Galen Works, LLC is a San Francisco based technology company that develops and implements open source software which aggregates information needed to manage hospital operating rooms. Galen Works has partnered with a health care industry leader to rapidly expand its marketing and sales reach.

Earned Capital, LLC is a venture funded by Al Aguirre and Jon Weber to identify, acquire and operate privately held businesses. The team brings experience as managers, advisors, investors and entrepreneurs within a broad range of industries. Earned Capital seeks opportunities to acquire a controlling interest in established businesses, though, on a selective basis, they will also consider start-up concepts. For more information: http://www.earnedcapital.com/

Grill Sponge, LLC: The George Foreman Grill has been a wildly successful household consumer product - more than 40,000,000 grills sold! Grill Sponge has created a proprietary sponge that is uniquely designed to clean George Foreman Grills. With an established market in place, Grill Sponge expects to successfully scale its business.

Fire Trade, LLC will utilize the market in greenhouse gas emission credits to provide funds to finance projects that put out coal fires burning in China, India, Indonesia and other countries of the developing world. These fires were ignited spontaneously and consume vast amounts of coal. In China, for example, coal burning for decades in remote areas causes emissions of CO2, the principal greenhouse gas, in the range of 200 million tons annually, about as much CO2 as is emitted by the American automobile fleet. In developing nations, funds are often lacking to suppress these fires.

Sequence Advisors, LLC provides technology development and implementation services. In an impressive initial transaction, the company recently partnered with Microsoft to develop and implement programs for Microsoft's "Project" software.

Solutions Alert is a San Francisco environmental and conservation nonprofit company that will provide education and training resources to conserve energy, water and solid waste, as well as other environmental topics. Randy Hayes, founder and former executive director of Rainforest Action Network, will be at the helm of Solutions Alert's activities, which will include conferences to bring together scientists and educators to discuss conservation issues, production of education films on sustainable societies and other conservation issues, research and publication of educational materials including newsletters, occasional reports, pamphlets and brochures, and educational and cultural exchange programs with similar organizations in other countries.