David S. Grant

Steen River Oil & Gas, Inc. engages in the exploration of natural gas and crude oil. The company was founded on September 3, 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Ad-Vantage Networks, Inc. engages in providing advertising technological services. The company is headquartered in Glendale, CA.

Part of AbbVie, Inc., Makoff R & D Laboratories, Inc. is a company that develops and markets drug treatments for kidney diseases. The company is based in Marina del Rey, CA. Makoff R&D Laboratories, Inc. was acquired by Actavis, Inc. on November 16, 2000 for $158.26 million.

Part of FAB Universal Corp., MedivoxRx Technologies, Inc. develops speech recognition software used in medicine dispensers. The company is based in Pittsford, NY. MedivoxRx Technologies was acquired by FAB Universal Corp. on April 28, 2004.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Wetzel's Pretzels LLC operates and franchises pretzel stands in the soft pretzel and specialty food category. It offers buttered, non-buttered pretzels, cinnamon-flavored pretzels, almond crunch pretzels, and sour cream & onion pretzels. The company was founded by Rick Wetzel and William Phelps in 1994 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Octasic, Inc. engages in the provision of media and wireless baseband processing silicon and software solutions for the converged carrier, enterprise and end-point communication equipment markets. The firm's VoIP, HD video and multi-standard wireless basestation multi-core DSP solutions are based on Opus, a asynchronous DSP architecture. The company was founded by Laurence Michel in 1998 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Part of QUALCOMM, Inc., Doradus Technologies, Inc. develops advanced signal processing products. The company is based in San Jose, CA. Doradus Technologies was acquired by Ikanos Communications, Inc., part of QUALCOMM, Inc. from September 30, 2015 on August 01, 2006.

Earthtech, Inc. develops biochemical products. The company's services include engineering, remediation, construction, contract operations and management, air quality management, water and wastewater engineering, solid waste management & transportation and infrastructure engineering. Earthtech was founded in 1970 and is located in Birmingham, AL

Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. is a research and development organization and supplier of sensor, test, and measurement technology. It offers physical sensors and optics, chemical sensors, laser ultrasonics, and biomedical sensors. It also provides laser ultrasonic testing and research and development consulting services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Optech Ventures LLC engages in selling commercial instruments for industrial inspection based on laser ultrasonic. The company is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Global Semiconductor Alliance provides information on and organizes events for the semiconductor industry in order to ensure growth and profitability of the industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Jodi L. Shelton. Jodi L. Shelton has been the CEO since incorporation.

Part of Paramount Global, CBS Television Stations operates television stations. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Situne Corp. provides low-power products for broadband wireless and wire-line technologies. It develops RF and mixed-signal SOCs with the performance for receiving video, voice, and data over wireless medium. The firm's current technology is based on conceiving creative architecture and designing innovative, integrated circuits for TV receivers. The company offers both stand alone RF front ends as well complete SOCs for terrestrial, cable and mobile application. SiTune was founded by Vahid Mesgarpour Toosi and Marzieh Veyseh in 2008 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Greenwave Reality, Inc. engages in the provision of internet of things (IoT) software and services. It offers its products through the AXON platform, which is categorized into the following: AXON IoT, AXON Media, AXON Mobile, and AXON Networking. AXON IoT includes the implementation of control and interoperability of devices in a common network. AXON Media covers embedded software solution used to manage data for streaming. AXON Mobile refers to the cloud management platform for connecting devices to cellular networks. AXON Networking features the provision of in-home IoT networks. The company was founded by Martin Manniche, Dan Lejerskar, and Peter Wilmar Christensen in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

The Richland Fund LLC provides investment services. The private company is based in Pasadena, CA.

Kensel & Co. LLC is a financial advisory firm. The private company is based in Newport Beach, CA.

Cota Capital Management LLC (Cota Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Babak Poushanchi and Bobby Yazdani. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

RedShift Networks Corp. provides cloud based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Its products include Unified Communication Threat Management (UCTM) Falcon, UCTM Hawk, and UCTM Eagle. The firm also provides service provider and telecom carrier solutions. The company was founded by Phanindra Jujjavarapu and Amitava Mukherjee in 2006 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Bigstream Solutions, Inc. provides data processing and preparation services. It offers apache spark, machine learning, big data, spark SQL and big data acceleration. The company was founded by Balavinayagam Samynathan, Maysam Lavasani and Behnam Robatmili in 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Lumotive, Inc. is a company based in the United States that specializes in solid-state, 3D-sensing systems. Lumotive's patented light control metasurface (LCM™) beam steering chips enable advanced sensing and perception capabilities in next-generation consumer, mobility, and industrial automation products such as mobile devices, autonomous vehicles, and robots. The American company has received industry acclaim, including awards such as the Fierce Electronics 2021 Startup of the Year Award, CES Innovation Awards in 2022 and 2024, Fast Company's Next Big Thing in Tech 2023, a 2022 SPIE Prism Award, and a prestigious Edison Award. Investors in the company include Gates Frontier, MetaVC Partners, Quan Funds, Samsung Ventures, and Unique. The company was founded in 2018 by Gleb Akselrod, and Sam Heidari has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

WesBev LLC operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Haila Technologies, Inc. is engaged in the development of the next generation wireless connectivity platform. Its ultra low power and multi-protocol independent technology enables deployment of internet of things sensors into existing network infrastructures. The firm focuses on reducing power consumption in smart cities, healthcare and agriculture sectors. The company was founded by Charlotte Savage and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Eliyan Corp. is an American semiconductor manufacturing company. The company was founded by Ramin Farjadrad, Patrick Soheili, Syrus Ziai. Ramin Farjadrad has been the CEO since incorporation.

Encharge AI, Inc. is a leader in advanced AI hardware and software systems for edge computing. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company's robust and scalable next-generation in-memory computing technology provides orders-of-magnitude higher compute efficiency and density compared to today's solutions. Encharge AI launched in 2022 and is led by veteran technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor design and AI systems. Encharge AI's high-performance solutions will enable the immense potential of AI to be accessible at scale, in power, energy, and space constrained applications. The company was founded by Kailash Gopalakrishnan, Echere Iroaga, Naveen Verma. Naveen Verma has been the CEO since incorporation.