Syrus P. Madavi

Ranovus, Inc. provides multi-terabit interconnect solutions for data center and communications networks. Its products include Quantum Dot Multi-Wavelength Laser technology and advanced digital and photonics-integrated circuit technologies which offer lowest power dissipation, size, and cost for the optical interconnect solutions. The company was founded by Saeid Aramideh and Hamid Arabzadeh in February 2012 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Walden International LLC (Walden International) is a Venture capital firm founded in 1987 by Lip Bu Tan. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Founded in 2001, CoreOptics develops and manufactures 10G and 40G Distortion Tolerant MSA Modules and IC solutions for ultra high-speed optical networking applications in the telecommunications and information technology industries. CoreOptics provides advanced analog and digital signal processing remedies for the physical layer impairments. CoreOptics has received financing from leading venture capital firms, including T-com, GIMV, Crescendo Ventures, TVM, High Tech Private Equity, Atila Ventures, Quest for Growth and others. CoreOptics, with operations in Nuremberg and Stuttgart, Germany and San Jose, California, USA.

Centillium Communications, Inc. designs, develops and supplies integrated programmable system-on-a-chip solutions that enable high-speed broadband access. Its products include passive optical network chip solutions; mixed-signal integrated circuits, hardware and software applications. The firm also offers fiber to the premises products that include central office transceivers, protocol processors, customer premise equipment transceivers and protocol processors. The company was founded in 1997 by Faraj Aalaei and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Avanex Corporation is a leading global provider of Intelligent Photonic Solutions(TM) to meet the needs of fiber optic communications networks for greater capacity, longer distance transmissions, improved connectivity, higher speeds and lower costs. These solutions enable or enhance optical wavelength multiplexing, dispersion compensation, switching and routing, transmission, amplification, and include network-managed subsystems. Avanex was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. Avanex also maintains facilities in Erwin Park, N.Y.; Nozay, France; and San Donato, Italy. The facilities also are home to Avanex's Centers of Excellence for specialized research and manufacturing.

SPM Capital LLC (SPM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California.

Exalt Communications, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets microwave backhaul systems. Its systems are designed to solve the network bottlenecks associated with the growing demand for Internet protocol (IP)-based voice, data, and video applications and the resulting migration from time division multiplexer (TDM) to IP-based networks. It offers ExtremeAir All-outdoor, EX-s Series, EX-i Series, EX-r Series, and 6 GHz Capacity Expansion. The company was founded by Amir H. Zoufonoun and Gordana Pance in 2004 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Envia Systems, Inc. provides energy storage solutions using lithium ion batteries. The company was founded by Sujeet Kumar and Michael Sinkula in 2007 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

TelASIC Communications, Inc. designs and distributes analog and mixed signal integrated circuit products. Its products are used in wireless communication radios and other industrial applications. The company was founded by Eric D. Alterman and Eric Chin in 2004 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.