Tom Geyer

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.

Capella is the industry leader of wavelength selective switch (WSS) technology for use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) and optical cross connect (OXC) applications. Capella's intelligent subsystems provide the best performing wavelength management products on the market offering dynamic, remote reconfigurability with fully integrated optical channel monitoring (OCM), essential technology for next-generation ROADMs. Capella was founded in 2000. Privately held and located in San Jose, California, Capella has a seasoned management team with experience from leading telecom and technology companies. Additionally Capella has an extensive intellectual property portfolio with 27 patents issued and over 30 pending. The company has been funded by leading ventures funds including Formative Ventures, Levensohn Venture Partners, Lucas Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners and Silicon Valley Bank.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Confluent Photonics Corp. provides optical transport solutions for the cable television industry. It develops wafer-scale integrated optical components for telecommunications. The firm's products and technologies are used for TV system operators to expand the capacity and bandwidth of existing fiber optic cable infrastructure. Confluent Photonics is headquartered in Salem, NH.

InSync Software, Inc. provides RFID, GPS and sensor driven asset tracking applications. It designs, operates and manages asset tracking applications. It provides online collection of RFID and sensor-driven application templates used to build, prototype, test, deploy, replicate and sell applications. It also offers mobile application development, deployment, and support solutions. The company was founded by Ashish Chona and Ravi Panja in 2003 and is headquartered in Rochelle Park, NJ.

Part of Trask (Spencer) Securities, Neptec, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets switches and other devices for communications networks. The company is based in Jefferson City, TN.

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

Axsun Technologies, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of miniaturized optical micro-instruments. Its products include OCT swept lasers, OMx optical monitors, NIR spectroscopy, and Anavo handheld analyzer. The company was founded by Peter S. Whitney and James Gerard Lewis in 1998 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Denselight Semiconductors Pte Ltd. designs, manufactures and delivers photonic optical light source products and solutions to the communications, medical, instrumentations, industrial, defense and security industries. Its products include broadband light sources, narrow linewidth laser and active and passive components. The company was founded by Yee-Loy Lam and Yuen-Chuen Chan in 2000 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Rustic Canyon Partners(Rustic Canyon Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Tom Unterman and John Babcock in 1999.The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Alis Corp. develops and sells ion microscopes and imaging systems. Its product includes atomic-level helium ion. The company was founded by Bill W. Ward in 2005 and is headquartered in Peabody, MA.

San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) is a pension fund management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1922 and is owned by the City & Country of San Francisco. SFERS administers two benefit programs for active and retired members: a Pension Plan (defined benefit plan) and a 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan (defined contribution plan).

Asian Art Museum operates as a art and culture houses. It offers events, exhibitions, and collection. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Leo Electron Microscopy, Inc. provides optics and opto-electronics. The private company is based in Peabody, MA. The company was founded by Nicholas P. Economou.

Cendana Capital Management LLC (Cendana Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Michael Kim. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Bank of Fuxin Co., Ltd. operates as a commercial bank. The private company is based in Fuxin, China.

Part of Atra Plastics, Inc., Atra Plastics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures and supplies plastic caps and knobs. The company is based in Shanghai, China.

Auxora (Shenzhen) Inc. engages in research and development, production and sales of optical filters and optical communication devices. Its products include wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) modules and devices, optical attenuators (OA) components, switches, splitter, single mode coupler, free space isolator, filter block, bonded mirror, filters and prism. The company was founded on November 14, 2003 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

PointSpectrum Corp. develops and manufactures optical devices. The company was founded by Nicholas Economou, Jose Antonio Dominguez-Caballero, Rajesh Menon and Erick Ramos-Murillo is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Aicare Corp. delivers intelligent senior life care cloud service with an on-site data collection and event monitoring infrastructure. It service enables senior living facilities to detect and predict patterns of wandering, fall, hypertension, arrhythmia, and depression. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Ensemble VC (Ensemble VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Collin R. West, Conrad Shang and Gopinath Sundaramurthy. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.