Jim J. Jones

Discera, Inc is a timing and clock oscillator firm utilized proprietary MEMS (micro-electrical mechanical system) resonator and packaging processes which offered the lowest power oscillators on the market. The company was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA.

NComputing, Inc. engages in the provision of desktop virtualization hardware and software technology services. The company was founded by Young Song in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Auvitek Corp. manufactures semiconductor supplies for the digital television market. The firm's products are based on fully adaptive demodulation and equalization technology. It has offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The company was founded by Ping Dong and Victor Ren in March, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Formed in 2000, Innovative Micro Technology (IMT) is a leading MEMS manufacturing partner with a diversified range of projects and products. IMT's overriding goal is to partner with companies to develop and manufacture products based on MEMS technology. The company was built for high-volume manufacturing and its 130,000 sq ft facility contains a 30,000 sq ft clean room/fab, the largest and best-equipped independent MEMS fab in the world. The management team has over 100 years of combined experience in high-technology manufacturing. IMT currently has 93 employees and 21 customers in diverse applications, including drug discovery, drug delivery, biomedical implants and cell purifiers, microfluidics, inertial navigation, optical telecommunications, printing, various sensors, night vision, IR emitters, telephone/DSL switching, RF devices, power management, and others.

Cornice, Inc. provides health care staffing services. It offers nursing, rehabilitation and imaging professional employment services. The company was founded by Curt Bruner and Thomas Kevin Magenis in 2000 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Atomica Corp. engages in the provision of turn-key foundry services from design and development to prototyping and volume production. It offers technology platforms and technology modules to reduce the development cycle and to reach production in the shortest time. The company was founded by Peter T. Altavilla, Paul Rubel and Mike Shillinger in April, 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Industry Ventures LLC (Industry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Johan Douwe Swildens and Tom Litle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Element Energy, Inc. develops technology for the management of multi-cell battery systems. The company was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

HighGear Ventures Secondary I LP seeks investment opportunities in the companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of application security, including enterprise infrastructure, SaaS, cloud application and infrastructure and information technology sectors. It provides financing for later stage and secondary transactions with the investment size of minimum USD 0.25 million. It also makes investment in venture capital funds.

HighGear Ventures Management LLC (HighGear Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jim J Jones and Steve Taubman. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Verimatrix, Inc. provides digital content protection solutions. It specializes in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices and services. The firm offers pay-TV security which includes VCAS Ultra, VCAS for Broadcast Hybrid, VCAS for DVB Hybrid, MultiRights OTT Plus, Monitoring and Anti-Piracy, Watermarking Solutions, Verspective Analytics, and Verimatrix Vtegrity. The company was founded by R. Ross Cooper and Robert Kulakowski in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Horizon Ventures LLC (Horizon Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jack C, Carsten and John E. The firm is headquartered in Palo Altos, California.