Venture capital firms can review the
following Northwest businesses that will be presenting at Venture
Northwest 2008.
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Advanced
Inquiry Systems
–www.advancedinquiry.com
Advanced
Inquiry Systems, Inc. (AISI) is revolutionizing semiconductor test,
helping our customers combat rising costs in the midst of falling
product prices. Our unique solutions enhance flexibility for device
design, greatly reduce test floor WIP, and nearly eliminate pad scrub,
enabling at speed wafer test for flash, DRAM and logic
devices.
Collaborative Software Initiative
brings together like minded companies to build software applications at
a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. CSI introduces this
market-changing process to build software for an implementation of a
defined standard, an application for regulatory compliance, or a system
to provide leverage for multiple
companies.
DepotPoint
– www.depotpoint.com
DepotPoint is a
technology company that deploys a suite of web based workflow and
marketplace applications that are designed to accelerate disposal of
distressed properties. The company’s solutions are delivered to
lenders, trustees/attorneys, REO asset managers, real estate agents,
and property buyers resulting in greater processing and transaction
efficiency.
END
Outdoor – www.endoutdoor.com
END
exists to bring affordable, sustainable, high performance footwear to
our athletes. Through a powerful design ethos, END will employ a
groundbreaking sustainable design and manufacturing process that raises
the bar in the industry. Our goal is to only create high performance,
sustainable running product that has outstanding fit, comfort and
stability.
M-six
- www.m-six.com
M-SIX is building a
Software-as-a-Service platform
for 3D design visualization, analysis, and
collaboration. Our simplified workflow reduces
designers' costs by >10x while significantly increasing their
freedom to invent and collaborate. We’re currently administering a
private beta with world-renowned design firms that will enable a
revenue stream of $40M within 3
years.NuScale Power is commercializing a
modular, pre-fabricated 45 MWe nuclear power plant. The plant can be
scaled to any size by grouping modules together. It will be safer and
will improve economics by moving to mass manufacturing off-site,
simplifying refueling, and permitting units to be added to match demand
growth.
RallyPoint
- www.rallypoint.tv
Rallypoint builds and operates the “TV
App Store” that delivers web-based services and advertising over the
broadband pipe to Internet-enabled television sets without using a
set-top box. Rallypoint is seeking to generate $40 to $200 of
revenue per Internet-enabled HDTV per year. Rallypoint has developed
distribution relationships with the #1 HDTV chipset maker, the #2 and
#4 TV OEMs, and the #1 retailer that will ensure general availability
of its software and key applications by mid 2009. Rallypoint
is raising
$3.5M.
Revelation
– www.revelationglobal.com
Revelation creates cutting edge web
applications for qualitative market
research.
Launched in 2007,
Revelation dramatically extend the reach of qualitative research,
enabling companies to collect more data, faster and at a fraction of
the cost - while providing a truer picture of the consumer
experience. Already generating revenue, Revelation is poised
to become the end-to-end platform for qualitative customer
understanding and knowledge
management.
RNA networks is the pioneer of collaborative
cache technology for the enterprise data center. A core architectural
building block for the data center, RNAcache provides companies in
high-volume transaction and content delivery industries with
large-scale cache resources to reach microsecond latency, eliminate
performance bottlenecks and achieve high-speed certified
messaging.
SplashCast
-
www.splashcastmedia.com
SplashCast is the leading content
syndication service for emerging media. It enables brands to engage
with typically elusive audiences by creating micro-channels of
continuously-refreshed content consumers value, interact with, and can
share with other people. SplashCast syndicates content to emerging
media including online social networks, mobile devices, IPTV and
desktops.
Tamarac,
Inc. -
www.tamaracinc.com
Tamarac Advisor™ is the leading
portfolio rebalancing and trading platform used by hundreds of advisory
firms to dramatically scale their business more
profitably. Tamarac’s web-based software automates portfolio
construction and maintenance, portfolio monitoring and analysis, cash
management, rebalancing, tax management, trading, post-trade
reconciliation.
Topaz
Bridge
-
www.topazbridge.com
Topaz Bridge makes enterprise-class HR
software applications that combine the power and flexibility of
Microsoft SharePoint with the strength and control of SAP. We realize
true strategic impact for large companies by saving millions of
dollars, while dramatically improving employee satisfaction and
maintaining the security and structure of corporate
data.
Wi-Chi designs, manufacturers, and
markets highly reliable and efficient nano-inverters for solar PV
systems. Driven by a highly experienced team of innovators,
Wi-Chi’s proprietary and miniaturized inverters achieve 25 year
reliability at significantly reduced cost. Wi-Chi is focused
on simplifying installation and enabling solar technologies to achieve
grid parity for broad market adoption.