Threshold Ventures

Threshold Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. It pursues a high-conviction, early-stage investment strategy and partners with entrepreneurs to build technology-driven companies in consumer, enterprise, and healthcare sectors. The firm provides venture and growth capital to technology companies and has historical ties to the broader Draper Fisher Jurvetson network. Threshold focuses on supporting early-stage ventures across software, consumer, and healthcare technologies, and seeks to back innovative teams aiming to reach market leadership.

Mark Bailey

Co-Founder and Partner

William (Bill) Bryant

General Partner

Chirag Chotalia

Partner

Rob Ciechowski

Associate

Katie Evans

Associate

Past deals in Electronics

Hidden Level

Series C in 2025
Hidden Level develops airspace sensing technologies, specializing in passive radar and drone detection through RF spectrum signal analysis. Its airspace monitoring systems deploy networks of passive sensors to detect and track drones and other aerial vehicles over large geographic areas, supporting critical infrastructure, defense, and public safety customers. The company emphasizes safety through sensing, offering services that cover classical systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, and full product lifecycle management, including PCB design. Its solutions enable monitoring of low-altitude air traffic while maintaining privacy in compliance with applicable regulations.

Elementary Robotics

Series B in 2021
Elementary Robotics, Inc. is a Pasadena, California-based company that specializes in the manufacture of robots designed to assist humans in various industrial applications. Founded in 2017, Elementary Robotics focuses on automating quality assurance and traceability processes within AI-assisted manufacturing. Their robots are utilized to monitor and track the stages of assembly along production lines, serving diverse sectors such as electronics, automotive, medical, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. The company combines hardware and software to create a robust platform that leverages machine learning and computer vision, enabling intelligent automation of workflows. By providing easy-to-use software and deep learning AI, Elementary Robotics aims to enhance efficiency and productivity in repetitive tasks across various industries.

Elementary Robotics

Series A in 2020
Elementary Robotics, Inc. is a Pasadena, California-based company that specializes in the manufacture of robots designed to assist humans in various industrial applications. Founded in 2017, Elementary Robotics focuses on automating quality assurance and traceability processes within AI-assisted manufacturing. Their robots are utilized to monitor and track the stages of assembly along production lines, serving diverse sectors such as electronics, automotive, medical, consumer packaged goods, and logistics. The company combines hardware and software to create a robust platform that leverages machine learning and computer vision, enabling intelligent automation of workflows. By providing easy-to-use software and deep learning AI, Elementary Robotics aims to enhance efficiency and productivity in repetitive tasks across various industries.

Ambiq Micro

Venture Round in 2018
Ambiq Micro, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the development of ultra-low power integrated circuits tailored for power-sensitive applications. Founded in 2010, the company utilizes innovative subthreshold power optimized technology to create real-time clock and microcontroller products designed for wearables, smart cards, wireless sensors, and Internet-of-Things devices. By focusing on ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions, Ambiq Micro aims to enhance the efficiency of wireless electronics, facilitating the creation of devices that either minimize or eliminate battery use while maximizing design flexibility. The company also provides technical support services and operates additional offices in San Jose, California, as well as in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taiwan.

Rethink Robotics

Series E in 2017
Rethink Robotics develops industrial robots and software to automate manufacturing processes. The company combines trainable, safe and cost-effective robots with skilled labor to create an integrated workforce that increases flexibility, lowers costs and supports investment in skilled personnel. Its Baxter robot, powered by Intera, a software platform, serves a wide range of industries as a workforce multiplier. Rethink Robotics also offers the Baxter Research Robot with sensors and an open software development kit to enable researchers to build custom applications. Based in Boston, the company focuses on accelerating robotics innovation in manufacturing and related fields by delivering collaborative robots that handle repetitive or hazardous tasks such as loading and unloading, packing, molding, machining and inspection.

Nantero

Series F in 2015
Nantero is a technology company specializing in the development of high-density, nonvolatile random access memory (NRAM) using carbon nanotubes. Its primary product, NRAM, offers fast, stable storage for various applications such as smartphones, tablets, enterprise systems, and computers. Nantero's technology aims to enhance processing speed and energy efficiency.

littleBits Electronics

Series B in 2015
littleBits Electronics Inc. is a company that specializes in electronic building blocks that connect magnetically, empowering users to design, invent, and prototype with electronics. Founded in 2011 by Ayah Bdeir and based in New York, littleBits offers a diverse range of modules, including circuit boards with specific functions, hardware development kits, and various accessories such as USB and power modules, remote triggers, micro sequencers, and light sensors. The company's open-source library features over 60 electronic modules, allowing users to share designs and create their own innovative solutions. As of August 2019, littleBits operates as a subsidiary of Sphero, Inc.

Nantero

Series E in 2015
Nantero is a technology company specializing in the development of high-density, nonvolatile random access memory (NRAM) using carbon nanotubes. Its primary product, NRAM, offers fast, stable storage for various applications such as smartphones, tablets, enterprise systems, and computers. Nantero's technology aims to enhance processing speed and energy efficiency.

Rethink Robotics

Series D in 2015
Rethink Robotics develops industrial robots and software to automate manufacturing processes. The company combines trainable, safe and cost-effective robots with skilled labor to create an integrated workforce that increases flexibility, lowers costs and supports investment in skilled personnel. Its Baxter robot, powered by Intera, a software platform, serves a wide range of industries as a workforce multiplier. Rethink Robotics also offers the Baxter Research Robot with sensors and an open software development kit to enable researchers to build custom applications. Based in Boston, the company focuses on accelerating robotics innovation in manufacturing and related fields by delivering collaborative robots that handle repetitive or hazardous tasks such as loading and unloading, packing, molding, machining and inspection.

Ambiq Micro

Series C in 2014
Ambiq Micro, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the development of ultra-low power integrated circuits tailored for power-sensitive applications. Founded in 2010, the company utilizes innovative subthreshold power optimized technology to create real-time clock and microcontroller products designed for wearables, smart cards, wireless sensors, and Internet-of-Things devices. By focusing on ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions, Ambiq Micro aims to enhance the efficiency of wireless electronics, facilitating the creation of devices that either minimize or eliminate battery use while maximizing design flexibility. The company also provides technical support services and operates additional offices in San Jose, California, as well as in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taiwan.

Attero

Series C in 2014
Attero is a group dedicated the recycling of the electrical and electronic industry. To do justice to the name "Attero" (which means "waste" in Latin) Recycling, they look at e-waste as an important resource that can be made useful instead of shunning it as a social and environmental burden. As a reflection of their belief in what they do, Attero Recycling is the only e Waste recycling company in India which does complete processing of E Waste with zero landfill. Attero promises close technical collaboration with a leading US company for mechanical separation, a first-of-its kind indigenous metallurgical process developed in the separate R&D division, an highly automated facility for integrated e-waste recycling at Roorkee spread over 100,000 sqft.

BrightVolt

Series A in 2013
BrightVolt, Inc. is a company focused on the design, development, and large-scale manufacturing of ultra-thin film batteries tailored to power a range of Internet-connected devices, including medical patches, sensor labels, and power cards. It specializes in creating custom solid-state thin film batteries and power solutions for clients' Internet of Things (IoT) devices, along with its proprietary Flexion solid-state thin film lithium polymer batteries and microelectronic components. BrightVolt's innovative technologies enhance battery chemistry, offering increased stability and safety in lithium-polymer batteries. The company's products are distributed both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, BrightVolt was previously known as Solicore, Inc.

Rethink Robotics

Series C in 2013
Rethink Robotics develops industrial robots and software to automate manufacturing processes. The company combines trainable, safe and cost-effective robots with skilled labor to create an integrated workforce that increases flexibility, lowers costs and supports investment in skilled personnel. Its Baxter robot, powered by Intera, a software platform, serves a wide range of industries as a workforce multiplier. Rethink Robotics also offers the Baxter Research Robot with sensors and an open software development kit to enable researchers to build custom applications. Based in Boston, the company focuses on accelerating robotics innovation in manufacturing and related fields by delivering collaborative robots that handle repetitive or hazardous tasks such as loading and unloading, packing, molding, machining and inspection.

Nantero

Series D in 2012
Nantero is a technology company specializing in the development of high-density, nonvolatile random access memory (NRAM) using carbon nanotubes. Its primary product, NRAM, offers fast, stable storage for various applications such as smartphones, tablets, enterprise systems, and computers. Nantero's technology aims to enhance processing speed and energy efficiency.

Ambiq Micro

Series B in 2012
Ambiq Micro, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the development of ultra-low power integrated circuits tailored for power-sensitive applications. Founded in 2010, the company utilizes innovative subthreshold power optimized technology to create real-time clock and microcontroller products designed for wearables, smart cards, wireless sensors, and Internet-of-Things devices. By focusing on ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions, Ambiq Micro aims to enhance the efficiency of wireless electronics, facilitating the creation of devices that either minimize or eliminate battery use while maximizing design flexibility. The company also provides technical support services and operates additional offices in San Jose, California, as well as in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taiwan.

Rethink Robotics

Series C in 2012
Rethink Robotics develops industrial robots and software to automate manufacturing processes. The company combines trainable, safe and cost-effective robots with skilled labor to create an integrated workforce that increases flexibility, lowers costs and supports investment in skilled personnel. Its Baxter robot, powered by Intera, a software platform, serves a wide range of industries as a workforce multiplier. Rethink Robotics also offers the Baxter Research Robot with sensors and an open software development kit to enable researchers to build custom applications. Based in Boston, the company focuses on accelerating robotics innovation in manufacturing and related fields by delivering collaborative robots that handle repetitive or hazardous tasks such as loading and unloading, packing, molding, machining and inspection.

Altobeam

Series D in 2012
AltoBeam (China) Inc. is a fabless integrated circuit (IC) design company specializing in the development and production of receiver and demodulator IC products for the global digital television industry. Established in 2007 and headquartered in Beijing, the company offers a range of products including demodulators, silicon tuners, and controllers. AltoBeam operates through offices in China and Korea and collaborates with agents in Japan and Taiwan to market its products. The company has a dedicated R&D center located in Beijing Tsinghua Science Park, where it fosters a motivating environment focused on innovation and employee development. AltoBeam's digital television receiver chips are designed to enhance television broadcast reception and digital wireless communication, catering to various applications such as mobile handhelds and digital set-top boxes. Through its advanced semiconductor technology, AltoBeam aims to provide higher technical specifications and integrated features, positioning itself competitively in the WLAN and IoT markets.

Solar Junction

Series D in 2012
Solar Junction is a manufacturer of high efficiency III-V multi-junction solar cells based on ASLAM ™ materials. The company is dedicated to providing the industry’s highest efficiency solar cells to enable CPV as a cost effective energy solution. Founded in 2007, Solar Junction is headquartered in San Jose, California. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Advanced Technology Ventures.

BinOptics

Venture Round in 2011
BinOptics Corporation is a manufacturer of monolithically integrated optoelectronic components, specializing in a range of advanced laser technologies. The company produces directly modulated Fabry-Pérot lasers, directly modulated distributed feedback lasers, and ring lasers, alongside custom integrated chips that include edge- and surface-emitting lasers, electroabsorption modulators, semiconductor optical amplifiers, beam couplers, waveguides, and on-chip lenses. These products cater to various applications, primarily in datacom and telecommunications, such as gigabit Ethernet and Passive Optical Networks (PON), as well as advanced non-telecommunication applications. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York, BinOptics is recognized for its innovative contributions to the optoelectronic industry.

BrightVolt

Venture Round in 2011
BrightVolt, Inc. is a company focused on the design, development, and large-scale manufacturing of ultra-thin film batteries tailored to power a range of Internet-connected devices, including medical patches, sensor labels, and power cards. It specializes in creating custom solid-state thin film batteries and power solutions for clients' Internet of Things (IoT) devices, along with its proprietary Flexion solid-state thin film lithium polymer batteries and microelectronic components. BrightVolt's innovative technologies enhance battery chemistry, offering increased stability and safety in lithium-polymer batteries. The company's products are distributed both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, BrightVolt was previously known as Solicore, Inc.

Ambiq Micro

Seed Round in 2010
Ambiq Micro, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the development of ultra-low power integrated circuits tailored for power-sensitive applications. Founded in 2010, the company utilizes innovative subthreshold power optimized technology to create real-time clock and microcontroller products designed for wearables, smart cards, wireless sensors, and Internet-of-Things devices. By focusing on ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions, Ambiq Micro aims to enhance the efficiency of wireless electronics, facilitating the creation of devices that either minimize or eliminate battery use while maximizing design flexibility. The company also provides technical support services and operates additional offices in San Jose, California, as well as in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taiwan.

Solar Junction

Series C in 2010
Solar Junction is a manufacturer of high efficiency III-V multi-junction solar cells based on ASLAM ™ materials. The company is dedicated to providing the industry’s highest efficiency solar cells to enable CPV as a cost effective energy solution. Founded in 2007, Solar Junction is headquartered in San Jose, California. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Advanced Technology Ventures.

BrightVolt

Series D in 2009
BrightVolt, Inc. is a company focused on the design, development, and large-scale manufacturing of ultra-thin film batteries tailored to power a range of Internet-connected devices, including medical patches, sensor labels, and power cards. It specializes in creating custom solid-state thin film batteries and power solutions for clients' Internet of Things (IoT) devices, along with its proprietary Flexion solid-state thin film lithium polymer batteries and microelectronic components. BrightVolt's innovative technologies enhance battery chemistry, offering increased stability and safety in lithium-polymer batteries. The company's products are distributed both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, BrightVolt was previously known as Solicore, Inc.

Qingdao Crystech Coating

Series A in 2009
Crystechcoating, Inc was founded in Qingdao, a beautiful eastern coast city in China, in May, 2003. Crystechcoating is dedicated to developing both advanced optical components and high power LED source with fully marketing and technical supports from our key investor, Foreal Spectrum, Inc in San Jose. With seven years team work, and continual innovation, we have built strong R/D, and operation team so that we are fully recognized as one of the global leaders in the design, manufacture, and marketing of LED modules, LED lighting solutions, and advanced optical components. Since 2009, our management began to promote two BRANDs of Crystechcoating and G-lighting independently in order to better serve our components and LED modules customers in diversified market segments such as

BrightVolt

Series D in 2009
BrightVolt, Inc. is a company focused on the design, development, and large-scale manufacturing of ultra-thin film batteries tailored to power a range of Internet-connected devices, including medical patches, sensor labels, and power cards. It specializes in creating custom solid-state thin film batteries and power solutions for clients' Internet of Things (IoT) devices, along with its proprietary Flexion solid-state thin film lithium polymer batteries and microelectronic components. BrightVolt's innovative technologies enhance battery chemistry, offering increased stability and safety in lithium-polymer batteries. The company's products are distributed both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, BrightVolt was previously known as Solicore, Inc.

Altobeam

Venture Round in 2009
AltoBeam (China) Inc. is a fabless integrated circuit (IC) design company specializing in the development and production of receiver and demodulator IC products for the global digital television industry. Established in 2007 and headquartered in Beijing, the company offers a range of products including demodulators, silicon tuners, and controllers. AltoBeam operates through offices in China and Korea and collaborates with agents in Japan and Taiwan to market its products. The company has a dedicated R&D center located in Beijing Tsinghua Science Park, where it fosters a motivating environment focused on innovation and employee development. AltoBeam's digital television receiver chips are designed to enhance television broadcast reception and digital wireless communication, catering to various applications such as mobile handhelds and digital set-top boxes. Through its advanced semiconductor technology, AltoBeam aims to provide higher technical specifications and integrated features, positioning itself competitively in the WLAN and IoT markets.

Microfabrica

Series B in 2008
Microfabrica Inc. is a manufacturer specializing in micro-scale additive manufacturing solutions, focusing on 3D printing technologies that build structures layer by layer. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Van Nuys, California, the company offers a unique EFAB micro-fabrication technology that creates complex, micron-precision metal structures, catering primarily to high-growth markets such as aerospace, electronics, and medical devices. Its product range includes minuscule surgical instruments like biopsy forceps and tissue scaffolds that expand with cell growth. Microfabrica's innovative approach enables significant advancements in functionality, performance, and cost efficiency, positioning the company as a leader in precision engineering. In 2003, it rebranded from MEMGen Corporation and has since operated as a subsidiary of Technoprobe S.p.A.

Attero

Series A in 2008
Attero is a group dedicated the recycling of the electrical and electronic industry. To do justice to the name "Attero" (which means "waste" in Latin) Recycling, they look at e-waste as an important resource that can be made useful instead of shunning it as a social and environmental burden. As a reflection of their belief in what they do, Attero Recycling is the only e Waste recycling company in India which does complete processing of E Waste with zero landfill. Attero promises close technical collaboration with a leading US company for mechanical separation, a first-of-its kind indigenous metallurgical process developed in the separate R&D division, an highly automated facility for integrated e-waste recycling at Roorkee spread over 100,000 sqft.

Solar Junction

Series A in 2008
Solar Junction is a manufacturer of high efficiency III-V multi-junction solar cells based on ASLAM ™ materials. The company is dedicated to providing the industry’s highest efficiency solar cells to enable CPV as a cost effective energy solution. Founded in 2007, Solar Junction is headquartered in San Jose, California. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Advanced Technology Ventures.

Attero

Seed Round in 2008
Attero is a group dedicated the recycling of the electrical and electronic industry. To do justice to the name "Attero" (which means "waste" in Latin) Recycling, they look at e-waste as an important resource that can be made useful instead of shunning it as a social and environmental burden. As a reflection of their belief in what they do, Attero Recycling is the only e Waste recycling company in India which does complete processing of E Waste with zero landfill. Attero promises close technical collaboration with a leading US company for mechanical separation, a first-of-its kind indigenous metallurgical process developed in the separate R&D division, an highly automated facility for integrated e-waste recycling at Roorkee spread over 100,000 sqft.

Power Integrations

Post in 2008
Founded in 1988, Power Integrations designs, develops, markets, and manufactures high-voltage analog integrated circuits (ICs) for power supplies used in a wide range of electronic products. Its product portfolio includes AC-DC converters, IGBT-drivers, and LED-drivers, serving industries such as mobile devices, TVs, PCs, appliances, smart utility meters, and LED lighting.

Nottingham Technology

Series A in 2008
Nottingham Technology, Ltd. is a manufacturer based in Beijing, China, specializing in light scattering light guiding plates and a range of PMMA (acrylics) and polystyrene sheets. Founded in 2002, the company produces products under the Luxacryl brand, primarily targeting markets such as advertisement, illumination, decoration, and electronic instruments. Nottingham Technology's offerings include plastic products that serve as essential components for public signs, advertisement panels, and decorative applications, allowing clients to create effective visual displays and accessories.

Athena Design Systems

Series B in 2007
Athena Design Systems, Inc. develops electronic design automation software. It focuses on addressing the physical implementation challenges of IC design. The company’s design optimization system enables designers to address the spectrum of timing, signal integrity, power, and other effects resulting from manufacturing processes of nanometer and finer geometries. Athena Design Systems, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

BinOptics

Series C in 2006
BinOptics Corporation is a manufacturer of monolithically integrated optoelectronic components, specializing in a range of advanced laser technologies. The company produces directly modulated Fabry-Pérot lasers, directly modulated distributed feedback lasers, and ring lasers, alongside custom integrated chips that include edge- and surface-emitting lasers, electroabsorption modulators, semiconductor optical amplifiers, beam couplers, waveguides, and on-chip lenses. These products cater to various applications, primarily in datacom and telecommunications, such as gigabit Ethernet and Passive Optical Networks (PON), as well as advanced non-telecommunication applications. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York, BinOptics is recognized for its innovative contributions to the optoelectronic industry.

Microfabrica

Venture Round in 2006
Microfabrica Inc. is a manufacturer specializing in micro-scale additive manufacturing solutions, focusing on 3D printing technologies that build structures layer by layer. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Van Nuys, California, the company offers a unique EFAB micro-fabrication technology that creates complex, micron-precision metal structures, catering primarily to high-growth markets such as aerospace, electronics, and medical devices. Its product range includes minuscule surgical instruments like biopsy forceps and tissue scaffolds that expand with cell growth. Microfabrica's innovative approach enables significant advancements in functionality, performance, and cost efficiency, positioning the company as a leader in precision engineering. In 2003, it rebranded from MEMGen Corporation and has since operated as a subsidiary of Technoprobe S.p.A.

Fangtek

Series C in 2006
Shanghai Fangtek Electronics Co., Ltd. is a specialized integrated circuit design company established in 2003 and based in Shanghai, China, with an additional office in Shenzhen. The company focuses on the design, development, and marketing of analog and mixed-signal power management integrated circuits tailored for communication, computing, and consumer markets. Fangtek's product offerings include audio power amplifiers, LED drivers, SIM card controllers, analog switches, reset integrated circuits, charger protection devices, and voltage regulators. These products are utilized across various applications, including mobile phones, MP3/4 players, GPS devices, mini sound boxes, and other consumer electronics. By leveraging advanced mixed-signal design techniques and power device technologies, Fangtek aims to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions that meet the demands of voice, light, and power management.

Luminus Devices

Series D in 2006
Luminus Devices is a developer and manufacturer of high-performance solid-state lighting solutions, focusing on its patented PhlatLight LED technology. This innovative technology offers high light output and versatility, enabling a wide range of applications in the global illumination market, including projection displays, entertainment, and general lighting. Luminus Devices aims to redefine the solid-state lighting landscape by creating advanced lighting products that were previously deemed impossible with traditional lighting technologies. Their PhlatLight LEDs are utilized by leading global companies in diverse consumer and specialty markets.

BrightVolt

Series C in 2005
BrightVolt, Inc. is a company focused on the design, development, and large-scale manufacturing of ultra-thin film batteries tailored to power a range of Internet-connected devices, including medical patches, sensor labels, and power cards. It specializes in creating custom solid-state thin film batteries and power solutions for clients' Internet of Things (IoT) devices, along with its proprietary Flexion solid-state thin film lithium polymer batteries and microelectronic components. BrightVolt's innovative technologies enhance battery chemistry, offering increased stability and safety in lithium-polymer batteries. The company's products are distributed both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, BrightVolt was previously known as Solicore, Inc.

Luminus Devices

Series C in 2005
Luminus Devices is a developer and manufacturer of high-performance solid-state lighting solutions, focusing on its patented PhlatLight LED technology. This innovative technology offers high light output and versatility, enabling a wide range of applications in the global illumination market, including projection displays, entertainment, and general lighting. Luminus Devices aims to redefine the solid-state lighting landscape by creating advanced lighting products that were previously deemed impossible with traditional lighting technologies. Their PhlatLight LEDs are utilized by leading global companies in diverse consumer and specialty markets.

Nantero

Series C in 2005
Nantero is a technology company specializing in the development of high-density, nonvolatile random access memory (NRAM) using carbon nanotubes. Its primary product, NRAM, offers fast, stable storage for various applications such as smartphones, tablets, enterprise systems, and computers. Nantero's technology aims to enhance processing speed and energy efficiency.

BinOptics

Series B in 2005
BinOptics Corporation is a manufacturer of monolithically integrated optoelectronic components, specializing in a range of advanced laser technologies. The company produces directly modulated Fabry-Pérot lasers, directly modulated distributed feedback lasers, and ring lasers, alongside custom integrated chips that include edge- and surface-emitting lasers, electroabsorption modulators, semiconductor optical amplifiers, beam couplers, waveguides, and on-chip lenses. These products cater to various applications, primarily in datacom and telecommunications, such as gigabit Ethernet and Passive Optical Networks (PON), as well as advanced non-telecommunication applications. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York, BinOptics is recognized for its innovative contributions to the optoelectronic industry.

Luminus Devices

Series B in 2004
Luminus Devices is a developer and manufacturer of high-performance solid-state lighting solutions, focusing on its patented PhlatLight LED technology. This innovative technology offers high light output and versatility, enabling a wide range of applications in the global illumination market, including projection displays, entertainment, and general lighting. Luminus Devices aims to redefine the solid-state lighting landscape by creating advanced lighting products that were previously deemed impossible with traditional lighting technologies. Their PhlatLight LEDs are utilized by leading global companies in diverse consumer and specialty markets.

Microfabrica

Series B in 2004
Microfabrica Inc. is a manufacturer specializing in micro-scale additive manufacturing solutions, focusing on 3D printing technologies that build structures layer by layer. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Van Nuys, California, the company offers a unique EFAB micro-fabrication technology that creates complex, micron-precision metal structures, catering primarily to high-growth markets such as aerospace, electronics, and medical devices. Its product range includes minuscule surgical instruments like biopsy forceps and tissue scaffolds that expand with cell growth. Microfabrica's innovative approach enables significant advancements in functionality, performance, and cost efficiency, positioning the company as a leader in precision engineering. In 2003, it rebranded from MEMGen Corporation and has since operated as a subsidiary of Technoprobe S.p.A.

ZettaCore

Series B in 2004
ZettaCore is at the forefront of molecular electronics, dedicated to creating advanced molecular materials tailored for the electronics industry. By utilizing innovative chemistry, the company enhances existing manufacturing processes, facilitating a shift towards improved performance while simultaneously reducing costs.

BrightVolt

Series B in 2003
BrightVolt, Inc. is a company focused on the design, development, and large-scale manufacturing of ultra-thin film batteries tailored to power a range of Internet-connected devices, including medical patches, sensor labels, and power cards. It specializes in creating custom solid-state thin film batteries and power solutions for clients' Internet of Things (IoT) devices, along with its proprietary Flexion solid-state thin film lithium polymer batteries and microelectronic components. BrightVolt's innovative technologies enhance battery chemistry, offering increased stability and safety in lithium-polymer batteries. The company's products are distributed both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, BrightVolt was previously known as Solicore, Inc.

Nantero

Series B in 2003
Nantero is a technology company specializing in the development of high-density, nonvolatile random access memory (NRAM) using carbon nanotubes. Its primary product, NRAM, offers fast, stable storage for various applications such as smartphones, tablets, enterprise systems, and computers. Nantero's technology aims to enhance processing speed and energy efficiency.

Luminus Devices

Series A in 2003
Luminus Devices is a developer and manufacturer of high-performance solid-state lighting solutions, focusing on its patented PhlatLight LED technology. This innovative technology offers high light output and versatility, enabling a wide range of applications in the global illumination market, including projection displays, entertainment, and general lighting. Luminus Devices aims to redefine the solid-state lighting landscape by creating advanced lighting products that were previously deemed impossible with traditional lighting technologies. Their PhlatLight LEDs are utilized by leading global companies in diverse consumer and specialty markets.

BinOptics

Series A in 2003
BinOptics Corporation is a manufacturer of monolithically integrated optoelectronic components, specializing in a range of advanced laser technologies. The company produces directly modulated Fabry-Pérot lasers, directly modulated distributed feedback lasers, and ring lasers, alongside custom integrated chips that include edge- and surface-emitting lasers, electroabsorption modulators, semiconductor optical amplifiers, beam couplers, waveguides, and on-chip lenses. These products cater to various applications, primarily in datacom and telecommunications, such as gigabit Ethernet and Passive Optical Networks (PON), as well as advanced non-telecommunication applications. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York, BinOptics is recognized for its innovative contributions to the optoelectronic industry.

ZettaCore

Series A in 2002
ZettaCore is at the forefront of molecular electronics, dedicated to creating advanced molecular materials tailored for the electronics industry. By utilizing innovative chemistry, the company enhances existing manufacturing processes, facilitating a shift towards improved performance while simultaneously reducing costs.

Nantero

Series A in 2001
Nantero is a technology company specializing in the development of high-density, nonvolatile random access memory (NRAM) using carbon nanotubes. Its primary product, NRAM, offers fast, stable storage for various applications such as smartphones, tablets, enterprise systems, and computers. Nantero's technology aims to enhance processing speed and energy efficiency.

ReturnBuy

Series B in 2001
ReturnBuy is a electronics manufacturer that mainly sells their products on eBay.

Microfabrica

Series A in 2001
Microfabrica Inc. is a manufacturer specializing in micro-scale additive manufacturing solutions, focusing on 3D printing technologies that build structures layer by layer. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Van Nuys, California, the company offers a unique EFAB micro-fabrication technology that creates complex, micron-precision metal structures, catering primarily to high-growth markets such as aerospace, electronics, and medical devices. Its product range includes minuscule surgical instruments like biopsy forceps and tissue scaffolds that expand with cell growth. Microfabrica's innovative approach enables significant advancements in functionality, performance, and cost efficiency, positioning the company as a leader in precision engineering. In 2003, it rebranded from MEMGen Corporation and has since operated as a subsidiary of Technoprobe S.p.A.

Lightwave Microsystems Corporation

Series E in 2000
Lightwave Microsystems engages in the design, customization, and manufacture of a range of passive and active waveguide components and integrated devices.

BrightLink Networks

Series C in 2000
BrightLink Networks, Inc. is a manufacturer of optical network switching systems. The company begins the marketing and manufacturing of its intelligent optical network system.

Fastparts

Series D in 2000
FastParts, Inc. operates as a B2B Internet marketplace for buyers and sellers of electronic inventory. It also provides auction services for the disposition of parts. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in San Jose, California.
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