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Luxtera, Inc. engages in the development and delivery of silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) photonics. Its CMOS technology provides bandwidth for applications ranging from local area network to chip-to-chip interconnect. The company was founded by Alex Dickinson, Axel Scherer, Eli Yablonovitch and Lawrence Cary Gunn III in 2001 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Biomatrica, Inc. produces reagents and devices used for sample collection and analysis in diagnostics systems, nucleic acid analysis, and bio banking. Its technology is used to protect analyst in samples at the molecular and cellular level, chemically position laboratory workflows on microfluidics chips. The firm’s products include DNAstable, DNAgard, RNAstable and RNAgard. The company was founded by Judy L. Müller-Cohn and Rolf Müller in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Ancestry.com LLC engages in the provision of family history and personal DNA testing services. The firms offers services relating to searching family history records on its subscription-based websites to helping people discover their detailed genetic ethnicity through DNA testing services. Its brands include AncestryDNA, AncestryHealth, Ancestry ProGenealogists, AncestryAcademy, and Ancestry Institution. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Levi, UT.

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.

The Scripps Research Institute is a private, non-profit research organizations that performs basic biomedical research in molecular & cellular biology, chemistry, immunology and neuroscience. They receive the majority of its funding from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. The organization also partners with pharmaceutical companies and is affiliated with the Scripps hospital group. The organization was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in La Jolla, California.

Excite at Home Corp. provides voice, data, and video telecommunication services. The company provides Internet access over cable lines. It is headquartered in Redwood City, CA

Aldevron LLC engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It offers plasmid DNA, antibodies, and proteins. The company was founded by Michael Chambers and John Ballantyne in 1998 and is headquartered in Fargo, ND.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Part of Unity Software, Inc., Weta Digital Ltd. is a standard-bearer for creativity and innovation in visual effects and animation. The company is based in Miramar, New Zealand and is the largest single-site VFX studio in the world, drawing artists from over 40 countries. The New Zealander company attracts talent, partners, and clients who seek to push the boundaries of artistic vision. Weta Digital's proprietary pipeline provides artists with the necessary tools to create their best work. Weta Digital has earned numerous awards, including six Visual Effects Academy Awards, ten Academy Sci-Tech Awards, and six Visual Effects BAFTA Awards. Prem K. Akkaraju has been the CEO of the company since 2020. Weta Digital was acquired by Unity Software, Inc. on December 01, 2021 for $1,145.38 million.

INOVA Diagnostics, Inc. manufactures and distributes autoimmune disease diagnostics markers. It provides IVD systems and reagents for hospitals and clinical laboratories. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Khosla Ventures LLC (Khosla Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Applied Ventures LLC (Applied Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Applied Materials, Inc founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Third Point LLC is a SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1995 by Daniel S. Loeb and is a subsidiary of Third Point LP. Third Point provides discretionary investment advisory services to a variety of domestic and offshore private investment vehicles, single private equity-style fund and a separately managed institutional account.

Exploratorium engages as a museum of science, art and human perception activities . It creates tools and experiences that help people to become an active explorer. The firm includes film creenings workshops for life long learners as well as culture of learning through innovative environments, programs and tools that help people nurture their curiosity about the world around them. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Filmetrics, Inc. offers thin-film measurement solutions. Its products include optical profilers, thickness, hardness and resistance measurement. The company was founded by Scott Chalmers in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Apton Biosystems, Inc. engages in the provision of health care services with focus on biotechnology business. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Verily Life Sciences LLC provides healthcare solutions for global markets. The firm specializes in healthcare, hardware, software, clinical studies, scientific research, disease management platforms, sensors, population health management and precision medicine. It develops tools to collect and organize health data. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

GRAIL, Inc. is a healthcare company. It engages in the development of a technology for early detection of cancer. The company was founded by Jeffrey T. Huber, William H. Rastetter, and Mostafa Ronaghi on September 11, 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy is a research organization that aims to accelerate the development of breakthrough immune therapies to turn all cancers into curable diseases. The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy is based in San Francisco, CA. The private company conducts clinical trials to tackle the toughest cancers and answer the hardest questions in immunotherapy. The institute coordinates cancer research efforts between the best scientists, clinicians, and partners in the industry. The company has legal experts who help their researchers navigate the intellectual property process and turn their cancer immunotherapy discoveries into treatments. It was founded by Sean N. Parker, Adam Kolom, Michael Polansky.

Zapata Computing, Inc. develops quantum computing software and algorithms. The firm aims to commercialize software quantum computing technologies developed at Harvard University. The company was founded by Christopher Savoie, Al?n Aspuru-Guzik, Yudong Cao, Jonathan Olson, Peter Johnson, and Jonathan Romero in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Mammoth Biosciences, Inc. operates CRISPR-based platform for disease detection. The firm offers its services under the categories of bioinformatics, biotechnology, genetics, health diagnostics and life science. The company was founded by Ashley Tehranchi, Janice Chen, Jennifer A. Doudna, Lucas Harrington and Trevor Martin and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Filtricine, Inc. engages in the provision of non-drug solutions to cancer. It develops formula food, and clinical combination of formula food and modified dialysis. The company was founded by Xiao Lu Yang, Xin Wang, and Xi Yan Li and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Openwater engages in medical industry. It focuses on devising a new generation of imaging technologies for brain computer interfaces. The company was founded by Mary Lou Jepsen and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

FluidAI Medical is a Canadian company that provides an AI-powered postoperative monitor called Stream™ platform. The company is based in Kitchener, Canada. The platform continuously and non-invasively analyzes postoperative wound drainage, which can prompt earlier intervention as per current standard of care. The company was founded in 2014 by Amr Abdelgawad and Youssef Helwa, with Youssef Helwa serving as the CEO since 2014.

miRecule, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company which develops microRNA-based therapeutics. The company was founded by Anthony D. Saleh and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Zeda, Inc. is a company that invests in cutting-edge technologies, innovative companies, and groundbreaking ideas to better lives. The company is based in Fremont, CA. The company leverages advanced manufacturing to help companies solve some of their most difficult challenges. Zeda is a leader in advanced 3D manufacturing and nanotech solutions for the medical industry. The CEO of the company is Shri Shetty.

Frontier Bio Corp. develops advanced tissue engineering and 3D bio-printing techniques. The American company was founded by Eric Bennett and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Manifold Biotechnologies, Inc. provides biotechnology services. The company was founded by Gleb Kuznetsov, Pierce Ogden, Shane Lofgren and George Church and is headquartered in Allston, MA.

Genecis Bioindustries, Inc. operates as a plastic resin manufacturer. The firm converts food waste into biodegradable plastics and other value materials. The company was founded by Luna Yu in 2017 and is headquartered in Scarborough, Canada.

Boutique Venture Partners LLC (Boutique Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by S. Thaddeus Connelly and Rami El Assal. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Foresite Life Sciences Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded in January 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.