Piyush Desai

BiOptix Diagnostics, Inc. develops biosensor for detection of bacteria and viruses. Its product 404pi offers scientists that require label-free, real-time detection of bio-molecular interactions an extremely high sensitivity, low noise instrument. The company was founded by Misha Plam, Slava Petropavlovskikh and Oyvind Nilsen in 2003 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Arbor Advisors LLC provides investment advice.

goTenna, Inc. develops a communications device that enables users to use smartphones to send and receive messages and share GPS location with others even there?s no central connectivity. It offers goTenna, a cognitive digital radio combined with an app that generates its own signal and automatically coordinates with other units within range. The company was founded by Daniela Perdomo and Jorge Perdomo and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

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.

Interros Holding Co. CJSC (IH) is the industrial holding and investment subsidiary of Vladimir Potanin's Cyprus-based Interros International Investments Ltd. The group's companies operate as independent business entities throughout Russia, Europe, Asia and North America. Based in Moscow, IH specializes in private equity investing, and provides strategic planning and management consulting services. The firm originated as a foreign trade association in 1990 when the state monopoly on foreign trade ended. As foreign trade developed, several related structures were established, in particular MFK (International Financial Company) in 1992 and the Unexim Bank in 1993. By 1994 the Interros group was actively acquiring and reorganizing industrial companies. In 1998 the group was restructured and in 2000 began private equity investing. Between 2003 and 2007 the firm had established a strategic alliance with the US-based insurance group AIG-American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), focusing on private equity investments.

Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

HP Labs, Inc. creates, identifies, and develops novel technologies. It provides research and testing services for its parent company. The firm develops different products such as business software and digital cameras. The company was founded by Bernard M. Oliver, David Packard, and William R. Hewlett in 1966 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Beneq Oy supplies atomic layer deposition equipment and thin film coating services. It also manufactures thin film electroluminescent displays that include transparent electroluminescent displays, in-glass laminated displays and custom displays which are used in transportation, maritime, aeronautics and defense markets. The firm’s thin film equipment is used for creating optical coatings, protective barriers, passivation layers and anti-corrosion solutions in spaces where other coating methods cannot be applied. The company’s atomic layer deposition products and services include wafer processing ALD, batch processing ALD, ALD research equipment, development and coating services which are used in moisture barriers, optical coatings, anti-tarnish coatings, anti-corrosion coatings and decorative coatings of optics, photovoltaics, displays, glass and electronics industries. Beneq was founded in May 2005 by Sampo Ahonen, Jari-Pekka Tiesmäki and Tommi Vainio and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology operates as a social enterprise that aims to recruit, retain, and advance women in technology. It offers awards for individuals, community voices, events for organizations, career toolbox, and scholarships for GHC. The company was founded by Anita Borg and Telle Whitney in 1997 and is headquartered in Belmont, CA.

Rusnano Projects is a private equity and venture capital operating division of the State-owned Rusnano OJSC. The firm was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

BMW i Ventures Inc (BMW i Ventures), a venture capital subsidiary of of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Meson Capital Partners LLC (Meson Capital) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Ryan J. Morris in 2009. Meson Capital serves as the investment adviser, with discretionary trading authority, to private, pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to, among others, institutions, pension plans, endowments, high net-worth individuals, financially sophisticated individuals, and other sophisticated investors.

EKA Innovations, Inc. provides cloud based procurement and spend management solutions. It offers Procurify which core features include approval routing; web and mobile; three way watching; user role controls; expense tracking; and cost allocation. The company was founded by Eugene Dong, Kenneth Loi, and Aman Mann and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Docurated LLC provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based knowledge sharing and collaboration platform. It solutions include advanced portals, sales and marketing recommendations and analytics unification. The company was founded by Irene Tserkovny, Ryan Cooke, Mike Patterson and Alex Gorbansky in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fifth Wall Ventures Management LLC (Fifth Wall ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Brad Greiwe and Brendan Wallace. The firm is headquartered in Venice, California.

Neighborhood Sun Benefit Corp. engages in the provision of solar energy solutions. Its services include customer acquisition, management, partnerships and site development. The company was founded by Gary Skulnik in 2016 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.

Dyndrite Corp. provides technology services. The company is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

TBC - The Boring Co. provides construction services. Its services include loop transportation system, conduit and water tunnel. The company is headquartered in Hawthorne, CA.

Twic, Inc. develops and operates as a customizable digital wallet platform to help businesses offer discretionary benefits. It allows HR leaders to design, implement, and operate multiple benefits accounts within one platform and make data-driven decisions to control cost. The company was founded by Max Hsieh and Jason Fan in January 2017 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Fynder Group, Inc. develops edible protein. The company was founded by Thomas Jonas and Yuval Avniel in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.