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Silicon Optix, Inc. provides mixed signal semiconductor solutions. The company was founded by Louie Lee and Paul M. Russ in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Arbor Vita Corp. engages in discovery and developing of drugs. It targets cellular regulators, PDZ proteins, to accelerate the discovery and development of human therapeutics, and diagnostics. The company was founded by Peter S. Lu in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Novariant, Inc. provides pre-eminent precision steering solutions. It offers precision steering and controls, positioning and vision sensors, human machine interface, communications, software data services and vehicle interface. The company was founded by Glen Sapilewski, Clark E. Cohen, Avi Gross, Lars G. Leckie, Kurt Zimmerman, Dave Lawrence, Gregory Gutt, Michael Eglington, Stewart Cobb, Tom Bell, Paul Montgomery and Michael O'Connor in 1994 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Next Play Capital LLC (Next Play Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Ryan Nece and Ronnie Lott. The firm is headquartered in Tolucal Lake, California.

Focus Management, Inc. (Focus Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Steve Bird, Kevin J McQuillan and James Boettcher. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Lightspeed Management Co. LLC (Lightspeed Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1971. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It was formerly known as Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners.

New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Greenspring Associates Inc(Greenspring Associates) is a venture capital subsidiary of StepStone Group, Inc. founded in 2000 by C. Ashton Newhall. The firm is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland.

OCA Venture Partners LLC (OCA Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jim A. Dugan, John J. Dugan and Peter A. Ianello. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Northgate Capital LP (Northgate Capital) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2000 by Thomas Arthur Vardell and Brent Michael Jones. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Indus Entrepreneurs is a non-profit organization. It provides mentoring, networking, education and funding to entrepreneurs. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Sandalwood Partners (Sandalwood Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2006 by Bob Kondamoori. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Charter Ventures LLC operates as a apparel store. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Excelan, Inc. manufactures computers and related equipment. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Vish Mishra.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an organization that works with the government to implement the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in government schools and government-aided schools in order to eliminate classroom hunger. The program has resulted in increased school attendance, enrollment, concentration, and reduced class drop-out rates. The non-profit company is based in Bangalore, India. The foundation has been dedicated to feeding nutritious meals to school children for 22 years and complies with international financial reporting standards to maintain transparency. The foundation was founded by Mohandas Tellicheery Pai after Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada witnessed children fighting with street dogs for scraps of food.

TiE Silicon Valley is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1992 by entrepreneurs and executives of South Asian origin. The non-profit company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company is dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education, incubating, and funding programs and activities. TiE events bring together the entrepreneurial community to learn from leaders and each other. The economic value enabled through TiE's entrepreneurial endeavors is estimated to exceed over time.

Greenough Consulting Group provides management consulting services. The firm also provides start-ups, business administration, Chief Financial Officer, venture capital firms, and human resources services. The company was founded on July 14, 1999 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Glassbeam, Inc. operates as a machine data analytics company. It serves manufactures of products such as servers, storage, networking, software, telecom and medical devices. The company was founded in 2004 by Kumar Malavalli and Puneet Pandit and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

March Capital Venture Management Services LLC (March Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by James W. Montgomery, Sumant Mandal and Gregory A. Milken. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

The Fabric LLC (The Fabric) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Rajan Raghavan, Prabakar Sundarrajan and Sumant Mandal. The firm is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

The Hive LLC (The Hive) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by T.M.Ravi and Sumant Mandal. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Focus Opportunity Fund LP seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of enterprise software, mobile, financial technology, data and ai, internet of things and cybersecurity. It provides financing for early and later stage capital requirements.

Nightdragon Management Comapny LLC (Nightdragon Management Comapny) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by David G. DeWalt. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Fordham Foundry is an innovation and entrepreneurship hub at Fordham University that provides a collaborative working environment for students, alumni, faculty, and community members to learn, connect, launch, and grow their business ventures. The Foundry offers curricular and co-curricular offerings, access to an inter-connected network of alumni and faculty, and connectivity with the city start-up ecosystem. It provides mentorship, bi-annual business plan and pitch competitions to provide equity-free startup funding, funding through the Fordham Angel Fund, and working spaces, advisors, mentors, events, and educational programming that help students move from ideation to impact. The Foundry is open to all Fordham students, alumni, and community members, as well as the entrepreneurial organizations they are a part of.

Bluevine Ventures LLC (BlueVine Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in silicon valley, California.