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The Next Big Thing (November, 2011)

Greenville, SC

The Next Big Thing is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator, design team and seed fund based in Greenville, SC.  The Next Big Thing is a member of the acclaimed and successful TechStars Network

Verdeeco (July, 2011)

Atlanta, GA

Verdeeco provides a Grid-as-a-Service platform that allows power and water utilities to collect, analyze and create value from the massive volumes of data being created by the transition to the smart grid.

Cerevellum (May, 2011)

Greenville, SC

Cerevellum is a designer and maker of consumer products for cyclists. Cerevellum’s first product is the Hindsight 35, the world’s first digital rear-view mirror for cyclists. The Hindsight will be introduced at Interbike 2011.

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Spectra Analysis Instruments, Inc. (May, 2011)

Marlborough, MA and Pendleton, SC

Spectra Analysis Instruments is a developer and maker of next-generation Molecular Analysis instruments that solve the critical limitations of current Infrared technology for the essential analysis of complex materials. Spectra’s Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) systems are fully automated to gas and liquid chromatography for analysis of complex mixtures providing high fidelity solid phase spectra for a broad range of life science and other industrial applications.

TrakLok Corporation (November, 2010)

Knoxville, TN

TrakLok offers products that provide physical security and global visibility for highly mobile cargo and containers. The company is deploying the GeoLok™ solution, a device that prevents unauthorized entry for a container, and the TrakLog™ Intermodal Tracking and Management System™ (ITMS). The ITMS provides real-time data on the location and condition of a given container, on a need-to-know basis, to improve the efficient management of these assets.

Centrafuse (September, 2010)

Atlanta, GA

Centrafuse distributes a software development framework for emerging, “non-traditional” computing devices. The Centrafuse Application Integration Framework provides software engineers, user interface designers and device manufactures with a development toolkit that enables the development, integration and control of separate applications via one common, touch-friendly, voice-controlled user interface.

Lab21 (August, 2010)

Greenville, SC

Lab21 is a global provider of state-of-the-art diagnostic products and services, supporting healthcare and environmental markets; specializing in personalized diagnostic testing for disease identification, disease predisposition and personalized medicine to protect people from the health problems of tomorrow.

Zipit Wireless (August, 2010)

Greenville, SC

Zipit develops and licenses device software and operates network services for communications, consumer electronics, and enterprise technology companies that want to enable, connect, and manage wireless devices.

SERRUS Real Estate Fund I (February, 2010)

Greenville, SC

Residential real estate fund taking advantage of cash purchases of distressed mid-market homes.

Butcher Shoppe International (November, 2009)

Greenville, SC

New York Butcher Shoppes is a franchise, gourmet, neighborhood butcher shop concept that specializes in high-quality aged meats, prepared foods and wines. At the time of investment, the franchise includes 11 stores across the Carolinas and Georgia.

SensorTech (August, 2009)

Greenville, SC

SensorTech is an advanced materials company that has developed a new class of contact sensors based on a novel approach to making conductive polymers. The sensors have a wide array of applications across a number of industries, and the company is commercializing its first sensors in the load cell and medical device markets.

Southeast TechInventures (December, 2008)

Research Triangle Park, NC

Southeast TechInventures works with university-based inventors to accelerate the commercialization of technologies and intellectual property (IP) in the areas of biotechnology (bioengineering and medical devices), photonics (optics and displays), information technology, materials, and nanotechnologies.

Sensory Analytics (November, 2008)

Greensboro, NC

Sensory Analytics is a fast-growing leader in the development of high precision coating thickness and color measurement systems for manufacturers.SpecMetrix® and SpecMetrix® Dark coating measurement systems are uniquely able to bring real-time coating thickness measurement and process validation to manufacturers within the aerospace, metal container and industrial coatings markets.

HS Pharmaceuticals (August, 2008)

Greenville, SC

HS Pharma is a unique pharmaceutical/biotech hybrid company that markets and sells proprietary products for the treatment of skin wounds, burns and infections, while pursuing basic R&D initiatives in the fields of infectious disease, immunology and cancer.