Michael S. Phillips

PictureTel LLC develops, manufactures, and markets videoconferencing systems. It offers video streaming, visual, and data collaboration technologies to facilitate businesses, schools, medical facilities, government, and other organizations. It is a subsidiary of Polycom, Inc. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Venrock Associates is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1969. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto.

Andersen Consulting LLP provides accounting services. Its services include accounting, tax and business consulting. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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.

FINsix Corp. develops power conversion products. The company was founded by Vanessa Green, Anthony D. Sagneri, Jae-Won George Hwang and Justin Burkhart in 2010 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, 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 Exxon Mobil Corp., Exxon Chemical Ltd. is a British company that specializes in the manufacture and marketing of industrial chemicals and other specialty chemical products, as well as conducting research. The company is based in Fareham, UK.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Microsoft Co. Ltd. provides software solutions and services. It offers technical solutions for windows-based applications, language products, and MS-DOS based applications. The company was founded in 1986 and is located in Shibuya-ku, Japan.

Nuance, Inc. Designs and supports voice converged solutions. The company is headquartered in Martinsville, IN.

CALSTART, Inc. is a non profit organization, which engages in the provision of transportation technologies solutions. It is a member-supported organization of firms, fleets, and agencies that supports growing high-tech, clean transportation industry that cleans the air and reduces global warming emissions. The firm activities include technology development and demonstration; assessment and validation; market acceleration; public policy; and member support. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Capricorn Investment Group LLC operates as an investment management firm. The firm provides services to foundations, endowments, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, private equity, and real assets markets. The company was founded by Ion Yadigaroglu and Jeffrey E. Skoll in 2000 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Part of Forrester Research, Inc., Forrester Research Ltd. is a British market research company that helps organizations exceed customer demands and excel with technology. Founded in 1997, the company is based in London, UK. Forrester provides tools and guidance to fuel personalized experiences that convert, empowering business and technology leaders to put the customer at the center of everything they do. The company helps organizations drive consistent B2B sales results and deliver scalable growth by giving leaders the confidence to put bold into action. Forrester's forward-looking insights and objective advice on the market, buyers, and competitors help businesses become customer-obsessed organizations.

Spicus, Inc. provides English learning, speaking and tutoring services. It offers language learning services via live interactive video and voice over Internet Protocol. The company operates through teachers around the world and serves adult and young learners. It also develops and publishes English teaching materials. The company was founded on July 3, 2009 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

hitomedia, Inc. (hitomedia) is an incubator subsidiary of GOOYA Holdings Co. Ltd. founded in 2006 by Morita Masayasu. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Classi Corp. engages in the development and operation of education platform. The company was founded on April 4, 2014 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

EnglishCentral KK provides online English tutorials through its Langrich services. It offers English learning platform that integrates interactive video learning with one-on-one online tutoring. The company was founded in April 2010 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Hitotoki Incubator, Inc. (Hitotoki Incubator) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Greentown Labs operates as a community of climatetech and cleantech pioneers working to design a more sustainable world. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

Vestas Investment Management Co.,Ltd provides asset management services. The company was founded on July 2010 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Quidnet Energy, Inc. engages in carbon free electric grid systems. Its technology involves pumping and storing water under pressure into a well and using that pressurized water to spin a turbine to create energy. The company was founded by Howard Schmidt and Aaron Mandell and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Prime Coalition, Inc. is a public charity that was founded by Matthew McLean Nordan in 2014. The American company has steered over $300 million in partnership with 250+ catalytic investors. Prime Coalition's first impact-first pooled vehicle, Prime Impact Fund, is a 100% catalytic capital fund that made its 16th and final investment in 2021. The private company now has over 30 companies in its venture portfolio in total. Prime Coalition collaborates to build open source tools and convenes to organize investors to improve forward-looking emissions impact methodologies and reporting best practices for climate-driven investments. The company partners with philanthropists to invest catalytic capital in extraordinary companies and projects that combat climate change, have a high likelihood of achieving commercial success, and are otherwise unlikely to be sufficiently supported toward optimal greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential.

Leading Edge Equipment Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor devices. The company was founded by Alison Greenlee in 2016 and is headquartered in Wilminton, MA.

Microbyre, Inc. develops biotechnologies. It converts non-model species into tractable strains within the techniques from model organisms. The company was founded by Sarah Richardson, Jeff Anderson, and Margaret Brown in 2017 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Prime Impact Fund (Prime Impact) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Johanna Wolfson and Matthew Nordan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

SiTration, Inc. provides nanotechnology services. The company is based in Cambridge, MA.

MINAMI INCUBATE KK (MINAMI INCUBATE) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Minami Holdings KK founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Onojo, Japan.

Avalanche Energy Designs, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Seattle, WA. The company is developing economical micro fusion power packs with nearly limitless applications for distributed clean energy to empower life to thrive everywhere. The company is developing a 5kwe power pack called the "Orbitron" in a form-factor the size of a lunch pail. The unique physics of the Orbitron allows for its compact size which is a key enabler for development, scaling, and a wide variety of applications. The company's reactor design is small enough to hold in your hand, allowing the use of conventional manufacturing tools and techniques for test and production, and a wider variety of applications from personal transportation to micro-grid power. Avalanche's small scale reduces the hardware, labor, capital and lead time to build, test, learn and iterate. Avalanche's reactor design avoids the dangers, expense and complexity of high-power magnets or lasers. Avalanche's reactor design is capable of fusing fuels like proton-boron-11 which practically eliminates internal neutron radiation, resulting in longer life and lower shielding requirements for a lighter power pack.

Azolla Management Co. LP (Azolla Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Amy Yaa Boatemaa Duffuor, Johanna Wendlandt Wolfson and Matthew McLean Nordan in 2021. The Firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Funga PBC is a company that focuses on utilizing forest fungal microbiome to improve forestry outcomes and address the climate crisis. The company is based in Austin, TX. Funga PBC was founded by Colin Averill and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Climate Tech VC is an American company that provides data-driven perspectives on the new climate economy. The company is the leading source for this information and their insights are used by over 50,000 investors and operators to innovate on climate. The company invites individuals to join their community of climate investors, founders, and market leaders.

Scalvy, Inc. is a company based in Sunnyvale, California that provides modular electric powertrain systems for the e-mobility industry. The American company's technology modularizes the hardware configurations and software algorithms used in electric mobility applications, democratizing access to e-powertrain technologies and paving the way for faster development of electric mobility systems. Scalvy's e-powertrain includes a built-in high-power onboard charger that can accept ac or dc charging with v2x capabilities, and enhanced safety features by reducing the probability of battery failure and lessening the outcome severity if a failure occurs. The company was founded by Amr Ibrahem and Mohamed Badawy, with Mohamed Badawy serving as the CEO since incorporation.

OPEN8 Inc. provides motion picture advertisement network businesses. It offers VIDEO TAP, video advertising in smart phone, and Wanpick, a news application for mobile devices. The company was founded on April 10, 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.