John D. Higginbotham

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Heartport, Inc. develops systems and procedures for heart surgery. The company's technologies allow surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. Heartport was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Carrier Access Corp. engages in the development of broadband equipment solutions for communications service providers. Its products enable customers to consolidate and upgrade access capacity for the implementation of converged voice, video, and data services at lower costs. The company was founded By Roger L. Koenig and Nancy G. Pierce in 1992 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Nexxt, Inc. operates an online career network to connect job seekers and employers through career channels. It offers candidate search, email marketing and human resources tools and services. The firm also provides international recruitment, agency solutions, strategic alliances, cooperates career site and applicant tracking systems solutions. The was founded by Richard P. Milgram on January 1, 1998 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

Tessera Technologies, Inc. develops and licenses innovative semiconductor, interconnect and imaging technologies. The company offers mobile computing and communications, memory and data storage and 3-D Integrated Circuit technologies. Tessera Technologies was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

netZentry, Inc. provides network security services. It develops FloodGuard technology, a network defense system. The firm offers products that combine detection, tracking and mitigation with the power of real-time collaboration all in one solution. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Akros Silicon, Inc. provides power management integrated circuits. The company was founded by J. Francois Crepin, Sajol C. Ghoshal and John R. Camagna in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Livescribe, Inc. develops paper based computing platform. It designs and manufactures smart pens, enabling customers to capture, search and share handwritten notes on the digital devices they use every day. The firm makes smartens on the market that synchronize handwritten notes with recorded audio and making the ubiquitous pen. The company was founded by L. James Marggraff and Byron Connell in January 2007 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

NComputing, Inc. engages in the provision of desktop virtualization hardware and software technology services. The company was founded by Young Song in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

CALIENT Technologies, Inc. manufactures photonic optical circuit switching systems. Its systems enable dynamic optical layer optimization in next generation datacenters and software defined networks. The firm designs and fabricates its systems using state of the art MEMS equipment in its own fabrication facility. The company was founded by Daniel Blumenthal, Charles M. Corbalis and John E. Bowers in 1999 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Part of Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc., SwitchOn Networks, Inc. develops and manufactures packet content processors. The company is based in Milpitas, CA. The company was founded by Ajit Shelat, Moti Jiandani. Moti Jiandani has been the CEO since incorporation. SwitchOn Networks was acquired by Microsemi Storage Solutions, Inc. on September 26, 2000 for $450 million.

VxTel, Inc. engages in the development of voice over packet (VoP) products that delivers voice and data communications over next-generation networks. The company was founded by Kumar Ganapathy and Anurag Bist in 1999 and is headquartered in DE.

ATI Liquidating, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells and supports advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets. The company was founded by Patrick C. O'Connor on September 18, 2003 and is headquartered in Scotts Valley, CA.

Cornice, Inc. provides health care staffing services. It offers nursing, rehabilitation and imaging professional employment services. The company was founded by Curt Bruner and Thomas Kevin Magenis in 2000 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Commerce5, Inc. provides e-commerce channel management and automation software services. Its services include marketing, claims management, IT and call center support, and channel management. The company is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Horizon Ventures LLC (Horizon Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jack C, Carsten and John E. The firm is headquartered in Palo Altos, California.

The Communications & Information Technology Association provides technical and business support services. The company provides support for its members through influence over regulatory policy, competition issues, technical, and quality standard. The firm was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Milton Keynes, UK.

Industry Ventures LLC (Industry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Johan Douwe Swildens and Tom Litle. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Verimatrix, Inc. provides digital content protection solutions. It specializes in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices and services. The firm offers pay-TV security which includes VCAS Ultra, VCAS for Broadcast Hybrid, VCAS for DVB Hybrid, MultiRights OTT Plus, Monitoring and Anti-Piracy, Watermarking Solutions, Verspective Analytics, and Verimatrix Vtegrity. The company was founded by R. Ross Cooper and Robert Kulakowski in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

NBCNews.com operates an Internet portal. It offers breaking news, videos, and the latest stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Auvitek Corp. manufactures semiconductor supplies for the digital television market. The firm's products are based on fully adaptive demodulation and equalization technology. It has offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The company was founded by Ping Dong and Victor Ren in March, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Vera Security, Inc. develops data-centric security platform. It offers products for data security for files, mail, and business applications. The company was founded by Ajay K. Arora and Prakash Linga in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

EFFECT Photonics BV develops optical components for mobile networks and datacenters. It delivers integrated optical components based on InP (Indium Phosphide) which is the material of choice for combining efficient laser light sources, waveguides, modulators, amplifiers, and photodiodes used in optical communication systems. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

HighGear Ventures Management LLC (HighGear Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jim J Jones and Steve Taubman. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

HighGear Ventures Secondary I LP seeks investment opportunities in the companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of application security, including enterprise infrastructure, SaaS, cloud application and infrastructure and information technology sectors. It provides financing for later stage and secondary transactions with the investment size of minimum USD 0.25 million. It also makes investment in venture capital funds.

Part of EFFECT Photonics BV, EFFECT Photonics Ltd. develops photonics integrated optical communications products. The company is based in Brixham, UK. The British company was founded in 2014. The CEO is Roberto R. Marcoccia.