provides information technology services to the higher education sector. The company is headquartered in DE.

Apprecia Technology, Inc. engages in the research and development, sales and manufacture of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and process technologies. Its products include cleaning systems, phosphoric acid, chemical management, and TEL FSI products. The firm's business activities also include importation, exportation, and local distribution of semiconductor fabrication equipment such as wet scrubber and slurry supply devices. The company was founded on September 1, 1991 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Exosite LLC develops internet of things platform tool for accessing and analyzing data. It provides home automation, condition monitoring and industry solutions. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Part of Tokyo Electron Ltd., TEL FSI, Inc. is a company that manufactures and distributes surface preparation products. The company is based in Chaska, MN.

Invenshure LLC (Invenshure) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Troy D Kopischke and Danny J Cunagin. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Vital Images, Inc. provides visualization and image analysis solutions for medical professionals in clinical analysis and therapy planning . It offers software, customer education, software maintenance and support, professional services, and third-party hardware. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Plain Sight Systems, Inc. develops digital data collection and management solutions. The company is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Part of Nokia Oyj, NetStar, Inc. is the largest provider of OEM website categorization technology and intelligence. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company offers internet categorization and filtering solutions for the OEM market, with comprehensive coverage and partner support. NetStar's Incompass technology has been embedded into the leading URL and IP address categorization and reputation scoring solution in the OEM space since 2001. The company was founded by Duane S. Carlson. NetStar was acquired by Ascend Communications, Inc. on August 15, 1996 for $231.31 million.

Founded in 1985, Perkins Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in Wayzata, Michigan. The firm provides investment advice to the following types of clients: individuals; IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs & SEP accounts; trusts; estates; charitable organizations; corporations and other business entities; employee benefit plans (e.g. pension and profit sharing plans). They also provide investment advisory services to the Perkins Discovery Fund, a registered mutual fund, as well as Pyramid Partners LP, a Minnesota Limited Partnership.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.