(GIC) Sponsors - Singularity University

2015 HONOR ROLL
2015 was an excellent year for Singularity University and our community thanks to the significant contributions
and support received from our amazing partners and sponsors. We want to send a special thank you to the
following organizations and individuals who gave their time, funding, expertise, and other resources generously
and abundantly, opened their networks and communities to the SU ecosystem, and supported our mission
with every action. Thanks for the belief in our vision and we look forward to further partnering in 2016 and
beyond. The work we do is made possible by our Honor Roll below.
Title sponsor of Singularity University, Platinum Partner
of Exponential Series (Exponential Medicine, Exponential
Finance, Contributor and Alliance Sponsor of IPP, SU
Labs Alliance Sponsor, SU International Summits
Sponsor
Deloitte has been an instrumental partner in growing
our connections and understanding of our corporate
clients as well as helping develop our curriculum on
disruption of exponential technology in industries
and regions. A special shout-out to Marcus Shingles
who has consistently been a great supporter and
advocate for Singularity University within and outside
of Deloitte. We look forward to our growing
partnership with Deloitte and extensions into many of
our core programs.
Singularity University Founding Corporate Partner, GSP
Sponsor, Exponential Finance Sponsor
Google was one of our first founding partners and we
remain incredibly grateful for Google's ongoing
support of the Global Solutions Program, making it
possible to offer grants to all participants. We look
forward to seeing this relationship develop and
collaborating on even more impact initiatives in the
future!
Platinum Partner of Exponential Medicine, Singularity
University Founding Corporate Partner, Exponential
Finance Sponsor, Global Solutions Program sponsor
We greatly appreciate Genentech’s ongoing support,
creativity, and partnership. Their expertise in the
healthcare arena has helped guide many of our
startups and catalyzed new ideas and partnerships.
We want to make a special shout-out to Kevin Noble
and his team who have been incredible champions for
Singularity University. We look forward to working on
many more exciting things together in the future.
Exponential Conferences
A sincere thank you to those partners that supported our Exponential Conferences.Their generous support of
Exponential Medicine, Exponential Finance, and the upcoming Exponential Manufacturing and Global Summit
play an important role in the vision, learning and impact driven through these extraordinary events.
Exponential Conference Series Platinum Partner
Individual Conference Platinum, Gold and Major Partners:
Additional Partners of the Exponential Conference Series
Development Organization Partners
We are so grateful to our development organizations for their time, energy, speakers, mentorship,
sponsorship, and for being true partners and soulmates in our collective missions. Their impact makes the
world brighter.
GSP Challenge Sponsors and Global Impact Challenge (GIC) Sponsors
We can’t possibly do justice in acknowledging the incredible work that our global community has done in
building partnerships and sourcing amazing talent for our GSP program. Our partners have shown us
incredible generosity and we look forward to supporting the ongoing development of regional communities
and building on the great work that our partners have started.
GIC Sponsors
GSP Challenge Sponsors
Board Members
Board Advisors
Peter Diamandis
Naveen Jain
Ray Kurzweil
Rob Nail
Barney Pell
Bob Richards
Chris DiBona
Kevin Noble
Sonia Arison
XPrize and Abundance 360 Partners
XAB Members & Platinum Partners
It is hard to find words to express our exponential
gratitude for our Board Members, but suffice it to say
that we appreciate their leadership, guidance, trust,
and vision.
We are very happy to be growing our relationships
with our “sister companies” XPrize and A360. The
XPrize Foundation does incredible work and is a core
partner with our IPP program. In 2016, we expect to
find more ways to collaborate on solving the grand
challenges. We also want to thank Peter’s A360
community, which is filled with leaders that support
and get involved with SU initiatives and startups. A
special thanks to Bob Weiss and his team at XPrize as
well as the “father” of these organizations, Peter
Diamandis and his vision for bringing us all into the
world.
SU Labs Accelerator Fund Manager
Without our partners’ generosity, vision, dedication
to impact and innovation, our first accelerator would
not have been possible this year. We express our
gratitude together with the companies that came
through the accelerator on behalf of the billions they
will positively impact.
Our Board Advisors contribute expertise, best
practices, and advice. We are grateful for the time,
resources, and energy they have devoted to SU.
We appreciate the interest, dedication, and commitment each individual in this group of luminaries has shown
us. They are pioneers of innovation and together we are pushing boundaries. Singularity University has
benefited greatly from their advice and connections and we look forward to more exciting times together.
XAB Members
Platinum Partners
Arnon Katz
Chris Ouwinga
David Hunt
Ed Kavounas
Howard Kettner
James Han
Ken Losch
Luisa Martini
Ketan Patel
Maher Mikati
Rick Smith
Rosana Wong
Adi Widjonarko
Enrico Vitali
Erik Postnieks
Jacqueline Monash and Monte Stettin
Joe Polish
John Pfeffer
Marcelo Lacerda
Robert Chew
Sylvio Alves de Barros Netto
Exponential Leaders Conference Partner
The opportunity to connect C-Level leaders and
discuss the most important factors shaping media
and technology today in the unmatched Fox Studios
was an unforgettable experience. We look forward to
more ground-breaking adventures together.
Jim Gianopulos
NASA Research Park and Real Estate Partners
We are appreciative of our real estate partners for giving us an inspiring place to call a home and housing our
activities in the heart of Silicon Valley, allowing us to be enveloped in history, prestige, and innovation. We are
a dynamic, complex, and challenging tenant and greatly appreciate the incredible support of the team at the
NASA Research Park. We are also grateful for the commitment to support our NASA-mission aligned-startups
and Singularity University’s mission.
Deborah Feng
Gary Martin
Karen Bradford
Karen Thompson
Mejghan Haider
Pete Worden
NASA Research Park
A special shout out to Linda Law and Ed Kavounas who have been visionary
supporters and cheerleaders for SU and our growth and development plans.
SingularityU Chapter Ambassadors and SingularityU City Directors / Summit Organizers
Our alumni — with their passion for a better world and deep connections within their regions — are key to
the creation and support of our local, unique, and globally connected innovation ecosystems and we are very
grateful for your contributions.
Adrian Choo
Alex Klokus
Anders Hvid
Antonio Gambardella
Asher Devang
Barbara Silva
David Orban
Derek Jacoby
Ferran Galindo
Francisco Milagres
Gary Dean
Gary Urteaga
Hannes Sjoblad
Joaquin Serra
Jose Antonio Torres
Ju-Chun Ko
Kaila Colbin
Lakshmi Pratury
Leticia Jáuregui
Luis Gonzalez-Blanch
Luis Rey
Marconi Pereira
Michael Fichardt
Nicoletta Iacobacci
Omri Amirav-Drory
Oscar Gimeno
Rafael Caldeira
Rajat Rakkhit
Robert Sasso
Sahin Caglayan
Soenke Ziesche
Stephen Blazer
Steven Eisenberg
Teodor Panayotov
Content Partners
We appreciate our Content Partners’ support of Singularity Hub and our content, direction, and vision. We look
forward to growing together in 2016.
Nathan Gardels
SU Labs Accelerator Speakers
We appreciate the expertise and time the speakers generously shared with our first accelerator, contributing
knowledge, direction, inspiration, and igniting our imagination.
Al Lauritano
Amanda Manna
Andy Billings
Eddie Hartman
Eshwar Belani
Garrett Dunham
Gayle Young
Jim Cook
John Merrells
Kausar Samli
Kevin Starr
Kevin Webb
Marco DeMiroz
Mike Hennessey
Rafe Furst
Randy Haykin
Tim Chou
Tom Chi
Tracy DeMiroz
Travis Giggy
SU Labs Accelerator Mentors
We value the time, expertise, and dedication of our first class of accelerator mentors who guided, listened to,
inspired, and innovated with our accelerator companies. Thank you for taking this first journey with us.
Abby Larson
Addy Beavers
Adiba Barney
Akhsar Kharebov
Alex Lazarow
Allen Taylor
Amish Parashar
Andra Keay
Andrew Toy
Andy Billings
Angel Uribe
Anne Cocquyt
Anthony Batt
Ben Adida
Brady Forrest
Bret Reckard
Brian Barnier
Bryce Goodman
Chance Barnett
Cher Jacques
Cole Orbetz
Dan Epstein
Dan Portillo
Dan Sutera
Daniel Saccani
Darren Cassidy
David Austin
David Hite
David Orban
Dean Sawyer
Dia Bondi
Dmitriy Tseliakhovic
Ed Fernandez
Eddie Hartman
Eli Bressert
Eliot Peper
Eshwar Belani
Eugenie Rives
Evonna Karchon
Florian Kolb
Francisco Paolo
Gaby Levine
Gayle Young
Ilya Gordensky
Ja-Nae Duane
James Han
Jane Miller
Jean-Claude Junqua
Jeff Schnelbe
Jeffery Tseng
Jeremy Blum
Jim Cook
Jinghua Zhang
Jody Medich
John Merrells
John Sifonis
Jorge Zavala
Joseph Logan
Josh Klein
Kausar Samli
Ketan Patel
Kevin Starr
Lance Cassidy
Lucas Nelson
Marco Demiroz
Mark Smith
Matthias Wagner
Mike Hennessey
Murhty Nukala
Myk Melez
Neal Baer
Newton Paskin
Nitin Narkhede
Nola Masterson
Oliver Breme
Paul Breloff
Prashant Shanker
Rafe Furst
Ramez Naam
Randy Haykin
Rave’ Mehta
Ray Weston
Rich Cox
Rick Carlson
Rob Lalka
Rodrigo Sanchez-Servitje
Ryan Stanton
Santiago Bilinkis
Sarah Applebaum
Sean Bonner
Steve Fisher
Talat Imran
Ted Schilowitz
Ted Selker
Tom Chi
Tom Raush
Tracy Demiroz
Travis Giggy
Viktor Mirovic
GSP Mentors
We are grateful to all of our GSP mentors for their valuable insights in helping the GSP15 team projects
formulate ideas and develop their innovations to become viable startups that will help solve humanity’s
grand challenges.
Adeline Beavers
Adiba Barney
Alexei Beltyukov
Aliki Helman
Andra Keay
Andy Billings
Anton McBurnie
Barb Krause
Brian G. Barnier
Bryce Goodman
Chris Cowart
Christopher Carstens
Damian Scavo
Dan Sola
Darren Cassidy
David Hite
Diane Francis
Diane Murphy
Dmitriy Tseliakhovich
Ed Fernandez
Eli Bressert
Eshwar Belani
Eugenie Rives
Florian Kolb
Gemma Bulos
Ilya Grodnensky
James Cazzoli
Jean-Claude Junqua
Jeffrey Tseng
Jody Medich
Joy Mountford
Karina Hughes
Kevin Noble
Laina Greene
Lance Cassidy
Linda Molnar
Matias Rivera
Matt Bell
Matthew Manos
Matthias Wagner
Melissa Jones Briggs
Murhty Nukala
Myk Melez
Naresh Malik
Nathon Gunn
Newton Paskin
Nick Almond
Ramez Naam
Randy Haykin
Rave' Mehta
Rich Cox
Rodrigo Baggio
Rogerio Olivera
Tom Rausch
Singularity University Fund
The Singularity Fund is a corporate advised fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), a 501(c)(3)
public charity registered in the United States
We appreciate the support of numerous donors who have made tax-deductible contributions to this fund in
support of Singularity University education programs, innovation activities and community initiatives. We are
grateful to SVCF for being part of our inclusive and collaborative community of inspired solvers and change
agents who share a common mission to tackle humanity’s grand challenges by leveraging exponentially
growing technologies.
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A P Shuttleworth
Botond Bognar
Daniel Uribe
Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom
Eric Tilenius
Galen Foster
Gary A Tickel
Hernan Orellana
Howard Schneider
Giovanni Scovenna
J.M. Tielman
Associate Founders
Julie E. King
Keiron McCammon
Lilia Lauer
Lindsey Kneuven
Mahesh Kumar B G
Oskar von Hanstein
Pablo Rivas
Priya V. Balakrishnan
Ramesh Fernando
Richard Katzman
This list wouldn’t be complete without mentioning our Associate Founders, who have been with us
since the beginning offering support, dedication, loyalty, direction, inspiration, and guidance. We are
grateful for all they do.
Barney Pell
Dan Stoicescu
David S. Rose
Geoffrey Shmigelsky
Georges Harik
Keith and Mariela Kleiner
Klee Irwin
Moses Znaimer
Peter L. Bloom
Reese Jones
Rob Nail
Sonia Arrison Senkut
Robert Goodrich
Ruggiero Nicolas
Sharon Watkins
Stefan Krieglstein
Sunil Basole
Ten to the Ninth Plus Foundation
Thiesmann Lim
Venilde Jeronimo
Vijai Anma
Vladimir Sucevan