Shankar Ponnekanti

Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Immy, Inc. engages in the design and development of communication tools for training needs. The company was founded by Magyari Douglas in 2003 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

Read It Later, Inc. develops a platform that lets bookmark a webpage and access it on other devices. The firm offers an application programming interface which allows a user to develop and release fully functional Read It Later clients, applications, and mashups for any platform. It is available for devices and platforms including iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac, Kindle Fire, Kobo, Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera and Windows. The company was founded by Nathan Weiner and Edward M. Esber in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

PrivateCore, Inc. operates as a computing firm. It provides a secure foundation for cloud computing by protecting servers and the virtual machines running on those servers. The company was founded by Oded Horovitz and Stephen Weis in 2012 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Bolt Threads, Inc. manufactures natural dragline spider silk fibers using synthetic biology and micro fabrication. It develops, produces, and harnesses proteins found in nature through fermentation using yeast, sugar, and water to create fibers for practical and revolutionary purposes. The company was founded by Daniel Widmaier, David N. Breslauer, Ethan Mirsky and Christopher Voigt in 2009 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

IDEO Ventures (IDEO Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of IDEO LP founded in 1991 by David M. Kelley, Bill Moggridge, Mike Nuttall. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Ning, Inc. provides web hosting services. It offers a SaaS platform that provides users with the tools to nurture and engage their own community and also offers off-the-shelf community features, such as profiles, photos, forums, liking, sharing and foster engagement. The company was founded by Saul Charles Klein, Ryan Sholin, Gina L. Bianchini and Marc Lowell Andreessen in October 2004 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

The Nueva School operates as an independent school serving gifted students and emphasizing integrated studies, arts, and social-emotional learning. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Hillsborough, CA.

Sentient Energy, Inc. develops automation monitoring systems for electric utilities. Its products Include ample analytics platform, mm3 intelligent sensor, cfci, log-i, waveform, arcshield and product brochure pdfs. The firm solutions include grid analytics system, fault detection, substation monitoring and power quality analysis, trouble shooting. The company was founded by Michael Bauer in 2009 is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Aquion Energy, Inc. develops and manufactures sodium ion batteries and energy storage systems. The firm manufactures proprietary Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and battery systems for stationary energy storage applications. Its battery system provides emissions-free capacity that optimizes existing generation assets and enables broad adoption of renewable energy technologies such as wind and solar. The company was founded by Jay F. Whitacre in 2007 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Autogrid Systems, Inc. provides data analytics and simulation software for the smart grid. The firm serves utilities of all sizes, grid operators, electricity retailers, ESCO services companies, and end-users and it develops and markets services that both help lower costs and improve reliability of the electricity supply chain. The company was founded by Amit Narayan in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA.

Designer Fund LLC (Designer) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Ben Blumenrose and Enrique Allen. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Next Frontier Capital MC LLC (Next Frontier Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Richard Harjes and Will Price. The firm is headquartered in Bozeman, Montana with additional offices in Boulder, Missoula, and Salt Lake City.

Waltz Networks, Inc. develops cloud applications for traffic management. The company was founded by Nithin Michael and Kevin Tang and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

ForUsAll, Inc. provides a fintech startup to bring retirement plans for small businesses. It offers dave, a virtual advisory solution that handles employees education and communications on PCs, tablets, and smartphones. The company is founded by Shin Inoue, David Ramirez, Dave Boudreau, Sergey Zelvenskiy and Cindy Bloch in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Simple Habit, Inc. develops meditation application. Its application reduces stress, improves sleep and well-being and boosts focus and memory. The company was founded by Yunha Kim in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Loft Orbital Solutions, Inc. engages in leasing space on satellites for any organization to collect information about the earth. The firm offers defense and space services. The company was founded by Antoine de Chassy, Alexander Greenberg and Pierre-Damien Vaujour and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mantle, Inc. manufactures and distributes 3D printing metal parts. The company was founded by James Randy Groves, Stephen Connor and Theodore Charles Sorom and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cerebras Systems, Inc. engages in the software and computer business. The company was founded by Sean Lie, Andrew Feldman, Gary Lauterbach, Michael James, and Jean Philippe Fricker on April 20, 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Anomalo, Inc. is a data quality platform that helps enterprises build confidence in the data they use to make decisions and build products. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company's platform allows enterprises to connect to their data warehouse and monitor their data in less than 5 minutes, automatically detecting and understanding the root-cause of data issues. Anomalo is backed by several venture capital firms. Anomalo was founded by Elliot Shmukler and Jeremy Stanley, with Elliot Shmukler serving as CEO since incorporation.