Shirish Joshi

littleBits Electronics, Inc. provides an open source library of electronic modules that snap together with tiny magnets for prototyping, learning and fun. It consists of tiny circuit-boards with specific functions engineered to snap together with magnets, no soldering, no wiring, no programming, just snap together for prototyping, learning and fun and each bit has a specific function and modules snap to make larger circuits. The company was founded by Ayah Bdeir in September 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pluribus Networks, Inc. provides software-defined networking as an open application platform. Its products include built on the pluribus virtualization-centric fabric (VCF) architecture, dell switch OS, open netvisor, leaf and spine switches. The company was founded in April 2010 by Sunay Tripathi, Robert Drost, and Chih-Kong Ken Yang and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.