Catherine Gerst

ARCH Venture Partners LLC is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Chicago with additional office in Dublin.

Kotura, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets silicon photonics circuits. It engage in the design and manufacture of application-specific silicon photonics circuits that integrate a broad range of optical and optoelectronic functionality. Its products include single channel ultra VOA, 4-8 channel ultra VOA, and SFP ultra VOA. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Monterey Park, CA.

Auxora, Inc. produces and supplies optical thin film filters. The firm's filters can be used in optical telecommunication, data communication, CATV, bio-technology, high power lasers, instruments and other different markets. Its products include filters, packaged device and module. The company was founded by Xinxiong Zhang in January 2000 and is headquartered in Duarte, CA.

Triago Americas, Inc. is a private company based in New York, NY, with subsidiaries in the United Arab Emirates and France. Triago Americas is a prominent player in the financial industry, specializing in private equity fundraising and secondary transactions. With a strong presence in multiple countries, the company offers a wide range of services to its clients, helping them navigate the complex world of private equity investments. Triago Americas, Inc. was founded by Antoine Dréan and has been led by CEO Matthew Swain since 2019.

Part of Cornhill Corp. LLP, Thompson CSF is a French company that specializes in heating equipment, except electric and warm air furnaces. The company is based in Paris, France. Thompson CSF was acquired by Marconi Corp. Plc on March 01, 1997.

Mantra Investissement SCA operates as a private investment company. The firm was founded in 2007, and is based in Paris.

Mantra Investment Partners SARL (Mantra) is a Private Equity firm and subsidiary of Mantra Holdings SARL founded in 2007. Mantra is headquartered in Paris.

Part of Triago Americas, Inc., Triago Europe SA is a French company that provides private equity fundraising, secondary market, and strategic solutions. The company is based in Paris, France.

CAILabs SAS provides photonics solutions to harness the full potential of optical fibers. The firm develops and manufactures light shaping components based technology of Multi-Plane Light Conversion. It products include proteus, aroona, canunda, kima and custom light converters. The company was founded by Jean-François Morizur, Guillaume Labroille and Nicolas Treps in June 2013 and is headquartered in Rennes, France.

Palico SAS operates as an online marketplace for the private equity fund community covering fundraising, co-investment and secondary opportunities. The firm provides access to its PE tools for building networks, refining investment hypotheses, analyzing opportunities and finding new leads and these include a GP Screener, a Fund Screener, a People Screener, Fund Performance Data, a personalized PE news service and the Palico News app. The company was founded by Antoine Drean and Cedric Teissier in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Aeponyx, Inc. is a micro optical switch leader designing and marketing chips for fiber optic access to the cloud. Its patented technologies, combining planar Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) and Silicon Photonics. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Optics Valley AD operates as an association with interests in the optics, electronics, and software sectors. Its service categories include business, partnership, accompaniment, visibility, training, and housing. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Palaiseau, France.