Steve Wood

SEMATECH, Inc. provides research and development services in semiconductor manufacturing technology. It offers research in design, lithography, interconnect, and other facets of chip manufacturing. The company was established in 1986 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Vanu, Inc. provides wireless infrastructure solutions. It enables operators to access new markets and new revenue streams and is the developer of the Anywave Base Station, the first U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-certified software radio, Anywave's software-only design runs on commercial off-the-shelf processors rather than ex­pensive proprietary hardware. The company was founded by Vanu G. Bose in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

GreatCall, Inc. provides active aging and independent living solutions. It products include splash, jitterbug5, and touch3. The firm also offers health, safety and medical applications such as urgent care, med coach, and 5star. The company was founded by Martin Cooper and Arlene Harris in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

CNEX Labs, Inc. offers flash data storage for firms. Its non-volatile memory express flash storage allows enterprises to store a vast amount of data. The company was founded by Yiren Huang, Joseph DeFranco and Alan Armstrong on June 4, 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Charles River Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm founded in 1970. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Water Cove Networks, Inc. develops mobile networking technology. The company also offers next generation networking equipment for wireless service providers looking to rapidly deploy mobile data services within their existing infrastructure and accelerate the rollout of personalized content and services using mobile appliances. Water Cove Networks was founded in 2000 and is located in Chelmsford, MA.

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

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

IBM Microelectronics, Inc. develops and markets customized semiconductor products and services. The company also develops, manufactures and test leading-edge semiconductor packaging technologies to develop future semiconductor products and processes. IBM Microelectronics was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Valley Ventures (Valley Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.

Innovasic, Inc. produces replacement integrated circuits. The firm offers integrated circuits, modules, and development kits for embedding communication and control into industrial applications. It provides extended life semiconductor solutions for customers who have products with long life-cycles. The firm’s processors, communication controllers and mixed signal devices are key components in industrial automation equipment, transportation systems, instrumentation, and medical devices. The company was founded by Jorden W. Woods and Paul Short in 1992 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NW.

Altis Semiconductor SNC manufactures electronic components. It offers designing, engineering, and prototyping services. The company was founded by Jean-Paul Beisson in 1999 and is headquartered in Corbeil-Essonnes, France.

The Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis cures multiple sclerosis (MS) by determining the cause. It specializes in research, biobanking, collaboration, fundraising, nonprofit. The company was founded by Art Mellor in 2000 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc. develops small cell network platforms that enables mobile operators to deliver coverage, capacity, and cloud services to enterprises and venues. The firm offers Radio Node, Services Node, and Spidernet. The company was founded by Peter L. Wexler, Allan Baw, and Michael K. Gallagher on August 27, 2007 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

SMST Designers & Constructors BV distributes lifting, transportation, drilling and pipelay equipment. The firm’s services include rental and maintenance. It offers offshore cranes, offshore access, drilling and pipelay. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Drachten, the Netherlands.

DataGravity, Inc. develops data-aware storage platform. Its products include datagravity for availability and datagravity for vitualization. The company was founded by Paula A. Long and John P. Joseph in 2012 and is headquartered in Nashua, NH.

EMC Ventures is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Blackstone Corporate Private Equity founded in 2013. Blackstone Strategic Capital Advisors LLC is headquartered in Palo Alto.

Druva, Inc. provides advanced data protection solutions. The firm offers cloud backup and restore, cloud-native disaster recovery, architecture, ransomware protection and compliance monitoring services. It serves the life sciences, government, high tech, manufacturing and education industries. The company was founded by Milind Borate, Ramani Kothandaraman and Jaspreet Singh in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

OneCloud Software, Inc. provides enterprise data center solutions. It offers hyper-scale public cloud computing services that enable organizations to revolutionize their information technology strategies. The company was founded by Yoshi Okayama, Suresh Madhu and Marc Crespi in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Dell Technologies Capital (Dell Technologies Capital) is venture capital firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Babblelabs, Inc. develops technologies for speech processing using deep neural networks and audio signal processing techniques. The company was founded by Chris Rowen, Dror Maydan, Samer L. Hijazi, Raul Casas and Michelle Mao and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.