David Ku

Part of Ask.com, Excite, Inc. operates internet portals. The company is based in Redwood City, CA. The company was founded by Mark Haren, Martin Reinfried, Ryan A. McIntyre.

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. designs and manufactures semiconductor processing equipment. The company was founded in April 1999 and is headquartered in Gloucester, MA.

Alien Technology LLC engages in design, manufacture and sale of radio frequency identification products. Its professional services include custom training, technical consulting, program and project management, site survey and spectrum analysis, physical architecture review, product packaging and tag placement, optimal antenna and reader placement & orientation, system configuration and technical support & maintenance. The firm’s products include chips, tags, readers and antennas. The company was founded in December 1994 by John Stephen Smith and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Optoplex Corp. designs, develops, manufactures and markets fiber-optic components. It also provides communications networks, customized solutions to instrument, defense, spectroscopy and sensing industries. The company was founded in May 2000 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Centrillion Technology Holdings Corp. provides genomics solutions that reveal the complete genome and make genomic information available to researchers, physicians, and consumers. It offers molecular and genomic services, including sequencing, droplet digital PCR, and bioinformatics. The company is headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands.

Transfix, Inc. provides on-demand trucking services. It specializes in freight brokerage, truck load, trucking, long-haul and regional, and expedited transportation. The firm?s products include carriers and shippers. The company was founded by Prabhat Supekar, Drew McElroy and Jonathan Salama in 2013 and is headquartered in East Brunswick, NJ.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Women in Technology International provide technology-based services to women. Its products and services include networking, WITI marketplace, career services, national conferences and regional events, publications and resources, small business programs, and research and bulletin boards. The firm also publishes FasTrack magazine. The company was founded by Carolyn Leighton in 1989 and is located in Los Angeles, CA.

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

Peer, Inc. operates as an online application for employee and manager feedback platform. The company was founded by George Hu and is headquartered in California.

Sitek, Inc. provides IT consulting services. The private company is based in Lexington, KY. The company was founded by Weijie Yun.

Certinia, Inc. develops software for the financial industry. It delivers Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) at customer speed. The firm?s financial management, human capital management, professional services automation, and supply chain management apps help businesses to increase the speed in which they operate and be more responsive along every touch point of a customer?s journey. The company was founded by Jeremy Roche and Debbie Ashton in 2009 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Movella, Inc. engages in the provision of micro-electromechanical sensors. It offers accelerometer, magnetometer, and iGyro hardware and software solutions. The firm provides single-chip motion sensors that are utilized by consumer electronics companies to improve user interactivity and enable new motion-based applications. The company was founded by Charles Yang in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

PlanGrid, Inc. develops and provides a mobile application for the construction industry. Its software allows the construction workers to store, view, track, and communicate with construction blueprints on the mobile device. The company was founded by Ralph L. Gootee, Kenny W. Stone, Ryan Sutton-Gee, and Tracy Young, in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Alluxio, Inc. provides memory-centric storage systems. Its products include Alluxio manager is a web application that offers a user-friendly way of deploying, managing and monitoring Alluxio clusters. is open source under the apache license. The company was founded by Haoyuan Li in 2015 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

LDVP Management LLC (LDV Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Winston Fu. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

STX Productions LLC operates as a media company specializing in the production, marketing, and distribution of talent-driven films, television programming, and digital content. The company was founded by Robert B. Simonds Jr. 2014 and is headquartered in Burbank, CA.

Seven Seas Partners (Seven Seas Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Jeff Xiong. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Tyche Partners Management LLC (Tyche Partners Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Wieijie Yun. The firm is headquartered in Los Alto, California.

Kolo Medical, Inc. provides a portfolio of silicon wave transducer technology probes for medical ultrasound imaging. The company is headquartered in Suzhou, China.

Centrillion Technology Holdings Ltd. provides genomics solutions. Its products and services can isolate, manipulate, visualize and analyze intact kilobase and megabase fragments of DNA. The company was founded by Wei Zhou in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Shinect, Inc. operates as a community organization of engineers. The American company was founded by Lake Dai. The CEO is Shuonan Chen.

Workera Corp. is an AI-powered skills intelligence platform that helps organizations and individuals assess and develop their capabilities more effectively, with a focus on AI & data. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA and was founded by Kian Katanforoosh, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company's platform enables precision hiring, drives employee development, and future-proofs enterprises with personalized learning plans and real-time skills data. Workera's mission is to help humanity achieve its fullest potential.

Kira Learning, Inc. develops and publishes AI-powered K-12 education. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Blue Ocean Smart System is an artificial intelligence (AI) system-on-a-chip (SoC) semiconductor start-up founded by Dr. Leo Li in 2019. The private company has three R & D centers located in China and Asia-Pacific region. The company is based in Shanghai, China. The Chinese company is headquartered in China and has research and development facilities in other regions. Blue Ocean Smart System's innovative chip architecture is recognized by top semiconductor companies and supports a wide range of AI applications from the edge to the cloud. The company has completed a round of financing led by IDG Capital and ARM, and a series A funding led by NEA Capital and Capital in early 2021.

Crossbar, Inc. develops and licenses memory storage flash technology. Its products include IP licensing, 3D RRAM. The firm engages in delivering terabyte storage on a postage stamp-sized chip, with power low enough for massive adoption throughout the internet of things, Crossbar RRAM is easy to tailor for a broad range of applications. The company was founded by George Minassian, Wei D. Lu, and Hagop Nazarian in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.