Keith Dierkx

Harris Corp. engages in the provision of technology-based solutions for tactical communications, geospatial systems and services, air traffic management, avionics and electronic warfare, and space and intelligence. It operates through the following business segments: Communication Systems, Electronic Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems, and Corporate. The Communication Systems segment services markets in tactical communications and defense products, including tactical ground and airborne radio communications solutions and night vision technology, in public safety networks. The Electronic Networks Systems segment provides electronic warfare, avionics, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance solutions for the defense industry and air traffic management solutions for the civil aviation industry. The Space and Intelligence systems provides intelligence, space protection, geospatial, complete earth observation, universe exploration, positioning, navigation and timing, environmental solutions for national security, defenses, civil and commercial customers, using advanced sensors, antennas and payloads, as well as ground processing and information analytics. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Melbourne, FL.

Synergy Semiconductor Corp. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits using its proprietary Bipolar and BiCMOS processes. Its products include digital logic for advanced system applications, precision mixed-signal time-clock generators for workstations and telecommunication systems, and mixed-signal communications circuits for local and wide area networks. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

GetThere LP engages in the provision of online travel management solution. It offers a convenient way to book travel and reduce travel costs. The company was founded by Al Whaley, Daniel G. Whaley, and Bruce Yoxsimer in 1995 and is headquartered in Southlake, TX.

Sirific Wireless Ltd. designs and develops RF transceiver integrated circuits. It offers digital direct conversion, transmitter, and transceiver. The company was founded by Tazinder Manku in 2000 and is located in Waterloo, CA.

Ponte Solutions, Inc. develops and markets unique model-based software products, that are used to predict and enable optimization of semiconductor yields at the design stage. It has offices in Mountain View-California, Grenoble-France, Tokyo-Japan and Yerevan-Armenia. The company was founded in 2002 and is located in Mountain View, CA.

Stream Machine Co. provides semiconductor solutions that enable video and audio compression. Its compression technology offers video at low bit-rates and is compatible with consumer standards, including MPEG-2, MP3 and Dolby Digital. The company is located in Milpitas, CA.

Sentient Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Austin, Texas with an additional office in Village of Palmetto Bay, Florida. They manage the Whitecap Texas Opportunity Fund LP.

DAFCA, Inc. develops programmable IP, embedded security for system and device assurance, and software solutions that automate and accelerate ASIC and FPGA validation. The company was established in 2003 and it is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Mayfield Fund LLC (Mayfield Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 1969 by Mark Jay Levin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. manufactures semiconductors and related devices. It provides IP-centric, platform based custom silicon solutions and end to end semiconductor turnkey services for a wide range of applications across a wide variety of end markets including mobile internet devices, datacenters, the internet of things, wearable electronics, smart homes and automotive. The company was founded by Wayne Wei-Ming Dai in August 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

GainSpan Corp. designs and develops semiconductor solutions. It specializes in wireless connectivity products such as, Wi-Fi chips, software applications, and Wi-Fi modules. The company was founded by Lewis Adams and Vijay Parmar in September 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Camgian Microsystems Corp. develops sensing and information processing technologies that deliver real-time, actionable intelligence. The firm specializes in combining low-power microelectronics, sensors, wireless communications and real-time signal processing to fill intelligence gaps for both the defense and commercial markets. The company was founded by Gary D. Butler in December 2006 and is headquartered in Starkville, MS.

England, Whitfield, Schroeder & Tredway LLP is a private company based in Oxnard, CA.

AutoTech Management LLC (AutoTech Management) is venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Quin Garcia & Alexei Andreev. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Tri-Valley Ventures (Tri-Valley Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Gregory David Hitchan and Don Corbin Garman. The firm is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

Cepton Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of sensing and ranging systems for automotive, industrial and mapping industries. It offers AV and ADAS, intelligent traffic systems, security and safety, crowd analytics, infrastructure, and mapping and surveying. The company was founded by Jun Pei and Mark McCord in 2016 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.