CubeWorks, which specializes in millimeter-scale computing -- devices that are literally a millimeter a side that can be used as highly sophisticated sensors. CubeWorks' Cubisens is an autonomous wireless platform able to sense and process its environment, wirelessly transmit the results, or store them for later usage.

Kinduct, which provides cloud-based data and analytics software for sport organizations, military and public safety units, physical medicine clinics, and health and wellness institutions. With a client list that includes teams in all five major sports leagues in North America, the Kinduct platform is changing the way information shapes human performance by allowing organizations to derive insights from multiple sources of data.

K4Connect, which creates solutions that serve individuals living with disabilities by integrating the latest smart technologies and applications into a single responsive system. Its first solution, K4Community, is specifically designed for residents of senior living communities.

Chronocam, which develops computer vision sensors and systems for a variety of applications in autonomous navigation and connected objects. Formed by pioneers in the field of neuromorphic vision, the company wants to improve computer vision by more closely mimicking the vision sensing and processing of the human eye. Neuromorphic engineering has its roots in neural networking.

Embodied, which is developing products that aim to improve robotics by integrating recent advances in machine perception, cognition and learning. Embodied's goal is to develop affordable personal robots. It was co-founded by the former CTO of iRobot (which makes the Roomba).

Perrone Robotics, which provides software and solutions that make it easier to build robust mobile autonomous robotics applications. Its technology helps researchers and engineers develop their partial and fully autonomous vehicle and robotics applications.

Dysonics, which creates audio software and hardware products for capture, creation and playback of next-generation content including virtual reality, aiming to yield lifelike 360-degree sound experiences through headphones.

InContext Solutions, whose enterprise SaaS VR platform and services help retailers use VR to visualize new concepts and better understand shopper behavior in retail spaces.

Eazytec, which specializes in application software and firmware development, system integration and data center services. Intel noted that it has proprietary core firmware (BIOS) technology. The company, based in China, is also a smart city developer and service provider.

Grand Chip Microelectronics (aka Kangxi Communication Technologies), which designs high-linearity and highly integrated WiFi front-end devices for WLAN infrastructure, wireless connectivity on cellular platforms, and the Internet of Things. Grand Chip is also based in China.

Paxata, which has an enterprise-grade, self-service business information platform that serves the needs of both the business consumer and IT. With Paxata, business analysts, data engineers and data scientists are able to instantaneously transform raw data to information ready for business analysis. The platform leverages a patent-pending, machine learning, natural language processing and semantic text algorithm technology built on a distributed, in-memory columnar pipeline architecture for massive scale.

StealthMine enables enterprise applications to run on encrypted data. The technology provides full data insulation against server, network, storage, database attacks and insider compromises.