Paul G. Franklin

SiBEAM is a privately-held fabless semiconductor company and founding member of the WirelessHD™ Consortium. A pioneer in developing intelligent millimeter wave technologies for wireless communications, SiBEAM is the first to build 60GHz chipsets using standard CMOS technology. The first applications for the company's innovative technology are based on the WirelessHD™ specification for home multimedia content delivery and A/V connectivity. SiBEAM is a global leader in driving the architecture and semiconductor implementation for the distribution and presentation of high-definition content in the consumer electronics and personal computing markets. Solutions for wireless personal area networks (WPAN) and WLAN automotive will follow. The company is actively involved in organizations leading the next-generation of digital home connectivity, including IEEE, CEA and MPAA The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in San Diego, Seoul and Tokyo.

Conexant Systems LLC provides semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Ketra, Inc. provides lighting solutions to retail, hospitality, and office spaces. Its products include luminaires, lamps, interfaces, controls and integration. The company was founded by Horace Ho and David J. Knapp in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Aeluros, Inc. manufactures semiconductor devices. It focuses on high-performance, high-density physical layer solutions in mainstream CMOS technology for the datacom and storage markets. The was founded by Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Marc Loinaz, Haw-Jyh Liaw, and Nader Gamini in June 2001 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Conviva, Inc. engages in the provision of online video optimization and online video analytics. The firm helps operators and broadcasters to meet audience expectations for video experience, across a multi-screen viewing environment. The company was founded by Hui Zhang and Ion Stoica in 2006 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Beyond Identity, Inc. engages in the provision of computer and network security services. Its products include SSO and SDK-based integration. It enables customers to increase business velocity, implement new business models, reduce operating costs, and achieve complete password less identity management. The company was founded by James H. Clark and Thomas A. Jermoluk in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pacific Light & Hologram, Inc. engages in provision of electronic machines. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in South Pasadena, CA.

Branch Metrics, Inc. provides deep linking technology to mobile application developers. It offers organic growth, higher activation rates, paid growth optimization and web to application optimization services. The company was founded by Mada Seghete, Alexander Austin, Mike Molinet and Dmitri Gaskin in May 2014 and is headquartered in Redwood city, CA.

Foveon, Inc. engages in the design and development of image sensors and image capture systems. The firm offers digital single lens reflex and pro, CMOS, and direct image sensors. The company was founded by Jan-Dieter Spalink, Brian Gullette Richard B. Merrill, K. Michael Munsch and Carver A. Mead in August 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Bitglass, Inc. provides transparent protection and security solution for mobile access of corporate data. It solutions include cloud security and encryption, mobile security, and breach discovery. Its products include Office 365, Google apps, salesforce, Amazon, exchange, box, dpopbox, slack, and JIRA. The company was founded by Balas Natarajan Kausik and Anurag Kahol in 2013 is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Timescale, Inc. extracts Insights from device data. Its time-series database and visualization tool designed for connected hardware. The company was founded by Ajay Kulkarni and Ajay Kulkarni and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Built Robotics, Inc. provides computer integrated systems design services. The firm specializes in robotics, autonomous vehicles, construction, artificial intelligence, machine learning and autonomy. The company was founded by Andrew Liang, Juan Sebastian Jurado and Noah Ready-Cambel in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Kumu Networks, Inc. designs and manufactures wireless systems using full-duplex wireless design technology. Its wireless full-duplex allows a radio to transmit and receive signals at the same time using a single frequency channel. The company was founded by Jung-il Choi, Philip Levis, Sachin Katti, Steven Hong, Mayank Jain and Jeffrey A. Mehlman in 2012 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Sentons, Inc. operates as a fables semiconductor company and develops multi-touch sensors. It offers zero-deflection force sensing, large multi-touch screens, and sonapen. The company was founded by Shih-Ming Shih and Samuel W. Sheng in 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Alta Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures mobile power technology solutions. The firm specializes in the development of a technology that extends the energy source of a system, with focus on cell and module single junction conversion efficiency. It offers single and dual junction solar cells, bringing flexible and portable power that can be embedded into any other material. The company was founded by Eli Yablonovitch, Nasreen Chopra and Harry A. Atwater in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Solar Junction Corp. manufactures solar cells and receivers for the terrestrial concentrated photovoltaic market. Its products include triple junction solar cells, four junction solar cells. The firm engages in developing and manufacturing next-generation solar cells for space power applications. Solar Junction was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Graphite Systems, Inc. develops storage technology solutions. The company was founded by Frederic Roy and Mark Himelstein and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

Mimosa Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of wireless broadband solutions that delivers connectivity to service providers and enterprise, industrial and government operators. It offers point to point, point to multipoint, antennas, and accessories. The company was founded by Brian L. Hinman, Tabetha Hinman, and Jaime Fink in 2012 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Smartcar, Inc. operates a software platform for car services. The company was founded by Sanketh Katta and Sahas Katta and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Viking Enterprise Solutions engages in designing, manufacture and sale of data center products. It offers storage expansion product platforms for performance, space efficiency, storage application platforms for server and storage integration. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.