Richard Geruson

ViVOtech is a market leader in contactless/NFC payment software, over the air (OTA) card provisioning, promotion, and transaction management infrastructure software, NFC smart posters, and contactless readers/writers. These innovative solutions allow consumers to make contactless payments with radio frequency-enabled credit cards, debit cards, key fobs, and NFC-enabled mobile phones. The company's products are used by some of the most prominent retailers in the United States. The company's products are in use at movie theaters, fast food restaurants (QSR), casual dining establishments, convenience stores, gas stations, drug stores, grocery stores, buses, taxicabs and vending machine locations, enabling a wide variety of businesses to accept contactless/NFC payments. Founded in 2001, it is privately held and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. Other offices are located in Asia and in Europe. Investors include strategic partners Citigroup, First Data Corporation, Motorola, NCR and Nokia as well as the venture capital companies Draper Fisher Juvertson and Alloy Ventures.

Nokia, Inc. distributed and marketed mobile phones and telecommunication devices. It provided equipment, solutions, and services for network operators and corporations. The company was founded on March 19, 1999 and was headquartered in Irving, TX.

Voice Signal Technologies, Inc. develops software for mobile handsets. It provides speech solutions for consumer products and mobile devices. The company's solutions offer speech capabilities, including speaker-independent name dialing and contact lookup, vocabulary dictation, email and SMS messaging. VoiceSignal Technologies was founded by Daniel Roth and Thomas Lazay in 1995 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Jentro Technologies GmbH provides navigation software and services for mobile phones. The company was founded by Erno Hempel and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

SoundHound, Inc. develops search and sound recognition technologies. The company was founded by Majid S. Emami, James M. Hom, Keyvan Mohajer and Michal Grabowski in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Rx Networks, Inc. develops and provides mobile positioning technologies and assisted-GPS solutions. It offers hybrid positioning solutions that unify any available GPS, WiFi, and sensor signals for mobile location user experience. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

PhoeniX Technologies, Inc. manufactures motion-tracking systems for the delivery 3D motion capture data. Its products include trackers, software, wireless makers, capture suits and gloves. The company was founded by Chris Ma in 1996 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Fifth Floor Venture Partners is a specialized investment platform that focuses on investing in US and European startups in sustainability. The private company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The company connects these startups to strategic partners and utilizes their extensive venture investing experience and operational expertise to capture untapped opportunities. The CEO of the company is Richard J. Geruson.

TradeHarbor, Inc. provides fraud and identity protection services. Its applications include document signatures, strong authentication, multifactor authentication, login authentication and password reset. The firm also designs and deploys custom speech and web-based applications for clients that wish to quickly implement the voice signature service in their business. The company was founded by Paul S. Heirendt and George Velius in May 1999 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.