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Modumetal™ is a revolutionary nanolaminated alloy that is stronger and lighter than steel and will replace conventional metals and composites in many applications, starting with military armor, and eventually in cars, planes, buildings, and other transportation and construction sectors.

Modumetal is the next generation in materials and represents a sea change in the historical material tradeoff between weight and performance.

Modumetal is also a revolutionary production process that allows users to “grow” parts and represents an unprecedented long-term market opportunity of many billions of dollars in parts manufacturing.

The success of Modumetal will usher in a new generation of materials, allowing the manufacture of products that have only been hypothetical before now. Through its partnerships with powerhouses in transportation and construction industries, Modumetal will launch a revolution in nanotech metals.

Dan is an investor and on the board of Modumetal. www.modumetal.com

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The Alliance of Angels is a membership organization of individual accredited angel investors and investment corporations. The goal of the Alliance of Angels is to nurture the growth of technology-based businesses in the Pacific Northwest by improving the interactions among angel investors and emerging local technology companies seeking funding. In 2008, the AoA members have invested over $7M in over 30 startups. The AoA has been cited as the leading Angel group in North America for the last 2 years. Dan is a founding member of the AoA and has served as its Chairman since 1997. www.allianceofangels.com

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Billing Revolution, the leader in mobile commerce, enables merchants, payment processors and payment gateways to easily conduct credit card transactions with mobile users.

Billing Revolution is changing the way merchants interact with mobile customers. Sharing information with mobile users is no longer enough. Every mobile strategy going forward should include a healthy dose of commerce, and Billing Revolution is here to make that dream reality.

Dan is an investor and on the board of Billing Revolution. www.billingrevolution.com

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Geospiza is a leading developer of enterprise-class software systems for workflow management of genetic analysis. Geospiza has established itself as the life science industry’s top software developer for meeting the combined laboratory, data management and analytical needs of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, universities, researchers, contract core and diagnostic laboratories involved in genetic testing and manufacturing bio-therapeutics.

Dan is an ivestor. www.geospiza.com

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Isotron leads in the development and deployment of technologies focused on the protection of the world's energy reserves and the environment. Isotron is an advanced polymer materials company with expertise in the use of advanced electrochemistry in polymer applications for environmental remediation, emergency response and energy security. The company's technology core competency areas are advanced materials science and electrochemistry and the convergence of these two for large scale environmental remediation and emergency response.

Dan is an investor and advisor to Isotron. www.isotron.net

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Meteor Solutions is a Seattle-based internet software company that enables advertisers and publishers to measure and activate earned media traffic across their sites and campaigns. Meteor is the first effective marketing solution for advertisers and agencies, who use Meteor to measure, manage and monetize word of mouth on the web.

Dan is an investor and advisor. www.meteorsolution.com

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Like fish lurking in the depths, you know your customers are out there. But where, exactly? Enter Marketfish: an innovative marketplace and e-mail service platform that lets you quickly and easily find the right marketing lists for your company’s lead generation campaigns. We put the fish in the barrel—and let you take aim.

Dan is an investor. www.marketfish.com

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Virticus products and services enable a customer to reduce energy and maintenance costs by 30-50% by utilizing their proprietary communication and control system that enables the management of lights individually and collectively.  The Virticus solution scales economically from 10 lights in a church parking lot to 10,000,000 lights managed by a city.

Dan is an investor. www.virticus.com

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DigitalScirocco is an auction-based marketplace for digital content and services that brings fresh and relevant content and services to Web-based properties. DigitalScirocco allows Web owners to bid on, buy and present content and services that meet the objectives of their offerings, while optimizing individual visitor experience in real-time.

Dan is an investor. www.digitalscirocco.com

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TalentSpring provides recruiters and HR professionals with an advanced SaaS-based candidate sourcing solution that utilizes semantic search technology to find exceptional resume matches for their open positions. The TalentSpring resume search engine reviews an organization’s open job descriptions, identifies the relevant attributes being sought (experience, skill, location, education, etc.), and then matches those attributes to tens-of-thousands of resumes found on social networking sites, job boards and the organization’s Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). The search results are ranked and ordered based on candidate quality and relevance, saving recruiters and hiring managers time, improving hire quality, and reducing overall time-to-hire.

Dan is an investor. talentspring.com

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Ontela's PicDeck technology makes mobile image applications better. With PicDeck, applications become easier to install, easier to use, compatible with a wide variety of popular phones, and connected with the user's PC.
Dan is an investor and advisor. www.ontela.com

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Womego is an integrated online community that gives women access to a great wealth of content from the journalists, bloggers and community leaders they already know and trust. At Womego, women can easily find what they’re looking for, access the collective wisdom and experience of the wider community, and then share their own knowledge and expertise with others. Dan is a Womego advisor. www.womego.com

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ScaleOut Software develops, licenses and supports scalable, highly available workload storage software for server farms. ScaleOut delivers breakthrough technology that dramatically lowers costs for storing workload data, such as ASP.NET session-state.

ScaleOut Software's products are designed to meet the mission-critical needs of enterprise applications, such as ASP.NET e-commerce Web farms and application server farms. These applications must provide uninterrupted service and reliable performance that scales on demand, and they must do so cost-effectively. Its initial product, ScaleOut StateServer, targets the fast growing Web-based, e-commerce sector of the enterprise software market with an innovative storage solution for customer data during Web sessions.

Dan is an investor and advisor. www.scaleoutsoftware.com

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GeoPage is your one-stop city guide. It is a comprehensive online service helping people find local places through a visual geo-search engine and city-related blogs. GeoPage helps people make informed decisions on "where to go" and "what to do" by offering a proprietary intelligent venue ranking system. GeoPage is committed to providing local content that people care about. Future offerings will include the ability to buy movie tickets, book reservations and much more - truly your one stop shop to find and book your day or night plans. GeoPage also services local businesses including hotels, restaurants and retail venues by offering technology solutions to help increase sales, efficiency, and customer traffic. In June 2009, GeoPage was launched by Zoodango.com after partnering with Citysearch to expand its offering of current content across the nation. GeoPage now features 14.5 million business listings, over 600,000 user reviews, and ratings on over 2 million business locations nationwide. Dan is an investor and advisor. www.geopage.com

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Zero Crossing Engineering (ZCE) provides integrated solutions for the musical instrument industry. ZCE’s flagship product is the N-Tune integrated tuner, the first electric guitar tuner which is truly built into the instrument. N-Tune will be built into new guitars and retrofitted to existing ones. Dan is an investor in ZCE. www.zerocrossingengineering.com

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Pacific Bioscience Laboratories is the developer of the CLARISONIC® Skin Care Brush. The CLARISONIC uses proprietary sonic technology and a two-way oscillating brush system to safely, deeply cleanse and clarify the skin.

The Company was established by core team members, managers and a founder of Optiva Corporation, responsible for the Sonicare® toothbrush, one of the best selling sonic-based consumer products of all time. Pacific Bioscience Laboratories' mission is to develop and market technically advanced and clinically proven products that make a clear difference in skin care.

Dan is an investor. www.clarisonic.com

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Banshee Bungee has opened up new possibilities in urban riding with a highly elastic cord that launches riders up to 30 miles per hour. The boardbungee puts any terrain into play for snowboarding, skiing, and skateboarding and eliminates the need for drop-in ramps. The bungee also works for watersports such as skimboarding - packing enough speed to let riders hit previously unattainable breaks. Working like a slingshot, riders tie the end of the bungee to any fixed object (rail, pole, tree etc…) past the feature they want to hit. For water sports, the boardbungee can be anchored past the break. Once the bungee is secure, riders stretch back until there is tension in the cord. When a rider is ready to let it rip, he or she lets go of the handle. With an extra handle, two people can stretch the bungee for more speed.

Dan is an investor. www.bansheebungee.com

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The Humane Society for Seattle/King County is committed to providing the resources and support necessary to build lifelong relationships between people and their pets. Dan is a member of the board. www.seattlehumane.org

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UW TechTransfer facilitates the commercialization of new innovations arising from University of Washington research through managing and licensing intellectual property rights. Dan served on the UWTT advisory board. http://depts.washington.edu/techtran/

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The Technology Alliance is a statewide organization founded in 1996 to promote a vibrant technology-based economy benefiting Washington and its citizens. A CEO-level board comprised of leaders from business and research institutions directs the TA's work. Dan is a vice-chair of the Technology Alliance and a member of the executive committee. www.technology-alliance.com