Black Diamond Ventures

Engage3, Inc. specializes in retail intelligence and mobile shopping solutions by connecting consumers with retailers, manufacturers, and media companies to facilitate personalized promotions. The company offers a suite of platforms, including MissionControl, which manages competitive price shop operations, and Vantage, an offer optimization platform that utilizes market intelligence and real-time auctioning to deliver tailored messaging to consumers. Additionally, Engage3 provides ShoppingScout, a personal shopping assistant that helps users navigate brands and retailers while managing their shopping experience. The company serves a diverse clientele, including manufacturers of consumer packaged goods, grocery and drug store retailers, and publishers, leveraging data science and AI to enhance pricing strategies and shopper engagement. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Davis, California, with an office in Scottsdale, Arizona, Engage3 aims to empower retail executives with real-time data insights for strategic decision-making.

Strateos operates a robotic cloud laboratory that automates chemistry, biology, and tissue analysis to enhance drug discovery processes. By integrating advanced robotics, control systems, and sophisticated imaging and analytics software, Strateos allows pharmaceutical companies to discover new drug candidates more efficiently. The company emerged from a merger between Transcriptic, known for its pioneering robotic cloud laboratory platform, and 3Scan, which specialized in using automation and machine learning to analyze tissue samples. This combination enables Strateos to provide a comprehensive suite of technologies designed to streamline the drug discovery and early development phases. By transforming life science methodologies into data-driven processes, Strateos aims to create a more efficient and cost-effective approach to scientific research, positioning itself as a valuable partner to biotechnology firms seeking to innovate in the field.

Engage3, Inc. specializes in retail intelligence and mobile shopping solutions by connecting consumers with retailers, manufacturers, and media companies to facilitate personalized promotions. The company offers a suite of platforms, including MissionControl, which manages competitive price shop operations, and Vantage, an offer optimization platform that utilizes market intelligence and real-time auctioning to deliver tailored messaging to consumers. Additionally, Engage3 provides ShoppingScout, a personal shopping assistant that helps users navigate brands and retailers while managing their shopping experience. The company serves a diverse clientele, including manufacturers of consumer packaged goods, grocery and drug store retailers, and publishers, leveraging data science and AI to enhance pricing strategies and shopper engagement. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Davis, California, with an office in Scottsdale, Arizona, Engage3 aims to empower retail executives with real-time data insights for strategic decision-making.

Berkeley Lights, Inc. is a digital cell biology company based in Emeryville, California, established in 2011. The company focuses on accelerating the development and commercialization of biotherapeutics and other cell-based products through its integrated platform. This platform includes proprietary consumables, such as OptoSelect chips and reagent kits, along with automation systems and workflow software. Utilizing micro-droplet technology, Berkeley Lights offers research and development services that transform how scientists study cell interactions, significantly enhancing the efficiency of cellular therapies. Their solutions cater to various sectors, including biotherapeutic discovery, cellular therapy manufacturing, synthetic biology, and agricultural biotechnology, helping clients meet the increasing demands of cell-based processes.

LiquidSpace, Inc. operates a mobile and web application designed to connect individuals seeking workspace with venues that offer shared office environments. Founded in 2010 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform facilitates short-term office rentals, allowing users to find and book workspaces on a month-to-month basis or even by the hour. This model simplifies the office search process, enabling users to complete their workspace hunt in minutes rather than months, while also providing flexibility to upgrade as business needs change. LiquidSpace serves as a solution for companies with excess office space, allowing them to monetize unused areas by connecting with startups and other businesses in need of workspace. The service handles all aspects of the rental process, including terms, agreements, and transactions, streamlining the experience for both workspace seekers and providers across the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Consumer Brands, LLC provides platform development, workflow automation, machine learning, and content services. The company focuses on consumer and healthcare information, products, and services. It offers healthcare information in the areas of mental health, aging, and cosmetic and wellness. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

Capella is the industry leader of wavelength selective switch (WSS) technology for use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) and optical cross connect (OXC) applications. Capella's intelligent subsystems provide the best performing wavelength management products on the market offering dynamic, remote reconfigurability with fully integrated optical channel monitoring (OCM), essential technology for next-generation ROADMs.

iReady is a manufacturing company that specializes in developing silicon based TCP/IP stack processing solutions. Their products are HDL designed implementations that can be reused in OEM designs. The company's patented TCP/IP stack technology provides full transport off-load for high performance Ethernet networking. iReady was founded by Mike Johnson in 1996 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.