Derek J. Best

ATI Technologies, Inc. designs, makes and, sells graphics accelerators and multimedia solutions. It offers visual and graphics processors for displaying images on personal computer monitors. It also supplies graphics, video and, multimedia products for desktop, workstation & notebook personal computers, digital televisions, cell phones, and game consoles. The company sells its products through personal computer original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, add-in board manufacturers, retail stores & consumer electronics manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The firm was founded by Kwok Yuen Ho in 1985 and is located in Markham, Canada.

Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. designs and manufactures mixed-signal semiconductors for digital media and communication markets. It provides end-to-end interface connectivity semiconductor solutions for DisplayPort under its SlimPort brand, including signal conditioners and mobile display controllers such as timing controller solutions. The firm enables mobile devices to display movies, games, and applications on internal system screens, computer monitors, and televisions. The company was founded by Kewei Yang, Ted Rado, and Shuran Wei in March 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

CHiL Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops and markets intelligent mixed-signal products using digital power techniques. The company was founded by Ramakrishna R. Sudireddy, Nishith Goel and Praveen K. Jain in 2006 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

CoAdna Photonics, Inc. develops and supplies fiber-optic solutions. It produces photonic components, modules and subsystems for optical networks to enable growth of broadband applications. The firms’ products include OvS systems for Data Center Networking and ROADM. The company was founded by Jim Yuan and Jack Kelly in October 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Silicon Frontline Technology, Inc. provides verification software. It offers parasitic extraction and analysis for post layout verification. The firm’s products include ERCHECK, R3D, ETHAN, and ESRA. The company was founded by Andrei V. Tcherniaev Yuri Feinberg and in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Ixcela, Inc. operates in the healthcare industry focusing on biotechnology business. It develops diagnostic tests and natural interventions to improve gut microbiome efficacy and prevent neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases. The firm's technology is a proprietary biomarker discovery system integrating mass spectrometry and electrochemical arrays. The company was founded by Erika Ebbel Angle and Wayne R. Matson in 2012 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

ProMOS Technologies, Inc. engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, and sale of memory products. It offers double data rate, double data rate 2 & 3, mobile and KGD double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory products. It also offers bluetooth & radio frequency identification products and provides design, assembly engineering, testing and field application engineering services for memory products. The company was founded on December 12, 1996 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Part of Lite-On Technology Corp., GVC Corp. is a Taiwanese company that manufactures communications equipment and computers. The company is based in Taipei, Taiwan. The company was founded by Yasushi Chikagami.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.

Acer America Corp. designs and markets personal computing solutions for end-users. Its products include tablet PCs, desktop PCs, notebook computers, servers, displays, and peripheral solutions for business, government, education and home users. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

iD Ventures America LLC (iD Ventures America) is a venture capital subsidiary of iD Softcapital Group founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

StarCite, Inc. provides online based software technologies. It also provides web-based solutions that help buyers and suppliers manage corporate meetings and events. The company was founded by John F. Pino in 1999 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Anchor Semiconductor, Inc. designs and provides semiconductor hotspot pattern management and analysis software solutions. It offers die-to-database pattern monitor, area generator, anchor hotspot solution, defective pattern library, NanoScope, image explorer, target finder, result explorer and image to design contour. The company was founded by David Tsang, Chenming C. Hu and Cliff L. Ma in 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Voltafield Technology Corp. specializes in magnetic sensing solutions. It has developed MR technology and products that enable a new generation of magnetic sensors and has introduced first AMR 3 axis single chip to offer high performance, high sensitivity, low power, and cost-effective solutions for consumer, industrial, Internet of Things (IoT) and automotive markets. The company was founded in January 2009 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Striiv, Inc. provides fitness equipment. Its products include striiv fusion, striiv fusion lite and striiv fusion bio. The company was founded by David Wang and Mark A. Ross in 2010 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Movella, Inc. engages in the provision of micro-electromechanical sensors. It offers accelerometer, magnetometer, and iGyro hardware and software solutions. The firm provides single-chip motion sensors that are utilized by consumer electronics companies to improve user interactivity and enable new motion-based applications. The company was founded by Charles Yang in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Locix, Inc. engages in smart home and commercial application support services. The company was founded by Vikram Pavate in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Qed Labs, Inc. engages in the provision of technology related services. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Soovu Labs, Inc. engages in the designs, development, and manufacture of non-invasive products. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

ACTS Global Healthcare, Inc. provides healthcare services. Its products include skin care, device-low level laser, device-nebulizer, diagnostics, nutritional, genomics and genetic testing, medical equipment and device. The company is headquartered in Taipei City, Taiwan.

BioIntelliSense, Inc. engages in developing a medical grade data services platform for continuous health monitoring, predictive analytics and algorithmic clinical insights. The company was founded by James Ritchie Mault in 2018 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.