Sector: Disruptive Tech, Optics Technology, Augmented Reality

DigiLens is a leader in smart glass technology for use in aeronautics,  automotive and consumer electronics applications. DigiLens specializes  in advanced holographic optical materials and copy technology for AR  waveguide displays. Leveraging a toolbox of optical IP cores, the  company has developed unique optical solutions for government and  corporate organizations performing ”Optical Origami” on some of the  toughest display and imaging applications.

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Gilman Louie has over 30 years of national security and investment experience. He served as an early CEO of In-Q-Tel—the pioneering technology investment firm funded by the CIA—from 1999-2006, as an expert to the Defense Innovation Board from 2016-2020, and as a Commissioner on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence from 2018-2021.

In addition to being a co-founder and partner at Alsop Louie Partners, he is also a co-founder and CEO of the America’s Frontier Fund.   Gilman is currently the Chairman of the National Intelligence University, Chairman of the Federation of American Scientists, a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, and of the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board. He serves on numerous commercial and advisory boards, including Maxar Technologies, Niantic, and Aerospike. He has also served on the Diversity Senior Advisory Panel for the Intelligence Community and as a member of the Technology Advisory Group to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Gilman is the recipient of the CIA Agency Seal Medallion (2004), CIA Director’s Award (2006), Agency Seal Medallion (2006), and Director of National Intelligence Medallion (2008). Gilman received his B.S. in Business Administration from San Francisco State University where he graduated magna cum laude.

Gilman Louie

Partner

Jim Whims is a Partner. For the last decade, Jim was a  cofounding general partner of Techfund Capital U.S. I and II and  Techfund Capital Europe, where he invested in companies like 3DFX, the  first high end 3D graphics chip company, and Portal Player, the original  chip set software and firmware solution for the Apple iPod.

Prior to that he co-founded Worlds of Wonder, which launched Teddy  Ruxpin, Lazer Tag, and Nintendo in the U.S. In 1990 he helped lead the  turnaround team at Software Toolworks, which resulted in a $462M cash  sale to Pearson, LTD.

In 1996, he led the initial launch of the Sony PlayStation, which  garnered him the Adweek/Brandweek Marketing Executive of the Year Award  for driving revenues from zero to $1B in the first seven months.

Jim also serves on the Board of Directors of Synaptics and Cokem,  Inc. He received a BS from Northwestern University, where he played both  football and hockey.

Jim Whims

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