Portfolio

Provider of a new type of high-power lithium-ion batteries designed to improve energy and power density.

AFOP designs, manufactures, and markets a broad range of high performance fiber optic components and integrated modules for the optical network equipment market.

Agility Design Solutions (fka Catalytic, Inc.) software tools dramatically reduce the design cycle for signal processing engineers who implement their designs in hardware or software. The Catalytic Inc. software tools enable designers to transition their MATLAB® algorithms to existing implementation flows.

AirTight® Networks enables enterprises and service providers to maintain network and mobile client integrity from wireless security vulnerabilities whether or not they deploy a wireless network. AirTight Networks offers the industry's first wireless IPS (WIPS) that delivers around-the-clock wireless monitoring and automatic intrusion prevention as well as manages wireless network performance for maximum capacity and uptime.

Alexza uses its proprietary technology to enable faster onset of drugs. Faster onset provides rapid relief of acute and episodic symptoms.

Based on a revolutionary means of packaging custom circuits called NanoBlock® ICs, Alien is using its high volume roll-to-roll process to produce low cost radio frequency tags, in which a small integrated wireless circuit is used to identify objects remotely.

Altus® is focused on accelerating the development and commercialization of protein-based products through our Crystalomics™ technology platform. Crystalomics™ rapidly turns proteins into products resulting in significant market benefits in Therapeutic, Diagnostic, and Industrial applications.

Ambrx, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company with a mission to deliver breakthrough protein therapeutics. Ambrx is based on a fundamental advance in protein biosynthesis that enables the company to genetically engineer proteins with new amino acid building blocks beyond the common twenty, enabling the biosynthesis of proteins with new physical, chemical and pharmacological properties.

Amitive, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand, community supply chain management for virtual manufacturers. Amitive, initially known as Mitrix, is a private company based in Redwood City, California.

Applied Wave Research, Inc., (AWR) is a worldwide leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) software for wireless, high-speed wireline, and electro-optical applications. The company's mission is to dramatically accelerate time-to-market and reduce product development costs for its customers.

Apriso is the world's premier provider of plant and warehouse automation solutions for the industrial sector. We offer proven state-of-the-art products, technologies and expertise for automating your operations, and integrating them with your electronic commerce and ERP systems.

Arcadia Biosciences (acquired CMEA portfolio company Anawah) is developing agricultural products to capitalize on opportunities that benefit the environment and enhance human health. The company uses advanced screening, breeding and biotechnology techniques to create value for consumers, processors and farmers.

Arcion Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of new, targeted treatments for severe pain. Arcion has a pipeline of products being developed for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy, post-herpetic neuralgia and other forms of moderate and severe pain.

The vision of Auspex Pharmaceuticals is to be the leading deuteration company with a developing pipeline of best-in-class therapeutics that improve on existing drugs across multiple therapeutic areas.

Bayhill Therapeutics is focused on the translation of research into therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The company has established a therapeutic platform of autoimmune modulators, in-licensed from Stanford University, that address the broad market opportunity of Th1 mediated autoimmune diseases.

BioMimetic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BMTI) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, commercialization and ultimate marketing of protein therapeutics for tissue and organ regeneration. The Company's lead technologies are for the healing and restoration of bone and other tissues. Its lead products are based on recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor BB (rhPDGF-BB).

Cnano Technology Limited develops and manufactures carbon nanotubes and related products for diverse applications across broad market segments including energy, environmental/cleantech, specialty materials, and electronics.

Codexis is leading the way with powerful biocatalysts that integrate biology and chemistry. Codexis makes production of pharmaceuticals, biofuels and industrial products faster, cleaner and less expensive.

E-Markets offers a powerful suite of online tools for the agrifood industry. Their applications eliminate barriers between buyers and sellers, enable information sharing across the agrifood value chain, and streamline back office processes resulting in significant return for our customers.

Ensemble Discovery Corporation is an early stage company founded by scientists and entrepreneurs who have come together to translate fundamental innovation in chemical discovery into products that address significant unmet needs in life science, materials, electronics, and chemical markets.

As a leading provider of hosting automation solutions, Ensim offers software solutions, management tools and hosted services, to enable Service Providers to efficiently deliver hosted services to small and medium businesses.

Entropic (acquired CMEA portfolio company RF Magic) is a fabless semiconductor company that will fundamentally change the way video and other broadband multimedia forms are used in homes.

EPIX Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical products through the use of proprietary technology to better diagnose, treat and manage patients.

Leading providers of a robotic operating systems with modular solutions for autonomous navigation as well as man-machine interaction and integration.

Fabless Semiconductor Company

Foveon Inc. is a world innovator in the design and development of image sensors and image capture systems for a wide range of digital capture products. At the core of our products is the revolutionary Foveon X3® direct image sensor,the world's first image sensor that directly captures color using three layers of pixels.

HassoPlattnerVentures converts creative ideas in the software sector into sustainable economic success. The fund's basic approach is to offer IT-start-ups a new and unique environment of financial backing, consulting, and logistical support. HPV hosts a certain number of young, IT-driven companies and guides them into the marketplace, leading to new impulses for growth and employment.

Hydrogen Storage Company

InSound is marketing the only FDA approved "extended wear" hearing solution, which is virtually invisible, extremely comfortable, has no batteries to change, no daily inserting and removing, and also offers excellent hearing benefits including increased high frequency amplification, decreased distortion, better localized sound, and reduced feedback and occlusion.

Intellikine is developing small molecule therapies targeting the PI3K/mTOR pathway for treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases.

Intermolecular's High-Productivity Combinatorial (HPC) methods, systems and software provide their IC customers a unique competitive advantage by accelerating integration learning in the development and commercialization of advanced materials, process, and device solutions - at an order of magnitude lower cost than conventional methods.

Combining leading technologies with the market intelligence and expertise of the industry's most skilled procurement, fulfillment, logistics, and supply chain professionals -- iSuppli is revolutionizing the electronic component supply chain with agile, efficient and reliable supply chain solutions and services.

The on demand recruitment application that's radically easy to use for everyone involved in hiring

Kalypsys, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company pioneering an industrialized approach to pathway-based drug discovery. Kalypsys implements discovery programs across a broad number of therapeutic areas using its highly automated and integrated suite of discovery technologies in biology, chemistry and informatics.

LiveOps has developed a robust and scalable teleservices solution backed by the same technologies that power Internet giants such as Google, eBay, and Yahoo!. Since LiveOps built and owns 100% of the systems they use, LiveOps can bring a flexibility and efficiency in working with its clients that no other teleservices company can match.

Luminus Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures high performance solid state light sources for a variety of illumination applications.

MailExpress provides an outsourced mail service for large commercial mailers throughout the world. Their services include mail sorting, managing customer lists with proprietary technology, and expedited delivery of mail consisting of marketing and promotional materials. MailExpress provides it customers a rapid delivery of flat mail with lower costs than first class mail.

Monogram (acquired CMEA portfolio company Virologic) is a leader in developing and commercializing innovative products to help guide and improve the treatment of infectious diseases, cancer and other serious diseases.

Multigig is a fabless semiconductor supplier that has developed a fundamental advance in semiconductor circuit technology that enables new levels of performance while dramatically lowering power. With 22 patents granted and more than 50 pending, the company's RotaryWave(tm) technology is being incorporated into new architectures for leading-edge semiconductor products.

NEA-IndoUS Ventures provides early and mid-stage funding to new or growing technology businesses in India. The team comprises experienced entrepreneurs and executives who understand the model of incubating ideas and transforming them into successful enterprises.

Invented by the visionary behind the original QuickBooks, NetBooks was created specifically for inventory-based businesses with two to fifty people. NetBooks unites technology, people, and partners into one powerful solution for small business owners who are looking to improve the efficiency and productivity of their operations.

NewPath Ventures LLC is the first Indo-US venture capital fund focused on cross-border investments that leverage India's cost effective talent and high growth emerging market for achieving superior returns.

NOVX Systems is a medical device company that is combing expertise in photonics, engineering, polymer chemistry, physics, molecular biology and data management, to create innovative solutions for office-based patient testing.

NuScale is a developer of modular scale nuclear power generation technology.

Paul Lorenzini, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
NuScale Power Inc.
503-292-2691

Odyssey Logistics & Technology provides outsourced logistics management services to the chemical industry and other process manufacturers. Odyssey allows companies to outsource the management and transportation of raw materials and finished goods, thereby helping customers achieve savings through reduced infrastructure costs, adding process improvements, and enhancing customer service, data quality and management.

Perlegen Sciences, Inc. is a private company that uses high-density, whole-wafer microarray technology in combination with new approaches to sample preparation to scan entire human genomes. The company's first objective is to read 50 different human genomes at a single base resolution, discovering and analyzing the patterns of genetic variation between them.

Phenomix is a forward genetics company focusing on rapid target identification and validation. Phenomix's approach to the identification of pathways important in clinical disease relies on classical genetics coupled to the recent advances of the genome project. Phenomix starts from rapidly generating and screening physiological models to identify the best disease models and then in a single step, discovers and validates the genes that are physiologically relevant. Phenomix combines target discovery, target validation, and generation of relevant models for the disease into one efficient platform.

Pyxis Technology, Inc is a privately held company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Pyxis Technology develops and markets EDA software for chip design and analysis, primarily focused on design closure, manufacturability, and time-to-market issues for sub-100nm process technologies.

RAVEN biotechnologies' mission is the rapid, simultaneous discovery of novel cell-surface drug targets, and the antibody therapeutics to regulate them.

Rigel is a clinical-stage drug development company that discovers and develops novel, small-molecule drugs for the treatment of inflammatory/autoimmune diseases and cancer, as well as viral and metabolic diseases.

Schooner Information Technology, Inc. is an early stage startup focused on delivering next generation data access solutions for Web 2.0 and enterprise customers.

Solar Company

Sorbent Therapeutics is developing a treatment for end stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis.

Don Joseph, CEO
Sorbent Therapeutics, Inc.
750 E. Bunker Court, Suite 900
Vernon Hills, Il. 60061-1863
847-890-1130 (phone)
847-680-9216 (fax)

Specialty Battery Company

SpikeSource is a software company that distributes, manages, integrates, and supports open source solutions across the enterprise.

Strix's products are the industry's Only Modular (chassis-based) mesh system delivering the largest capacity, highest throughput and lowest latency for the new generation of broadband mobility and reach-ability to support voice, video, and data applications.

Superprotonic is an energy technology company established to market and commercialize the innovative solid acid fuel cell (SAFC) technology developed and patented by the company's founders at the California Institute of Technology.

SurgiQuest develops and markets access devices and other instruments for laparascopic surgery.

Symwave is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets high-performance analog/mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs) and system solutions.

Developer of a proprietary technology platform in combinatorial materials science to discover and improve materials for the chemical and electronics industries.

Telsima - Connecting the World through Broadband - dedication to providing end-to-end networking solutions which enable service delivery at disruptive cost points for emerging markets.

Capitalizing on breakthrough synthetic chemistry, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals is leveraging a dynamic drug engine targeted at several significant disease categories.

TrueDemand Software is a pioneer in the development of new supply chain applications that take advantage of both RFID and non-RFID data to help solve supply chain planning and execution problems.

Untangle (fka Metavize) is an emerging leader in network virtualization for small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking powerful yet simple and easy-to-use network solutions. Founded in 2003, the company intends to fulfill its vision by designing an innovative technology to address and overcome the limitations of existing network solutions.

VasoNova is a medical device company developing a guidance systems for catheter insertion, initially for the insertion of percutaneously inserted central catheters (PICC lines).

VeraLight is a medical instrumentation company that was established in October 2004 as an independent spinout of InLight Solutions to focus on a comprehensive approach to noninvasive diabetes screening.

Visiogen is focused on developing innovative products for cataract and refractive patients. Founded in Irvine, California, in 2001, Visiogen's first commercial application, Synchrony®, a dual-optic intraocular lens and pre-loaded injector, is currently in clinical studies in the U.S. and recently received a CE Mark in Europe.

Developer of new molecular-based technology for enhancing the oral absorption, distribution, and pharmacokinetics of drugs.