George Abraham

Planar Energy has developed a game-changing technology for solid state batteries for electronics and automotive applications. Lithium ion battery technology has hit a wall-batteries need substantial cost reductions to be viable for energy demanding applications. Seeking ways to increase safety and performance while reducing the size and cost of battery-powered products, Planar is at the forefront of developing solid state batteries that will revolutionize energy storage. Working with a family of proprietary nano-materials and device designs, Planar's is reducing battery weight, cost and size while increasing the capacity, safety and lifetime of batteries to power everything from automobiles to off-grid energy storage. Planar's products are based upon a broad portfolio of patents in the areas of materials deposition, new materials and battery design technologies. In addition, Planar's in-house development and engineering team has decades of world-class battery and related technology experience and has developed proprietary designs and battery production processes. Planar was co-founded by M. Scott Faris, a serial entrepreneur, and Battelle Ventures in 2007 as a spin-out of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Planar is a part of the vanguard of the green technology revolution. By acquiring and consolidating proven key technologies and assembling a world class multidisciplinary team, Planar has the technologies and team to systematically address the challenges of energy storage and usher in a new era of solid state energy storage.

Collins Stewart LLC Asset Management is a broker/dealer and asset management division of Collins Stewart PLC. They are headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in San Francisco and Menlo Park, California.

C.E. Unterberg, Towbin Advisors LP (CEUTA) is an affiliate of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin and is a registered investment advisor. Based in New York City, the firm provides services for institutional and high net worth individual investors.

SAS Investors (SAS Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by George Abraham and Josh Grotstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Zurich Insurance Group AG, Zurich Payroll Solutions, Inc. provides accounting services. The company is based in Fort Washington, PA.

Venture Architects LLC operates as a business development company for private companies and non-profit organizations. It offers business strategy and planning services that focuses on early and growth-stage companies. The firm provides business plan development and inspection, financial projection, investor presentations, executive summaries, due diligence, competitive landscape analysis, interim project management, bookkeeping, logo and collateral materials, capital raising and valuation, and exit readiness assessment services. The company was founded in March 1998 by Melissa E. Krinzman and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tacit Networks, Inc. provides Wide Area File Services (WAFS) solutions. Tacit Networks’ operating system and platform-independent solutions dramatically reduce WAN latency and eliminate WAN roadblocks to global information sharing, allowing distributed enterprises to consolidate storage and deploy centrally managed, low-cost IT services to the branch office while ensuring real-time collaboration over the WAN with all the speed, performance, and reliability of a LAN. It is located South Plainfield, NJ.