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National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Lexar Media, Inc. designs, develops and markets digital film and connectivity products. It is a marketing firm of digital media and other flash based storage products for consumer markets that utilize digital media for the capture and retrieval of digital content. The firm also offers a line of digital music players and portable data storage devices as well as various connectivity products that link its media products to personal computers and other electronic host devices. The company was founded in 1996 by Paul Wenz, Mike Liccardo, John Reimer and Petro Estakhri and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Nanosys, Inc. develops and manufactures inorganic nanostructures and other related products. It offers Ultra HD television. The company was founded by Paul A. Alivisatos, Stephen Empedocles, Peidong Yang, Robert M. Metcalfe, Jim Heath, Paul McEuen, Christoph H. Westphal, Moungi Bawendi, Lawrence A. Bock, Calvin Y. H. Chow, Chunming Niu, Karen Vergura, Hongkun Park, George Pontis and Charles M. Lieber in 2001 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Aera Technology, Inc. develops configurable on-demand software solutions. It is a ?domain-based? Business Intelligence (BI) company that brings together cloud, Big Data, and BI stack to deliver insights into supply chain. The firm's application provides thousands of metrics, tickers, and configurable analytics. It serves a diverse set of industries including: apparel and sportswear, mining, medical equipment, electronics, and energy companies. The company was founded by Shariq Mansoor in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Whistle Sports, Inc. operates a sports entertainment platform for the next generation of fans and athletes. It offers curriculum-driven content that focuses on fitness and nutrition, maths and science, and teamwork. The firm also operates an online portal for news, games, contests, polls and a customizable locker where kids display online achievements. The company was founded by Kit Laybourne, Jeff Urban and John J. West Jr. in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Synopsys, Inc., Xynetix Design Systems, Inc. develops software for advanced IC package design. The company is based in Rochester, NY. Corp. (California) on August 11, 1999. Xynetix Design Systems was acquired by Avant!

Neolinear, Inc. develops semiconductor and circuit software. Its solutions are used in the design and re-use of analog and mixed-signal circuits. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA

Creative Labs, Inc. manufactures CD-ROM drives, modems, sound cards, and various other computer components. It specializes in sound blaster sound cards and for launching the multimedia revolution. The company was founded by Wong Hoo Sim in 1988 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

NativeX LLC provides monetization and user acquisition solutions for mobile and web apps. For publishers and developers who want to monetize with advertising that really works, NativeX is the marketing technology platform that is reinventing in-app advertising to create more effective and engaging ad experiences that enable developers to build successful businesses around their apps. The company was founded by Robert J. Weber and Ryan J. Weber in 2000 and is headquartered in Sartell, MN.

Cubs Rainbow, Inc. is a holding company engaged in the development of advanced 3D digital modeling and analysis solutions for the aerospace, automotive, industrial and government markets. The company was founded by Kenji Shimada in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Lakestar Advisors GmbH (Lakestar Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Klaus Hommels. The firm is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Cherre, Inc. operates as a real estate data network. It provides investors, insurers, brokers and other large enterprises with a platform to collect, resolve, and augment real estate data from thousands of public, private, and internal sources. The company was founded by Ben Hizak and Salmonson L. D. in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Minds.ai, Inc. is an American company that specializes in improving the efficiency and productivity of semiconductor manufacturing processes. The company achieves this by enabling more semiconductor wafers to be produced faster with less waste at a lower cost, reducing the number of scraped wafers, and speeding up the design and planning processes. Minds.ai, Inc. is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Bangalore. The company was founded in 2014 by Sumit Sanyal and Tijmen Tieleman, with Sumit Sanyal serving as the CEO since incorporation.

ANYbotics AG provides autonomous legged robots for industrial applications to improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability of industrial work. The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The Swiss company's robots automate inspections in Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Power, and Mining industries. ANYmal, the company's robot, provides accurate, reliable, and safe end-to-end automated robotic inspections to power and utilities. The company was founded in 2016 by Marco Hutter, Roland Yves Siegwart, Hanspeter Fässler, Christian Gehring, Remo Diethelm, Péter Fankhauser, Samuel Bachmann, Andreas Lauber. Péter Fankhauser has been the CEO since 2016.

ARM Ltd. (United States) engages in the provision of third party administration services. It offers claims administration, plan development, stop loss coverage, PPOs, systems, eligibility, funding, billing, compliance, and reports. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Arlington Heights, IL.

Sagetech Avionics, Inc. improves flight situational awareness and ensures the safe operation of unmanned aerial systems in controlled airspace. The company is based in Bingen, WA. The company delivers reliable, certifiable miniature transponders for civil and military applications, serving for more than a decade with 1.5 million flight hours in harsh environments. Sagetech transponders are standard or optional equipment on most production small and medium UAVs. Thomas M. Furey has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Walden Catalyst Management LLC (Walden Catalyst) is a venture capital subsidiary of Walden International LLC founded in 2020 by Young K. Sohno. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Astra Protocol is a decentralized KYC platform for web3 that delivers next-generation geospatial compliance by employing financial regulatory standards from over 150 countries and bringing 300 sanctions and watchlists to the crypto industry. The company is based in London, UK. The protocol offers KYC, KYB, and AML services and operates as an on-chain dispute resolution and data verification platform for blockchain and smart contracts. The British company was founded by Jez Noah Ali, Arthur Ali, and Damien O'Brien.

Vertical Venture Partners LLC (Vertical Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Dave Schwab. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.