Manufacturing

WeVeel Corporate Office

WeVeel designs, markets, manufactures, and distributes scented markers, stationary, paint, bubbles, and other toys and novelty items that inspire creativity in children. The company was founded by Jason Lane.

The company markets under the brands Chalk-A-Doos, First Art, Gelbies, Scentos Blendy Pens, Scentos Dough, Scentos Markers, Scentos Novelty Pens, Scentos Scentos, Scentos Sprayza, Scentos Stationary, Scentos Sweet Shop, Scentos Sugar Rush, Scentos Trio, and Twistios.

WeVeel sells its products through such major retailers as Walmart, Office Depot, Target, Michael’s, Toys R Us, Costco, and Meijer. Products are available internationally through Tesco and Sainsbury’s and the company has offices in China and Hong Kong.

WeVeel is #27 in the 2014 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies with a three-year growth rate of 8,240% and $9 million in revenue in 2013. The company is #3 in the Inc. list of Top Consumer Products & Services Companies and #1 in Top Texas Companies.

WeVeel

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Aseptia Corporate Office

Aseptia has found a way to harness microwave energy to rapidly and pasteurize and sterilize that extends the shelf life of packaged foods without preservatives, refrigeration, canning, or additives.

The company also offers R&D Services such as product development, analytical evaluation, and pilot testing, Regulatory Compliance Services including FDA validation testing, and Engineering Services such as design of processing lines and process optimization.

Aseptia is #15 in the 2014 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies with a three-year growth rate of 12,427%. The company is #2 in the Inc. list of Top Food & Beverage Companies and #2 in the Inc. list of Top North Carolina Companies.

Aseptia

Aseptia has found a way to harness microwave energy to rapidly and pasteurize and sterilize that extends the shelf life of packaged foods without preservatives, refrigeration, canning, or additives.

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American Solar Direct Corporate Office

American Solar Direct offers residential design and installation of solar panels as well as project management services.

Solar photovoltaic panels produce electricity ready to be used and are designed to makes homes less reliant on power and save money on their electric bills. American Solar Direct operates in California, which offers credits to solar panel users that generate more electricity than they use, sending electricity back into the grid.

American Solar Direct is #17 on the 2014 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies with a three-year growth rate of 11,560%. The company is also #3 on the Inc. list of Top Energy Companies and #5 in Top California Companies.

American Solar

American Solar Direct offers residential design and installation of solar panels as well as project management services.

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Minute Key Corporate Office

Minute Key was founded in 2008 with funding from angel and venture capital investors. The company has created the first self-service key duplicating machines which combine innovations in robotics, software engineering, and electronics.

Duplicating a key at a Minute Key machine has four steps: swipe your credit card, choose a key, insert the key you would like duplicated, and wait one minute. The machine can also make many duplicates at a rate of one per minute. The machines do not copy car keys.

Minute Key is #11 in the Inc. 5000 2014 list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America. The company is also #2 in Inc.’s list of Top Consumer Products & Services and #1 in Top Colorado Companies.

Minute Key

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Crescendo Bioscience Corporate Office

Crescendo Bioscience is a molecular diagnostics company that aims to enable more efficient management of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases by providing information, including molecular tests, to rheumatologists and patients.

Currently the company is concentrating on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a systemic inflammatory disorder that affects the joints, leading to deformed and painful joints and eventual loss of function. Crescendo Bioscience created the first multi-biomarker blood test which determines the status of the patient’s disease and helps physicians to make better-informed decisions.

The company also developed a free mobile app that empowers people with RA to track their disease and share information with their physician.

Crescendo Bioscience is #7 on the Inc 5000 2014 list of Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies. The company had $147,810 in revenue in 2010 and grew to $27.3 million in revenue in 2013, representing growth of 18,375%. Crescendo Bioscience is #1 in Inc’s Top Health Companies and #4 on Inc’s Top California Companies.

Crescendo Bioscience

The company also developed a free mobile app that empowers people with RA to track their disease and share information with their physician.