Leonard Rand

Granite Ventures LLC (Granite Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1992 by Jackie Berterretche, Sam D. Kingsland and Chris B. Hollenbeck. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Cooligy, Inc. designs and manufactures cooling systems used to cool computer chips. Its cooling method breaks through the roadblock to heat removal and noise reduction. The firm's products allow electronics firms to deliver next-generation CPUs, ASICs, graphics chips, and large programmable gate arrays. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

PowerGenix Systems, Inc. developed and manufactured nickel zinc batteries for automotive, industrial, and stationary storage applications. Its products included automotive Stop-Start systems, monoblock power units, and micro hybrid batteries. The company was founded in 2003 and was headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Ozmo, Inc. develops wireless compatible communication technologies. The Company products deliver cost-effective wireless personal area network (WPAN) connectivity for wireless peripheral applications that require a small form factor and long battery life. The company was founded by Roel Peeters and Katelijn Vleugels in 2004 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Part of Intel Corp., NetBoost Corp. develops hardware and software solutions that provide a programmable platform for deploying complex policy applications. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded in 1997 by Leonard Rand, Jerry Hall, Kevin R. Fall. NetBoost was acquired by Intel Corp. on September 01, 1999.

The IT industry is in the midst of a shift of seismic proportions. Driven by Microsoft, Google, and Amazon among others, new compute models such as social networking and cloud computing are changing the way organizations share information, collaborate and communicate. These applications are imposing new performance demands on existing data centers - the IT infrastructure core of an organization. Data centers consist of a large cluster of servers interconnected using network switch infrastructure. These increased performance requirements are contributing to increased server densities and expenses within the data center. Data centers need a cost-effective, power-efficient and reliable 10Gbps interconnect to efficiently scale compute performance. Three generations of history proves standards-based Ethernet over copper UTP (unshielded twisted pair) to be the most cost-effective interconnect technology for data centers. 10GBASE-T is the next generation standard (IEEE802.3an-2006) in Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) interconnects operating at 10 gigabits per second. Founded in 2004, Plato Networks is driving mainstream deployment of 10GBASE-T leveraging a disruptive and silicon-proven AASP™ - Adaptive Analog Signal Processing technology. Unlike multi-chip, power-hungry and unreliable solutions offered by competition, Plato's 10GBASE-T PHY solutions eliminate the need for external passive circuitry, reduce power dissipation by over 50%, required board real-estate by 60% and in the end bolster the resiliency of 10GBASE-T connectivity 'priming the pump' for explosive 10GbE adoption in data centers and enterprise networks. Plato Networks has built a seasoned organization that reflects the innovation and comprehensiveness of its technology/products as well as demonstrable knowledge in building a defensible and sustainable business. With all critical disciplines and expertise - Analog, DSP/Systems, Digital and Technology/Operations in-house, Plato has developed a scalable and results-driven organization that can tackle the challenges involved in designing such complex PHY systems. The team has a cumulative experience of over 200 years coming from successful organizations including Broadcom, Conexant, Cisco-Scientific Atlanta, Exar, IBM, Intel, National, and PMC-Sierra. Plato's investors - Crosslink Capital, Granite Ventures and STIC Investments bring broad and deep knowledge the in the communications semiconductor industry. With numerous test chips and a product developed to date, Plato has set a bench mark for a capital-efficient operating model in a fabless semiconductor company. Plato has developed a diverse body of intellectual property with 15+ patents in the pipeline for AASP and critical building-blocks in deep sub-micron CMOS technologies.

HyTrust, Inc. provides cloud security automation solutions. It offers HyTrust CloudControl, a control point that adds critical authentication, authorization and auditing for administrators of virtual infrastructure. The firm’s solution simplifies compliance and provides control and visibility into private clouds. It also offers HyTrust DataControl, a solution that provides strong encryption for virtual machines in any public or hybrid cloud, along with easy to deploy key management. The firm offers compliance, private cloud controls, virtual machine encryption and HyTrust boundary controls. The company was founded by Renata Budko, Eric Chiu, Boris Strongin and Boris Belov in 2007 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.