Peter S. Lu

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an organization that works with the government to implement the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in government schools and government-aided schools in order to eliminate classroom hunger. The program has resulted in increased school attendance, enrollment, concentration, and reduced class drop-out rates. The non-profit company is based in Bangalore, India. The foundation has been dedicated to feeding nutritious meals to school children for 22 years and complies with international financial reporting standards to maintain transparency. The foundation was founded by Mohandas Tellicheery Pai after Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada witnessed children fighting with street dogs for scraps of food.

The Hive LLC (The Hive) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by T.M.Ravi and Sumant Mandal. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

The Fabric LLC (The Fabric) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Rajan Raghavan, Prabakar Sundarrajan and Sumant Mandal. The firm is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Bluevine Ventures LLC (BlueVine Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in silicon valley, California.

TiE Silicon Valley is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1992 by entrepreneurs and executives of South Asian origin. The non-profit company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company is dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education, incubating, and funding programs and activities. TiE events bring together the entrepreneurial community to learn from leaders and each other. The economic value enabled through TiE's entrepreneurial endeavors is estimated to exceed over time.

Glassbeam, Inc. operates as a machine data analytics company. It serves manufactures of products such as servers, storage, networking, software, telecom and medical devices. The company was founded in 2004 by Kumar Malavalli and Puneet Pandit and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Sandalwood Partners (Sandalwood Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2006 by Bob Kondamoori. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Aparna Systems, Inc. develops cloud storage and networking applications. Its µCloud and µServer products provide a high density, high performance and high availability Cloud-in-a-Box solution for edge applications ranging from hybrid cloud gateways to edge artificial intelligence applications. The firm’s products include µCloud 4015 Open Edge System and µServers. The company was founded by Sam S. Srinivasan and Alex D. Henderson on February 13, 2013 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Excelan, Inc. manufactures computers and related equipment. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Vish Mishra.

The Indus Entrepreneurs is a non-profit organization. It provides mentoring, networking, education and funding to entrepreneurs. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Clearstone Venture Management Services LLC (Clearstone Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by William Elkus. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Novariant, Inc. provides pre-eminent precision steering solutions. It offers precision steering and controls, positioning and vision sensors, human machine interface, communications, software data services and vehicle interface. The company was founded by Glen Sapilewski, Clark E. Cohen, Avi Gross, Lars G. Leckie, Kurt Zimmerman, Dave Lawrence, Gregory Gutt, Michael Eglington, Stewart Cobb, Tom Bell, Paul Montgomery and Michael O'Connor in 1994 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

NuvOx Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company that develops oxygen therapeutics. The company is based in Tucson, AZ. NuvOx Therapeutics was founded by Jennifer Johnson, Evan C. Unger. Evan C. Unger has been the CEO since incorporation.

Youplus, Inc. develops and operates a search platform. It offers Video Opinion Search Engine (VOISE). The company was founded by Shaukat Shamim and Bharat Vijay in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Quantros, Inc. provides data management and quality improvement solutions. It offers software and services for healthcare quality and safety performance. The firm’s solutions include safety and risk management, regulatory reporting management, safety Rx, licensing quantos technology, quantros patient safety center, accreditation and compliance excellence, IRIS and data assets. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Greenville, SC.

Part of VMware, Inc., CloudVolumes, Inc. provides real-time application delivery technologies. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company was founded by Henrik Rosendahl, Matthew Conover, Matthieu Bapthiste Suiche. CloudVolumes was acquired by VMware, Inc. on August 20, 2014 for $45 million.

Roche Diagnostics Corp. develops and manufactures diagnostic products. It offers anticoagulation management, blood gas and electrolytes, cholesterol and urinalysis products. The firm provides a broad portfolio of tools that help healthcare providers in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, heart failure and diabetes, as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. Its products and services uses by researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals and laboratories worldwide. The company was founded in 1964 by Willard Eason and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Applied Biosystems, Inc. is a company that provides integrated systems for sequencing, flow cytometry, and various types of PCR. The company is based in Foster City, CA. The company's products cover the entire process from sample preparation to data analysis. The company was founded by Chris Yoo, Marvin H. Caruthers, Michael W. Hunkapiller, and Leroy E. Hood. Applied Biosystems was acquired by Invitrogen Corp. from Applera Corp. on November 21, 2008 for $6,417.85 million.

PharmaJet, Inc. operates as a medical device company which develops needle-free injection technology. Its products include Tropis needle-free injector device, and flu and polio application. The company was founded by Heather Callender-Potters and Kathleen Callender in 2005 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

Xagenic, Inc. develops the first lab-free molecular diagnostic platform. Its automated diagnostic platform will enable widespread decentralized testing to be performed outside of clinical laboratories. The firm's amplified redox assay detection technology utilizes electrochemical detection methods and does not rely on optical detection components or enzymatic amplification; crude samples can be analyzed with minimal sample processing. The company was founded by Shana O. Kelley and Edward Hartley Sargent in 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Celera Diagnostics LLC discovers, develops and commercializes molecular diagnostics. The firm enables physicians to diagnose, monitor and treat disease. It manufactures products for infectious disease testing and for genetic conditions such as cystic fibrosis. The company was founded in 2001 by Kathy Ordoñez and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Velocita, Inc. operates a SaaS-based, social, referral and loyalty marketing platform. Its products include Refer-a-Friend, Photomonials, Customer Loyalty, Social Login, Share-a-Purchase, Get-a-Fan, Share-and-Save, Viral Offer Sharing, and Viral Flash Sale. It also offers software development and managed online marketing services. The company was founded by Jai Rawat and Samir Palnitkar in 2010 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

TADA Cognitive Solutions LLC operates as a cloud-based platform which delivers business solutions. The firm serves the manufacturing, materials, insurance, healthcare, and financial services industries. The company is headquartered in Peoria, IL.

Feuji, Inc. provides software solutions. It offers salesforce consulting, supply chain management, managed services, BPO services and strategic staffing. The firm’s practices include salesforce clouds implementations, app exchange development, salesforce CPQ and contracts life cycle, salesforce E-Commerce, data migration and integrations, and training and support. The company was founded by Manohar Reddy and Ruchi Bindra in 2014 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Nuvox Pharma LLC operates as biotechnology company. Its publication includes acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, hermorrrhagic shock, mechanism of action, myorcardial infarction, oncology, pharmacokinetics, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. The company was founded by Evan Unger and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.

Achelios Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a bio-pharmaceutical development company. It specializes in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The company was founded by Crist J. Frangakis and is headquartered in Chaple Hill, NC.