Summary of Featured Companies

Intelligent Search and Advertising on the Internet

Provides a “free to fee based” model of services for internet users and advertisers. These services include real-time persistent classification and categorization, true click fraud detection, 4096 bit encryption, VOIP, POP3, WebMail, mobile services, and data for advertisers to monitor granular, ROI campaign control.

Credit Card Donations to Non-Profits

Shoppers can swipe their Donor Affinity Card at a checkout counter and automatically give to their favorite causes. The company’s product combines technologies for point of sale terminals and online communication with extensive relationships among merchants and non-profits. The company makes money from merchant reward fees, processing fees, underwriter exclusivity, co-branded credit card applications, and merchant partner listings.

Int’l Agribusiness Cooling Technology and Manufacture

Hong Holding company with two licensed and operating entities that provide specialized technology, equipment and service to the $100b+ fresh sector of international agribusiness. With its advanced U.S. post-harvest technology and its low, Asian cost basis, AllFresh’s cooling equipment manufacture is competitive in virtually any international market of this highly fragmented industry. It is the first on-site company to penetrate the Chinese market in this industry segment and has also placed equipment in Australia and the U.S.

Alternative Energy - Liquid Natural Gas for Fleet Owners

Makes, stores, and dispenses Liquid Natural Gas, produces 1,875 gallons of LNG per day, connects to the local natural gas distribution line and is convenient and inexpensive. The company’s competitive advantages include: stations, ready for manufacturing and assembly now, which will provide small and medium size fleet owners with convenient, on-site LNG; 4 patents and 70 claims; and 3-5 years’ lead ahead of the competition.

Ballast Water Treatment for Commercial Shipping

By 2009, 90% of commercial ships will be required to install ballast water treatment filters to protect port regions from the second greatest ecological problem after global warming – the transportation of foreign organisms, larvae and sometimes whole fish that can devastate an unprotected environment. In what is forecast to be a $260-400 m/yr market, Swiss engineering giant, ABB, has selected this company as its supplier of low cost and functionally superior filters.

Short-term Mortgage Finance

This company is a leading Commercial Mortgage Finance and Real Estate Investment company specializing in short-term commercial mortgage financing, providing equity and financed capital for builders and developers. Unlike traditional lenders, it takes an active partnering role to manage risk, solve problems, and capitalize on real estate and financing opportunities.

Subscription-based Media Monitoring Service

Each day, the Company monitors 25,000+ online news sources in 20+ languages, 100,000 message boards / forums / news groups, and 5+ million out of 20+ million blog postings. Its product, InfoSquirrel, enables commercial and individual customers to achieve more comprehensive, relevant and personalized Internet search results – and automatically save full text articles to a searchable database on their desktop hard drive. The market opportunity for subscription information services tops $1 b/yr.

Jewelry Protection Products

Designs, manufactures and distributes novel devices in the jewelry industry that test how securely the center diamond of a ring is held in place. Due to high insurance costs and low insurance pay outs, this product helps protect an investment and/or irreplaceable heirloom. Focus group research demonstrates consumers’ acceptance of this security product.

Public Area Media Stream

Provides news, information, advertising and entertainment on flat-panel digital video screens in places guaranteed to be seen by consumers: in elevators in upscale office towers, hotels and condominiums, during a time in which these people are completely isolated from other media.

Online Learning Resources

Provides affordable, practical and accessible online learning resources for both grades K-12 and Professional Development/Continuing Education Programs. KDS allows educators, faculty and students the access to the online information they need in the format they want most—Web-delivered video content.

Streaming Video Solutions

Dedicated to technological innovation and design, promoting global partnership in development of state-of- the-art streaming video solutions meeting needs in the areas of Cultural Development, Educational Connectivity, Rapid Humanitarian Response and Social Service Delivery.

Specialized Money Management – Options on Equities

The investment strategy of the Fund is to obtain income by selling options on equities that have strong earnings momentum, and receive income from UIT’s, preferred stocks and REIT’s. The growth will come from ownership in strong and growing companies.

Out-Sourced Business Services for Airlines

This company enables airlines to contract with a single vendor on a national scale for multiple services, such as cabin cleaning, ramp services, and fueling. The independent markets for fueling and ground services at U.S. airports are estimated as above $300 million.

Women’s Cancer Diagnosis

This company is a translational in-vitro diagnostic company focused on the diagnosis of women's cancers such as breast, ovarian, cervical and uterine cancer. The Company is poised to bring the RCP Test to market as quickly as possible.

Educational Data for Publishers and Schools

Helps major publishers and schools to efficiently manage data driven decision making. We are experts in the No Child Left Behind Act, each state's learning standards and all other related state information. Examples: Do my state's learning standards align to my state's assessment standards? How is a 3rd grader's math class different from state to state? Does this book need to be revised before it can be sold to a school in my state?

Energy Conservation -Electronically Changing Window Glass

Provides state-of-the-art window glass capable of electronically changing tinting from CLEAR to DARK or any setting in between in 1 -2 seconds.

K-5 Educational Software

Has patent pending technology that enables parents and teachers to quickly find, buy, and organize engaging, low-cost, downloadable interactive learning activities for elementary school children, without ever going on the Internet. The market includes, in addition to all school enrolled children’s families, more than 1.5 m home schoolers, 16,000 public and 60,000 elementary school libraries.

Semiconductor-Based Computer Security

Hardware based security products ensure uninterrupted continuity of information technology and business operations from electronic attacks. Four products available for commercialization include storage firewall security, solid state digital hard disk drives, hard disk drive adapters and subsystems, and ultra thin client smart terminals.

K-12 Online Tutorial Systems

Leading developer and marketer of home tutorial products in K-12 mathematics. Its goal is to become the most comprehensive tutorial and remedial education resource for parents, school-age students, adults and educators. With more than $30 million in historic sales and a substantial base of over 300,000 customers for Math Made Easy™, its core product, there is strong evidence of the appeal of the current product and potential demand for the online and CD versions. Math Made Easy™, It’s live tutorial site, The Tutorial Channel has been launched.

Advanced Air Movement and Purification Technology

An application development and licensing company that has significantly changed the way air is moved, filtered and sterilized. The company has achieved patented breakthroughs in the development of a cost effective technology that causes silent air movement, filtration and sterilization without fan blades, electrical motors or filters. Licensing and product development partners in select markets include: Homedics, IKEA of Sweden, Gulfstream, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy.

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