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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. is a learning company, which engages in instructional curriculum, assessment, technology, and professional learning. The company was founded in 1832 by William Ticknor and James Fields and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Connecticut Innovations, Inc (CI) is venture capital firm founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

Novak Biddle Venture Partners (Novak Biddle Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Biddle III A. G. W. and Novak Jr E Rogers. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Blackboard, Inc. provides software applications and related services to the education industry. The firm offers recruitment, student success, and consulting services. Its services are utilized by academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, and universities. The company was founded by Michael L. Chasen, Daniel E. Cane, Stephen Gilfus and Matthew L. Pittinsky in 1997 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Previstar, Inc. develops emergency planning software for emergency preparedness and response communities, armed services, and homeland security industries. It also offers plan manager, resource manager, and incident manager solutions. The company was founded by Howard Gordon in 2001 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Pacific Star Communications, Inc. provides information technology and communications solutions. The firm serves clients in the military, government, and commercial sectors. It offers tactical and deployable command kits for routing, computing, and wireless networking. Its services include systems engineering, hardware acquisition, logistics, and delivery, installation and configuration, technical training, and project management. The company was founded by George Stroemple in 2000 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Digital Signal Corp. provides three-dimensional long-range facial recognition solutions. It offers enterprise biometric solutions and customized applications to suit customer needs. The company was founded by Richard L. Sebastian and Edward A. Hart in 2001 and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA.

Capital Schools, Inc. provides educational services. It seeks to create national model schools and programs for students with autism spectrum disorder and other specialized learning needs. The company was founded by Erik E. Heyer in 2009 and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA.

Part of Instructure Holdings, Inc., Parchment LLC is an academic credential management platform. The company is based in Scottsdale, AZ. The company was founded in 2003 by Jeff Harris, Jeffrey M. Harris, John Reese, Mark N. Cohen, Matthew L. Pittinsky. Matthew L. Pittinsky has been the CEO of the company since 2011. Parchment was acquired by Instructure Holdings, Inc. on February 01, 2024 for $686 million.

SS8 Networks, Inc. provides network intelligence services. It offers advanced threat detection, internet communications discovery, communication provider compliance, insider threat detection, security interface enrichment, and law enforcement investigations. The company was founded by Henry H. Wong and Sharon Chen in 1999 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

BT Counterpane, Inc. provides internet managed security monitoring services. Its services include vulnerability scanning, security assessment, maintenance, training, support, consulting, e-mail scanning, network device management and denial of service attack prevention. The company was founded by Schneier Bruce and Thomas E. Rowley in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Chart Venture Partners is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of The Chart Group LP founded in 2006 by Matt J. McCooe and Tim N. Teen. Chart Venture Partners is headquartered in New York.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Innovation Capital Advisors LLC (Innovation Capital Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in year 1995. The firm headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Elm Street Advisors LLC (Elm Street Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Robert A. Bettigole. The firm is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.

IntegriCo Composites, Inc. manufactures and markets composite plastic products made from recycled plastic. It offers composite and wood railroad ties, and wood core ties. The firm's technology mixes landfill-bound plastics to create composite railroad ties and other related products which are used in petrochemical, creosote, termite damage and grade crossing applications. The company was founded by Gershon Yaniv and J. Michael Miller in 2007 and is headquartered in Sarepta, LA.

The Walters Art Museum is a cultural center located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, MD. The museum's collection includes over 36,000 objects from around the world, spanning more than seven millennia from 5000 BCE to the 21st century. The museum's mission is to bring art and people together, and as part of this commitment, admission to the museum and special exhibitions is always free.

Fidelis Education, Inc. provides digital learning solutions. It offers training, mentoring, community engagement, assessing, course authoring, tutoring and recruiting services. The company was founded by Erik Gunnar Counselman and Anoop Jayadevan in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

UNOW, Inc. provides competency-based learning platform. It operates online and self-paced universities that offer associate's, bachelor's, and master's degree programs. The company was founded by David Meyer and Eugene V. Wade Jr. in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Surface Travel, Inc. is a data analytics company that serves travel industry. It offers Omni-channel Revenue Attribution product, a data measurement tool that serves hotels. It helps four and five-star hotels drive, measure, and analyze how digital publishing content converts to direct bookings. The company was founded by Michael Keriakos, Steven Andrew Elkes, and Nick Slavin in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Connecticut Innovations, Inc., CTNext LLC is a catalyst for entrepreneurship. The company is based in Hartford, CT. CTNext leverages public and private investment to create and support programs that help fund, advise, connect, and inspire innovators with new and early-stage companies. The company's mission is to accelerate startup growth and success, positioning Connecticut as the most desirable location in the country for an innovative company to build, grow, and create jobs. CTNext develops programs and funding to help technology- and innovation-based startups and early-stage businesses grow in Connecticut. CTNext also manages initiatives to expand and strengthen the ecosystem that supports new business development across the state, including innovation places, the technology talent bridge, CTNext partners, and more. In other words, they equip startups and entrepreneurs with resources, guidance, and networks to accelerate growth and success.