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University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

TechForward, Inc. provides consumer electronics buyback solutions. It provides guaranteed buyback plans for consumer electronics. The company was founded by Jade Van Doren and Marc Lebovitz in 2005 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

NetCitadel, Inc. develops software-defined security for cloud computing services. It offers patented security technologies to build automation tools for the datacenters. The company was founded by Michael Horn, Theron Tock, Vadim Kurland and Surya Koneru in August 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Pluribus Networks, Inc. provides software-defined networking as an open application platform. Its products include built on the pluribus virtualization-centric fabric (VCF) architecture, dell switch OS, open netvisor, leaf and spine switches. The company was founded in April 2010 by Sunay Tripathi, Robert Drost, and Chih-Kong Ken Yang and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Metromile Operating Co. engages in the development of software-based per-mile car insurance products and services. It offers mileage-based pricing by calculating user's insurance costs each month based upon the actual miles they drive. The company was founded by Stephen T. Pretre and David Friedberg in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Huddler, Inc. provides digital media platform. It enables communities to grow with tools including social groups, buy/sell/trade systems, integrated photo galleries, product reviews, social media, WordPress integration, hosted software solution, custom sponsorship pages, tagging and community edited articles. The firm offers solutions for advertisers to create sites for brands. The company was founded by Daniel Gill and Ted Gill in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Force10 Networks, Inc. is a technology company, which engages in the provision of infrastructure solutions to build and secure intelligent services networks. The company was founded by Prabhat K. Dubey, Steve Sinclair, and Bruce Miller on September 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

One Block Off the Grid, Inc. promoted renewable energy and sustainable solutions through group purchasing programs. The firm educated its members by providing information, ongoing communication, and news updates on systems, and state and federal incentives, provides online forum and support for local ground organization, negotiates discount pricing with installers and manufacturers. The company was founded in 2008 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cohere Technologies, Inc. develops a wireless technology for wireless bandwidth applications. It offers orthogonal time frequency and space, a new wireless multi-dimensional modulation scheme that overcomes issues with current TDMA and OFDM modulation schemes used in wireless to increase bandwidth and throughput. The company was founded by Salim Shlomo Rakib and Ronny Hadani in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Niara, Inc. provides user and entity behavior analytics platform. Its behavioral analytics platform automates the detection of attacks and risky behaviors inside an organization and dramatically reduces the time and skill needed to investigate and respond to security events. The company was founded by Sriram Ramachandran and Prasad Palkar in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

GumGum, Inc. engages in the design, development, and operation of an in-image advertising platform. The firm provides in-image and in-screen products. Its product is grown to include several displays, mobile, and video solutions to help brands tell their stories and publishers unlock new sources of revenue. It offers GumGum Visual Intelligence, a real-time visual listening platform that helps brands identify and activate online pictures relevant to them, as well as engage their top influencers on social media. The company was founded by Ari Mir and Ophir Tanz in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Illumio, Inc. engages in the provision of virtualization and cloud security solutions. It offers micro-segmentation, visibility, migration, and compliance and risk solutions. The company was founded by Andrew E. Rubin, P. J. Kirner and Alan Stokol in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

PortAuthority Technologies, Inc. develops security systems software that controls the unauthorized distribution of sensitive information. It helps to ensure compliance with regulations like Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA, CA CC1798, PIPEDA and Sarbanes-Oxley by closing the gap between employee behavior and corporate policies. The company was co-founded by Assaf Litai and Lidror Troyansky in 2000 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Nevis Networks, Inc. develops and markets ASIC-based LAN security appliances designed to help corporations protect information privacy and integrity, ensure network availability, and maintain regulatory compliance. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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

The Climate Corp. develops solutions for farming operations. Its products include FieldView Pro, FieldView Plus and FieldView Prime. The firm's proprietary climate FieldView platform combines hyper-local weather monitoring, agronomic modeling, and high-resolution weather simulations to deliver climate FieldView products, mobile SaaS solutions that help farmers improve profitability by making better informed operating and financing decisions. The company was founded by Siraj Khaliq and David Friedberg in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Console Connect, Inc. provides interconnection solutions. It offers global private network, software automation, and community and ecosystem services. Its products include PeeringCloud, IX Reach, and cloud interconnection. The company was founded by Al Burgio in 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

OANDA Corp. provides currency data, foreign exchange and contract for difference trading, payment, and data services for businesses and investors. The firm operates an online foreign exchange trading platform, FXTrade, which provides real-time access to the foreign exchange market. The company was founded by Richard Olsen and Michael Stumm in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Neoteris, Inc. used to provide virtual extranet products and remote access solutions. Its products include virtual extranet appliances that provide access to network resources to employees, partners and their corporate firewall. The company was headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Novatium Solutions Pvt Ltd. provides computing software solutions. Its flagship product, Novatium Navigator, allows businesses and users to manage and compute finances. The company was founded by Ashok Jhunjhunwala and Rajesh Jain in October 2004 and is headquartered in Chennai, India.

Vuclip, Inc. provides video search and delivery solutions. Its products include Vuclip mobile app that delivers unbuffered mobile video experiences on various device types or network reliability. The firm offers its solutions to consumers, mobile operators, brand advertisers and content partners. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Aerospike, Inc. offers real-time NoSQL database solutions. It offers advertising technology, ecommerce and retail, financial services, telecommunications, online gaming and gambling industries. The company was founded by Brian Bulkowski and Srini V. Srinivasan in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

OpsClarity, Inc. provides information technology services. It specializes in operational data services and cloud environments. The firm transforming modern software operations with data-science-driven monitoring solutions that help today’s teams continuously visualize, understand, and troubleshoot performance of their rapidly changing web-scale application environments. The company was founded by Amit Sasturkar, Alan Ngai and Dhruv Jain on August 7, 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.