Amar Varma

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. engages in designing, development, manufacturing, and marketing of a broad range of high-performance solutions for embedded systems, from automotive, industrial and networking platforms to highly interactive consumer devices. Its programmable systems-on-chip, general-purpose microcontrollers, analog ICs, wireless and USB-C based connectivity solutions and memories help engineers design differentiated products. The firm operates through the following segments: The Microcontroller and Connectivity Division (MCD), and the Memory Products Division (MPD). The company was founded by Thurman John Rodgers in December 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Alcatel Networks Corp. used to design networks and delivered integrated end-to-end voice and data communications solutions to organizations. The company was headquartered in Kanata, Canada.

Nortel Networks Corp. supplies end-to-end networking products and solutions serving both service providers and enterprise customers. It designs, develops, engineers, markets, sells, supplies, licenses, installs, services, and supports networking solutions worldwide. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

ATI Technologies, Inc. designs, makes and, sells graphics accelerators and multimedia solutions. It offers visual and graphics processors for displaying images on personal computer monitors. It also supplies graphics, video and, multimedia products for desktop, workstation & notebook personal computers, digital televisions, cell phones, and game consoles. The company sells its products through personal computer original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, add-in board manufacturers, retail stores & consumer electronics manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The firm was founded by Kwok Yuen Ho in 1985 and is located in Markham, Canada.

Founded in 1982, VenGrowth Capital Partners, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm located in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of Covington Capital Corp. They manage retail and institutional assets.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Chango, Inc. provided a programmatic advertising platform designed to manage campaigns across mobile, video, display and social channels. The company was founded by Dax Hamman and Christopher Sukornyk in 2008 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Extreme Venture Partners (EVP) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Ray Sharma, Ken Teslia and Imran Bashi. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.