Ajay M Shah

NextBio Corp. provides a scientific platform to aggregate and interpret quantities of genomic data for research and clinical applications. It offers products for pharmaceutical, bio-tech, academia, and medicine organizations. The company was founded by Saeid Akhtari and Ilya Kupershmidt in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Motiv Power Systems, Inc. engages in the development of software to electrify medium-duty trucks and buses. It offers Electric Powered Intelligent Chassis (EPIC), an all-electric equivalent to the internal combustion powered chassis fleets used in medium-duty vehicles. Its product is available in body configurations including step vans, box trucks, work trucks, shuttle buses, school buses, trolleys, and other specialty vehicles. The company was founded by Jim Michael Castelaz in August 2009 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Aperia Technologies, Inc. provides automatic tire inflation devices. Its products are used in various types of fleet vehicles, including buses, box trucks, tractors, trailers, and refuse vehicles. The company was founded by Joshua Carter and Brandon Richardson in 2010 and is headquartered in Burlingame. CA.

Bryj Technologies, Inc. provides mobile engagement solutions services. The firm?s Contextual Analytics Engine and Push-Button Connectors to customer data sources, it does the heavy lifting for business users by providing intelligence and automation to create mobile and omnichannel experiences that delight customers. The company was founded by Samir Addamine in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

IPWireless, Inc. develops and delivers silicon, software, and network infrastructure wireless solutions. The company was founded by John D. Lockton, William J. Jones and Roger P Quayle in April 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Brandon Capital Partners Pty Ltd. (Brandon Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by David Fisher and Chris Nave. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

The Alexander Group, Inc. provides revenue growth and sales management consulting services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Confrapar Participações e Pesquisa SA (Confrapar) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm was founded in 2007.

Endless Mobile, Inc. develops platforms and solutions for smart phones. Its product Endless OS, is an operating system which comes pre-installed with over 100 apps. The company was founded by Matthew Dalio and Marcelo Sampaio in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ceres Nanosciences, Inc. provides research, development, and commercialization of innovative sample preparation products, based on its proprietary technology. The company was founded by Emanuel F. Petrioin III, Lance Liota and Ross M. Dunlap in 2008 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA.

Breakout Management LLC (Breakout Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

ThrustMe SAS is a French company that specializes in providing ground and space equipment to help research and test space hardware before launch. The company is based in Verrieres-le-Buisson, France. The company's i2t5 system is a cold gas propulsion system designed for cubesats and nanosats that operates with solid iodine propellant. ThrustMe aims to deliver groundbreaking mobility solutions for satellites, promoting economic and environmental sustainability in the space industry. It was founded in 2017 by Ane Aanesland and Dmytro Rafalskyi, with Ane Aanesland serving as the CEO since then.

Blackhorn Ventures Capital Management LLC (Blackhorn Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Philip O’Connor, Jack Fuchs and Trevor Zimmerman. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Cloud Academy, Inc. provides cloud computing learning technologies to the companies and individuals. The firm's solutions include management of multi-cloud, migration to clud and developing tech talent. The company was founded by Stefano Bellasio, Anthony Russell and Giacomo Marinangeli in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Pactolus Ventures LLC (Pactolus Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Forcyte Biotechnologies, Inc. provides biotechnological services. The firm builds the platform for the discovery of small molecule drugs that control mechanical force generation in individual human cells. The company was founded by Ivan Pushkarsky, Dino Di Carlo and Robert Damoiseaux in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Tempo Therapeutics, Inc. engages in development of materials that are immune stealth, minimally invasive, and precision engineered for regenerative medicine. Its pipeline TT101, TT102, TT201. and TT301. The company was founded by Westbrook Weaver, Philip Scumpia, Dino Di Carlo, Tatiana Segura, and Donald Griffin and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Partillion Bioscience Corp. is an American company that specializes in providing a functional single-cell biology reagent platform. The company's nanovial technology allows for single-cell secretion analysis and other research capabilities. The company was founded by Joseph Michael de Rutte and Dino Di Carlo, with Joseph Michael de Rutte serving as CEO since incorporation.

The Thiel Foundation awards grants to groups that empower people to improve their lives, champions organizations and individuals who expose human rights abuses and authoritarianism. It programs include The Thiel Fellowship, Breakout Labs and Imitatio. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.