Ramana Jampala

Exar Corp. engages in the design, development, and sale of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits; as well as advanced sub-system solutions for the industrial and embedded systems, high-end consumer, and infrastructure markets. Its product portfolio includes power management, connectivity, and communications products; as well as data and storage products for network security and storage optimization solutions. The company was founded in April 1971 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Altior, Inc. engages in the provision of software and hardware products. The company was founded in March 2004 and is headquartered in Eatontown, NJ.

VELOX Semiconductor is a spin off from EMCORE Corporation. VELOX excels in high-volume, cost-effective manufacturing of Gallium Nitride (GaN) transistors and diodes. VELOX's GaN based technology allows significant improvements in the cost, size and efficiency of power supplies potentially resulting in increased portability. EMCORE has experience successfully spinning off GaN technology. In 1999, Emcore spun off its GaN LED technology for solid state lighting to form GELcore, a Joint Venture with General Electric Lighting. Today GELcore is a leading manufacturer of solid state lighting products. VELOX intends to repeat GELcore's success in the power market. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Somerset, NJ.

Lightspeed Audio Labs, Inc. develops media collaboration platform. Its platform allows amateur and professional musicians to collaborate and create audio content online over the Internet in real-time. The company provides a virtual studio and venue where musicians can plug in over the Internet. Lightspeed Audio Labs was founded by Mark Malek, Schuyler Quackenbush, Thomas Darcie and Peter F. Driessen in 2006 and is headquartered in Tinton Falls, NJ.

Viant Group LLC provides investment and financial advisory services. It offers mergers and acquisitions, raising capital, valuation and advisory, and viant green capital. The company was founded by Scott Smith in 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., HydroGlobe, Inc. is a company that provides arsenic, heavy metal solution removal, and iron filtration solutions. The company is based in Hoboken, NJ. HydroGlobe was acquired by Graver Technologies LLC on April 12, 2005.

Reactive NanoTechnologies, Inc. develops and manufactures nanofoil technologies for reaction initiation and joining applications. Its products are used in armor mounting, structural joining, component mounting, sealing, sputtering targets joining, and thermal interface material applications. The firm offers services to the energetics, semiconductor, and military aerospace industries. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD.