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Computer & electronics hardware

Simeon Simeonov

Left software engineering to engineer startups.
Year Honored
2004
Organization
Principal, Polaris Venture Partners
Region
Global

"The venture capitalist advises Archivas, which uses distributed computing to manage digital archives, and Service Integrity, a Web services firm."

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Vance Bjorn

Partnered with fellow TR100 honoree Serge Belongie (see above) to found a Redwood City, CA, biometrics company that specializes in fingerprint recog-nition for computer access.

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Massimo Marchiori

Develops more efficient ways of identifying, finding, and retrieving information on the Web.

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Alyssa Apsel

Adapts optical-communications technology to build receivers, transmitters, and interconnects that speed chip-to-chip communications within computers.

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Guido Appenzeller

Started a Palo Alto, CA, firm to commercialize an encryption technology that uses a simple ID, such as an e-mail address, to ensure secure communications.
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