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Functionland is a peer-to-peer platform that aims to disrupt traditional cloud storage and challenge the subscription-based model by enabling users to easily share storage and compute resources. The platform promises faster speeds and lower costs than traditional cloud storage, while also giving users full control over their data

Alphadex is the ultimate cross-chain AMM, incubator and NFT launchpad powered by Moonriver.

CloudPay Solutions Limited specializes in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) payroll solutions, providing a comprehensive platform for managed global payroll services tailored for multinational organizations. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Salisbury, United Kingdom, with additional offices in several countries, CloudPay delivers end-to-end payroll management through a unified platform that ensures compliance and consistency across over 130 countries and in more than twenty-five languages. The company’s innovative approach streamlines payroll processes, reduces operational costs, and enhances visibility for organizations, making it a leader in the industry. CloudPay's expertise has been recognized through various awards, including accolades for its technology and service excellence. The company previously operated under the name Patersons Payroll Solutions Limited until its rebranding in 2012.

Tala provides security solutions to protect enterprise websites against formjacking, magecart, and advanced attacks. It helps websites and web apps enable a completely secure web experience for users. It has developed a completely agent-less solution that leverages new and powerful web standards such as Content Security Policy (CSP). The solution is fully automated and is compatible with all web technologies. This means that any website could use Tala to protect all of their end-users against web layer attacks, in a matter of minutes. Tala is led by industry veterans and successful entrepreneurs and is backed by VCs, angels and former executives at Symantec, and by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

OpsClarity is a performance monitoring solution for modern applications and data infrastructure that helps DevOps and engineering teams to continuously visualize, understand and troubleshoot their complex and distributed business-critical applications and infrastructure. Built by alumni from Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, Twitter and Google, OpsClarity is the only solution that can dynamically adapt to and learn every component of a company’s modern fast data application and infrastructure and extract key insights needed to maximize performance and agility..

Telestax is becoming the catalyst for bringing real-time communications into the mainstream. Their RestcommONE platform is scalable, highly available, and the only WebRTC platform that supports cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployment configurations. RestcommONE is fast becoming the platform of choice for building enterprise-class real-time messaging, voice, and video applications. RestcommONE Marketplace connects these new omnichannel applications with RestcommOne CPaaS-enabled (Communications Platform as a Service) service providers and increases the revenue opportunity for both. The RestcommONE Marketplace is generating a positive disruption in the real-time communications market by changing the way organizations acquire and utilize their business software. Telestax is the company behind RestcommTM, the widely adopted open-source platform for developing and deploying real-time communications applications. Restcomm enables web and mobile developers in all markets to quickly develop, deploy, and scale real-time voice, video, and messaging applications and services. With over 4.6 million lines of code, the Restcomm project is mature and well-established. Greater than 25.6 thousand commits by a large team of over 180 committers make the Restcomm community more active than leading open-source projects available from the Apache Foundation. Because so many real-time communications companies and their products utilize all or part of Restcomm, the product enjoys mass adoption within 90% of the F1000. Restcomm open source is available from GitHub. Restcomm Enterprise is available under a subscription license through Telestax. For more information on Restcomm or Telestax, please visit www.telestax.com.

PSafe develops Internet security software for mobile devices in Latin America. Its products include PSafe Total, an antivirus and security software for Android operating systems; PowerPRO that identifies and removes tasks that consume too much battery, and suggests solutions; and PSafe Total Windows, a software that activates real-time virus scans, provides optimization, and recovers valuable data by cleaning disk space that consumes temporary or unnecessary files. Benjamin Myers, Marco de Mello, and Ram Rao founded PSafe in 2010, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California. It operates as a subsidiary of Grupo Xango.

Inksedge is a modern Indian event communications company. We believe that event communication for personal celebrations as well as for corporate parties and festive greetings should be beautiful, whichever medium you choose to communicate on. So whether you want to hand deliver exquisite printed cards or share a designer E-Card via email or Whatsapp, Inksedge has the best collection of trendy designs and the easy, online personalisation technology to help make it simple and convenient. Browse our extensive collection at www.inksedge.com. The Inksedge team consists of entrepreneurs, innovators, artists and engineers with extensive experience in start-ups and the personalized stationery space. Inksedge is venture-backed, headquartered in Northern California, but its biggest location is in Bangalore, India.

Grupo Xango offers antivirus software and online services. It began operation in November 2010, with its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Boost Media is a fastest growing B2B SaaS companies in Silicon Valley, and they are committed to going public. They're hiring across the company in all roles. Join them as they revolutionize the digital advertising industry. They raised their Series A in December of 2012 and their Series B in June of 2013. Boost Media is an enterprise solution for optimizing ad creative at scale across Search, Social, Display & Mobile. The Company focuses on optimizing for enterprise advertisers and generates substantial improvements in conversions-per-impression for customers. Today, Boost is trusted to drive optimization and insights for over $300 million in advertising spend across networks and premium publisher sites such as Google, Microsoft+Yahoo Bing Ads and Facebook.

PSafe develops Internet security software for mobile devices in Latin America. Its products include PSafe Total, an antivirus and security software for Android operating systems; PowerPRO that identifies and removes tasks that consume too much battery, and suggests solutions; and PSafe Total Windows, a software that activates real-time virus scans, provides optimization, and recovers valuable data by cleaning disk space that consumes temporary or unnecessary files. Benjamin Myers, Marco de Mello, and Ram Rao founded PSafe in 2010, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California. It operates as a subsidiary of Grupo Xango.

At Aquantia, all three elements are present in abundance. Aquantia benefits from team members with a depth of diverse technology development expertise, signal processing innovation and an adherence to lean and agile management practices. Their engineers were at the forefront of the Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet product deployments, and are among the best in production silicon design. Meet their leadership team, or the board and investors to see their guidance, financial backing and the company they've built.

PSafe develops Internet security software for mobile devices in Latin America. Its products include PSafe Total, an antivirus and security software for Android operating systems; PowerPRO that identifies and removes tasks that consume too much battery, and suggests solutions; and PSafe Total Windows, a software that activates real-time virus scans, provides optimization, and recovers valuable data by cleaning disk space that consumes temporary or unnecessary files. Benjamin Myers, Marco de Mello, and Ram Rao founded PSafe in 2010, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California. It operates as a subsidiary of Grupo Xango.

Founded in 2009 by Suli Ali, TinyCo has developed more than a dozen successful games for the App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon App store with titles such as Marvel Avengers Academy and Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff. The company's mission is to make people happy five minutes at a time through incredibly fun mobile entertainment, based on the world's biggest brands. The company's investors include Andreessen Horowitz and angel investors including Ron Conway and Keith Rabois. TinyCo was acquired by Jam City. Jam City is a global leader in mobile entertainment, providing social gaming experiences for millions of players around the world. Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest grossing and most enduring social gaming franchises for mobile, including Cookie Jam (Facebook “Game of the Year” winner) and Panda Pop. Jam City is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative rich mobile games for iconic entertainment brands including Harry Potter, Family Guy, Marvel Avengers and Futurama.

Voxel makes mobile ads exciting and engaging. By bringing the experience to the beginning of the app discovery process, users get to "try before they buy". This means that every visit to the app store through a Voxel epxerience is purposeful and creates a higher lifetime value user.

Fab sells everyday design products online in the United States, Canada, and Australia. It offers various products in the categories of furniture, kitchen and dining, bed and bath, art, jewelry, and personal accessories, as well as home products. Bradford Shane Shellhammer, Deepa Shah, Jason Goldberg, Nishith Shah, and Sunil Khedar founded Fab in February 2009, with its headquarters in New York City. Fab operates as a subsidiary of PCH International as of March 3, 2015.

ViajaNet operates an online travel agency. It sells airline tickets, pre-assembled travel packages, hotel stays, travel insurance, and other facilities linked to tourism. Alex Todres and Bob Rossato founded ViajaNet in 2009. It has its headquarters in São Caetano do Sul in Brazil.

Videology is a digital media advertising technology provider that specializes in connecting brands with consumers through targeted advertising solutions. The company leverages consumer data and advanced ad decisioning to enhance accountability and optimize the performance of video and display advertising campaigns. By offering a unified platform for managing and measuring video ad strategies across various screens, Videology ensures a more relevant and engaging experience for consumers who encounter its advertisements.

Nextdoor connects neighbors and to everything nearby: Local businesses, services, news updates, recommendations, and stuff for sale from the people down the block. It believes that bringing neighbors together can cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on. Building connections in the real world is a universal human need. That truth, and the reality that neighborhoods are among the most important communities in our lives, have been guiding principles for Nextdoor since the beginning. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor to tap into their neighborhoods worldwide, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, and Canada, with many more to come. Nextdoor is a privately-held company based in San Francisco with backing from prominent investors including Benchmark, Shasta Ventures, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Riverwood Capital, Bond, Axel Springer, Comcast Ventures, and others. For additional information and images: nextdoor.com/newsroom.

CloudPay Solutions Limited specializes in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) payroll solutions, providing a comprehensive platform for managed global payroll services tailored for multinational organizations. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Salisbury, United Kingdom, with additional offices in several countries, CloudPay delivers end-to-end payroll management through a unified platform that ensures compliance and consistency across over 130 countries and in more than twenty-five languages. The company’s innovative approach streamlines payroll processes, reduces operational costs, and enhances visibility for organizations, making it a leader in the industry. CloudPay's expertise has been recognized through various awards, including accolades for its technology and service excellence. The company previously operated under the name Patersons Payroll Solutions Limited until its rebranding in 2012.

Cobalt Technologies develops technologies that focuses and designed for biofuels. Cobalt is pioneering science that makes possible a new generation of fuels that burn cleaner, are more cost-effective and have a smaller environmental impact. It was founded in 2005 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

FreeMonee is changing the economics of advertising by enabling stores and restaurants to attract customers on demand using FreeMonee Gifts. With its unique new consumer incentive, FreeMonee delivers gifts of money directly to cardholders of the largest financial institutions. Customized to precisely match consumer interest, gifts allow consumers to purchase anything they want at designated stores or restaurants—no strings attached. The gifts are made possible by FreeMonee’s proprietary Gift Underwriting Engine, which accurately determines the right gift to ensure the highest level of consumer interest and the best return on ad spend for a merchant. Unlike traditional coupons or offers, FreeMonee Gifts feel like a gift card from a friend—money to spend at places consumers like. For retail marketers, FreeMonee Gifts enable brands to attract large volumes of profitable, incremental customer visits—without discounting. For banks and credit card companies, FreeMonee provides the opportunity to positively engage customers and strengthen loyalty. Founded in 2009 and located in San Mateo, California, FreeMonee is led by former executives of Google, Visa, Oracle, Cisco, Procter & Gamble and Coca- Cola. To date, FreeMonee has raised $45 million in funding with investments from Charles E. Ryan, Opus Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures, among others. Through continued partnerships with the top U.S. financial institutions, the company expects 50 million households to have access to FreeMonee Gifts in 2012. For more information, please visit www.freemonee.com.

Nextdoor connects neighbors and to everything nearby: Local businesses, services, news updates, recommendations, and stuff for sale from the people down the block. It believes that bringing neighbors together can cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on. Building connections in the real world is a universal human need. That truth, and the reality that neighborhoods are among the most important communities in our lives, have been guiding principles for Nextdoor since the beginning. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor to tap into their neighborhoods worldwide, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, and Canada, with many more to come. Nextdoor is a privately-held company based in San Francisco with backing from prominent investors including Benchmark, Shasta Ventures, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Riverwood Capital, Bond, Axel Springer, Comcast Ventures, and others. For additional information and images: nextdoor.com/newsroom.

Fab sells everyday design products online in the United States, Canada, and Australia. It offers various products in the categories of furniture, kitchen and dining, bed and bath, art, jewelry, and personal accessories, as well as home products. Bradford Shane Shellhammer, Deepa Shah, Jason Goldberg, Nishith Shah, and Sunil Khedar founded Fab in February 2009, with its headquarters in New York City. Fab operates as a subsidiary of PCH International as of March 3, 2015.

TRIVASCULAR is committed to developing new medical devices that address unmet clinical needs while providing an excellent working environment for its employees. The company was founded by Michael Chobotov, Ph.D., Robert Whirley, Ph.D., and Joseph Humphrey, Ph.D. TriVascular is located 50 miles north of San Francisco in the heart of the Sonoma Wine Country. TriVascular offers excellent career opportunities, benefits and quality of life to its employees. TRIVASCULAR's first products are next-generation transluminally placed endovascular grafts, often referred to as stent-grafts, for the treatment of aneurysmal disease in the abdominal aorta (AAA) and the thoracic aorta (TAA). Such endovascular procedures can lead to substantially lower mortality, morbidity, and cost compared to open surgical repair. TriVascular has developed a novel device design that achieves a low profile, permitting substantially improved access through the vasculature.

At Aquantia, all three elements are present in abundance. Aquantia benefits from team members with a depth of diverse technology development expertise, signal processing innovation and an adherence to lean and agile management practices. Their engineers were at the forefront of the Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet product deployments, and are among the best in production silicon design. Meet their leadership team, or the board and investors to see their guidance, financial backing and the company they've built.

Cobalt Technologies develops technologies that focuses and designed for biofuels. Cobalt is pioneering science that makes possible a new generation of fuels that burn cleaner, are more cost-effective and have a smaller environmental impact. It was founded in 2005 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Grupo Xango offers antivirus software and online services. It began operation in November 2010, with its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

At Aquantia, all three elements are present in abundance. Aquantia benefits from team members with a depth of diverse technology development expertise, signal processing innovation and an adherence to lean and agile management practices. Their engineers were at the forefront of the Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet product deployments, and are among the best in production silicon design. Meet their leadership team, or the board and investors to see their guidance, financial backing and the company they've built.

BuyWithMe is the premier group-buying app where leading local merchants to offer exclusive limited-time offers to members of the BuyWithMe community. BUYWITHME MISSION: CREATE THE FUTURE OF PAYMENT AND COMMERCE. The BuyWithMe is a mobile digital asset wallet application that supports the balance management of your facebook libra coins code-scanning payment, as well as mobile app payment, that can be used anytime, anywhere. It allows users to easily make payments in physical stores via QR codes and facebook Liba coins. Get notified of nearby deals and offers. Restaurants, buffets, spas and salons, gaming & bowling, things to do, and the list is endless – BuyWithMe helps you save money through awesome deals on everything near you! Customers have one unique QR code in the profile screen, which is used to scan the bar code generated by the customer to customer account transfer money. This is another way to transfer the funds from one customer to another. You will not need any pos or any other infrastructure. You can manage your business with your mobile. Transactions via BuyWithMe app can be processed immediately, while offline transactions can be made by scanning the QR code, which will later be uploaded onto the blockchain. It allows users to easily make payments in physical stores via BuyWithMe wallet app with facebook Libra coins, Bitcoin, Ethereum or any type of cryptocurrency. All transactions broadcasted and updated on the blockchain BuyWithMe is headquartered in New York City and maintains an office in Austin where it was founded. BuyWithMe was founded by serial entrepreneur and value investor Andrew Moss, and refounded by an ambitious entrepreneur, Zsolt Sasdi.

Kabam, an entertainment company, develops free-to-play games for mobile devices and Web platforms. It offers traditional, social, strategy, action, arcade, sports, and role-playing games. Holly Liu, Kevin Chou, Mike Li, and Wayne Chan founded Watercooler on October 28, 2006 that became Kabam in August 2010, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California. It has additional offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles in California, Vancouver in Canada, Austin in Texas, Beijing in China, London in United Kingdom, and Berlin in Germany.

ViajaNet operates an online travel agency. It sells airline tickets, pre-assembled travel packages, hotel stays, travel insurance, and other facilities linked to tourism. Alex Todres and Bob Rossato founded ViajaNet in 2009. It has its headquarters in São Caetano do Sul in Brazil.

FreeMonee is changing the economics of advertising by enabling stores and restaurants to attract customers on demand using FreeMonee Gifts. With its unique new consumer incentive, FreeMonee delivers gifts of money directly to cardholders of the largest financial institutions. Customized to precisely match consumer interest, gifts allow consumers to purchase anything they want at designated stores or restaurants—no strings attached. The gifts are made possible by FreeMonee’s proprietary Gift Underwriting Engine, which accurately determines the right gift to ensure the highest level of consumer interest and the best return on ad spend for a merchant. Unlike traditional coupons or offers, FreeMonee Gifts feel like a gift card from a friend—money to spend at places consumers like. For retail marketers, FreeMonee Gifts enable brands to attract large volumes of profitable, incremental customer visits—without discounting. For banks and credit card companies, FreeMonee provides the opportunity to positively engage customers and strengthen loyalty. Founded in 2009 and located in San Mateo, California, FreeMonee is led by former executives of Google, Visa, Oracle, Cisco, Procter & Gamble and Coca- Cola. To date, FreeMonee has raised $45 million in funding with investments from Charles E. Ryan, Opus Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures, among others. Through continued partnerships with the top U.S. financial institutions, the company expects 50 million households to have access to FreeMonee Gifts in 2012. For more information, please visit www.freemonee.com.

Gilt Groupe retails luxury goods online in the United States. It provides its members access to a range of merchandise that includes fashion for women, men, and children; home decor and unique activities in select cities and destinations. Gilt Groupe offers clothing, shoes, and accessories for men; and clothing, shoes, handbags, accessories, jewelry and watches, health and beauty products, and maternity wear for women. It also provides gear and equipment, feeding products, toys, games and books, furniture and decor, bedding and bath products, and maternity wear as well as clothing, shoes, and accessories for babies and kids. Moreover, Gilt Groupe offers furniture, bedding and bath products, rugs, lighting, decor and accessories, kitchen and dining products, luggage, gear and gadgets, pet accessories, and candles and holders for home. Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Alexis Maybank, Dwight Merriman, Jason Binn, Kevin Ryan, and Michael Bryzek founded First Look in 2007 that later became Gilt Groupe. Gilt Groupe has its headquarters in New York City. It operates as a subsidiary of Hudson's Bay Company as of February 1, 2016.

Cobalt Technologies develops technologies that focuses and designed for biofuels. Cobalt is pioneering science that makes possible a new generation of fuels that burn cleaner, are more cost-effective and have a smaller environmental impact. It was founded in 2005 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

true[x] is a digital ad-tech company that offers engagement advertising for brands. true[x] enables advertisers to reach consumers where they are interacting across the web and mobile, including social, social gaming, content, music, video, Wi-Fi, travel, and sports.

Spiracur Inc. is a privately held medical device company focused on the development of innovative wound healing technologies. Spiracur was founded out of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Program in 2007. Its first product, the SNaP Wound Care System, grew out of the notion that current negative pressure wound therapies were too cumbersome for patients and clinicians. Spiracur strives to develop products that are truly patient-centric.

SpaceOAR is a privately held medical device company developing in-situ formed, space-filling hydrogels specifically for radiation oncology and cancer surgery indications. Its hydrogel is clinically proven to minimize side effects and protect the quality of life for prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy that enables healthcare providers to minimize urinary, sexual, and bowel side effects of the patients. It was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.

Zipcar is a membership-based car-sharing company that provides automobile rentals to its members, billable on an hourly or daily basis. Members are able to view vehicle availability and reserve a self-service car via the internet, iPhone app, or telephone, in increments as short as one hour and pay only for time they reserve. Zipcar vehicles report their positions to a control center using in-car technology. Zipcar was founded in 2000 by Cambridge, Massachusetts. On October 31, 2007 Zipcar merged with rival Flexcar. In 2009 Zipcar has become the world's largest car-sharing service, sharing 6,000 vehicles among 275,000 drivers in 49 U.S. cities, Vancouver, Toronto, and London. On April 1, 2010, Zipcar bought London-based car-sharing firm Streetcar in its latest bid to expand across Europe.

Lotame is the leading provider of data enrichment solutions for global enterprises. Our connected and patented data technologies, curated second- and third-party data exchanges, and high-touch customer service make us the trusted choice for marketers, agencies and media companies that want to build a panoramic view of their customers and activate across the cookieless web, mobile app and OTT environments. Lotame serves its global clients with offices in New York City, Columbia MD, Argentina, London, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney.

TRIVASCULAR is committed to developing new medical devices that address unmet clinical needs while providing an excellent working environment for its employees. The company was founded by Michael Chobotov, Ph.D., Robert Whirley, Ph.D., and Joseph Humphrey, Ph.D. TriVascular is located 50 miles north of San Francisco in the heart of the Sonoma Wine Country. TriVascular offers excellent career opportunities, benefits and quality of life to its employees. TRIVASCULAR's first products are next-generation transluminally placed endovascular grafts, often referred to as stent-grafts, for the treatment of aneurysmal disease in the abdominal aorta (AAA) and the thoracic aorta (TAA). Such endovascular procedures can lead to substantially lower mortality, morbidity, and cost compared to open surgical repair. TriVascular has developed a novel device design that achieves a low profile, permitting substantially improved access through the vasculature.

true[x] is a digital ad-tech company that offers engagement advertising for brands. true[x] enables advertisers to reach consumers where they are interacting across the web and mobile, including social, social gaming, content, music, video, Wi-Fi, travel, and sports.

Pandora is the world’s most powerful music discovery platform, offering a personalized experience for each of our listeners wherever and whenever they want to listen to music—whether through mobile devices, car speakers or connected devices in the home. Unlike traditional radio that broadcasts the same content at the same time to all of its listeners, we enable our listeners to create personalized stations and playlists, as well as search and play songs and albums on-demand. The Music Genome Project, our content programming algorithms and data collected from our listeners power our ability to predict listener music preferences, play music content suited to the tastes of each individual listener and introduce listeners to the music we think they will love. Founded by musicians, Pandora also empowers artists with valuable data and tools to help grow their audience and connect with their fans. Pandora is available as an ad-supported radio service, a radio subscription service called Pandora Plus and an on-demand subscription service called Pandora Premium. The majority of our listener hours occur on mobile devices, with the majority of our revenue generated from advertising on our ad-supported radio service on these devices. With billions of data points that help us understand our users' preferences, we offer both local and national advertisers the opportunity to deliver targeted messages to our listeners using a combination of audio, display and video advertisements. We also generate increasing revenue from our subscription offerings.

Quidsi is one of the world's fastest growing e-commerce companies and parent of Diapers.com (baby care), Soap.com (household essentials) and BeautyBar.com (prestige beauty). The company's mission is to make life easier by creating a new type of e-commerce experience, delivering in 1-2 days, and providing incredible customer service. Quidsi is redefining e-commerce by combining the focus and customer connection of a specialty store with the scale, efficiency, choice, value and reliability of a massive global retailer.

Access Closure, Inc., a medical device company, provides access site management products to address the complex challenge of vascular closure during interventional and diagnostic procedures. The company's products include Mynx delivery system, a vascular closure device that seals the arteriotomy using a water-soluble and extravascular sealant, which expands in the tissue tract by absorbing blood and subcutaneous fluids. Access Closure, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Mountain View, California.

At Aquantia, all three elements are present in abundance. Aquantia benefits from team members with a depth of diverse technology development expertise, signal processing innovation and an adherence to lean and agile management practices. Their engineers were at the forefront of the Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet product deployments, and are among the best in production silicon design. Meet their leadership team, or the board and investors to see their guidance, financial backing and the company they've built.

Chegg is a student media learning platform offering services to universities and community colleges. The company also helps students become smarter, saves time & money. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA.

Chegg is a student media learning platform offering services to universities and community colleges. The company also helps students become smarter, saves time & money. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA.

SpaceOAR is a privately held medical device company developing in-situ formed, space-filling hydrogels specifically for radiation oncology and cancer surgery indications. Its hydrogel is clinically proven to minimize side effects and protect the quality of life for prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy that enables healthcare providers to minimize urinary, sexual, and bowel side effects of the patients. It was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.

Amazon One Medical is a members-only technology platform offering an array of concierge medical services. The integration of these elements allows a seamless experience that not only saves the patients time and money but also leads to better health outcomes and happier lives. The company attracts the highest caliber team of healthcare providers, allowing them to practice medicine the way it should be. It makes access to care frictionless with face-to-face virtual video visits available anytime. It allows practicing medicine the way it should be practiced, focusing on improving the patient experience and challenging the healthcare status quo.

WiChorus develops software solutions for network management in telecommunications. The company provides tools for mobile and fixed networks. Its products are utilized by service providers in the telecommunications industry.

Cobalt Technologies develops technologies that focuses and designed for biofuels. Cobalt is pioneering science that makes possible a new generation of fuels that burn cleaner, are more cost-effective and have a smaller environmental impact. It was founded in 2005 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

APT Pharmaceuticals is a drug development company focused on repurposing well-characterized drugs for under-served populations. APT’s initial focus is on the pulmonary delivery of treatments for serious lung diseases.

Kickfire makes an analytic appliance for the MySQL data warehouse market. With 11 million active installations, MySQL is the world's most popular open source database and its adoption is accelerating. As the amount of data stored in MySQL grows, so too does the requirement to analyze this data for business decision making. However, the technologies required for data warehousing and high-performance query and reporting within the leading proprietary databases such as Oracle and SQL Server don't exist in MySQL. Kickfire has the answer. By combining hardware and software innovations with the ease-of-use of the MySQL open source database, Kickfire brings to market an analytic appliance with unheard of performance, simplicity, and economics. At the core of every Kickfire appliance is a new SQL chip that radically alters the economics of query processing by packing the power of 10s of CPUs into a single chip. Just as NVIDIA moved graphics processing from software to hardware, Kickfire has done the same for database operations. This disruptive innovation facilitates tremendous improvements in speed and reductions in cost and power. With Kickfire, the MySQL data warehouse market now has a fully functional, load-and-go analytic appliance that rivals any of the proprietary database appliances or specialized analytic databases in the world. And there is no expensive hardware buildout or complex tuning required. Kickfire was founded in 2006 by Raj Cherabuddi and Joseph Chamdani, two proven entrepreneurs with more than 50 issued patents. Prior to Kickfire, they founded Sanera Systems, a startup that focused on mission-critical, high-performance SAN switches. Sanera was successfully acquired by McDATA, a public company with $800M in annual revenues, and is now part of Brocade. Backed by blue chip investors Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, Mayfield Fund and Pinnacle Ventures, Kickfire is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Gemin X Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel, targeted cancer therapeutics to improve the lives of patients. Gemin X's research on the Bcl-2 cell death regulation pathway has led to the discovery of GX15-070 (obatoclax), a novel small molecule that selectively reinitiates programmed cell death, or apoptosis, and may also be effective in inducing cancer cell self-digestion, or autophagy. Obatoclax has shown promising activity in both preclinical and early human clinical studies and is currently in Phase 2 clinical trials as both a single agent and combination therapy. Obatoclax has patent protection through 2025.

Mascoma Corporation was founded in late 2005 with initial funding from Khosla Ventures and Flagship Ventures in early 2006. A Series B round of funding was closed in November of 2006 and a Series C round of funding was closed in May of 2008. They wish to replace the use of gasoline with cellulosic ethanol.

Mascoma Corporation was founded in late 2005 with initial funding from Khosla Ventures and Flagship Ventures in early 2006. A Series B round of funding was closed in November of 2006 and a Series C round of funding was closed in May of 2008. They wish to replace the use of gasoline with cellulosic ethanol.

SpaceOAR is a privately held medical device company developing in-situ formed, space-filling hydrogels specifically for radiation oncology and cancer surgery indications. Its hydrogel is clinically proven to minimize side effects and protect the quality of life for prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy that enables healthcare providers to minimize urinary, sexual, and bowel side effects of the patients. It was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.

Flixster is a social networking site for movie fans. Users can create their own profiles, invite friends, rate movies and actors, and post movie reviews as well. From the site, people can also get information about movies, read user-generated movie reviews and ratings, converse with other users, get movie showtimes, view popular celebrity photos, read the latest movie news, and view video clips from popular movies and TV shows. With so many features, Flixster seems to have created a fairly comprehensive movie social networking site, which may in turn explain its rapid growth in popularity. Flixster currently has over 50 million registered users with over 1.5 billion movie ratings, and has already outpaced (in total page views) other movie sites such as Fandango. And while the site is still dwarfed in terms of total page views by the more informationally-based IMDB, its emphasis on combining social networking with movies and rapid rise in user base make for a promising company future.

At Aquantia, all three elements are present in abundance. Aquantia benefits from team members with a depth of diverse technology development expertise, signal processing innovation and an adherence to lean and agile management practices. Their engineers were at the forefront of the Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet product deployments, and are among the best in production silicon design. Meet their leadership team, or the board and investors to see their guidance, financial backing and the company they've built.

SD-WAN provider acquired by HPE-Aruba in September, 2020.

Ze-gen is a renewable energy company that utilizes proprietary gasification technology with ordinary waste streams to generate clean, sustainable, low-cost synthesis gas for multiple applications. Founded in 2004, Ze-gen has used innovative science, processes, a team, and industrial support in order to organize a group that believes that there is a possibility to efficiently repurpose the carbon content found in everyday waste and use it in various forms of renewable energy.

Cogentus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, develops prescription pharmaceutical products in North America and Europe. It develops CGT-2168, an oral formulation that combines clopidogrel with a gastroprotectant, which reduces the gastrointestinal side effects associated with dual antiplatelet therapy. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Menlo Park, California. On January 16, 2009, Cogentus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.

Jadoo Power Systems develops and manufactures power and energy storage systems for military and commercial markets. It offers solar water heaters for homes and businesses; and solar power, energy storage, and fuel cell systems.

Kovio Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley company, is developing a new category of semiconductor products using printed silicon electronics and thin film technology. This new manufacturing technology combines the low cost of graphics printing with the power and functionality of silicon-based semiconductors. The company was founded in the MIT Media Laboratory.

Satiety, Inc. is a medical device company focused on the development of less invasive devices for the treatment of obesity. Obesity is a global health problem, affecting 70 million people in the U.S. and 300 million worldwide, and growth of which is causing increases in obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. Obesity surgery has been shown to be the only long-term effective means of weight loss for morbidly obese patients. Satiety, Inc. was founded in 2000 through a collaboration of medical device incubators Thomas Fogarty Engineering and The Foundry, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Ruckus Network is a multimedia network that provides online digital entertainment services to college students. It enables college students to download and stream free and legal music from various artists. Ruckus Network was founded in 2003 and is based in Herndon, Virginia.

Ruckus Network Inc., is the provider of the college-only digital entertainment service, Ruckus. Ruckus offers: National, local, and campus-based programming Over 3.2 million free, high fidelity, licensed tracks of music from major labels and indies Hollywood blockbusters, cult classics, independent films, TV shows and music videos. Robust social networking features that allow students with similar music, video and programming interests to explore, connect and share with friends on their campus and meet new people with similar interests on campuses across the country. Comprehensive and continuously evolving media, wrapped in a social networking fabric, which Ruckus members find increasingly valuable and compelling. Dedicated field operations team provides a comprehensive set of services and support that make Ruckus a strong partner in building a digital network and strengthening your campus community. Based in Herndon, Virginia, Ruckus is backed by Battery Ventures and Shelter Capital Partners, which are leading technology investment firms that invest in businesses at all stages of growth with a focus on high-value contributions to companies that have the potential to become industry leaders.

Aquest Systems Corporation provides automation equipment for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. It offers No-Wait-Manufacturing, which improves fab productivity by reducing fab cycle-time and improving equipment utilization, as well as increasing flexibility of fab layout and expansion in an IC fab; No-Wait-Productivity Improvement that optimizes material movement in an existing fab by eliminating or minimizing bottlenecks; and FabEX Transporter, which creates FOUP transportation. Aquest Systems Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in Sunnyvale, California. It has operations and locations in Sunnyvale, California; Tokyo, Japan; Taichung, Taiwan; Bangalore, India; and Singapore, Singapore.

SD-WAN provider acquired by HPE-Aruba in September, 2020.

Farecast offers a unique service by providing its users with intelligent airfare predictions. Founded in 2003, Farecast has since gained very healthy funding from several venture funds totaling $20.6 million. Unlike other travel companies, Farecast predicts when a user should buy a ticket based upon 175 billion points of previous airfare data. Its engine can currently predict whether airfare goes up or down up to a week into the future with a claimed success rate of 70-75%. While Farecast has a lot of competition, they claim it is the only company which can predict future prices. The site has recently expanded to providing the best deals on hotel room as well. Results from travel search sites like ReserveTravel, Orbitz, and CheapTicket, are shown on a map with prices and other hotel information. Farecase gives deal finders an idea if a specific hotel is overpriced or a good deal by marking overpriced hotels blue and attractively-priced hotels red.

Newport Media is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and sells highly integrated solutions for emerging digital audio and mobile TV broadcasts standards. Market research firm In-Stat forecasts that the market for TV enabled cellular phones will grow to over 80 million units annually by 2010. To optimally address this and other significant market opportunities, Newport Media has assembled a management and development team with comprehensive system semiconductor experience in wireless handset and digital set-top box industries. Newport Media development team leverages its collective experience in these converging industries to develop broadcast multi-media architectures and IC implementations with unprecedented performance, power consumption, size and cost. Newport Media is a member of all major mobile TV industry forums and is an active participant in the international standardization process.

Mascoma Corporation was founded in late 2005 with initial funding from Khosla Ventures and Flagship Ventures in early 2006. A Series B round of funding was closed in November of 2006 and a Series C round of funding was closed in May of 2008. They wish to replace the use of gasoline with cellulosic ethanol.

Lifesize is a global innovator of video conferencing, collaboration, and meeting productivity solutions. It combines best-in-class, cloud-based video conferencing services with integrated equipment to help present the business in the best light. Recognized as Frost and Sullivan’s Cloud Video Conferencing Vendor of the Year, Lifesize leads the industry in customer satisfaction with the world’s first 4K video conferencing solution and 4K service architecture. Together with a full suite of integrations and offerings designed for businesses of any size, Lifesize sets a new standard for workplace communication and productivity on a global scale. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

COPAN Systems, Inc. provides massive array of idle disks storage solutions to unlock the value of long-term persistent data. The company offers virtual tape library products for backup/restore and disaster recovery applications; and archive products to retain digital assets with store and retrieve features at the file level. It offers data protection, archive, tiered storage, power and cooling, backup/restore, and disaster recovery solutions. The company’s customers include education, financial, government, healthcare, technology, media, and service provider industries. COPAN Systems, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado.

Newport Media is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and sells highly integrated solutions for emerging digital audio and mobile TV broadcasts standards. Market research firm In-Stat forecasts that the market for TV enabled cellular phones will grow to over 80 million units annually by 2010. To optimally address this and other significant market opportunities, Newport Media has assembled a management and development team with comprehensive system semiconductor experience in wireless handset and digital set-top box industries. Newport Media development team leverages its collective experience in these converging industries to develop broadcast multi-media architectures and IC implementations with unprecedented performance, power consumption, size and cost. Newport Media is a member of all major mobile TV industry forums and is an active participant in the international standardization process.

SD-WAN provider acquired by HPE-Aruba in September, 2020.

Lifesize is a global innovator of video conferencing, collaboration, and meeting productivity solutions. It combines best-in-class, cloud-based video conferencing services with integrated equipment to help present the business in the best light. Recognized as Frost and Sullivan’s Cloud Video Conferencing Vendor of the Year, Lifesize leads the industry in customer satisfaction with the world’s first 4K video conferencing solution and 4K service architecture. Together with a full suite of integrations and offerings designed for businesses of any size, Lifesize sets a new standard for workplace communication and productivity on a global scale. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Siliquent Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company dedicated to expanding Ethernet's applications across the entire enterprise - for storage, high-performance computing, and all networking applications. The company's new 10GbE processors are designed to enable a new generation of intelligent NICs that make it possible to run storage, networking and clustering over a single physical Ethernet interface - creating the unified wire. Founded in 2001.

LipoSonix, Inc. operates as a medical device company. The company develops non-invasive body sculpting products for aesthetic applications. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Bothell, Washington. As of July 1, 2008, LipoSonix, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.

NorthStar Systems International, Inc. provides wealth management software solutions to financial services institutions primarily in the United States. Its solutions include NorthStar Client Acquisition Solution that allows asset managers and wealth management firms to provide their advisors the client profiling and communication tools; NorthStar Client Reporting Solution, which enables wealth managers to offer reports and reviews for clients; NorthStar Compliance Solution that offers compliance systems' functionalities; and NorthStar Product Catalog Solution, which allows wealth managers to build customized portfolios. The company also offers client hierarchy, enterprise product hub, planning and portfolio construction, data, and platform services; and professional and technical support services. Its solutions allow users to automate and streamline their wealth management workflows. The company serves financial advisors, wealth managers, banks, trusts, broker-dealers, multi-family offices, and service providers. It delivers its solutions on-premise or on-demand. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in San Francisco, California.