3ware

3ware (acquired by AMCC then subsequently acquired by LSI) is the leader in high-capacity Serial ATA (SATA) and ATE RAID storage solutions. 3Ware controllers combine enterprise-level performance and reliability.

USVP Contact:

Paul Matteucci

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4INFO

SMS ad network and content services

USVP Contact:

Tim Connors

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@Road

@Road (acquired by Trimble) is a leading provider of mobile resource management (MRM) services. The company's LocationSmart platform seamlessly integrates complex wireless, Global Positioning System (GPS), hosted applications, transaction processing and Internet technologies.

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AMCC (AMCC)

Delivers comprehensive system solutions for communications infrastructure and enterprise storage networking, offering reduced development costs for OEMs and improved reliability for end users.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Aptus Endosystems

Developing systems for treatment of peripheral vascular disease, including a new device to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms.

USVP Contact:

Phil Young and Alan Kaganov

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Active-Semi

Power management integrated circuits.

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu

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Adify

Powers focused, brand-driven advertising networks. Adify's partners are able to extend their brands, increase their reach and grow their revenue by using Adify to aggregate niche, high-quality content sites and create customized, vertical ad networks.

USVP Contact:

Ted Maidenberg

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Advanced Cardiovascular Systems

Catheters for coronary angioplasty. ACS was acquired by Guidant which merged with Boston Scientific.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Aerogen

Novel pharmaceutical products based on proprietary aerosolization technology for treatment of respiratory disorders in the critical care setting and inhalation systems for pulmonary delivery of insulin. Aerogen completed an IPO in November 2000 and was acquired by Nektar in October 2005.

USVP Contact:

Phil Young

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Agility

Agility (acquired by JDSU) is a leading supplier of tunable transponders and optical components for telecom infrastructure.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz and Paul Matteucci

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Akros Silicon

Provides integrated circuits for Power-over-Ethernet applications.

USVP Contact:

Chris Rust

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Alchemy

Alchemy (acquired by AMD) is a communications IC company, targeting wireless and wire-line applications in Internet edge devices.

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu

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Applied Biosystems

Applied Biosystems (acquired by PerkinElmer), a business unit of Applera Corporation, serves the life sciences industry and research community by developing and marketing instrumant-based systems, consumables, software and services.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Articulinx

Developing a non-destructive implant delivered minimally invasively for osteoarthritis of the joints of the hand and foot.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root and Alan Kaganov

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Artisan Components

ARM's Artisan standard cell libraries offer a wide range of performance and density choices, each with a complete set of views and models for leading EDA tools.

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Ascenta Therapeutics

Novel small molecules for the treatment of cancer.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root

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Asempra Technologies

Asempra Technologies (acquired by BakBone Software) real time backup and recovery protection.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Ask Jeeves

An intuitive, natural language search platform for Internet-based information.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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Astute Networks

Provides innovative storage processor IC's which significantly enhance storage systems' performance.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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AtheroMed

Developing a novel approach in the endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial blood vessels that become obstructed due to plaque and thrombus and require re-vascularization.

USVP Contact:

Alan Kaganov and Casper de Clercq

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AtriCure (ATRC)

Manufactures and distributes ablative systems that provide surgeons with alternatives for treatment of patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.

USVP Contact:

Alan Kaganov

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Avenue A / RazorFish

Largest independent digital marketing services and technology firm and the largest buyer of Web media, helping its clients build profitable relationships with their customers through online channels.

USVP Contact:

Phil Young

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Axiom Microdevices

Axiom Microdevices (acquired by Akyworks) was the first company to use commodity complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes to produce fully integrated power amplifiers for the cellular telephone market.

USVP Contact:

David Liddle

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Bayhill Therapeutics

Biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis and Type I diabetes, based on technologies that originated in Prof. Lawrence Steiman, M.D.'s laboratory at Stanford.

USVP Contact:

Phil Young and Jon Root

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BeVocal

BeVocal (acquired by Nuance) is a leading supplier of voice-recognition software, and hosted services, for customer care applications, which significantly improve service levels and lower operating costs.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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BPT Bio Pure Technology

BPT chemically-stable membranes separation enables wastewater treatment for the most aggressive industrial processes.

USVP Contacts:

Winston Fu, Chris Rust, Jacques Benkoski

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Blekko

Search engine

USVP Contacts:

Tim Connors and Paul Matteucci

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Blue Coat Systems (BSCI)

Blue Coat (formerly CacheFlow) provides high-performance proxy appliances to deliver visibility and control of Web communications to address today's new business risks, including inappropriate Web surfing, spyware and viruses brought in through backchannels such as instant messaging.

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Box.net

Online file system that enables users to share, store, and access files of any type from anywhere.

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu and Mamoon Hamid

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Brion Technologies

Brion Technologies (acquired by ASML) is a leader in lithography-driven design and manufacturing.

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu

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Calithera Biosciences

A pioneer in activation therapeutics, the company is developing novel small molecule cancer drugs that activate caspases, the enzymes that control programmed cell death.

USVP Contact:

Larry Lasky and Jon Root

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Callaway Golf (ELY)

High-performance golf clubs and golf paraphernalia.

USVP Contact:

Phil Schlein

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CardioKinetix

Medical implants that treat ventricular wall motion abnormalities which occur after an AMI and can progress to end-stage heart failure.

USVP Contact:

Casey Tansey

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Castlight Health

Comparison shopping tool for healthcare services

USVP Contact:

Mamoon Hamid and Jon Root

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Centillium
Communications

Centillium Communications (acquired by TranSwitch) is one of the leading providers of ASDL and Voice-Over-IP ICs.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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CFX Battery

Advanced battery company focused on developing and commercializing new, innovative and disruptive battery products

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu, Tim Connors, Mamoon Hamid

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Check Point Software (CHKP)

First-to-market with a network security "firewall" product, coined the term and is the market leader in perimeter security software.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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CipherMax

Delivers storage security solutions

USVP Contact:

David Liddle

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CipherTrust

CipherTrust's product IronMail combines the five critical email security components of spam and fraud prevention, virus and worm protection, policy and content compliance, email privacy, and secure email gateway capabilities into a single platform. In 2006, CipherTrust merged with Secure Computing.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Clear Shape Technologies

Clear Shape Technologies (acquired by Cadence) applies its sub-100nm process technologies to renew the contract between design teams and manufacturing groups, helping to ensure that designers meet their goals with manufacturable designs.

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu

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Clustrix

Focused on development of a scalable infrastructure appliance, based on decades of experience in distributed processing, scalable file system appliances, supercomputing, and very large databases.

USVP Contact:

Chris Rust

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Commerce5

Commerce5 (acquired by Digital River) is a provider of outsourced sell-side e-commerce services to brand name product manufacturers, enabling product manufacturers to sell their products online to consumers and businesses, both directly and through their existing channel partners.

USVP Contact:

Chris Rust

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Contour Energy Systems

High energy density and very high power density primary (non-rechargeable) batteries

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu and Mamoon Hamid

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Crescendo Communications

Crescendo pioneered ISDN over copper, and was an early entry in the ethernet switch marketplace. The company was Cisco's first major acquisition. At least four of Cisco's present senior management were members of Crescendo's executive team.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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CryoVascular Systems

CryoVascular Systems (acquired by Boston Scientific) developed and commercialized a novel therapy for the treatment for peripheral vascular and cardiovascular disease.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root

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Determina

Determina (acquired by VMware) developed the "memory firewall", the first viable intrusion protection product for networked enterprise information systems.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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Devax

Developing a coronary stent to treat atherosclerotic lesions at bifurcations in the coronaries, an unsolved problem in interventional cardiology.

USVP Contact:

Casey Tansey

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Dilithium Networks

3G video telephony solutions for the world's mobile and broadband industries.

USVP Contact:

Chris Rust

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Dotomi

Direct messaging service that allows advertisers to reach their email list customers with highly-effective personalized banner ads.

USVP Contact:

Tim Connors and Phil Young

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Dune Networks

Dune Networks (acquired by Broadcom) is a fabless semiconductor supplier of networking devices for Data Center, Enterprise and Carrier Ethernet switching platforms

USVP Contact:

Chris Rust and Jacques Benkoski

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Elantec

Elantec (acquired by Intersil) develops high-performance analog integrated circuits.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Electric Cloud

Provides enterprise-class infrastructure for the software build/release process.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Gear6

The leader in centralized storage caching solutions. The company's CACHEfx appliances transparently accelerate enterprise applications by serving data with ultra low latency and high throughput, boosting system performance across segments such as technical computing, database, web-scale, and video on download applications.

USVP Contact:

David Liddle and Paul Matteucci

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Ensure Medical

Ensure Medical (acquired by Johnson & Johnson) developed a proprietary vascular access closure device.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root

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Factery

Dedicated to commercializing FactRank technology to enhance the discovery of relevant information (Facts), in order to simplify and make useful the increasingly noisy social web experience.

USVP Contact:

Paul Matteucci

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Force10 Networks

The pioneer in resilient Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing systems.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Fresh Choice

Chain of restaurants with a salad bar approach which provides a large selection of fresh salads, soups and breads.

USVP Contact:

Phil Schlein

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GN ReSound

Advanced technology hearing aid systems.

USVP Contact:

Phil Schlein

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Genta (GETA)

Develops biopharmaceuticals for anti-viral and anti-cancer treatments.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Genus

Genus (which merged with Aixtron) provides equipment for high temperature metal deposition IC fabrication.

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Glycomed

Glycomed (acquired by Ligand) develops pharmaceuticals based on complex carbohydrate bioactivity.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Guidewire Software

A leading provider of solutions to the property and casualty and workers' compensation insurance industry, offering applications that enable insurance organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity in their core operations while maintaining world-class customer service.

USVP Contact:

Tim Connors

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Harmonic Lightwaves (HLIT)

Leading provider of digital video, broadband and optical networking and IP delivery systems to cable, satellite, telecom and broadcast network operators.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Headway Technologies

Develops, manufactures and supplies magnetoresistive (mr) heads to the disk drive industry.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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Hooked Media Group

Has developed a high-quality online casual games monetization and syndication network.

USVP Contact:

Rick Lewis

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IC Works

IC Works was a leading supplier of frequency generator ICs, and was acquired by Cypress Semiconductor, just prior to its intended Initial Public Offering.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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Ilypsa

Ilypsa (acquired by Amgen) is a therapeutics platform spinout of Symx that develops novel polymer-based, orally bioavailable therapies to treat renal failure and metabolic disorders.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root and Casper de Clercq

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Imperva

Imperva (formerly WebCohort), developer of the first Dynamic Profiling Firewall, is focused on providing Total Application Security protection from Web application, database, and worm attacks.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Integrated Vascular Systems

Integrated Vascular Systems (acquired by Abbott Laboratories) develops next-generation proprietary vascular closure devices for use in intravascular diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root

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Intellikine

A leader in the discovery and development of novel, small molecule therapies targeting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway for treatment of cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases.

USVP Contact:

Larry Lasky and Jon Root

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Intermolecular

Developing critical new methods and materials to address the requirements of deep sub-micron semiconductor manufacturing.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman and Rick Lewis

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Instantis

Provides on-demand software to manage CXO-mandated initiatives that improve enterprise financial performance.

USVP Contact:

David Liddle

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Intersect ENT (formerly Sinexus)

Medical device company

USVP Contact:

Casey Tansey

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Intransa

Innovator of enterprise-class, intelligent IP storage products and software. Intransa's IP SAN solutions dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of deploying scalable network storage.

USVP Contact:

Paul Matteucci

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Intuity Medical

A medical device company.

USVP Contact:

Casey Tansey

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Iomega

Provides easy-to-use, high-value data storage and data protection solutions to help people protect, secure, capture and share their digital information.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Kaiam Corporation

Innovative integration platform for high performance fiber optics that achieve high density and low cost.

USVP Contact:

Chris Rust

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Karmasphere

Software tools and analytics for distributed terabyte datasets.

USVP Contact:

David Liddle and Steve Krausz

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Kilopass Technology

Nonvolatile memory IP.

USVP Contact:

Arati Prabhakar

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Kleer

Kleer (formerly ENQ Semiconductor) develops ultra low-power RF solutions for wireless digital audio.

USVP Contact:

Arati Prabhakar

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Klocwork

The proven leader of static analysis solutions that deliver software security and software quality. Klocwork's products detect and prevent security vulnerabilities and software defects and provide architectural visualization and modeling tools.

USVP Contact:

David Liddle

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Lutonix

Developing a novel catheter system to treat coronary and peripheral arterial stenosis caused by atherosclerosis

USVP Contact:

Jon Root

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LVL7

LVL7 (acquired by Broadcom) creates production-ready networking software that enables communication system manufacturers to reduce development costs and deliver IP/Ethernet products to market faster.

USVP Contact:

Chris Rust

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Leadis Technology (LDIS)

Designed, developed and marketed mixed-signal semiconductors that enabled and enhanced the features and capabilities of small panel displays.

USVP Contact:

Arati Prabhakar

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LimeLife

Mobile phone games and applications for women and girls.

USVP Contact:

Paul Matteucci

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LivingSocial

Online community that leverages social commerce to provide consumers 50%+ discounts for the best local merchants in major cities.

USVP Contact:

Ted Maidenberg and Tim Connors

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M-Factor

Hosted software solution for maximizing marketing ROI.

USVP Contact:

Paul Matteucci

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MMC Networks

MMC (subsidiary of AMCC) invented the Network Processor IC, and defined that market space. After going public, it was acquired by AMCC, where its CEO became President and Chief Operating Officer.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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Matritech

Matritech (acquired by Inverness Medical) is a leading developer of proteomics-based diagnostic products for the early detection of cancer. Using its patented proteomics technology, Matritech has identified proteins correlated with bladder, cervical, breast, prostate and colon cancers.

USVP Contact:

Phil Young

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MaxLinear

Fabless communications IC company.

USVP Contact:

David Liddle and Steve Krausz

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Media6Degrees

Provides major brand marketers with targeted audiences using the power of social graph data. The familiar phrase "birds of a feather flock together" best describes their custom audience creation technology.

USVP Contact:

Ted Maidenberg and Ted Maidenberg

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MegaPath Networks

Delivers secure access and managed network solutions that enable businesses of all sizes to cost-effectively connect branch offices, mobile workers and home-based workers to centralized corporate resources through comprehensive managed access, VPN and security services.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Mellanox Technologies (MLNX)

Leading supplier of Infiniband, high-performance connectivity IC's.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman and Chris Rust

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Micro Linear

Micro Linear (acquired by RFMD) is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless integrated circuits. Its high data rate ISM-band transceivers are used in cordless phones, wireless speakers and headphones, game controllers, voice headsets and other consumer electronic appliances.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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MicroHeart

MicroHeart (acquired by Boston Scientific) develops drug delivery systems for angiogenesis.

USVP Contact:

Phil Young

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MicroVention

MicroVention (acquired by Terumo Medical) is a rapidly growing medical device company pioneering the development of catheter-based technologies for the endovascular treatment of peripheral and cerebral vascular diseases.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root

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Military Advantage

Military Advantage (acquired by Monster.com) offers solutions to military consumers and the government agencies that serve them. Military Advantage offers career services, VA loans, financial services, education, travel and relocation assistance.

USVP Contact:

David Liddle

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Minerva Networks

Provides a complete hardware/software product suite, enabling quality TV transmission over Internet Protocol.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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MontaVista Software

Leading global supplier of Open Source systems software and development tools for intelligent connected devices and associated infrastructure, providing a commercial-grade Linux-based operating system and a universal development platform.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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NeoMagic (NMGC)

Created a breakthrough by embedding RAM in a logic chip fabricated on a standard process and became the leading supplier of graphics accelerators to the laptop market.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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myYearbook

Online yearbook and social community for teens.

USVP Contact:

Rick Lewis

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Neoconix

Provides advanced electrical interconnect solutions for a variety of applications including assembly sockets, flex connectors, board-to-board connectors, package-to-board interposers, and embedded interconnect solutions.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman and Winston Fu

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NetDynamics

NetDynamics (acquired by Sun Microsystems) provides Web application server software systems.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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New Focus

New Focus (acquired by Bookham, Inc.) develops passive and active optical components and test equipment for communications applications.

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu and Steve Krausz

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Nuance Communications (NUAN)

Enhanced and commercialized speech recognition software technology developed at Stanford Research Institute and became the industry leader in speech engines. Now public, the company has recently announced an intended merger with ScanSoft.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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Object Reservoir

Technology-based services company dedicated to quickly delivering reservoir knowledge to the upstream oil and gas industry. The company's solutions quickly deliver early, actionable reservoir knowledge that enables clients to make smart decisions sooner.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Occam Networks (OCNW)

Occam develops and markets innovative Broadband Loop Carrier networking equipment that enables telephone companies to deliver voice, data and video services based on Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP) technologies through a single, all-packet access network.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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ON24

Delivers a platform of Web-based tools for the development and production of customizable webcasts, including capabilities for synchronized slides and interactivity such as Q&A, audience polling and surveys.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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OncoMed Pharmaceuticals

Developing innovative pharmaceuticals for solid tumors, based on the recent identification of cancer stem cells.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root

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Optichron

Fabless semiconductor company developing a family of mixed-signal integrated circuits that target communications, scientific and industrial markets. The company's intellectual property is based on an advanced array of signal processing technologies that provide cost, power and performance advantages.

USVP Contact:

David Liddle

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PetsMart (PETM)

Retail chain of pet food and accessory superstores.

USVP Contact:

Phil Schlein

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Photon Dynamics

Photon Dynamics (acquired by Orbotech) manufactures test, repair, and inspection equipment for the flat panel display industry.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Proteolix

Proteolix (acquired by Onyx > Pharmaceuticals) is a biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, clinical development and marketing of drugs that inhibit the proteasome-mediated protein degradation pathway in cells for the treatment of cancer.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root

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Qnovo

Develops next-generation battery management systems for lithium-ion batteries.

USVP Contact:

Arati Prabhakar

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Redline Communications (RDL)

Redline designs and manufactures standards-based broadband wireless access solutions. Using industry leading OFDM technologies, Redline's award-winning products provide unmatched high capacity and non-line-of-sight capabilities.

USVP Contact:

Tim Connors

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Redwood Systems

Energy control systems for green buildings

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu and Rick Lewis

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RelayHealth

RelayHealth (acquired by McKesson) offers web-based communication services that connect doctors and their patients efficiently, affordably, and securely.

USVP Contact:

Phil Young and Jon Root

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ReShape Medical

Focused on development of non-surgical weight loss devices that can be used as aids in the treatment of obese or overweight patients.

USVP Contact:

Casey Tansey

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Revolution Money

Payments company committed to delivering extraordinary value to both merchants and consumers. The RevolutionCard network eliminates costly interchange, providing merchants with enormous cost savings, while consumers gain unparalleled payment flexibility, rewards and protection from identity theft and fraud.

USVP Contact:

Tim Connors and Ted Maidenberg

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Right90

On-demand collaborative forecasting software.

USVP Contact:

Tim Connors

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Sagent Technologies

Sagent Technologies (merged with Group One Software, which was acquired by Pitney Bowes) developed and marketed the industry's first integrated data mart solution.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Sanarus Medical

Provides minimally-invasive solutions for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of breast disease, including breast cancers and non-malignant growths.

USVP Contact:

Alan Kaganov

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SanDisk (SNDK)

The world's largest supplier of flash memory data storage cards and related end-user products for digital "film," MP3 music players, USB devices and other consumer applications.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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Savings.com

Vertical search engine providing consumers with "all the best deals as voted by you." An essential part of users online shopping experience, simple and efficient tool for finding the best deals based on popularity.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz and Ted Maidenberg

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SentreHEART

Developing a minimally invasive device and procedure for isolating the left atrial appendage in patients with atrial fibrillation in order to prevent blood clots that result in embolic strokes.

USVP Contact:

Casey Tansey

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Sequent Medical

Developing novel devices for the treatment of vascular diseases.

USVP Contact:

Jon Root

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SiBEAM

Fabless semiconductor company providing high-speed wireless communications technology.

USVP Contact:

Arati Prabhakar

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Sierra Monolithics

Designs and manufactures sophisticated RFICs and Modules for wireless, wireline and military applications. The company's products are found in applications from hand-held GPS units to unmanned aerial vehicles.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Silego Technology

Makes high performance frequency generator, DIMM and power management mixed signal ICs.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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Simpirica Spine

Developing devices to treat medical conditions in the spine

USVP Contact:

Phil Young and Casper de Clercq

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Smartling

Provides Internet based businesses with affordable, real-time, crowdsourced and professional website translations

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Solyndra

Proprietary photovoltaic systems, designed for commercial rooftops, that employ a new cylindrical module geometry and enables significantly lower installation costs and significantly higher annual solar electricity output per rooftop at a lower cost of electricity.

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu

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Spectranetics (SPNC)

Develops, manufactures and markets "cool" ultraviolet excimer laser technology for multiple cardiovascular procedures to physicians and hospitals worldwide.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Spoke Software

Innovative web-based service for sales prospecting and lead generation.

USVP Contact:

Tim Connors

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St. Francis Medical Technologies

St. Francis Medical (acquired by Kyphon, which was then acquired by Medtronic) developed minimally invasive technologies and procedures for the treatment of leg and back pain.

USVP Contact:

Alan Kaganov and Phil Young

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Stratacom/Cisco (CSCO)

ATM-based packet-switching system for wide-area networks. Company went public, and was then acquired by Cisco Systems.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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StrataLight

StartaLight (acquired by opnext) is a leader in the development of transport solutions that take advantage of spectrally efficient lightwave modulation. The company delivers 40 Gigabit per second fiber transmission subsystems sold as OEM products to carriers.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz and Chris Rust

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Sun Microsystems (JAVA)

Develops workstations, software and services for a wide variety of markets, including scientific, engineering and as Internet infrastructure.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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SupplyFrame

Vertical search engine for electronic components information

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman and Mamoon Hamid

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Synarc

Provides advanced medical imaging and biochemical macher services to the pharmaceutical industry in the conduct of clinical trials using imaging as end points.

USVP Contact:

Phil Young

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Synfora

Privately held company that delivers the first true "algorithm-to-tapeout" synthesis technology, enabling designers to rapidly explore and implement C algorithms in silicon.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Talima Therapeutics

Developing a novel bio-erodible implant for the treatment of onychomycosis (toe nail fungus).

USVP Contact:

Phil Young and Caper de Clercq

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Tap11

Real-time business intelligence service that provides companies with the best analytic and CRM tools to monitor, engage, and grow their social audience.

USVP Contact:

Chris Rust and Mamoon Hamid

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T-RAM

Fabless semiconductor startup, developing a novel SRAM memory process technology that is expected to have the high performance of SRAM with a memory cell size approaching that of DRAM.

USVP Contact:

David Liddle

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Teknovus

Teknovus (acquired by Broadcom) develops and delivers the only proven, fourth-generation EPON chipset with the features and performance to enable fast, easy-to-deploy, low-cost triple-play (voice, data, video) via fiber to the home (FTTH) at 1000 times the bandwidth of DSL.

USVP Contact:

Winston Fu

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Teranetics

Developing complex mixed signal ICs capable of carrying 10Megabit data-rate signals 100 meters over copper wire.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman and Arati Prabhakar

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think3

Offers a unique set of consulting and technology services, including an integrated product development environment for 2D and 3D MCAD design, PDM (product data management), and surface and solid modeling.

USVP Contact:

Irwin Federman

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ThreatMetrix

Fraud prevention solutions for online businesses

USVP Contacts:

Steve Krausz and Rick Lewis

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Total Beauty

Website for consumers who want to learn about beauty related products and services.

USVP Contact:

Paul Matteucci and Irwin Federman

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Trovix

Vertical search.

USVP Contact:

Paul Matteucci

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Trusteer

Helps online banks, brokerages, and retailers secure the consumer desktop from financial malware attacks and fraudulent websites.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz and Jacques Benkoski

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Ventritex

Ventritex (acquired by St. Jude Medical) manufactures mechanical and tissue heart valves, pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators and electrophysiology catheters.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Verity

Verity (acquired by Atonomy) povides software that enables organizations to maximize return on intellectual capital investment through integrated search, classification, recommendation, monitoring and analytics across the real-time flow of enterprise information.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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VeriWave

Leading provider of performance analysis tools for Wireless LAN equipment and networks.

USVP Contact:

Chris Rust and Irwin Federman

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Valeritas

Medical technology company serving the fast-growing diabetes market through its proprietary drug delivery systems

USVP Contact:

Casper de Clercq and Jonathan Root

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Vical (VICL)

Researches and develops biopharmaceutical products based on its patented DNA delivery technologies for the prevention and treatment of serious and life-threatening diseases.

USVP Contact:

Phil Young

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Vontu

Vontu (acquired by Symantec) is the industry's first data loss prevention solution that stops confidential and classified information, including customer data and intellectual property, from being sent outside the corporate network.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Winster

On-line entertainment venture.

USVP Contact:

Paul Matteucci and David Liddle

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X1 Technologies

Award-winning desktop search product for personal and enterprise data with integrated search and act capabilities.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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Xirrus

Has developed the world's first Gigabit-class enterprise Wi-Fi solution - the Wireless LAN Array.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz and Irwin Federman

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Xoma (XOMA)

Develops biopharmaceuticals that target cancer, immunological disorders and infectious diseases. Its product, RAPTIVA, is the first FDA-approved biologic therapy designed to provide continuous control of chronic moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.

USVP Contact:

Bill Bowes

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Xylan (ALU)

Xylan (acquired by Alcatel-Lucent) develops dynamically-reconfigurable LAN switches with WAN access.

USVP Contact:

Steve Krausz

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