Chris Alliegro

Luidia, Inc. provides idea-capturing systems and solutions for the education. It offers interactive whiteboards and devices, mobile interactive whiteboard systems, interactive stylus and marker sleeves and wireless tablets. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Capella is the industry leader of wavelength selective switch (WSS) technology for use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) and optical cross connect (OXC) applications. Capella's intelligent subsystems provide the best performing wavelength management products on the market offering dynamic, remote reconfigurability with fully integrated optical channel monitoring (OCM), essential technology for next-generation ROADMs. Capella was founded in 2000. Privately held and located in San Jose, California, Capella has a seasoned management team with experience from leading telecom and technology companies. Additionally Capella has an extensive intellectual property portfolio with 27 patents issued and over 30 pending. The company has been funded by leading ventures funds including Formative Ventures, Levensohn Venture Partners, Lucas Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners and Silicon Valley Bank.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Ignition Venture Partners (Ignition Venture) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Ignition Partners Group founded in 2000 by Cameron Myhrvold, Jonathan D Roberts, Jon Anderson, and John Ludwig. The firm is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

Innovalight, Inc. manufactures crystalline silicon solar cells and licenses a proprietary process technology to solar cell manufacturing companies. The company was founded by Conard Burke in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Sacramento Angels, Inc. provides investment services. The firm’s members invest in emerging technology companies located in Northern California. It offers finance to small and medium sized firms. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Folsom, CA.

Intellectual Ventures Management LLC (Intellectual Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Nathan Myhrvold, Edward Jung, Peter N Detkin and Greg Gorder. The firm is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington..

Radicand Corp. is a minority-owned that provides real estate services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

Kymeta Corp. engages in the development of broadband satellite connectivity solutions. Its products include portable satellite terminal, aeronautical terminal, fixed satellite terminal, and mTenna core module. The company was founded in by Nathan B. Kundtz in 2012 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Liberty Financial Group LLC provides investment advice.

Echodyne Corp. develops metamaterials-based radar technology. It provides scanning, tracking, and imaging technology that is applicable to environmental conditions. The firm offers EchoGuard, EchoFlight and Metamaterial Electronically Scanning Array (MESA) redars and subsystems. The company was founded by Tom Driscoll and Eben Whitfield Frankenberg in 2014 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Lumotive, Inc. is a company based in the United States that specializes in solid-state, 3D-sensing systems. Lumotive's patented light control metasurface (LCM™) beam steering chips enable advanced sensing and perception capabilities in next-generation consumer, mobility, and industrial automation products such as mobile devices, autonomous vehicles, and robots. The American company has received industry acclaim, including awards such as the Fierce Electronics 2021 Startup of the Year Award, CES Innovation Awards in 2022 and 2024, Fast Company's Next Big Thing in Tech 2023, a 2022 SPIE Prism Award, and a prestigious Edison Award. Investors in the company include Gates Frontier, MetaVC Partners, Quan Funds, Samsung Ventures, and Unique. The company was founded in 2018 by Gleb Akselrod, and Sam Heidari has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

NatureTrak, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise risk management and compliance solutions to financial institutions that work with cannabis related businesses. The company was founded by Jontae James in May 2017 and is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

Render, Inc. is a platform as a service that provides a collaborative environment for data scientists, data engineers, and developers to create and deploy unlimited, customized synthetic data generation for computer vision-related machine learning and artificial intelligence workflows. The company was founded by physicist Nathan Kundtz and is based in an undisclosed location. Render is a member of the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and is partnered with Nvidia, AWS, and Carahsoft. Additionally, Render is an American management consulting company that partners with organizations to solve their most challenging problems and create a positive social impact in the world. The company's services include program development, branding, corporate innovation, storytelling, and more. The CEO of the company is Nathan B. Kundtz.

Parse Pay, Inc. operates a payment platform. The private company is based in I.

Winning Streak Ventures (Winning Streak Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Paul Lambert. The firm is headquartered in El Dorado Hills, California.