Dmitriy Sergeevich Akhanov

BiOptix Diagnostics, Inc. develops biosensor for detection of bacteria and viruses. Its product 404pi offers scientists that require label-free, real-time detection of bio-molecular interactions an extremely high sensitivity, low noise instrument. The company was founded by Misha Plam, Slava Petropavlovskikh and Oyvind Nilsen in 2003 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

NeoPhotonics Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive communications networks. Its product portfolio includes high speed products and network products and solutions. The company was founded on October 31, 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Advenira Enterprises, Inc. develops derived nanocomposite technology for protective and optical coatings. The firm offers SDN protective and optical coating products. Its products were tested on metal substrates as interior and exterior coatings to create a barrier preventing the access of water as the corrosion-mediating electrolyte to the pipe wall and dissolution and erosion of contaminants from the pipe wall to water. The company was founded by Elmira Ryabova and Andrew Skumanich in 2010 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Energy Solutions LLC manufactures lithium-ion batteries. It produces batteries using a cathode material lithium iron phosphate of different capacities. The firm's batteries are used for electric cars, trucks, vans and minibuses. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Novosibirsk, Russia.

Aquantia Corp. engages in design, development, and marketing of communications integrated circuits for ethernet connectivity in the data center, enterprise infrastructure, and access markets. Its products include Aquantia AQrate PHYs, Multi-Gig Phys, and AQtion AQC107. The company was founded by Ramin Shirani, Phillippe Delansay and Ramin Farjad-Rad on January 27, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jones, CA.