Vuzix designs, manufactures, and markets augmented reality (AR) wearable display devices, primarily smart glasses. Its products enable users to view, record, and interact with digital content while maintaining a direct view of their surroundings. Vuzix offers monocular and binocular AR smart glasses for enterprise, industrial, commercial, medical, and consumer markets. The company also provides waveguide optics, custom solutions, and defense products. Headquartered in West Henrietta, New York, Vuzix was founded in 1997.
CesiumAstro
Series B in 2024
CesiumAstro designs and manufactures advanced communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other airborne platforms. Its products include multi-beam active phased array systems, software-defined radios, single-board computers, and Ka-Band active phased array antennas. CesiumAstro's solutions enable connectivity between various mobile devices in space environments.
QT Medical
Series B in 2023
QT Medical is a developer of innovative medical devices focused on enhancing heart health through technology. The company offers a wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) that allows patients to measure their heart conditions with greater accuracy and convenience. By enabling users to perform diagnostic, hospital-grade ECG scans from home or any location with internet access, QT Medical empowers patients to take an active role in managing their heart disease. This approach not only alleviates the need for frequent visits to cardiologists or hospitals but also provides patients with peace of mind, saves time, reduces stress, and ultimately improves health outcomes. The devices feature an on-screen virtual caliper that enables physicians to quickly assess interval and duration data, facilitating better monitoring of cardiac health.
Plus is a global technology company headquartered in Silicon Valley that develops highly automated and fully autonomous driving solutions. Its open‑autonomy platform powers commercial vehicles in the United States and Germany and is used by leading automakers, fleets, and technology partners worldwide. The company focuses on making driving safer, more comfortable, and more sustainable, and it has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Insider, CES, and AUVSI for its innovative technology. Plus also builds AI‑driven autonomous driving software for trucks, leveraging large AI models and generative AI to enable safe, affordable, and scalable deployment of autonomous freight vehicles.
aetherAI specializes in developing web-based digital pathology workflow systems and AI-powered diagnostic support tools. Its mission is to enhance healthcare quality by leveraging state-of-the-art information technology.
Tier IV is an autonomous vehicle research and development organization that emerged from academic collaboration and has contributed to open-source self-driving software, notably Autoware. Founded in 2015, it leads efforts in intelligent vehicle technology and applies them to proof-of-concept last-mile driverless mobility and logistics. The group pursues the democratization of intelligent vehicles, encouraging participation from individuals and organizations to advance future transportation. Its autonomous drive solutions integrate an AI pilot, remote driving capabilities, HD mapping, lidar, and camera sensors to support safe, fully autonomous operation across mobility and logistics applications.
Lumus, Ltd. is an Israeli company specializing in the development and manufacturing of wearable augmented reality (AR) displays for smart eyewear manufacturers. Founded in 2000 and based in Ness Ziona, Lumus utilizes its patented Light-guide Optical Element (LOE) technology to create transparent displays that seamlessly blend digital information with the physical world. This innovative technology allows for lightweight designs, a wide field of view, and true see-through performance, making it an attractive option for leading producers of smart glasses and augmented reality eyewear. In addition to its display products, Lumus also provides development kits for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers, supporting the integration of their advanced display technology into various smart wearable devices.
Moduware
Convertible Note in 2016
Moduware operates a modular IoT platform that enables customization of devices through interchangeable modules. The platform supports products such as Modcase, the world’s first modular smartphone case, and Modpack, a standalone modular device, allowing users to tailor devices to their needs from smartphones to home setups. It is an open platform where developers can create modules using a Developer's Kit and publish them on the Moduware Hardware App Store, expanding functionality for existing devices.
Tilera Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company based in San Jose, California, with additional locations in Westborough, Massachusetts, and Beijing, China. Founded in 2004, Tilera specializes in designing multicore embedded processors tailored for networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure markets. The company's product portfolio includes the TILEPro multicore processor, which is designed to deliver high-performance computing for various embedded applications such as networking, wireless infrastructure, and digital multimedia processing. Additionally, Tilera offers a multicore development environment for programming solutions and TILExpress PCIe production cards.
Qpixel Technology
Acquisition in 2010
Qpixel Technology is a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Cupertino, California, with engineering and sales offices in Taiwan and Japan. Founded in 2003, the company specializes in providing video compression silicon and software solutions tailored for digital consumer electronics. Its product offerings include audio and video compression silicon solutions designed for devices such as digital cameras, camcorders, set-top boxes, personal video recorders, remote monitoring devices, and IP video communication systems. Qpixel's product suite features both standard and high-definition codecs, equipped with on-chip audio digital signal processing capabilities, along with a comprehensive design kit that includes boards, firmware, and design files to assist original equipment manufacturers in reducing time to market.
Nanosys, Inc. is a company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of quantum dot technology aimed at enhancing high-definition viewing experiences across various display applications. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, Nanosys produces Quantum Dot Concentrate materials and Quantum Dot Enhancement films that improve the performance of a wide range of consumer electronics, including televisions, tablets, and smartphones. The company's quantum dots are nanoscale semiconductors that enable displays to achieve greater brightness and a wider color gamut, resulting in more lifelike images. This technology is compatible with various display types, including LED-LCDs, OLEDs, and micro-LEDs. Nanosys has seen significant adoption of its technology, with over 20 million devices shipped in numerous products, thus contributing to advancements in the display industry.
Mellanox Technologies
Series C in 2002
Mellanox Technologies is a manufacturer and supplier of semiconductor-based connectivity solutions that enhance data center performance. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and Yokneam, Israel, the company specializes in developing and providing end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand interconnect solutions for servers, storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Mellanox products are designed to deliver high bandwidth, scalability, and power efficiency while consolidating multiple legacy network technologies into a unified, future-proof solution. Its offerings are favored by Fortune 500 data centers and are integral to some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, enabling faster data transmission and unlocking system performance.
Lane15 Software
Series B in 2001
Lane15 Software offers software for the development, testing, and deployment of InfiniBand Architecture in corporate networks.
Lane15 Software offers enterprise data centers with Lane15 Fabric Manager, a fabric management software solution. It also offers Lane15 Application Enabler, a software solution that enables its users to run their existing database applications over an InfiniBand subnet.
Lane15 Software was acquired by InfiniSwitch Corporation in March 2003.
Lane15 Software was founded in 2000 and is based in Austin, Texas.
Alventive
Venture Round in 2000
Alventive is a mechanical CAD software developer based in Santa Clara, California. The company specializes in creating business-to-business software that empowers various stakeholders, including internal departments, suppliers, partners, and customers, to actively participate in product creation and innovation. By facilitating collaboration among these groups, Alventive aims to enhance the capabilities of its clients, enabling them to strengthen their position in the market.
Transmeta
Venture Round in 2000
Transmeta Corporation, founded in 1995 and based in California, specializes in the development and licensing of advanced semiconductor technologies and microprocessor designs. Initially recognized for its innovative x86-compatible microprocessors, Transmeta focused on delivering a combination of low power consumption, high performance, and compact size, making its products suitable for a variety of computing platforms. Currently, the company emphasizes its expertise in power management technologies, particularly its LongRun and LongRun2 suites, which are designed to control leakage and enhance power efficiency in semiconductor and computing devices. Through licensing agreements, Transmeta shares its computing and microprocessor technologies with other companies, contributing to advancements in the tech industry.