Cross Technology Venture Partners

CrossTechnology is a venture capital company investing in and supporting the US based emerging technology companies seeking access to the Japanese market. CrossTechnology’s support activities include some of the following: finding distributors, OEM partners, manufacturing partners and R&D partners; establishing a subsidiary; and recruiting management. CrossTechnology’s value and strength is its extensive network of contacts in senior management of major Japanese companies. For more information, please visit CrossTechnology’s web site, www.crosstech-vp.com.

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

InterWest Partners

Since 1979, we’ve been investing in entrepreneurs – the people who change the way we live and work by creating new products and services. With over $1.6 billion in committed capital, InterWest Partners is one of the largest venture capital partnerships in the United States. InterWest Partners focuses on two sectors in its venture investing: 1) Information Technology – Internet products and services, communications equipment and network infrastructure products, semiconductors and optical components and software applications. 2) Medical Technology – Biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, health care information systems, Internet/e-health, and medical diagnostics. Our business is helping entrepreneurs convert their ideas and ambitions into reality. As an investor and partner, InterWest provides valuable industry, strategic, and corporate development expertise, as well as capital resources, to help young companies succeed.

ITOCHU Corporation

The history of ITOCHU Corporation (hereinafter “ITOCHU”) dates back to 1858 when the Company’s founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 150 years into a sogo shosha, engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textiles, machinery, information and communications-related products, metals, products related to oil and other energy sources, general merchandise, chemicals, and provisions and food. In addition, ITOCHU has made multifaceted investments in insurance agencies, finance, construction, real estate trading, and warehousing as well as operations and businesses incidental or related to those fields.

Under the former mid-term management plan “Frontier-2006,” ITOCHU reached its objective of “becoming a Highly Profitable Corporate Group achieving over ¥100 billion in consolidated net income in a steady and sustainable manner.”

ITOCHU will now move forward with the implementation of our new mid-term management plan, “Frontier+ 2008,” under which we will adopt an even more aggressive management policy and strive to enhance corporate value on the world stage, in order to become “a Global Enterprise that is highly attractive to all stakeholders.”

ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC)

Established in 1972, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) provides advanced IT solutions to enhance enterprise network systems, and offers various outsourcing services, such as operations by its own data centers. CTC supports such market segments as telecommunications, broadcasting, finance, retail, distribution, manufacturing, education, government, medicine, pharmaceutical, chemicals and apparel. CTC has formed partnerships with more than 200 leading IT companies from nine countries. These partnerships range from those with global multinational IT companies to those with highly focused venture businesses. Around 6,500 people work for CTC throughout Japan, and our service edge lies in offering one-stop 7 x 24 support in approximately 100 service centers. 

Silver Creek Ventures

Silver Creek’s investment strategy is to provide resources and guidance to outstanding management teams that are building market-leading companies in the information technology arena. Silver Creek’s early-stage strategy typically results in an investment pace of $2 to $7 million per portfolio company. By focusing on specific markets where they have expertise, limiting the number of deals in their portfolio, and working together as a team, the General Partners at Silver Creek have consistently provided the resources that entrepreneurs require to achieve success. 

Storm Ventures

Storm Ventures was founded in September 2000 by a group of industry veterans with the common vision of forming a syndicate of business leaders and experts that would form the foundation to help entrepreneurs create and build great companies of enduring value. As a result, Storm has carefully assembled a team of over a hundred Limited Partners, all of which come from the communications industry. The partners at Storm Ventures have worked together in a variety of different scenarios with combined decades of experience at leading enterprises like Cisco Systems, E-TEK Dynamics (JDS Uniphase), StrataCom and Venture Law Group. The Storm Ventures General Partners are also investors and a prominent financial institution completes our team of Limited Partners. Storm Ventures Fund II, LLC is a $310 million fund, focused on seed and early stage communications infrastructure companies. We believe that adding value in the early stages of a company’s development best leverages our operational experience and valuable base of limited partners.

Venrock Associates

Venrock is a premier venture capital firm with offices in Menlo Park, New York, Cambridge, MA, and Israel. Originally established as the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family, Venrock continues a seven-decade tradition of funding entrepreneurs and establishing successful, enduring companies. Having invested $1.8 billion in 400 companies resulting in over 120 IPOs over the past 38 years, Venrock’s investment returns place it among the top tier venture capital firms that have achieved consistently superior performance. With a primary focus on information technology, healthcare, and energy, portfolio companies have included Intel, Apple Computer, StrataCom, Check Point Software, and DoubleClick; Sirna Therapeutics, Centocor, Idec Pharmaceuticals, Sugen, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and Illumina. For more information, please visit Venrock’s website at www.venrock.com

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