John Barton

Invensys Ltd. designs and manufactures software products, systems, and control equipment to various markets. Its Software segment develops and supplies industrial software products including SimSci-Esscor, a design, simulation, and optimization software, as well as a trading, planning, and scheduling software. The company was founded on April 1, 1920 and is headquartered in Telford, he United Kingdom.

WaveSplitter Technologies, Inc. is an independent provider of high-performance optical components and modules for system manufacturers worldwide seeking flexible, scalable technology platforms, advanced design capabilities, and extensive production capacity. The company develops, manufactures, and distributes fused fiber and planar lightguide circuit products, including pump laser combiners, optical channel interleavers, arrayed waveguide gratings, couplers, WDMs, and add/drop thin-film filters. Its technology platforms are designed to enable optical systems manufacturers and service providers to increase the capacity and reliability of their optical networks, extend the reach of optical signals in core networks and build flexible, scalable, and cost-effective metropolitan area networks. WaveSplitter was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, California with offices and manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan, and Shenzhen, China.

Pure Energy Visions Corp. holds investments in pure energy solutions, which engages in the provision of portable-power enabling technologies and products. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Richmond Hill, Canada.

SightSpeed, Inc. provides internet video and voice communications services. The company offers services in different parts of the United States. The company was founded in 2001 by Aron Rosenberg, Brad Treat and Toby Berger and is located in Berkeley, CA.

Feenex, Inc. manufactures and markets rechargeable thin-film micro-energy storage devices. It offers services to the wireless sensor, powered smart card, medical device, consumer electronics, automotive, civil, military and aerospace markets. The company was founded on January 25, 2001 and is headquartered in Littleton, CO.

The Kavli Foundation engages in the provision of support for the advancement of science, increase of public understanding, and support for scientists. The company was founded by Fred Kavli in December 2000 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Wakonda Technologies, Inc. develops solar photovoltaic products. It offers solar cells and solar electric technology services. The firm serves the commercial and military sectors. The company was founded by Leslie G. Fritzemeier and Ryne P. Raffaelle in 2005 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Axine Water Technologies, Inc. provides chemical-free solutions for treating concentrations of toxic organics and ammonia. The firm develops solutions to avoid production bottlenecks, high treatment, disposal costs and water reuse limitations. The company was founded by Colleen Freda Legzdins in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

eFinance Corp. provides a credit decisioning software. The company was founded on February 24, 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

GCT Semiconductor, Inc. provides wireless communication solutions. The firm designs and supplies advanced 4G LTE and 5G semiconductor solutions. GCT’s market-proven LTE solutions, commercially available since 2010, have enabled fast and reliable LTE connectivity to numerous commercial devices such as smartphones, tablets, hotspots, CPEs, USB dongles, routers, M2M applications, and more, to the world’s top LTE carriers. It's system-on-chip solutions integrate radio frequency, baseband modem and digital signal processing functions into a single die, therefore offering complete 4G platform solutions with small form factors, low power consumption, high performance, high reliability and cost effectiveness. The company was founded by Kyeong-Ho H. Lee and Ki-Sub Lee in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Tarari, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company. Its products include silicon chips, boards, and software acceleration components. The company was founded by Randy Smerik, David Finlay, Rick Johnson, and Jeff Carmichael in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Applied Ventures LLC (Applied Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Applied Materials, Inc founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Salas O'Brien Engineers, Inc. operates as an infrastructure engineering and energy company. Its services include mechanical electrical and telecommunications, clean energy and power generation, architecture and interiors and building systems and controls. The company was founded by Roy Goodman, Daniel O’Brien and Carl Salas in 1975 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Illuminate Management LLC (Illuminate Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Cindy B. Padnos. The firm is headquartered in Oakland, California.

O'Brien Engineers, Inc. provides engineering and environmental services. The private company is based in Dallas, TX.

Jasper Ridge, Inc. manufactures medical, surgical, ophthalmic, and veterinary instruments. The private company is based in Menlo Park. Michele F. Klein has been the CEO of the American company since 2010.

Prime Coalition, Inc. is a public charity that was founded by Matthew McLean Nordan in 2014. The American company has steered over $300 million in partnership with 250+ catalytic investors. Prime Coalition's first impact-first pooled vehicle, Prime Impact Fund, is a 100% catalytic capital fund that made its 16th and final investment in 2021. The private company now has over 30 companies in its venture portfolio in total. Prime Coalition collaborates to build open source tools and convenes to organize investors to improve forward-looking emissions impact methodologies and reporting best practices for climate-driven investments. The company partners with philanthropists to invest catalytic capital in extraordinary companies and projects that combat climate change, have a high likelihood of achieving commercial success, and are otherwise unlikely to be sufficiently supported toward optimal greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential.