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Xaba is a developer of automated technology focused on sustainable manufacturing. The company creates innovative processes, control systems, and materials that enhance manufacturing efficiency through automation. By leveraging AI-driven control systems, Xaba provides industries and manufacturers with safer and more convenient options, improving the performance and quality of produced goods. Its commitment to sustainability positions Xaba as a key player in the evolution of modern manufacturing practices.

ArborXR is a developer of an extended reality (XR) device management platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices at scale. The platform allows for remote content deployment and user control, providing enterprises and XR service providers with streamlined services for device management and content distribution. With a focus on enterprise-level security, ArborXR collaborates with numerous Fortune 500 companies to enhance the user experience and operational efficiency. The company aims to empower individuals by leveraging the capabilities of XR technology, and its solutions are currently utilized by organizations in 60 countries worldwide.

JobPixel is a platform that enables enterprises to create and manage short-form video content from employees and customers, enhancing engagement and brand visibility in various campaigns and workflows. It functions similarly to TikTok but is tailored for business needs. The platform also includes tools for video introductions aimed at streamlining the hiring process, allowing companies to better evaluate candidates beyond traditional resumes. With a user-friendly, web-based interface, JobPixel facilitates the entire recruitment journey, helping organizations reduce hiring time while gaining deeper insights into potential hires. Its clientele includes notable companies such as Cognizant, USCellular, Telus International, Medidata, and Boston Medical Center.

GroGuru Inc. is a technology company based in La Jolla, California, that specializes in smart irrigation solutions for agriculture. Founded in 2014, GroGuru provides software as a service focused on irrigation monitoring and management. The company's platform utilizes an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network to deliver precise measurements of soil moisture, salinity, and temperature. This data-driven system enables farmers to optimize water usage and improve crop yields by offering real-time insights and recommendations for irrigation scheduling and water management. GroGuru aims to promote sustainable farming practices while enhancing agricultural productivity and conserving water resources, ultimately helping farmers reduce input costs associated with water, energy, and fertilizer.

Upduo is a social learning and engagement platform designed to enhance employee training and development. The platform facilitates collaborative learning by connecting employees for meaningful one-on-one conversations, fostering skill development and teamwork. It matches individuals based on their skills and provides on-screen prompts to guide them through the learning process. By focusing on practical skill acquisition and team performance improvement, Upduo aims to help organizations maximize their workforce potential.

Healium is a mental fitness tool that offers a drugless approach to managing anxiety, sleep, addiction, and burnout. The company utilizes patented technology that connects to biometric data from consumer wearables, such as smartwatches and EEG headbands, allowing users to monitor their brainwaves and heart rate. This information is used to create a reactive, immersive media experience that adapts to the user's bio-data. Healium's unique platform has been validated by eight peer-reviewed studies, demonstrating its effectiveness in reducing anxiety and improving mood within minutes. By leveraging existing sensors and devices, Healium provides a controlled virtual and augmented reality environment for users seeking to enhance their mental well-being.

TaskHuman, Inc. operates an online platform that facilitates video coaching aimed at enhancing personal wellness. Founded in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform connects users with a diverse network of coaches, including athletic trainers, life coaches, nutrition experts, yoga instructors, and specialists across various wellness domains. TaskHuman allows individuals to engage in real-time, one-on-one interactive sessions through video calls, addressing over 1,000 aspects of well-being, such as physical fitness, mental health, spiritual growth, and career development. The company aims to make self-care and personal wellness accessible and affordable, empowering users to improve their health and lifestyle through personalized coaching.

Umami Bioworks is a company focused on the discovery and development of a scalable platform for producing cultivated seafood, aiming to protect endangered marine species while providing consumers with sustainable seafood options. The company utilizes systems engineering to enhance the discovery and industrialization processes, facilitating local production that is both price competitive and environmentally responsible. Its innovative approach involves creating cell-based food products derived from fish cells and tissue, which are designed to be free from harmful substances such as mercury, antibiotics, microplastics, and ocean pollutants. By offering affordable, cell-cultured seafood and meat alternatives, Umami Bioworks addresses the growing demand for healthy and sustainable food choices.

Cornami, Inc. is a high-performance computing company based in Campbell, California, with additional offices in Sacramento and Boston. Founded in 2011, Cornami has developed a patented multi-core technology that enhances software performance, power efficiency, and latency while significantly increasing compute performance. This innovative approach allows processor cores to function as scalable resources, similar to memory and storage, facilitating real-time computing with minimal cost and power consumption. Cornami's technology aims to support a variety of markets, with an initial emphasis on Big Data, by enabling real-time fully homomorphic encryption and providing high-performance computing capabilities across diverse devices and platforms.

Alef is a sustainable electric transportation company designing and developing a road-legal passenger vehicle capable of achieving vertical takeoff and forward flight. Alef’s goal is to enable faster, easier commutes and alleviate the burden of urban congestion thanks to proprietary technology that elevates their vehicle safely and quietly above everyday traffic. Alef Aeronautics was established in 2015 by Pavel Markin, Oleg Petrov, Jim Dukhovny, and Constantine Kisly in Santa Clara, California.

TaskHuman, Inc. operates an online platform that facilitates video coaching aimed at enhancing personal wellness. Founded in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform connects users with a diverse network of coaches, including athletic trainers, life coaches, nutrition experts, yoga instructors, and specialists across various wellness domains. TaskHuman allows individuals to engage in real-time, one-on-one interactive sessions through video calls, addressing over 1,000 aspects of well-being, such as physical fitness, mental health, spiritual growth, and career development. The company aims to make self-care and personal wellness accessible and affordable, empowering users to improve their health and lifestyle through personalized coaching.

Advanced Farm Technologies Inc. is a robotics company specializing in strawberry harvesting services in the Oxnard, Santa Maria, and Salinas-Watsonville regions of California. Founded in 2017 and based in Davis, the company focuses on utilizing advanced robotics to improve the efficiency and quality of strawberry harvesting. Its robotic systems are designed to handle berries delicately, minimizing bruising and damage during the picking process. By integrating technology into agriculture, Advanced Farm Technologies aims to enhance farm productivity while maintaining the quality of the harvested fruit.

GigaIO, based in Carlsbad, California, specializes in network architecture and connectivity technology aimed at modernizing interconnect fabric architecture. The company offers a universal dynamic infrastructure fabric known as FabreX™, which utilizes industry-standard PCI Express and upcoming CXL technology to overcome the limitations of traditional server architectures. By integrating computing, storage, and communication within a single-system cluster fabric, GigaIO enables data centers to scale performance efficiently, allowing existing investments to adapt as workloads evolve. This approach democratizes artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) architectures, providing cloud-like elasticity at a significantly lower total cost of ownership.

Aba Inc. is a Japanese company specializing in the research, development, and manufacturing of robotic medical equipment focused on patient excrement detection. Founded in 2011 and located in Funabashi, the company produces the Helppad, a patient bed equipped with smell sensors that detect excrement and notify caregivers when diaper changes are needed. This innovative device aims to alleviate the mental and physical burdens faced by both caregivers and care recipients by providing a non-contact, non-invasive solution for monitoring excretion. By utilizing excretion sensing and pattern analysis, Aba's technology enhances the efficiency of care in the elderly and nursing care industries, ultimately improving the quality of life for patients.

Scaeva Technologies, Inc., based in Gilroy, California and founded in 2017, specializes in developing innovative audio technologies aimed at enhancing sound experiences for users. The company offers ScaevaSAFE, a content protection platform that incorporates patented content-aware encryption to safeguard digital music and film. Additionally, Scaeva has created InSitu Sound technology, which transforms the audio landscape by providing true spatial audio experiences without the need for specially recorded content. This technology allows for sound field shaping in any direction and depth, ensuring that listeners receive an immersive experience that reflects the artist's intent. Scaeva's headphone technologies utilize advanced materials and efficient manufacturing methods to deliver high-definition sound quality. The company is currently pursuing Series A funding to further its commercialization and growth efforts across various potential verticals.

Syntegra operates a synthetic healthcare data platform designed to enhance patient care and clinical outcomes through the use of machine learning. By generating validated synthetic data that preserves the statistical properties of real healthcare data while ensuring privacy, Syntegra addresses the growing barriers to clinical data access faced by healthcare systems and data aggregators. The platform allows users to conduct analytics, build predictive models, and create synthetic control groups for clinical trials without compromising patient confidentiality or violating regulatory compliance. Data training occurs on secure, non-identifiable datasets, ensuring that no personal information is exposed. Additionally, Syntegra employs rigorous validation and benchmarking methods to ensure the integrity of its data derivatives. The company's scalable solution accommodates various data types, including images and sensor streams, which will be securely integrated into its data lake over time. Led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs and academic experts in medicine and data science, Syntegra is positioned to drive innovation in healthcare analytics.

Infinadeck is the creator of the world's first commercially available omnidirectional treadmill specifically designed for integration with virtual reality. This innovative device enables users to experience a true Holodeck-like environment, allowing for immersive interaction within virtual spaces. The treadmill can function both individually and as part of a networked system, accommodating multiple users who can train, work, or play together seamlessly on separate Infinadecks. By bridging the gap between physical movement and virtual experiences, Infinadeck enhances the potential for various applications in training, entertainment, and collaborative activities.

TaskHuman, Inc. operates an online platform that facilitates video coaching aimed at enhancing personal wellness. Founded in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform connects users with a diverse network of coaches, including athletic trainers, life coaches, nutrition experts, yoga instructors, and specialists across various wellness domains. TaskHuman allows individuals to engage in real-time, one-on-one interactive sessions through video calls, addressing over 1,000 aspects of well-being, such as physical fitness, mental health, spiritual growth, and career development. The company aims to make self-care and personal wellness accessible and affordable, empowering users to improve their health and lifestyle through personalized coaching.

ScoreData Corporation is a global data analytics company based in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Pune, India. Founded in 2012, the company specializes in providing predictive analytics solutions that enhance customer engagement for various industries, including banking, financial services, insurance, telecommunications, and retail. Its flagship product, ScoreFast, is a self-learning predictive analytics platform that enables businesses to develop robust applications for churn management, customer retention, credit risk management, fraud detection, and more. The platform facilitates collaboration between business managers and data scientists, allowing for the rapid deployment of predictive applications across multiple channels, such as in-store, mobile, and cloud-contact centers. By utilizing machine learning and open-source technologies, ScoreData's solutions not only improve the quality of customer interactions but also minimize the cost of ownership for predictive applications.

Scaeva Technologies, Inc., based in Gilroy, California and founded in 2017, specializes in developing innovative audio technologies aimed at enhancing sound experiences for users. The company offers ScaevaSAFE, a content protection platform that incorporates patented content-aware encryption to safeguard digital music and film. Additionally, Scaeva has created InSitu Sound technology, which transforms the audio landscape by providing true spatial audio experiences without the need for specially recorded content. This technology allows for sound field shaping in any direction and depth, ensuring that listeners receive an immersive experience that reflects the artist's intent. Scaeva's headphone technologies utilize advanced materials and efficient manufacturing methods to deliver high-definition sound quality. The company is currently pursuing Series A funding to further its commercialization and growth efforts across various potential verticals.

Infinadeck is the creator of the world's first commercially available omnidirectional treadmill specifically designed for integration with virtual reality. This innovative device enables users to experience a true Holodeck-like environment, allowing for immersive interaction within virtual spaces. The treadmill can function both individually and as part of a networked system, accommodating multiple users who can train, work, or play together seamlessly on separate Infinadecks. By bridging the gap between physical movement and virtual experiences, Infinadeck enhances the potential for various applications in training, entertainment, and collaborative activities.

AWM Smart Shelf reinvents the online experience for the in-store market place. The company's mission is to be the comprehensive solution that powers the digital retail transformation by reducing waste and carbon footprint, providing new revenue via on-shelf ad sales, improving operational efficiencies, and boosting margin and product sold. This is done through innovative hardware and software which utilize AI and computer vision to understand and interact with the retail environment in ways never before possible. Founded by Emad Mirgoli, Kevin B. Howard, and Kurtis S. Van Horn in 2016, AWM Smart Shelf is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.

Chikaku Inc. is a Tokyo-based company established in 2014 that specializes in manufacturing electronic devices designed to connect remote family members. Its primary product is a setup box that facilitates the seamless transfer of photos and videos taken with smartphones directly to a television. This device allows grandparents and other family members living far apart to easily view and engage with content shared by their loved ones, thereby enhancing family connections despite physical distance.

Advanced Farm Technologies Inc. is a robotics company specializing in strawberry harvesting services in the Oxnard, Santa Maria, and Salinas-Watsonville regions of California. Founded in 2017 and based in Davis, the company focuses on utilizing advanced robotics to improve the efficiency and quality of strawberry harvesting. Its robotic systems are designed to handle berries delicately, minimizing bruising and damage during the picking process. By integrating technology into agriculture, Advanced Farm Technologies aims to enhance farm productivity while maintaining the quality of the harvested fruit.

Airlinq develops an enterprise-grade cloud and edge platform that enables global connectivity and communication for complex AI and IoT applications, particularly in the realm of smart mobility. This platform is designed to support automakers, mobile network operators, and consumers by providing scalable and reliable services capable of managing millions of connected assets and vehicles. With a focus on mission-critical latency and security, Airlinq facilitates the development and deployment of large-scale connected applications, enhancing ecosystem monetization and connectivity for various stakeholders in the automotive and telecommunications sectors.

Pondera Solutions, LLC, founded in 2011 and based in Folsom, California, specializes in developing security software aimed at addressing fraud, waste, and abuse in government programs. The company offers advanced cloud-based solutions, including Fraudcaster, a fraud detection software, and Casetracker, a bi-directional case management system. By integrating program data with third-party consumer and business data, Pondera's systems utilize procedural and predictive models to analyze businesses, beneficiaries, and transactions. This approach has enabled Pondera to assist clients in preventing and recovering hundreds of millions of dollars in improper payments.

Nightingale Security specializes in automated aerial robotic security solutions, utilizing proprietary drone-infrastructure technology to enhance facility protection. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the company offers a range of aerial security systems suitable for various commercial applications, including perimeter defense, remote surveillance, and event protection. Nightingale's primary focus is on critical infrastructure, with key products such as the Blackbird UAV and Intelligent Mission Control Software that support sectors like enterprise, defense, and emergency response. The Nightingale Robotic Aerial Security System serves as an autonomous perimeter security solution designed to safeguard essential locations. The company is positioned as a first mover in the aerial robotic security market, with a robust sales pipeline featuring interest from Fortune 500 clients eager to implement its innovative services.

Cornami, Inc. is a high-performance computing company based in Campbell, California, with additional offices in Sacramento and Boston. Founded in 2011, Cornami has developed a patented multi-core technology that enhances software performance, power efficiency, and latency while significantly increasing compute performance. This innovative approach allows processor cores to function as scalable resources, similar to memory and storage, facilitating real-time computing with minimal cost and power consumption. Cornami's technology aims to support a variety of markets, with an initial emphasis on Big Data, by enabling real-time fully homomorphic encryption and providing high-performance computing capabilities across diverse devices and platforms.