Amol Deshpande

Agilyx Corp. engages in the design and development of systems to convert mixed waste plastics into synthetic crude oil. Its proprietary technology produces synthetic crude oil utilizing a small-scale distributed waste management and energy production approach, while generating a carbon impact that is favorable to traditional forms of crude oil extraction. The firm's systems are available to industrial and municipal waste plastic generators and aggregators. The company was founded by Kevin Clark DeWhitt, Elisabeth Dewhitt and Christopher J. Ulum in 2004 and is headquartered in Tigard, OR.

Next Autoworks Co. manufactures fuel-efficient cars. It converts highly enriched uranium into low enriched uranium for uses in commercial power reactors. It also offers various nuclear materials for commercial power, research reactors, and naval reactors, as well as supplemental materials for aerospace and pottery industries. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Ultura, Inc. provides water treatment solutions and services. It offers services and develops process technologies that enable water treatment, wastewater reuse and environmental remediation. The firm's products and solutions include drinking water, water reuse, oxidation, autotrophic reduction and remediation. The company was founded by Douglas Gustafson, Reid H. Bowman and Terry E. Applebury in 1996 and is headquartered in Long Beach, CA.

Siluria Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures a direct chemical process for plastics and fuels from natural gas. Its second process technology can convert ethylene to liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. The firm’s revolutionary catalyst technologies uniquely combine nanomaterials, biotechnology and chemical engineering, to convert an abundant, ubiquitous, and inexpensive feedstock into high value, drop-in fuels and chemicals using processes that can be seamlessly integrated into existing industry infrastructure. The company was founded by Clinton Whitewood Bybee and Alexander Tkachenko in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Harvest Power, Inc. develops, builds, owns, and operates facilities that produce renewable energy and compost from discarded organic materials. The company was founded by Nathan R. Gilliland, Paul C. Sellew, Jan P.E. Allen, A. Paul McMenemy, and Wayne H. Davis in 2008 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Hara Software, Inc. provides cloud-based software platform products. Its platform helps energy and sustainability professionals analyze, track, report, and execute against cost savings opportunities, compliance requirements, efficiency targets, and operational improvements. The company was founded by Amit Chatterjee, Udo Waibel and Volker Enders in 2008 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

VoloAgri Group, Inc. offers plant breeding and plant genetics services. The company was founded by Anthony D. Padgett in 2012 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Farmer's Business Network, Inc. provides data management solution to the agriculture sector. It enables the farming sector diagnose yields and benchmarking on multiple levels through its platform. The company was founded by Charles Baron and Amol Deshpande in 2014 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US.