United States Industry Coalition - Arlington, Virginia The United States Industry Coalition is a non-profit association of American companies and universities who are active partners in our nation's long-term nonproliferation efforts with the former Soviet Union. Its mission is to facilitate the commercialization of technologies for peaceful purposes through the cooperative efforts of USIC members, the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) program of the National Nuclear Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy, other U.S. Government agencies, and the scientific institutes of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Armenia. InterWorld is a member of the United States Industry Coalition and has executed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with the United States Industry Coalition that provides access to technologies developed under the IPP program and to researchers at dozens of institutes in the former Soviet Republics. AVentures - Kiev, Ukraine AVentures is a global focal point for Ukrainian technologies. A technology-focused venture capital firm with a decade of successful investing in the Ukrainian hi-tech market, AVentures has acquired deep expertise and superior knowledge in technology-related industries in Ukraine and has built long-term relationships within these industries. Its mission is to unlock the true value of the Ukrainian science and technology sector, promoting and supporting Ukraine's transition towards global markets. InterWorld and AVentures enjoy a collaborative relationship to introduce Ukrainian and Kazakhstani technologies to the world economy. West Virginia Technology Advancement Corporation - Charleston, WV The West Virginia Technology Advancement Corporation (WVTAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization forging a new model of technology commercialization by providing an innovative market-driven structure for advancing disruptive technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace. WVTAC has assembled a portfolio of strategic relationships in academia, government and private industry that distinctively positions the institution to drive economic growth by capitalizing on research that is revolutionizing industry. WVTAC derives its funding from private and public sector interests, including a major power generation company. InterWorld enjoys a special relationship with WVTAC as its private commercialization arm. Foley & Lardner - Washington, DC Foley & Lardner is InterWorld's intellectual property counsel. The firm's Intellectual Property Department is among the nation's leaders in securing patent and trademarks. The firm is a provider of legal counsel to global companies, and its experience encompasses a full range of corporate legal services. Foley & Lardner's nearly 1,000 attorneys understand today's most complex business issues including corporate governance and compliance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property and IP litigation, and tax.