Michael Darby

Part of Texas Instruments Incorporated, Cyrix Corp is a company that makes personal computer microprocessors. The company is based in Richardson, TX. Cyrix was acquired by National Semiconductor Corp., part of Texas Instruments Incorporated from September 23, 2011 on November 17, 1997 for $525.70 million.

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

SigmaTel LLC designs, develops, and markets integrated circuits. Its products are used in the digital media players, printers, and televisions. The firm has operations in Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, and Japan. The company was founded by Spence H. Jackson in 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Vertical Circuits Inc. is a global supplier of advanced die level vertical interconnect packaging technology, products, services and intellectual property for the manufacture of low-cost, ultra high-speed/high-density semiconductor components. They develop cost effective advanced interconnect technology for high density and high performance applications. Its patented ViP™ (vertical interconnect pillar) process bridges the gap between current wire bond based product solutions and tomorrow's through silicon via technology. They enable packaging solutions for Memory and Mixed Die applications including a broad range of server, networking & handheld portable consumer electronics systems products.

Amalfi Semiconductor, Inc. develops and manufactures CMOS radio frequency and mixed-signal semiconductor devices. It offers power amplifier semiconductors and transmits modules for the cellular communications market. The company was founded by James L. Finch and David Sorensen in 2003 and is headquartered in Greensboro, NC.

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. provides specialized power management semiconductors for use in a variety of computing, communications, and consumer electronics applications. It develops power management semiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices, such as wireless handsets, notebook and tablet computers, smartphones, digital cameras, and digital audio players. The company was founded in August 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Zenverge, Inc. operates as a holding company, which engages in the manufacture of semiconductors for digital media convergence. It develops video compression algorithms, builds advanced media, and network processors. The firm offers its products and services to the providers and consumer electronics manufacturers. The company was founded by Amir Mobini and Tony Masterson in January 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

SportsEngine, Inc. engages in the provision of sports technology and media platform. The firm represents soccer, football, lacrosse, basketball, hockey, rugby, softball, baseball, wrestling, and volleyball. It offers registration software, sports websites, league, member and team management solutions. The company was founded by Justin Kaufenberg, Carson Kipfer and Greg Blasko in 2008 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Brainyak, Inc. provides an online agile market research solution. The company was founded by Matthew Warta on March 8, 2010 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

CrowdStreet, Inc. provides a crowd funding marketplace, which connects investors with institutional-grade real estate investments. It offers CrowdStreet, a cloud-based fundraising and investor relationship management platform that enables real estate operators, funds and private equity companies to raise capital and manage relationships with new and existing investors. The company was founded by Tore C. Steen and Darren Powderly in 2013 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Crescendo Management LLC (Crescendo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by David Spreng, Mitchell Dann and Jeff Tollefson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hunt Power LP provides electric power services. It engages in owning regulated utilities, developing transmission and distribution projects, developing renewable projects, and investing in other power-related activities. The company was founded by Hunter L. Hunt in 1998 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Vesbridge Partners LLC (Vesbridge Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Jeff Hinck and Zenas Hutcheson. The firm is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Aurora Networks, Inc. develops and manufactures optical cable systems for broadband networks. The firm delivers solutions, such as fiber deep architecture and digital return technology to address specific cable-related issues. The company was founded by Guy Sucharczuk, Krzysztof Pradzynski, and Charles E. Barker in November 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

EDV Management Co (El Dorado Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1986 by Gary Kalbach. The firm is headquartered in in Menlo Park, California.

Berkeley VC International LLC (Berkeley VC International) is venture capital firm founded in 1977 by Arthur I. Trueger. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Contactually, Inc. develops Web-based customer relationship management software and contact management solutions. Its solutions provide teams with insights and analytics from the team dashboard and summary of a team's activity, connect personal buckets to team buckets so that contact records are up-to-date, facilitate to assign contacts to team members and allow to create shared team buckets and link personal ones. The firm's solutions also allow individuals to focus on right contacts, follow up consistently, find business opportunities in their network and work across their team. The company was founded by Zvi Band, Tony Cappaert and Jeff Carbonella in October 2011 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Rally Ventures Management LLC (Rally Ventures Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Charles D. Beeler and Jeff James Hinck. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Cloud Elements, Inc. provides cloud application program interface (API) integration platform. Its platform enables developers to publish, integrate, aggregate, and manage all of APIs through a unified platform. The company was founded by Vineet Joshi, Gary Gaessler, Atul Barve, and Mark W. Geene in October 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Foodsby, Inc. operates as an online platform that enables restaurants to deliver food or lunch to offices. The firm has offices in Minneapolis, Dallas, Denver, Des Moines, Atlanta, Kansas City and Charlotte. The company was founded by Parag Shah and Ben Cattoor in 2012 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Total Expert, Inc. provides software as service solutions to the real estate vertical. Its solutions include CRM, marketing, c0marketing and compliance. The firm services industries include banking, credit unions, mortgage lending and, wealth managemnt The company was founded by Joe Welu in 2012 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Atavium, Inc. provides data management and storage services. The company was founded by Ed Fiore, Mark Bakke, Mike Klemm and Marc Olin on April 28, 2017 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

HiveIO, Inc. provides public cloud solutions with the security control and governance of the private cloud for enterprises and SMB customers. Its products include software infrastructure, virtual desktop, and virtual server. The company was founded by Joe Makoid, Ofer Bezalel, and Kevin McNamara and is headquartered in New York, NY.

GREAT NORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (Great North Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ryan J Weber, Robert J Weber and James DonFrancesco. The firm is headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Right Team, Inc. engages in the development and operations of resourcing, forecasting, and analytics platform for digital agencies and software consultancies. The company is headquartered in Edina, MN.

SyncApp, Inc. provides an open messaging platform. Its product, Snycapp, offers exchange of real time structured data and controls visibilty and privacy. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.