Giuseppe Staffaroni

ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. provides a web-based programming platform. It offers CloudTV, a cloud-based software platform that enables service providers, and content aggregators to virtualize CPE functions in the cloud for the purposes of delivering next-generation user interfaces, online content, and interactive advertising for television to set-tops and connected devices. The company was founded by Leo W. Hoarty in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

HeyWire, Inc. develops cloud-based communication platform. Its products include live text agent for sale force, business messenger and mobile messaging platform. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Soonr, Inc. provides secure file sharing and collaboration services. It uses encryption and geo-redundant datacenters to keep files secure at all times. The company offers soonr scribble, a mobile application that provides a way to mark up documents. Soonr was founded by Martin Frid-Nielsen, Steven Boye, Song Z. Huang and Lars Gunnersen on May 1, 2005 and is headquartered Campbell, CA.

Avantek, Inc. is an American company that specializes in creating innovative home decor solutions. The private company's flagship product, the Ferrous Wall, allows users to modernize their rooms to a futuristic level by eliminating the need for nails or screws to attach shelves and cabinets. This gives users complete freedom to move around shelves and picture frames. Additionally, Avantek has created the world's first retractable magnetic hinge, which uses magnetic force that can be turned on and off with the click of a button.

Virtana Corp. engages in the development of an artificial intelligence for information technology operations (AIOps) providing infrastructure monitoring and artificial intelligence-powered analytics. It offers VirtualWisdom, WorkloadWisdom, and metricly for public cloud products. It also offers hybrid information technology infrastructure management, technology solutions, and storage performance validation. The firm serves the healthcare, government, financial services, retail and marketing, telecommunications and cloud service providers, energy and utilities, and technology vendors. The company was founded by Mark R. Urdahl in 2008 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Zettaset, Inc. provides an enterprise-level software platform designed to drive the data analysis for small-and medium-size organizations. The firm offers Big Data security, enterprise-class data privacy and protection for Object, NoSQL, Hadoop and relational data environments. Its data protection solutions are designed and performance-optimized for distributed-computing architectures and elastic cloud environments. The company was founded by Michael Dalton and Jeffrey Michael Krone in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Part of Verizon Communications, Inc., Bolt Beranek & Newman, Inc. designs and manufactures high performance computers. The company is based in Cambridge, MA.

Part of Cisco Systems, Inc., Tasmania Network Systems, Inc. develops network caching software. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Roy Thiele-Sardiña. Tasmania Network Systems was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on November 18, 1999 for $25 million.

Part of CommScope Holding Co., Inc., Silicon Valley Communications, Inc. is a company that develops fiber optic communications systems for networks. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. Silicon Valley Communications was acquired by C-COR, Inc. on September 20, 1999 for $51.06 million.

Aurora Networks, Inc. develops and manufactures optical cable systems for broadband networks. The firm delivers solutions, such as fiber deep architecture and digital return technology to address specific cable-related issues. The company was founded by Guy Sucharczuk, Krzysztof Pradzynski, and Charles E. Barker in November 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Blazent, Inc. provides information technology business intelligence software solutions. Its products include softrac, glove, opselare and data explorer. The company also offers data quality management, data governance, operational validations and software inventory analysis solutions. Blazent was founded by Pamela Day in 2000 and is headquartered in Livonia, MI.

Mayfield Fund LLC (Mayfield Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 1969 by Mark Jay Levin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

The Aspen Institute operates an institution that fosters leadership skills and open-minded dialogue. It conducts seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership development initiatives, the Institute and its international partners seek to promote nonpartisan inquiry. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

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.

Quivox Systems, Inc. provides a comprehensive business-to-business claims and information management system for insurance carriers, collision repair facilities, and other trading partners. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company was founded by Joseph DiPasquale, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

GED Capital Development SGEIC SA (Conexo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Robert Micheal Luke. The firm is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, Inc. develops standards for cable telecommunications systems. The company is headquartered in Exton, PA.

Lauder Partners LLC (Lauder Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1986 by Gary Lauder. The firm is headquartered in Atherton, California.

Keynote Ventures LLC (Keynote Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Paul Dali. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

HighBar Management LLC (Highbar Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Andreas Bechtolsheim, Roy Thiele-Sardiña and John H. Kim. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) is a public charity founded in 1998 by Ronald Steven Lauder, Leonard Alan Lauder, and Howard Fillit. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The ADDF is dedicated to accelerating the discovery of drugs to prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer's disease. The company is the only public charity solely focused on funding the development of drugs for Alzheimer's, using a venture philanthropy model to support research in academia and the biotech industry. The ADDF has awarded over $209 million to fund over 690 Alzheimer's drug discovery programs, biomarker programs, and clinical trials in 19 countries. The CEO is Mark Roithmayr.

Workshare Ltd. provides secure content compliance solutions. The firm offers technology, software, collaboration software, file share & sync, and cloud technology. It develops document integrity management software that helps users manage the exchange and verification of electronic information and documents. The company was founded by Barrie Hadfield in 1999 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Eidogen-Sertanty, Inc. provides drug discovery services. Eidogen-Sertanty's nutraceutical products embody years of research and are directed towards proactive health and wellness. It specializes in chemical- and bio-informatics, target and ligand SAR databases, in silico drug discovery, mobile and cloud computing. The company was founded by Steven Muskal in 2003 and is headquartered in Oceanside, CA.

Clustrix, Inc. develops a scale-out SQL database. It is used in advertising technology, e-Commerce, gaming, and large web and mobile businesses. The company was founded by Sergei Tsarev, Paul A. Mikesell and Eric Hoffman in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Pervasive Networks provide business solutions, technology and lifecycle services to customers across multiple industries. It understands how networks play a vital role in helping to improve business performance and processes and have the experience in translating technology to meet real business requirements. It recognizes the network as a strategic asset and understands the need for control, high availability, agility, security, reliability and performance for delivering centralized and converged voice, video and data network services from the data centre, across the workplace and to people at home and on the move. A networked world with no boundaries: Its vision has always been in pursuit of a socially responsible world which is networked using environmentally conscious technology and processes, enabling secure, highly available networks access, communications and collaboration, at anytime, and from anywhere. Its commitment and values: At Pervasive Networks everyone is committed to be the very best in what it does, every time it does it, for everyone it does it with, and for everyone it does it for. Its core values are to always be caring for others, be ethical in its policies, to act with integrity and responsibility in all that it does, to always be accountable for its actions and be simple to do business with.

Net2tv Corp. provides streaming television services.

Wolfensohn & Co. LLC is an investment and advisory firm focused on investments in emerging market economies. The company was founded in 2005 by James D. Wolfensohn and is headquartered in New York, NY.