Gerd Götte

Founded in 1999, Next47, Inc. is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm is the U.S. investment division of Siemens Venture Capital GmbH. Their ultimate parent is Siemens AG (NYSE: SI).

ISE Ltd. develops, manufactures and distributes hybrid-electric drive systems. It specializes in series hybrid-electric and all-electric/zero emission technologies, and offers energy storage systems and hybrid system components. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Poway, CA.

Newmerix Corp. provides information technology services. The company provides application management solutions such as Oracle, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and SAP. It offers program management, automated testing, and change management software. The company was founded by Niel Robertson in 2002 and is headquartered in Superior, CO.

G2 Microsystems helps connect products, people and data through intelligent Wi-Fi integrated circuits that make it easy to Internet-enable anything. Its ultra low-power Wi-Fi systems-on-a-chip are embedded in a range of battery-powered or microcontroller-based devices including consumer electronics, real-time locating systems, and wireless sensors. Backed by top industry investors, the privately held firm is headquartered in Campbell, California, and has R&D facilities in Sydney, Australia.

Reactive NanoTechnologies, Inc. develops and manufactures nanofoil technologies for reaction initiation and joining applications. Its products are used in armor mounting, structural joining, component mounting, sealing, sputtering targets joining, and thermal interface material applications. The firm offers services to the energetics, semiconductor, and military aerospace industries. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD.

Zolo Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures optical gratings and its based systems. It specializes in laser-based tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) technology that measures combustion constituents in ultra-harsh environments from coal-fired power plants, jet-engine turbines, and industrial processes. The company was founded by Andrew Sappey and Ed Barbera in 1999 and headquartered in Louisville, CO.

ISE offers alternative-fueled, integrated hybrid drive systems that provide unprecedented reductions in harmful emissions and increased fuel economy. These include a gasoline hybrid system proven to have greater fuel efficiency by up to 63% over competing hybrids and a fuel cell hybrid system that generates zero-emissions. Its breakthrough hybrid drive systems will be showcased in the 2010 British Columbia winter games and the 2012 London summer games. ISE's industry leading energy management solutions and component products are robust additions to hybrid systems for heavy-duty vehicles. Its Remote Diagnostics System broadcasts data from vehicles via wireless internet link, enabling real-time monitoring, and reducing maintenance and servicing costs. Its best-in-class energy storage systems are light-weight and scaleable, increasing power and energy efficiency.

IP Unity, Inc. provided voice and telephony application services. It offered a HMS6000 media/applications server system, volume media processing and carrier class IP telephony services and blended networks. The company was founded in 1999 and was located in Milpitas, CA.

BuildingIQ Pty Ltd. develops desktop software applications for reducing energy cost and emissions. Its technology is built on innovations across various fields including thermal modeling of buildings, machine learning, predictive analysis, building control, and human comfort modeling. The company was founded by Michael Zimmerman in 2009 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.