Peter Ballantyne

Bell Laboratories provides research and development services. It provides communications technologies including transistors, digital networking, signal processing, lasers and fiber-optic communications systems, communication satellites, cellular telephony, electronic switching of calls, touch-tone dialing and modems. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Murray Hill, NJ.

SPI Lasers LLC develops and manufactures modulated and pulsed fiber lasers, components, and subsystems. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Lumentum Technology UK Ltd. designs and manufactures optical components, modules, and subsystems for fiber optic communication. The firm offers transceivers, transmitters and network lasers, receivers, amplifiers, pumps, LED, and laser illumination products. It offers services to the telecommunications, aerospace, industrial, semiconductor, and defense markets. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Towcester, the United Kingdom.

Molecular Solar is a spin-out company from the University of Warwick. The Company has been established to commercialize third generation solar cell technology developed in a multi-million pound R&D program at the University. The founding team has over 80 years of combined experience developing and commercializing new technology and a track record of success. Early financial support came from the Founders, the University, Warwick Ventures Ltd., RDA proof of concept funding and a grant from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). Rapid progress has been made during the past year to demonstrate the viability of the technology. The company is participating in a Million projects involving a consortium of four companies and two universities to establish a leadership position in third generation solar technology. The project is being funded by the TSB, the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) and the participating companies: Molecular Solar, Kurt Lesker, Asylum Research and New World Solar. The participating universities are the University of Warwick and Imperial College London. The Company has also successfully completed a seed round of equity investment led by the Mercia Fund Management, the founders and private investors.