Conrad Burke

Innovalight, Inc. manufactures crystalline silicon solar cells and licenses a proprietary process technology to solar cell manufacturing companies. The company was founded by Conard Burke in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

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.

Bookham, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer and provider of optical solutions for telecommunication optical networks. It designs, manufactures and markets optical components, modules and subsystems such as transmitters, network lasers and transceivers and has facilities in United Kingdom, two in the United States, one in Canada and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China. The company was founded in 1988 and is located in San Jose, CA.

AT & T is the global leader in providing local, long distance, Internet, and transaction-based voice and data services. AT&T provides unparalleled quality and reliability in communications services

Lucent Technologies used to design, develop and manufacture telecommunications systems, software and products. The company was headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, UK.

Agere Systems, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures integrated circuits used in communications networks and computer equipment

Lumotive, Inc. is a company based in the United States that specializes in solid-state, 3D-sensing systems. Lumotive's patented light control metasurface (LCM™) beam steering chips enable advanced sensing and perception capabilities in next-generation consumer, mobility, and industrial automation products such as mobile devices, autonomous vehicles, and robots. The American company has received industry acclaim, including awards such as the Fierce Electronics 2021 Startup of the Year Award, CES Innovation Awards in 2022 and 2024, Fast Company's Next Big Thing in Tech 2023, a 2022 SPIE Prism Award, and a prestigious Edison Award. Investors in the company include Gates Frontier, MetaVC Partners, Quan Funds, Samsung Ventures, and Unique. The company was founded in 2018 by Gleb Akselrod, and Sam Heidari has been the CEO of the company since 2021.