AGILENT VENTURES

Put simply, Agilent Ventures invests in private early-stage high-technology companies. The organization focuses on investments in life sciences (instruments, genomics, and proteomics), wireless (WLAN components and test, embedded measurement, and mobile appliance RF components), and wireline/optical communications (high-speed integrated circuits, packaging and manufacturing technology, and optical components). The firm has active investments in Acer Technology Ventures Asia Pacific, AXSUN Technologies, Infinera, OEwaves, SiRiFIC Wireless, TelASIC Communications, and Tropian. Agilent Ventures is a unit of Agilent Technologies.