ALung Technologies, Inc. is a medical device company that is developing the worlds first commercial artificial lung-the HemoLung. The HemoLung is a breakthrough artificial lung device that will provide an alternative to mechanical ventilation. By delivering oxygen to the blood and removing carbon dioxide It is a safer and less expensive respiratory support than mechanical ventilation, the current standard of care.

Bridge Semiconductor Corporation is a fab-less, mixed-signal semiconductor company developing a line of Application Specific Standard Products (ASSP) called Transanalog Interfaces™. Its strategy is to target high worth, high margin applications where its products uniquely provide the combination of lower price and/or higher performance needed to unlock pent-up market demand. Transanalog Interfaces™ are based on our revolutionary Direct Digital Signal Conditioning™ (DDSC) technology. DDSC can measure signals one thousand times smaller than other technologies while inherently providing a digital output. Transanalog Interfaces™ are created by combining DDSC technology with sensing materials that have outstanding performance attributes but whose output signals were previously too small to be measurable. Transanalog Interfaces™ are manufactured using proven high yield, low-cost manufacturing processes. They can also be manufactured without integral sensing to allow OEMs to use its ASSP solutions in other applications.

Caracal is a semiconductor company aiming to deliver ultra-fast and efficient diodes and transistors made of Silicon Carbide (SiC) for the power market. SiC-based power devices can operate at significantly higher breakdown voltages than silicon-based power devices and provide faster switching speeds than comparable silicon-based power devices at similar breakdown voltages. These attributes create lower switching losses, which yield power savings as well as significantly simplified circuitry, resulting in overall smaller and less costly systems.

Columbia Northwest/Aliner was founded with one specific goal: to keep camping fun and trouble free. With that goal in mind, Aliner has developed a line of ultra-light folding RV's that can be towed easily and safely by virtually any vehicle including compact cars to trucks. Aliner has been producing travel trailer since 1983 and has dealers world wide. Aliner trailers each set up in less then 20 seconds. That's less time than it takes to pitch a tent, which leaves more time to enjoy your camping recreation experience. Great care has been taken throughout the design of the Aliner product line to make sure the trailers are simple to operate and maintain.  Aliner travel trailers provide the greatest comfort and livability features. With solid wall construction (no canvas) these trailers can be used year round in any weather and at almost any location-- wilderness to recreation park. The use of composite materials makes these travel trailers strong, lightweight, and impervious to the weather. The solid wall construction is self-insulating and adds a sense of security that canvas campers cannot provide.

Hardbikes produces unique art-form motorcycles at “reprint prices” by employing technology. Leveraging the management team’s experience in mass custom manufacturing, the company seeks to become the first manufacturer in the industry to operate a mass production facility designed specifically for the production of customized motorcycles. Hardbikes’ customers are able to choose from a pre-selected variety of frames, engines, gas tanks, wheels, handlebars, seats, exhaust configurations, head lights and tail lights. Together with options in paint color and a robust graphics library, the permutations of finished products are practically limitless. Currently, this type of customization is available only from job shops which produce bikes one at a time at a typical retail cost of around $45,000. Hardbikes’ mass customization production techniques deliver a superior product with a retail price of $28,000 and significantly shorter lead-times than industry standards.

INRange Management Systems is a telepharmacy fulfillment company. The company’s flagship product, the INRange Telepharmacy Fulfillment System™, remotely monitors and manages drug therapy compliance in the patient’s domicile. It allows for bi-directional communications, and it provides the one element which is currently absent in prescription drug therapy – namely, pharmacist/clinician control over point of care medication delivery.

medSage provides a unique patient management system to the home medical equipment industury that significantly drives revenues and profits from the existing business base. It also optimizes the revenue stream for new patients going forward, and, for the first time, home patients can be monitored cost effectively.

Quaker Steak & Lube is a restaurant franchisor with unique concepts in design (NASCAR, motorcycle, speed/motor decor), food (16 unique sauces), and promotional events (All-You-Can-Eat specials, Bike nights, car shows, local community events) whose unit sales ranks No. 5 in the top 30 Casual Dining Chain category in Q4 2003.

RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc. is a pathology services company that integrates traditional pathology practice with molecular genetic analysis. Using its patented platform approach, Microdissection Genotyping™, they are leading the change from static to dynamic tissue analysis.

StageMark is a development stage company that intends to provide an early identification and monitoring solution for inflammatory diseases such as lupus. StageMark's platform CB-CAPs technology — for Cell-Bound Complement Activation Products — was discovered by Dr. Sue Manzi, MD, MPH and Joseph Ahearn, MD, Ph.D., rheumatology clinicians and scientists from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Lupus Center of Excellence at Magee Women’s Hospital.

TowerCare Technologies, Inc. - is a growing software company that is utilizing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model to expand the technically underserved and under-penetrated non-profit market. The company has developed a proprietary constituent-based architecture and has built DonorPro using this architecture. It is a single software solution that manages donors, donations, fundraising, volunteers, employees, human resources, events, inventory, and more.

Thorley Industries takes advantage of the declining costs in electronic components to develop innovative products for established industries which historically have not been able to develop cost-effective solutions based on electronics.  4moms is the brand for the Company’s childcare products which make routine parenting tasks easier and improve child safety.  The first two products being commercialized by 4moms are a spout cover with a digital thermometer and an infant tub with fresh water circulation and digital temperature monitoring.

PetsDx Veterinary Imaging, Inc. - seeks to become a leading provider of veterinary diagnostic imaging services. The $18 billion dollar overall veterinary market is growing at ~15% per year as owners demand better and more expensive care for their pets (e.g., hip replacements, chemotherapy, transplants, MRIs). Much of this growth is fueled by an emerging view of pets as family members which is raising expectations for a higher level of healthcare for pets.

Proteopure, Inc. - develops and sells sample preparation kits to proteomic researchers in academic institutions, government (NIH) laboratories and private industry (pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, and proteomic research facilities) seeking to discover new biomarkers and drugs. The kit uses a novel protein capture technology that separates proteins from contaminates and other cellular material and thereby provides better, more reliable results than competitive alternatives.