Balas Natarajan Kausik

Chelsio Communications, Inc. provides high-speed protocol-acceleration products. It is a technology company focused on solving high performance networking and storage challenges for virtualized enterprise data centers, cloud service installations and cluster computing environments. The firm delivers hardware and software solutions including unified wire ethernet network adapter cards, unified storage software, high performance storage gateways, unified management software, bypass cards and other solutions focused on specialized applications. The company was founded by Kianoosh Naghshineh in 1997 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Aeluros, Inc. manufactures semiconductor devices. It focuses on high-performance, high-density physical layer solutions in mainstream CMOS technology for the datacom and storage markets. The was founded by Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Marc Loinaz, Haw-Jyh Liaw, and Nader Gamini in June 2001 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Bandgap Engineering, Inc. develops renewable energy technologies. It provides photovoltaic and storage batteries. The firm engages in nano-structuring silicon and applying these technologies to photovoltaic systems and lithium ion batteries. It also provides nanotechnology based photovoltaic solar cells. The company was founded by Chris Hobson and Marcie R. Black in 2007 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Qatalyst Partners LP provides investments and financial advisory services. The company was founded by Frank P. Quattrone and Brian Cayne and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Angie's List, Inc. engages in the operation of online marketplace to provide services for home improvement. It also collects ratings and reviews to search for the local service providers such as roofers, plumbers, handymen, mechanics, doctors and dentists. The company was founded by Angela R. Hicks Bowman and William Seelye Oesterle in 1995 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Sentons, Inc. operates as a fables semiconductor company and develops multi-touch sensors. It offers zero-deflection force sensing, large multi-touch screens, and sonapen. The company was founded by Shih-Ming Shih and Samuel W. Sheng in 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Graphite Systems, Inc. develops storage technology solutions. The company was founded by Frederic Roy and Mark Himelstein and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

Kumu Networks, Inc. designs and manufactures wireless systems using full-duplex wireless design technology. Its wireless full-duplex allows a radio to transmit and receive signals at the same time using a single frequency channel. The company was founded by Jung-il Choi, Philip Levis, Sachin Katti, Steven Hong, Mayank Jain and Jeffrey A. Mehlman in 2012 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Viking Enterprise Solutions engages in designing, manufacture and sale of data center products. It offers storage expansion product platforms for performance, space efficiency, storage application platforms for server and storage integration. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Foveon, Inc. engages in the design and development of image sensors and image capture systems. The firm offers digital single lens reflex and pro, CMOS, and direct image sensors. The company was founded by Jan-Dieter Spalink, Brian Gullette Richard B. Merrill, K. Michael Munsch and Carver A. Mead in August 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital division of Norwest Partners founded in 1961. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Mumbai and Herzliya.

DreamFactory Software, Inc. develops web applications for cloud platforms. Its DreamFactory Suite that allows to create, update, and manage projects, tasks, and resources, visualize project status, conduct team activities with collaborative calendar, activity alerts, and threaded discussions, as well as visualize resource utilization; organize hierarchical folders and versioned documents; log time and expenses for projects and tasks, and browse offline and archived data sets, as well as share selected data with colleagues, partners and customers. The company was founded by William C. Appleton and Eric Rubin on May 30, 2002 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Conviva, Inc. engages in the provision of online video optimization and online video analytics. The firm helps operators and broadcasters to meet audience expectations for video experience, across a multi-screen viewing environment. The company was founded by Hui Zhang and Ion Stoica in 2006 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Solar Junction Corp. manufactures solar cells and receivers for the terrestrial concentrated photovoltaic market. Its products include triple junction solar cells, four junction solar cells. The firm engages in developing and manufacturing next-generation solar cells for space power applications. Solar Junction was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Alta Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures mobile power technology solutions. The firm specializes in the development of a technology that extends the energy source of a system, with focus on cell and module single junction conversion efficiency. It offers single and dual junction solar cells, bringing flexible and portable power that can be embedded into any other material. The company was founded by Eli Yablonovitch, Nasreen Chopra and Harry A. Atwater in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Terrajoule Corp. provides energy storage solutions. It distributes solar energy with proprietary power and storage technology. The firm develops applications in the industrial and agricultural sectors. The company was founded by Stephen James Bisset, Robert Charles Mierisch, and David Henkel-Wallace in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Illusive Networks Ltd. develops cyber warfare and cyber security solutions. The firm offers deception technology which provides protection against advanced attacks and creates an alternate existing network. The company was founded by Ofer Israeli and Shlomo Touboul in 2014 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Tigera, Inc. provides networking and security problems solutions. The company was founded by Christopher Liljenstolpe, Alex Pollitt and Andrew Randall in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Smartcar, Inc. operates a software platform for car services. The company was founded by Sanketh Katta and Sahas Katta and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Pulumi Corp. operates as a platform for cloud software development. Offers Pulumi core, Pulumi service, ecosystem and integrations. The company was founded by Joe Duffy and Eric Rudder and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Forallsecure, Inc. develops software for bugs. It offers DevSecOps and government and defence solutions. The company was founded by David Brumley, Alexandre Rebert and Thanassis Avgerinos and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Ketra, Inc. provides lighting solutions to retail, hospitality, and office spaces. Its products include luminaires, lamps, interfaces, controls and integration. The company was founded by Horace Ho and David J. Knapp in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.