Chris Sloan

Firsthand Funds operates as an umbrella fund. Its investment objective is to achieve long term growth capital. The company was founded by Kevin M. Landis on November 8, 1993 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

SEMATECH, Inc. provides research and development services in semiconductor manufacturing technology. It offers research in design, lithography, interconnect, and other facets of chip manufacturing. The company was established in 1986 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

eFunds Corp. delivers risk management, payment, and outsourcing solutions. The firm also provides services to financial institutions, financial services companies, electronic funds networks, retailers, government agencies and telecommunications companies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

UCT Coatings, Inc. manufactures metal products. The firm develops proprietary, Nickel-Boron metal coating technology that decreases wear, friction, and corrosion while increasing the strength and lifecycle of the products to which it is applied. The company is headquartered in Palm City, FL.

SynapSense Corp. provides data center infrastructure management solutions. It offers data center optimization platform, environmental monitoring systems, power usage monitoring, active cooling control, data center assessment and thermal mapping and humidity mapping systems. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Folsom, CA.

Founded in 1994 by Kevin Landis, Firsthand Capital Management, is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager located in Santa Clara, California. The firm is the investment advisor to the Firsthand Funds, a series of no-load technology sector mutual funds. They also provide sub-advisory services to institutional investors, high net-worth individuals and other fund sponsors.

STATS ChipPAC, Inc. provides semiconductor packaging, test and distribution services. Its clients include the computing, communications, consumer, automotive and industrial markets. STATS ChipPAC also provides customers with semiconductor test services for various device types, including mixed-signal, digital logic, memory, power, and radio frequency devices. The company is a subsidiary of STATS ChipPAC Ltd. and is located in Tempe, AZ.

Edwards Vacuum LLC manufactures and supplies vacuum pumps and exhaust management systems. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Sanborn, NY.

Thomas West, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies polishing pads for chemical mechanical planarization. The private company is based in Sunnyvale, CA.

Entrepix, Inc. provides chemical mechanical polishing and related wafer surface conditioning process outsourcing and equipment services. It offers refurbished CMP equipment, including polishers, post-CMP cleaners and slurry and chemical delivery systems; and refurbished metrology equipment, such as film thickness products, profile meters, particle detection products, and in-line dielectric metrology, as well as lam and ontrak post CMP scrubbers. The firm also offers refurbishment, installation and qualification services; process development and transfer; spare parts, subassembly rebuild and field services; and training services. The company was founded by Steven Horowitz in 1998 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Rodel, Inc. distributes electronic materials. The private company is based in Scottsdale, AZ. The company was founded by William D. Budinger.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SPTS Technologies Ltd. manufactures plasma etch and deposition and thermal processing equipment for the semiconductor industry. Its products include plasma dicing, HF release etch, XeF2 release etch, metal deposition, MVD, PECVD and inkjet printing for IC. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Newport, the United Kingdom.

Silvaco Group, Inc. provides technology computer aided design software, electronic data automation software and semiconductor intellectual property. The TCAD, EDA and SIP solutions enable semiconductor and photonics companies to increase productivity, accelerate their product's time to market and reduce their development and manufacturing costs. Its services include SPICE Modeling Services, TCAD Modeling Services, Library Design Services and Library Characterization Services. The company was founded on November 18, 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

NexPlanar Corp. develops the next generation chemical mechanical planarization pads for the semiconductor device industry. It serves semiconductor fabrication operations around the world. The company was founded by Sudhanshu Misra and Pradip K. Roy in 2003 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, OR.

Qmat, Inc. develops technologies for application in the electronics industry. The company was founded on December 10, 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Wrightspeed, Inc. operates as an electric vehicle powertrain company. It specializes in electric powertrains, controls, systems engineering, electric drive, and micro turbine power generators. The company was founded by Ian Wright in 2005 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

Telepathy Japan, Inc. is a Japanese company that offers a variety of products including communication gadgets, cooking utensils, and beauty daily necessities. The company is based in Tokyo, JP. and has subsidiaries in Japan and United States. The company was founded by Takahito Iguchi.