David C. Walther

Nelumbo, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of heating and cooling technologies. The firm offers a coating technology that reduces defrosting time and maintaining cleaner operation of cooling coils under Ice-Nein brand. Its Droplet (R)ejection™ coatings can be applied to heat transfer systems including air conditioning, refrigeration, transportation, power generation, and chemical processing. The company was founded by Liam Berryman, Lance Brockway, and David C. Walter in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Berkeley Sensors & Actuators Center conducts industry-relevant, interdisciplinary research on micro- and nano-scale sensors, moving mechanical elements, microfluidics, materials, processes & systems that take advantage of progress made in integrated-circuit, bio and polymer technologies. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Cobalt Technologies, Inc. develops, produces and commercializes bio-based chemicals. The firm engages in the creation of biobutanol using various cellulosic feedstocks, which include corn cobs, treetops and limbs and dead pine trees from pine beetles. It extracts fermentable sugars from biomass and converts them directly into bio n-butanol, which is an ingredient in coatings, paints, adhesives, sealants, inks and other solvent products. The company was founded by Pamela Reilly Contag in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.