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The adoption of consumer and mobile technologies for entertainment and communications is driving innovations in components, systems, software, material science, and services. Collectively, we have a long history in these markets and are uniquely qualified to foster innovation in these areas.


	3i Systems is an automated optical inspection (AOI) equipment solution company targeting the high growth TFT-LCD markets. The founding team possesses deep knowledge in the areas of optics and image processing. Founded in 2004, 3i Systems is headquartered in Guangdong, China.
	Advasense is developing a CMOS image sensor for digital cameras and mobile phones, which is 15-30 times more sensitive than the best image sensors available in the market today. The company, headquartered in Israel, has three well-known technology and/or business experts as founders: Vladimir Koifman, and Natan Baron, both are seasoned VLSI experts and Gideon Barak, a serial entrepreneur. Founded in 2004, Advasense is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.
	APM (Agape Package Manufacturing) provides innovative semiconductor packaging & testing services to customers, specifically in the analog and power management area. With a strong base of power packaging IPR, the company leverages the low cost structure and rapid clustering of the consumer electronics industry in China to achieve economy of scale. Founded in late 2004, APM is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
	Deeya Energy is a clean technology start-up developing and manufacturing electrochemical energy storage systems based on its proprietary L-Cell technology. Deeya L-Cells have much better charging and discharging performance while being much cheaper than other batteries. Besides, the L-Cells contain environmentally benign materials and are infinitely recyclable, as opposed to the kinds of materials used in other batteries, such as lead-acid. Founded in 2006, Deeya is headquartered in Fremont, California.
	Frontier Silicon is at the forefront of the digital revolution with a range of semiconductor solutions for digital TV, digital radio and other emerging consumer multimedia products. As a fabless semiconductor business, Frontier Silicon' s core products include complete DAB modules, DVB-T solutions and the underlying system-on-chip (SoC) devices. Key customers for these products include consumer electronic, automotive entertainment and PDA/mobile phone manufacturers. Founded in 2001, Frontier Silicon is headquartered in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
	Hyperpia is one of the leading developers and publishers building the next generation 3D online game platform and lobby. The company is focused on delivering innovative casual games in their 3D online environment. Additionally, they license their advanced platform solution and it's standardized APIs to the leading game developers and publishers worldwide. Founded in 1994, Hyperpia is headquartered in Fremont, California.
	Kilopass Technology Inc. was founded with the mission to become the industry leader in embedded non-volatile memory technology (NVM). Kilopass Technology's Super Permanent Memory (XPM) technology can be manufactured using standard commercial CMOS process without any modification. It can be used in a wide range of storage capacity, ranging from a few bits to multiple megabits. In addition, XPM can be scaled to advanced process technologies, such as 130 and 90 nanometers. Founded in 2001, Kilopass is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
	Petra Solar focuses on increasing efficiencies and significantly reducing the cost of installed solar electric systems through the introduction of innovative power electronics. Petra Solar is introducing intelligent, digitally controlled, distributed and scalable products that manage power out of solar modules and into the grid, batteries and loads. Founded in 2007, Petra Solar is headquartered in Green Brook, New Jersey.
	PPLive, is a leading global provider of P2P (peer to peer) streaming technologies. Through a very popular and highly rated aggregation platform called PPLive, Synacast enables its content and media partners to distribute video content with the lowest cost and the widest reach on the Internet. Founded in 2005, Synacast is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
	Riya's mission is to simplify search and ecommerce by harnessing the latest breakthroughs in visual computing. It has almost one dozen patents pending in the areas of visual recognition and search. Like.com, a product of Riya, is the first true visual search engine, where the contents of photos are used to search and retrieve similar items. Like.com utilizes our Likeness Technology™ to create a digital signature that describes the photo's contents and enables a more accurate search for similar looking items and products. Founded in 2004, Riya is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
	SiliconBlue Technologies is developing a new generation of programmable logic solutions enabling handheld, long battery life, low cost applications. Founded in 2005, SiliconBlue Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
	SliceX is a fabless analog semiconductor company headquartered in Draper, Utah. Company is developing a broad portfolio of high performance analog products based on a new breakthrough in low power, flexible analog circuit architecture that will target multiple markets. Founded as an analog IP and design house in 1996, the company has a highly talented team of experienced analog designers.
	Slide is the largest personal media network in the world, reaching more than 130 million unique viewers every month. Slide makes applications or "widgets" that help people express themselves and tell emotionally engaging stories through personalized photos and videos created on Slide.com and viewed anywhere on the web or desktop. Slide Slideshows, Guestbooks, SkinFlix, FunPix and other applications enjoy tremendous popularity with the users of major social platforms including MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Xanga, Tagged and Blogger, reaching more than 15 percent of the global Internet audience.
	Ugenie is a next-generation online shopping engine focusing on true price discovery for single and bundle of items. Ugenie offers millions of unique new and used items in categories such as books, music, movies, and games. Our promise to our customers is "true price search" - we will help you find the cheapest prices across the web, bottom-line prices that factor in shipping fees, taxes, coupons, and mail-in rebates. If you wish to buy single or a bundle of items, we promise we will save you a bundle. Founded in 2006, ugenie is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California and Bangalore, India.
	Zivity, a San Francisco start-up founded in 2007, provides subscription-based entertainment and social networking for an 18 and over audience. Zivity’s initial focus is a community-powered showcase of professional-quality photography promoting female beauty and expression. For more information, visit http://zivity.com.