Mark Silverman

Venture Law Group provided law and legal services. The firm specialized in mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy and restructuring, taxation, labor and employment, intellectual property, technology licensing, corporate partnerships, and executive compensation. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP provides legal services. It offers legal solutions to areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, credit, insolvency, and restructuring, investment management, tax, and litigation. The company was founded by Francis N. Bangs in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Modumetal, Inc. manufactures nanolaminated metals with applications across a range of industries including energy, aerospace, automotive, and construction. Its products include corrosion resistant, structural, thermal barrier, and custom alloys. The company was founded by Christina Ann Lomasney and John David Whitaker in 2006 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Real Time Genomics, Inc. develops genomic analysis solutions. It offers software tools and applications for the extraction of unique value from genomic data. The company was founded by Graham Gaylard, Mike Okura, Stephen J. Lombardi and Stuart Inglis in 2009 and is headquartered San Bruno, CA.

Aetheros, Inc. provides network management software and communications products. It enables Internet of Things that inter-connects devices to provide advances in energy, water, public safety, transportation, healthcare, industrial automation, smart homes, and smart vehicles. The company was founded by Ray Bell and Stephen Street on June 26, 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Plum PBC distributes natural and organic foods for babies, toddlers and kids. Its products include infant cereal, just fruit, veggies, second blends, super puffs, little cremes, training meals, bistro bowls, fiddlesticks, teensy fruits, mish mash, yogurt dippers, crunch ola, grammy sammy, mashups, shredz, yo drops, fruit straws and slam dunx. The company was founded by Neil Grimmer and Sheryl O'Loughlin in 2007 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Digital Lifeboat, Inc. provides online backup services related to personal computers. It is an online service that backs up customer's photos, files, videos and music. Once they have signed up and installed, it backups their files automatically. With the company, they are protected when they add or change their files, accidentally delete a file, their hard drive fails or their computer is lost or stolen. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Amava, Inc. engages in the development of a software application that focuses on providing retirees and empty-nesters social engagement. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Essay Assay, Inc. engages in software application services. Its web application helps students improve their writing and offers quality feedback on any humanities essay in real time. The company was founded by Jamey Heit and Robin Donaldson and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Lux Research, Inc. provides strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging technologies. Its products include subscription intelligence, market data products and consulting projects. The firm's solutions include understanding emerging technology markets, technology scouting and open innovation, formulating market entry strategies, evaluating technology companies, performing due diligence, market sizing and forecasting, establishing technology adoption roadmaps, driving economic development from emerging tech and understanding China innovation. The company was founded by Eric Greenberg, DeSoto S. Jordan, Ken Allard, Francis Mark Modzelewski and Matthew M. Nordan in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.