Investors

Since 1972, Sequoia Capital has provided startup venture capital for very smart people who want to turn ideas into companies. As the "Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs", Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with innovators such as Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Gaurav Garg of Redback Networks, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel of PayPal (eBay), T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle. The companies organized by Sequoia Capital now account for about 10% of the value of NASDAQ. To learn more about Sequoia Capital visit www.sequoiacap.com.

Evercore Ventures (EV) is a stage-agnostic information technology venture fund. Evercore's venture investing benefits from its proven investment discipline, analytical capabilities and relationships. We couple this with technological experience and company building expertise derived from a team that embodies diverse experience and skill sets. As with our private equity investing, our venture business centers around relationships. We invest in those areas that allow us to leverage the relationships and knowledge we have developed through our other businesses, or we team up with proven leaders we know and with whom we can tackle a new business opportunity. Areas of particular interest include new ventures in wireless and wireline communications, storage, enterprise software and technology enabled services. For more information, visit www.evercore.com.

With offices in Palo Alto, Boston, and Tokyo, Globespan Capital Partners is an independent venture capital firm focusing on information technology. Globespan has a unique position in the U.S. venture capital industry due to its ability to provide portfolio companies access to Asian customers and partners. The firm has over $700 million under management and the team has over 130 years of experience in private equity investing, entrepreneurialism and operations. Some of the firm's investments include Aptis, Argon, Avanex, Brocade, Digital Island, edocs, Monterey Networks, Net Perceptions, Obsidian, Ocular, Pirus, Sentient Networks, Silknet Software and Trigo Technologies. For more information, visit www.globespancapital.com.

Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Ventures (“DAG Ventures”) is a venture capital partnership investing in and helping outstanding entrepreneurs create leading, long-term companies across a range of markets. With roots from the 1980’s in cable TV, infrastructure, media, and wireless industries, the partnership today is privileged to work with world-class entrepreneurs as they build tomorrow’s leaders in the information technology, energy, and life science sectors. DAG Ventures invests in companies with proven technology, from the prototype stage onward. For more information, visit www.dagventures.com.