Fred Kittler

Actuate Innovation, Inc. is a private company that addresses societal challenges such as climate change mitigation, good health, trustworthy data and information, and opportunity for every person. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA and was founded by Wade Shen and Arati Prabhakar. The company uses a method called "solutions R & D" which weaves together research insights and lessons from the real world to demonstrate new capabilities that change what's possible. In May 2023, Actuate the 501(c)3 will cease its operations, but the work of Actuate will continue through other vehicles. Actuate Climate has joined forces with the Prime Coalition, a nonprofit that steers and influences capital to support scalable solutions to climate change. The team has become Prime's Early Catalytic Infrastructure (ECI) program. Arati Prabhakar has been the CEO since incorporation.

Synvitrobio, Inc. operates as a molecule and drug discovery firm. The company was founded by Zachary Sun, George Church, Richard Murray in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Global Fresh Foods, Inc. provides shelf-life technology and solutions for fresh food supply chains. Its technology uses its patented oxygen management techniques to create and maintain an all-natural controlled atmosphere environment that extends the shelf life of perishable proteins. The company was founded by Larry Bell in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Firelake Capital Management LLC (Firelake Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Frederick Kittler, Martin Leon Lagod and Lagod Marty. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

MicroVest Capital Management LLC (MicroVest Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of DAI Global LLC founded in 2003 by Gill Crawford and W. Bowman Cutter. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Kurion, Inc. offers nuclear waste management technologies. The firm has developed technological solutions to access, separate, and stabilize nuclear and hazardous wastes. The company was founded by John Raymont and Husain Amir in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.