Michael T. Grimes

3com Megahertz Corp. provides voice and data networking products and services. The company was founded by Robert M. Metcalfe, Howard S. Charney and John P. Marshall in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Genus LLC designs, manufactures and markets capital equipment and deposition processes for advanced semiconductor manufacturing. The firm makes the Lynx and StrataGem families of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, which semiconductor makers use in the production of integrated circuits. Its customers include Samsung Electronics, Infineon, and Seagate Technology. The company was founded by William W.R. Elder in 1981 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Novellus Systems, Inc. manufactures and services advanced automated wafer fabrication systems. The company was founded by Brad Mattson on April 11, 1984 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

SEMATECH, Inc. provides research and development services in semiconductor manufacturing technology. It offers research in design, lithography, interconnect, and other facets of chip manufacturing. The company was established in 1986 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Compass Technology Partners LP (Compass Tech Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1988 by David Arscott. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Pixelligent Technologies LLC develops and manufactures high performance nanocomposites. Its PixClear dispersions are tailored to be compatible with a wide variety of monomers and polymers. The firm’s patented synthesis and surface modification technologies produce high quality dispersions that can be easily incorporated into many of the most widely used polymer systems, from acrylics and epoxies to silicones and spin-on glasses. It delivers next generation materials for demanding applications in solid-state lighting, flat panel displays, and optical components and films. The company was founded by Gregory D. Cooper September 2000 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

AVX Antenna, Inc. provides embedded antennas and radio frequency system solutions. The firm's products include active antenna systems, RFIC's, Bluetooth, cellular, industrial handsets, tablets, laptops, net books, portable television, routers, healthcare devices, GPS, WiFi, WiMAX, WLAN, mobile entertainment and unique applications. The company was founded by Laurent Desclos, Sebastian Rowson and Eli Yablonovitch in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Photodigm, Inc. produces semiconductor diode lasers. It delivers photonics technology for communications, digital imaging, defense and medical device applications. The firms products includes spectroscopy certified laser, application certified laser, mercury TOSA package for high power DBR lasers and semi active laser target simulator. The company was founded by John E. Spencer, Jack Mattis, Kirk Jay and Gary A. Evans in 2000 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

NextInput, Inc. provides force sensing solutions for touch enabled devices. It offers mobile, automotive, industrial, Iot, wearables, and gaming solutions. The company was founded by Ali Foughi, Ian Campbell, and Ryan Diestelhorst in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

CNEX Labs, Inc. offers flash data storage for firms. Its non-volatile memory express flash storage allows enterprises to store a vast amount of data. The company was founded by Yiren Huang, Joseph DeFranco and Alan Armstrong on June 4, 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Edwards Ltd. manufactures vacuum pumps and related systems. The firm supplies integrated solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered Crawley, the United Kingdom.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Thermo Finnigan Corp. provides investment services. The company is based in San Jose, CA.

Horizon Ventures LLC (Horizon Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jack C, Carsten and John E. The firm is headquartered in Palo Altos, California.

The Aerospace Corp. provides information on launch vehicles, satellite systems, ground control systems, and space technology. It operates a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for the United States Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office. The firm also provides independent technical and scientific research, development, and advisory services to national-security space programs. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. manufactures semiconductors and related devices. It provides IP-centric, platform based custom silicon solutions and end to end semiconductor turnkey services for a wide range of applications across a wide variety of end markets including mobile internet devices, datacenters, the internet of things, wearable electronics, smart homes and automotive. The company was founded by Wayne Wei-Ming Dai in August 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Crosslink Capital, Inc. (Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Crosslink Capital, Inc. founded in 1989 by Sy F. Kaufman and Michael Joseph Stark. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

Intematix Corp. develops and manufactures phosphor solutions. Its products include phosphor materials and phosphor solutions. The firm provides blue light down selection access to the entire color spectrum, regardless of the manufacturer of the underlying blue LED chip. The company was founded by Yi-Qun Li and Xiao-Dong Xiang in March 2000 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Kateeva, Inc. manufactures production equipment for flat panel display products like OLEDs. The company was founded by Vladimir Bulovic, Martin A. Schmidt, Conor F. Madigan, Valerie Leblanc, Somekh Sasson and Gerry Chen in 2008 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

800APPs (Babaike) Software Technologies Co., Ltd. provides software development and application services. It delivers end-to-end CRM solutions that are affordable, practical, and easy to deploy. The firm also provides OA, SCM, DRP, HR, call center, POS service and other BIS consulting services. The company was founded by Zhi Li and Yu Qi Li in June 2004 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

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.

Part of Integer Holdings Corp., Electrochem Solutions, Inc. designs and manufactures high energy density batteries for industrial, commercial, military, and medical applications. The company is based in Canton, MA. Electrochem Solutions, Inc. (Massachusetts) was acquired by Integer Holdings Corp. on August 31, 2000.

Social Touch Co., Ltd. is a holding company that engages in the provision of marketing data solutions and systems. It offers digital marketing, software engineering, and data analysis. The company was founded by Rui Zhang on September 22, 2011 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Qeexo Co. develops machine learning solutions that generates insights from sensor data. Its products include fingersense, touchtools, earsense, and fingerangle. The company was founded by Sang Won Lee, Julia Schwarz, and Chris Harrison in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Krisp Technologies, Inc. develops artificial intelligence powered voice processing technologies. The company was founded by Davit Baghdasaryan and Artavazd Minasyan in 2017 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Regulus Cyber Ltd. develops cyber security and operational solutions for drones, robots, and autonomous systems. It offers Pyramid CSM a communication and security manager and Pyramid GPS SP a global positioning system spoofing protection. The company was founded by Yoav Zangvil and Yonatan Zur and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

Coretigo Ltd. develops secured wireless network system to support IoT nodes at a latency of milliseconds. It offers wireless network system that allows machine-to-machine communication such as connected robots, warehouse automation and factory processing machinery products. The firm's products include TigoAir Device SOM-IO-Link Wireless Device SOM, TigoBridge-IO-Link Wireless Bridge, TigoMaster 2T SOM-IO-Link Wireless Two Track Master SOM, TigoStarter IO-Link Wireless Developer's Kit, TigoMaster 1T Starter Evaluation Board and TigoAir Device Starter Evaluation Board. The company was founded by Dan Wolberg, Eran Zigman and Ofer Blonskey in 2017 and is headquartered in Kadima Zoran, Israel.

DeepHow, Inc. is an AI-powered, video-centric knowledge capturing and learning platform that was founded in 2018 by a team of ex-Siemens researchers and engineers. The company is based in Detroit, MI. The company developed the platform to bridge the skills gap in the manufacturing, service, and construction industries by streamlining know-how capture using AI workflow indexing and segmentation. DeepHow uses machine learning to capture real-time technical expertise in the form of smart how-to videos generated in record time. The company was founded by Wei-Liang Kao, Patrik Matos, Sam Zheng, and Sam Zheng has been the CEO since incorporation.

Podcastle AI develops podcast creation tools for amateur and professional podcasters and a streaming platform for listeners. The company was founded by Artavazd Yeritsyan and is headquartered in Middletown, DE.

TenWeb, Inc. is an AI-powered WordPress platform that simplifies and accelerates the website building, hosting, speed, and management process. The company is based in Newark, DE. The platform caters to the needs of beginners, professional developers, and everyone in between. TenWeb offers an automated website builder, hosting, and page speed booster that automatically speeds up websites and improves core web vitals. TenWeb's founders are Sergey Markosyan, Armen Saghatalyan, Tigran Nazaryan, and Artavazd Minasyan. Tigran Nazaryan has been the CEO since incorporation.

Impact Science Ventures (Impact Science Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Robert Ethier, Alain Harrus and Kiang Meng Hsiung. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.