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K4 Ventures is a corporate venture capital arm of Kansai Electric Power based in Osaka, Japan. The firm prefers to invest in seed, early, middle, and later-stage companies. The firm focuses on the storage battery, mobility, artificial intelligence, internet of things, big data, robotics, and new technology sectors. K4 Ventures was established in September 1998.

Kingpin Communications is a B2B marketing intelligence & activation partner for tech brands helping them harness data, AI and MarTech.

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As It Is, Inc., is a private corporation formed in 1999 that has assembled a portfolio of technologies and related intellectual property. These include the AutoGnome and the recently developed commercial-ready business venture designed to capitalize on more than 40 years of development. This first application is TrueThinker.com, a subscriber-based site that will automate and manage the creation and discovery, retrieval, and organization of internet-based information. As It Is, Inc., has an office at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Baird Research and Technology Park, and additional labs and offices in Buffalo, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine and Sao Paulo, Brazil. As It Is, Inc.'s TrueThinker offers people or companies an artificial intelligence-based tool for "knowledge networking". Its knowledge-management, community and organization features allow users to create, growing and share knowledge on any topic: - AI-based organization: TrueThinker contains patented AI technology (the "AutoGnome") that categorizes the information users save—links, searches, documents, etc. It does this after a "training period" in which it learns about what information the user saved and how s/he organized it. - Communities: People or organizations can create private or public communities of people with the same social, business, research or other interests. There, they can share ideas, resources and information, as well as documents and photos. - KnowledgeBank: Users can store relevant and valued information in the private, secure and searchable TrueThinker KnowledgeBank. They can save documents, images, links, bookmarks, databases and more, organizing the information in any way. Some ways to use TrueThinker: - Businesses can offer employees one place to access "institutional wisdom" and experience, data and research, as well as forums for people to collaborate on project development, training and other activities. - Enthusiasts or hobbyists can grow their knowledge on their favorite topic by sharing experiences, tips and techniques, news and other information with anyone who has the same interest. - Interest groups can organize, educate and share ideas locally or globally. Users can access TrueThinker from any computer. In addition, TrueThinker is a membership service, so there's no advertising or privacy issues. A year-long membership to TrueThinker costs $30, but a free, seven-day trial is available now at www.truethinker.com. TrueThinker also offers a referral program, in which members earn $10 every time they refer someone who purchases a TrueThinker membership using a special invitation code.

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WorkWell Prevention & Care provides musculoskeletal wellness and soft tissue illness treatment and prevention solutions to employers. It offers pre-hire, at work, and post injury/illness services related to employees. The company’s pre-hire services cover early intervention and rehabilitation of physical and occupational therapy solutions for injury/illness prevention and treatment to facilitate a safe and effective stay at work and return to work/other activities following an injury/illness; and at work services comprise the conditioning and educating of employees to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injury that help them to prevent aches and pains from growing. Its tools and techniques include systems for pre-work screening, risk-of-injury/illness assessments, injury/illness prevention, ergonomic interventions, job analysis and job modification, and disability management, as well as stay-at-work/return-to-work/other activities programs. The company serves Fortune 500 companies in various industries, including transportation, manufacturing, warehouse, and healthcare. WorkWellPrevention & Care was founded in 1998 and is based in Duluth, Minnesota.