William Bien

Deer Management Co. LLC (Bessemer Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1911. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Thales Defense & Security, Inc. provides solutions to defense, federal and commercial markets. The company also provides helmet-mounted displays and motion tracking technologies, SATCOM terminals, advanced sonar systems, air traffic management navigation and surveillance and simulation. Thales Defense & Security was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Clarksburg, MD.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. provides specialized technical, engineering, and acquisition services to government and industry customers. It offers its services in the areas of ballistic missile and air defense, air vehicle survivability analysis, unmanned aircraft systems, flight test operations, intelligence community analysis, and homeland security. The firm services include system engineering, test and evaluation, modeling and simulation, acquisition planning, operational concept development, business and financial management, safety management systems, and multimedia production. The company was founded by Jesse Tom McMahan and Phillip L. Soucy in 1993 and is headquartered in Alexandria VA.

Xanadu Quantum Technologies, Inc. provides cloud computing services. The company was founded by Christian Weedbrookin 2016 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Boom Technology, Inc. manufactures supersonic passenger flight and aircraft for business travel. The company was founded by Blake Scholl, Joe Wilding, and Joshua Krall in September 2014 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Rigetti & Co., Inc. develops and delivers integrated quantum and classical computing capabilities. The firm's flagship product, Quantum Cloud Services provides dedicated access to quantum hardware and a development environment tailored for practical applications. The company was founded by Chad T. Rigetti in 2013 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Envelop Risk Analytics Ltd. operates as a specialist reinsurance managing general agent. It provides delegated (re)insurance underwriting, and partners with cyber security firms for custom insurance products. The company was founded by Jonathan Spry and Paul Guthrie in 2016 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Argonne National Laboratory provides research and technology services. Its research areas include computer science, energy, environmental management, and industrial technology. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Lemont, IL.

QxBranch provides software solutions. It specializes in data analytics services and the development of quantum computing technology. The company was founded by Michael Brett, Paul Guthrie, Anthony Wilson, and Shaun Wilson in 2014 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Eta Kappa Nu owns and operates a non-profit public-service organization. It operates as a electrical and computer engineering honor society of the IEEE. The company was founded by Maurice L. Carr in 1904 and is headquartered in Piscataway, NJ.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Leidos, Inc. provides scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions. It offers solutions and services that leverage the power of data analytics, systems integration, and cyber security across national security, health, and engineering markets. The company was founded by John Robert Beyster in June 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Sandia Corp. provides science-based technological research services. The private company is based in Albuquerque, NM and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (Virginia Innovation Partnership) is a private equity/venture capital non-profit operating division of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

YotaScale, Inc. operates as an enterprise-grade systems management platform for cloud computing. The firm provides autonomous cloud systems management. The company was founded by Asim Razzaq, Imran Moin, Michael Babiak and Abbas Yousafzai in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Sand Hill Angels Inc (Sand Hill Angels) is an angel investment firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

StartX, Inc. organizes and develops startup accelerator programs. It provides a network of mentors which is world class. The company benefits from having access to faculty and lecturers from the stanford community including the engineering, business, medical, and design schools. StartX was founded by Divya Nag and Cameron Teitelman in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Magnetic Insight, Inc. provides magnetic particle imaging technology. The firm specializes in preclinical, medical, and diagnostic imaging. The company was founded by Anna Christensen and Patrick Goodwill and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

Baffle, Inc. develops and offers data encryption software. The company was founded by Ameesh Divatia in 2015 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Passage AI, Inc. develops a conversational AI platform. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded in 2016 by Mitul Tiwari, Madhu Mathihalli, Ravi N. Raj.

PrivateCore, Inc. operates as a computing firm. It provides a secure foundation for cloud computing by protecting servers and the virtual machines running on those servers. The company was founded by Oded Horovitz and Stephen Weis in 2012 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.