Sponsors

The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce is a private, non-profit, membership-driven organization comprised of 2,500 business enterprises, civic organizations, education institutions and individuals. The Chamber is as old as the Austin business community and as current as the newest start-up. Its mission is to provide leadership that will help create regional economic prosperity and success for its members in Central Texas.

Austin Energy is the nation’s 9th largest community-owned electric utility. We serve more than 400,000 customers and a population of almost 1 million. We provide service within the City of Austin, Travis County, and a small portion of Williamson County.

Concurrent Design is a complete engineering design and build resource available on a consulting basis. We provide support for any part of the product design process or the design of the manufacturing tools and systems that make those products. With core strengths in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering, we can apply a broad knowledge of engineering design in Industrial, Commercial and Consumer product sectors. We have successfully applied these common core strengths in numerous industries including (alphabetically); Clean Energy, Computers / Networking / Electronics, Consumer Products, Medical / Biomedical, Nanotechnology, and Semiconductor sectors.

The Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI) is a 501c6 non-profit membership organization with offices in Austin, Texas, Cambridge Massachusetts, San Francisco California, Detroit Michigan, Geneva Switzerland and Washington DC.

CTSI's mission is to advance the commercialization and global adoption of clean technologies and sustainable industry practices through community building, advocacy, and knowledge exchange

vcfo is a unique professional services firm offering a customized team model to assist companies with financial, recruiting and human resources needs.  vcfo uses a custom approach to create an optimal, flexible team of highly trained vcfo employees to address your particular requirements.  Not only do you get the right level of resource, but you pay only for the time you need it. 

As trusted advisors to the CEO and management team, vcfo relies on a unique platform, industry best practices and proven methodologies to help solve the most complex operational business issues.  When you work with vcfo, your business receives more than the knowledge of one professional - you harness the expertise of the entire vcfo team. vcfo has supported more than 1,800 clients nationwide with offices in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Houston, and Seattle.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology and growth enterprises worldwide, as well as the investment banks and venture capital firms that finance them. Over the past five decades, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has established its reputation by having an unmatched knowledge of its clients' industries and deep and long-standing contacts throughout the technology sector.

National Instruments transforms the way engineers and scientists around the world design, prototype, and deploy systems for test, control, and embedded design applications. Using NI open graphical programming software and modular hardware, customers at more than 30,000 companies annually simplify development, increase productivity, and dramatically reduce time to market. From testing next-generation gaming systems to creating breakthrough medical devices, NI customers continuously develop innovative technologies that impact millions of people.