James L. Mannos

InterWest Partners LLC (InterWest Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979 by Wally Hawley, Scott Hedrick and Gene Barth. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Broadlogic Network Technologies, Inc. designs, develops and delivers video processing semiconductors for broadband networks. Its products include teraPIX Video processors, teraQAM modulators and wideband receivers. The company was founded by Jim Meyer and Toby Farrand in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Solid Information Technology Corp. provides database solutions for enterprise customers. It also provides solidDB 6 services & support and consulting services. The company was founded by Ari Valtanen and Jarmo Ruuth in 1992 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

Lodestar Ventures LLC (Lodestar Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Shayna Modarresi. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Band of Angels LLC (Band of Angels) is an angel investment firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in California.

Aarohi Communications, Inc. develops intelligent data center networking components and data management solutions. It offers FabricStream, the enabling technology for a new generation of intelligent storage networking platforms that will simplify enterprise storage management and enable heterogeneous storage consolidation. The company was founded by Shanti Subbaraman, Ashwini Choudhary, Amar Kapadia, Mukund Chavan, and Sriram Rupanagunta in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Scality, Inc. provides web based storage and infrastructure solutions. It offers RING, a software-based storage that is built to scale to petabytes with performance, scaling, and protection mechanisms, as well as enables users business to grow and works across user applications and protects their data; and Scality HALO Cloud Monitor, a turnkey monitoring solution for the Scality RING object storage platform and S3-focused products. The company was founded by Daniel Binsfeld, Serge Dugas, Giorgio Regni and Jer?me Lecat in June 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Silicon Light Machines Corp. develops and markets optical technology and products for fiber-optic communications networks. The firm's grating light valve technology is a spatial light modulator on the surface of a silicon chip that is used in optical components, print, and display-related products. Its products serve various applications including digital display, computer-to-print systems, maskless lithography, and telecommunications. The company was founded in 1994 and is located in San Jose, CA.

Origin Partners (Origin Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Scott T. Jones. The firm is headquartered in Hillsborough, New Jersey.

Certes Networks, Inc. provides solutions for encrypting sensitive traffic over data networks. It offers multi-layer encryption and policy and key management solutions for securing wide area networks, and enable secure connectivity to private and public clouds. The firm provides its solutions for protecting data in financial services, healthcare, government, utilities, telecommunications, and education industries. The company was founded in 2000 by Dennis Toothman and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Audience Entertainment LLC designs and develops entertainment solutions. The firm offers computer and cell phone games and entertainment content offerings. The company was founded by Barry Grieff and Clilly Castiglia in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Planview, Inc. provides enterprise application software solutions. Its products include Planview Enterprise One, Planview PPM Pro, Planview Projectplace and Planview LeanKit. The firm also offers solutions like strategic planning, portfolio and resource management includes it project portfolio management (IT PPM), product portfolio management, enterprise architecture, lean and agile delivery and collaborative work management. The company was founded by Patrick Durbin in 1989 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

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.

Platform Solutions, Inc. develops mainframe computers. It offers plug-compatible manufacturing servers for mainframe applications. The company was founded in 1999 by Ronald N. Hilton and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Sierra Logic, Inc. offers semiconductors used in storage networking equipment. It is a fabless semiconductor and software company focused on providing semiconductors to the enterprise storage market. The company provides sophisticated chip and firmware solutions. Sierra Logic was founded by Bryan Cowger, Margie Evashenk, Joe Steinmetz, and Robert Whitson in June 2001 and is headquartered in Roseville, CA

Quantance, Inc. manufactures ultra-fast, envelope tracking power supplies. The company was founded by Vikas Vinayak and Serge Francois Drogi in 2006 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Avaak, Inc. developed and build power integrated wireless video sensor platforms. It offered system products, cameras, accessories, service plans and mobile applications. The company was founded by Gioia Messinger and Bar-Giora Goldberg in 2004 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Pelican Imaging Corp. provides camera technology solutions for mobile devices. The firm offers 3D image viewer, depth for AR and MR and mobile solutions. It specializes in Computational Imaging, Mobile Application Technology and Light-field photography. The company was founded by Kartik Venkataraman, Robert H. Mullis and Aman Jabbi in 2008 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Empowered Careers Corp. operates as a mobile learning platform technology company. The company was founded by Stephen L. Poizner in 2011 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

VerityStream, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise-class solutions that are transforming credentialing, enrollment, privileging, and evaluations for healthcare organizations. It serves outpatient facilities including ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care facilities, clinics, and medical groups. The company was founded by Micheal Kenneth Cation, Clifford A. Reid, and Michael S. Pliner in April 1988 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, WA.

Open-Silicon, Inc. provides application integrated circuit solutions. It offers prototyping, software and validation, virtual prototyping, design, analog ICS and production handoffs solutions. The company was founded by Satya Gupta, Naveed Sherwani and Scott Houghton in 2003 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Confluent Software, Inc. provides web service management software solutions. The company offers CORE, a web services integration and management platform. It also offers the flexibility of open web services as well as the control of traditional proprietary integration and management platforms. The firm was founded by Rajiv L. Gupta in 2001 and is located in Sunnyvale, CA.