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Novera Optics develops optical access solutions. Its PON optical solutions enable equipment vendors and service providers to address fiber-to-the-building, fiber-to-the-curb extensions, multi-dwelling and multi-tenant units, remote terminals, and the central office markets. The company offers Wavelength Division Multiplexed-Passive Optical Networks (WDM-PON), an access and transport platform, which provides an architecture for access networks that enables service providers to deliver voice, data, video, and wireless services.

RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in South San Francisco, California, specializing in the discovery and development of oral small molecule therapies for oncology and inflammatory diseases. The company is focused on addressing significant unmet medical needs through its proprietary discovery engine. Its lead oncology candidate, FLX475, is a C-C motif chemokine receptor 4 antagonist currently undergoing Phase 2 clinical trials, both as a monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab, for various tumor types. Additionally, RAPT's lead inflammation drug candidate, RPT193, aims to selectively inhibit the migration of type 2 T helper cells into allergically inflamed tissues. The company is also exploring other potential targets, including general control nonderepressible 2 and hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1, which are in the discovery phase. Founded in 2015, RAPT Therapeutics was previously known as FLX Bio, Inc. before its name change in May 2019.

Novera Optics develops optical access solutions. Its PON optical solutions enable equipment vendors and service providers to address fiber-to-the-building, fiber-to-the-curb extensions, multi-dwelling and multi-tenant units, remote terminals, and the central office markets. The company offers Wavelength Division Multiplexed-Passive Optical Networks (WDM-PON), an access and transport platform, which provides an architecture for access networks that enables service providers to deliver voice, data, video, and wireless services.

Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, is a rapidly growing optical networking company dedicated to delivering high capacity optical and broadband wireless systems that offer scalability and significant cost reductions in today's networks, while aggressively driving service velocity. Centerpoint provides metro, regional and long haul optical carriers the solutions needed to compete in the data driven world. Fixed and mobile service providers and private enterprises are searching for forward-looking wireless solutions that allow rapid capacity growth, simple provisioning, and minimum capital outlays.

As per the transaction announced on April 21, 2008, Instill Corporation was acquired by iTradeNetwork, Inc. Instill Corporation provides spend intelligence solutions for the foodservice industry. It offers supply chain information services, which automates the collection of transactional and process-oriented data from its customers trading partners. The company also provides a suite of hosted applications that helps its customers in managing various business processes, including trade spend management, food spend management, quality and regulatory compliance, promotion management, procurement, food safety, and vendor and product management. It offers its solutions to foodservice manufacturers, operators, and distributors. Instill Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Opsware, Inc. is a software company based in Sunnyvale, California which offers products for server and network device provisioning, configuration and management targeted toward enterprise customers. Opsware also has offices in New York City, Seattle, Washington and Cary, North Carolina. The company that was formerly known as Loudcloud was founded on September 9, 1999 (i.e., 9/9/99) as a managed services provider. After selling the operations side of the business to EDS in the summer of 2002, Loudcloud became Opsware and went to market as a technology company, offering the software that had been developed internally to support customer systems via automated server life-cycle management. In December 2003, Opsware acquired asset management systems provider Tangram Enterprise Solutions, and in December 2004 acquired network device configuration management vendor Rendition Networks. In July 2006 Opsware acquired CreekPath to fill out its Data Center Automation (DCA) product offering, by allowing provisioning of storage components as well. Lastly, in March 2007 Opsware acquired Seattle-based iConclude and their run-book automation software, which allowed Opsware to tightly integrate datacenter management duties end-to-end. In July 2007, HP announced that it had agreed to acquire Opsware for $1.6 billion in cash ($14.25 per share), 16x revenues. It is HP's third largest acquisition behind Compaq and Mercury.

Market-Touch Corp., a provider of sales and marketing effectiveness systems.

CoreExpress is focused on the development of an internet data-exchange system for the multi-ISP extranet services. CoreExpress was acquired by Wiltel Communications in November 2001. CoreExpress was founded in 1999 and is based in Herndon, Virginia.

Zaffire, Inc. is an innovative new optical networking company. Their mission is to fundamentally change the economic formula for metro and regional service providers. Using breakthrough technology designed with a commercial focus, They solve Their customers' most pressing optical transport problems and give them a compelling competitive advantage. With the support of the industry's leading investors, partners and management team, Zaffire is uniquely positioned to be a leader in the metro and regional optical networking marketplace.

Alventive is opening product creation and innovation to all relevant players, giving your internal departments, suppliers, channels and partners, as well as your customers, new powers to participate, innovate, and help you dominate your business space.

PeopleSupport, Inc., an offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) company, provides customer management, transcription and captioning, and additional BPO services through its centers in the Philippines, Costa Rica, and the United States. It offers customer service support services that are initiated by inbound calls and email from its clients' customers and address a range of questions regarding their account billing, changes in services, reservation changes, delivery updates on goods or services, complaint and issue resolution, and general product or service inquiries. The company also handles inbound calls from customers purchasing products and services from its clients, including travel reservations, financial transactions, telecommunications services, Internet services, and consumer products and services; collects consumer receivables in the financial services, telecommunications, and utilities industries; and handles troubleshooting calls and inbound telephone orders or inquiries. PeopleSupport's transcription and captioning services include both real-time and offline captioning of television, and film and classroom content for the healthcare and insurance, entertainment and education, and law enforcement markets. It also provides a range of additional BPO services, including credit application processing, mortgage processing, title searches, and data verification; conducts product and fraud detection; manages refunds, warranties, and applications; and conducts preparations for serving legal papers. The company serves primarily U.S.-based clients that operate within the travel and consumer, financial services, technology, telecommunications, healthcare, insurance, and media industries. PeopleSupport was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Zaffire, Inc. is an innovative new optical networking company. Their mission is to fundamentally change the economic formula for metro and regional service providers. Using breakthrough technology designed with a commercial focus, They solve Their customers' most pressing optical transport problems and give them a compelling competitive advantage. With the support of the industry's leading investors, partners and management team, Zaffire is uniquely positioned to be a leader in the metro and regional optical networking marketplace.