Joe Farris

Virage Logic Corp. is a technology and market provider in advanced embedded memory intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. It work on semiconductor IP platforms comprising embedded memory, standard cells, and I/Os primarily for the consumer, communications and networking, handheld and portable, and computer and graphics markets. The company's quality efforts are validated in its Silicon Characterization lab which ensures quality, reliable IP across a range of foundries and process technologies. The company was founded on 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Concentric, Inc. provides computer software services. The company was founded by Karthik Krishnan and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital arm of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, founded in 1972 by Don Valentine. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Akros Silicon, Inc. provides power management integrated circuits. The company was founded by J. Francois Crepin, Sajol C. Ghoshal and John R. Camagna in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Vera Security, Inc. develops data-centric security platform. It offers products for data security for files, mail, and business applications. The company was founded by Ajay K. Arora and Prakash Linga in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Clear Venture Management LLC (Clear Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Rajeev Madhavan and Christopher J.Rust. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Arrcus, Inc. provides software-powered network transformation services. It offers ArcOS, a fully programmable, modular, extensible software that enables organizations to cost-effectively build scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud network environments while delivering security and deployment flexibility. The company was founded by Devesh Garg Nandan, Keyur Patel and Derek Yeung in 2016 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

AvicenaTech Corp. engages in the provision of optical chip connectivity solutions. It offers Multi-Chip Photonic Interconnect technology, which develops commercial ecosystems for silicon photonics, plasmonics, and other optical and packaging technologies. The company was founded by Robert Kalman and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

London Technology Club Ltd (London Technology Club) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Konstantin Sidorov. The firm is headquartered in London.

Atmosic Technologies, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company that designs ultra-low power wireless solutions. Its products include M2 Series and M3 Series. The company is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

KAIAM Corp. designs, develops, and manufactures optical communications products. The firm offers 40G-LR4 CWDM4, 100G CWDM4+, 80Ch 50GHz Athermal AWG, and 40Ch 100 GHz Athermal AWG. The company was founded by Bardia Pezeshki in 2009 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

GoEuro Corp. engages in the development of booking platform for travel by train, bus, or flight. The company was founded by Naren Shaam in 2013 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Swift Navigation, Inc. develops centimeter-accurate GPS technology. It services include hardware and software support, custom hardware development based on modular design, custom software and on-site testing and integration. The company was founded by Fergus Noble, Colin Beighley and Timothy J. R. Harris in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Robin Systems, Inc. operates an online platform for container-based compute and storage virtualization. It offers Robin Cloud Platform which is a container-based, application-aware, compute and storage platform liberates applications from servers, VMs, and storage boundaries. The company was founded by Krishna Yeddanapudi in 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Reflektion, Inc. operates a retail analytics platform for retailers and brands. It offers ecommerce solutions that include Personalized Site Search, a solution that leads visitors with a path to various products; Predictive Product Recommendations, a platform that creates a one-to-one connection with shoppers; and a mobile solution that unifies customers shopping by integrating various devices. The company was founded by Amar Chokhawala in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Zerto, Inc. provides enterprise-class disaster recovery and business continuity software. It offers automated failover testing, offsite backup and data protection, data center migrations, and cross-hypervisor replication. The company was founded by Ziv Kedem and Oded Kedem in 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

USVP Management Company LLC (U.S. Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 by Bill Bowes. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

DevX.com, Inc. provides technical information, tools and services for information technology professionals. It offers resources designed to help professionals conquer development challenges, apply new technologies and techniques to their work. The company provides network services using windows and web development, .NET, Java, XML, C & C++, Visual Basic, database, wireless and open source. DevX.com was founded by James Fawcette in 1995 and is located in San Francisco, CA.

Comcores ApS delivers packaged IPs and stand-alone IP cores for ASIC & FPGA with a focus on wireless, Ethernet & chip to chip solutions. The private company is based in Lyngby, Denmark. and has subsidiaries in Denmark. The Danish company was founded in 2014 by Thomas Gerner Nørgaard. Thomas Gerner Nørgaard has been the CEO since 2014.

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.

Part of STMicroelectronics NV, Waferscale Integration, Inc. develops programmable system devices. The company is based in Fremont, CA. Waferscale Integration was acquired by STMicroelectronics NV on July 28, 2000 for $68 million.

The Electronic Design Automation Consortium operates as an electronic system design association. The American company was founded by Rick Carlson.

netZentry, Inc. provides network security services. It develops FloodGuard technology, a network defense system. The firm offers products that combine detection, tracking and mitigation with the power of real-time collaboration all in one solution. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Commerce5, Inc. provides e-commerce channel management and automation software services. Its services include marketing, claims management, IT and call center support, and channel management. The company is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Part of Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc., SwitchOn Networks, Inc. develops and manufactures packet content processors. The company is based in Milpitas, CA. The company was founded by Ajit Shelat, Moti Jiandani. Moti Jiandani has been the CEO since incorporation. SwitchOn Networks was acquired by Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. on September 26, 2000 for $450 million.

VxTel, Inc. engages in the development of voice over packet (VoP) products that delivers voice and data communications over next-generation networks. The company was founded by Kumar Ganapathy and Anurag Bist in 1999 and is headquartered in DE.

The Communications & Information Technology Association provides technical and business support services. The company provides support for its members through influence over regulatory policy, competition issues, technical, and quality standard. The firm was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Milton Keynes, UK.

Dune Networks, Inc. was founded in October 2000. The company supplies networking and switching silicon devices. Dune's devices are targeted at the network infrastructure, designed to meet carrier-class switching requirements. These platforms are used in Data Center, Enterprise and Carrier networks.

Carrier Access Corp. engages in the development of broadband equipment solutions for communications service providers. Its products enable customers to consolidate and upgrade access capacity for the implementation of converged voice, video, and data services at lower costs. The company was founded By Roger L. Koenig and Nancy G. Pierce in 1992 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Part of Clarent Corp., SourceCom, Inc. develops high performance platforms for the broadband access market. The company is based in Westlake Village, CA. The company was founded by Giorgio Propersi. SourceCom was acquired by ACT Networks, Inc., part of Clarent Corp. from August 10, 2000 on August 04, 1997 for $8.60 million.

The MITRE Corp. provides systems engineering, research and development and information technology support services. It offers federally funded research and development centers for the department of defense, the federal aviation administration, the internal revenue service and department of veteran affairs and the department of homeland security. The company was founded by Robert Everett in 1958 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

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.

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.