Joseph Huber

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Seagate Technology LLC engages in the development and manufacture of data storage solutions. It products include network-attached storage hard drive, solid state drives, hybrid cloud backup solutions, and express recovery appliances. The company was founded by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner in 1978 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

Bridgelux, Inc. develops and manufactures solid-state lighting and light-emitting diode components for use in diverse exterior and interior lighting applications. Its products include LED sub-systems are integrated products that deliver world class performance and leading cost while additionally reducing time to market, and LED chips, provides light emitting diode solutions. The firm serves the retail and hospitality, warehouse, exterior, industrial and eco system partners. Bridgelux was founded by Heng Liu in 2002 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

INXPO, Inc. provides privately-branded virtual events and virtual business communities. The firm’s products include live streaming, webcasts, online events and video portals. It also offers video production, marketing strategy, engagement strategy, bandwidth optimization and data integration services. The company was founded by Richard Hawkinson, Malcolm L. Lotzof, Drew VanVooren and Adam Mankoff in 2004 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. develops medical devices that focus on improving the accuracy of diagnostic blood culture tests. The company was founded by Gregory J. Bullington and Richard G. Patton and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Pica8, Inc. provides open switching systems. Its open switches transform the data center by decoupling hardware from software. The company was founded in 2009 by Chunyi Liao and Lin Du and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

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

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

A.T. Kearney, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. Its services include strategic, operational and technology consulting executive search services. The company was founded by Andrew Thomas Kearney in 1926 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Covington & Burling LLP provides legal services. It also provides support services in the following administrative departments including accounting, human resources, information research services, information technology services, library, operations, marketing, practice systems support, recruitment, attorney and alumni relations, and professional development. The company was founded by J. Harry Covington and Edward B. Burling on January 1, 1919 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Intel Capital Corp (Intel Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Intel Corp founded in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. The firm is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, Inc. operates as a pharmacy and health store. Its products includes facial care and makeup products, as well as beauty accessories; body care, hair care, bath and shower, sun care and bug spray, shaving and hair removal, hand and foot care, and kids and baby skin care and bath products; vitamins, supplements, minerals, sports and nutrition. The firm has offices in California, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. The company was founded by Don L. Summerfield, Dale Schwartz and Barry Perzow in June 2000 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Menlo Ventures Management LP (Menlo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by DuBose Montgomery. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Blumberg Capital LLC (Blumberg Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1991 by David Blumberg. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Doll Capital Management Inc (DCM Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in the year 1996 by David Katsujin Chao, Rudy Rehm and Dixon R. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, additional offices in Beijing & Tokyo.

Gulf International Bank BSC (United Arab Emirates) is a financial institution based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Emirati company provides client-led financial products and banking services. The company is ultimately controlled by the Government of Saudi Arabia.

Curve OS Ltd. provides online payment services. It offers Curve payment card, a single card built on the MasterCard network that combines all client's cards into one. The company was founded by Shachar Bialick, Anna Mostyn Williams, and Tom Foster-Carter on April 2, 2015 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Embedded Finance Ltd. develops banking and compliance platform that connects together a global network of partner banks. It specializes in risk technology, card issuing and transaction banking. The company was founded by Clive Mitchell and Nigel George Swinburn Verdon in 1996 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Creditease Holdings Cayman Ltd. operates as a financial services company focusing on providing inclusive finance and wealth management products and services in China. It provides financial products and services to urban and rural residents in China, including small and micro enterprise owners, salary workers, college students and rural households. The company also provides customized wealth management services to mass affluent Chinese investors, with a focus on peer-to-peer loan products, as well as a range of other products in multiple asset classes, including equities, property, credit, alternative investments and insurance. The company was founded by Tang Ning in May 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Mouro Capital is a venture capital arm of MSM Global Investments LLP founded in 2014. The firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

GE Energy Financial Services Inc (GE Energy Financial Svcs) is a private equity subsidiary of GE Energy Services, Inc founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lendio, Inc. operates as an online loan application and lending platform. It provides information on business loan types such as acquisition loan, business financing, cash advance, commercial real estate, equipment financing, microloan, franchise loan, start-up loan and business loans for women. The company was founded by Brett Child, Brock J. Blake, Levi King and Trent Miskin in 2005 and is headquartered in South Jordan, UT.

Any.DO, Inc. develops mobile applications. The company was founded by Omer Perchik, Yoni Lindenfeld and Itay Kahana in 2010 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Parsely, Inc. engages in developing web analytics and content optimization software. It partners with digital publishers to provide clear audience insights through an intuitive analytics platform. The company was founded by Sachin Kamdar and Andrew Montalenti on January 1, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

GHBC Groupe, Inc. operates a shopping website which provides merchandise, clothing, home decor, food and travelling services. It offers furniture, sports sedans, bedding, rugs, lighting, décor, kitchen and dining products. The firm also provides redeem points to its customers. The company was founded in November 2007 by Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Michael Bryzek, Alexis Maybank, Dwight A. Merriman, Phong Nguyen and Kevin P. Ryan and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NewChic Capital (NewChic Capita) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Jennifer Cheng. The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Silicon Valley Leadership Group operates as an advocacy organization to influence public policy relating to the valley. The non-profit company is based in San Jose, CA.