Michael Paczan

Jasper Design Automation, Inc. provides software solutions for semiconductor design, verification, and reuse, based on state-of-the-art formal technology. The company was founded by Joe Higgins and Vigyan Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Goahead Ventures LLC (Goahead Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by T. K.Mori, Brady Phil and Stahr Clancey. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Tudor Capital Europe LLP is an alternative investment manager headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1995 and is a subsidiary of Tudor Overseas Holdings LLC, which is owned by Tudor Investment Corp. in the US. Tudor Capital Europe manages assets across fixed income, currency, equity and commodity asset classes and related derivative instruments in the global markets for an international clientele.

Bigleaf Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of internet redundancy and optimization services. Its solutions include VolP protection, VPN enhancement, cloud performance, virtual desktop optimization, and managed service providers. The company was founded in 2012 by Joel Mulkey, Luke Heberling and Jeff Burchett and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

My Exit Strategy, Inc. develops and operates software platform for storing life preferences. The company was founded by Suelin Chen and Mark Zhang and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Akoya Capital Partners LLC (Akoya Capital) is an independent private equity subsidiary of Akoya Capital LLC founded in 2005 by Max DeZara. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Xambala, Inc. offers liquidation services to capital markets. It enables rapid price discovery in providing liquidity. The firm develops networking and computing technologies in allowing its clients to respond quickly as the market changes in providing competitive quotations. The company was founded by Samba Murthy, Alak Deb and Rajan Raghavan on December 10, 2001 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

WindSpring, Inc. provides data management for storage, enterprise applications and the mobile markets. It solutions include SpringBoard IoT tools and Data Management Technology. The firm also provides lightweight, network-agnostic IoT tools that solve next-generation IoT challenges of connectivity, compression and security. The company was founded by John Archbold and Robert F. Mitro in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

FCA US LLC engages in the design, engineering, manufacture, distribution, and sale of vehicles. The company was founded on May 22, 2009 and is headquartered in South Lyon, MI.

Borland Software Corp. designs open application lifecycle management solutions. The firm's products include required management, change management, software testing, test management, automated testing and performance testing. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Provo, UT.

Cadence, Inc. manufactures and designs cutting and piercing instruments. Its products include advanced surgical, custom OEM products, specialty blades-custom, specialty blades catalog, and cadence science catalog. The company was founded by Martin F. Lightsey in 1985 and is headquartered in Staunton, VA.

Part of Ludlow Building Products, Inc., Simplex is a licensed EU financial institution that has been changing the status quo of crypto on/off ramps since 2014. Simplex pioneered the first riskless fiat onramp using a credit and debit card, which promises a zero chargeback guarantee. Simplex processes credit card payments with a 100% guarantee and offers cutting-edge fraud prevention solutions and proprietary state-of-the-art AI technology to block fraudulent users and allow legitimate users to complete payments with ease. Simplex aims to change the status quo of the current crypto markets by providing simple, seamless, and secure channels to convert over 110+ fiat currencies to 120+ cryptocurrencies. Simplex is the fiat/crypto infrastructure for the entire world and empowers its vast network of partners to accept the widest range of payment methods, including Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, SWIFT, SEPA, and more. Simplex was acquired by Ludlow Building Products, Inc. from K2, Inc. on June 29, 2000 for $27.50 million.

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Aryaka Networks, Inc. engages in the development and provision of application and network performance solutions for enterprises. It offers Smart Optimize, SmartCloud, SmartSecure, SmartInsights, SmarConnect, and SmartManage. The company was founded by Ajit Gupta, Rajeev Bharadhwaj and Ashwath Nagaraj in 2008 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Pluribus Networks, Inc. provides software-defined networking as an open application platform. Its products include built on the pluribus virtualization-centric fabric (VCF) architecture, dell switch OS, open netvisor, leaf and spine switches. The company was founded in April 2010 by Sunay Tripathi, Robert Drost, and Chih-Kong Ken Yang and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Responsys, Inc. provides email and cross-channel marketing solutions that enable companies to engage in relationship marketing across the interactive channels that consumers who are embracing today with email, mobile, social and the web. Its solution is comprised of its on-demand software and its professional services, which are focused on enabling the marketing success of its customers. The company on-demand software, the Responsys Interact Suite, the core element of its solution, provides marketers with a set of integrated applications to create, execute, optimize and automate marketing campaigns. The company was founded by Anand Jagannathan, Raghunath Raghavan and George S. Wiedemann on February 3, 1998 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

Boardvantage, Inc. provides a paperless process for board and leadership communication. It offers online board book creation and distribution with workflows and one-click support of updates and notifications, purpose-built tools for approving initiatives, e-signing agreements, participating in meetings remotely, and secure messaging and annotation sharing for one-on-one communication. The company was founded by A. K. Pradeep in 2000 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Part of Microsoft Corp., Intrinsa Corp. is a company that develops defection testing tools for software makers. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Jon Pincus, Mat Glauninger, Michael Niles Schuh. Intrinsa was acquired by Microsoft Corp. on July 27, 1999 for $58.91 million.

Extreme DA Corp. provides integrated circuit design services. The company was founded by Larry Pileggi, Yuji Kukimoto and Mustafa Celik in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Computervision Corporation is a private company that supplies electonic product definition solutions for company computer systems. The company is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

D2S, Inc. supplies computational design platforms. Its products include TrueMask MDP and TrueMask DS. TrueMask DS, a mask-wafer double simulation platform for research and development exploration, bit-cell design, hot-spot analysis, and mask-defect categorization that comprehends overlapping shots and dose modulation. The company was founded by Aki Fujimura in 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.