Jeffrey S. Kuhn

AMO Manufacturing USA LLC engages in the design, develop and manufacture of excimer refractive surgical systems. It is designed to re-contour the front surface of the cornea of the human eye. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It also makes cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Arizona Commerce Authority is an economic development agency. It offers marketing, innovation, technology, community, growth, workforce, jobs, aerospace, bioscience and nanotechnology. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Valar Ventures Management LLC (Valar Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by James Fitzgerlad and Andrew McCormack Peter Thiel. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Wick Communications Co. operates as a media company. The firm also engages in the publication of newspapers and magazines. The company was founded by Milton I. Wick and James I. Wick in 1926 and is headquartered in Sierra Vista, AZ.

Q Bio, Inc. engages in the development of technology that quantifies, digitizes, and simulates human physiology. It features volume of quantitative information, patient ownership, and tools available to doctors. The company was founded by Jeffrey Kaditz, Michael Snyder, and Garry Choy on August 20, 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Halo Investing, Inc. provides investment protection. The company was founded by Biju Kulathakal and Jason Barsema in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Emphasys Medical, Inc., a medical technology company, focuses on developing and commercializing minimally invasive therapeutic devices for the treatment of patients with emphysema and other breathing disorders. It offers Zephyr Endobronchial Valve system, which is designed to block air from passing through the opening in the lung and into the chest cavity, resulting in the reduction or elimination of airflow through the leak to allow the tissue to heal. The company offers its products through distributors and dealers in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Emphasys Medical was founded in 2000 and is based in Redwood City, CA. Emphasys Medical, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Pulmonx Corp.

Wasabi Ventures Partners LLC (Wasabi Ventures Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by TK Kuegler and Chris Yeh. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Dokkio, Inc. provides hosted collaboration solutions for businesses and education workspaces. The firm offers across-platform, auto-classification, tagging and search products. It offers creative agencies, business development, marketing, professional and project management services. The company was founded by Nathan Schmidt, Ramit Singh Sethi, David E. Weekly and Chris Yeh in 2005 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Wick News Corp. publishes newspapers. The firm publishes magazines which include advertising, sports news, and internet marketing. The company is headquartered in Sierra Vista, AZ.

AZ-VC LLC (AZ-VC) is a venture capital subsidiary of invisionAZ founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Thiel Capital LLC (Thiel Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Peter Andreas Thiel. The firm is headquartered in West Hollywood, California.

Paradox, Inc. operates recruiting platform. It offers candidate and employee care, interview scheduling, virtual hiring events. The company was founded by Aaron Matos and Olivia Matos in 2016 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

OfferPad, Inc. provides real estate services. The company was founded in 2015 by Brian Bair Coleman and Jerry Coleman and is headquartered in Gilbert, AZ.

PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

LARTA Institute is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, CA that aims to foster science and technology innovation for a sustainable planet. LARTA Institute's innovation platform and ecosystem accelerate new science and technology from idea to sustainable enterprise by providing a unique combination of connections, resources, and funding. The organization has helped over 4,500 startups, and its alumni have raised more than $7 billion in external funding. LARTA Institute offers startup programs designed to accelerate the translation of new ideas into sustainable enterprises and is committed to supporting diverse startup founders. The organization was founded in 1993 as a regional technology alliance to stimulate economic development of technology-based enterprises and has since become a national partner for numerous federal government agencies.

University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked university with a long tradition of dedicated teaching, small class sizes, practical experience and vibrant residential life. The breathtaking main campus in Stockton, California is home to seven schools and colleges, with more than 80 majors and programs of study. Pacific also has the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Total university enrollment is nearly 7,000, with 3,757 undergraduates in an average class size of 19 and a student/faculty ratio of 14:1. It is located in Stockton, California.