Jerry Ardizzone

Amphion Semiconductor Ltd. engages in the supply of video codec silicon intellectual property for system on a chip (SoC) implementation. It offers video decoders, video encoder, and mature intellectual property core. The company was founded by Michael J. Jamiolkowski, John V. McCanny, and James Gerard Doherty in 1994 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Wind River Systems, Inc. provides embedded and mobile software solutions. It offers operating systems, Wind River Helix Chassis, intelligent device platforms, network infrastructure, and Wind River Helix cloud. The company was founded by Jerry L. Fiddler in 1981 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

Part of STMicroelectronics NV, Faroudja, Inc. designs, develops, and markets video image enhancement products for the home theater. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded by Spencer F. Segura. Faroudja was acquired by Sage, Inc., part of STMicroelectronics NV from February 20, 2002 on June 07, 2000 for $54.38 million.

Encore Industries, Inc. molds and thermoforms containers, paint trays, mixing containers and industrial pails for a variety of markets. It uses regrind to mold its EcoSmart product line and uses a lot of regrind for its industrial pails. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Bellevue, OH.

Arrayent, Inc. develops a cloud and embedded platform for connected products. It offers an Internet of Things platform that enables the consumer brands to securely deliver connected products and systems to the market. The company was founded by Shane Dyer in 2002 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

Nanomix, Inc. provides nano technology solutions. It is a nanotechnology company focused on development of next generation Point of Care diagnostic tests to enable earlier and more accurate testing in hospital and pre-hospital settings. The firm's nanoscale electronic sensors have enabled the development of the next generation of Point of Care testing systems that can be used in any setting. The company's mobile diagnostic platform performs multiple in-vitro diagnostic assays simultaneously from a single whole-blood sample. Nanomix was founded by Alexander Zettl and Marvin L. Cohen in September 2000 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

People Power Co. engages in the provision of smart home application. It focuses on its Presence product. It specializes in AI-powered solutions for residential telehomecare, safety and security, and energy management. The company was founded by Gene Wang and David Moss in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Tegile Systems, Inc. provides flash-driven storage arrays for databases, virtualized server and virtual desktop environments. Its products include IntelliFlash, IntelliCare, Hybrid Array and All-Flash Array. The firm offers server virtualization, desktop virtualization and database solutions. The company was founded by Rohit Kshetrapal, Rajesh Nair, Alok Agrawal and Justin Cheen in 2010 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Icertis, Inc. develops enterprise contract management platform. It provides solutions to energy and utilities, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and transportation. The company was founded by Samir Bodas, Unmesh Bhathija, and Monish Barda in 2009 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Bolt Threads, Inc. manufactures natural dragline spider silk fibers using synthetic biology and micro fabrication. It develops, produces, and harnesses proteins found in nature through fermentation using yeast, sugar, and water to create fibers for practical and revolutionary purposes. The company was founded by Daniel Widmaier, David N. Breslauer, Ethan Mirsky and Christopher Voigt in 2009 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Arm Ltd. engages in the licensing, marketing, and research and development of microprocessors, system intellectual property (IP), graphics processors, physical IP and associated systems IP, software and tools. Its products include Pelion IoT platform, Mbed OS, IoT SoC, and Kigen SIM. The company was founded by Michael Peter Muller in November 1990 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Part of Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc., Mips Computer Systems, Inc. is a company that develops microprocessors. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded by Chris Rowen, John LeRoy Hennessy. Mips Computer Systems was acquired by Silicon Graphics, Inc. on June 30, 1992 for $333.91 million.

Cadence Innovation LLC designs, develops and manufactures exterior and interior components for cadence automotive industry. Its interior products include soft trim, door trim, sidewall trim, door panels, instrument panels, airbag covers, cockpit modules and consoles and exterior products include fascias, bumpers, bodyside moldings, rocker panels, wheel flares and D-pillars. The company is headquartered in Lansing, MI.

Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. provides silicon, modules, software and Internet protocol. It provides line of products, tools, and technologies for the entire video content creation and distribution chain, from contribution and production through distribution over cable, satellite and IPTV to Over-the-Top video streaming. The company was founded by Jack Guedj on June 30, 2005 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

DataStax, Inc. designs and develops database management software. Its products include DataStax enterprise, built on Cassandra which provides the massive scalability, continuous availability and enhanced data security big data applications demand, DataStax opscenter is a simplified management for DataStax enterprise and Apache Cassandra database clusters and DataStax sandbox is a packaged and personal virtual machine image that contains everything customer need to get started with DataStax software. The firm also offers training, consulting and support services. The company was founded by Jonathan Ellis and Matt Pfeil in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Algolux, Inc. develops image signal processing pipeline for next-generation cameras. It specializes in computational imaging, the intersection of photography, image processing, computer vision and graphics. The company was founded by Paul Green, Patrick Arbez, Jonathan Assouline and Daniel Nahmias-Leonard in 2013 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Filevine, Inc. provides project management solutions. The firm offers legal case management and corporate legal software. The company was founded by Jonathan E. Ord, Ryan Anderson, James Blake and Nathan Morris in 2014 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Thinnect, Inc. develops software technology. The firm solutions include commercial lighting and intelligent street lighting. Its technologies include IoT network service provider, patented wireless mesh and complete IoT offering. The company was founded by Jurgo Preden and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Babblelabs, Inc. develops technologies for speech processing using deep neural networks and audio signal processing techniques. The company was founded by Chris Rowen, Dror Maydan, Samer L. Hijazi, Raul Casas and Michelle Mao and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Cognite Ventures LLC (Cognite Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Chris Rowen In 2016. The firm has headquarters in Santa Cruz, California.

Silicon Catalyst LLC (Silicon Catalyst) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Michael Edward Noonen, Daniel Armbrust. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

QuantalRF AG is an innovative RF semiconductor company based in Zurich, Switzerland, with R&D centers in the USA. The Swiss company is focused on developing novel quantal technologies for RF front-end module (FEM) and semiconductor manufacturer customers, as well as solutions for customers with specialized applications. The company's patented quantal technology is transforming the RF front-end with ultra-compact solutions in CMOS SOI technology, rivaling wave and GaAs performance for commercial broadband applications. The CEO of the company is Ali Fard.