Anil Kumar Gupta

Zenith Electronics designs and manufactures consumer electronic goods. Its products include digital HDTVs, flat-screen CRTs, stereo televisions, short wave radios, space phones, and TV remote controls. The company was founded by Karl Hassel and Ralph H.G. Mathews in 1918 and is headquartered in Lincolnshire, IL.

Centillium Communications, Inc. designs, develops and supplies integrated programmable system-on-a-chip solutions that enable high-speed broadband access. Its products include passive optical network chip solutions; mixed-signal integrated circuits, hardware and software applications. The firm also offers fiber to the premises products that include central office transceivers, protocol processors, customer premise equipment transceivers and protocol processors. The company was founded in 1997 by Faraj Aalaei and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Part of NeoMagic Corp., LinkUp Systems Corp. designs, develops, and distributes system-on-silicon solutions. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company was founded by Ravi Bhatnagar. LinkUp Systems was acquired by NeoMagic Corp. on December 19, 2001 for $5.01 million.

Beceem Communications, Inc. manufactured semiconductors for the wireless broadband market. It specialized in the emerging 4G-WiMAX marketplace. The company was founded in October 2003 by Surendra Babu Mandava and Arogyaswami J. Paulraj and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

iKoa Corp. manufactures and distributes semiconductor products. The company was founded by Prakash C. Agarwal, Clement Leung and Shridhar Mukund and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Planetweb, Inc. develops web browser and integrated e-mail applications. Its applications are used in video game systems, television videophones and set-top boxes and DVD players. It markets its products under SpectraApps, SpectraBuilder and SpectraCore brands. The company was founded in 1996 by Kamran Elahian and Ken Soohoo and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA.

Informative, Inc. provides online marketing analytics tools and services. It offers survey, community and forum, blog, and profiling services. The firm serves advertising agencies, marketing services firms, and media properties, as well as the consumer products, financial services, pharmaceutical, software, and consumer electronic industries. The company was founded by Ronen BabaYoff, Kamran Elahian, Elad Hemar and Yaniv Iny in 1999 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Brecis Communications, Inc. develops software solutions for use with semiconductors.

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. manufactures semiconductors and related devices. It provides IP-centric, platform based custom silicon solutions and end to end semiconductor turnkey services for a wide range of applications across a wide variety of end markets including mobile internet devices, datacenters, the internet of things, wearable electronics, smart homes and automotive. The company was founded by Wayne Wei-Ming Dai in August 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

HotChalk, Inc. provides web-based collaborative software solutions to educational institutions to put their degree programs online. It serves online audience of educators, parents, and students. The company was founded by Edward M. Fields in 2004 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

BitGravity, Inc. provides breed video delivery, video management, web site acceleration, and live streaming products. The firm offers content delivery network for small businesses with an emphasis on HD video streaming. The company was founded by Perry W. Wu and Barrett Gibson Lyon in 2006 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Relief International operates as a non-profit organization that provides emergency, rehabilitation, and development services. It offers programs including health, shelter construction, education, community development, agriculture, food, income-generation, and conflict resolution. The company was founded by Farshad Rastegar in 1990 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

VeriSilicon, Inc. manufactures silicon cores. The firm provides IP-centric, platform based custom silicon solutions, and end-to-end semiconductor turnkey services for applications across end markets including mobile internet devices, datacentres, the internet of things, wearable electronics, smart homes, and automotive. The company was founded by Wayne Wei-Ming Dai in August 2001 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

500 Startups Management Co LLC (500 Startups) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Dave McClure and Christine Tsai. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

UNICEF Innovation Fund acts as a private equity fund.

WiSA Association, Inc. provides wireless audio technology services. It specializes in multi-channel wireless audio capability to consumer and professional products. The firm is responsible for developing technical specifications, performing interoperability compliance testing of WiSA-certified products, supporting members with marketing campaigns and promoting the broad adoption of WiSA product interoperability. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Outlierz Ventures (Outlierz Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Kenza Lahlou in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Casablanca, Morocco.

DionyMed Holdings, Inc. engages in the distribution of cannabis brands. The firm through its operating entities, sources cannabis distillate, flower, edibles and other related products from licensed suppliers for delivery. The company was founded by Edward M. Fields in 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

iBRIDGES is an open and collaborative initiative that aims to empower a worldwide high-tech entrepreneurial community, focused on those of Iranian descent, to exchange knowledge, best practices, and innovative thinking. The American company believes that the promotion and development of entrepreneurial capacities is a key lever for all societies to elevate their social condition. The high-tech entrepreneurial space brings game-changing dynamics and new ways of engagement that promote diversity and equal opportunity, celebrates merit-based achievement, advocates participative management, and fosters shared ownership. iBRIDGES conferences provide a unique opportunity for high-tech entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and students to network and share their ideas with a global audience. The non-profit company has a current board of members dedicated to promoting the entrepreneurial capacity of all its members. iBRIDGES also shares the latest news and trends in high-tech entrepreneurship.