Martin Devenney

Symyx Technologies, Inc. develops and applies high-throughput experimentation to the discovery of materials for chemical and petrochemical, pharmaceutical development, electronics, consumer goods and automotive customers. The company works together with companies seeking to transform their search for better products and processes through research collaborations and Discovery Tools sales and the license of materials, intellectual property and software. The company was incorporated in February 1999 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Nanosys, Inc. develops and manufactures inorganic nanostructures and other related products. It offers Ultra HD television. The company was founded by Paul A. Alivisatos, Stephen Empedocles, Peidong Yang, Robert M. Metcalfe, Jim Heath, Paul McEuen, Christoph H. Westphal, Moungi Bawendi, Lawrence A. Bock, Calvin Y. H. Chow, Chunming Niu, Karen Vergura, Hongkun Park, George Pontis and Charles M. Lieber in 2001 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Calera Corp. converts carbon dioxide into minerals or other usable materials. It is a clean technology start-up company that is focused on CO2 reduction through both capture and conversion to products and low energy production of industrial chemicals. Calera's core technology converts captured carbon dioxide from industrial plants, and converts the CO2 to carbonate cements that have a large range of applications. The company was founded by Brent R. Constantz in 2007 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.