Nitin Deo

Oclaro Photonics, Inc. manufactures and markets fiber-optic products. The firm develops photonics solutions for commercial and research applications. Its products include optical posts and rods, linear translation stages, mirror mounts, motorized linear stages, rail systems, motorized actuators, high speed photo receivers, general purpose detectors, tunable diode lasers, specialty optical mounts, and beam position detectors. The company was founded by Milton Chang, Timothy Day, Robert Marsland and Frank Luecke in 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Ponte Solutions, Inc. develops and markets unique model-based software products, that are used to predict and enable optimization of semiconductor yields at the design stage. It has offices in Mountain View-California, Grenoble-France, Tokyo-Japan and Yerevan-Armenia. The company was founded in 2002 and is located in Mountain View, CA.

Maskless Lithography, Inc. provides commercial lithographic printing services. It offers services to the commercial and other industrial organizations. The company was founded in 2005 and is located in San Jose, CA

Active-Semi International, Inc. develops integrated circuit architects. Its products include power application controller, power management units, DC/DC converters, AC/DC converters and active direct drive led controllers. The company was founded by Steven Thu Huynh in 2004 and and is headquartered in Allen, TX.

AutoESL is the leading provider of high level synthesis for FPGAs and ASICs. AutoESL was founded in 2006 based on advanced proprietary technology that was nurtured, developed, and exclusively licensed from UCLA. AutoESL has now deployed this solution at many leading edge system and semiconductor companies. AutoESL provides the fastest path from algorithms to silicon. AutoESL provides a powerful high level synthesis solution that enables: Synthesis of complex algorithms in C, C++ or SystemC into ASICs or FPGAs. Software architects to accelerate software algorithms by implementing them in silicon. System architects to take software models into silicon without manually writing RTL. Hardware architects to explore and implement the right architecture in silicon.

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

Brion Technologies, Inc. develops computational lithography technologies. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Princeton Lightwave, Inc. specializes in detecting and processing photons digitally. It offers GeigerCruizer, Geiger-mode flash 3D LIDAR cameras, and Gm Detectors and Components. The company was founded by John C. Connolly, Pamela York, Raymond J. Menna, Nancy Morris, and Dmitri Garbuzov on February 7, 2000 and is headquartered in Cranbury, NJ.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Active-Semi, Inc. develops integrated circuit architects. It is emerging power management IC and intelligent digital motor drive IC markets. The company's portfolio of analog and mixed signal SoCs (systems-on-chips) are scalable core platforms used in charging, powering and embedded digital control systems for end applications such as industrial, commercial and consumer equipment. The firm offers power application microcontrollers, DC/DC, AC/DC, and PMU that significantly reduces solution size and cost while improving system-level reliability. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Allen, TX.

Bookham Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures wire telephone and telegraph equipment. The American company was founded by Andrew George Rickman.

Qnovo, Inc. provides battery software management solutions. The company was founded by Nadim Maluf, Dania Ghantous and Fred Berkowitz in 2010 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

LineStream Technologies, Inc. provides embedded software solutions. It develops control software solutions for the performance of automated systems for industrial processes and product developers. The company was founded by Zhiqiang Gao in 2006 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Cellmax, Inc. provides research and clinical testing services. It develops non-invasive, accurate blood tests for early detection of cancer. The company was founded by Atul Sharan and Ying-Chih Chang in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

LDVP Management LLC (LDV Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Winston Fu. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Cepton Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of sensing and ranging systems for automotive, industrial and mapping industries. It offers AV and ADAS, intelligent traffic systems, security and safety, crowd analytics, infrastructure, and mapping and surveying. The company was founded by Jun Pei and Mark McCord in 2016 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Darwin Management Consulting Co. Ltd. is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2009 by Simon Fang and Yao-Ting Wang. The firm is headquartered in Taipei.

Atgenomix Ltd. provides all kinds of people, particularly genomic data to healthcare system. Its products include seqslab and connected reads. The company was founded by Ming Tai Chang, Chung Tsai Su and Yao Ting Wang and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Xicato, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of lighting modules. It offers LED light sources, smart lighting controls, and lighting controls software. The company was founded by Gerard Harbers, Mark Pugh and Menko Deroos in July 2007 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.