James E. Long

Starlight Networks, Inc. develops and markets digital multimedia networking software solutions. The company also offers video networking software and server components. The firm was founded by James E. Long, Charlie Bass and Fouad A. Tobagi in 1990 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Connectbeam's architecture and core application (Spotlight) were designed to help people in any role, across the enterprise, connect with both the growing pool of information and colleagues with the expertise and experience to help them get their jobs done more intelligently and more quickly. The company enables this by aggregating the social metadata that is generated naturally by using the web into a single repository that everyone in the company can access and use. Connectbeam is the first company to integrate concepts of social bookmarking and tagging with those of social networking. Connectbeam brings the 'Web 2.0' information-sharing, collaboration, and ease of use of sites like MySpace and del.icio.us to the daily work-flow of enterprise employees. It helps companies boost innovation, improve decisions, intensify collaboration, and build critical stakeholder relationships. To see what others think please search for the many positive reviews Connectbeam has received from the press, such as The Wall Street Journal; Blogs, such as TechCrunch; and analyst firms such as Gartner. Connectbeam was founded by experienced entrepreneurs with decades of experience in the enterprise software market. The company is venture backed and privately held.

YLX Corp. develops and manufactures solid-state light sources for consumer, industrial and medical applications. It offers illumination modules that are used in image displays for pocket projectors, video walls, and home theatre systems. The company was founded by Li Xu and Yi Li in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Aurora Algae, Inc. manufactures algae-based products. It offers algae-based products for the pharmaceutical, nutrition, aquaculture and fuels markets. The company was founded by Guido Radaelli, Matthew Caspari and Bertrand R. Vick in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. provides carrier-class, smart Wi-Fi products, technologies and competes in the global market for mobile Internet infrastructure solutions and enterprise wireless LAN systems. Its smart Wi-Fi solutions offers carrier-class enhanced reliability, consistent performance, extended range and massive scalability. The company was founded by William Kish, Selina Y. Lo and Victor Shtrom in 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Coghead, Inc. provides web-based applications. It empowers tech-savvy business people and information technology professionals to develop applications that automate business operations. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

RioPort, Inc. used to provides digital music and spoken audio programming services. The company used to redefines digital audio by delivering an integrated platform for acquiring, managing and experiencing music and spoken audio programs from internet. The company was located in San Jose, CA.