Pleno Inc. is a San Diego multi-omic instrument company rebuilding the economics of biological target detection. Its RAPTOR platform, powered by proprietary Hypercoding technology borrowed from telecommunications signal processing, can detect up to 10,000 targets in a single sample at PCR-like speed and cost. Founded by serial entrepreneur Pieter van Rooyen, the company is moving from R&D into commercial launch with backing from Deerfield Management and Foresite Capital.
Chin Beckmann is the Co-Founder and CEO of DSP Concepts, the Santa Clara-based global leader in embedded audio software and creator of Audio Weaver — a platform that powers the sound systems in tens of millions of devices from Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Samsung. A concert pianist who holds degrees in Computer Engineering from Boston University and an MBA from Northeastern University, Chin co-founded DSP Concepts with her husband and CTO Paul Beckmann, building it from an audio engineering consulting firm's secret weapon into a Series C-funded company with $56.4M raised and revenue growing more than 100% since 2019. She also serves on the Audio Board of the Consumer Technology Association.
Jeremy Suard is the Co-Founder and CEO of Exodigo, a Palo Alto-based deep tech company applying AI and multi-sensor fusion to solve one of infrastructure's oldest problems: accurately mapping what's underground before drilling through it. Born in France and raised partly in Israel, Suard served nearly eight years in Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 81, directing AI and signal processing R&D teams and becoming the most decorated technology major in the IDF. He co-founded Exodigo in 2021 with fellow IDF alumni Ido Gonen and Yogev Shifman, channeling classified sensor-fusion expertise into a commercial platform that scans the ground non-intrusively, locates 20-30% more utility lines than premium competitors, and has raised over $271 million in funding to date.