Wen Hsieh

Amprius Technologies, Inc. manufactures and develops high energy and high capacity lithium-ion batteries. Its silicon anode technology was originally developed at Stanford University and enables dramatic improvements in the energy density and specific energy of lithium-ion batteries. The company was founded by Mark C. Platshon and Yi Cui in May 2008 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Ambiq Micro, Inc. provides semiconductor technology services. It develops ultra-low power integrated circuits for power-sensitive applications. The firm develops a patented subthreshold power optimized technology platform that dramatically reduces the amount of power consumed by semiconductors. The company was founded by Scott Hanson, Dennis Sylvester, and David Blaauw in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Alta Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures mobile power technology solutions. The firm specializes in the development of a technology that extends the energy source of a system, with focus on cell and module single junction conversion efficiency. It offers single and dual junction solar cells, bringing flexible and portable power that can be embedded into any other material. The company was founded by Eli Yablonovitch, Nasreen Chopra and Harry A. Atwater in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Movella, Inc. engages in the provision of micro-electromechanical sensors. It offers accelerometer, magnetometer, and iGyro hardware and software solutions. The firm provides single-chip motion sensors that are utilized by consumer electronics companies to improve user interactivity and enable new motion-based applications. The company was founded by Charles Yang in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Tidal Systems, Inc. develops and manufactures solid-state drive controllers. It also offers Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) technology. The company was founded by Mike Lee and Cody Wu and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Desktop Metal Operating, Inc. engages in the provision of three dimensional printing services. It offers studio, production, and software solutions. The firm serves to automotive, heavy industrial, manufacturing tooling and machine design industries. The company was founded by Ric Fulop, Jonah Meyerberg, Emanuel Sachs, Rick Chin, A. John Hart, Christopher A. Schuh, and Yet Ming Chiang, in October 2015 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

relayr, Inc. provides Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. It offers IoT middleware platform, edge device management, IoT analytics and insights, industrial IoT starter kit, and IoT acceleration starter kit. The company was founded 2014 and is headquartered Boston, MA.

Ripcord, Inc. operates robotic digitization company. Its solutions include compliance, finance, healthcare, legal, and infrastructure. The company was founded by Alex Fielding, Kevin Hall, and Kim Lembo and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

AEye Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of vision hardware, software and algorithms that act as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles. It specializes in computer vision, autonomous driving, robotic vision, autonomous vehicles, lidar, sensor fusion, and three dimensional mapping. The company was founded by Luis Dussan, Ranson Wuller, Barry Behnken, and Jordan Greene in 2013 and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Shoof Technologies, Inc. develops wireless technology for tracking and monitoring assets for industrial IoT and logistics. The company was founded by George Flammer and Elad Gottlib in 2016 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

Crossbar, Inc. develops and licenses memory storage flash technology. Its products include IP licensing, 3D RRAM. The firm engages in delivering terabyte storage on a postage stamp-sized chip, with power low enough for massive adoption throughout the internet of things, Crossbar RRAM is easy to tailor for a broad range of applications. The company was founded by George Minassian, Wei D. Lu, and Hagop Nazarian in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.