Carl A. Waldspurger

Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Simple Habit, Inc. develops meditation application. Its application reduces stress, improves sleep and well-being and boosts focus and memory. The company was founded by Yunha Kim in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bolt Threads, Inc. manufactures natural dragline spider silk fibers using synthetic biology and micro fabrication. It develops, produces, and harnesses proteins found in nature through fermentation using yeast, sugar, and water to create fibers for practical and revolutionary purposes. The company was founded by Daniel Widmaier, David N. Breslauer, Ethan Mirsky and Christopher Voigt in 2009 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Ning, Inc. provides web hosting services. It offers a SaaS platform that provides users with the tools to nurture and engage their own community and also offers off-the-shelf community features, such as profiles, photos, forums, liking, sharing and foster engagement. The company was founded by Saul Charles Klein, Ryan Sholin, Gina L. Bianchini and Marc Lowell Andreessen in October 2004 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Waltz Networks, Inc. develops cloud applications for traffic management. The company was founded by Nithin Michael and Kevin Tang and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

AppDirect, Inc. develops end-to-end commerce platform for selling, distributing, and managing cloud-based products and services. It offers AppMarket, AppReseller, AppBilling, and AppDistribution. The company was founded by Nicolas Desmarais, Andy Sen, and Daniel H. Saks in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

RSA Security LLC designs and develops support security products. The firm offers threat detection and response, identity and access management, fraud prevention, and cyber security framework. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Designer Fund LLC (Designer) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Ben Blumenrose and Enrique Allen. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Entercept Security Technologies provides enterprise-level security software solutions. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Vormetric, Inc. provides solutions for protecting enterprise information. Its products include data security manager, transparent encryption, live data transformation, docker security, tokenization, application encryption, cloud encryption gateway, key management as a service, thales orchestrator, protection for teradata database and security intelligence. The company was founded by Phil Grasso, Tien Nguyen and Duc Pham in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Trend Micro, Inc. (USA) provides security software, hardware and services. It offers layered data security to protect information on mobile devices, endpoints, gateways, servers, and the cloud of consumers, businesses and governments. The company was founded by Steve Ming-Jang Chang, Eva Yi-Fen Chen and Jenny Chang in 1988 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Mantle, Inc. manufactures and distributes 3D printing metal parts. The company was founded by James Randy Groves, Stephen Connor and Theodore Charles Sorom and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Trust & Safety Laboratory, Inc. develops solutions to detect and mitigate online safety threats. Trust & Safety Laboratory is based in the USA. The American company works with social media companies, advocacy groups, and other interested parties to implement these solutions. The company was founded in 2020 by Benji Loney, Tom Siegel, and Shankar Ponnekanti. Tom Siegel has been the CEO since 2020.

Immy, Inc. engages in the design and development of communication tools for training needs. The company was founded by Magyari Douglas in 2003 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

Read It Later, Inc. develops a platform that lets bookmark a webpage and access it on other devices. The firm offers an application programming interface which allows a user to develop and release fully functional Read It Later clients, applications, and mashups for any platform. It is available for devices and platforms including iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac, Kindle Fire, Kobo, Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera and Windows. The company was founded by Nathan Weiner and Edward M. Esber in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Autogrid Systems, Inc. provides data analytics and simulation software for the smart grid. The firm serves utilities of all sizes, grid operators, electricity retailers, ESCO services companies, and end-users and it develops and markets services that both help lower costs and improve reliability of the electricity supply chain. The company was founded by Amit Narayan in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA.

Aquion Energy, Inc. develops and manufactures sodium ion batteries and energy storage systems. The firm manufactures proprietary Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and battery systems for stationary energy storage applications. Its battery system provides emissions-free capacity that optimizes existing generation assets and enables broad adoption of renewable energy technologies such as wind and solar. The company was founded by Jay F. Whitacre in 2007 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

IDEO Ventures (IDEO Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of IDEO LP founded in 1991 by David M. Kelley, Bill Moggridge, Mike Nuttall. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Sentient Energy, Inc. develops automation monitoring systems for electric utilities. Its products Include ample analytics platform, mm3 intelligent sensor, cfci, log-i, waveform, arcshield and product brochure pdfs. The firm solutions include grid analytics system, fault detection, substation monitoring and power quality analysis, trouble shooting. The company was founded by Michael Bauer in 2009 is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

The Nueva School operates as an independent school serving gifted students and emphasizing integrated studies, arts, and social-emotional learning. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Hillsborough, CA.

ForUsAll, Inc. provides a fintech startup to bring retirement plans for small businesses. It offers dave, a virtual advisory solution that handles employees education and communications on PCs, tablets, and smartphones. The company is founded by Shin Inoue, David Ramirez, Dave Boudreau, Sergey Zelvenskiy and Cindy Bloch in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cerebras Systems, Inc. engages in the software and computer business. The company was founded by Sean Lie, Andrew Feldman, Gary Lauterbach, Michael James, and Jean Philippe Fricker on April 20, 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Loft Orbital Solutions, Inc. engages in leasing space on satellites for any organization to collect information about the earth. The firm offers defense and space services. The company was founded by Antoine de Chassy, Alexander Greenberg and Pierre-Damien Vaujour and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Anomalo, Inc. is a data quality platform that helps enterprises build confidence in the data they use to make decisions and build products. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company's platform allows enterprises to connect to their data warehouse and monitor their data in less than 5 minutes, automatically detecting and understanding the root-cause of data issues. Anomalo is backed by several venture capital firms. Anomalo was founded by Elliot Shmukler and Jeremy Stanley, with Elliot Shmukler serving as CEO since incorporation.

Cloud Security Alliance provides security assurance within cloud computing and education on the uses of cloud computing. Its research program works in collaboration with industry, higher education and government on a global basis. The company was founded by Dave Cullinane and Jim Reavis and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.