Bill Tai

RIDGE-LANE Limited Partners is a strategic advisory and venture development company founded by financier R. Brad Lane and The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge – focused on root-cause solutions to grand challenges in Education, Sustainability, and Information Technology – with a team of General Partners, Venture Partners, and Senior Advisors who have served at the highest levels of finance, government, and military. As a triple-bottom-line business RIDGE-LANE LP creates value by bridging the gaps between private-sector innovation, investment capital, policy and procurement – across the Federal, State, and Local levels: an innovation ecosystem, providing corporate development to commercialize and scale novel venture-backed technology companies, as well as place-based solutions that improve cities and quality of life. Our team serves as a fiduciary advisor to companies looking for strategic ways to accelerate growth, providing an integrated offering of Advisory, Capital, and Business Development – aligning the commercial interests of private business, with the needs of society and our future civilization – where our knowledge and networks are leveraged to create maximum value for all stakeholders.

Voxer is a high-performance messaging app that combines the power of live voice with text, photos and videos. Improve your team efficiency and collaborations on Voxer. Communicate easily and instantly with individuals and groups. Download Voxer: iOS – http://i.voxer.com/iphone Android – http://i.voxer.com/droidapp Use Voxer on your computer: web.voxer.com

San Francisco based Miselu develops music interfaces and instruments to enrich the experience of creating music with the iPad. The team lead by Yoshinari Yoshikawa and Jory Bell, builds products with a strong design aesthetic, utilizing modern technology in bold new ways to enhance musical expression.

Were a global online visual communications platform on a mission to empower the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, documents, websites, social media graphics, posters, apparel to videos, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips, anyone can take an idea and create something beautiful on Canva on any device, from anywhere in the world. Since our launch in 2013, we’ve had the crazy big goal of making design accessible to everyone. We were founded on the belief that people shouldnt need to understand complex software to unlock their creativity. We’re leveling the playing field and democratizing access to design and visual communication by empowering 100% of the world to communicate in a way that was once limited to the 1%. Weve always had a deeper mission surrounding Canva — which we talk about as our simple two-step plan: to build one of the world’s most valuable companies, and to do the most good we possibly can. Were committed to our core value of Being a Force for Good, so as the value of our company grows, so too does our ability to have a positive impact on the world.

Bring teams together, reimagine workspaces, engage new audiences, and delight your customers –– all on the Zoom AI-first work platform you know and love. 💙 Zoomies help people stay connected so they can get more done together. We set out on a mission to make video communications frictionless and secure by building the world’s best video product for the enterprise, but we didn’t stop there. With products like AI Companion, Team Chat, Contact Center, Phone, Events, Rooms, Webinar, Contact Center and more, we bring innovation to a wide variety of customers, from the conference room to the classroom, from doctor’s offices to financial institutions to government agencies, from global brands to small businesses. We do what we do because of our core value of Care: care for our community, our customers, our company, our teammates, and ourselves. Our global employees help our customers meet happier, communicate better, and create meaningful connections the world over. Zoomies are problem-solvers and self-starters, working hard to get results and moving quickly to design solutions with our customers and users in mind. Here, youll find room to grow with opportunities to stretch your skills and advance your career in a collaborative, growth-focused environment. Learn more about careers at Zoom by visiting our careers site: https://careers.zoom.us/home

Maxthon is a state-of-the-art, multi-platform web browser that outperforms other browsers & comes fully loaded with a rich set of powerful, easy-to-use features. Founded in 2005, Maxthon is a global software company that develops state-of-the-art web browsers that give users a seamless browsing experience across multiple platforms. Committed to high standards for innovation, the Maxthon suite of browsers supports a wide range of devices from desktops to mobile. Maxthon browsers are used each month by more than 100 million people in 140 countries around the globe. Maxthon has offices in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Beijing.

IP Infusion enables disaggregated networking solutions for carriers, service providers and data center operators. We provide network OS solutions for today’s networks to allow network operators to reduce network costs, increase flexibility, and to deploy new features and services quickly. IP Infusion is a provider of the OcNOS® and ZebOS® network operating systems to our more than 300 customers. It is also is an integrator and customer service provider for DANOS-Vyatta edition. IP Infusion is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and is a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of ACCESS CO., LTD. Additional information can be found at http://www.ipinfusion.com

Microtune, Inc. designs and markets radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits and subsystem module solutions for the cable, digital television, and automotive electronics markets in the United States and internationally. The company offers microtuner single-chip broadband tuners; and silicon amplifiers, including upstream amplifiers, intermediate frequency amplifiers, and broadband antenna amplifiers. It also provides subsystem-level RF solutions, including of tuner and/or transmit/receive functions for various applications, such as analog and digital car radio, analog and digital car television, in-flight entertainment, antenna amplifiers, and headend upconverters. In addition, the company offers automotive electronics products, including components for traditional AM/FM radios, as well as components for entertainment applications, such as in-car television, in-flight video, digital radio, digital audio broadcast, and HD radio. Microtune serves original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers who sell devices and applications to consumers or service providers in the cable, digital television, and automotive electronics markets. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) is transforming the future of business communications as a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of voice, video, chat, contact center and enterprise-class API solutions powered by one global cloud communications platform. 8x8 empowers workforces worldwide to connect individuals and teams so they can collaborate faster and work smarter. Real-time business analytics and intelligence provide businesses unique insights across all interactions and channels so they can delight end-customers and accelerate their business. Follow our Blog - https://www.8x8.com/blog

RADCOM (Nasdaq: RDCM) is the leading expert in 5G ready cloud-native, network intelligence solutions for telecom operators transitioning to 5G. RADCOM Network Intelligence consists of RADCOM Network Visibility, RADCOM Service Assurance, and RADCOM Network Insights. The RADCOM Network Intelligence suite offers intelligent, container-based, on-demand solutions to deliver network analysis from the RAN to the Core for 5G assurance.

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading semiconductor supplier of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. The company’s solutions serve more than 125,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com. The content on our LinkedIn page may contain AI-generated imagery, performers and/or audio.

RIDGE-LANE Limited Partners is a strategic advisory and venture development company founded by financier R. Brad Lane and The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge – focused on root-cause solutions to grand challenges in Education, Sustainability, and Information Technology – with a team of General Partners, Venture Partners, and Senior Advisors who have served at the highest levels of finance, government, and military. As a triple-bottom-line business RIDGE-LANE LP creates value by bridging the gaps between private-sector innovation, investment capital, policy and procurement – across the Federal, State, and Local levels: an innovation ecosystem, providing corporate development to commercialize and scale novel venture-backed technology companies, as well as place-based solutions that improve cities and quality of life. Our team serves as a fiduciary advisor to companies looking for strategic ways to accelerate growth, providing an integrated offering of Advisory, Capital, and Business Development – aligning the commercial interests of private business, with the needs of society and our future civilization – where our knowledge and networks are leveraged to create maximum value for all stakeholders.

Voxer is a high-performance messaging app that combines the power of live voice with text, photos and videos. Improve your team efficiency and collaborations on Voxer. Communicate easily and instantly with individuals and groups. Download Voxer: iOS – http://i.voxer.com/iphone Android – http://i.voxer.com/droidapp Use Voxer on your computer: web.voxer.com

Treasure Data Customer Data Cloud helps enterprises use all of their customer data to improve campaign performance, achieve operational efficiency, and drive business value with connected customer experiences. Our suite of customer data platform solutions integrates customer data, connects identities in unified customer profiles, applies privacy, and makes insights and predictions available for Marketing, Service, Sales and Operations to drive personalized engagement and improve customer acquisition, sales, and retention. We are the best fit for enterprises and fast-growing companies because we seamlessly integrate with your existing tech stack while delivering the fastest time to value, regardless of complex environments. Our enterprise-level safeguards ensure data quality, governance, security, privacy compliance, and scalability to help companies manage consent and reduce risk across brands and regions. Powerful and user-friendly tools unite data, analytics and business users to improve efficiency and drive growth. Treasure Data is trusted by hundreds of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies, has won numerous awards, and has been named a strong performer and leader by top analyst firms. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Treasure Data has offices in Japan, South Korea, England and France to help leading brands around the world make the connection. To learn more, visit www.treasuredata.com.

San Francisco based Miselu develops music interfaces and instruments to enrich the experience of creating music with the iPad. The team lead by Yoshinari Yoshikawa and Jory Bell, builds products with a strong design aesthetic, utilizing modern technology in bold new ways to enhance musical expression.

Were a global online visual communications platform on a mission to empower the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, documents, websites, social media graphics, posters, apparel to videos, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips, anyone can take an idea and create something beautiful on Canva on any device, from anywhere in the world. Since our launch in 2013, we’ve had the crazy big goal of making design accessible to everyone. We were founded on the belief that people shouldnt need to understand complex software to unlock their creativity. We’re leveling the playing field and democratizing access to design and visual communication by empowering 100% of the world to communicate in a way that was once limited to the 1%. Weve always had a deeper mission surrounding Canva — which we talk about as our simple two-step plan: to build one of the world’s most valuable companies, and to do the most good we possibly can. Were committed to our core value of Being a Force for Good, so as the value of our company grows, so too does our ability to have a positive impact on the world.