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zGlue is a Silicon Valley company offering a platform and process for building custom chips on demand. As businesses in the hardware space face increasingly intense time-to-market challenges, zGlue provides an innovative solution through their ChipBuilder software platform, proprietary Smart Fabric interposer, and manufacturing partnerships with world-renowned TSMC and ASE. zGlue’s approach to accelerated product development delivers top-quality chips at an exceptional speed, offering a significant improvement in miniaturization, affordability, and scalability for custom ICs.

Swipii Labs Ltd. operates a customer loyalty and marketing platform specifically designed for small businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in Glasgow, the company offers a suite of digital tools that enable businesses to implement loyalty programs, boost online reviews, and attract new customers. Swipii's app facilitates cashback rewards on purchases, allowing users to earn points automatically through card-linking technology. This platform not only helps local businesses compete with larger brands but also encourages consumers to discover local offers and share them within their communities. By providing these services, Swipii aims to enhance customer engagement and loyalty while supporting the growth of small businesses.

Elementary Robotics, Inc. manufactures robots for human assistance. It offers robots to automate QA and traceability for AI-assisted manufacturing. The company’s robots are also used to track the stages of assembly across production lines. It serves electronics, automotive, medical, and consumer packaged goods and logistics industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Pasadena, California with additional offices in Mexico and Chicago.

Preteckt, Inc. develops a cloud-based platform that specializes in predicting and prescribing maintenance diagnostics for vehicles. The company offers vehicle prognostics-as-a-service (VPaaS), connecting manufacturers of connected and autonomous vehicles with service providers. Preteckt utilizes its proprietary real-time automotive data architecture to integrate artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning algorithms, enabling efficient management of automotive data. This innovative approach provides a significant speed advantage over traditional big data solutions, allowing for real-time processing with zero false positives. The platform is designed to scale seamlessly with existing connected vehicles and fleets, serving a diverse clientele that includes municipalities, telematics service providers, and original equipment manufacturers in the automotive sector. Established in 2015, Preteckt is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, with an additional location in Hamilton, Canada.

Ambiq Micro is an early-stage fabless semiconductor company that is developing ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions for a new generation of wireless electronics. Ambiq Micro was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics. Through the use of their pioneering ultra-low-power technology, they help innovative companies around the world develop differentiated solutions that reduce or eliminate the need for batteries, lower overall system power, and maximize industrial design flexibility.

Calyx is a material science and Internet of Things (IoT) platform company that leverages biological principles to develop low-cost and highly accurate sensors for real-time detection and analysis of air chemicals. Founded in 2014 and rebranded from BioInspira in 2019, Calyx serves various sectors, including industrial safety, healthcare, transportation, and food markets. The company's innovative sensor technology is designed to enhance monitoring applications, including health and air quality assessments, along with ensuring safety in natural gas infrastructure. Based in Berkeley, California, Calyx is focused on providing solutions that improve safety and efficiency across multiple industries.

Ambiq Micro is an early-stage fabless semiconductor company that is developing ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions for a new generation of wireless electronics. Ambiq Micro was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics. Through the use of their pioneering ultra-low-power technology, they help innovative companies around the world develop differentiated solutions that reduce or eliminate the need for batteries, lower overall system power, and maximize industrial design flexibility.

Digital Alloys, Inc. is a company specializing in the development and manufacturing of metal 3D printers, focusing on high-speed, multi-metal additive manufacturing systems. Founded in January 2017 as a spinout from New Valence Robotics, the company is based in Burlington, Massachusetts. Digital Alloys' technology allows for the printing of production-quality parts using various metals at significantly lower costs compared to traditional systems. This capability enables the mixing of multiple metals within a single component, allowing customers to explore innovative designs and create products with enhanced thermal, electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties. The company is supported by an experienced management team and backed by Khosla Ventures, positioning it to expand the applications of metal 3D printing across various industries.

StrongArm Technologies, Inc. is a safety science company that specializes in developing data collection and assessment solutions aimed at enhancing the safety of industrial workers. The company offers a risk monitoring device that utilizes machine learning to analyze risks related to musculoskeletal injuries, along with the FUSE Risk Management Platform, a cloud-based IoT-enabled software that leverages motion-interpreting sensors for real-time monitoring and assessment. Additionally, StrongArm provides a posture feedback system designed to assist industrial workers with proper lifting mechanics and postural support. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, StrongArm Technologies focuses on improving workplace safety through innovative technology.

Lofelt GmbH designs develops, and manufactures a music bracelet that works alongside headphones. The company offers haptic technology device for use in gaming, AR, VR, automobile, consumer electronics, toys, medical, and entertainment industry. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Elementary Robotics, Inc. manufactures robots for human assistance. It offers robots to automate QA and traceability for AI-assisted manufacturing. The company’s robots are also used to track the stages of assembly across production lines. It serves electronics, automotive, medical, and consumer packaged goods and logistics industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Pasadena, California with additional offices in Mexico and Chicago.

Vision Disease cause innumerable cases of preventable blindness globally - 415 million diabetic patients worldwide are susceptible to Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), Glaucoma, and more. Current screening protocols for vision disease require ophthalmologists to manually diagnose patients through visual assessment of the fundus. Given the large number of diabetes patients in various communities, this process is expensive, inefficient, and an undue burden on eye clinics.

Neteera is bridging the gap between the human or analog world and the digital world by enabling seamless, continuous and contact-free monitoring of human vital signs. Neteera's micro-radar on chip and proprietary algorithms sense microscopic skin motions, even through furniture and clothing. This takes place at a very high frequency, allowing for non-invasive, seamless and continuous monitoring of human vital signs such as heart and respiration rates, heart rate variability, inhale-exhale ratio, tidal volume and more.

Spry Health, Inc. develops transformative digital health solutions. It offers a clinical-grade wearable and disease management platform that enhances timely care to chronically ill patients with individualized analytics to improve patient outcomes, reduce hospitalization, and decrease spending by healthcare organizations. Spry Health, Inc. was formerly known as Echo Labs, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Millibatt, Inc. manufactures customized rechargeable batteries for consumer electronics devices. It offers lithium-ion batteries for small-scale applications. The company serves consumer electronic manufacturers. Millibatt, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

AREVO, based in Silicon Valley, California, develops technology to enable direct digital additive manufacturing of ultra-strong, lightweight composite parts for end use applications in high volume. With the company's unique combination of breakthrough materials, powerful design/build software, and free motion robotics for the first “true 3D” construction, AREVO is moving beyond prototypes by enabling the design and fabrication of large, mass-produced parts and structures, quickly leading 3D printing into mainstream manufacturing. AREVO provides designers and manufacturers with unprecedented freedom to unlock the unparalleled strength and weight of composite materials for a wide range of consumer and industrial products, and has seen early success manufacturing CFRTP composite parts for OEM customers. With an initial focus on Aerospace, Defense, Consumer Electronics, Transportation, and Consumer Goods, Arevo is poised to optimize additive manufacturing services to OEM’s worldwide.

Catalia Health Inc. is a San Francisco-based company established in 2014 that focuses on enhancing patient engagement through a cloud-based platform. By integrating artificial intelligence, psychology, and medicine, Catalia Health delivers personalized conversations to patients, addressing their ongoing healthcare challenges. This innovative approach generates valuable data for healthcare providers, including pharmaceuticals, healthcare systems, and assisted living facilities. The company's solutions are accessible through mobile applications, a web interface, and a patented interactive robotic coach, all designed to improve patient outcomes and provide real-time insights into patient progress.

SmartEar is building out the world’s first proprietary smart ear technology platform that will revolutionize the ear. The magic behind the SmartEar is the device and its integration into the SmartEar artificial intelligence (AI) hearing platform that will manage your ears. SmartEar will be a cool comfortable device that can be kept in your ear all day and night, that will protect and manage your auditory environment, enhance the way you interact with your smart phone and other devices, while monitoring your health and fitness in a safe and seamless way.

MATRIX Industries, Inc. manufactures thermoelectric products and components for energy harvesting needs to enable battery life. It offers MATRIX PowerWatch, a body heat-powered smartwatch that needs no charging; and Juno, a beverage chiller. The company also provides kits and components, such as energy harvesting boost converter and thermoelectric energy harvester. The company sells its products through distributors. MATRIX Industries, Inc. was formerly known as Silicium Energy, Inc. MATRIX Industries, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Nomiku Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in manufacturing immersion circulators designed for home cooks. Founded in 2012, Nomiku gained prominence through a highly successful Kickstarter campaign for its inaugural product, the Nomiku Immersion Circulator. The company has since expanded its offerings to include a second product, touted as the smallest and most powerful sous vide device available, which is complemented by a companion app. Nomiku aims to empower individuals to prepare high-quality meals in their homes, believing that with the right tools, everyone has the potential to be a great cook. Today, its products are utilized in numerous homes and restaurants worldwide.