Svante Inc., based in Vancouver BC, is a leading carbon capture and removal solutions provider. Svante makes filters and modular rotary contactor machines that capture and remove CO² from industrial emissions and the air.

Axine Water Technologies is the world leader in electrochemical oxidation technology for industrial wastewater treatment. Axine's mission is to establish a new industry standard for the cost-effective destruction of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), pharmaceuticals, solvents, and other persistent organic contaminants. Their treatment-as-a-service (TAAS) model guarantees compliance with current and future regulations, offering sustainable and cost- efficient on-site solutions.

Gridtential Energy Gridtential Energyhas developed the Silicon Joule® battery technology that is safer and lower cost than lithium-ion and lighter and more powerful than lead. By changing the material and architecture in a lead battery, Gridtential has cracked a decades-old energy storage problem with a solution that can be made in today's factories using 80% of existing equipment.

Ask Jeeves (IPO, then acquired by InterActiveCorp - NASDAQ: IAC). Ask Jeeves (now Ask Media Group) has spent the last 25 years committed to its mission of increasing personal knowledge by empowering people with answers.

CardStore (acquired by American Greetings - NYSE: AM) combined beautiful artwork, personalized greetings, and professional printing to help create tangible reminders of life's events, big and small.

PolyServe (acquired by Hewlett-Packard - NYSE: HP) consolidates servers and storage into manageable, available and scalable utilities for database and file serving.

SightSpeed, Inc. (acquired by Logitech - NASDAQ: LOGI) was an award-winning provider of high quality, feature rich, and easy-to-use Internet video communications services for both businesses and consumers.

Solazyme Inc. (IPO, later acquired by Corbion - Euronext: CORB) is a renewable oil and bioproducts company that uses algae to transform a range of low-cost plant-based sugars into high-value tailored oils.

GameReady® (CoolSystems, Inc. - acquired by Avanos Medical Inc. - NASDAQ: AVNS) is a best-in-class sports medicine and orthopedic medical device that helps athletes and patients speed recovery from injury or orthopedic surgery.

mOasis (acquired by Carbon Neutral Ag Sciences) has developed a proprietary class of super absorbent polymers that address current challenges in agriculture. The company manufactures BountiGel®, a non-toxic soil additive that holds excess water near the seed or roots of plants and releases it as the soil dries, resulting in less plant stress and significantly higher crop yields while reducing water needs.