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3com Megahertz Corp. provides voice and data networking products and services. The company was founded by Robert M. Metcalfe, Howard S. Charney and John P. Marshall in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Volterra Semiconductor Corp. designs, develops and markets proprietary analog and mixed-signal power management semiconductors for the computing, storage, networking and consumer markets. Its products includes integrated voltage regulator semiconductors, integrated power protection and distribution semiconductors and scalable voltage regulator semiconductor chipsets that transform, regulate, deliver and monitor the power consumed by electronic systems. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, contract equipment manufacturers and merchant power supply manufacturers. Volterra Semiconductor was founded by Craig Teuscher, David B. Lidsky, Anthony Stratakos and Marco Zuniga in August 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

EnVerv, Inc. specializes in designing communications chips for metering infrastructure. The company was founded by Reza Mirkhani and Farrokh Farrokhi in 2009 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd. specializes in multimedia solutions. Its products include software software internet protocol, media software development kit, and system solutions. The company as founded by Vikram Bose, Sattam Dasgupta, Srini Rajam, Johann Andrew Bhagyanathan, Shantanu Jha, Ravishanker Ganesan and Rohit Bhuva on January 1, 2001 and it is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Silicon Mitus, Inc. manufactures power management integrated chips. It offers main and sub power management unit, power factor correction, camera flash light emitting diode, and smart universal serial bus switches. The firm solutions are used in tablets, mobile phones, televisions, notebooks, monitors and other electronic applications. The company was founded by Youm Huh in 2007 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.

NetSpeed Systems, Inc. provides algorithmic network on chip internet protocol solutions. Its products include Orion, Gemini, and Pegasus for cloud computing, networking, mobile, storage, digital home, automotive, custom ASIC, and internet-of-things. The company was founded by Sundari Mitra and Sailesh Kumar in 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Ineda Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures microprocessors. It focuses on processors designed to consume less power for wearable technologies. The company was founded by Balaji Kanigicherla and Gude Dasaradha on September 2, 2011 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

CNEX Labs, Inc. offers flash data storage for firms. Its non-volatile memory express flash storage allows enterprises to store a vast amount of data. The company was founded by Yiren Huang, Joseph DeFranco and Alan Armstrong on June 4, 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Part of The Protectoseal Co., Electronic System Design, Inc. is a company that specializes in electronics technology for the water industry. The company is based in Palatine, IL. The company provides water process control boards for reverse osmosis water purification systems and water vending machines. Electronic System Design was acquired by The Protectoseal Co. on December 18, 2012.

Innovium, Inc. develops disruptive semiconductor based solutions. It offers Innovium TERALYNX The company was founded by Rajiv Khemani, Puneet Agarwal, and Mohammad Issa in December 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Aura Semiconductor Pvt Ltd. develops and markets integrated circuits. Its products include IoT radio, high performance timing and portable audio. The company was founded by Shyam Somayajula in 2010 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Part of Flex Ltd., Flextronics International, Inc. is a company that manufactures and supplies semiconductor devices. The company is based in Plano, TX.

San Francisco Opera Association owns and operates opera theater. It offers an array of training programs and performance opportunities for young artists under the support of the San Francisco Opera Center and the Merola Opera Program. The company was founded by Gaetano Merola in 1923 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Committee of 100 provides grant making services. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 1988 by Henry Alfred Kissinger, Ieoh Ming Pei.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Pelion Venture Partners (Pelion Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1986 by Jim C. Dreyfous and Joel D. Kellman. The firm is headquartered in Salt Lake City. Utah.

EZchip Semiconductor, Inc. provided fables semiconductor related products. It was a global leader and innovator in many core processors for network intelligence, video and cloud computing. The firm also developed highest performance, low-power, general purpose many core processors. It designed multi core embedded processors for networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure markets. The company offered multi core processors for processing and power requirements, multi core software development tools, cloud computing processors, and boards. The company was founded in October 2004 by Devesh Nandan Garg, Vijay K. Aggarwal and Anant Agarwal and was headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Solectron Global Servic Canada, Inc. provides electronics manufacturing service. It offers technology repair, remanufacturing and refurbishment services for a different electronic products. The firm provides services for manufacturers who design and sell networking, mobile and land based telecommunications, computing equipment, including workstations, notebooks, desktops, peripherals and other electronic equipment. The company is headquartered in Newmarket, CA.

Global Semiconductor Alliance provides information on and organizes events for the semiconductor industry in order to ensure growth and profitability of the industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Jodi L. Shelton. Jodi L. Shelton has been the CEO since incorporation.

Multiplex, Inc. engages in the manufacture semiconductor laser devices for the telecommunications industry. It offers electro-absorption modulated lasers, high-sensitivity photo receivers, fixed wavelength and tunable transponders, as well as higher functionality subsystems. The company was founded by Tawee Tanbun-Ek and Won T. Tsang in March 1998 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ.

Huaya Microelectronics, Inc. engages in the production, research and development of system-on-chip circuits. It offers chips for digital television and video processing solutions. Its products include digital CRT TV, LCD TV, portable display, and decoder. The company was founded by Biao Zhang in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

The Electronic Design Automation Consortium operates as an electronic system design association. The American company was founded by Rick Carlson.

Beceem Communications, Inc. manufactured semiconductors for the wireless broadband market. It specialized in the emerging 4G-WiMAX marketplace. The company was founded in October 2003 by Surendra Babu Mandava and Arogyaswami J. Paulraj and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Singapore), United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Korea) is a South Korean company that provides commercial banking services. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea. The CEO of the company is Ee Cheong Wee.

Bay Area Rescue Mission provides social services for the homeless and impoverished. It offers emergency shelter, discipleship programs, transitional living, job skills training, food pantry, and mobile and youth outreach. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Richmond, CA.

Celesta Global Capital Managers LLC (Celesta Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Michael Marks, Nicholas Brathwaite, Sriram Viswanathan and Lip-Bu Tan. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

WRV-BLI III LLC provides investment services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

RF Pixels, Inc. provides next generations’ wireless solutions. The company was founded by Siva V. Thyagarajan and Sriramkumar Venugopalan and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.