Venkat Kankipati

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.

WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc. develops and provides wavefront measurement technologies. It focuses on research, development, manufacturing, and distribution of the Optiwave Refractive Analysis (ORA) system with VerifEye used during cataract surgery. The firm offers ophthalmic medical devices. The company was founded by Kenneth C. Aldrich, William B. Adams, Thomas J. Berryman, and Tony Van Heugten in 1997 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

FloSports, Inc. operates as sports media and events company. It offers streaming of premier events, video programming, weekly studio shows, entertainment, and event creation and execution. It focuses on live competition and coverage, original content, and owned and operated events. The company was founded by Martin Floreani, Mark Floreani and Madhu Venkatesan in 2006 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Canaan Management, Inc. (Canaan Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by Eric A. Young. The firm is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Threshold Ventures, Inc. (Threshold Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Draper Fisher Jurvetson International, Inc. founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Ustream, Inc. engages in the provision of technology platform for live video streaming. It offers live video streaming; production services for live broadcasted events; live streaming; SAAS; enterprise; enterprise video platform; video platform; OVP; OTT; video for business; cloud video; online video platform; and monetize video. The company was founded by Johnny Ilman Ham, Fred Bradley Hunstable, and Gyula Feher in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Innovation Factory LLC (The Innovation Factory) is an incubator firm headquartered in Duluth, Georgia. The firm is founded by Thomas D. Weldon and Charles E. Larsen in 1999.

Part of Axogen, Inc., AxoGen Corp. develops peripheral nerve grafting and regeneration technologies. The company is based in Alachua, FL. The company was founded in 2002 by John P. Engels, Jamie M. Grooms. AxoGen was acquired by LecTec Corp. on September 30, 2011 for $19.98 million.

Accuitive Medical Ventures LLC (Accuitive Medical Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Thomas Weldon, Gerard van Hamel Platerink, John Arthur Deedrick, Steven Waite and Charles Larsen. The firm is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia.

Stratsys AB provides information technology and services. It offers perfomance management, reports, business development, IT support, goals, ratios, activities and strategies. The company was founded by Henrik Lepasoon and Magnus Pernvik in 2000 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Siren operates a socially evolved online platform for connecting people through conversation. The private company is based in New York, NY.

Art19, Inc. develops podcast hosting, distribution and advertisement serving technology. It offers Ad serving, targeting, monitoring and reporting solutions. The company was founded by Matt Belknap, Sean Carr, Zach Coelius, Ben Finkel and Eric Gleacher in 2011 and is headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA.

PlayStudios, Inc. develops casual games for social platforms. Its applications include play free mobile slots, play free slots on facebook, play free blackjack, play free konami slots and play pop slots. The company was founded by Andrew S. Pascal, Paul D. Mathews, Nicholas Koenig, Monty Kerr, Chad Hansing, Katie Bolich and Michael P. Rolnick in July 2011 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

HealthTech Capital Co. invests in the healthcare sectors. It invests in capital efficient companies that use new scalable business model to improve the healthcare delivery from the hospital to the home. The company was founded by Anne DeGheest in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Altos Hills, CA.

Kespry, Inc. designs and builds drone systems for commercial applications. The firms drone system allows a business to capture, view and analyze aerial imagery and survey data. It serves construction, surveying and mining industries. The company was founded in 2013 by Benjamin Stabler and Paul Doersch and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

BeyondCore, Inc. provides automated analytics software solutions. The firm provides claims data entry and adjudication, new policy creation and maintenance, and credit card and loan application processing solutions. It serves the healthcare, manufacturing, banking and finance, retail and insurance industries. The company was founded by Arijit Sengupta, Benny Xian, Rahul Pathak and Griffin Chronis in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Redmile Group LLC (Redmile) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Jeremy Green and Michael Lee in 2007. Redmile provides investment management and advisory services to private investment funds and separately managed accounts.

Genalyte, Inc. specializes in instrumentation and multiplex assays for biomarker and protein detection. The firm offers autoantibody testing assays for autoimmune research, custom assay services and maverick detection system. The company was founded in 2007 by Lawrence Cary Gunn III and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Intuity Medical, Inc. develops a blood glucose monitoring system for diabetic patients. The firm offers POGO Automatic, an automated, self-contained handheld monitor that enables patients to measure blood glucose levels within seconds. It also offer Patterns, an application which centralizes each patient?s blood glucose testing data in a digital form that can be shared with healthcare providers. The company was founded by Syrous Parsay on April 24, 2002 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

InterWest Partners LLC (InterWest Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979 by Wally Hawley, Scott Hedrick and Gene Barth. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.