Innovative Portfolio Companies

Engineering New Markets and Strong Businesses

We invest in early-stage and breakthrough ventures that have the promise to create new market opportunities.

 Semiconductors

EASIC
Developing a structured ASIC (shares characteristics of an FPGA and ASIC).
Santa Clara, CA

Kovio
Technology to enable printed electronics.
Sunnyvale, CA

MetaRAM
Fabless semiconductor company focused on improving memory performance. The company's first product – MetaSDRAM™ – enables four times the amount of standard memory to be placed into existing systems without any modifications.
San Jose, CA

Scintera Networks
Develops a high speed analog signal processor in CMOS focused on communications applications increasing spectral and power efficiency.
Sunnyvale, CA

Silecs, Inc.
Develops and manufactures advanced dielectric materials for semiconductor chips and flat panel displays, focused on enabling improved speed, power, density and image quality.
Mountain View, CA.

Spatial Photonics, Inc.
Develops and manufactures innovative microdisplays for high definition, high brightness and high contrast projection displays.
Sunnyvale, CA

Zettacore
Using unique molecules to replace the deep trench capacitors in a traditional DRAM cell.
Englewood, CO