Penelope Herscher

Simplex Solutions, Inc. provides software and services for the design and verification of integrated circuits (ICs) to enable its communications, computer and consumer-products to achieve production success and delivery of complex systems-on-chip. The company is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte provides reproductive and general health services. The firm improves the lives of women, men and children through their medical services, education programs and advocacy initiatives. It provides reproductive and general health services including birth control, pregnancy testing and options counseling, STD testing and treatment, HIV testing, breast and cervical cancer screening, abortion, sterilization, prenatal care, pediatrics and adult primary health care. The company was founded in 1963 and is located in San Jose, CA.

Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology operates as a social enterprise that aims to recruit, retain, and advance women in technology. It offers awards for individuals, community voices, events for organizations, career toolbox, and scholarships for GHC. The company was founded by Anita Borg and Telle Whitney in 1997 and is headquartered in Belmont, CA.

FirstRain, Inc. provides search-driven research applications. Its analytics engines extract meaning, create flexible relational structures and generate dynamic systems of data sets that are business aware. The firm also provides strategy, sales, marketing and risk solutions. The company was founded by Navaid Farooqi, Gaurav Rewari, Jaswinder Pal Singh and Manu Warikoo in 2000 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Savonix, Inc. operates as a digital neuroscience company. It delivers evidence-based assessment of cognitive and emotional function. The company was founded by Mylea Charvat and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Lumentum Operations LLC manufactures optical and photonic products. Its commercial lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Jds Uniphase Corp. provides integrated fiber testing, fiber inspection, and optical power measurement solutions. VIAVI is based in San Jose, CA. The private company offers high-performance handheld instruments that cut fiber testing and certification time in half. The company works with over 400 channel partners to sell a broad portfolio of solutions to network, communications, and electronics technology leaders worldwide. VIAVI empowers service providers and IT organizations to manage the network lifecycle for complex 5G and networks with intuitive instruments, systems, and technologies. The company also specializes in light management and optical coatings that help protect the world's banknotes from counterfeiters, enhance colors, and enable advanced technology such as 3D sensing. The company serves government, aerospace, and defense customers with solutions that drive efficiency and reliability for the entire lifecycle of service deployment.

Delphix Corp. provides database virtualization software solutions which include test data management, DevOps, ERP upgrades, cloud migration and government services. The company was founded by Jedidiah Yueh and Charlie Zha in July 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Modern Health, Inc. develops personalized fertility test for women to find the fertility score. The company was founded by Leahy Carly and Afton Vechery and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Embark Technology, Inc. engages in the development of autonomous driving software for the truck freight industry. The company was founded by Alex Rodrigues and Brandon Moak in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Embark Trucks, Inc. develops self-driving vehicles. The company was founded by Brandon Moak, Michael Skupien, and Alex Rodrigues on January 12, 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

WONDER VENTURES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP (Weact Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Darya Henig Shaked. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California.