Solar Institute Inc, 5233 E Woodspring Dr, Tucson, AZ 85712, US

Founded in 1987, Research Corporation Technologies is a technology investment and management company. Based in Tucson, Ariz., it provides early stage funding and development for promising biomedical companies and technologies. The company has invested in companies developing new materials, optics technologies and geophysical instrumentation. Fullerene International Corporation is a joint venture formed in 2000 between Research Corporation Technologies, Mitsubishi Corporation, Materials and Electrochemical Research Corporation to commercialize fullerene-based materials. It is a member of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).