"TechRanch provides a great environment for bootstrapping a business!  By bringing together people who are committed to developing new technologies and creating new jobs, TechRanch has a true synergistic influence that helps fledgling companies in Montana to solve problems, generate new ideas and form key collaborations."

---Anne Marie Quinn, Founder & CEO
    Montana Molecular

TechRanch Alumni and Affiliates


Since inception, TechRanch has worked with over 100 companies across Montana.  Many of these firms have gone on to secure major government grants, license technology to industry, employ individuals in high paying, clean technology jobs and best of all, develop products that fill market needs resulting in positive net income year after year.  A handful has chosen to seek private equity funding from angels and / or venture capitalists and have succeeded.

TechRanch has recognized 14 companies we consider our alumni, for outstanding achievement.  These alumni have created more than 100 relatively high paying jobs here in the State. 

TechRanch affiliates serve as advisors to TechRanch companies and to TechRanch.  They partner with us on the development of new programs and the sustainability of existing programs. 

Bacterin Inc. develops novel anti-infective coatings for medical devices based on proprietary knowledge of the physiological changes made by microbes as they sense and adapt to changes in their environment.
 
Connexa is a software development company designing, producing and selling product configuration tools.
 
Dobeck Performance is a worldwide leader in research and development for electronic fuel injected kits to increase performance and drivability across a vast assortment of vehicles.
 
Elk River Systems combines web services, Web2.0 user tools, and variable data technology into specific vertical market solutions. Elk River Systems has three business units providing vertical market solutions.
 
EnviroZyme
EnviroZyme uses a proprietary fermentation process that combines an enzyme discovered in Yellowstone National Park with a mixture of soybeans and barley, while at the same time removing anti-phytic properties of the grains.
 

Foundation Grant Management Software deployed over the web that provides large efficiencies in grant application, decision making and monitoring processes.

 
HyPerspectives specializes in the use of cutting-edge sensor technologies for natural resource applications and national security issues.
 
Ideal Bite offers bite-sized ideas for light green living - ideas for real people who lead busy lives and want to make small changes that add up to big results.
 
Montana Molecular is developing and commercializing novel fluorescent technologies for the protein and drug research and discovery markets.
 
MPA Technologies is a research and development company whose prime focus is creating new methods of cancer detection and cancer treatment.
 
Nervonix, Inc
Nervonix, Inc. is a development stage medical device company that has invented, patented, and prototyped a break-through nerve imaging technology that operates non-invasively at the skin surface to accurately locate and image peripheral nerves.
 
TEXbase is the leading provider of collaborative software solutions for material development, sourcing, and product integrity.