NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - an independent body with a mission to make the UK more innovative. Our endowment status means we operate at no cost to the UK taxpayer. NESTA invest in early-stage companies, inform policy, and deliver practical programmes that inspire others to solve the big challanges of the future. NESTA does not work alone. Our success depends on the strength of the partnerships we form with innovators, policymakers, community organisations, educators and other investors. We bring the best ideas, new flows of capital and talented people together, and encourage others to develop them further.

Western Wats wrangles information for its clients. The data collection firm provides the raw information that is the basis for market research and insight on such topics as concept testing, satisfaction measurement, market segmentation, and product development. Specializing in quantitative research data, Western Wats conducts surveys and collects information using telephone interviews (administered by real interviewers or an interactive voice response system) as well as online surveys for such industries as telecommunications, retail, health care, and high technology. Western Wats began collecting data in 1987.

USC Consulting Group is a business consulting firm that specializes in process optimization and operational effectiveness. Its service areas include Six Sigma training and certification, supply chain optimization, resource planning, and outsourcing. The consulting firms helps clients improve processes and make organizational and cultural changes necessary to streamline the business. USC offers expertise in such areas as asset management, information management, private equity support, and operational excellence. USC works for clients in a variety of high-tech, manufacturing, and service industries. Founded in 1968, the firm has offices in Chicago, Montreal, Tampa, and Toronto.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP was founded more than 120 years ago upon principles that still characterize our practice today. Our founders and memorable colleagues, like Wendell Willkie and Felix Frankfurter, established a strong foundation of integrity, innovation, pragmatism, flexibility and intellectual agility designed to continually meet the ever-changing business needs of our clients. These values form our approach to providing legal and business advisory services today. We continue our tradition of excellence by keeping nimble, working collaboratively together, with respect and professionalism, and by integrating this philosophy into our client relationships. Our clients not only rely on us for our creativity, skill, leadership, decisiveness and high-quality work, but because they know we are solution-oriented and we get the job done efficiently and effectively. Our firm culture fosters intellectual curiosity in a collaborative work environment. Recognizing that the collegiality and straightforward approach to the practice of law provides the ongoing enrichment of a great career not found at other firms, many of Willkie’s attorneys remain with the Firm throughout their careers. People enjoy working at Willkie. We regularly celebrate 25- plus year anniversaries for both staff and attorneys—and our clients recognize and appreciate the continuity that our high retention offers them. We attribute this commitment to the Firm to great relationships, an excellent workplace atmosphere, and continuing prospects to gain insight and experience through ongoing mentoring and professional development. We provide these opportunities for both attorneys and staff, who are valued as vital participants in the client relationship process.

The Institute of the Americas (IOA) works for peace and understanding among people of North and South America. The group is an independent, nonprofit and inter-American institution that promotes development, trade and investment, and good governance through cooperation between the public and private sectors throughout the Americas. IOA programs are focused on energy, healthcare, telecommunication and information technology, and water. The group holds an annual conference and about 15 smaller meetings through out Latin America that bring together public groups and private enterprises working in the region.

Portable Church Industries helps churches find their way by assisting in their planning and development, whether it be the launching of a brand new church or the renovation of an existing one. The company offers services, including stage layout and seating planning, custom signage, and marketing and advertising for ministry promotion. It also provides equipment and equipment assembly (from audio systems and video equipment to children's play centers and coffee services). Portable Church Industries was founded in 1994.

Getty Images is a major supplier of creative (stock) and editorial still and moving images and illustrations, as well as music. It also offers photo services for corporate clients. The company targets four main markets: advertising and graphic design firms; editorial organizations, such as newspapers, magazines, and online publishers; corporate communications departments; and film and broadcast producers. Getty Images, which distributes its products online, has customers in more than 100 countries around the world; most of its sales come from outside the US. In mid-2008, Getty Images was acquired by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.

ACCION International helps people take action to help themselves. ACCION International, Spanish for "action," gives the poor the means to achieve economic independence by providing micro loans for starting small businesses. Enterprises are typically making and selling food, sewing clothing, or growing and selling produce. ACCION International works with lenders to support programs in about 20 countries in Africa, Asia/Pacific, the Caribbean, and Latin America. It loans about $5 billion each year to nearly 3 million people. First-time loans average about $600 each. The program's repayment rate is more than 97%. ACCION was formed in 1961 to fight poverty in Latin American cities.

Bowers and Merena Auctions firm has grown to become America's leading rare coin auctioneer. We have handled four of the five most valuable United States coin collections ever sold. Topped by the $44,900,000 Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection, and then followed by the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection which has realized more than $38,000,000. We also handled the $25,000,000 Garrett Collection for The Johns Hopkins University, and the $20,000,000 Norweb Collection. In addition, Bowers and Merena holds three of the top seven world-record auction prices for U.S. coins.* Our reference books and catalogues have received more "Publication of the Year Award" and other honors than have those of any other firm. Over the years, The Guinness Book of World Records has devoted more space to the records held by Bowers and Merena Auctions than to all of our competitors combined.

Willdan has dedicated itself to providing public agencies with reliable engineering and consulting services for more than 40 years. Combining depth of staffing, state-of-the-art technical resources, and local offices rooted in their communities, Willdan has earned its reputation as a problem solver across a wide range of client interests. We understand the concerns of government agencies – especially those of local government. Willdan Group can and will do what it takes to meet your engineering needs. Through its subsidiaries, the design firm provides geotechnical and civil engineering, financial consulting, and homeland security services to government agencies and school districts predominantly in California, but also in other western states. It focuses on small- to mid-sized agencies (serving 100,000 to 300,000 residents) that may fall below the radar of larger competitors. Its engineering services segment -- which undertakes building and safety design, road work, flood control, and wastewater projects -- accounts for more than 80% of revenues. Director Linda Heil controls about 13% of Willdan's stock.

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