Lisa Payne

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.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of intellectual property processor architectures and cores. Its products include Warrior M-Class, Warrior I-Class, Warrior-P Class, AptiveGeneration, and microMIPS ISA. The company was founded by John L. Hennessy in 1984 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Hi/fn, Inc. provides network and storage security and data reduction products to network and storage equipment. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Cypress Communications, Inc. provides electronic mail and other broadband communication services. It offers communication products such as feature rich digital telephone systems and satellite business television. The firm also provides comprehensive data and voice & video communications services to small and medium-sized businesses. The company was founded by Allen R. Stan and Ward Bourdeaux on August 16, 1995 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. is a fables semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets high-performance processors and high-speed integrated circuits that help accelerate the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia content for advanced enterprise, datacenter, communications, and mobile wireless networks. Its product portfolio includes high-performance multi-core processors, knowledge-based processors, high-speed Gigabit Ethernet (GE) physical layer (PHY) devices, network search engines, and ultra low-power embedded processors. These products are designed into high-performance systems such as switches, routers, wireless base stations, access aggregation, radio network controllers, security appliances, networked storage appliances, service gateways and connected media devices offered by original equipment manufacturers. The company was founded by Varadarajan Srinivasan and Norman Godinho in 1995 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

WingArc Australia Pty Ltd. engages in the development of software tools and solutions for statistics. It offers services to statistical organizations, government agencies and commercial enterprise services. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Sunverge Energy, Inc. integrates solar, storage, and smart management software solutions for electricity consumers and providers. The firm makes the sunverge solar integration system, distributed energy storage, and management appliance composed of storage batteries, power electronics, and system-management software running in the cloud. The company was founded by Dean Sanders and Kenneth Munson in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Part of Cisco Systems, Inc., Radiata, Inc. develops chipsets for high-speed wireless networks. The company is based in North Ryde, Australia. Radiata was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on February 05, 2001 for $295 million.

Part of Siemens AG, Siemens Information & Communication Networks, Inc. is a provider of integrated voice and data networks. The company is based in Boca Raton, FL.

JAFCO Investment (Asia Pacific) Ltd. (JAFCO ASIA) is a venture capital subsidiary of JAFCO Group Co., Ltd. founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

Samsung C&T America, Inc. provides investment management and business services. It provides international commodities trading, product marketing and distribution, and new business development. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ.

Founded in 1999, Next47, Inc. is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm is the U.S. investment division of Siemens Venture Capital GmbH. Their ultimate parent is Siemens AG (NYSE: SI).

Cisco Systems Australia Pty Ltd. provides Internet protcol based networking and other products used in the information technology and communication industry. The company was founded in 1984 and is located in North Sydney, Australia.

Founded in 2001, Finisar Australia Pty Ltd. is a developer and manufacturer of wavelength selective switch modules for Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer applications. Part of Coherent Corp., the company is based in Sydney, Australia. Finisar Australia was acquired by Optium Corp., part of Coherent Corp. from August 29, 2008 on March 06, 2006.

Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA) is the largest pan-technology association in the world. The private company is based in Menlo Park, CA and has subsidiaries in China. The company builds a bridge for technology and entrepreneurship in Asia and America.

Cycle Capital Management, Inc (Cycle Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Andree-Lise Methot. The firm is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Starfish Ventures Pty Ltd (Starfish Ventures) is a venture capital firm is founded in 2001 by John Dyson and Michael Panaccio. The firm is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Cohda Wireless Pty Ltd. provides wireless mobile broadband solutions. It offers hardware, SDK, V2X-Stack and CAV application solutions. The firm offers digital signal processor technology, compatible with Wi-Fi and WiMAX standards for mobile broadband wireless communications. The company was founded by Paul Dean Alexander, Alexander James Grant and Lars Rasmussen in 2004 and is headquartered in Wayville, Australia.

Wirescan AS provides products and services for diagnosis and condition monitoring of installed electric cables. Its products include LIRA Portable, LIRA Acquire, LIRA Training, and LIRA Software. Wirescan offers cable provided Assessement, cable status monitoring, fault location and avanced analysis results. The company was founded in October 2005 and is headquartered in Trollaasen, Norway.

ICIX International, Inc. engages in connecting, sharing data and managing the performance and risk of global supply chains. The company’s network and risk management applications enable trading partners to connect and collaborate in order to verify and monitor business-critical information on products, trading partners and facilities. The company was founded by Matthew J. Smith and Tim Marchington in 2004 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

BuildingIQ Pty Ltd. develops desktop software applications for reducing energy cost and emissions. Its technology is built on innovations across various fields including thermal modeling of buildings, machine learning, predictive analysis, building control, and human comfort modeling. The company was founded by Michael Zimmerman in 2009 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Blackbird Ventures Pty Ltd. (Blackbird Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by William A. Bartee, Niki Scevak and Richard Baker. The firm is headquartered in New South Wales, Australia.

Zen Within, Inc. provides intelligent energy management solutions to business and consumers. Its product ranges from our elegant smart thermostat to our powerful Zen HQ platform. The firm?s products include energy management, smart home and appliances. The company is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Jethro & Hamish Pty Ltd (Jethro & Hamish) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Ben Cowen. The firm is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.